Re: The bug

2023-12-15 Thread Kevin Price
Here are some foreseeable and preventable ones. > AFAICT the only thing really different about "the bug" > (#1057967/#1057969) is that it comes right after a bug that made a lot > of noise (bug#1057843), so people have temporarily lost faith. No faith lost on my part. And bug

Re: The bug

2023-12-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
x system, like all sufficiently complex software systems, is chuck full of bugs, many of which can indeed have disastrous effects if they manifest under the "right" circumstances. AFAICT the only thing really different about "the bug" (#1057967/#1057969) is that it comes right after a

Re: The bug

2023-12-14 Thread Kevin Price
;> ...but that one most probably won't be attached via a Broadcom to the 'net. Tomas: Servers are most usually not connected through wifi alone. But "the bug" (#1057967/#1057969) won't only disable the wifi adapter, but would probably make the running computer largely u

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread tomas
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:33:15AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > Perhaps I'm reading it incorrectly, but I still feel it's wise to wait > a little while and see if any more problems pop up, if stability is > important to you. I also salute the courage of those who've tested > these recent

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2023-12-13 at 10:10 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > If it's a remote server to which you have limited > or no physical access, booting a kernel that may "just be unusable" > (enough to prevent editing GRUB menus and rebooting) could be a disaster. Which is what happened a few years ago to me

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Pocket
t. Who knows, though :) My superficial understanding, after skimming through the bug report, is that problems could be triggered just by *loading* one of the affected wifi driver modules. This would happen for any machine that has one of the "right" kinds of wifi hardware, even if t

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
oting) could be a disaster. > > ...but that one most probably won't be attached via a Broadcom to the 'net. > > Who knows, though :) My superficial understanding, after skimming through the bug report, is that problems could be triggered just by *loading* one of the affected

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread tomas
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:10:37AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 09:56:46AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > If so, then IIUC the answer is a resounding "YES, it is safe!". > > It just may be unusable, so you may have to downgrade to 6.1.0-13 until > > the problem is fixed.

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 09:56:46AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > If so, then IIUC the answer is a resounding "YES, it is safe!". > It just may be unusable, so you may have to downgrade to 6.1.0-13 until > the problem is fixed. > > That's a very different issue from the ext4 corruption problem in

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
gt; Though unless I'm misunderstanding, just having a wi-fi (used or not) is >> > > enough to trigger the bug. Please correct me if I'm wrong. >> > >> > "the bug"? >> > >> > What's this bug you're referring to? >>

Re: The bug

2023-12-13 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 13 Dec 2023 16:23 +0900, from j...@bunsenlabs.org (John Crawley): >> |Debian Bug report logs - #1057967 >> |Found in version linux/6.1.66-1 >> |Fixed in version linux/6.1.67-1 > > Good to know, but as of now (Wed 13 Dec 07:20:59 UTC 2023): > [...] > Have to wait a few more hours I suppose. It

Re: The bug

2023-12-12 Thread John Crawley
On 13/12/2023 15:24, Geert Stappers wrote: An attempt to get beyond FUD |Debian Bug report logs - #1057967 |linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64 renders my physical bookworm/gnome computer largely unusable version graph |Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team ; |Affects: src:

Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?)

2023-12-12 Thread Geert Stappers
it. > > > > Though unless I'm misunderstanding, just having a wi-fi (used or not) is > > > > enough to trigger the bug. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > > > "the bug"? > > > > > > What's this b

Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?)

2023-12-12 Thread tomas
used or not) is > > > enough to trigger the bug. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > "the bug"? > > > > What's this bug you're referring to? > > Perhaps: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/12/msg

Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?)

2023-12-12 Thread Gareth Evans
Can anyone please explain: 1. Why upgrades of stable into a potentially seriously compromised state were allowed to continue, twice, rather than pulling the upgrades? or... 2. Why the best temporary solution isn't to revert the kernel to the last known good version so upgrades-other-than-kernel

Re: The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?)

2023-12-12 Thread David Wright
On Tue 12 Dec 2023 at 23:05:49 (-0500), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Well, the machine in question has a wi-fi but I don't plan on using it. > > Though unless I'm misunderstanding, just having a wi-fi (used or not) is > > enough to trigger the bug. Please correct me

The bug (was: Is it safe to install Bookworm on a new machine now?)

2023-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Well, the machine in question has a wi-fi but I don't plan on using it. > Though unless I'm misunderstanding, just having a wi-fi (used or not) is > enough to trigger the bug. Please correct me if I'm wrong. "the bug"? What's this bug you're referring to? Stefan

If you don't know what package the bug is in...

2023-08-04 Thread Mike Lieberman
It is a MATE problem regrading two, possibly related issues. I was thinking mate-desktop-environment, but maybe that is wrong. Maybe it is mate-desktop-common or something else. It has to do with: (1) the panel placement; Limits on which displays it allows me to place the panel; and, (2) the i

Re: bug report - I don't know what package the bug is in

2017-10-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 05 Oct 2017, Sergey Storm wrote: > Hello. I have a problem with keyboard input and I don't know what > package the bug is in. Bugreport gave me this email address for > assistance. Help me please. > I use two languages and switch them using ctrl+shift. But combinations

bug report - I don't know what package the bug is in

2017-10-05 Thread Sergey Storm
Hello. I have a problem with keyboard input and I don't know what package the bug is in. Bugreport gave me this email address for assistance. Help me please. I use two languages and switch them using ctrl+shift. But combinations ctrl+shift+'any letter' do not correctly work either

Re: Debian Wheezy - HP Pavilion dm1 (Report the bug!)

2013-10-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
he symptom, then we wouldn't improve Linux user space. We only could fix a bug by knowing the bug. Just manipulating the hardware is not a good way. The easiest way perhaps is to compare the running services and software versions from a Suse install, that doesn't cause this issue, with the

Re: trying to FIX the bug #618388 of IPPLAN

2012-07-21 Thread Игорь Пашев
ipplan-*/debian/postinst needs some love :-) I guess it is outdated and should be fixed. This requires knowlage of ucf and debconf (see man ucf) 2012/7/21 Gary Dale : > On 21/07/12 01:12 PM, vykuntam srinivas wrote: > > hi all, > > i am trying fix the bug #618388 of ipplan .

Re: trying to FIX the bug #618388 of IPPLAN

2012-07-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:42:58 +0530, vykuntam srinivas wrote: > hi all, Hi, but please, *no html posts*, re-thanks... (...) > *Selecting previously unselected package ipplan. (Reading database ... > 138089 files and directories currently installed.)* * Unpacking ipplan > (from ipplan_4.92a-2.1_a

Re: trying to FIX the bug #618388 of IPPLAN

2012-07-21 Thread Gary Dale
On 21/07/12 01:12 PM, vykuntam srinivas wrote: hi all, i am trying fix the bug #618388 <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618388> of ipplan .I installed the missing package ( libphp-phplayersmenu which was mentioned in the bug),After that i had installed ipplan.

trying to FIX the bug #618388 of IPPLAN

2012-07-21 Thread vykuntam srinivas
hi all, i am trying fix the bug #618388<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618388>of ipplan .I installed the missing package ( libphp-phplayersmenu which was mentioned in the bug),After that i had installed ipplan.At the time of installation a blue window appeare

Re: grub ignoring root=/dev/hda3 kernel option - where should I report the bug?

2006-03-28 Thread Hans Hofker
Julian Gilbey wrote: Brief summary: I have Debian testing installed on /dev/hda2, which is my default startup option I have Debian unstable installed on /dev/hda3 I have Windows installed on /dev/hda1 I am using grub, installed on the MBR of /dev/hda (and I installed it from the testing version

grub ignoring root=/dev/hda3 kernel option - where should I report the bug?

2006-03-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
Before I report this bug, I'd like to hear an opinion on whether this is likely to be: (1) a bug in grub (2) a bug in some kernel (3) a silly user error (in which case I'll go fix it and pretend this never happened!) Brief summary: I have Debian testing installed on /dev/hda2, which is my def