Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
I've just had a quick chat with kernel team and raised https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 which has as much information as I can garner from this email thread. Can those affected please mark it as 'affects me'. Regards, Phill. On 18 September 2013 16:18, Nik Th wrote:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Indeed, those are my thoughts - hence my quick chat with the kernel team and them asking that I raise a bug with all the information I can lay my hands on! Feel free to add comments when you click the 'affects me'. The bug is now up and running, additional 'affects me' and comments will assist the

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
2013 17:13, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Phill, > > You know how to catch the attention of the people who can fix this kind > of problems :-) > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-09-18 18:01, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Sort of says it all > > > > > > Joseph Sa

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Sort of says it all Joseph Salisbury 16:49 (10 minutes ago) to phillw ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Regards, Phill. On 18 September 2013 16:36, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Indeed, those are my thoughts - hence my quick chat with the kernel team >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
There are updates on the bug report, so If you want to see where it is up to read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 Regards, Phill. On 18 September 2013 17:28, Phill Whiteside wrote: > It was he on the kernel irc channel who I chatted to about the best way

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
everyone for the input and testing on this. Weird crashes leaving no trace are the hardest to track down. Regards, Phill. On 18 September 2013 19:39, Phill Whiteside wrote: > There are updates on the bug report, so If you want to see where it is up > to read https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Lubuntu-qa] Final Beta

2013-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, a slight change of plan... The freeze for the Final Beta is still this evening (European time) 19th Sept, but the Final Beta will be built on Monday evening (European time) 23rd Sept for testing. See[1] for more exact timings for the Lubuntu builds. The release of the Final Beta is still the e

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Final Beta

2013-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
eeze ONLY (UIFreeze > and DocStringFreeze is in effect) shall happen on Monday. See > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2013-September/001059.htmlfor > details. > > Regards, > Howard Chan (smartboyhw) > Ubuntu QA Tester > > > 2013/9/19 Phill White

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Final Beta

2013-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
0-7-generic_3.11.0-7.14~lp1227202v1_amd64.deb reboot Please note that there is currently only an AMD64 version of this kernel. Regards, Phill. On 19 September 2013 16:58, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Well spotted Howard, > > that comes of reading two sets of emails about freezes! >

[Lubuntu-qa] IRC Meeting

2013-09-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, the final Beta for 13.10 will be available for testing on Monday 23rd September in the evening (Europe time). On Tuesday 24th September there will be an IRC meeting to discuss where lubuntu stands in terms of status of lubuntu now and any work items that were not completed that will be carried

[Lubuntu-qa] Bugs

2013-09-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, can you please add any bug numbers onto https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/IRC%20Meetings/Agenda so that we can cover them and start to make the release notes up. We only have one more meeting before 13.10 lands, at this point we need to let the devs know of 'show stopper' issues. Thanks, Phill

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
At this point it seems that we are trapped between a rock and a hard place. Kernel team <> ISO team. ::SIGH:: Such frustrations led to my resigning from various teams, I've asked a couple of people who can make an ISO with the test kernel if they would. Other than that, my hands are tied. We need

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Lars, there is only an standard 64 bit kernel with the fix in it. My own frustration levels as to why a clearly pointed out bug and fix are wandering around in the 'needs testing' area when the actual test is to put it into an ISO.. I've asked as many peopleas I know to make a lubuntu-deskto

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 09/21/2013 08:00 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > At this point it seems that we are trapped between a rock and a hard > place. > > > > Kernel team <> ISO team. ::SIGH:: Such frustrations led to my resigning > > from various teams, I'

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ubuntu servers down

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
The outage at the data centre has now been resolved, all services are coming back on-line. There may possibly a backlog for mail-man which looks after all the mailing lists. Just when you thought it was quiet on the e-mail lists, mail-man will be catching up :) Regards, Phill. On 21 September 2

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
ards, Phill. On 21 September 2013 19:31, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-09-21 20:10, Lars Noodén wrote: > > On 09/21/2013 08:59 PM, JM wrote: > >> On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:11:47 +0300 > >> Lars Noodén wrote: > >> > >>> On 09/21/2013 08:00 PM, Phill Wh

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
I figured out a way to crash 3.11-rc1 every time, on this machine -- goto ->FB and play a Zynga flash game in Firefox. BooM! Repeatable time-after-after. LoL! On 21 September 2013 19:38, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 09/21/2013 09:31 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > I have managed to freeze the default dai

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hmm, link did not seem to go through.. I figured out a way to crash 3.11-rc1 every time, on this machine -- goto ->FB and play a Zynga flash game in Firefox. BooM! Repeatable time-after-after. LoL! Regards, Phill. On 21 September 2013 19:43, Phill Whiteside wrote: > As I mentioned

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Bugs

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
of my list. Hoping that the carburetter fix went okay and I always appreciate your comments as to where things are heading. Kindest regards, Phill. On 21 September 2013 19:48, Erick Brunzell wrote: > On 09/21/2013 12:39 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi, > > can you ple

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Bug 1227202] Re: Unexpected freezes Saucy

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
mber 2013 19:58, Nio Wiklund wrote: > On 2013-09-21 20:27, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > I'm beginning the thought that > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2162655&p=12735571#post12735571 > > actually holds the key to this issue. They may well be 2 separat

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Bug 1227202] Re: Unexpected freezes Saucy

2013-09-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
e that the bugs are fixed, when can > supply an update, that will switch zRAM on also for the other cases > (running Lubuntu live and installed). > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-09-21 21:27, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > As zram is a part of the kernel and enabled by

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC still alive?

2013-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Arild, as Jackson noted, there are still ppc images for lubuntu. The dailies are at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/270/builds if you grab one of those, come the final beta landing for testing, you will need to just zsync up your image. Regards, Phill. On 22 September 2013 16:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC still alive?

2013-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
ng to be tested at release candidate, so I'm informed :D ). Regards, Phill. On 22 September 2013 21:14, Jackson Doak wrote: > Netboot also has PPC64 for some reason, but that goes untested. > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > Hi Arild, >

[Lubuntu-qa] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202

2013-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nio, Julien is going to try and speed up the time it takes for the test kernel with the zram fix rolled in to be used. It will not be there in time for our final beta. Can you update the bug with how to 'turn off' zram when installing. We've simply run out of time to get a test ISO created. Th

[Lubuntu-qa] bugs

2013-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, I know the final beta is not due for testing until monday evening but can you have check over what bugs are still affecting lubuntu. We will have a short IRC meeting on Tuesday[1]. Can you add any bugs that you feel need flagging up onto the agenda. Please also free to leave questions on

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] raring: synaptic bombs at start, when in norwegian locale ..

2013-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Kjetil, can you try this with saucy? The final beta is due out for testing tomorrow evening (European time). Thanks, Phill. On 23 September 2013 00:04, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen < kjetil1...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have been there before, this problem was fixed, but is now reappearing! >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] kvm

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
regards > Nio > > On 2013-09-15 16:37, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > Enjoy the nature this Sunday afternoon :-) > > > > I'm not in a hurry, do it when you have time at home. > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > On 2013-09-15 16:05, Phill Whitesi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] launchpad (was: Re: Lubuntu 13.10 beta - zram and hardware)

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, I know there was a data centre outage over the weekend, but everything should be back up and running. Head over to #ubuntu-bug and ask on there for any issues. give them a while to reply, bug squad are also limited in number. Regards, Phill. On 23 September 2013 09:14, Lars Noodén wr

[Lubuntu-qa] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/540692

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
any one else seeing this? It seems an old bug, but unresolved. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
5571#post12735571 is still there. Regards, Phill. On 23 September 2013 17:14, Joseph Salisbury wrote: > On 09/21/2013 01:20 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Lars, > > > > thanks for that.. can you update the bug.. there is the impossible > > part of pulling in something from

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
oday to > reconfigure it and retry. > > Regards, > Mélodie > > PS: Lars, about your test with Thunderbird and Firefox, I'm not too much > astonished: both > are heavy... what about trying Sylpheed along with Midori in that 1 GB > Macmini machine of > your's? :) &

[Lubuntu-qa] system crashing.

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 we are somewhat in a mix as to where the bug is with the new rc kernel reports back that all is well in the world. For beta testing, please be aware of it and the work-around although my attempt with 512Mb in VM did work with

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] launchpad (was: Re: Lubuntu 13.10 beta - zram and hardware)

2013-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, sorry, my mistake the channel is #ubuntu-bugs Regards, Phill. On 24 September 2013 12:23, Lars Noodén wrote: > On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:44:29 +0100 Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > On 23 September 2013 09:14, Lars Noodén wrote: > > > > > On 09/23/2013 04:52

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] system crashing.

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
2013 12:37, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 25.09.2013 13:56, Lars Noodén wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:55:47 +0100 Phill Whiteside > wrote: > [snip} > >> 1. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202/comments/12 > >> > >> > >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 Beta2 Testing - System Hangs Often

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Aere, the bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 is in the final-beta ISO's, if you are using an AMD/Intel 64 bit computer, you can install a kernel with the proposed fix in it. There seems to be more than one bug affecting zram and further investigations are ongoing.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] Installation freeze-up

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
C. If so, try to >> perform the installation after you have switched off zRAM according to >> the following mail. >> >> sudo swapoff /dev/zram0 >> sudo swapoff /dev/zram1 >> ... >> sudo rmmod zram >> --**- >> Check

[Lubuntu-qa] ISO freezing at end of install on low RAM machines

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, there is an amd64 desktop iso just been spun up with the patch in. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202/comments/22has the details. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@l

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] keymapping (was Re: Evince image viewer cannot view PNG)

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Aere and Pierre when you both get a bit of time, would you write up a wiki page for this. It is a departure from our existing method of keyboard switching and I'm certain that people using 13.10 for the first time will also be looking for answers. You are free to just write up the instructions

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO freezing at end of install on low RAM machines

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
On 25 September 2013 19:57, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi folks, > > there is an amd64 desktop iso just been spun up with the patch in. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202/comments/22has > the details. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > -- > http

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO freezing at end of install on low RAM machines

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
We have confirmation that file size and md5sum is as stated. regards, Phill. On 25 September 2013 21:06, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > Whilst still awaiting full confirmation, Nio and myself have two separate > downloads of the ISO completed and we concur that the

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] Installation freeze-up

2013-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
while the installation was being > done? > > Anyway, the installation worked. I think I'll try a "use entire disk" > installation next. > > Best regards, > Keith > > > > On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Keith, >> >> such i

[Lubuntu-qa] Respins

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, just to drive everyone mad the images were re-spun overnight. Test as many as you can (please mark in progress when testing so we do not duplicate our efforts). Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lub

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Respins

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Noodén wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:22:10 +0100 Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > just to drive everyone mad the images were re-spun overnight. Test as > > many as you can (please mark in progress when testing so we do not > >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Respins

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
the "state of play" is. Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2013 13:30, Lars Noodén wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:28:18 +0100 Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > > > On 26 September 2013 13:26, Lars Noodén wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:22:10 +0100

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Respins

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
always update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2013 14:01, Lars Noodén wrote: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:34:58 +0100 Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > > > On 26 September 2013 13:30, Lars Noodén wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Locale set wrong in Desktop image installations

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
This definitely seems to be a ubiquity bug. I'd suggest asking on the translators team to see if someone from there can replicate the error, in which case it is an important bug! Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2013 16:35, Lars Noodén wrote: > I've noticed that the Desktop images install the

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Apport malfunction or PCManFM bug?

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
I've also see it with chromium, now that beta-2 is completed, next time I get a false alarm, I'll add it and link it to your bug report. If others can also add such false alarms, we can bring it to the attention of the team who look after the crash reports. regards, Phill. On 23 September 2013

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Apport malfunction or PCManFM bug?

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
are borked? I wish I could get a reply from someone at Xorg on that > bug :^( > > Lance > > > -- > *From:* Phill Whiteside > *To:* Lance > *Cc:* lubuntu-qa > *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2013 2:50 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Lubuntu-qa]

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Apport malfunction or PCManFM bug?

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
u. > > > On 27 September 2013 00:10, Lance wrote: > > Thanks Phill. > > Off-topic, but I am now running an i386 standard upgrade test just to be > sure we're not borked in that regard :^) > > BTW did you decide to mention in the release notes that some VIA graphi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Apport malfunction or PCManFM bug?

2013-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
y Alpha 1 but not since then. > > Lance > > -- > *From:* Phill Whiteside > *To:* Lance > *Cc:* lubuntu-qa > *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2013 6:28 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Apport malfunction or PCManFM bug? > >

[Lubuntu-qa] zram and freezes

2013-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, the 3.11.0-9.16 kernel with the fix in for zram is now available via -proposed. If you enable the proposed repo (Menu --> System Tools -> Synaptic Package Manager --> Settings --> Repositories --> Updates --> enable Pre-released Updates). then update your system by whatever tool you ar

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM broken on Raring?

2013-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
256 MB, the *server* has hung on > > several occasions when I was starting or stopping Firefox on the client > > (though in one case this coincided with the startup of a SpiderOak > > backup operation). I didn't think of the Magic SysRq keys at the time, > > and not

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Saucy 13.10 Beta2 Testing Report

2013-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Thanks everyone!!! Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Paul Larson Date: 27 September 2013 23:05 Subject: Saucy 13.10 Beta2 Testing Report To: ubuntu-rele...@lists.ubuntu.com, ubuntu-qual...@lists.ubuntu.com The testing report for Saucy 13.10 Beta2 has been published to https:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] zRAM broken on Raring?

2013-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
me along as a dependency > for something. > > > On 9/27/2013 6:29 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> Sorry, I overlooked that John is running Raring. I didn't think zRAM was >> used in Raring, but of course, John can install and run it. I'm glad you >> corrected that

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: AW: zRAM broken on Raring?

2013-10-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phill Whiteside Date: 3 October 2013 23:40 Subject: Re: AW: zRAM broken on Raring? To: John Hupp Cc: "lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com" Hi, I've asked Joe (kernel team) about what plans the kernel team have for the kernel that will

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Confused?

2013-10-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jack, I'm that busy between 13.10 and 14.04 I get the releases mixed up! the last one should read 13.10 :) Regards, Phill. On 4 October 2013 04:52, Jack Trice wrote: > Hi Phill, > > I was confused seeing your email with Subject: Re: AW: zRAM broken on > Raring? > > and content: > > "I've

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Final RC Testing

2013-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Nicholas Skaggs Date: 4 October 2013 21:16 Subject: Final RC Testing To: "ubuntu-qual...@lists.ubuntu.com" We're 2 weeks away from release now, and it's time to batten down the hatches! Mark your calendars for October 10th. On that date we'll start

[Lubuntu-qa] Zram errors

2013-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, the major bug under https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 has been sorted, but it also threw up another issue which I've been asked to report as a separate bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1235525 Can others confirm this bug please so that the k

[Lubuntu-qa] problem with zsync

2013-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, anyone else seeing this? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zsync/+bug/1236935 Had it both before and after todays update. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] problem with zsync

2013-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Phill Whiteside > > Sent: 10/08/13 04:01 PM > > To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > > Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] problem with zsync > > > > Hi, > > > > anyone else seeing this? > > h

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Final Freeze for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) at 2100UTC today

2013-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Adam Conrad Date: 10 October 2013 18:09 Subject: Final Freeze for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) at 2100UTC today To: ubuntu-devel-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: ubuntu-rele...@lists.ubuntu.com [ This is a shameless copy-and-paste from last year ] For the time

[Lubuntu-qa] PPC Image size

2013-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, Julien has trimmed the desktop installer of PPC to the absolute minimum but it still refuses to become CD sized. The alternate is CD sized, there is really nothing he can do to further reduce the desktop version. It should continue to logged as a bug and whilst this battle for 13.10 may

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Ready for final RC image testing?

2013-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nick, has the RC been pulled? It was slated in for 21:00 UTC, we're now at 22:44 and there are precious few builds showing at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds If you have any information, would you please share it. Regards, Phill. On 10 October 2013 18:40, Nicholas

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC Image size

2013-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
e working > desktop, but is primarily a net installer to reduce space needed on the CD? > Just a brainstorm that's probably already been discussed a long time ago. > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Julien has t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC Image size

2013-10-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
I'm just trying to get someones attention to ask where they are :) Regards, Phill. On 11 October 2013 14:48, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 11.10.2013 03:33, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi James, > > > > the release team had promised to keep PPC alive as it is part of th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC Image size

2013-10-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
013 14:48, Lars Noodén wrote: > > > >> On 11.10.2013 03:33, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> > >> I'm not seeing the Alternate disc image yet for PPC, it it on its > >> way? > >> > >> Regards, /Lars > >> > > >

[Lubuntu-qa] Chromium

2013-10-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, whilst in 13.10 we are moving to firefox as the default browser, support for chromium continues. To this end, version 30 has hit testing. Chad would specifically like it tested on low ram machines to check it is okay on low ram machines. The chase for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: final Lubuntu i386 desktop live

2013-10-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, a very simplistic background... Ubiquity, the desk top installer, needs more RAM to run the install than lubuntu itself needs to run. To allow people to use the DE installer, lubuntu runs a specific job to enable zram before the swap partition is actually created. Prior to that, the only way w

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Final Freeze for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) at 2100UTC today

2013-10-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I know full well that I'm no longer allowed on this area, but the thought of Ubiquity being launched with such a, IMHO, serious bug does lead me to ask that the bug be allocated to some one and the testers are asked as to how we can provide data. I'm going to step out of line and explain a li

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Final Freeze for Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) at 2100UTC today

2013-10-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
t the testing should be prior tested, exactly > how, and within > how much time? (I'll report on another thread later, of course). > > Regards, > Mélodie > > > > On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:48:25 +0100 > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I k

[Lubuntu-qa] Error informing the kernel about modificatons

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, just to keep everyone updated. Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/1220165 is being actively hunted down now. With someone of Colin's experience and expertise; I doubt that it will survive too much longer :D Expect the 'entire world' to be re-spun when there is a fix out

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Bug #1213837

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
If it is was fixed, and is broken again and yopu're sure it is the same bug; mark it as regression. Else file a new bug referring back to the original bug. Regards, Phill. On 14 October 2013 21:08, Lance wrote: > I see that nio/sudodus reported that bug again with the 20131014 i386 > image bu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] USB Creator GTK - Consolekit - Mounting/Unmounting devices

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
The USB installers have been pretty much broken all cycle. Last I heard was to use dd. Nothing will now get fixed before release. If people have a decent set of instructions using *any* usb installer to use 13.04 to install 13.10, please put them onto the wiki; or even in a text file with step by s

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] USB Creator GTK - Other USB Live install methods

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
e, 15 Oct 2013 00:11:38 +0200 > JM wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:47:37 +0100 > > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > > > The USB installers have been pretty much broken all cycle. Last I > heard was > > > to use dd. Nothing will now get fixed before r

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] USB Creator GTK - Other USB Live install methods

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
04 > install_. (Anyone > should be fit). > > dd : imho it's a horrible way to destroy a file system, bit by bit. :) > > I have not tried Unetbootin. > > > My best regards, > Mélodie > > PS: I have not understood all of what you told me in the other mail

[Lubuntu-qa] bug 1220165

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Boss, when do you expect to have this one spun in? for lubuntu; as soon as it lands; please re spin and just drop a note onto our mailing list. Many thanks for you and Philip sorting this little gremlin out. If you guys do have them time, please get http://imagebin.org/273686sorted. It will

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Bug #1213837

2013-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
session. > > What can I do more than report that it is still there? It should be easy > for any developer to test it and find out how it appears. > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-10-14 22:35, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > If it is was fixed, and is broken again

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
They're rebuilding ... I believe in repsonse to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/947107 going fix released. (All desktop ISO's were listed for a respin. As that bug did not affect alternate, they are not re-spun. Give it a little while for the builds to arrive, the build mach

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
well worth the efforts needed to test once the iso's have been re-spun. That's from the manual-docs team and I look forward to testing the DE's once I ve finished the last couple of alternate's for i386. Regards, Phill. On 16 October 2013 14:34, Phill Whiteside wrote: &g

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
ebuild the alternates for some other reason :P ) Regards, Phill. On 16 October 2013 16:08, JM wrote: > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:34:18 +0100 > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > It does indeed seem it is that bug. Here's how the lubuntu one should > look > > when it'

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
It never rains, but it pours https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1240532 has just arrived So, don't hold your breath fro re-spins whilst they get the issues sorted out! Regards, Phill. On 16 October 2013 16:30, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > an

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
e causing most grief. Regards, Phill. On 16 October 2013 17:07, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Does this mean there will be at least one more respin? > > And should we focus on some particular features when testing the desktop > isos? > > Best regards > Nio > > On 2013-10-16 1

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install (auto-resize) in Lubuntu Desktop i386 for Saucy Daily

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Those look like the bugs under discussion now. the 2nd one is at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1240532I've not got the 1st one to hand. Have a look on http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/rls-mgr/iso-testing-open-saucy-bug-tasks.html which gets refreshed every hour. Regards, P

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install (auto-resize) in Lubuntu Desktop i386 for Saucy Daily

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
d wrote: > > > Good, I filed a bug for the 'first one' > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1240622 > > > > and used your number for the 'second one' > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > ps/

[Lubuntu-qa] [PPC]

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
The iso tracker reports both PPC builds as being over sized. The desktop one I was expecting, the alternate I thought would come in at CD sized. Comments, please, as they do need including in our release notes. If the PPC team do have time, can they check the power-pc core (also known in various

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
All the alternates have just been respun. I've no particular idea why, but am surmising it is because of the server respins. I'll do the amd64 and i386 ones. Regards, Phill. On 16 October 2013 17:19, Nio Wiklund wrote: > OK > > On 2013-10-16 18:17, Phill Whiteside wrote: &

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Saucy Final Desktop iso's disabled

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Desktops have arrived Regards, Phill. On 17 October 2013 00:27, Phill Whiteside wrote: > All the alternates have just been respun. I've no particular idea why, but > am surmising it is because of the server respins. I'll do the amd64 and > i386 ones. > > Regard

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Next respin tested 2013-10-17 00:43 (06.43 CEST)

2013-10-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
/1240622 > > > > and used your number for the 'second one' > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > ps/ Please add 'affects me too' (if it does affect you) /ds > > > > On 2013-10-16 19:03, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Th

[Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 is Released !!

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, we are proud to announce the release of Lubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander). Please do release notes before installing! Head over to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu for details on the release and where to get hold of it. Many thanks to everyone on all the teams who ensured

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Next respin tested 2013-10-17 00:43 (06.43 CEST)

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi, can I suggest the vote is "which is easiest for new comers and provides upgrade capability". Offering people multiple answers to the same issue will only confuse them. Choose the best answer and use that; It is more important than 'are there people who need it'. Just my 2 cents worth, Regard

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 is Released !!

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
itation in asking them to try it out. Regards, Phill. On 18 October 2013 06:26, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 10/17/2013 09:38 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi, > > we are proud to announce the release of Lubuntu 13.10 (Saucy > Salamander). Please do release notes before install

[Lubuntu-qa] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/ReleaseReports/SaucyFinalTestReport

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nick, I hope you enjoyed the release party, however, I have a MAJOR issue. May i pre-warn you that I am going to raise hell from the depths of the oceans of lubuntu getting that score? If it were not for people ignoring our bug reports; there would have been far fewer "ooh.. that is is a cri

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 keyboard layout handler working again

2013-10-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Kjetll, for 13.10 keyboard support has been upgraded. Please do try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Keyboard#Keyboard_mapping_for_13.10_and_beyond and do please report back how you get on :) Thanks, Phill On 18 October 2013 20:18, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > I had earlie

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Doc Meeting: Monday, October 21st @ 19:00 UTC

2013-10-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, do please have a read.. Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph Date: 22 October 2013 00:12 Subject: Re: Doc Meeting: Monday, October 21st @ 19:00 UTC To: Ubuntu Doc On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph wrote:

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Audio Problems With Lubuntu 13.10 Installed On MacBook

2013-10-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Aere, I've forwarded this to the qa testing team, it is they who are familiar with Mac Issues, Do also please have a look at the quick notes in our release notes https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseNotes/Lubuntu to check if the issue is already covered. Regards, Phill. --

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] One Button Installer improved with dialog menus and xz compression

2013-10-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Federico and Nio, That makes sense to me :) Regards, Phill. On 28 October 2013 16:44, Federico Leoni wrote: > 2013/10/28 Nio Wiklund : > > Hi Federico, > > > > I'm glad that your system is portable via the tarball :-) > > > > OK, I was conservative, and kept the simple, fast and less mem

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] lxkeymap

2013-10-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, have a read of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Keyboard#Keyboard_mapping_for_13.10_and_beyond Regards, Phill. On 28 October 2013 17:42, Federico Leoni wrote: > What do you use instead of lxkemap on Lubuntu 13.10? I found > complicated set a different keyboard layout without the

[Lubuntu-qa] Zram

2013-11-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Julien, following on from the bug that occurred in 13.10, a lot of work behind the scenes has been done by both Leszek and Mélodie. As the use of ZRam is more of a dev area, do you think that the contents of http://pastebin.com/fb26FHuE should be turned into a wiki page "for further information

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] One Button Installer next step

2013-11-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nio, I do have transmission installed on my server from which you have the mirror. I've never set it up as 'server' side to ensure it throttles itself in case too many people try to connect to my ISO library, but I really should do! I'm away tomorrow (pictures will arrive of http://www.nrm.org

[Lubuntu-qa] [Bug 933726] Re: Firefox, incorrect language pack on PPC

2013-11-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Lubuntu 12.04 reached EOL at the end of October/2013. I'm not able to test once I deal with i386 only. But now the bug is invalid, won't fix or need to test on the current support/stable releases: 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 and the dev 14.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

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