[Bug 1828712] Re: I/O errors when trying to loop mount an image

2019-05-17 Thread James Harris
@brian-murray thanks for the suggestion. Have done you suggest but apport-cli on the system with the GUI does not seem to allow an existing bug to be updated with the info, so rather than generating a new bug report am copying the file generated by apport-cli --save below. ProblemType: Bug ApportV

[Bug 1828712] Re: I/O errors when trying to loop mount an image

2019-05-13 Thread James Harris
Sorry I cannot run apport-collect as the machine has no GUI. I have tried the command on the console and via ssh but the resulting text-mode screen seems to prevent me entering my email address to log in. I also tried apport-cli but it had the same problem with the same authentication screen. As

[Bug 1828712] Re: I/O errors when trying to loop mount an image

2019-05-13 Thread James Harris
Setting package to linux kernel as advised for a filesystem issue. Ran apport-collect -p linux 1828712 per the instructions but I don't know that it worked as machine has no GUI. ** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1828712] [NEW] I/O errors when trying to loop mount an image

2019-05-12 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: Command sudo mount -t vfat flop1 /mnt/flop1 fails. The image is readable but the log shows many I/O errors such as May 12 07:57:24 us64a kernel: [69801.335823] print_req_error: I/O error, dev loop0, sector 0 May 12 07:57:24 us64a kernel: [69801.337707] print_req_error: I

[Bug 508901] Re: update-grub sets wrong root argument

2018-07-25 Thread james harris
HOLY COW This bug was reported in 2010 AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED ! Totally unacceptable. To make sure we have a common understanding. I have linux on partition sda9 and "other" version of linux on partitions sda8, sdb8, and sdb9. The menu entries for ALL the "other" linuxes all specify th

[Bug 1757328] [NEW] package systemd 237-3ubuntu 4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2018-03-20 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 17.10 Release:17.10 systemd: Installed: 237-3ubuntu4 Candidate: 237-3ubuntu4 Expected updating with `do-release-upgrade -d` to succeed, however failed during the install of the systemd package. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17

[Bug 1748659] Re: Windows 10 Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade to 18.04: package systemd 235-3ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit st

2018-03-04 Thread James Harris
Same issue occurs with 17.10 -> 18.04 on WSL -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1748659 Title: Windows 10 Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade to 18.04: package systemd 235-3ubuntu3 failed to install/u

[Bug 1752524] Re: package bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.2 fa iled to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped

2018-03-01 Thread James Harris
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1725333 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725333 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1725333 do-release-upgrade broke WSL -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1752524] [NEW] package bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.2 fa iled to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Aborted), core dumped

2018-03-01 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: 16.04 -> 17.10 release upgrade within Windows Subsystem for Linux ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Microsoft 4.4.0-43-Microsoft 4.4.35 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-Microsoft x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15

[Bug 1564269] Re: 12.04 -> 14.04 upgrade fails in apache2

2016-08-23 Thread James Harris
I ran into this issue. And it looks my fault for not using a2enmod. ls -l /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/proxy.load lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Nov 11 2014 proxy.load -> /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.load This breaks apache2.postinst: target=$(readlink "$link") || true ... if [ ! -e "/etc/a

[Bug 1407521] Re: C compiler bcc struct passing fails

2015-01-04 Thread James Harris
Attached a short program which can be compiled in order to see the problem. Compile with bcc -ansi -S struct_pass.c Then scroll down the resulting assembly file struct_pass.s to get past the comments. On my system the errant code began at line 235. ** Attachment added: "Source code struct_pas

[Bug 1407521] [NEW] C compiler bcc struct passing fails

2015-01-04 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: C compiler bcc copies structs and returns structs correctly but fails to pass them to functions. From checking it turns out that the generated code calls _memcpy with the wrong parameters. For example, this is the generated assembly which should pass a 6-byte struct to a funct

[Bug 1238321] Re: after upgrade to 0.27 transcoded files no longer have audio

2013-11-16 Thread James Harris
I have the same problem in 0.27 with missing audio after transcoding. But sometimes I can transcode and audio still works. I think I've narrowed it down to the scenarios below. WORKING AUDIO - 1. mythtranscode with lossless mpeg2 and honor cutlist 2. mythtranscode with mpeg4 and NO cutlist

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-30 Thread James Harris
The issue occurred again. Will try to make some sense of it. Whatever is causing the initial failure of access to one of the disks, when the error occurs the kernel or driver subsystem seems to go into an infinite loop (or a number of infinite loops - see below). Even if the disk is pulled from the

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-21 Thread James Harris
Updated to latest kernel. At the time I downloaded it the latest was slightly after the one Joseph pointed me to so used the latest one. The stanza it added to menu.lst was title Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, kernel 3.8.0-030800rc2-generic root(hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-21 Thread James Harris
** Tags added: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092883 Title: Disk report of Unhandled error code To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-07 Thread James Harris
Will try to test the upstream kernel and then report back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092883 Title: Disk report of Unhandled error code To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-02 Thread James Harris
Not sure if it is related but the following has happened since recent upgrade to kernel 3.2.0-35-generic-pae. Once it happens the machine has long pauses between certain operations (GUI updates like alt-tab, responding to command-line commands like lsb_release -a, and file accesses such as director

[Bug 1092883] Re: Disk report of Unhandled error code

2013-01-02 Thread James Harris
This shouldn't have been closed as a disk issue. The bug report wasn't for the disk error but that Linux didn't handle the error! That handling could be as simple as reporting what was wrong but if Linux doesn't recognise the error code it can never know if it is handling it correctly. ** Changed

[Bug 1092883] [NEW] Disk report of Unhandled error code

2012-12-21 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: Repeated message such as Dec 21 10:56:03 s01 kernel: [12597.472089] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Unhandled error code Dec 21 10:56:03 s01 kernel: [12597.472093] sd 8:0:0:0: [sde] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Dec 21 10:56:03 s01 kernel: [12597.472098] sd 8:0:0:

[Bug 734883] Re: iPod won't mount

2011-05-19 Thread James Harris
i am having the same problem with a current 160GB ipod. I'm pretty new to linux, can someone point me towards some instructions on how to downgrade the kernel so I can get my ipod mounted? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 366606] Re: DVB-T PCI card not working in 9.04

2009-09-24 Thread James Harris
This is still a problem for me. I have tried booting with kernel 2.6.27-14-generic and the DVB problem goes away and I can record again BUT this impacts playback. Audio is fine but any file played back has choppy video as if the system plays back only one frame in two or three. This renders the ma

Re: [Bug 399120] Re: NFS mounts cause mythtv-common to fail to install

2009-09-11 Thread James Harris
sage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg > returned an error code (1) > Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686 > -- James Harris james.harri...@googlemail.com -- NFS mounts cause mythtv-common to fail to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399120 You

[Bug 366606] Re: DVB-T PCI card not working in 9.04

2009-09-08 Thread James Harris
I have the same problem. All was OK (with all packages updated) under Ubuntu 8.10. Since the upgrade to 9.04 the problem occurs. It is trying to access a Nebula DigiTV PCI card with a Zarlink mt352 chip and driver. -- DVB-T PCI card not working in 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366606 You r

[Bug 368215] Re: Nebula DigiTV DVB-T (PCI) no longer works

2009-09-08 Thread James Harris
Same issue. Why did I upgrade...? Any time the machine tries to record it gets ret of -6 as follows. Sep 9 01:21:06 hfx1 kernel: [ 277.606234] mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=137, ret==-6) Sep 9 01:21:06 hfx1 kernel: [ 277.606869] mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=138, ret==-6

[Bug 399120] Re: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2009-07-19 Thread James Harris
Yes, the machine being upgraded had NFS mounts. Apart from the error message and a bit of retrying everything seems to have upgraded properly. Is there a way I can check whether the mythtv- common post-installation script has run successfully? Other than that as far as I am concerned this is no l

[Bug 399120] Re: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2009-07-13 Thread James Harris
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28996403/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28996404/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz" http://launchpadlibra

[Bug 399120] [NEW] package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2009-07-13 Thread James Harris
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Carrying out a dist upgrade ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Package: update-manager 1:0.