[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty/Hardy

2008-04-11 Thread Niall Sheridan
Caroline I have a feeling that your device has a firmware that doesn't cause hal to do the hundreds of disconnect/connects when it's attached (see the last 8 or so comments on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253096). While I completely agree with you that "if it ain't broke then don't

[Bug 191872] Re: rpc.gssd FD_ALLOC_BLOCK too low

2008-03-09 Thread Niall Sheridan
Probably just as well. I just noticed that I bumped the wrong value (MAX_FILE_NAMELEN instead of FD_ALLOC_BLOCK) in my debdiff. Any chance the upstream patch will make it into hardy? -- rpc.gssd FD_ALLOC_BLOCK too low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191872 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 193920] [NEW] rpc_pipefs should be in the PRUNEFS list

2008-03-07 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: rpc_pipefs is usually mounted on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs and is used for kernel<->userspace communication for nfs. mlocate most likely shouldn't go digging around there. ** Affects: mlocate (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- rpc_pipefs should be in

[Bug 193920] Re: rpc_pipefs should be in the PRUNEFS list

2008-03-07 Thread Niall Sheridan
debdiff attached. ** Attachment added: "debdiff to add rpc_pipefs to PRUNEFS" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12128428/mlocate_rpc_pipefs.debdiff -- rpc_pipefs should be in the PRUNEFS list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193920 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty

2008-03-07 Thread Niall Sheridan
Right, because drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c now does what huaweiAktBbo.c was previously required to do. Sadly, my modem is not Just Working with wvdial, unless I modify initializers.c per the patch in my previous comment. -- HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty

2008-03-07 Thread Niall Sheridan
huaweiAktBbo.c sends a zero-sized message when initializing the device, while usb_stor_huawei_e220_init in drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c does not. By changing the call to usb_stor_control_msg() to mimic the huaweiAktBbo's call to usb_control_msg(), the device works flawlessly every time. I'

[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty

2008-02-28 Thread Niall Sheridan
** Changed in: hal-info (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => hal-info ** Changed in: hal-info (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105545 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty

2008-02-25 Thread Niall Sheridan
"- If I shut down hal, the device works." To clarify, I need to stop hal before I plug the device in. -- HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105545 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 105545] Re: HUAWEI E220 no longer works in Feisty

2008-02-25 Thread Niall Sheridan
I did some more digging through this: - If I shut down hal, the device works. - If I don't, sometimes it works, but usually uhci_hcd decides to do a reset of some kind. This has the unfortunate side effect of making the usb modem go away completely. - If I tell hal to ignore the device by modifyi

[Bug 181239] Re: [hardy] regression: kernel requires pci=bfsort on dell poweredge 2950

2008-02-14 Thread Niall Sheridan
This appears to work as expected. -- [hardy] regression: kernel requires pci=bfsort on dell poweredge 2950 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b

[Bug 191872] Re: rpc.gssd FD_ALLOC_BLOCK too low

2008-02-14 Thread Niall Sheridan
debdiff attached. ** Attachment added: "Patch to up FD_ALLOC_BLOCK in rpc.gssd" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11961434/nfs-utils-fd-alloc-block.debdiff -- rpc.gssd FD_ALLOC_BLOCK too low https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 191872] [NEW] rpc.gssd FD_ALLOC_BLOCK too low

2008-02-14 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: The max number of sec=krb5 mounts that rpc.gssd will handle is hardcoded at 32. From utils/gssd/gssd.h: #define FD_ALLOC_BLOCK 32 This causes problems and errors like: RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out. when the number of kerberized nfs mounts approaches the hard limi

[Bug 191610] [NEW] auth-client-config dies on '%'

2008-02-13 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: auth-client-config chokes if a config contains the '%' character, causing some configuration to fail, e.g. account sufficient pam_krb5.so ccache=/var/run/ccache/krb5cc_%u ** Affects: auth-client-config (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- auth-cli

[Bug 191610] Re: auth-client-config dies on '%'

2008-02-13 Thread Niall Sheridan
Forgot the traceback. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~(0)$ auth-client-config --help Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/auth-client-config", line 957, in opts = process_args() File "/usr/sbin/auth-client-config", line 776, in process_args profiles = getProfileNames() File "/usr/s

[Bug 191512] [NEW] gnome displays nfs mounts on the desktop

2008-02-13 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: Every time autofs mounts a new nfs volume, the volume appears on my desktop and nautilus immediately opens a window. Finding my desktop swamped with over 50 (and counting) automounted volumes and a nautilus window for each one is somewhat annoying. There should at least be an

[Bug 181239] [hardy] regression: kernel requires pci=bfsort on dell poweredge 2950

2008-01-08 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: In gutsy, the installer kernel would correctly identify the network cards on a Dell PE 2950 in the correct order - i.e. eth0 would correspond to the first NIC as the BIOS saw it and eth1 would correspond to the second. In hardy alpha2 the kernel is identifying the onboard NI

[Bug 38203] Re: 40-permissions.rules includes non-existent groups

2007-04-04 Thread Niall Sheridan
Patch to udev-108 to remove references from rules.d/40-permissions.rules. Please apply this minorly trivial fix to udev. Seriously, why has this bug been in this state for a year? If I'm making a change to several thousand machines so that they boot correctly, it leaves the realm of 'trivial to

[Bug 38203] Re: 40-permissions.rules includes non-existent groups

2006-10-25 Thread Niall Sheridan
No, it fixes the symptoms. The problem (referenced local groups are not present) still exists. -- 40-permissions.rules includes non-existent groups https://launchpad.net/bugs/38203 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57899] usb-storage devices break the install

2006-08-27 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer If I have a device that uses usb-storage attached to my machine during the install, usb-storage claims sda before the sata modules. On reboot, the sata modules are included in the initramfs which means the first disk is detected as sda

[Bug 52874] Re: fast user switching with ldap and autofs = bad

2006-08-17 Thread Niall Sheridan
Ping? This is actually a serious problem. I really don't like it when a lot of machines try to mount, read and access several thousand home directories whenever their users unlock their screensavers, especially when the network in question is pretty large and distributed.This places unnecessary

[Bug 53656] Re: user-setup insists on creating a user

2006-07-24 Thread Niall Sheridan
OK, this bug is bogus. The cause of this was me only preseeding d-i passwd/[value] and not passwd passwd/[value] Any chance of making debconf inherit some values from d-i in the future? -- user-setup insists on creating a user https://launchpad.net/bugs/53656 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 53656] user-setup insists on creating a user

2006-07-21 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: user-setup user-setup insists that I create a user in spite of me setting the following preseed options: d-i passwd/root-passwordpassword test d-i passwd/root-password-again password test d-i passwd/root-login boolean true

[Bug 51340] Re: 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an nvram group

2006-06-30 Thread Niall Sheridan
No idea but it's not on any of the machines I have here, and have polled some friends about it. -- 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an nvram group https://launchpad.net/bugs/51340 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51340] Re: 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an nvram group

2006-06-30 Thread Niall Sheridan
While I'm at it, my /etc/nsswitch.conf contains this: passwd: files ldap shadow: files ldap group: files ldap i.e. check files for users and groups first, then fall back to ldap. The nvram group doesn't exist locally so ldap is tried next. -- 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an

[Bug 51340] Re: 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an nvram group

2006-06-30 Thread Niall Sheridan
My system does not have an nvram group. Nor does any other dapper box I've used. I have not modified /etc/{passwd,shadow}, this group is incorrectly referenced in 40-permissions.rules and beacuse of this nss attempts to look for the group in ldap before the network has been configured and introduce

[Bug 51340] 40-permissions.rules incorrectly has an nvram group

2006-06-29 Thread Niall Sheridan
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: udev As summary. The presence of this group is fine unless nsswitch is set to fetch users/groups from ldap. Then it takes a good 2 minutes for a machine to boot while it tries to contact an ldap server before the network is up. ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)