[Bug 1000018] Re: ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern

2012-05-16 Thread Robert Citek
I get the same results on Ubuntu Precise 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118 Title: ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern To manage notifications about this bug go to: h

[Bug 1000018] Re: ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern

2012-05-16 Thread Robert Citek
I see the same output pattern if I use the --cols or --columns option to ps. For example, $ n=0; m=81; for ((c=${n}; c<=${m} ; c++)) ; do echo ${c}: $( ps aux --cols ${c} 2> /dev/null | grep ^gdm | grep 22693 ) ; done $ n=0; m=81; for ((c=${n}; c<=${m} ; c++)) ; do echo ${c}: $( ps aux --columns

[Bug 1000018] Re: ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern

2012-05-15 Thread Robert Citek
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118 Title: ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+

[Bug 1000018] [NEW] ps aux with COLUMNS displays odd pattern

2012-05-15 Thread Robert Citek
Public bug reported: I was incrementing COLUMNS while using 'ps aux' to search for a particular gdm process, when I noticed that that output length does not increment by a single character. Rather it increments, then truncates, and increments again. Here's a sample using a for..loop to incremen

[Bug 362301] Re: ALL application windows only open in full-screen mode

2011-01-17 Thread Robert Citek
@Niel, thanks for the CLI tip. However, the key is spelled with a "z", i.e. no_maximize. For example, # to view: gconftool-2 --get /apps/maximus/no_maximize # to set: gconftool-2 --set /apps/maximus/no_maximize --type BOOL true gconftool-2 --set /apps/maximus/no_maximize --type BOOL false # to

[Bug 696688] [NEW] grep --color= outputs blank line if \r in the input

2011-01-02 Thread Robert Citek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grep I expect the --color= option in grep to color the match. Instead, grep --color= shows a blank line when \r is in the input. For example, $ echo -ne "foo\n" | \grep --color=always '^f.*' foo $ echo -ne "foo\r\n" | \grep --color=always '^f.*' $ ech

[Bug 620441] Re: MySQL upstart stop job does not cleanly shutdown mysql

2010-12-16 Thread Robert Citek
Had some issues getting changes in mysql's upstart script from taking effect. This demonstrates the issue, using the respawn command as the example, and a solution. $ grep respawn /etc/init/mysql.conf respawn $ sudo mysqladmin status ; sudo mysqladmin shutdown ; sudo mysqladmin status ; sleep

[Bug 620441] Re: MySQL upstart stop job does not cleanly shutdown mysql

2010-12-16 Thread Robert Citek
We got bitten by this bug and are now checking tables on our DBs. What's interesting is that we made changes to the mysql upstart script but they do not seem to be taking effect. In particular: 1) changes to the kill timeout. Changing the value to 300 had no effect. Even after issuing an "initc

[Bug 656115] Re: cannot resize ext4 once GDT blocks exhausted

2010-10-07 Thread Robert Citek
Just an FYI, using the resize= option in mkfs.ext4 was not intuitive. Sometimes the number of GDT blocks reserved was smaller when specifying a larger resize= number. Instead we created an LV that was 1/1,000th our estimated maximum, created a filesystem on it with mkfs.ext4, and then resized it t

[Bug 656115] Re: cannot resize ext4 once GDT blocks exhausted

2010-10-07 Thread Robert Citek
The way we discovered this issue was by creating a small generic install of Ubuntu with an LVM containing several small LVs, creating an image of the install, and then pushing out the image to client machines. The full size of the image was < 1 GB with most of the LVs < 100 MB, which made pushing

[Bug 656115] Re: cannot resize ext4 once GDT blocks exhausted

2010-10-07 Thread Robert Citek
Most likely e2fsprogs as tune2fs, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, and resize2fs are all components of that package. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => e2fsprogs (Ubuntu) -- cannot resize ext4 once GDT blocks exhausted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656115 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 656115] [NEW] cannot resize ext4 once GDT blocks exhausted

2010-10-06 Thread Robert Citek
Public bug reported: With an ext4 filesystem, you can shrink and expand a filesystem until you run out of GDT blocks. After that the filesystem cannot be resized, neither shrunk nor expanded, even if unmounted. Although this issue is most relevant in an LVM environment, here's some code to demon

[Bug 570800] Re: package initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-04-27 Thread Robert Citek
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45745391/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45745392/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Df.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45745393/Df.txt ** Attachment added:

[Bug 570800] [NEW] package initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-04-27 Thread Robert Citek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools See attached automatically generated bug report. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x8

[Bug 358096] Re: Slow login via shell, sudo, ssh, gdm

2009-10-03 Thread Robert Citek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 295429 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295429 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 295429 pam_ecryptfs.so causes authentication to be slow by unnecessary subsequent unwraps of wrapped-passphrase -- Slow login via shell, sudo, ssh, gdm http

[Bug 276253] Re: NM 0.7 sets hostname to localhost.localdomain instead of what is in /etc/hostname

2009-10-03 Thread Robert Citek
Hello Alexander, This is still an issue for me and others in 8.10 (Intrepid). Of note is that if I disable Network Manager then I am able to surf the Internet just fine: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network- manager/+bug/276253/comments/12 Is there any other information I can provi

[Bug 276253] Re: NM 0.7 sets hostname to localhost.localdomain instead of what is in /etc/hostname

2009-09-18 Thread Robert Citek
Actually, I've "completely" disabled Network manager from starting up in any runlevel: $ ls -la /etc/rc?.d/*Manag* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 13 2009 /etc/rc2.d/K01S28NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jan 13 2009 /etc/rc3.d/K01S28NetworkManager -> ../init.

[Bug 276253] Re: NM 0.7 sets hostname to localhost.localdomain instead of what is in /etc/hostname

2009-09-09 Thread Robert Citek
I'm seeing a similar issue with 8.10. My solution was to disable network manager: $ cd /etc/rc2.d $ sudo mv S28NetworkManager K01NetworkManager This is a very bad solution for those who want to manage their networks from within Gnome, but since I don't, it works for me. Some details: $ dpkg -l

[Bug 351559] Re: time settings: no warning on NTP errors

2009-08-24 Thread Robert Citek
I am having the same issue with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Here's what I did: 0) Check the current time: http://www.google.com/search?q=time+detroit+mi 1) Click System > Administration > Time and Date 2) Click Unlock and enter my password 3) Time zone: America/New_York 4) Configuration: Keep synchronized .

[Bug 375755] Re: 9.04: xrdp 0.4 + vnc4server results in flashing screen on login

2009-08-20 Thread Robert Citek
Can you expand on what you mean by "use tightvncserver instead" ? Do you mean uninstall something else and replace it with tightvncserver? If so, what is that something else? Do you mean change a configuration file to point to tinghtvncserver? If so, what configuration file? Or something else?

[Bug 8978] Re: Grub - Error 21 returned

2009-04-13 Thread Robert Citek
You can even use Ubuntu to restore your MBR: http://pwet.fr/man/linux/administration_systeme/install_mbr http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mbr > You do not have to (re)install Windows to restore your MBR: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013 -- Grub - Error 21 returned https://bugs.la

[Bug 205653] Re: Hardy beta - laptop randomly freezes with caps & scroll lock leds blinking

2008-05-10 Thread Robert Citek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 194650 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194650 @ Chris > For some reason, Robert Citek changed the duplicate link on this bug for no > apparent reason, and didn't leave any comment at all. In the meantime, I'm > restoring the lin

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-05-01 Thread Robert Citek
@tbranham > What a frustrating bug. Indeed, especially since we do not have a test case that works for everyone nor any error messages to give a clue where to look. To top it off I have got two machine running Hardy without issue, one of which has been up for over four days straight acting. Some

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-30 Thread Robert Citek
Woops. That fourth step should be this: 4) type "evince ~/Examples/case_Wellcome.pdf &" Regards, - Robert -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-30 Thread Robert Citek
@Joe (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/204996/comments/120) > What I do does not appear to influence the crash. OK. Does this reproduce the crash? 1) boot into Ubuntu 2) log in via GDM (enter username and password) 3) open a Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) 4)

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-30 Thread Robert Citek
@Joe (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/204996/comments/118) >I've gotten back around to re-attaching my Hardy install. It was up for about >8 minutes and crashed when opening a PDF file. 8 minutes is the fastest I've seen posted. How reproducible is that? This is, if you do t

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-30 Thread Robert Citek
@PeteDonnell (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/204996/comments/116) >This computer has no nVidia, e1000, or wireless of any kind. According to your crash logs, your machine does have nVidia. $ grep -m 2 -i nvidia *.log dmidecode.log: Product Name: nVidia-nForce interrupts.lo

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-28 Thread Robert Citek
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Rami Autiomäki wrote: > Crash occured Apr 28 15:35. Mouse moved long time after that. Machine > freezed totally just before 16.08 when I tried to start Evolution. Your kernel logs seem to confirm that: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13985779/kern.log ... Apr 28 1

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-28 Thread Robert Citek
For those experiencing crashes, after the crash can you reboot and post the following logs: cat /proc/interrupts > interrupts.log sudo dmidecode >dmidecode.log cat /proc/mtrr > mtrr.log /var/log/Xorg.0.log /var/log/kern.log /var/log/kern.log.0 Regards, - Robert -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
@tzu (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/204996/comments/64) I do not have an SMB server nor Windows machine to connect to. As an alternative, I tried pulling 5 GB of data from the Hardy machine via ssh over wired ethernet. Worked just fine: $ ssh 192.168.0.205 "dd if=/dev/zer

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13953425/lspci-vvnn.log -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13953418/dmesg.log -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
FWIW, I cannot get my machine to lockup. Tried pushing the CPU by firing off 20+ processes like this: $ cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null & All I got was this after about 5 hours: $ uptime 21:24:30 up 5:00, 2 users, load average: 25.00, 25.00, 24.83 $ vmstat 1 10 procs ---memory---

[Bug 204996] Re: Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
Has anyone come up with a systematic way to reproduce this freeze up? - Robert -- Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 205653] Re: Hardy beta - laptop randomly freezes with caps & scroll lock leds blinking

2008-04-26 Thread Robert Citek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 204996 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204996 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 194650 computer locks up using rt61pci ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 204996 Linux kernel 2.6.24-12 lockup -- Hardy beta - laptop randomly f

[Bug 217414] [NEW] grep hangs if using both the -i (--ignore-case) and --color options

2008-04-14 Thread Robert Citek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grep Adding -i with --color causes grep to hang: $ true && ( set -x lsb_release -rd locale dpkg -l grep grep -V # with -i echo hello | grep -i -e ^ # with --color echo hello | grep --color=always -e ^ # with --color and -i echo hello | grep -i --color=a

[Bug 191053] Re: primer3 does not output complete primer name if only choosing left or right primers

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Citek
Works with the primer3-1.1.3-candidate release. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=112461&package_id=211061&release_id=578504 $ tar -xzvf primer3-1.1.3.tar.gz $ cd primer3-1.1.3/src/ $ make all && make test $ echo 'PRIMER_NUM_RETURN=11 PRIMER_TASK=pick_left_only SEQUENCE=GTA

[Bug 191053] Re: primer3 does not output complete primer name if only choosing left or right primers

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Citek
Here's a script which automates the above: true && ( set -x wget 'http://superb- west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/primer3/primer3-1.1.3.tar.gz' tar -xzvf primer3-1.1.3.tar.gz cd primer3-1.1.3/src/ make all make test echo 'PRIMER_NUM_RETURN=11 PRIMER_TASK=pick_left_only SEQUENCE=GTAGTCAGT