[Bug 439604] Re: boot process isn't paused while fsck runs on partition: boot process is completed with fsck running in the background preventing partition from mounting

2009-11-30 Thread brodiepearce
Nobody has really pointed out that this feature is only going to confuse novice users, which is ultimately the group that Ubuntu is aimed at. A notification on startup at least would be nice so that Grandma Jenkins knows why she can't access anything on her 2nd 'non-essential' drive. -- boot pro

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

2008-06-19 Thread brodiepearce
I think it's now well-established that the lockups/freezes in Hardy are being produced by a wide variety of situations. The only times I get lockups without using RT61 wireless are during gameplay with WINE. Chainz wrote: > It must be something with graphics and most probably OpenGL. > First Sc

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

2008-06-14 Thread brodiepearce
As do I, my problems seem to be stemming from the included RT61 wireless driver also. This system has been stable for the past two weeks using an old wired ethernet card. If I replace the wireless card in the system it locks up every time within one or two hours of heavy network load. Martin

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

2008-06-03 Thread brodiepearce
I enabled the backports and proposed repositories on this machine and updated from those shortly after my previous post, that seems to have fixed my problems for now. Sandair wrote: > I have the exact same problem as the orinal bug report. Same machine: > Dell C400, 512MB. Different wireless

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

2008-05-31 Thread brodiepearce
I'm getting these random freezes/lockups with the following hardware: AMD A64 3200+ DFI motherboard (NVidia NF4 chipset) SATA + PATA IDE and ATAPI devices 1GB RAM ATI graphics card RT61 based wireless NIC I have wireless disabled at the moment to try and see if that could be the cause of my crash