[Bug 573477] Re: Mdadm array fails to assemble on boot.

2012-06-12 Thread michael brenden
There's apparently a race condition, and it appears to have been in (and still is, as of 12.04 LTS) deep in Ubuntu for many versions.It just bit me tonight...and for the last time. Had similar insurmountable problems with 10.04 LTS, 6.06 LTS, too. I guess it's more important for the Ubu coder

[Bug 778520] Re: install on degraded raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
I reinstalled, rebooted, and tried the "fix" given here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11388915&postcount=18 The shit doesn't work. Server still comes up wrong. These kinds of cavalier games and changes are life changing and extremely damaging. After fucked by 10.04 LTS fiasco with Ups

[Bug 872220] Re: Fails to boot when there's problems with softraid

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
I reinstalled, rebooted, and tried the "fix" given here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11388915&postcount=18 The shit doesn't work. Server still comes up wrong. These kinds of cavalier games and changes are life changing and extremely damaging. After fucked by 10.04 LTS fiasco with Ups

[Bug 778520] Re: install on degraded raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11388915&postcount=18 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778520 Title: install on degraded raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell To manage

[Bug 778520] Re: install on degraded raid1 does not boot, drops to initramfs shell

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
There's some race condition now that doesn't give RAID5 (and probably other types) mdadm adequate time, so it shows up with faulty/degraded arrays. Another problem makes boot process ignore the kernel parm "bootdegraded=true" This forces people with mdadm software RAID into a "busybox" initramfs

[Bug 699802] Re: error:: no video mode activated

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
Long-time Ubuntu masochist here. Every version of Ubuntu I've ever installed has had this asinine insistence of hiding everything, making it "quiet" and turning on some goofy "splash", all of which have never - not once - worked correctly and have only succeeding in causing very severe problems.

[Bug 872220] Re: Fails to boot when there's problems with softraid

2012-06-11 Thread michael brenden
This is so stupid, it's just the epitome of asshole. RAID controller cards go out ALL THE TIME. This TAKES OUT MULTIPLE DRIVES without a doubt. Kernel updates frequently don't work with older RAID controllers that were working perfectly for years. Stuff breaks, particularly when it's rebooted or

[Bug 566560] Re: samba server requires smbpasswd -a user constantly

2012-02-21 Thread michael brenden
Having trouble trying to understand what is going on --- libpam-smpass REQUIRES windows password to be identical to unix password?? Please say it ain't so...how stoopid that would be... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 566560] Re: samba server requires smbpasswd -a user constantly

2012-02-21 Thread michael brenden
21 Feb 2012 -- Having exactly same problem, on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS (32bit PAE) Just found this report and am now trying the "fix" of apt-get remove libpam-smbpass and will report back success or fail -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 810344] Re: Can't upgrade dapper to hardy

2011-10-17 Thread michael brenden
askubuntu.com is a mess of stuff totally unrelated to this issue. Please stop spamming it. I've seen you do so on several other bug/question threads here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 377432] Re: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:

2011-07-03 Thread michael brenden
2011-07-03 - Another prolonged PEPCO outage (25 miles outside of DC) brought down another Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 2 server today. Did I mention PEPCO is shit, and if DC power is any indication we are in severe jeopardy as a country...Anyway... This missing /var/run/network/ifstate issue remains an issue,

[Bug 276365] Re: /var/run/network is not created

2011-01-28 Thread michael brenden
See also bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/377432 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276365 Title: /var/run/network is not created -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 377432] Re: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:

2011-01-28 Thread michael brenden
this page may be related http://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuVarRun Another obnoxious discovery about Ubuntu's /var/run stuff Today, I had the distinct pleasure of discovering that /var/run must exist on the root filesystem, even if you have a separate /var filesystem. If your r

[Bug 367171] Re: /var/run/network not created soon enough

2011-01-28 Thread michael brenden
see this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/377432 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367171 Title: /var/run/network not created soon enough -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 377432] Re: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:

2011-01-28 Thread michael brenden
uh, that's 6.06.2 LTS that we upgraded to and hit the problem of non- existent /var/run/network -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377432 Title: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/

[Bug 377432] Re: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:

2011-01-28 Thread michael brenden
Follow-up on identical problem, almost one year later...on another server that was upgraded to 6.06 LTS. This issue may have been fixed, I don't know -- still slogging through it on various older servers. FYI: PEPCO power and Comcast Internet here in the Washington DC metro area (both monopolies)

[Bug 596064] Re: nmbd fails to start on boot - problem with upstart

2010-07-13 Thread michael brenden
Haven't seen any race condition here yet. Problem here was "testparm" is somehow missing from PATH (and entire system)...but that's its own problem. What's annoying is that Upstart reported error 127 in /var/log/daemon.log - not obvious enough. IMO if a pre-script command bombs, as in trying to

[Bug 582376] Re: Samba (nmbd) fails to start at boot

2010-07-13 Thread michael brenden
Ok, commented the two pre-script commands mentioned in , followed by service nmbd start, and -BWAP- immediate, flawless execution. When this stuff works great it is SO GREAT...and when idiocy creeps in, well now, as to why testparm didn't install, or where it disappeared to . eeesh -- S

[Bug 582376] Re: Samba (nmbd) fails to start at boot

2010-07-13 Thread michael brenden
smbd is running, started ok at box boot. nmbd is not running at box boot. % status nmbd nmbd stop/waiting % service nmbd start start: Job failed to start %tail /var/log/daemon.log Jul 13 09:22:10 seed init: nmbd pre-start process (1079) terminated with status 127 Looking at , it appears my

[Bug 553072] Re: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

2010-05-02 Thread michael brenden
more info http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2009/09/project-plymouth.html -- plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553072 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 484677] Re: init: ureadahead-other main process terminated with status 4

2010-05-02 Thread michael brenden
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 522197 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522197 See the "duplicate" bug report for one solution. -- init: ureadahead-other main process terminated with status 4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484677 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 553072] Re: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

2010-05-02 Thread michael brenden
possibly related http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9143980 -- plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553072 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 553072] Re: plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

2010-05-02 Thread michael brenden
I had similar problem. I had removed "quiet splash" from the kernel parameters. Re-added those two using grub and system booted into graphic splash. An error was reported in that graphic splash, and required S to skip or M to fix manually. There were three errors, actually, all for missing disk

[Bug 377432] Re: ifdown: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate:

2010-02-06 Thread michael brenden
We had the same problem here today in Washington, DC with a 6.06 server running root on a 3ware RAID5. Problem did not appear until today's snowstorm and PEPCO power outage. A month or so ago we ran the usual apt-get update / apt-get upgrade to keep 6.06 current. After noticing boot details show

[Bug 64587] Re: log says "ata1 is slow to respond, please be patient"

2009-06-02 Thread michael brenden
Today is 2009-06-02 We're running a stock / latest-updated Ubuntu 8.04.2 (kernel 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP) on Intel Quad XEON (Intel motherboard S3210 SHLC) and still getting litany of frozen SATA subsystem that temporarily freezes entire system. Not Good, since we're running root on software RAI