[Bug 1898891] Re: anacron cron.weekly error: AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'

2020-10-11 Thread paul fox
Adding a "me too". Upgraded from 18 to 20 (both LTS) and am now getting this same error (with identical traceback as above). It seems that /usr/share/software- center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py calls platform.linux_distribution(), which no longer exists. >From stackoverflow (where all of

[Bug 1874272] Re: Stage "searching for obsolete software" takes a very long time (30 minutes)

2020-10-07 Thread paul fox
I've upgraded 4 systems from 18.04 to 20.04, and only one has shown this behavior. Will attach an strace of the focal process. I ran the strace for approximately 30 seconds. ** Attachment added: "strace of the python focal process, while bug is occurring" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+

[Bug 800701] Re: init: plymouth-stop pre-start process terminated with status 1(plymouth-stop called multiple times due to race?)

2014-02-24 Thread paul fox
as further background information on possible causes for this: the message in question will occur in the log any time upstart is told to (re)enter runlevel 2. i.e, if you type "telinit 2", you'll see the result both in the output of "last -x head" (because wtmp records the (null) level transitio

[Bug 917520] Re: Regression: mdadm drops to initramfs shell on unregistered array

2012-06-23 Thread paul fox
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 942106 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942106 i can't tell from the initial description whether or not there was a truly degraded array on his system. perhaps not, in which case the fixes described in #942106 would help. but since the topic of this bug

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread paul fox
fair enough. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 Title: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-12-30 Thread paul fox
"expected to uninstall?" says who? as the original submitter of this bug, let me be the one to point out this phrase from the description: "this might be to temporarily disable a serial line getty, or whatever." that doesn't sound like a reason to uninstall to me. in any case, i think this

[Bug 402759] Re: Scripts need to be migrated from /etc/event.d to /etc/init

2010-05-07 Thread paul fox
echoing comment #11: where are the differences between the "new" and "old" formats documented? -- Scripts need to be migrated from /etc/event.d to /etc/init https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 557177] Re: init: support mandatory arguments, or prevent starting of tasks without any arguments

2010-04-08 Thread paul fox
with all due respect to scott, it wasn't just the "--> Invalid" that caused this tempest. it was the somewhat dismissive sounding 'Sorry, the only response here is "Don't Do That Then"', which helped reinforce the impression that this was a "won't fix" situation. but that aside, this thread was a

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread paul fox
sorry. clearly i didn't parse the status change attached to comment #6 correctly. i thought it was this bug that had been marked invalid. -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 94065] Re: init: add non-destructive means to disable a job

2010-04-07 Thread paul fox
where can i find the upstream bug? -- init: add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 94065] Re: Add non-destructive means to disable a job

2008-08-13 Thread paul fox
is there a disable method yet? i reported this initially over a year ago. (there may be, but since there's no upstart manpage on hardy, it's hard to know. :-) -- Add non-destructive means to disable a job https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94065 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 237243] Re: hardy upgrade fails: "essential package would have to be removed"

2008-06-04 Thread paul fox
this worked. perhaps do-release-upgrade could grow a manpage, or at least some more text in the usage message that describes the default behavior, and why one would use "-m desktop". many thanks. -- hardy upgrade fails: "essential package would have to be removed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 237243] Re: hardy upgrade fails: "essential package would have to be removed"

2008-06-03 Thread paul fox
** Attachment added: "the contents of /var/dist-upgrade directory" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14980684/dist-upgrade.tgz -- hardy upgrade fails: "essential package would have to be removed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237243 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 237243] [NEW] hardy upgrade fails: "essential package would have to be removed"

2008-06-03 Thread paul fox
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager i'm running gutsy 7.10 (which was upgraded from feisty which was upgraded from edgy). i ran: apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade do-release-upgrade which gave the message: Could not calculate the upgrade

[Bug 173428] Re: [hardy] evdev mouse driver stops working

2008-04-06 Thread paul fox
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 173833 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173833 this is a result of the xorg folks changing the configuration parameters for evdev. the new config doesn't want Name or Phys config lines. it wants a "Device" line, like so: Option "Device" "/dev/input

[Bug 41056] Re: qiv fails to start: Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)

2008-02-18 Thread paul fox
i can reproduce this, running qiv on feisty, and displaying to a remote X11 server that's running gutsy. let me know what i can do to help. the workaround (setting XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS before running qiv) works for me. (i'm not sure how to "reopen" the bug. i'm happy to do so -- it's just n

[Bug 122680] no way to install a custom keymap

2007-06-27 Thread paul fox
Public bug reported: in all previous releases of ubuntu or debian on which i've tried it, it was possible to somehow make changes to boottime.kmap and have the changes "stick". (in particular, this is an easy and popular way of changing capslock to control for the console.) either the map file c

[Bug 3498] Re: Curses box uses wrong characters when X cannot start

2007-06-27 Thread paul fox
i'm running feisty, and believe i have a simpler way of reproducing this problem. i have never, to my knowledge, changed my local/language/etc. (i'm in the US.) boot the system. don't bother logging in to gdm. switch directly to a console, with control-alt-F1. log in, and run: "dialog --msgbo

[Bug 72058] Re: Documentation about vanished /etc/inittab should be added

2007-03-08 Thread paul fox
i was just about to submit a similar bug, so i'll just augment this one. given that upstart is now completely central to the operation of the system, the documentation really needs to be more complete. in particular: * in addition to the above inittab(5) man page (which is not for "initctl",