[Fwd: Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10]

2009-11-13 Thread D.Larcher
Please cancel the second Item of this message : I could load easily Ubuntu 9.10. I had no additional order to print as e.g. clocksource=jiffies. It's the first time I could do it so easily...Ubuntu makes improvements. Thanks Please note that due to an updating of yesterday 7/11/09, my desk comp

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-04-24 Thread Fabio
I'm marking this as fixed, as bug 366262 is probably not related to this. If you have the same problem after upgrading please reopen this bug. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-04-24 Thread Fabio
This SEEMS to have been fixed in Jaunty. Unfortunately I'm experiencing two nasty new bugs and I'm trying to realize if they are related to this one before marking as fixed. -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notif

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-04-08 Thread D.Larcher
Yes absolutely. I was at first very happy with Ubuntu. But when I could not update with new versions, I started to think : it's not yet reliable. Fabio a écrit : > I had a look at Windows' control panel: it points out a conflict between > ATI SMBus and a certain "high precision timer", which I su

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-04-08 Thread Fabio
I had a look at Windows' control panel: it points out a conflict between ATI SMBus and a certain "high precision timer", which I suppose to be clocksource related. This is probably a consequence of a BIOS bug, but the average user will think "Windows boots and Linux doesn't, which means Linux sucks

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-03-23 Thread Dave Lentz
Fabio, I have the same problem with an AMD 770 chipset (Biostar TA770SE motherboard). I experience random freezes, which I thought was due to my videocard having a bad V_BIOS checksum. My videocard is an ATI X300SE using the open-source radeon driver. I actually have a replacement (ATI 4550) being

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-03-17 Thread D.Larcher
As a shows topper perhaps. It's more obvious if you know that I am pretty seventy years old this month of may and not at all skilled in programming ! I do hope that the future system (version 9.04) will be clever enough to start without help of a grandfather ! Best regards Fabio a écrit : > I

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-03-13 Thread Fabio
I have nominated this for Jaunty, as it is a showstopper for some users: I think that the system should at least be clever enough to apply the workaround automatically. -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notificati

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-26 Thread D.Larcher
Thanks a lot Fabio for your help. I could modify the starting of Grub Now starting and closing are OK I have made notification on the french Forum Fabio a écrit : > Try using vim instead of vi > > -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-24 Thread Fabio
Try using vim instead of vi -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 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:/

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-08 Thread D.Larcher
Yes, I could also find it in the meantime. But I am not competent in writing in Linux, and I had some difficulties in writing the additional "clocksource=jiffies". I entered as Root, made "vi...(file )", obtained the file .lst open and entered "i" for insertion, but it has not been accepted and I

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-08 Thread Fabio
Whoops. I meant /boot/grub/menu.lst. -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 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.co

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-08 Thread Fabio
This is probably the same issue I'm experiencing: same error message, same workaround. Booting without quiet also results in a clocksource unstable message. I encountered it with a Sapphire PURE CrossfireX 770 equipped with an nvidia 8600. the root cause could be this (taken from dmesg output):

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-05 Thread D.Larcher
Thanks Fabio ! With clocksource=jiffies, the computer starts and close correctly. Last problem : I cannot find the file /etc/grub/menu.lst. I have only /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ Fabio a écrit : > Try using clocksource=jiffies instead of acpi=off: it may get the shutdown to > work properly. > If

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2009-01-04 Thread Fabio
Try using clocksource=jiffies instead of acpi=off: it may get the shutdown to work properly. If you don't want to type your boot options manually every time you have to edit the file /etc/grub/menu.lst. If you have other questions that are not strictly related to this bug, please ask them on Ubu

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-29 Thread D.Larcher
I discover another trouble when closing the computer : it does not want to close and displays several lines of message about default on closing process ! I have to switch off the line... Please help ! Thanks for your help Fabio a écrit : > One thing I forgot to mention: if you are able to inst

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-28 Thread D.Larcher
Many thanks since I applied the below procedure and I could install Hardy Heron 8.04. Hurrah ! It collapsed first time (black screen again), but I did it again after switching off and it was succesfully. Now, I have another problem : when I stop the computer and start again, I have to appl

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-18 Thread Fabio
One thing I forgot to mention: if you are able to install with acpi=off, you should also be able to boot with acpi=off. Try to: 1) Install from LiveCD with acpi=off 2) When the GRUB bootloader appears, use the arrow keys to select the desired boot option (typically the first) and press e 3) Go to

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-18 Thread D.Larcher
Thanks, I will try it, but later since I have only one desk computer with only one OS. If installation collapse, I have to re-install Ubuntu 7.04... I will do it after Christmas and report my conclusion. (I cannot understand why 7.04 is OK and all other new devlopments cannot be installed). Th

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-18 Thread Fabio
That's right: after pushing F6, replace acpi=off with clocksource=jiffies manually, then tell me if it works. -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-17 Thread D.Larcher
Fabio wrote: > What happens if you use clocksource=jiffies instead of acpi=off? > > Thanks but I am not very competent with programming. How should I insert "jiffies" ? Write it on the line down the screen after making F6 ? I have put in french my problem (not solved) on the french Ubuntu foru

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-12-17 Thread Fabio
What happens if you use clocksource=jiffies instead of acpi=off? -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Nagel
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

Re: [Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-11-16 Thread D.Larcher
Yes, I still have black screen with Intrepid when I try to load it on my disc having still Ubuntu 7.04, either with live CD or with Alternate. I tried to reload and I made twice F6 on first panel. Then I selected acpi=off Then I could load Intrepid, but when restarting it stopped after writing so

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-11-16 Thread Michael Nagel
is this still an issue with intrepid? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2008-09-24 Thread Michael Nagel
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => linux -- Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 178896] Re: Impossible restart after updating Ubuntu 7.04 to 7.10

2007-12-27 Thread D.Larcher
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11075936/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11075937/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11075938/ProcStatus.txt -- Imposs