Re: [Bug 249415] Re: live-initramfs corrupts upstart conf in /etc/event.d/tty*

2008-07-23 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
> experimental livecd with live-initramfs instead of casper Casper is not the source of the missing tty problem because casper is not loaded, live-initramfs replaces casper completely. Now the casper team might benefit from some code from live-initramfs to fix the "toram" flag; but maybe there is

[Bug 249415] Re: live-initramfs corrupts upstart conf in /etc/event.d/tty*

2008-07-17 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
** Also affects: live-initramfs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- live-initramfs corrupts upstart conf in /etc/event.d/tty* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249415 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 249415] similar to bug #95210 ??

2008-07-17 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
It appears that the tty's going dead and incorrect stuff in /etc/event.d has happened before See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/95210 and duplicates. -- live-initramfs corrupts upstart conf in /etc/event.d/tty* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249415 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 224966] [NEW] segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on wheel scroll with firefox/webmail

2008-04-30 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Public bug reported: 0)SUMMARY: In firefox, scrolling the current window by using the mouse wheel triggered seg faults in Xorg and compiz. This bug seemed to be specific to viewing certain content. For example, I am having no problem with scrolling in the ubuntu lanuchpad site. The problem occ

[Bug 224966] confirming Cinar's report

2008-04-30 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
I confirm Cinar's report that with ubuntu Hardy, you can click here to crash X http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986 For some reason, this web page upsets somethingfirefox...compiz...gdm...xorg...something... Why has the title been edited to say this say this bug is not in Ubuntu? The ubunt

[Bug 224966] Re: segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on scroll with firefox/webmail

2008-05-01 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
In previous message, John Vivirito suggests crash report is invalid without /var/crash files or automatic apport report, and sets bug to Invalid. I agree with John that automatic mechanisms for reporting bugs are preferable, since users can never really know what a developer needs to locate the p

[Bug 224966] compiz removed, still crashes Re: segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on scroll with firefox/webmail

2008-05-01 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
[ OK ] Is there some other setting I could be missing to get apport to work correctly? Anyway, I will try to go through the mozilla backtrace procedure later when I can have some time. Thanks in advance for reading all of this. Dr Paul Brewer -- segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on scroll

[Bug 224966] Re: segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on scroll with firefox/webmail

2008-05-01 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
X still crashes with compiz completely removed; so problem does not originate from compiz. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- segfault in Xorg, gdm, compiz on scroll with firefox/webmail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224966 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 222700] [NEW] mksquashfs hangs

2008-04-26 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: squashfs-tools What I expected to happen: mksquashfs should build a compressed filesystem What happened instead: mksquashfs hangs Potential Fix, Untested: Debian bugs reports a similar problem with mksquashfs hanging while building a compressed filesys

[Bug 482990] Re: Won't boot, GRUB Error 2 @ first boot on 9.10

2009-11-20 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
It appears that you can't count on which drive is /dev/sda and which is /dev/sdb when this thing boots. Therefore, after figuring out that it was probably safe, I installled grub onto the mbr of both drives. The fix procedure then was as follows: sudo su apt-get update apt-get upgrade grub-insta

[Bug 51456] Re: fuse-utils missing versioned dependency on makedev

2009-11-14 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
I maintain a customised distribution. This bug is a problem in jaunty, but oddly enough was not a problem in feisty, gutsy, hardy. The blocks customised LiveCD builds. I would love to see a way around it. Typically one sets up a minimal system, chroots into it, and then apt- get's more package

[Bug 482990] [NEW] Won't boot, GRUB Error 2 @ first boot on 9.10

2009-11-15 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Public bug reported: Fujitsu N Laptop, circa 2005, has 2 hard drives, one drive with windows +fat-based-ubuntu install, one drive with ext based ubuntu Steps taken: 0. System had grub previously with Ubuntu 8.04 (to be erased by 9.10) and a chainloader to another boot manager than gave a menu be

[Bug 430224] Re: misc: packages cannot be upgraded in a chroot

2009-11-15 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
This is a problem for builders/testers, not just people using virtual machines. Making it harder to customize/test ubuntu will reduce quality going forward. I build a customized LiveCD for a research group at Caltech, which is also made available to similar groups at other universities. Package

Re: [Bug 879858] Missing required logs.

2014-06-25 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Apparently Resolved by 14.04 14.04 installed normally on asus-1215b On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Brad Figg wrote: > This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. > >From a terminal window please run: > > apport-collect 879858 > > and then change the status of the b

[Bug 1236170] [NEW] grub install fails during install of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Beta2 64bit on Asus EEEPC 1215B

2013-10-06 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Public bug reported: 1. What happened: An install of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Beta-2 failed on a ASUS EEEPC 1215B netbook and I am mostly trusting the system to fill in the rest of the bug report. In case it does not the problem was in the grub install step. The system had a wired connection to the

[Bug 1236170] Re: grub install fails during install of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Beta2 64bit on Asus EEEPC 1215B

2013-10-06 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
CLUE: Tried the chrooted grub reintall and manual fix procedures at http://superuser.com/questions/376470/how-to-reinstall-grub2-efi " apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 " fails with "Killed" and an error about missing systemd /bin/efibootmgr is present in the chrooted environment manu

[Bug 1236170] Re: grub install fails during install of Ubuntu Studio 13.10 Beta2 64bit on Asus EEEPC 1215B

2013-10-07 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 879858 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879858 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 879858 Kernel panic after grub-install on UEFI Asus 1215B -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 879858] Re: Kernel panic after grub-install on UEFI Asus 1215B

2013-10-07 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
Similar problems with ASUS1215B with Ubuntu Studio 13.10Beta2 and Ubuntu 13.10Beta2 I managed to get an install of Ubuntu13.10Beta2 running by using the USB stick to get a GRUB prompt, then entering command mode and doing "source (hd0,1)... grub.cfg" where ... was a path leading to the grub.cfg i

[Bug 786523] Re: Inbound UDP packet drops every 5 seconds in Natty 11.04

2011-11-19 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
I suspect this here, too. A PC here has a RTL8136 gigabit ethernet on the motherboard, which is connected with a lan cable to a gigabit port on a netgear router. ubuntu 11.10 was installed yesterday. The gigabit RTL driver kernel module was installed and the RTL8139 module blacklisted. It drops

[Bug 786523] Re: Inbound UDP packet drops every 5 seconds in Natty 11.04

2011-11-20 Thread Dr Paul Brewer
I stripped out network-manager and wicd, which were installed for a wireless card that will be removed. I configured eth0 simply from /etc/network/interfaces and now there is no problem with UDP ping flood does not jam up either Could it be problem is intermittent... ? -- You received this bu