[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2011-01-16 Thread RnSC
),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),111(lpadmin),119(admin),122(sambashare),123(vboxusers) grep administ /etc/group prints: admin:x:119:administ,ray,rnsc,rnscadm ls -l passwd shadow group gshadow -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1662 2011-01-16 14:19 group -rw-r- 1 root shadow 1441 2011-01-16 14:19

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2011-01-16 Thread RnSC
Per your request / suggestion: sudo /usr/sbin/adduser --gecos --disabled-password bugta [sudo] password for administ: Adding user `bugta' ... Adding new group `bugta' (1001) ... Adding new user `bugta' (1001) with group `bugta' ... Creating home directory `/home/bugta' ... Stopped: Couldn't

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2011-01-02 Thread RnSC
Following up, new system. Gave up on getting 10.04 video to work on my system (another story), switched to 10.10. Created a user named bugta, user 1001, group 1001. Tried to use System / Administration / Users and Groups to change the home directory of bugta from /home to /lhome. lhome

[Bug 234228] Re: [needs-packaging] Rubyripper

2010-12-31 Thread RnSC
Trying to understand the status and what to do. Is Andreas still working on it? I used his last version on lucid. Can the lucid version (Assume that is what is at https://launchpad.net/~aheck/+archive/ppa) be used on Maverick? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-11-14 Thread RnSC
sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -d /newdir/administ -g 1000 -l administ -s /bin/bash -u 1000 administ 2010-11-14-1455.log 21 Nothing comes out on stdout, the following comes out on stderr: usermod: user administ is currently logged in So perhaps that is the problem. It did work in 0810, even when I

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-11-13 Thread RnSC
Sorry for the delay. Boy, that was easy. I did the following: Started the two processes in the two consoles, per the directions. mkdir /newdir Selected the administ account Pressed the [Advanced Settings] button Selected the Advanced tab Change the home directory from /lhome/administ to

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-11-13 Thread RnSC
users-admin.log is zero length. There is no mistake here. -- users and groups home directory change does not take https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-11-13 Thread RnSC
It will not let me upload an empty file, it removed it and posted the comment without an attachement. (Probably not news to you, but thought I should clearly document what is going on here). Thanks. -- users and groups home directory change does not take https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666555

Re: [Bug 666555] Re: users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-10-27 Thread RnSC
Will try to do tonight, may be a few days. I have fiddled with 10.04 before also. This is at least the second, perhaps the third or fourth clean install with this behavior. I just shrugged it off that I must have done something wrong in the past, but this time I was prepared and very

[Bug 666555] [NEW] users and groups home directory change does not take

2010-10-25 Thread RnSC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools May be same root cause as 659758, but symptoms are a little different. Clean 10.04 LTS desktop install. Console login to account created during install, create /lhome, logoff Desktop login to account created during install System /

[Bug 603582] Re: Please merge mdadm 3.1.4-1 (main) from Debian stable (main)

2010-10-19 Thread RnSC
Surbhi, Please interpret - Fix Released Does that mean that for some versions of Ubuntu that when I run the package manager that mdadm 3.1.4 will show up as the latest available!? What version(s)? -- Please merge mdadm 3.1.4-1 (main) from Debian stable (main)

[Bug 603582] Re: Please merge mdadm 3.1.4-1 (main) from Debian stable (main)

2010-10-18 Thread RnSC
Surbhi, Because of your interest, I assume that you follow 495370, and jools' work? I don't know how to evaluate your work vs. his. I will be rebuilding an 0810 machine into 1004 within the next week (I hope) and really don't want to go with the old version if there is, by any reasonable

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-10-18 Thread RnSC
Jools, I am trying to sort this out, and another similar thread came to life today - 603582. It looks like you have both done the same work. Are you aware of his work, what is the difference? Is this duplicated effort? It seems like it would be better for our cause (and admittedly any pre-

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-10-17 Thread RnSC
Jools, I think I about to take the plunge, but would like to ask a few questions first. I have been reading all of the mdadm wiki doc, manpages, scripts, rules, etc. until I am just beginning to *think* that I understand the problem somewhat, and am coming back around to the fact that you have

[Bug 603582] Re: Please merge mdadm 2.7.1.1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

2010-08-07 Thread RnSC
Re Benjamin Drung's note Please unassign yourself if the bug is ready for sponsoring. I do not understand who this comment is directed to (Presumably anyone reading?) nor what action is required. I am ready to do anything required by the process to move a superior AND known reliable (stable)

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-08-02 Thread RnSC
I plan on running 10.04 until a few months after the *next* LTS is released. I don't know how to interpret what I see here. Will the process result in a newer/better stable mdadm being released for 10.04 at some point? If so or if maybe, how far out is that likely to be? Thanks. -- Please

[Bug 425213] [NEW] mdadm segfault when OTHER fs data= in fstab

2009-09-06 Thread RnSC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm Reported last night, cannot find in launchpad (!?). If 9/5 version appears, use THIS report. Included more information. Other mdadm segfaults seem to be different conditions, many are closed, some long ago. Hence new report. 9.04 desktop CD.

[Bug 425213] Re: mdadm segfault when OTHER fs data= in fstab

2009-09-06 Thread RnSC
** Attachment added: Various logs, listings capturing configuration and error http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31392356/md_bug_files.tgz -- mdadm segfault when OTHER fs data= in fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425213 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 137171] Re: re-install with md(raid) in same place uses old raid data

2009-09-05 Thread RnSC
Using the skip= option on dd does not help. It seems to take just as much time as writing zeros to the whole disk. It must skip by reading them, as opposed to issueing an appropriate command to the device. Instead I have started using the rev 1.2 SuperBlock for mdadm. This places the

[Bug 137166] Re: lvm config outputs vg freespace in 10**6, inputs in 2**20

2009-09-05 Thread RnSC
I did not go with Ubuntu in the 2007 time frame, instead staying with Suse which I had used for years. However I have recently switched to Ubuntu. I don't recall where the LVM configuration WAS, but with 8.10 and 9.04 I don't see any way to do MD or LVM through the install CD. This is very

[Bug 330298] Re: mdadm software raid breaks on intrepid-jaunty upgrade

2009-09-05 Thread RnSC
Continuing with my 8/31 2009 post, I erased the disks and reinstalled 9.04. Still had problem. Reading the mdadm wiki, kernel detection and assembly of arrays is considered deprecated, and only works with version 0.9 superblocks anyway. I use version 1.2 superblocks so that they are near the

[Bug 330298] Re: mdadm software raid breaks on intrepid-jaunty upgrade

2009-08-30 Thread RnSC
The title definitely happened to me. System boots off of a simple, separate disk. Two 500GB disks (sdb, sdc) were mirrored with md, then a VG created, a LV, and ext3 on top. Simple, worked great. /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf did NOT list the configuration, but rather depended on a scan to figure it

[Bug 330298] Re: mdadm software raid breaks on intrepid-jaunty upgrade

2009-08-30 Thread RnSC
The title definitely happened to me. System boots off of a simple, separate disk. Two 500GB disks (sdb, sdc) were mirrored with md, then a VG created, a LV, and ext3 on top. Simple, worked great. /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf did NOT list the configuration, but rather depended on a scan to figure it

[Bug 350776] Re: jockey backend crashed when trying to install nvidia driver

2009-04-23 Thread RnSC
Same problem, but I can provide more detail. New (Clean) install, first boot, first logon, first action on desktop. Appearance Preferences was installed as None. System / Preferences / Appearance / Visual Effects Select Extra. Searches and says that it must download a proprietary driver. NVidia

[Bug 350776] Re: jockey backend crashed when trying to install nvidia driver

2009-04-23 Thread RnSC
RnSC Post a minute ago... I neglected to say that this occurred on the just-released 0904 desktop, Thursday, April 23. -- jockey backend crashed when trying to install nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 137166] lvm config outputs vg freespace in 10**6, inputs in 2**20

2007-09-03 Thread RnSC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Alternate CD install with RAID1, then LVM on top. Problem is with LVM configuration program. LVM configutor reports freespace in terms of 10**6 bytes, in my example it report 252834MB. Switching to a busybox vgdisplay reports

[Bug 137171] re-install with md(raid) in same place uses old raid data

2007-09-03 Thread RnSC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Situation: Doing an identical re-install. I am learning, or I don't trust the system and so something could be corrupted. Usually operator error (me), but has also been bad hardware. I ant a TRUELY clean slate. First I zero the MBR

[Bug 137175] Installer Forgets Partition FS info on enter/exit RAID or LVM Config

2007-09-03 Thread RnSC
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Create partitions. Work down through list, specifying file system, mount points, names, etc. Make some Linux RAID. Enter RAID configuration. When you return, all of the OTHER partition information is GONE! Do it again, plus an MD