[Bug 287088] Re: problems with ubuntu 8.10 beta wubi installation

2010-09-15 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please try with 10.10? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- problems with ubuntu 8.10 beta wubi installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287088 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 365881] Re: wubi installer's pyrun.exe says no disk

2010-07-06 Thread Agostino Russo
Thanks a lot, that is very useful information, I will patch wubi and upload a new version in the coming days! -- wubi installer's pyrun.exe says no disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 474978] Re: Wubi install does not use correct keyboard layout

2010-04-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please attach the wubi log in your user temp directory? -- Wubi install does not use correct keyboard layout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474978 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 364469] Re: busybox appears when install with wubi 8.10

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Please use a later version as suggested ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- busybox appears when install with wubi 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 459162] Re: karmic shutdown error on inspiron 1525

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 468589 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468589 See https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/468589/comments/19 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 468589 Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic -- karmic shutdown error on inspiron 1525

[Bug 464209] Re: Uninstall of Wubi.exe doesn't restore Windows XP SP3 boot sector

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 400936 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400936 Run wubi.exe with revision 168+ or clean up boot.ini manually ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 400936 The uninstaller fails to remove Ubuntu from boot.ini -- Uninstall of Wubi.exe doesn't

[Bug 546866] Re: Ubuntu (installd by Wubi aside Wind XP prof Sp 2) desolves on 3 day

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
What exactly do you mean by desolves? Can you please try with 10.04 (http://people.canonical.com/~evand/wubi/lucid/) ? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- Ubuntu (installd by Wubi aside Wind XP prof Sp 2) desolves on 3 day https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546866 You received

[Bug 543455] Re: wubi only boots to a background 10.04 beta1

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Is the linux side installation completed? Can you get to a console? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- wubi only boots to a background 10.04 beta1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 551150] Re: lucid install w/ downloaded iso fails at grub

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Hi, the logic followed is as per C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.cfg You should reach the line: search -s -f -n /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz Since the condition [ -e /boot/grub/grub.cfg ] should evaluate to false in a new installation -- lucid install w/ downloaded iso fails at grub

[Bug 530987] Re: Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom

2010-03-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 541840] Re: wubi test case wdi-002 and wdi-003 stop on grub

2010-03-21 Thread Agostino Russo
I had patched that in my local branch but somehow forgot to push to the public repo (http://cia.vc/stats/author/Agostino%20Russo/.message/1334c), apologies for the inconvenience, in any case Colin's patch is very similar, and I can confirm that it fixes this issue. -- wubi test case wdi-002 and

[Bug 530987] Re: Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Fix Committed -- Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 355250] Re: Install inside windows no prompt for username

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Invalid -- Install inside windows no prompt for username https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355250 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 510944] Re: Ubuntu installated by Wubi doesn't mount host HD with diacritics support

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
Since it should work when using NTFS, that is the preferred workaround, I would prefer not to invest time in expanding support for vfat installations at this stage. ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Won't Fix -- Ubuntu installated by Wubi doesn't mount host HD with diacritics support

[Bug 505077] Re: Don't use Ubuntu Windows installer to create dual boot

2010-01-10 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 477104 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 477104 After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install -- Don't use Ubuntu Windows installer to create dual boot

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-31 Thread Agostino Russo
Here is the debdiff for the upstream patch 1927, Eliminate NTFS 4Gib barrier, by phcoder (comment #77), the fix seems to be working according to the reports here and in bug #477169 ** Attachment added: Applied upstream patch rev-1927 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37322976/debdiff -- After

[Bug 484099] Re: Kernel Panic after latest update.

2009-12-31 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 477104 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 477169 Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 477104 After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-31 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 477104 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 477104 After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-31 Thread Agostino Russo
The patch has to go through this process https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates before it is made available as a package upgrade. At that point a normal upgrade will fix the issue. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-23 Thread Agostino Russo
For a patch/workaround: A) get the wubildr in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104/comments/90 and copy it over C:\wubildr B) ensure that when you boot there is no command insmod ntfs. Press e at the grub boot menu to edit the relevant entry and remove insmod ntfs

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-23 Thread Agostino Russo
I would like more confirmations that the patch in #90 actually works. Your feedback is appreciated. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-18 Thread Agostino Russo
Meow81, the patch is the one mentioned in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104/comments/77 Which in turns refers to this grub/trunk patch: revno: 1927 committer: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko phco...@gmail.com branch nick: mainline timestamp: Thu 2009-12-10 14:45:00

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
I have applied the grub patch proposed by phcoder (comment #77) and regenerated wubildr Please try to replace C:\wubildr with the file attached and report whether this fixes the problem ** Attachment added: wubildr http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36920146/wubildr -- After 9.10 grub update can

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Please see if the new wubildr in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104/comments/90 fixes this issue. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Please make sure that when you boot the line insmod ntfs is commented out or disable it by pressing e at the grub boot menu and edit the entry before proceeding. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Please make sure that when you boot the line insmod ntfs is commented out or disable it by pressing e at the grub boot menu and edit the entry before proceeding. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification

[Bug 493277] Re: Uable to load Ubuntu at all!

2009-12-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please provide a clean error log? There are several logs in there. -- Uable to load Ubuntu at all! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-02 Thread Agostino Russo
Mark, what might happen is that ntfs (not necessarily ext4) could be left in a dirty state with journal items to be committed. What it means is that if you boot from Windows or a full Ubuntu installation using their default ntfs driver, those drivers will correctly play back the ntfs journal

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-02 Thread Agostino Russo
I was never able to reproduce this bug myself, so it is not unexpected that it works for you, it remains to be seen if the issue is random or if it was due to some past upgrade. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-01 Thread Agostino Russo
To test the above theory (upgraded initscripts leaves fs marked as dirty at shutdown), you need to go do a fresh installation, go through the initscripts upgrade, then shutdown, boot from a live CD/usb and check whether ntfs is marked as dirty using ntfs-3g.probe. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-01 Thread Agostino Russo
If you have this issue, can you please post the content of: cat /proc/cmdline? If you installed onto ntfs, among your kernel boot parameters, you should have:: rootflags=syncio -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-30 Thread Agostino Russo
There might be different issues intermingled here. Thanks to your comments I can confirm one bug: If your windows boot device (say C:\) is different from the partition where you installed Wubi (say D:\ubuntu) lupingrub-mkimage will modify wubildr within the latter (D:\wubildr) instead of

[Bug 252900] Re: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails

2009-11-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 252900] Re: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails

2009-11-14 Thread Agostino Russo
kasi.logu, may I ask for what reason was the status changed to fix committed given that 9.10 is out? -- vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 453638] Re: During installation: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (104, 1)

2009-11-14 Thread Agostino Russo
Could be related to bug #477104 -- During installation: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (104,1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453638 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Yes that seems to be the case, but I cannot reproduce this bug, and there isn't anything obvious in the code. So it's a matter of narrowing it down a bit. If you follow the instructions in #39 it might help. Hopefully this is reproducible on your side. If it is an update-grub problem, it might

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Did you try to run chckdsk /r from windows? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Kech there is a call trace in there, but I cannot read it from the video, can you post it here please? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 204133] Re: wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
If it is an ntfs corruption issue, you can run chkdsk /r from windows on the drive containing the ubuntu installation and then try to boot again. You can access your data by booting from a linux live CD / USB, then mounting the appropriate windows partition, then mounting the /ubuntu/root.disk

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
If you have ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. it is because when you run the command linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash you need to replace /dev/sda1 with the appropriate partition, /dev/sda1 means that wubi is to

[Bug 376120] Re: installing ubuntu stoped on installing system on 0% without any progress for half an hour

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Do you have the same problem in wubi 9-10 final release? -- installing ubuntu stoped on installing system on 0% without any progress for half an hour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Kech I cannot see your last video. Can someone please boot in recovery mode and post the call trace? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic

2009-11-10 Thread Agostino Russo
Please either enable the karmic-proposed repository (see link in Martin's post #88) and then do a system upgrade. Or install one of the packages below which is appropriate for you. For 32 bit ubuntu: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sysvinit/initscripts_2.87dsf-4ubuntu12_i386.deb For

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-10 Thread Agostino Russo
gissi, kech, does the system completely freeze AFTER the linux kernel is loaded? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread Agostino Russo
So it seems that (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg is corrupted, can the others confirm? You can also check the file if you boot manually as explained above and then open /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Is this a grub error or a linux one? I understood it was the latter. To be more precise I understood that from grub, without any change, you are able to load the Linux kernel and initrd, but the initrd scripts cannot locate the root device. So I would expect you to end up in a busybox shell

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Gergely, I am well aware that grub has a built in shell you can always use, but what is relevant is what shell you end up into once you have your error. If after the error you end up in a grub shell it means it is a grub issue. If you end up in a busybox shell it means it is a filesystem/initrd

[Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Note that the weak_mountpoint behaviour has been in since 8.04, it was reverted in 9.10 by a patch that reintroduced the -f flag. I cannot do it now, but it would be interesting to fetch the changelog of sysvinit and see whether the author reintroduced -f thinking it was an omission, or whether it

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
The fact that it is frozen is relevant information. I will check later on, but I do not think that the inability to mount the root file system will freeze the system. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
McKraught what is the output of cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
McKraught, that looks fine, can't you boot with that config.cfg? I.e. can you do configfile (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg then select the first option? -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Please note, I only need reports for people who have the problem, if somehow you fixed the issue, please do not reply or you will be make debugging more complex. If it does NOT work for you, please post the output of the following grub commands: ls root cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg configfile

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread Agostino Russo
Hmm, comment #11 shows that loop0 is already mounted, which means that the steps in #19 up to `set root-(loop0)` are not needed. What happens if you type `root` in the grub terminal (without entering any other command)? I am particularly interested in why you are using `insmod ntfs`, since ntfs

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-08 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you manually mount sda6? It could be that the ntfs partition is corrupted, boot into windows, run `chkdsk /r` within the drive where you installed wubi, check that C:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk is still there, and try to reboot into Ubuntu. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Try to replace C:\wubildr and C:\wubildr.mbr with the respective files in C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr* Please let me know if that works -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Also please post the grub configuration file that does not work -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Do you get any file printout with? cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
What is the grub.cfg inside of root.disk? root.disk /boot/grub/grub.cfg What is the output in the grub console of? ls ls (loop0) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 378045] Re: Not all Canadians have french keyboards

2009-11-05 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 428575 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428575 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 428575 password not accepted/wrong keyboard -- Not all Canadians have french keyboards https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378045 You received this bug

[Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic

2009-11-04 Thread Agostino Russo
Alex, the fix above is only relevant if you installed via Wubi 9.04 and then upgraded to 9.10. -- Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468589 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Please test http://wubi- installer.org/devel/minefield/Wubi-9.10-rev168.exe -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 204133] Re: wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
If you upgraded from wubi jaunty to karmic, please see bug #468589 -- wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204133 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Kevin, I think the problem occurs because you have both an ISO (Y:\ubuntu-9.10-rc-desktop-amd64.iso ) and a CD (E:) Can you please try to remove the ISO and do a new installation? -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Hmm strange: 11-03 11:49 DEBUG Distro: checking whether E:\ is a valid Ubuntu CD 11-03 11:49 DEBUG Distro: parsing info from str=Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Release amd64 (20091027) 11-03 11:49 DEBUG Distro: parsed info={'name': 'Ubuntu', 'subversion': 'Release', 'version': '9.10',

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
So can you please try to delete Y:\ubuntu-9.10-rc-desktop-amd64.iso and run the installer again? -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
I am quite sure this problem happens when you have both a ubuntu ISO with invalid md5 (e.g. release candidate after final release or corrupted ISO) and a Ubuntu CD. The kubuntu amd64 was evaluating to invalid because of bug #465936. -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer,

[Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
** Also affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468589 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 468589] Re: Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic

2009-11-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Untested patch --- /etc/init.d/umountfs2009-10-14 05:15:49.0 +0100 +++ /tmp/umountfs 2009-11-03 14:58:38.767258508 + @@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ # if [ $WEAK_MTPTS ]; then if [ $VERBOSE = no ] + # Do not use the -f umount option here

[Bug 466745] Re: Grub menu displays Windows XP on Wubi installation

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
** Also affects: grub (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Grub menu displays Windows XP on Wubi installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 466745] Re: Grub menu displays Windows XP on Wubi installation

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
The grub menu in the case of wubi should mostly be used for selecting a different kernel or recovery mode and hidden by default, since the OS choice has already been performed in a separate bootloader. -- Grub menu displays Windows XP on Wubi installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466745

[Bug 259540] Re: Wubi - No root file system is defined error

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- Wubi - No root file system is defined error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259540 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 452348] Re: Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
Nobuto this might be due to a different bug. Try the official wubi release, there should be some wubi file in your user temp folder. You can also try to run wubi.exe from command line. -- Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452348 You

[Bug 204133] Re: wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
What is the output of cat /proc/cmdline? -- wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204133 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Assignee: (unassigned) = Agostino Russo (ago) ** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided = Medium -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 465883] Re: Cant install under windows xp

2009-11-02 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 207137 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207137 As a workaround, use the ISO directly with wubi.exe by placing both in the same directory and running wubi.exe. ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: Invalid =

[Bug 463007] Re: Wubi 9.10 on FAT32 overflow

2009-10-29 Thread Agostino Russo
There is a file size limit of 4GB in fat32 so it is not that easy to allow more than that. Aworkaround is to convert the partition to ntfs on your side. ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Won't Fix -- Wubi 9.10 on FAT32 overflow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463007 You received this bug

[Bug 453625] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Beta CD does not have option for installing within Windows

2009-10-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Invalid -- Ubuntu 9.10 Beta CD does not have option for installing within Windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453625 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 406949] Re: [wubi]clock wrongly assumed to be in UTC

2009-10-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided = Medium -- [wubi]clock wrongly assumed to be in UTC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406949 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 446848] Re: Wubi install leaves partman deadlocked when restarted.

2009-10-27 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 439279 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439279 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 439279 There seems to be some instability with the installer -- Wubi install leaves partman deadlocked when restarted.

[Bug 259540] Re: Wubi - No root file system is defined error

2009-10-27 Thread Agostino Russo
Please try with 9.10, at boot select verbose mode (press ESC at the countdown). If you have the same problem please attach the content of /var/log/syslog and /var/log/installer. -- Wubi - No root file system is defined error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259540 You received this bug

[Bug 452348] Re: Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names

2009-10-26 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 460192] Re: grub2 overwrites MBR with WUBI install

2009-10-25 Thread Agostino Russo
Thanks for reporting this Please attach the files in /var/log/installer Try to do a clean installation with the latest daily ISO (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/), at reboot press ESC, and select 'verbose mode', this will generate more detailed logs. If the problem happens again,

[Bug 452348] Re: Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names

2009-10-24 Thread Agostino Russo
Jun, thanks for the patch, we will try to have it in for karmic, if it is not possible, I will make the patched version of wubi available on wubi-installer.org and ubuntu.com -- Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452348 You received

[Bug 452348] Re: Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names

2009-10-24 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid -- Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 452348] Re: Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names

2009-10-24 Thread Agostino Russo
Applied patch and tested with English username and could not see any regression. Needs further testing. -- Karmic: Wubi could not launch with Japanese-multibytes user names https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 439279] Re: There seems to be some instability with the installer

2009-10-20 Thread Agostino Russo
Couldn't wait for the ISO, so I tested by using break=bottom and modifying 25configure_init via sed. I did a clean installation, which used to jam consistently for me. It worked very well, bunch of thanks to Colin. ** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- There seems to

[Bug 410368] Re: Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown.

2009-10-11 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: wubi Assignee: (unassigned) = Agostino Russo (ago) -- Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410368 You

[Bug 442859] Re: wubi fails to install in 9.10Beta

2009-10-10 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 439279 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439279 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 439279 There seems to be some instability with the installer -- wubi fails to install in 9.10Beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442859 You received this

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Hi, can you please attach the log? -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 374168] Re: WUBI uninstall fails to remove boot options from MBR

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please attach the Wubi log? It is in your user temp folder. Can you please try this with a full install/uninstall cycle? To remove manually see the instructions in the wubi guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#Uninstallation -- WUBI uninstall fails to remove boot options from MBR

[Bug 440927] Re: 9.10 beta wubi.exe wants another iso than the one it is extracted from

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Yes this is correct, the code at the moment checks for the Final Release or falls back to the latest daily ISO. ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided = Low -- 9.10 beta wubi.exe wants another iso than the one it is extracted from

[Bug 440927] Re: 9.10 beta wubi.exe wants another iso than the one it is extracted from

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
It is annoying but setting importance to low since there isn't much we can do at the moment, some mechanism to automatically accommodate for beta/rc releases will have to be introduced in the next cycle. -- 9.10 beta wubi.exe wants another iso than the one it is extracted from

[Bug 441107] Re: TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 435153] Re: Wubi now only shows memtest options in grub2

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Wubi now only shows memtest options in grub2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 374168] Re: WUBI uninstall fails to remove boot options from MBR

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- WUBI uninstall fails to remove boot options from MBR https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 413297] Re: Can't boot

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- Can't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413297 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

[Bug 410368] Re: Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown.

2009-10-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Did you uninstall manually (deleting the directory)? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New = Incomplete -- Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410368 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 428407] [NEW] No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: partman-auto-loop Grub2 is capable of loopmounting devices hence there is no need to bind-mounting /boot fstab.d/hostboot has therefore to be removed ** Affects: partman-auto-loop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- No need

[Bug 428407] Re: No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: partman-auto-loop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428407 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 428443] [NEW] There should be a way to hide the menu in os-prober

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub2 In some cases, it might be desirable to hide the boot menu even if other OS are discovered. For instance in Wubi case, the grub menu is shown after the windows one, so it becomes confusing. GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT could be used to specify that the

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