Re: [Bug 392510] Re: Dual-boot install using mdadm root fails to boot

2009-07-08 Thread Christian Gunning
Yes, i understand that it's a driver for BIOS magic that i'd rather not use. When you create a RAID from the BIOS it does a RAID1 or whatever on the entire array using all the drives you select. You cant do a partial bios raid setup as this is illogical. Is there a usage scenario where this

Re: [Bug 392510] Re: Dual-boot install using mdadm root fails to boot

2009-07-08 Thread Christian Gunning
Interesting, thanks for the info. Sorry to flog this to death. Online ubuntu docs with respect to dmraid are definitely somewhat scattered and of varying levels of authority. From a naive newer is better perspective, the page you mention was last edited 2008-08-06, long before jaunty went live,

Re: [Bug 392510] Re: Dual-boot install using mdadm root fails to boot

2009-07-07 Thread Christian Gunning
I want to reiterate that the original bug was reported against the _alternate_ install cd. If i understand correctly, the alternate install cd is required to install using any raid functionality. The initramfs installed by the alternate cd included mdadm, which was unexpectedly difficult to

Re: [Bug 392510] Re: Dual-boot install using mdadm root fails to boot

2009-06-27 Thread Christian Gunning
Just to reiterate, I achieved the desired results described in the original bug after extensive research, trial and error before i filed the bug. To get rid of dmraid you just don't install it. The live cd doesn't have the dmraid package preloaded Ok. But that's not at issue. The alternate

[Bug 392510] [NEW] Dual-boot install using mdadm root fails to boot

2009-06-26 Thread Christian Gunning
Public bug reported: I just finished installing a freshly downloaded jaunty alternate install cd using mdadm partitions in linux as a dual-boot with windows, leaving windows in it's factory-fresh fakeraid partition(s). The only difficult part was getting rid of dmraid. I first shrank the

Re: [Bug 25496] Re: toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram)

2009-04-16 Thread Christian Gunning
I agree. Total regression from circa 2005! Frustrating. Now we've seen that it's possible to build an image where the token works a la Jon Packard. Would filing a new bug help get it into the official package? 2009/4/16 Przemysław Kulczycki przemekkulczy...@gmail.com: Is it really so hard to

[Bug 115616] Re: Device-mapper errors: dm-linear, lookup failed

2009-02-10 Thread Christian Gunning
Just to be clear - This bug is *not* fixed. Upgrading via command line and completely breaking a working system is not very cool. System critical bugs that are open for years doesn't bother me half as much as serious bugs erroneously marked as fixed... -- Device-mapper errors: dm-linear,

[Bug 245931] Re: nautilus not starting as root when empty cd/dvd is inserted

2008-09-02 Thread Christian Gunning
What is the bug number of the original bug? A known issue by whom? -- nautilus not starting as root when empty cd/dvd is inserted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245931 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 117333] Re: tab options not working (from commandline)

2008-08-11 Thread Christian Gunning
It's a little hard to believe the upstream bug is over 6 years old. Bounty, anyone? I'd put up $5. Judging by the response of google to gnome-terminal --tab-with- profile=, and the upstream bug page ( http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83203 ) , there's plenty of room to improve the docs

[Bug 241609] Re: Firefox 3 bookmarks lost after unclean shutdown

2008-07-28 Thread Christian Gunning
I tried JohnBender's suggestion, and noticed that a bunch of files were owned by root. Is there any reason they should be owned by root? On a whim, I found that the following solved all the problems described above: sudo chown -R myusername.myusername .mozilla/firefox -- Firefox 3 bookmarks

[Bug 245931] Re: nautilus not starting as root when empty cd/dvd is inserted

2008-07-06 Thread Christian Gunning
Why is this an invalid bug? Does downgrading nautilus constitute a solution as mentioned on forums? Is the nautilus-share module part of the problem here? Some comment from the triage-er as to status assignment might be useful to users. Running as root or user, I'm seeing nautilus crash

[Bug 198476] Re: [REGRESSION] Impossible to change LCD brightness on Thinkpad R61/T61/X61

2008-04-03 Thread Christian Gunning
FIXED - sort of. I just upgraded BIOS and kernel, and was still having trouble. I discovered the following restores FN-Home/End functionality as long as it's run _after_ X starts... No dice if I put it in /etc/rc.local, and I can't change permission of a /proc file to let .xinitrc do it: # Happy

[Bug 172985] Re: LCD Brightness buttons do not work on Thinkpad X61 Tablet

2008-04-03 Thread Christian Gunning
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/198476 for lots of useful info that might be related. I have a T61 that I got working thusly. -- LCD Brightness buttons do not work on Thinkpad X61 Tablet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172985 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 25496] Re: toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram)

2007-08-01 Thread Christian Gunning
Is this bit of news from Debian Live perhaps relevant? http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ 2007-05-24: casper is dead, long lives live-initramfs Forked casper. [...] -- toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25496 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 118004] Re: FIX INCLUDED: anacron does not work in default config on always-on computers

2007-05-31 Thread Christian Gunning
Yes, the title change seems appropriate: anacron-controlled crons not running on always-on machines I may have misdiagnosed my own problems - the cited thread is the only documentation i've so far found explaining ubuntu's relationship be cron, anacron, and cron.daily. Should the title of

[Bug 25496] Re: toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram)

2007-05-21 Thread Christian Gunning
just tried again, still not working. this bug seriously limits the usefulness of all the ubuntu live disks... looks like we'll have to use damn small linux for testing and thin clients until this gets fixed. -- toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25496

[Bug 59062] Re: Locale error

2007-04-23 Thread Christian Gunning
I just got hit by this when upgrading a modified dapper server to edgy from commandline using apt-get. I successfully completed apt-get upgrade but choked on apt-get dist-upgrade. Looking in /usr/share/locale, I see my locale no longer present. I'm able to continue by prepending my commandline

[Bug 78974] Re: File overwrite problem

2007-04-23 Thread Christian Gunning
I experienced this same problem with X packages on upgrade from dapper to edgy using CL apt-get. dpkg -i --force-overwrite worked for me, thanks sooo much! -- File overwrite problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu

[Bug 25496] Re: toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram)

2007-04-18 Thread Christian Gunning
I just tried, toram not working :( Using casper 1.87 and, i think, 20070417 i386 livecd. -- toRam or copy2Ram (run ubuntu live from ram) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25496 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. --