[Bug 1827778] [NEW] Can no longer Unmount a removable drive - only Remove it.

2019-05-05 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: If I right-click on a mounted Removable Device in dolphin I get the option to "Safely remove it". This will unmount it and *power it off*! Which means I need to remove it and plug it back in again to get it to show up. Not what I want... This is a change at 19.04. Previousl

[Bug 1825733] Re: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core shows upgrading from 18.10 to 18.10 in nl

2019-05-05 Thread Gordon Lack
FYI: There's a screenshot (in English, so not a translation issue) at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825733 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825733 Title: ubuntu-release-upgrader-cor

[Bug 1825733] Re: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core shows upgrading from 18.10 to 18.10 in nl

2019-05-05 Thread Gordon Lack
Sorry - that should have said that the screenshot is in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1827669 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825733 Title: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core shows upgra

[Bug 1827669] Re: Updater says it will update 18.10 to 18.10

2019-05-04 Thread Gordon Lack
Screenshot from an update of my next system to do 18.10 -> 19.04. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1827669/+attachment/5261484/+files/Screenshot_20190504_114508.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1827669] [NEW] Updater says it will update 18.10 to 18.10

2019-05-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: I ran: pkexec do-release-upgrade -m desktop -f DistUpgradeViewKDE & to update Kubuntu 18.10. The window that popped up had a heading of: Upgrading 18.10 to 18.10. (or something along those lines - it was 18.10 to 18.10). It should have been 18.10 to 19.04. NOTE: that the up

[Bug 1759846] Re: Incorrect test used for anacron being active

2019-03-16 Thread Gordon Lack
This is *still* an issue nearly a year on. A better test line is actually this, which checks for anacron being present before checking whether it is enabled: ( test -x /usr/sbin/anacron && systemctl -q is-enabled anacron ) The () are needed. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1806224] Re: Desktop icons can be incorrected placed on the Desktop at login

2019-02-15 Thread Gordon Lack
This seems to be a timing issue. I've only ever seen this on my desktop system, which had HDDs. On my laptop (with SSDs) it didn't happen, even though the desktop set-up was essentially the same. And a few weeks ago I switched my desktop system over to SSDs. The problem no longer shows up there.

[Bug 1801782]

2019-02-11 Thread Gordon Lack
Yes. CustomizeMyBird seems to be causing the problem. SafeMode is fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801782 Title: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication. To mana

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
OK. I had a thought. Started in Safe Mode - all is OK. So I then went around disabling all extensions and *as I disabled one* the window maximized width-wise. That extension is: CustomizeMyBird. So I'll report the issue there instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
I can't find any way to close this report. Please do so... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801782 Title: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication. To manage notificati

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
I only see this with Thunderbird. I don't see it with any other application. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801782 Title: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication. T

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
FYI: As I shut-down Thunderbird teh .xsessions-erros file gets these entries. == 1549728585353 addons.xpi WARNException running bootstrap method shutdown on menuon...@agrude.com: ReferenceError: windows is not defined (chrome://shimmenuontopecma/content/menuontop_shim.jsm:30:1

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Expected results: >> >> The main window should not have been maximised on restart. The main window should not have been maximized on shut-down in the first place! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 1801782] Re: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2019-02-09 Thread Gordon Lack
Yes, this still happens with 60.4.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801782 Title: Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication. To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1812138] Re: vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver produces errors and no video

2019-01-18 Thread Gordon Lack
Sorry - I forgot to add in the original post that streaming the same stream with mpv worked OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812138 Title: vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver

[Bug 1812138] Re: vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver produces errors and no video

2019-01-16 Thread Gordon Lack
This might be useful(?): https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/45979/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812138 Title: vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver produces errors an

[Bug 1812138] [NEW] vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver produces errors and no video

2019-01-16 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: I tried streaming an mpeg stream (from a digital PVR) with vlc, but the result was a blank screen (I did get the audio). The same streaming did work with mpv. It also worked with vlc on another system I have, which has an Intel GPU (rather than an AMD one). This was showing

[Bug 1812138] Re: vlc on mpeg stream with radeon GPU driver produces errors and no video

2019-01-16 Thread Gordon Lack
NOTE: that I tried to add an "also affects" package of: xserver-xorg-video-radeon but was told that does not exist - which is odd as that is the packages I have installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1796438] Re: cryptsetup-initramfs: error message is displayed at initramfs stage when cryptsetup is not included to the initrd

2019-01-15 Thread Gordon Lack
NOTE that mlst of the problem is the use of "may not", which means "is not allowed to". "might not" ("appears not to") is probably intended. Simply saying "This initramfs image does not contain cryptsetup binaries nor crypto modules." would be even clearer. As written it gives the impression tha

[Bug 1796438] Re: cryptsetup-initramfs: error message is displayed at initramfs stage when cryptsetup is not included to the initrd

2019-01-15 Thread Gordon Lack
NO. The issue is still there in 18.10. Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.131ubuntu15) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-13-generic cryptsetup: WARNING: The initramfs image may not contain cryptsetup binaries nor crypto modules. If that's on purpose, you may want to

[Bug 1807286] Re: systemd SEGV freezing on install of virtualbox

2018-12-19 Thread Gordon Lack
** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807286 Title: systemd SEGV freezing on install of virtualbox To manage n

[Bug 1807286] Re: systemd SEGV freezing on install of virtualbox

2018-12-19 Thread Gordon Lack
FYI: The 6.0 final installs OK. See: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=90239#p436126 (and it worked for me...). However, there IS still a BUG in systemd (which is where this bug should be moved - it isn't a virtualbox bug) as it shouldn't be possible for a package installation

[Bug 1807286] Re: systemd SEGV freezing on install of virtualbox

2018-12-08 Thread Gordon Lack
Happens to me to. First seen when trying to install 5.2.22. I abandoned that, cleared things up and re-installed 5.2.20 - which worked OK. I've just tried installing 6.0.3-BETA3. That suffered this issue too. I cleared things up (didn't wait for the install to "finish") and tried re-installing 5

[Bug 1806224] [NEW] Desktop icons can be incorrected placed on the Desktop at login

2018-12-01 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: I have my Desktop Folder settings as: Layout: Folder View Location: Show the Desktop folder The icons are arranged how I want them and locked in place (a 3x8 array). When I login the icons can be wrongly arranged. This does not happen every time, but does seem more likely t

[Bug 1806155] [NEW] Dolhpin is (still) using physical device names - and these can change

2018-11-30 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: Dolphin is using physical device names to identify locally-attached devices. The result of this is that if I boot a system with an external drive (USB) attached and that happens to be detected first (which happens every time on my laptop) then the local partitions, which are

[Bug 1768676] Re: Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-11-30 Thread Gordon Lack
Part of this (the "It is left marked as unmounted and nothing shows in the listing display. But the device is actually mounted..." part) is still an issue, and reported separately at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dolphin/+bug/1806154 -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1806154] [NEW] Dolphin can show a removable drive as mounted when it isn't and vice-versa.

2018-11-30 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: It's trivial to get Dolphin to show a Removable Device as mounted (a green icon) after Dolphin has actually unmounted the drive. Steps to reproduce: 1. Plugin a removable device. This will show up in Dolphin under "Removable Devices" 2. Click on it to mount it. 3. Open a Te

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-13 Thread Gordon Lack
Good. I've tested that patch in 4.18.0 and can confirm it works. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108712#c14 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752 Title: [regression] Wr

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-12 Thread Gordon Lack
They've found the bug!! https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=142443 Is there a mechanism for getting this patched into the current Cosmic kernels (and, presumably, Disco)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-11 Thread Gordon Lack
I've opened: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108712 ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #108712 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108712 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-11 Thread Gordon Lack
Thanks. I'll add relevant links (both ways) if I can as I report it on that site. If the code hasn't changed in the graphics development branch I may submit a report now anyway... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-11 Thread Gordon Lack
Or I could post a comment to the commit mentioned in #14 - see what the author (from Intel) thinks? Not sure how much printk()s would tell me - the debugfs already shows it ends up with only 4 EUs pre sub-slice instead of 8. I'll give it a go, though. But I (might) need signed kernels...I assume i

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-07 Thread Gordon Lack
I've been looking (briefly) for some docs on the Intel GPU hardware layout. Came across this: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation/hardware-specification-prms leading to: https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/intel-gfx-prm-osrc-bdw-vol04-configurations_3.pdf which says that a

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
Only affect Cosmic. Bionic is OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752 Title: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
OK. So I have to run as root *while logged in to desktop of the system*. Just being logged in as root (on a system where I "never" user the console...) over the network isn't good enough. Now done. It claims to have submitted data. I'll change the state to Confirmed. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1800752] ProcEnviron.txt

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752/+attachment/5209801/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: I run a BOINC project which uses opencl_intel on my Kubunut system On bioinc the tasks ran in 12,000 +/- 200 seconds. They've been doing that for ~6 months. I've now updated the system to cosmic, and the tas

[Bug 1800752] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752/+attachment/5209800/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
>> I've installed it - it might now be collecting data... No, it's not. It fired up the OAuth authorization page, which I authorized (and got the mail confirmation). Now it just sits there -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Further information may be available in the files (readable only by root, >> the 0 may be different if you have more than one graphics device): Info attached (only 0 has those files) for both Cosmic (4.18.0-10-generic) and Bionic (4.15.0-38-generic) kernels. (The change mentioned in #14 seems t

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
Here's the Bionic kernel info (couldn't seem to be able to attach two files to one comment?). ** Attachment added: "4.15.0-38-generic (Bionic) dri info" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/beignet/+bug/1800752/+attachment/5209781/+files/dri-info.4.15.0-38-generic.log -- You received t

[Bug 1800752] Re: [regression] Wrong EU count for i5-5250U, reducing OpenCL performance

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
apport-collect 1800752 produced: >> ERROR: The python3-launchpadlib package is not installed. This functionality >> is not available. which might explain why the info wasn't there... I've installed it - it might now be collecting data... -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
Just guessing, but a possible candidate... https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8cc7669355136f8952779e6f60053c1284d59c4d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752 Title: Performance

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
FYI: Boiled it down to a simple ioctl() call. = Start code = /* Read an ioctl value */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(void) { int eu_total; drm_i915_getparam_t gp; gp.value = &eu_total; gp.param = I915_PARAM

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
And, just for confirmation, with the older Bionic 4.15.0-38-generic kernel I get: >> root@nuc:/local/users/gml4410/homework# ./gmltest >> Got value: 48 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-06 Thread Gordon Lack
>> BOINC running - haven't had sufficient time to check relative processing speed yet. I can confirm that it is back to "full speed". Jobs are taking ~12,000s again. I've rebooted to the previous Bioinc kernel (still there from the upgrade) and when I run clinfo there I see: kernel says 48 com

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-05 Thread Gordon Lack
The dh_auto_configure reports this: -- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python (found version "2.7.15") I've added a python symlink (to python3) in /usr/local/bin to get the build to run. but there's a bug in the build logic somewhere. -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-05 Thread Gordon Lack
Built and installed beignet-opencl-icd_1.3.2-4_amd64.deb with the patch. clinfo now reports (4 times): kernel says 24 compute units, hardcoded says 48 Peak GFLOPS reported by BOINC now back at 384. BOINC running - haven't had sufficient time to check relative processing speed yet. System has

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-05 Thread Gordon Lack
Looks like there's a bug in dpkg-buildpackage!?! There's a update_metainfo_xml.py which, from line1, expects to be run by python3. but a) it isn't marked as executable. b) it produces an error when run by dpkg-buildpackage. A complaint about the encoding= parameter, so it looks like it's being r

[Bug 1801782] [NEW] Main window maximizes width on the closing appplication.

2018-11-05 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: If I close thunderbird using File->Quit (or ctrl+Q) the window maximizes to the screen width just before it closes and retains that max-width on the next restart. This does not happen if I close thunderbird with the window-manager's Close button in the titlebar. (I don't nor

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-04 Thread Gordon Lack
If it's any help here is the info from the last BOINC startup log under Bionic and the first under Cosmic. Bionic: 28-Oct-2018 11:12:30 [---] Starting BOINC client version 7.7.0 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 28-Oct-2018 11:12:30 [---] This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly 2

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-04 Thread Gordon Lack
Just noticed that the logs in #4 show a difference in the reported GFLOPS peak. Bioinc says 384, while Cosmic says 192. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800752 Title: Performance degra

[Bug 1800752] Re: Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-11-04 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Was this report sent from the affected system? No - sorry. I forgot about that This is clinfo from the affected system: Welcome to Ubuntu 18.10 (GNU/Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support:

[Bug 1768676] Re: Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-10-31 Thread Gordon Lack
...although it is, of course, still a bug in bionic, which is an LTS, so probably closing this report would not be a good idea? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768676 Title: Incorrect

[Bug 1770402] Re: The ubiquity installer for Kubuntu can be easily crashed in manual partition selecting

2018-10-31 Thread Gordon Lack
** Description changed: Started an install an selected manual partitioning. Added sda1 as /boot Added sda5 as / - Then realized I'd forgotten to mark sda1 as "Format" so clicked on it's box. + Then realized I'd forgotten to mark sda1 as "Format" so clicked on its box. Crash ===

[Bug 1768676] Re: Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-10-31 Thread Gordon Lack
I've no updated the affected systems to Cosmic and the issue has gone away. Disks now mount "properly" in dolphin. I'd close the report, but there is no suitable option - if anyone has a suggestion for that then please go ahead with it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1800752] [NEW] Performance degraded in Cosmic

2018-10-30 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: I run a BOINC project which uses opencl_intel on my Kubunut system On bioinc the tasks ran in 12,000 +/- 200 seconds. They've been doing that for ~6 months. I've now updated the system to cosmic, and the task are not taking 19,000 +/- 200s. I have another system (which is s

[Bug 1790613] Re: Regression: packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version

2018-10-25 Thread Gordon Lack
Has it been fixed in/checked for 18.10 (Cosmic)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790613 Title: Regression: packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version To manage notifications

[Bug 1797730] [NEW] Second try fails to prompt for authentication if first was canecelled

2018-10-13 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: Start plasma-discover because there are pending updates. Click on "Update all". When the authentication box pops up Cancel it (I've decided I now want to look at some information before continuing). The box goes away. Click on "Update all" again. It greys-out all buttons, pre

[Bug 1790613] Re: Regression: packagekit crashes updating itself to a new version

2018-10-11 Thread Gordon Lack
>> I don't think there is a solution for this problem. So why has it only started to happen recently? What about treating it like a kernel update - don't restart the process but schedule/request a reboot? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 1766932] Re: packagekit daemon crashed from Discover. Requires a manual 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct.

2018-09-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Happened again last night when: gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libpackagekit-glib2-18 packagekit packagekit-tools went from 1.1.9-1ubuntu2 to 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1770044] Re: plasmashell crashes on login - so I can't use my desktop system.

2018-08-23 Thread Gordon Lack
>> In case it helps, I printed today to a non-existing printer. (Or not >> connected now) >> This might be the reason. That's interesting. The system on which I had the problem also had an "unusual" printer defined. I have a Brother printer/scanner, so add the Brother-supplied driver (more opti

[Bug 1770044] Re: plasmashell crashes on login - so I can't use my desktop system.

2018-05-20 Thread Gordon Lack
I've had to reinstall 18.04 on this system to make it usable. It now works - with (essentially) the same configuration and with no change to my $HOME files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 1771626] [NEW] After a security update (red) the taskbar icon continually displays "updates available" (blue) when they are none.

2018-05-16 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: There have been two sets of updates in the last week that are security ones, so the taskbar icon has a red dot. After clicking on this and installing the updates Discover reports there are none. However, the taskbar icon continues to say that there are updates (now with a b

[Bug 1770402] Re: The ubiquity installer for Kubuntu can be easily crashed in manual partition selecting

2018-05-10 Thread Gordon Lack
PS: The attached system info refers to the system after I'd run a successful install and configuration. It's not from the installation screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770402 Tit

[Bug 1770402] [NEW] The ubiquity installer for Kubuntu can be easily crashed in manual partition selecting

2018-05-10 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: Started an install an selected manual partitioning. Added sda1 as /boot Added sda5 as / Then realized I'd forgotten to mark sda1 as "Format" so clicked on it's box. Crash = Traceback (most recnt call last). File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/Par

[Bug 1770044] Re: plasmashell crashes on login - so I can't use my desktop system.

2018-05-08 Thread Gordon Lack
I've found the two attached crash files for this issue in /var/crash/ ** Attachment added: "crashes.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-workspace/+bug/1770044/+attachment/5136461/+files/crashes.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1770044] Re: plasmashell crashes on login - so I can't use my desktop system.

2018-05-08 Thread Gordon Lack
A few other things. The affect system has these cups processes running: root@parent:/local/configs/packages# ps -ef | grep cups root 3421 1 0 01:49 ?00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -l lp3423 3421 0 01:49 ?00:00:00 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus:// lp3424 3

[Bug 1770044] [NEW] plasmashell crashes on login - so I can't use my desktop system.

2018-05-08 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: System was running fine then the desktop background went black. I continued to work for a while to tidy things up (open window were OK) and rebooted. Any attempt to login will produce a black screen shortly after the desktop is displayed. The problem is related to this: [

[Bug 1768676] Re: Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-05-04 Thread Gordon Lack
Well, it's probably not dolphin per seĀ· If I use the dolphin binary form 17.10 exactly the same thing happens, so it's more likely the underlying mechanisms. And there is another, probably related, issue. If I plug in an external USB drive the Device Notifier pops up in the bottom right of the s

[Bug 1768676] Re: Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-05-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Another set of (related?) issues with this dolphin. If I right-click on an entry under Devices and select "Open in New Window": if there is no mount error I get a new window, but it is displaying my Home. if there is a mount error I get no new window (which may be correct...) If I right-cl

[Bug 1768676] [NEW] Incorrect behaviour mounting/accessing Devices

2018-05-02 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: This is new at 18.04 (I've just upgraded from 17.10, which was fine). I open up dolphin and click on an entry under Devices (a mixture of non-auto mounted local devices and external USB ones). What I now see happening most times is that the device mounts but I also get an e

[Bug 688148] Re: Unexpected behaviour when choosing "Other problem"

2018-05-02 Thread Gordon Lack
This is still a bug in 18.04 (and was in 17.10 as well). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688148 Title: Unexpected behaviour when choosing "Other problem" To manage notifications about

[Bug 1766932] [NEW] packagekit daemon crashed from Discover. Requires a manual 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct.

2018-04-25 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: The packagekit package has just been updated by discover (Kubuntu) from 1.1.7-1 to 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.1. Discover reported that the packagekit daemon had crashed. The resulting dpkg status is: [parent]: dpkg-query -l 'packagekit*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Sta

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-10 Thread Gordon Lack
> I may have experienced this issue also on bionic (18.04) with the current kernel version as of today (4.15.0-13.14). I have a system running bionic and it's fine (see #34). Always has been. It's never run anything else (just over 2 weeks old...). It's always had the "new" (3.20180312.0~ubuntu1

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-10 Thread Gordon Lack
I've tested the artful kernel on a UEFI system (and tracked own how the signed kernel is produced from the unsigned on in the debs at he same time - see #76). It fixes the issue (tag already changed). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
Well, I *think* I can answer my own question about the signed image. The signed image was *not* generated by my installing the lp1759920 kernel. In fact it is the identical file to the one from: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/kernel-signed-image-4.13.0-38-generic-di_4.13.

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
My other system (no UEFI) does seem to be OK on this new kernel - and it is actually running it: [parent]: cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43+lp1759920.1-generic 4.13.16 [parent]: cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-38-generic root=UUID=ca819911-be41-4822-8720-4536f278aa56 r

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
These are the packages I have installed: root@gmllaptop:/local/configs/packages# dpkg-query -l '*4.13.0-38*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
Well, I have a problem testing that kernel. I've downloaded the linux-image and linux-image extra debs and installed them with dpkg -i. Rebooting (with the new microcode) hangs. But on rebooting and checking /proc/version_signature I see: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43-generic 4.13.16 which makes no sense

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
> Define *old* microcode The microcode from 3.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu17.10.1: [parent]: dmesg -t | grep -i microcode microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x29, date = 2013-06-12 microcode: sig=0x206a7, pf=0x2, revision=0x29 microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2. If Intel

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-04 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Also ran: >> >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker/master/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh FWIW: I just ran that on my system with the *old* microcode, and it reports "NOT VULNERABLE" for all three variants too. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
I've since left the 4.13.0-38-generic kernel + 3.20180312 microcode + apparmor=0 option running for >30 mins (top constantly running plus a short compilation using all 4 cores in parallel, make -j4, of a github download). It still looked OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
> if someone affected wanted to boot with the apparmor=0 kernel command line option (with the latest artful kernel, without the noibpb kernel command line option, and with the latest intel-microcode package), I'd really appreciate it. Just done this: Downloaded latest microcode (3.20180312). Repl

[Bug 73398] Re: crontab in /var/spool/cron/crontabs are stored by username

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
> A lot of the time, people's login name gets renamed from a central authority... Another solution would be to get that policy changed, as it's not a good one. Such a policy would be a nightmare in any industry that has to track who does what for regulatory purposes, where user ids should be cons

[Bug 1759846] Re: Incorrect test used for anacron being active

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Actually systemctl -q is-enabled anacron 2>/dev/null works to, and is shorter (and more intuitive). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759846 Title: Incorrect test used for anacron b

[Bug 1760855] Re: logrotate rules do not allow for samba being disabled.

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
A modified postrotate rules that works is: postrotate if systemctl -q is-enabled smbd && [ -x /usr/bin/smbcontrol ]; then /usr/bin/smbcontrol smbd reload-config else /bin/true fi endscr

[Bug 1760855] Re: logrotate rules do not allow for samba being disabled.

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Ignore the attached modified conffile - I'm reporting this from a different system to the one I've fixed this on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760855 Title: logrotate rules do not

[Bug 1760855] [NEW] logrotate rules do not allow for samba being disabled.

2018-04-03 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: The logrotate rules for log.smbd and log.nmbd assume that if /usr/bin/smbcontrol can be run then samba can be restarted. This ignores the fact that it is possible to have samba installed, but to have it disabled (you may wish to only enable it for running tests, then disable

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-02 Thread Gordon Lack
>> And adding 'noibpb' kernel boot parameter helps, at least in my case. However, according to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown/MitigationControls doing that, "Disabling these features removes mitigations for CVE-2017-5715 (aka Spectre / Variant 2).", wh

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-04-01 Thread Gordon Lack
> By any chance, do all of you have sssd installed? No. I don't have it installed on any of my systems, two of which are affected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759920 Title: intel

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-31 Thread Gordon Lack
This is a similar thread on Arch Linux: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/57511 Includes the comment: "Wasn't the 20180108 microcode update retracted because of issues? Maybe we should downgrade back to 20171117." There is no 20180108 download available at Intel now: https://downloadce

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-31 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Well, 4.13.0-32 seems to be unaffected... Only because it isn't the latest kernel you have, so it has never had the latest microcode added into it - it will still be loading the previous (working) version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-30 Thread Gordon Lack
>> Installing or removing intel-microcode only runs update-initramfs for the latest kernel I eventually noticed that too. So it means that the problem follows the microcode - nothing to do with the kernel version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-30 Thread Gordon Lack
FYI: These are the signatures for my three systems. Failing for these on 17.10 (4.13.0-37-generic): signature 0x000306c3 (and for 4.13.0-38-generic) signature 0x000206a7 OK for this on 18.04beta (4.15.0-13-generic): signature 0x000306d4 -- You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-30 Thread Gordon Lack
For me, on my laptop (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4330M CPU @ 2.80GHz) with Kubuntu 17.10, the 4.13.0-38-generic kernel (signed image) has the same problem. In fact it was slightly worse, a it seems to have wiped out my Ubuntu UEFI booting (boots straight to Windows - I can get to the Ubuntu menu from t

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-30 Thread Gordon Lack
> Could someone test out the 4.13.0-38-generic kernel from artful-proposed > to see if you experience any lock ups with the 3.20180312.0 microcode? Any simple install instructions? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1759920] Re: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic)

2018-03-30 Thread Gordon Lack
Bug #1760095 (mine) reports it for two 17.10 systems (Intel graphics only) both on 4.13.0-37-generic. An 18.04beta system 4.15.0-13-generic with the "same" microcode version is OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1759846] [NEW] Incorrect test used for anacron being active

2018-03-29 Thread Gordon Lack
Public bug reported: /etc/crontab uses test -x /usr/sbin/anacron for whether anacron is handling the daily/weekly/monthly cron jobs on a system. This means that if anacron is installed it is assumed to be running. However, this is a service, and can be disabled and since the package is insta

[Bug 1727202] Re: [17.10 regression] AppArmor ntp denial: Failed name lookup - disconnected path

2017-12-28 Thread Gordon Lack
This isn't a 17.10 regression - it's been happening for a few years, e.g.: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mos/+bug/1475019 And, FWIW, I added the flags=(attach_disconnected) to the config file yesterday on one of my systems and whereas it does seem to have removed the operation="sendmsg" reports,

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