[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
** Attachment added: "/sys/class/backlight" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/971750/+attachment/3281681/+files/sys_class_backlight.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I notice that playing with brightness keys does have an impact on the value in /proc/acpi/toshiba/lcd (brightness:), however, the actual LCD brightness doesn't change. It also changes /sys/class/backlight/toshiba/actual_brightness but not /sys/class/backlight/toshiba/brightness Attaching requeste

[Bug 971750] Re: Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-29 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Tried with latest upstream mainline linux-image-3.6.0-030600rc3-generic , but this kernel simply does not boot on my machine (whatever params I may try) Tried with Quantal Alpha 3 new linux-image-3.5.0-13-generic, and the problem is still the same -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 971750] WifiSyslog.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
apport information ** Attachment added: "WifiSyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750/+attachment/3280424/+files/WifiSyslog.txt ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 971750] UdevLog.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] UdevDb.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750/+attachment/3280422/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750 Title: [Pre

[Bug 971750] RfKill.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
apport information ** Attachment added: "RfKill.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750/+attachment/3280421/+files/RfKill.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750 Title: [Pre

[Bug 971750] ProcModules.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] ProcInterrupts.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] ProcEnviron.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Lsusb.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750/+attachment/3280416/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750 Title: [Preci

[Bug 971750] Lspci.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750/+attachment/3280415/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750 Title: [Preci

[Bug 971750] IwConfig.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] CurrentDmesg.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] BootDmesg.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] AlsaInfo.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] AcpiTables.txt

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
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[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Tried in Quantal Alpha 3 with : Linux tethys 3.5.0-12-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 18:28:43 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ...problem still exists : Cannot control screen brightness, whether or not the NVidia drivers are installer (compiled from NVidia-provided drivers, as there is

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-08-08 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi Christopher, I cannot perform the required tests right now, being on travel until the end of the month. I plan to install Quantal Beta 1 (or maybe evan last Alpha iterations) as soon as available and report news based on this one. Kind regards. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1019980] Re: [Precise] btrfs-tools much too old for kernel features

2012-07-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
The current version from Quantal : 0.19+20120328-4ubuntu1 installs OK on Precise and apparently solves the issue without further "backporting"... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019980

[Bug 1019980] [NEW] [Precise] btrfs-tools much too old for kernel features

2012-07-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: The btrfs-tools package that comes with precise is 0.19+20100601-3ubuntu3, (2010 !) which, given the pace of BTRFS development, is much older than the current BTRFS version that the kernel supports. This results in several issues among which : - Unable to convert back to ext

[Bug 1019980] Re: [Precise] btrfs-tools much too old for kernel features

2012-07-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019980 Title: [Precise] btrfs-tools much too old for kernel features To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

[Bug 971734] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 hotkeys don't work before system has been suspended.

2012-06-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971734 Title: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 hotkeys don't work before system has been s

[Bug 960010] Re: [Precise] [Regression] Grub doesn't recognize other Linux distros anymore

2012-05-28 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
This bug occurs on each and every machine which has several Linux distros installed and is LVM-based. Again, this is a regression - this didn't happen before Precise, and now it happens with all other Linus distros that are Precise derivatives (i.e. Mint 13, Voyager...) I further noticed somethin

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-05-16 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
The average laptop HD life can typically stand : ~ 40,000 - 60,000 disk spin-up ~ 600,000 - 800,000 heads load-unload cycles So it's quite normal (and desirable) that you load-unload heads much more frequently than you spin the disk. Furthermore loading heads is a matter of a fraction of a seco

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
(Additionally I first reported this issue running the same HD in a Dell XPS M1330 ; I then replaced my computer but just dropped my existing Samsung HD in my new Toshiba machine. Although the Toshiba BIOS behaves completely differently from the Dell one [read : not as well] and especially on power

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
root@tethys:/etc# hdparm -I /dev/sda | more /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB Serial Number: S2RQJ9BB704375 Firmware Revision: 2AR10001 -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Steve : (#50) root@tethys:/etc# hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep "power management level" Advanced power management level: 128 root@tethys:/etc# hdparm -B 127 /dev/sda /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0x7f (127) APM_level = 127 root@tethys:/etc# hdparm -I /dev/sda

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
The bug has been know and reported for a month and a half. It's critical. It's one of the few bugs that can - and will - kill hardware. The cause is known. The solution has been found, tested and confirmed. Yet a LTS has been released with this critical bug and the fix is still not released. Th

[Bug 991847] Re: Precise final - x86_64 stuck on timezone, won't install

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Now tested with i386 installer. Same behaviour. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991847 Title: Precise final - x86_64 stuck on timezone, won't install To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 991847] Re: Precise final - x86_64 stuck on timezone, won't install

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991847 Title: Precise final - x86_64 stuck on timezone, won't install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

[Bug 991847] [NEW] Precise final - x86_64 stuck on timezone, won't install

2012-04-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: On Asus EeePC 1005PE, with a quite complex disk setup (many partitions, LVM, but that doesn't seem to matter and worked OK with all previous Ubuntu releases I installed the same way...) After selecting the partitions onto which to install, they get formatted and files copyin

[Bug 975967] Re: [Precise] Cannot install wine on AMD64 Ubuntu

2012-04-26 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 831768 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831768 @Franko... Wlll... I did it just using the software center the normal way to install Wine ;-)) I found out that aptitude fails doing it, but either apt-get or the software center do work fine. -- You re

[Bug 831768] Re: aptitude cannot handle conflicts with multiarch enabled

2012-04-26 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Well it was still broken yesterday evening ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831768 Title: aptitude cannot handle conflicts with multiarch enabled To manage notifications about this

[Bug 965984] Re: hdparm keeps to spin down disk very often. Even with -S34

2012-04-25 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 952556 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 952556 [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-04-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Andreas : If you don't wan't your disk to ever spin down, it should be enough to add "apm_battery = 128" in /etc/hdparm.conf It won't fix this bug, bug that will be a perfect workaround for you ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 975898] Re: Package wine1.4 fails to install on 12.04 64-bit due to package conflicts

2012-04-09 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I could finally install wine 1.4 using the software center, where aptitude failed. In the end I find myself with the following gettext installed: gettext-base libgettextpo0 libgettextpo0:i386 liblocale-gettext-perl -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 975967] Re: [Precise] Cannot install wine on AMD64 Ubuntu

2012-04-09 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 975898 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975898 I could finally install wine 1.4 using the software center, where aptitude failed. In the end I find myself with the following gettext installed: gettext-base libgettextpo0 libgettextpo0:i386 liblocale-gette

[Bug 976809] Re: [Precise] [Nvidia] Unity launcher bar corrupt at resume

2012-04-08 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976809 Title: [Precise] [Nvidia] Unity launcher bar corrupt at resume To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

[Bug 976809] [NEW] [Precise] [Nvidia] Unity launcher bar corrupt at resume

2012-04-08 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Reproductible: Always On Toshiba L735-101, NVidia GPU GeForce 315M (GT218) w/proprietary drivers, each time the system is resumed after suspend, the location of the (hidden) Unity launcher bar on the left is graphically corrupt. It gets properly restored once the launcher bar

[Bug 975967] [NEW] [Precise] Cannot install wine on AMD64 Ubuntu

2012-04-07 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: It's currently impossible to install wine on a fresh Precise Beta AMD64 install (+ all updates). Wine 1.4 apparently has a dependancy to gettext-base:i386 gettext-base:i386 is incompatible with gettext-base and asks for its removal removing gettext-base would basically brea

[Bug 975967] Re: [Precise] Cannot install wine on AMD64 Ubuntu

2012-04-07 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975967 Title: [Precise] Cannot install wine on AMD64 Ubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-05 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
No improvement with : $ uname -a Linux tethys 3.2.0-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 3 18:32:42 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: bot-stop-nagging -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-03 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Attaching Oopses I got when trying to run Linux version 3.3.0-030300-generic (apw@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1) ) #201203182135 SMP Mon Mar 19 01:43:18 UTC 2012 ** Attachment added: "Part of syslog with OOps" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/971750

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-03 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I have downloaded from kernel PPAs what I believe to be the latest kernel (along with its headers of course) : - linux- image-3.4.0-030400rc1-generic_3.4.0-030400rc1.201203312035_i386.deb With this kernel and headers, the nVidia DKMS drivers won't compile, complaining about a missing asm/system.h

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Christopher M. Penalver : > When you remove kernel parameter "acpi_backlight=vendor", what is the results > of executing at the Terminal: > ls /sys/class/backlight When I remove it with latest Toshiba BIOS 2.20 (only 1 week old), my system makes a very long pause (about 1 minute) during boot, a

[Bug 971750] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971750 Title: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.laun

[Bug 971750] [NEW] [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 screen brightness cannot be set using hotkeys

2012-04-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Hi, On my Toshiba L735-101, screen brightness keys do not allow screen brightness to be set. Actual brightness is always maximum (i.e. much too bright...). If I boot "normally" , screen brightness keys have no effect at all. If I boot adding the "acpi_backlight=vendor" opti

[Bug 971734] Re: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 hotkeys don't work before system has been suspended.

2012-04-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971734 Title: [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 hotkeys don't work before system has been suspended. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bu

[Bug 971734] [NEW] [Precise] Toshiba L735-101 hotkeys don't work before system has been suspended.

2012-04-02 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Hi, My Toshiba L735-101 has [Fn]}[some_key] hotkeys for a number of features, i.e.: - Sound volume +/- / Mute - Suspend to RAM, hibernate - Backlight brightness +/- - Wi-Fi On-Off - Numlock - Touchpad on/off - Etc... I've noticed something quite weird : Right after bootup,

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-30 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
About the issue with the Toshiba L735-101 (needing at least -B 128 otherwise the disk spins down every few seconds even with latest patches), this might be related to the fact that Linux has hard times - probably an issue with Toshiba BIOS - to find out whether the system is on AC or battery: somet

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-27 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
** Changed in: hdparm (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 Title: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds To mana

[Bug 953738] Re: [Precise] Unity desktop pager shows all empty desktops

2012-03-27 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953738 Title: [Precise] Unity desktop pager shows all empty desktops To manage notifi

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-26 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Unfortunately the fix is not enough on Toshiba L735-101 (that's a new kind of system I've been testing it on) : The disk keeps on spinning down every few seconds unless "apm_battery = 128" is specified in hdparm.conf. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 964202] Re: [Precise] Erratic battery management on Toshiba L735

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964202 Title: [Precise] Erratic battery management on Toshiba L735 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour

[Bug 964202] [NEW] [Precise] Erratic battery management on Toshiba L735

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Precise has hard times identifying battery on my Toshiba L735. Booting on battery, the batery icon will typically not display in Unity UNTIL I close/open the screen, then it appears... The machine has no "suspend" option in the top-right menu UNLESS I boot on AC Power, then

[Bug 713864] Re: Black screen with nouveau on a GeForce 8600M GT, either LiveCD or fresh install

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Warning ! I have already seen 3 different machines with video cards : - Nvidia C77 (Geforce 8200) and - Nvidia GeForce 315M (GT218) and - Another Nvidia which I don't remember That will not boot Precise at all (and hang on black screen) if nouveau isn't blacklisted with "nouveau.blacklist=1" in g

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Thanks for the great bug fix guys :-) 3 minutes seems to be a very good default choice as far as I'm concerned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 Title: [Precise] [Hardware-kille

[Bug 964179] [NEW] Mountall won't setup encrypted swap from MD RAID anymore.

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Please note that I report this bug that happens on ANOTHER machine, from which I cannot report it directly. (So don't trust the machine-related information attached to this bug). I use an encrypted swap made from an MD-RAID /dev/md0 device. Since a couple of precise updates,

[Bug 964179] Re: Mountall won't setup encrypted swap from MD RAID anymore.

2012-03-24 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964179 Title: Mountall won't setup encrypted swap from MD RAID anymore. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 886820] Re: [Kubuntu 11.10] Screen brightness control does not work on Samsung RV511 laptop

2012-03-23 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Cannot modify screen brightness on Toshiba Satellite L735-101 either. [Fn]-[Brightness] keys have absolutely no action. Bug present in Ubuntu Precise Beta, Ubuntu Oneiric, Mint 12, Bodhi 1.3. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 932882] Re: Update of a printer driver package does not update the PPD files of the existing queues for this driver

2012-03-22 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
So what is one supposed to do now if he's been hit by the bug and his Precise Beta says the PPD is not compatible with Gutenprint ? Will applying further new updates be enough ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 960010] Re: [Precise] [Regression] Grub doesn't recognize other Linux distros anymore

2012-03-22 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Since I filed this bug I've noticed that : - It's OK on my Son's machine who doesn't use LVM and has several Linux distros and a Windows on bare partitions. - That's broken on 3 machines of mine that uses (encrypted) LVM with only distros /boot on a separate partition for each. I see from decafb

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-21 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Steve #27 : Of course the counter for disk spin-ups is "4 Start_Stop_Count" and not "193 Load_Cycle_Count", which is the counter for heads load/park. I've edited (on my EeePC 1005PE) /etc/hdparm.conf and removed the explicit setting for "apm_battery" which I had previously put, but specified inst

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi Steve, I'll try and give it a shot (not tonight) ; however, in 15+ years of intensive daily Linux use, I am yet to see any Linux machine (in use) that can keep its disk spinned down for more than a minute, unless using the laptop-mode tools and appropriate FS and write-cache settings, which are

[Bug 960496] [NEW] [Precise] [Regression] Cannot print on Epson CX3650

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Precise Beta Regression : Epson CX-3650 won't print. Connecting to CUPS at http://localhost:631 , I can see an error message stating that the printer PPD is not compatible with this version of Gutenprint..?! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: printer-drive

[Bug 960496] Re: [Precise] [Regression] Cannot print on Epson CX3650

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960496 Title: [Precise] [Regression] Cannot print on Epson CX3650 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi, On my Dell XPS M1330, it's enough to specify "apm_battery = 128" in /etc/hdparm.conf to solve the issue. That's the "old" value... So I confirm that this parameter was the cause of the issue on 2 machines, and the fix fixes it on both. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Checking same value on a Bodhi Linux (based on Ubuntu 10.04), it was -B 128 also, and I use Bodhi on 2 of my laptops without disks issues either... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Checking the values in /lib/hdparm/hdparm-functions on a Linux Mint 12 (dual-boot installed on my EeePC), Mint 12 being based on Ubuntu Oneiric. The default "battery mode" value for -B is "128" instead of "127" on Ubuntu Precise. So it seems that this shift from "128" to "127", allowing disk spin

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
After I added "apm_battery = 255" to hdparm.conf per Colin's request, and rebooted my system, logged in then left it alone for 10 minutes, the HD's start/stop count DOESN'T INCREASE ANYMORE. So this is effectively a "quick & dirty fix". hdparm -I confirms : « Advanced power management level: disa

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Attached the requested power-usage-report output from my EeePC 1005PE, per Colin's request. I have left my machine alone for 4 minutes wihtout any active network connection and not touching anything, while generating this. System freshly booted, no running apps except for a logged in user and def

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Hi Colin, I'll perform the checks you suggest, however I doubt the issue is caused by apps performing unwanted writes (I assume that the disk restarting every minute be related to cron activity or so...) as I feel that the issue is not with the disk restarting, but with the disk stopping much too

[Bug 960010] Re: [Precise] [Regression] Grub doesn't recognize other Linux distros anymore

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960010 Title: [Precise] [Regression] Grub doesn't recognize other Linux distros anymore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.lau

[Bug 960010] [NEW] [Precise] [Regression] Grub doesn't recognize other Linux distros anymore

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: - Regression since latest grub2 updates on Precise Beta - Observed on 2 different machines. - Grub doesn't recognize the presence of other Linux distros on same machine anymore (it was working perfectly before) (There's a Mint /boot on /dev/sda6 here). - OTOH it identifies

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-20 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
@Colin : I just tried "sudo pm-powersave off" on my Asus EeePC 1005PE (after having applied latest updates and rebooted, kernel 3.2.0-19-generic). It doesn't bring any improvement. I'm still getting about 1 HD start/stop per minute, system doing absolutely nothing and not even connected to the In

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-19 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I first used my ears, that told me that the disk was spinning down then up etc... On one of my machines the disk is loud enough to be clearly noticeable. Then I used "smartctl -A /dev/sda" to check the "(4) Start_Stop_Count" raw value over time, that's the HD's number of starts/stops in its lifeti

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-19 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I won't be able to check this further until a couple of days, but I can for sure say the following : - Yes, it happens with Oneiric kernel on precise beta. - It happens on all 3 machines I tried it on, and I would be very surprised if I had installed laptop-mode-tools on all three of them (unless

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-18 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Bug still present on 3 machines with today's latest updates including new kernel : 3.2.0-19-generic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 Title: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restart

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-17 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
UP ! Moving this hardware killer around until somebody notices it, realizes the house is on fire and decides to do something about it... ** Package changed: powermgmt-base (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 901675] Re: apport-gtk assert failure: python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:273: poll_for_event: Assertion `!xcb_xlib_threads_sequence_lost' failed.

2012-03-14 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Got it this morning (all updates applied) and yesterday evening on another system (all updates applied) while trying to report another "system software problem". apport crashes trying to report a bug, then reports a bug about itself ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 953738] [NEW] [Precise] Unity desktop pager shows all empty desktops

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Public bug reported: Regression in Precise Beta. Although I have applications open on several desktops, when I click the desktop pager icon, it often brings me with the view of 4 empty desks, no apps nowhere. Clicking on the open apps icons in the unity bar then makes them appear on the desktos

[Bug 953738] Re: [Precise] Unity desktop pager shows all empty desktops

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/953738 Title: [Precise] Unity desktop pager shows all empty desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Reassigning this bug to power management, as it triggers in Precise also when using the "old" Oneiric 3.0.0-16 kernel ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => powermgmt-base (Ubuntu) ** Tags removed: kernel-da-key kernel-key kernel-request-3.2.0-18.29 -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 838714] Re: ISO testing: "Examples" folder and "Install Ubuntu 11.10" icons overlap each other on the desktop

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
That's not only live ISO testing. I've been having this very problem on my (1024x600) netbook since Oneiric (or was it Natty ?) and it's still there in Precise Beta : - Right after login, I always have the 3 topmost icons on my desktop OK, while the lower-end icons are all "piled" on top of each o

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Per Joseph request I booted my Dell XPS M1330 (the machine on which I initially started this bugreport) back onto Oneiric's kernel : # uname -a Linux tethys 3.0.0-16-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 14 12:49:42 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ...But with the rest of "Precise" of course. I repor

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Confirming again on a 3rd, different laptop (Acer Aspire 3104 WLMi) Leaving the system alone on battery (no special software started, machine fresh booted with an user session open), in about 10 minutes I get : - (4) Start_Stop_Count: = +9 - (193) Load_Cycle_Count: = +9 So it seems that every la

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-12 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Confirming this on a 2nd machine : Asus EeePC 1005PE. With numbers. With the machine clean-booted on precise Beta 1, latest kernel update as of now, running on battery, user logged in, no network connection, wi-fi disabled, no apps running except for an open terminal window. Leaving the machine a

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-11 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Confirmed with latest kernel update this morning. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: bot-stop-nagging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95

[Bug 952556] Re: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds

2012-03-11 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952556 Title: [Precise] [Hardware-killer] HD restarts every few seconds To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 913585] Re: Multitouch drag handles activate spontaneously after suspend

2012-02-21 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
I confirm that on an Asus EeePC 1005 PE, I see the Unity "drag handles" appear on the foreground window spontaneously when the system resumes from suspend. Besides this the system works normally but these round pink handles won't disappear until the window is closed. I have since discovered that

[Bug 285892] Re: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen

2011-12-10 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Sorry, I wrote "System very often boots" when I meant "System very often HANGS", this correction may make my comment above more understandable ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285892

[Bug 640525] Re: [Maverick beta] [kernel] HD may freeze during system boot or resume

2011-12-10 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Unfortunately, the bug still exists with kernel linux- image-3.2.0-030200rc4-generic_3.2.0-030200rc4.201112012035_i386.deb Being a Samsung HD, this might possibly be an avatar of bug #285892 ...? ** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 285892] Re: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen

2011-12-10 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
This bug might be the same as bug #640525 that I encounter on a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a Samsung HM160HC HD. It's still present in Oneiric with all kernels up to and including 3.0.0-14-generic. Symptom : System very often boots either while starting a KDE or Gnome session (right after bootup), o

[Bug 640525] Re: [Maverick beta] [kernel] HD may freeze during system boot or resume

2011-12-10 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Bug still present in Oneiric with all kernels up to and including 3.0.0-14-generic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/640525 Title: [Maverick beta] [kernel] HD may freeze during system b

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