[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-08 Thread Mélodie
Hi Damian, According to you output zram does not appear to be loaded, if it was we would see a zram device, ie: /dev/zram0, /dev/zram1 (if your machine has two processors, dual core, core duo, or hyperthreading). You can remove the 3 following files: /var/crash/zram-config.0.crash

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-08 Thread Mélodie
PS: I think the --purge you performed previously might have removed the faulty zram config file still in the system at that moment and solved the issue in spite of the not installed package warning. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-07 Thread Damian Sawicki
I confirm that the new kernel 3.2.0-58-generic-pae works like a charm. Thank you very much. @meets (regarding comment #37): I still can't remove zram and don't know what activates it. There is no zram in /etc/init. $ dmesg | grep zram [1.338734] zram: module is from the staging

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-07 Thread Mélodie
Hi Damian, what does return sudo updatedb ; locate zram in the console? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067 To

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-07 Thread Damian Sawicki
@meets ** Attachment added: output of $ locate zram https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1246664/+attachment/3925101/+files/zram -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-12-02 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-57.87 --- linux (3.2.0-57.87) precise; urgency=low [Steve Conklin] * Release Tracking Bug - LP: #1250622 [ Andy Whitcroft ] * tools -- upgrade to common generic helper - LP: #1205284 [ Kees Cook ] * SAUCE:

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-23 Thread Mélodie
Hello to all, Thanks a lot! I am looking forward to seeing it in the repositories! Best regards, Mélodie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-19 Thread Mélodie
Hi, On the T60 with 2 GB RAM it has ran during one hour, installing one by one several little games using the Software Center, and having firefox and htop running as well as pcmanfm. No problem met so far. The now I am running the same machine and Ubuntu version with 512 MB ram and it swaps a

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-18 Thread Steve Dodd
The version currently in proposed (3.2.0-57.87) seems to fix the issue here. If someone else seconds that, let's mark this as verified. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title:

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-18 Thread Mélodie
Hello, I am preparing the machine for tests as per your pointer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed The new kernel 3.2.0-57 generic (and headers) is installed and running in P4 Dell, almost ready to run on another machines, checkbox-gtk installed: the package lacks a dependency to

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-18 Thread Mélodie
Hardware 1: P4 Dell tower. Here is enclosed the hardware submission (not yet appeared on Launchpad but I add it as an attachment). ** Attachment added: submission.xml https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1246664/+attachment/3911946/+files/submission.xml -- You received

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-18 Thread Mélodie
Hi, Here are two bug reports generated while testing hard on the P4 (trying to get the RAM full, I'll have to retry with a limit on the kernel boot line because the zram swap could never be used, instead it was the CPU which was fully used):

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-17 Thread Brad Figg
This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed- precise' to 'verification-done-precise'. If verification is not done by 5 working days

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-13 Thread Mélodie
Hi dambldor91, I don't understand why you post about the former 3.2.0-55-generic kernel where the bug didn't exist? What do you intend to say? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-13 Thread Damian Sawicki
@meets Why do you claim that it 3.2.0-55 is bug free? I first noticed the bug in version 53 (generic-pae) and then in 54. Was it fixed in 55 and recreated in 56? @oibaf reported the bug in 3.2.0-55-powerpc-smp. P.S. I will address your questions from the previous post as far as I reach the buggy

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-13 Thread Mélodie
Well no, mistake : it is not running although there is no I/O error during boot. My bad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-13 Thread Mélodie
Hi Damian, I just reinstalled the 3.2.0-55 generic to check, and yes here it does not trigger errors. Only the next one does. [melodie@peluche:~]$ uname -a Linux peluche 3.2.0-55-generic #85-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 13:43:27 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux dmesg done just after reboot:

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-12 Thread Luis Henriques
Mélodie: the 3.2.0-56.86 kernel does not yet contain the fix. This fix has already been included in the git source tree, and will need to go through the SRU process before being released. This bug will be updated once this happens. Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-12 Thread Mélodie
henrix: Thank you very much. I hope it will not be too long before it will be gone through the SRU process and delivered. Regards, Mélodie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-12 Thread JmAbuDabi
[ 2.440692] zram: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 2.441048] zram: num_devices not specified. Using default: 1 [ 2.441050] zram: Creating 1 devices ... [ 2.495601] Adding 3056956k swap on /dev/zram0. Priority:100 extents:1 across:3056956k SS [

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-10 Thread Mélodie
Hi, Luis Henriques, I have updated to the new kernel 3.2.0-56 generic from the repositories and the problem is back. I have reverted to your test kernels, these packages: http://people.canonical.com/~henrix/lp1246664/i386/ and from there the problem is solved. While doing so, the console stated

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-05 Thread Oibaf
@Melodie: about: E: zram-config: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 see bug 996535. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title:

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-05 Thread Mélodie
Hi Oibaf, I my case it is mostly unrelated and really nothing very important. It happened in a Synaptic started inside the chroot of Ubuntu-Builder, so the post-install script was a bit confused I guess, because there were already /dev/zram* created and in use. Regards, Mélodie -- You

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Luis Henriques
Damian, thank you for testing. I'll make sure this fix will make its way into the Ubuntu Precise kernel. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Oibaf
@Luis: where can I get the patch for this? I would like to suggest this for upstream 3.2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/20/68 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
Hi, I had not found this bug n° #1246664 when seeking for bugs related to zram, and I posted my own, however Oibaf found it and told me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/+bug/1247496 linux kernel 3.2.0-55 generic is the one used. I would be very glad to get a 3.2.0-55

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Luis Henriques
Oibaf, as I referred in comment #22, the fix is upstream git commit: 75c7caf zram: allow request end to coincide with disksize I've sent already a request for Ben to include it in its stable 3.2 kernel (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.stable/68703) Melodie: The fix will be included

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
I will be looking forward to it. Thanks a lot! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067 To manage notifications about

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Luis Henriques
I've uploaded the test kernels for i386, amd64 and PAE here: http://people.canonical.com/~henrix/lp1246664/ There's a directory for each arch. Also, the top-level directory contains the patch that has been applied on top of the 3.2.0-56.86 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Andy Whitcroft
Applied the fix as per kernel-team@ version. Based on the upstream commit ID this is fixed in saucy and later, marked so. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Triaged ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Luis Henriques
** Description changed: + SRU Justification: + + Commit 12a7ad3 zram: avoid access beyond the zram device introduced a + regression where valid_io_request() checks if request end coincides with + disksize (end equals bound). It fails if we attempt to read beyond the + bound. + + Impact: + +

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Damian Sawicki
@henrix You wrote about installing zram-config in the description. Is it normal, that I didn't have the package installed, but the error still occurred and zram0 was visible after 'swapon -s'? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
Is it normal, that I didn't have the package installed, but the error still occurred and zram0 was visible after 'swapon -s'? Hi, If you had it installed before then removed it happens, and is also filed in a bug report: zram-config runs even after uninstalled, needs purge -

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Damian Sawicki
@meets I talked about it in the previous thread (#1217189) and was told by @danmbox to run dpkg --purge (but anyway I think that zram-config wasn't installed before - however I'm not 100% sure), but it didn't help... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
To damian-sawiicki: Do you see a zram-config.conf file under /etc/init ? Another stupid question: did you precisely invoke dpkg --purge zram- config ? (When I realized I still had zram-config at work after uninstalling it, I didn't think about dpkg --purge and just removed whatever zram files I

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
Hi, Why installing zram-config in the Ubuntu Builder Synaptic module there has been this message: E: zram-config: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 In the current system itself all is working fine so far (more than one hour running). No zram

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-04 Thread Mélodie
Ok, after more than one hour and a half, with lots of heavy programs started at same time no issue, no freeze on the P4. On the T60 with the 3.2.0-55 generic and zram-config in use the session was exiting really fast and sending the user back to the login screen. With the 3.2.0-56 generic no

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-03 Thread kalehrl
I dist-upgraded mu ubuntu 12.04 LTS this morning and after reboot I got: [ 14.666280] zram: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 14.667040] zram: Creating 1 devices ... [ 14.830355] Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 62411 [

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-02 Thread Damian Sawicki
@henrix It works! Thank you very much. The error message used to appear on every boot and now I rebooted 3x and it's ok (I checked dmesg each time). @oibaf Thanks for explanation, the installation was smooth and so far everything is fine. Here it is different than in your case, because the

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-02 Thread Oibaf
I was finally able to reproduce this bug myself on 3.2.0-55-powerpc-smp , so I confirmed it. Note that the messages only happened for the first time on the latest 10 boot or so (I did a dmesg | grep zram after every boot). @Damian: download the 3 files in a directory and do a sudo dpkg -i

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-01 Thread Damian Sawicki
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected running-unity staging ** Description changed: This is a duplicate of #1217189, but for some reason neither @oibaf nor me can reopen it. It is in fix released state, but the problem is at most partially solved. It seems that the bug no

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-01 Thread Luis Henriques
Thank of reporting this -- it looks like the fix for the Precise kernels is actually missing. I've uploaded a test kernel containing the fix (I've uploaded only a -pae kernel since this seems to be what Damien is using, but I can upload others if required). Basically this is a 3.2.0-56.86 kernel

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-01 Thread Joseph Salisbury
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067 To manage

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-11-01 Thread Damian Sawicki
Could you explain, how to install it? When I click on any of those packages, I end up in Ubuntu Software Center with an error message and no install button. Are you sure they are fine? ** Attachment added: screenshot

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-10-31 Thread Damian Sawicki
** Description changed: This is a duplicate of #1217189, but for some reason neither @oibaf nor me can reopen it. It is in fix released state, but the problem is at most partially solved. It seems that the bug no longer causes lockups (described in another bug: #1215513), but is still

[Bug 1246664] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0, logical block 515067

2013-10-31 Thread Damian Sawicki
** Package changed: linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu) = ubuntu ** Package changed: ubuntu = linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246664 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0,