[Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2008-09-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
No, I'm getting lots of informational messages as well. A small excerpt today: Sep 22 18:40:02 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:59952 Sep 22 18:40:02 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:33307 Sep 22 18:40:09 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: error

[Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2009-01-21 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Updated info on Chuck's attempt to fix the bug - didn't work. -Ian! ** Changed in: net-snmp (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- snmpd: error getting netmask for interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

Re: [Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2008-10-27 Thread Ian! D. Allen
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 01:35:44PM -, Chuck Short wrote: Can you try the version in my ppa when its built (http://launchpad.net/~zulcss/+archive)? - added your two deb entries to /etc/apt/sources.list - apt-get install snmpd: The following packages will be upgraded: snmpd 1 upgraded, 0

[Bug 139097] Re: dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local

2008-04-15 Thread Ian! D. Allen
An undefined feature would behave like this: dash$ nosuch y=$x dash: nosuch: not found not like this: dash$ local y=$x local: 2: bad variable name The dash shell is attempting to implement local, and it's broken. If local isn't part of POSIX, and dash is supposed to be POSIX, then removing

[Bug 227542] [NEW] man page for expect calls glob regular expression

2008-05-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: expect Ubuntu 7.10 expect 5.43.0-13.1 Under the expect section, man expect incorrectly says: (Such patterns are also similar to C-shell regular expressions usually referred to as glob patterns). The C-shell man page doesn't call glob patterns

[Bug 139097] dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local

2007-09-12 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dash Linux home 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Bug in variable expansion using an assignment in local in dash: $ x='1 2 3' $ y=$x# this works fine $ echo $y 1 2 3 $ local y=$x

[Bug 139097] Re: dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local

2007-09-12 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: dash + preBinary package hint: dash Linux home 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Bug in variable expansion using an assignment in local in dash: $ x='1 2 3' $ y=$x#

[Bug 139097] Re: dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local

2007-09-12 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Hey! The bugs.launchpad.net bug display web page compresses whitespace. Don't do that. I put the whitespace there to make it more readable. Bugs should be displayed in fixed-width font with all whitespace preserved. -- dash 0.5.3-5ubuntu2 variable expansion error using local

[Bug 92189] Re: dash does not parse valid POSIX arithmetic

2007-09-12 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Now that dash is used for /bin/sh all my #!/bin/sh shell scripts are breaking system-wide due to the failure of dash to properly expand $((x)) the same as $(($x)) as POSIX requires. I have a massive edit job to do to change them all to work around this dash bug. Please do consider this an

[Bug 344371] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010811/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010812/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24010813/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 344371] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/337910 -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344371 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 342464] Re: fast-user-switch-applet crashed with signal 5 in g_main_context_dispatch()

2009-03-13 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23837464/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23837465/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23837466/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 131868] Re: fast-user-switch-applet crashed with signal 5 in pthread_getspecific()

2009-03-13 Thread Ian! D. Allen
fast-switch-user-applet also crashes (signal 5) if you've stopped GDM and try to start Gnome with startx from a console prompt. It needs a more graceful mode of exit if GDM isn't available! -- fast-user-switch-applet crashed with signal 5 in pthread_getspecific()

[Bug 181176] Re: [trident] xserver goes into infinate loop

2009-03-02 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Ubuntu 8.10 Toshiba Laptop Satellite Model PS181C-00CET 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 5d) Without the NoDCC work-around, Xorg 1.5.2 goes into an infinite CPU loop. With NoDCC, Xorg 1.5.2 locks up the machine hard, requiring a power cycle. Copying

[Bug 337910] [NEW] nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus I used VMware Workstation to create a 1GB/8GB virtual machine, attached the latest (Feb 28) Jaunty DVD to the CDROM port, and booted it as try without installing. Both the CD and DVD versions came up with a desktop background and a task bar

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439800/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439801/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23439803/ProcStatus.txt -- nautilus

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Goodness, it's a pain to do all the configuration and download all the software needed to get a backtrace, isn't it? I'll try to find time to do all that later. Couldn't you build a little script that would do all the work, e.g. ubuntu-backtrace nautilus would do all those config steps, download

[Bug 338180] [NEW] clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp In the Clock Manual, under About this document, is this broken link for bug reporting: ghelp:gnome-feedback Selecting the text gives document not found. Revision History February 2004: Clock Applet Manual V2.5 (Sun Microsystems)

[Bug 338180] Re: clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509789/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509790/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23509791/ProcStatus.txt -- clock

[Bug 338192] [NEW] yelp run from command line cannot report a problem

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty Alpha 5 with several hundred package updates applied. I had asked for help from the Clock applet, and I noticed the help didn't match the applet, so I chose Report a Problem, which started up a browser report for something called

[Bug 338192] Re: yelp run from command line cannot report a problem

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510677/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510678/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510679/ProcStatus.txt -- yelp run

[Bug 338193] [NEW] clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: yelp In the Clock Manual, the Preferences page lists preferences that are not available in the actual clock applet, e.g. the clock applet doesn't offer Unix Time or Internet Time or Use UTC, etc. Clock 2.25.92 The manual needs to be edited to match

[Bug 338193] Re: clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510769/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510770/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23510771/ProcStatus.txt -- clock

[Bug 269651] Re: console-kit-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in g_str_hash()

2009-02-09 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Will the consolekit fix get applied to Hardy - the Long Term Support release? Hardy only has version 0.2.3-3ubuntu5 of consolekit available. I'm not even running Gnome (I use vtwm) and all it takes is one little inotify set to cause consolekit to fault: kernel: [1065490.220520]

[Bug 361223] Re: hal-acl-tool crashed with SIGSEGV in polkit_authorization_db_is_session_authorized()

2009-04-15 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and found a high load average and huge numbers of polkit-read-aut called from hal-acl-tool in my lastcomm logs: # lastcomm | grep Apr 14 20:46 | wc -l 9772 # lastcomm | grep Apr 14 20:46 | grep -c polkit-read-aut 9591 # lastcomm | grep Apr 14 20:46 | grep -c

[Bug 361223] Re: hal-acl-tool crashed with SIGSEGV in polkit_authorization_db_is_session_authorized()

2009-04-16 Thread Ian! D. Allen
The sleep in polkit-read-auth-helper is critical in changing the behaviour of hal-acl-tool. (Looking into the strace of hal-acl-tool, I wonder if this is due to hal-acl-tool using real-time signals, e.g. SIGRTMIN, and thus requiring that polkit-read-auth-helper respond quickly?) If I rename

[Bug 335942] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-03-30 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This is still a problem in 9.04 Jaunty Beta. This failure of Nautilus to start makes it difficult to configure 9.04 to run well in a VMware virtual machine, since the VMware Tools CDROM ISO image can't be attached without causing a Nautilus crash loop that fills the task bar. You have to SIGSTOP

[Bug 99625] Re: caps as additional ctrl key just disables caps on g4 powerbook 12

2008-12-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
confirmed on 8.04.1 hardy with Apple PowerBook G4 Nothing I do with xmodmap will make the CapsLock key act as Control. I can disable it from acting as CapsLock; I can't enable it as Control. I have no problem using xmodmap to swap the alt/option and command keys, making the command key perform as

[Bug 337910] Re: nautilus repeated SIGABRT in VMware on live CD and DVD

2009-03-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
this looks like bug 325973 It resembles it, but in my case nautilus is actually dying over and over with a SIGABRT, where the above bug doesn't show that symptom. Backtrace attached, such as it is. It's tricky to get a backtrace of a system program that faults every two seconds and dies. I

[Bug 338193] Re: clock manual preferences do not match clock applet

2009-03-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Sure would be nice if the Report a problem function on the yelp Help menu made the distinction between report a problem with yelp and report a problem with the documentation yelp is showing. Of course, for the Clock Manual there is a link to About this Document that has a Feedback button that

[Bug 338180] Re: clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link

2009-03-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This is a documentation content error, not a program execution error. Do you really want a program strace? The ghelp:gnome-feedback link is also broken in 8.10. -- clock applet help contains broken Gnome bug report link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338180 You received this bug notification

[Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2009-01-21 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Updated info on Chuck's attempt to fix the bug - didn't work. -Ian! ** Changed in: net-snmp (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- snmpd: error getting netmask for interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 270185] Re: sane-find-scanner sees scanner, scanimage -L does not

2009-01-14 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This is a work-around for the scanner permissions bug. $ lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release:8.04 Codename: hardy $ uname -a Linux home 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux $ sane-find-scanner ... found USB

[Bug 276476] Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze

2009-12-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This started happening to me on 8.10 (2.6.27-16-generic) when I started a real-disk-to-real-disk cp -a inside a guest 9.10 running inside VMware. The host 8.10 is having a very hard time with this. Yesterday, the time-outs were all firefox: # grep 'blocked for more than 120 seconds' syslog.0 |

[Bug 276476] Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze

2009-12-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This started happening to me on 8.10 (2.6.27-16-generic) when I started a real-disk-to-real-disk cp -a inside a guest 9.10 running inside VMware. In addition to the blocked for more than 120 seconds errors, I'm also seeing characters that I'm typing repeat themselves. Reading LKML, I see

[Bug 461238] [NEW] dash and /bin/sh test -nt (newer than) fails on large files

2009-10-26 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dash Ubuntu 9.10rc and Ubuntu 8.10 and probably others. x86 hardware dash: Installed: 0.5.4-9ubuntu1.1 on 8.10 and Installed: 0.5.5.1-2ubuntu3 on 9.10rc dash (and thus, via symlink, /bin/sh and thus almost every script on the system) fails to handle

[Bug 441579] Re: ubuntu-bug GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server

2009-10-26 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Ubuntu 9.10rc has this same problem if ubuntu-bug is run as root. Running it as a non-priv user works fine. -- ubuntu-bug GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441579 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 461318] Re: bash-completion fails under set -o nounset

2009-10-26 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34422112/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34422113/XsessionErrors.txt -- bash-completion fails under set -o nounset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461318 You

[Bug 461318] [NEW] bash-completion fails under set -o nounset

2009-10-26 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash-completion Ubuntu 9.10rc bash-completion: Installed: 1:1.0-3ubuntu2 If you turn on nounset to warn about undefined variables, then bash_completion fails to load and fails to run. idal...@ubuntu:~$ set -o nounset idal...@ubuntu:~$ .

[Bug 466948] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into a VMware virtual machine (host O/S is 8.10). All updates applied (October 31, 2009). Nowhere do I read that you have to logout/login for keyboard shortcut disables to take effect. If disables are

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34789785/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34789787/XsessionErrors.txt -- keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466948 You

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I just found this related item: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- center/+bug/291150 -- keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/466948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 291150] Re: When you clear a keyboard shortcut with backspace, it isn't really cleared.

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I have this same problem on 9.10 karmic: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control- center/+bug/466948 -- When you clear a keyboard shortcut with backspace, it isn't really cleared. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291150 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 467047] [NEW] Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into VMware running on host O/S 8.10. The Keyboard Shortcuts window lets me use my mouse to resize it by dragging on the borders, but it ignores keyboard shortcuts to maximize, and if I set

[Bug 467047] Re: Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34794124/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34794125/XsessionErrors.txt -- Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467047 You

[Bug 467169] [NEW] keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Fresh install of 9.10 karmic into VMWare running on 8.10. Keyboard Shortcuts are mangled under 9.10 karmic. (They may be mangled under previous releases, but I didn't ever try to use them. This is my first try to use Gnome instead

[Bug 467169] Re: keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-10-31 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34799140/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34799142/XsessionErrors.txt -- keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467169

[Bug 467047] Re: Keyboard Shortcuts window ignores maximize

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
* Is this reproducible? * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Yes. To recreate it, do what I said to do, above: Try to use a keyboard shortcut to maximze the window. Does nothing. Set your Titlebar Action to be Maximize Vertically and then double-click on the

[Bug 467169] Re: keyboard shortcuts UI issues; fails to set shortcut

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I find this Gnome bug reporting process via Ubuntu to be discouraging, unfriendly, and in need of reworking. I've just spent a bunch of my time researching and documenting a bug, registering it with Launchpad, searching for duplicates, and reporting it. Now Ubuntu tells me: we don't write this

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
I already gave one example: e.g. Minimize window / ALT-F9. The UI says disabled but the shortcut still works, until logout/login. Here are others that, after I disable them and the UI shows Disabled, are not actually disabled but continue to work: Show the panel's Run Application

[Bug 466948] Re: keyboard shortcuts disable requires logout/login

2009-11-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME) Please fix the spelling of writing. This having to report bugs twice is not friendly:

[Bug 335942] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread()

2009-04-01 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Yes, the multiple-nautilus-failure loop is now fixed for VMware now. Jaunty Beta with: brasero 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 Thank you for the fix. -- nautilus crashed with SIGSEGV in start_thread() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 270713] [NEW] snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2008-09-15 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: snmpd Ubuntu 8.04.1 snmpd 5.4.1~dfsg-4ubuntu4 snmpd 5.4.1 needs to be updated to 5.4.2 to get rid of these errors in syslog: snmpd[27689]: error getting netmask for interface 2 Syslog fills with hundreds of these errors if you have a network

[Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2008-09-15 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17632578/Dependencies.txt -- snmpd: error getting netmask for interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 270713] Re: snmpd: error getting netmask for interface

2008-09-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
No, I'm getting lots of informational messages as well. A small excerpt today: Sep 22 18:40:02 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:59952 Sep 22 18:40:02 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:33307 Sep 22 18:40:09 idallen-oak snmpd[27689]: error

[Bug 226217] Re: Dapper-to-Hardy upgrade fails on PowerPC (prerequisite dapper-backports missing)

2008-12-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
The update-manager offered to upgrade my Powerbook G4 from 6.06 to 8.04, but when I tried it, it died due to a missing Packages.gz file and then told me to submit this as a bug to you. Either do not offer to upgrade me, or make the upgrade work. # uname -a ; lsb_release -a Linux powerbook

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-09-29 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote 18 hours ago: #133 This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.32-34.77 It's broken in stock Ubuntu 11.04 using 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 745836] Re: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

2011-09-21 Thread Ian! D. Allen
From: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/509180 Linux linux 2.6.38-11-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 15 19:27:09 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Codename: natty After months of kernel and application crashes and corrupt files, I was ready to abandon

[Bug 745836] Re: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

2011-09-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
The ecryptfs bug wasn't fixed in Ubuntu 11.04 with kernel 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 #47-Ubuntu in August. I'll run my ecryptfs read-only tests again now using the current Ubuntu kernel I have, which is: Linux linux 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64

[Bug 745836] Re: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

2011-09-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
My testing is showing that the ecryptfs bug is still there in a fully-updated Ubuntu 11.04 on x86_64 with this kernel: Linux linux 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Running md5sum repeatedly over the same 17GB ecryptfs directory gives

Re: [Bug 745836] Re: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

2011-09-23 Thread Ian! D. Allen
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[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-09-23 Thread Ian! D. Allen
ea62a726ee2b908cf45086f235c2a727 25 5124374 33188 5 777 777 0 1205 1316720061 966839592 1286771948 4096 24 -- | Ian! D. Allen - idal...@idallen.ca - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Home Page: http://idallen.com/ Contact Improv: http://contactimprov.ca/ | College professor (Free/Libre GNU+Linux) at: http

[Bug 745836] Re: encrypted swap corrupts application stack/heap [was: soffice.bin SIGSEGV cppu::throwException()]

2011-09-23 Thread Ian! D. Allen
@Björn - yes, after this final comment I'll move to a different ecryptfs bug report (or file a new one if it doesn't exist yet). @Dustin - here are your answers. I'm only using an ecryptfs test directory (reading only; no writing) that used to be my HOME directory before I abandoned using

[Bug 550559] Re: hdd problems, failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED

2011-10-12 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Ubuntu 11.04 natty fresh boot - errors are during boot sequence Linux linux 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # hdparm -i /dev/sdd /dev/sdd: Model=ST32000542AS, FwRev=CC37, SerialNo=5XW0S99F Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec Fixed

[Bug 801358] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in CompositeScreen::damageRegion()

2011-06-23 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** 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/801358 Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in CompositeScreen::damageRegion() To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 801449] Re: gconftool-2 crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2011-06-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** 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/801449 Title: gconftool-2 crashed with SIGABRT in raise() To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 669211] Re: Xpdf segfaults on start in libpoppler.so.7

2011-07-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Same problem in natty with xpdf 3.02-12ubuntu2 and any PDF file. evince works fine. $ gdb xpdf GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.2-1ubuntu11) 7.2 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html This is free software: you are

[Bug 788227] Re: Synaptic Package Manager fails with g_dbus_connection_real_closed

2011-07-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Ubuntu natty and synaptic 0.75.1ubuntu2 when run as root from terminal command line: # synaptic Xlib: extension RANDR missing on display :0. g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.

[Bug 809002] Re: meld GLib-GIO:ERROR initable_init: assertion failed: (connection-initialization_error == NULL)

2011-07-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** 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/809002 Title: meld GLib-GIO:ERROR initable_init: assertion failed: (connection-initialization_error == NULL) To

[Bug 809002] Re: meld GLib-GIO:ERROR initable_init: assertion failed: (connection-initialization_error == NULL)

2011-07-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
last part of strace: open(/usr/local/lib/libdbusmenu-glib.so.3, O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, \177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\0\1\0\0\0\20S\0\0\0\0\0\0..., 832) = 832 fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=101616, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 2197232, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =

[Bug 788227] Re: Synaptic Package Manager fails with g_dbus_connection_real_closed

2011-07-11 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Last part of strace (natty and synaptic 0.75.1ubuntu2): open(/var/lib/dbus/machine-id, O_RDONLY) = 15 fstat(15, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=33, ...}) = 0 read(15, d4f4c42dcd97e0e63ab16fa5000e..., 33) = 33 close(15) = 0 access(/root, F_OK) = 0

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-09-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
(filename shortened for clarity): #!/bin/sh -u # -Ian! D. Allen - idal...@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com f=filename set -- $( md5sum $f ) start=$1 while : ; do set -- $( md5sum $f ) if [ $1 != $start ] ; then echo $start != $* fi done Over

[Bug 858200] Re: atop crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2011-09-24 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** 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/858200 Title: atop crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-09-25 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Ubuntu 11.04 natty Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm now reproducing the problem in a VMware virtual machine by repeatedly md5sum scanning a subset of files on that 17GB directory as small as 119 MB. (If I scan too

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-09-25 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also comments #104, #128, #129, #131. Corruption (file size incorrect for ecryptfs files) also happens with this kernel from ppa:kernel-ppa/pre-proposed : Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-11-generic #51~pre201109230902-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 23 09:15:48 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dmesg shows:

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-10-16 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also comments #104, #128, #129, #131, #132, #134. Still seeing ecryptfs file size corruption (leading to file corruption) in latest Ubuntu 11.04 kernel update: Linux linux 2.6.38-12-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 28 14:27:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The ecryptfs occasionally

[Bug 906504] Re: corrupts fields with single leading digit followed by blank

2011-12-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: one-line XML file corrupted by xmlindent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906504/+attachment/2640205/+files/content.xml ** Attachment removed: one-line XML file corrupted by xmlindent

[Bug 906504] Re: corrupts fields with single leading digit followed by blank

2011-12-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Attachment added: one-line XML file corrupted by xmlindent https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmlindent/+bug/906504/+attachment/2640220/+files/content.xml -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 906504] [NEW] corrupts fields with single leading digit followed by blank

2011-12-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Oneiric and Natty xmlindent version 0.2.17-2 on amd-64 This one-line XML file causes xmlindent to corrupt the first two fields 1 foo and 2 foo into 1foo and 2bar (removing the spaces). The field 23 okay is fine: table:table-celltext:p1 foo/text:p/table:table-cell/table

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-07-28 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Linux linux 2.6.38-11-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 15 19:27:09 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Description:Ubuntu 11.04 Codename: natty After months of kernel and application crashes and corrupt files, I was ready to abandon Ubuntu 11.04 and go to some other distribution.

[Bug 855967] Re: vinagre crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast()

2011-10-27 Thread Ian! D. Allen
So vinaigre crashed (Ubuntu 11.04) and sent me through the bug reporting process, collecting 50MB of reporting information and uploading it all. Here in Launchpad, I was offered two similar crashes and asked if either matched mine. Of course one did, so I chose it. As far as I can tell,

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-10-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also my comments #104, #128, #129, #131, #132, #134, #141. The above ecryptfs corruption is reduced but not gone in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric: Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I repeatedly ran md5sum on a read-only

[Bug 880120] [NEW] read -r does not protect backslashes

2011-10-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Both natty and oneiric dash fail to protect backslashes when using read -r. natty: dash 0.5.5.1-7.2ubuntu1 oneiric: dash 0.5.5.1-7.4ubuntu1 Example bug: $ echo '000\n999' | dash -c ' read -r f ; echo $f ' 000 999 Other shells do it correctly: $ echo

[Bug 880120] Re: read -r does not protect backslashes

2011-10-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/880120 Title: read -r does not protect backslashes To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 880120] Re: read -r does not protect backslashes

2011-10-22 Thread Ian! D. Allen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 259671 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259671 Thanks Jilles - you are absolutely right. I had forgotten about versions of echo that process backslashes. I see that one cannot turn off the backslash processing of the dash echo, which is why you need

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-10-23 Thread Ian! D. Allen
See also my comments #104, #128, #129, #131, #132, #134, #141, 143. Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric desktop new install, fully updated shows file corruption when reading ecryptfs files. Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Reading the same

[Bug 852619] Re: pitivi crashed with PipelineError in setState(): Failure changing state of the gst.Pipeline to enum GST_STATE_PAUSED of type GstState, currently reset to NULL

2011-09-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
On my screen: pitivi Xlib: extension RANDR missing on display :0. /usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/application.py:284: Warning: g_object_set_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed self.mainloop.run() ERROR [15067] [0x7fb0f8730720] seeker Sep

[Bug 765230] Re: long sleep in boot process

2011-06-17 Thread Ian! D. Allen
2.6.38-10 improved things from 145 seconds down to 9 seconds, yes: Jun 16 09:40:23 kernel: [1.044704] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 4096 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Jun 16 09:40:23 kernel: [1.044798] NET: Registered protocol family 1 Jun 16 09:40:23 kernel: [ 10.470269] pci

[Bug 777882] Re: xmodmap not honored in natty

2011-06-18 Thread Ian! D. Allen
This xmodmap work-around works for me: keycode 66 = Control_L clear Lock add Control = Control_L see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743145 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 776944] [NEW] package atop 1.26-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-05-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: atop It refused to handle the year 1969 in /var/lib/logrotate/status I changed all the 1969 to 1970 and the package installed and updated all the years to 2011. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: atop 1.26-0ubuntu1

[Bug 776944] Re: package atop 1.26-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-05-04 Thread Ian! D. Allen
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776944 Title: package atop 1.26-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 --

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2011-08-07 Thread Ian! D. Allen
@Dustin Things that might make a difference: 64-bit SMP kernel on AMD quad-core, 120GB SSD hard disk, 8GB memory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509180 Title: ecryptfs sometimes

Re: [Bug 637418] Re: soffice.bin crashed with SIGSEGV in cppu::throwException()

2011-06-05 Thread Ian! D. Allen
this was after being away for a while, but I don't remember for sure. -- | Ian! D. Allen - idal...@idallen.ca - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Home Page: http://idallen.com/ Contact Improv: http://contactimprov.ca/ | College professor (Free/Libre GNU+Linux) at: http://teaching.idallen.com

[Bug 806749] [NEW] options nomargins dont_wrap_pre and width strip spaces

2011-07-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: !-- Command line: lynx -dump -force_html -nomargins -dont_wrap_pre -width=70 THISFILE Incorrect output (missing spaces between words when word ends at line end):

[Bug 806749] Re: options nomargins dont_wrap_pre and width strip spaces

2011-07-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/806749 Title: options nomargins dont_wrap_pre and width strip spaces To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 806749] Re: options nomargins dont_wrap_pre and width strip spaces

2011-07-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Related bug: !-- Command line: lynx -dump -force_html -nomargins -dont_wrap_pre -width=71 THISFILE Incorrect output (not wrapped at 71): xxx xxx xxx x xxx xx YYY YYY YYY Y YYY Y zzz

[Bug 806749] Re: options nomargins dont_wrap_pre and width strip spaces

2011-07-06 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Note that Launchpad mangled and wrapped my bug report, above, so that the incorrect and correct outputs look the same. Try the input file and the command line to see that they are not the same output. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 663111] [NEW] bash_completion script errors: undefined variables, failed GLOB

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash-completion The main /etc/bash_completion script and many of the helper scripts under /etc/bash_completion.d/ fail for shells running with one or both of set -o nounset (fail if variables are used without being defined) and/or shopt -s failglob (fail

[Bug 663111] Re: bash_completion script errors: undefined variables, failed GLOB

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
** Patch added: patch for /etc/bash_completion to fix undefined variables and failed GLOB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663111/+attachment/1701054/+files/patch.txt -- bash_completion script errors: undefined variables, failed GLOB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663111 You received this

[Bug 663111] Re: bash_completion script errors: undefined variables, failed GLOB

2010-10-19 Thread Ian! D. Allen
Another undefined variable error, but I'm not sure if the fix is correct: --- .desktop-file-validate.ORIG 2010-09-08 06:14:56.0 -0400 +++ desktop-file-validate 2010-10-11 16:18:22.215080283 -0400 @@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} _filedir '@(desktop)' }

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