[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-14 Thread BullCreek
Here you go. ** Attachment added: partman http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44217497/partman -- unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543838 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-14 Thread BullCreek
And the other one. ** Attachment added: syslog http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44217538/syslog -- unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543838 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-10 Thread BullCreek
Unfortunately, I just tried it with today's daily build (April 10) and assuming it has the fix, it still gives the same error. Let me know how else I can help. -- unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543838 You received this bug

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-08 Thread BullCreek
I will test it with the next daily build (looks like the current one out there was built on the 6th) or BETA2 whichever comes first. Thanks for looking into it! -- unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543838 You received this bug

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-07 Thread BullCreek
Yes, while it is possible to use the livecd to get a workable system with mdadm, it is a fairly involved process, and would be even more difficult to setup with encryption on top of that by hand. Hence, it would be nice to have an Alternate CD that worked like it used to! If this is just a

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-04-02 Thread BullCreek
This bug still exist in the latest daily build. It seems that the alternate CD at present will not work with disks/partitions greater than 2TB. ** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) = partman-base (Ubuntu) -- unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-03-29 Thread BullCreek
Well, my workaround was use the livecd and install mdadm, and configure the array manually on the command line before running the installer. It is far from a perfect install however, because you still have to manually boot into rescue mode after the install and install mdadm again and then mess

[Bug 543838] Re: unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-03-22 Thread BullCreek
After trying some more things - I think this is a problem with the partition manager - not the kernel. If I switch over to console two during install and manually run mkfs.xfs or mkfs.ext4 or similar commands on the command line on the large partition, they work fine and I can then mount the

[Bug 543838] [NEW] unable to create filesystem on 7.5TB partition with lucid beta

2010-03-21 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: AMD64 Lucid BETA1 Alternate CD seems to have a problem with large filesystems. I'm thinking the kernel was probably built with the wrong options maybe, but not sure. I have another identical media server running AMD64 karmic with this setup running fine so this is something

[Bug 384403] Re: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller not working in karmic

2009-09-19 Thread BullCreek
Running karmic alpha6 (2.6.31-10-generic), this my 88E8001 based sky2 adapter works fine at 100Mb/s, but won't work at 1000Mb/s despite various ethtool hacks I've tried. It worked fine in Gutsy thru Jaunty. It seems there is another patch that may be relevant that hopefully we can get included in

[Bug 384403] Re: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller not working in karmic

2009-09-19 Thread BullCreek
Oops - I was looking at the wrong screen when I typed the chipset in my last post - should have been: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 20) and the relevant kernel snippet: [ 4586.187722] sky2 eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps,

[Bug 337926] Re: vino: mouse cursor stays in upper left corner

2009-03-26 Thread BullCreek
This still doesn't work as of today with latest updates installed. I'm seeing it on a Dell M1330. Jay's fix above makes it work for Vino, but then of course breaks it if you actually go to the machine. -- vino: mouse cursor stays in upper left corner https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337926 You

[Bug 96440] Re: Do not detect Mouse activity on Second screen while on Dual Desktop Configuration

2008-08-26 Thread BullCreek
This problem is still in Hardy too, FWIW. If someone would point me at the right source package and a quick start on how to submit patches, I'll make a stab at fixing it. Either that, or perhaps I should report it on one of the Xorg mailing lists. As I only use ubuntu, I don't know for certain

[Bug 96440] Re: Do not detect Mouse activity on Second screen while on Dual Desktop Configuration

2008-08-26 Thread BullCreek
Actually, a little more searching found this bug, which is a duplicate - but does identify the problem as one with gnome-screensaver and discusses some work arounds and possibilities of fixing. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/93466 -- Do not detect Mouse

[Bug 219684] Re: Please put Sun Java JRE in this package, not OpenJDK

2008-04-29 Thread BullCreek
I agree. OpenJDK isn't ready from prime time - at least on the two mission critical applications and applets I've tried (which are unfortunately proprietary or I would include links and test procedures). Unfortunately, even Sun's JRE isn't a great solution on AMD64 - as there is no applet

Re: [Bug 156648] Re: Error printing PDF files

2008-02-01 Thread BullCreek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 175449 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175449 Actually, I'm using a Brother MFC-8840D hooked up via USB - and my problems all went away when I installed the Brother Linux driver you can download from their site (rather than using the one that gets

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-12-28 Thread BullCreek
I haven't had time to verify the i386 Desktop build of alpha2, but I can confirm that the AMD64 server build of alpha2 no longer exhibits this problem. I copied 3TB of data over NFS at full speed with no problems. - Leann Ogasawara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hardy Heron Alpha2 was recently

Re: [Bug 147759] Re: printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-11-28 Thread BullCreek
FWIW, all my problems went away when I actually installed the Brother driver rather than using the built-in one that Gutsy suggest. You might try it. - directhex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same symptom, on a network-attached MFC-7820N, with my own (private, unfortunately for bug-test

[Bug 152741] network performance and cpu usage in gutsy vs feisty

2007-10-14 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kernel-image-2.6.22-14-generic-di Gigabit ethernet adapters use 400-500% more CPU in Gutsy compared to Feisty for the same load. To reproduce: 1. Find two computers with gigabit NICs (I've tested with e1000, rt8169, tg3, sky2, forcedeth) plugged in to

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-10-13 Thread BullCreek
More testing with these boards and latest Gutsy (2.6.22-14-generic x86) yields the following observations above and beyond those previously reported: 1. It still locks up under Gutsy latest (I can't tell any change between 2.6.22-12 and 2.6.22-14). Someone should probably report this as a

[Bug 149111] gcc/g++ seriously broken in gutsy latest amd64

2007-10-04 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcc-4.1 I've been trying to build some stuff today, and while basic hello world apps compile and run, more complicated things invariably yield a compiler error as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/iperf-1.7.0$ make rm -f lib/libdast.a make[1]: Entering

[Bug 87359] Re: multiple minor problems with KVM (kernel virtual machine)

2007-10-03 Thread BullCreek
All the problems seem to be fixed in Gutsy latest, with the exception of the comment in 2) about the Windows key not being passed thru. I can live with that though. -- multiple minor problems with KVM (kernel virtual machine) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87359 You received this bug

[Bug 96440] Re: Do not detect Mouse activity on Second screen while on Dual Desktop Configuration

2007-10-03 Thread BullCreek
This bug is still in gutsy latest - I hope someone out there is looking into it. -- Do not detect Mouse activity on Second screen while on Dual Desktop Configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96440 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the

[Bug 148672] USB mass storage and rhythmbox problems

2007-10-03 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox Using gutsy latest: My music library is stored as FLAC. I have a Nokia N770 that I occasionally sync music to. HAL correctly recognizes this device, and mounts it as USB storage. However, when I drag and drop songs/albums onto it in

[Bug 147759] printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince This probably shouldn't be filed against evince, but some part of the cups subsystem but I wasn't sure which part so I filed it against evince. When I try to print the attached PDF from evince in gutsy latest, all I get is a page of paper that

[Bug 147759] Re: printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: x360-hd-dvd-offer.pdf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9623754/x360-hd-dvd-offer.pdf -- printer crashing when printing PDF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 147759] Re: printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: HL-2070N.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9623756/HL-2070N.png -- printer crashing when printing PDF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 147759] Re: printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: MFC-8840D.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9623758/MFC-8840D.png -- printer crashing when printing PDF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 145923] Re: no HD-DVD support in gutsy BETA

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
I've been playing with mplayer SVN and the attached eac3 patch for playing back EVO files from here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129050page=7 Seems to work pretty good. Any chance this stuff could make it in? ** Attachment added: eac3v2.patch

Re: [Bug 147759] Re: printer crashing when printing PDF

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
I tried printing several of the sample ODT files in oowriter and they all came thru fine. I tried the previously attached HL-2070N.png file in eog, and it gave the same error as the problematic PDF. Hope that helps. - Pedro Villavicencio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does it happens with

[Bug 147814] compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz Using gutsy latest, I'm having a problem enabling desktop effects on my second display. I have two LCDs - a 24 soyo as the main display at 1920x1200 and a 20 dell as my secondary that I use rotate to be 1200x1600 (for web browsing). Works fine

[Bug 147814] Re: compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9627749/xorg.conf -- compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 147814] Re: compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: Screenshot.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9627751/Screenshot.png -- compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

Re: [Bug 147814] Re: compiz doesn't work with multiple X screens

2007-10-01 Thread BullCreek
This seems to be caused by a bug in the compiz script. When I run it from the command line I see: Checking for Xgl: not present. Detected PCI ID for VGA: 07:00.0 0300: 10de:0391 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present. Checking for non power of two support:

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-30 Thread BullCreek
I've been testing with Gutsy latest on these boards, and some moderately good news is that with 2.6.22-12-generic, it seems to take much longer for the machine to lockup. Using Feisty's 2.6.20 kernel, and the aforementioned iperf test, it would hang almost instantly. With Gutsy, it takes 30-60

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-29 Thread BullCreek
And how can Nvidia market this as their stable Business Platform? I'm feeling cheated. If Steen's post is correct, then my motherboard clearly doesn't do what it claims to do. I'm ordering a couple of these to see if just disabling the nforce NICs on these boards will result in a stable system

[Bug 138356] Re: Bluetooth fails to connect to phone: obex://[mac:address] is not a valid location.

2007-09-29 Thread BullCreek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 131530 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131530 FWIW, this is still a problem with gutsy latest (BETA + all updates) - but the above workaround still works. -- Bluetooth fails to connect to phone: obex://[mac:address] is not a valid location.

[Bug 146418] Re: connect to bluetooth mouse fails

2007-09-29 Thread BullCreek
I'm seeing this also with trying to pair to a Jabra BT-150 headset. As the previous post says, installing gnome-vfs-obexftp doesn't solve the problem - it just changes the error message. -- connect to bluetooth mouse fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146418 You received this bug

[Bug 146138] Re: [RS480] full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA

2007-09-28 Thread BullCreek
Here are the files you requested (I had to go into restricted drivers and turn fglrx off of course to get them). I noticed there was a new version of the ATI driver in this mornings updates - which doesn't appear to fix the problem. ** Attachment added: xsession-errors

[Bug 146138] Re: [RS480] full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA

2007-09-28 Thread BullCreek
Here are the files you requested (I had to go into restricted drivers and turn fglrx off of course to get them). I noticed there was a new version of the ATI driver in this mornings updates - which doesn't appear to fix the problem. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log.old

Re: [Bug 146138] Re: [RS480] full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA

2007-09-28 Thread BullCreek
Adding Option DRI off seems to have fixed it. Let me know if I can do anything else to help. - Tormod Volden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the log says Direct rendering experimental on RS400/Xpress 200 enabled. Try disabling DRI with this in the Device section of xorg.conf: Option DRI off

[Bug 145923] Re: no HD-DVD support in gutsy BETA

2007-09-28 Thread BullCreek
Here is a UDF patch that seems to compile and work against the latest gutsy GIT kernel sources: It was obtained from: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=1738126group_id=295atid=300295 ** Attachment added: UDF_2.50-linux-2.6.22-rc4+.patch.bz2

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-27 Thread BullCreek
I try to boot with the nosmp option to test this and 2.6.20-16-generic just hangs shortly into the boot (no output on any of the virtual screens). Any ideas on how to work around? I don't really see nosmp as a viable solution, but am willing to at least validate it as an option for some. If

[Bug 145923] no HD-DVD support in gutsy BETA

2007-09-27 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: The following article in the wiki talks about BluRay and HD-DVD support in Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD I was really hoping that Gutsy would have the UDF fix and the newer version of mplayer/ffmpeg that supports playing back

[Bug 146138] Re: full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA

2007-09-27 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: lspci.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9528413/lspci.out -- full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 146138] full gnome session hangs with ATI driver and gutsy BETA

2007-09-27 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-ati I couldn't ever get to the desktop on the LiveCD with gutsy BETA - gnome would try to login, crash, retry, crash, etc. Finally, I tried a failsafe X session, that worked, so I tried a failsafe gnome session, and that worked. I

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-25 Thread BullCreek
I've played around with it a bit more, and even with the options max_interrupt_work=20 set in /etc/modprobe.d/forcedeth, it still happens. Only additional thing to report, is I happened upon an easy way to reproduce the hangup every time: 1. Login to machine1 which has a gigabit ethernet card

Re: [Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-24 Thread BullCreek
FWIW, I downloaded the gutsy GIT kernel, built it, and replaced the forcedeth.ko on my feisty systems with the newer one. I still get a few of the: eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq messages but it doesn't appear to hang anymore under heavy load. I'll be stress testing it today by

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-24 Thread BullCreek
An hour or so into the transfer, using the gutsy forcedeth.ko - the machine locked up and eth0 stopped responding just like it was doing with the default feisty version of the module. This is a fairly serious bug - so I hope someone can escalate it so it gets looked at and minimally fixed for

[Bug 130075] Re: Random pauses when transferring data at gigabit speeds with forcedeth driver

2007-09-23 Thread BullCreek
I just ran into this bug and it almost cost me data with feisty latest! For some reason when the forcedeth ethernet adapter locked up, it also locked up two out of six of my sata ports (I'm presuming because of some PCI bus issue). Luckily it was raid6, so the array is still functional, but it

Re: [Bug 123819] Re: panel problem with dual head on feisty latest

2007-09-11 Thread BullCreek
it is work in progress. - BullCreek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll try tribe-5 next week when I get a spare moment. Thanks! - Pedro Villavicencio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you try to reproduce this in Gutsy? you can get a CD Image from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing

Re: [Bug 123819] Re: panel problem with dual head on feisty latest

2007-08-24 Thread BullCreek
I'll try tribe-5 next week when I get a spare moment. Thanks! - Pedro Villavicencio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you try to reproduce this in Gutsy? you can get a CD Image from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ ; thanks in advance. -- panel problem with dual head on feisty latest

[Bug 123819] Re: panel problem with dual head on feisty latest

2007-07-12 Thread BullCreek
All three stored values (Name, Command, Comment) seem to be improperly handled. I changed them as follows in order: Display :0.0 Name: Firefox Left Command: firefox -P left %u Comment: Browse the World Wide Web Left Display :0.1 Name: Firefox Right Command: firefox -P default %u Comment:

[Bug 123819] panel problem with dual head on feisty latest

2007-07-03 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I have a dual-head setup with two displays, :0.0 1600x1200 and :0.1 1024x1280 (rotated). Because firefox won't allow more than one instance access to a profile, I created two firefox icons in the panel, one on each screen with commands as

[Bug 121792] Re: evdev not working with multiple X instances

2007-06-25 Thread BullCreek
I switched over to using the nvidia driver rather than the nv driver, and everything works perfectly now. -- evdev not working with multiple X instances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for

[Bug 121792] evdev not working with multiple X instances

2007-06-22 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev I'm building a carpc using feisty. I want my two kids in the back to be able to watch/play independent movies/games, and my prius has a touch screen that I'm interfacing into in the front for music. Three separate video cards

[Bug 121792] Re: evdev not working with multiple X instances

2007-06-22 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8168635/xorg.conf -- evdev not working with multiple X instances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 121792] Re: evdev not working with multiple X instances

2007-06-22 Thread BullCreek
Another good link for more background info: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Multiterminal_with_evdev -- evdev not working with multiple X instances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for

[Bug 112188] screen saver bug in dual-head setup

2007-05-03 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: I'm running feisty on my workstation and my laptop, and in both cases, I use dual-head. It works great, with one annoying caveat: If nothing is happening on the primary display, the screen saver will kick in, no matter that I'm typing and mousing furiously over on the

[Bug 110432] gstreamer doesn't support 6 channel WMA PRO audio

2007-04-26 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Before I switched to linux, I used to use WMV to archive movies. For TV shows, I usually used 2 channel WMA for the sound, but for films that I liked, I converted the 5.1 AC3 to 6 channel WMA PRO. Totem in Feisty (and Edgy) can't play back the audio on these 6 channel

[Bug 57957] Re: install/uninstall doesn't complete because of broken init-script

2007-04-24 Thread BullCreek
I tend to agree about this problem needing to be fixed sooner rather than later if possible since it essentially breaks apt. I ran into it recently, and there is no easy workaround other than to hack the scripts enough to make apt-get remove work as mentioned above. FWIW, I believe the root of

Re: [Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-12 Thread BullCreek
I agree. I don't really think the problem is with mdadm - but instead with the order that the disk and controller drivers are loaded in feisty. Don't know what module controls that though. Hopefully this bug will be addressed before release! - Original Message - From: marcw [EMAIL

[Bug 84741] Re: ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install

2007-04-09 Thread BullCreek
It started working again around herd 5. Thanks! -- ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84741 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-04 Thread BullCreek
Tried it, no joy. If I get time tomorrow I'm going to experiment with manual changes to the initrd to see if I can work around the module problem that way. I looked, and while I thought I remembered an mdadm mailing list, it seems my memory was faulty or it no longer exists. If you have any

Re: [Bug 99843] Re: tty missing from busybox in feisty BETA

2007-04-03 Thread BullCreek
FWIW, the April 2 daily build boots fine from CD whether the network is plugged in or not - so I guess this bug is fixed. -- tty missing from busybox in feisty BETA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99843 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug

[Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-03 Thread BullCreek
I did, but still the same thing, I think because break=mount doesn't come into play until later in initrd. FWIW, I reinstalled the first disk with yesterdays daily build, and I still get the same thing (namely when I boot off RAID, /dev/hda* and /dev/hdc* don't show up at all in /proc/partitions

Re: [Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-03 Thread BullCreek
I had a XenExpress 3.2 cd handy to boot in this same machine, and one thing I note is that it assigns the same hardware/drives significantly differently. XenExpress 2.6.16.38 Feisty 2.6.20.13 hd[a-d] Promise Controller 1 hd[a-d] Onboard VIA controller

Re: [Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-03 Thread BullCreek
I think I may have found it. Attempting to boot from RAID, /proc/ide/ide0/hda/driver is ide-default version 0.9.newide whereas booting successfully via non-RAID, /proc/ide/ide0/hda/driver is ide- disk version 1.18. Googling ide-default ide-disk reveals some bugs/race conditions that were

[Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-02 Thread BullCreek
I spent part of this afternoon battling the same thing I think using feisty BETA also. I'm quite familiar with software RAID on linux, and a few comments: 1. It seems that unlike in older distros, /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf in feisty is fairly important. Without adding the ARRAYs entries to it, my

Re: [Bug 99843] Re: tty missing from busybox in feisty BETA

2007-04-02 Thread BullCreek
Well after I got home this afternoon, I started downloading a daily build to test, but I also accidentally happened to boot the laptop in question with the BETA disc still in, and it worked this time. I thought - what's different??? Turns out I had moved the laptop and unplugged the

[Bug 99843] tty missing from busybox in feisty BETA

2007-04-01 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: busybox-initramfs I have an averatec c3500 tablet pc I've been testing feisty on. The previous herd builds worked fine, but when I go to install the BETA, booting the CD-ROM, I get the following error during initramfs initialization: BusyBox: /bin/sh:

[Bug 98838] problem with fglrx on acer aspire 5102 feisty

2007-03-29 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fglrx-driver Running latest feisty. The driver works ok, but if I log out, or try to switch user or even Ctrl+Alt+Backspace the driver locks the laptop up tight as a drum and I have to power cycle it. Probably nothing anyone can do, but I thought I'd

[Bug 94835] totem and other media players need to check DVD region

2007-03-22 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: totem I'm going to add this to the community howto if I can, but thought I'd pass it on as a feature request. I have a new laptop, and just installed Feisty Herd 5. After following the community howto for Feisty DVD playback, it wouldn't work (kept

[Bug 90281] [apport] gnome-vfs-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-03-06 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: I was copying a file from an SMB share to my desktop - the first attempt failed because my wireless network crapped out - so on the second attempt, I chose Replace since the partial file was still there, and shortly thereafter, the crash occurred. Not sure it was related,

[Bug 90281] Re: [apport] gnome-vfs-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-03-06 Thread BullCreek
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://librarian.launchpad.net/6650800/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://librarian.launchpad.net/6650801/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://librarian.launchpad.net/6650802/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 87359] multiple minor problems with KVM (kernel virtual machine)

2007-02-23 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kvm A few minor problems running on an Acer 5102 WLMi Turion 64-X2 laptop with 2GB RAM and Feisty 64bit Herd 3. 1. It appears that you have to use sudo to run kvm given the default permissions on /dev/kvm. Don't know if this is a bug for sure or by

[Bug 84741] Re: ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install

2007-02-14 Thread BullCreek
FWIW, after trying herd 3 32 bit, i downloaded and tried herd 3 64 bit, and it works fine (in fact I'm typing this message on it). Off to see if I can get WinXP running inside KVM! -- ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install https://launchpad.net/bugs/84741 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 76976] Re: [feisty] no autopartitioning options presented?

2007-02-12 Thread BullCreek
Using herd 2, I was able to work around this problem, by getting rid of grub/MBR using: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1024 count=1024 All other attempts including manually partitioning still resulted in the error. Unfortunately, now I'm getting a different error much further into the install -

[Bug 84741] ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install

2007-02-12 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Acer Aspire 5102WLMi Laptop During the Detecting hardware, please wait... phase near the end of the install, it says: Loading module 'sata_sil' for 'ATI Technologies Inc Standard...' Then, the installer just hangs. I've tried to sudo kill -9

[Bug 84741] Re: ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install

2007-02-12 Thread BullCreek
I just downloaded and tried the Herd 3 build of feisty-desktop-i386.iso and get the same problem with it. Let me know what else I can do to help. -- ubuntu 7.04 feisty herd 2 hangs on install https://launchpad.net/bugs/84741 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 84223] installer crashed

2007-02-09 Thread BullCreek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Feisty 7.04 Herd 2 i386 Attempting to install onto an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop that previously had FC6 installed on it. At first I thought maybe the FC6 LVM stuff was messing it up, so I switched over to a terminal and manually ran fdisk to

[Bug 65788] Re: Hangs at boot on AMD64

2006-11-29 Thread BullCreek
Any status on this? I have three systems (one AMD Turion 64X2 and two Intel C2D) that exhibit the behavior, and would be happy to help testing in anyway. -- Hangs at boot on AMD64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/65788 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com