Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-24 Thread David Oser
I'm sorry @hrvooje - it worked for me. But I have now risked upgrading my main laptop from 16.10 to 17.04 and it appears to be working perfectly without the necessity for tweaks or workaronds or alternative of 8.8.8.8 , etc, etc. I guess the latest in-situ upgrade contained its own bugfix. David O

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-24 Thread David Oser
OK - complete solution/workaround is to be found here... But you must read the whole lot before doing anything at all because the last edit makes the first part redundant... http://www.hecticgeek.com/2017/04/ubuntu-17-04-systemd-dns-issues/ The issue involves systemd within which the developers hav

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-22 Thread David Oser
Temporary workaround which seems to work most of the time (though, 'timing' - as you are suggesting - sometimes is an issue, requiring a couple of 'sudo apt update' attempts in Terminal to successfully resolve all repositories) enter 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS) into the relevant 'alternate DNS' in I

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-19 Thread David Oser
n my main (newer uefi) machine until the issue is fully resolved. On 18 April 2017 at 10:22, David Oser wrote: > Fortunately I had retained 17.04 full installation on a USB stick. > Downloaded new update via Google DNS on IPV4, then deleted 8.8.8.8 and > tested. Seems to be working. So f

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-18 Thread David Oser
Fortunately I had retained 17.04 full installation on a USB stick. Downloaded new update via Google DNS on IPV4, then deleted 8.8.8.8 and tested. Seems to be working. So far so good Thanks for the heads-up hrvooje! Best David On 18 April 2017 at 07:09, hrvooje <1654...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrot

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-17 Thread David Oser
Yup... Me, I'm reverting back to 16.10 D On 17 Apr 2017 15:51, "harry brijs" wrote: > i installed from iso file > internet is avail upon goodwill of the system > or whatever. > It comes but most of the time it does not stay. > I did not yet correlate this behaviour > 2 > > -- > You received this

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-16 Thread David Oser
Actually there seem to be two related or unrelated issues. One seems to be purely DNS and the other Network Manager... Dunno. My original issue was Network Manager. Now ok for no reason i can see. The more sticky one with my latest upgrade was no problem linking to my WiFi but no internet when lin

Re: [Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-16 Thread David Oser
Regret to inform that an upgrade from 16.04 is also displaying the bug. Reduced to using Google DNS on ipv4 (8.8.8.8) in order to work around it David On 14 Apr 2017 14:11, "David Oser" <1654...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: I'm also experiencing this exact bug. Upgrading fr

[Bug 1654918] Re: No Internet access with default of Automatic (DHCP)

2017-04-14 Thread David Oser
I'm also experiencing this exact bug. Upgrading from 16.10 to 17.04 did not display the problem, but fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 does -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654918 Title:

Re: [Bug 1633839] Re: No symbol table. Press any key to continue

2016-11-19 Thread David Oser
Thanks Yu Lou - in the end I did a fresh install. That was OK. David On 19 Nov 2016 02:00, "Yu Lou" <1633...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I have a dual system of Ubuntu and Windows 7 and encountered the same > problem after in place upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10. I tried boot-repair > before but it

Re: [Bug 1633839] Re: No symbol table. Press any key to continue

2016-10-19 Thread David Oser
As other replies Joseph. The only thing I didn't try was an upstream kernel. But in the end I've just done a completely fresh install - so someone else will need to try the upstream kernel approach.. But I'm intrigued that two people found their solution via a new grub install, while I didn't David

[Bug 1633839] Re: No symbol table. Press any key to continue

2016-10-19 Thread David Oser
I have tried 'boot-repair' in normal and advanced mode and have tried reinstalling grub via sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 (then sda2, and finally simply sda). All of these approaches have reported 'success' in bash/terminal etc - but none have actually solved my problem. Actually I'm wondering whe

Re: [Bug 1633839] Re: No symbol table. Press any key to continue

2016-10-18 Thread David Oser
Thanks Alex I had tried 'boot-repair' to no avail, although success was reported. But I tried your solution twice by using dev/sda1 (the current efi FAT32 boot partition) and /dev/sda2 ( the main ext4 partition). Neither solved the problem although there were no error messages only 'successful' rep

Re: [Bug 1633839] Re: No symbol table. Press any key to continue

2016-10-18 Thread David Oser
Thanks Michka I had tried the boot-repair option, to no avail. But this time I made sure I had the latest version (I do) by completely removing boot-repair and reinstalling, including repository, and tried 'advanced' option. 'Successful' but didn't solve the problem. Then I tried default version of

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-06-23 Thread David Oser
@Brian Rogers Edit to above - no Ubuntu splash on subsequent restarts (any visual effects setting), though there was on the first - but I wasn't getting the splash with the Mainline kernel, either, so I don't miss it anyway. Best David -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash) https://bugs.la

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-06-23 Thread David Oser
@Brian Rogers Many thanks - I'd just like to report that your patch (linux-image-2.6.34-v9patch-generic) appears to be working perfectly for me, with my i855 HP Compaq Nx5000. I'm not trying anything fancy regarding video - but can report that the system now starts normally, no freeze during boo

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-19 Thread David Oser
@Thoer (#162 etc/usw). Many, many thanks for that effort. Slight bug initially evident on my i8xx machine, in that application (eg Firefox) may open without showing the app bar at the top containing its minimize, maximize and close symbols, and closing under file-close still leaves the app showi

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-15 Thread David Oser
@Brian Rogers (#145) - I may be misunderstanding the word 'distro', but Peppermint Linux (otherwise ugh-for-me) is not affected (kernel 2.6.32-22, if I remember correctly) and rcs 5,6.7 of Mainline Lucid version is also not affected - at least, they work fine with my i855 display. @Steve Langase

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-07 Thread David Oser
Woops! My error - where you see 'rc5' still in 8. above, replace with 'rc6' -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-07 Thread David Oser
Or... Hat tip to Alban #54 over at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/568779 ... but slightly modified because it's now rc6. If you have some kind of Lucid desktop, you won't need 1-4, so start at 5. Alban wrote: "1. After power on your PC, press shift (keep

[Bug 568779] Re: [i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen

2010-05-07 Thread David Oser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 Yes that's my experience with the mainline kernel. Wish I knew what it was, though. Information on what it represents seems hard to come by if you are not a fully fledged geek. -- [i855] 10.04 rc boots into

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-02 Thread David Oser
Sorry - commented in the duplicate bug... Latest proposed update (lucid-proposed) seems to fix the main problem of non-bootability due to black screen; but it does not fix the (associated?) problem of Cheese Webcam Booth crashing the system. At least Lucid Linux version xx.x.22 is now usable wit

[Bug 568779] Re: [i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen

2010-05-02 Thread David Oser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 Spoke too soon (see #80). Cheese Webcam Booth crashes the system with my particular webcam - whereas it didn't with the workarounds (eg xx.x .20 kernel and 'mainline' kernel - or was that 'mainstream', I for

[Bug 568779] Re: [i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen

2010-05-02 Thread David Oser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 The problem appears to have been resolved with the latest kernel available via 'proposed updates' lucid-proposed. It least - it has for me, so now I have undone as many of the workarounds as I can recall app

[Bug 568779] Re: [i855] 10.04 rc boots into black/blank screen

2010-04-30 Thread David Oser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541511 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 Maybe you didn't hold shift down early enough Vilius? Works for me. I can then choose from two kernels. I choose the earlier one, and not the recovery mode options. Choosing a recovery mode option means I then

[Bug 536654] Re: [i855] GPU lockup f7711baaec99d519329573a7384c4bef

2010-03-10 Thread David Oser
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40693180/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40693181/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40693182/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 536654] [NEW] [i855] GPU lockup f7711baaec99d519329573a7384c4bef

2010-03-10 Thread David Oser
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel No further information ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Chipset: i855 Date: Wed Mar 10 11:55:22 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DumpSignature: f7711baaec99d519329573a73

[Bug 535312] Re: [i855] GPU lockup bde775a3c9602485047915eeabf64f1f

2010-03-09 Thread David Oser
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40635202/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40635203/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40635204/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 535312] [NEW] [i855] GPU lockup bde775a3c9602485047915eeabf64f1f

2010-03-09 Thread David Oser
Public bug reported: DK ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Chipset: i855 Date: Tue Mar 9 19:24:45 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DumpSignature: bde775a3c9602485047915eeabf64f1f ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py