[Bug 1929854] Re: Vital and critical configuration files get overridden by system updates without warning

2021-07-26 Thread Dominik Wezel
As to grub.cfg: I set GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 in my /etc/default/grub, but the timeout for efi was reset to 30 on every update. I didn't know that files in /etc/default/grub.d are supposed to be changed, but I now changed if [ \$grub_platform = efi ]; then

[Bug 1929854] Re: Vital and critical configuration files get overridden by system updates without warning

2021-07-26 Thread Dominik Wezel
As to sshd_config: I will, when the case arises again. Unfortunately, I don't use sshd in my boxes on a regular basis and so often discover only changes that possibly happened a long time ago. I remember a nasty change from "PasswordAuthentication no" to "#PasswordAuthentication yes", but

[Bug 1931870] Re: [nouveau] System freezes several times per week, sometimes more than once per day

2021-06-23 Thread Dominik Wezel
Thanks, this apparently solved the problem. I had to pin Font DPI down to 96 though, because the proprietary driver sets DPI must too high, which let to giant letters and a mismatch between applications respecting the DPI and those using a fixed 96 DPI anyway. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1931870] [NEW] System freezes several times per week, sometimes more than once per day

2021-06-14 Thread Dominik Wezel
Public bug reported: ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-55.62-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-55-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied:

[Bug 1929854] Re: Vital and critical configuration files get overridden by system updates without warning

2021-06-02 Thread Dominik Wezel
Making changes to /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose was, at least for some time, the only way to make keyboard composition work in Ubuntu, as ~/.XCompose didn't work anymore, and creating a custom keyboard layout from scratch was not an option (my XCompose contains key compositions for

[Bug 1929854] Re: Vital and critical configuration files get overridden by system updates without warning

2021-05-31 Thread Dominik Wezel
Hi Paride Thanks for your feedback. I'm a bit confused and concerned that a critical behaviour like this has to be addressed on package level and is not part of aptitude, but so be it. I will file individual bug reports against the affected packages when a configuration file is next overridden

[Bug 1929854] [NEW] Vital and critical configuration files get overridden by system updates without warning

2021-05-27 Thread Dominik Wezel
Public bug reported: • In my /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose I have about 10'000 lines of special compose keys defined. • In my /boot/grub/grub.cfg I have a very complicated special setup for my various boot configurations, and a 5-sec timout for my EFI-config. • My