[Bug 1814555] Re: Ubuntu boot failure. 4.18.0-14 boot stalls. (does not boot)

2019-02-08 Thread Greg Ward
Fix works for me (I opened duplicate #1815152): I apt upgraded to linux- modules-4.18.0-15-generic 4.18.0-15.16, and now my system boots just fine. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] Re: kernel hangs on boot after "fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA"

2019-02-08 Thread Greg Ward
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1814555 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814555 Bug fixed! I apt upgraded to linux-image-4.18.0-15-generic 4.18.0-15.16 as usual, and my system boots happily again. Thank you ~smb for the quick followup. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1815152] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236898/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152

[Bug 1815152] Lsusb.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236897/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152 Title:

[Bug 1815152] Re: kernel hangs on boot after "fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA"

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected cosmic ** Description changed: A few days ago, I let update-manager upgrade my kernel from 4.18.0-13 to 4.18.0-14. Since then, my system is unable to boot. It freezes after printing fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA

[Bug 1815152] ProcModules.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236902/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152

[Bug 1815152] Lspci.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236896/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152 Title:

[Bug 1815152] ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236899/+files/ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] UdevDb.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236903/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152 Title:

[Bug 1815152] WifiSyslog.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "WifiSyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236904/+files/WifiSyslog.txt ** Tags added: kernel-bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] CurrentDmesg.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236895/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] ProcEnviron.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236900/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152

[Bug 1815152] CRDA.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "CRDA.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236894/+files/CRDA.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152 Title:

[Bug 1815152] ProcInterrupts.txt

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1815152/+attachment/5236901/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] Re: kernel hangs on boot after "fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA"

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
Results with mainline kernels: * linux-image-unsigned-4.18.20-041820-generic: bug present, same behaviour as in linux-image-4.18.0-14-generic * linux-image-unsigned-4.20.7-042007-generic: bug fixed! One other interesting factoid: after the failed modeset, the system isn't _completely_ dead. I

[Bug 1815152] Re: kernel hangs on boot after "fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA"

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
** Attachment added: "happy boot sequence with previous build (4.18.0-13)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1815152/+attachment/5236892/+files/happy-kernel.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1815152] [NEW] kernel hangs on boot after "fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA"

2019-02-07 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: A few days ago, I let update-manager upgrade my kernel from 4.18.0-13 to 4.18.0-14. Since then, my system is unable to boot. It freezes after printing fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA but before it gets around to asking me the passphrase for my encrypted main

[Bug 1249645] [NEW] gnumeric crashes with SIGSEGV in sv_update() loading certain files

2013-11-09 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: gnumeric crashes loading some files (but not others). The best stack trace I've been able to get so far is: #0 0x7f8f75536c85 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libspreadsheet-1.12.6.so #1 0x7f8f7552def6 in sv_update () from /usr/lib/libspreadsheet-1.12.6.so #2

[Bug 1249645] Re: gnumeric crashes with SIGSEGV in sv_update() loading certain files

2013-11-09 Thread Greg Ward
OK, I managed to strip down a real-life spreadsheet to repro the bug without leaking sensitive personal information. Attached. Note that there is no content remaining in this spreadsheet, just whatever stuff was left behind after I deleted all the content. Note also that I had to do some of that

[Bug 1249645] Re: gnumeric crashes with SIGSEGV in sv_update() loading certain files

2013-11-09 Thread Greg Ward
...and it looks like the bug is also fixed in gnumeric_1.12.6-2_amd64.deb, which I downloaded from trusty. So fixing this should be *really* easy! ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1168967] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad T500 2055] regression: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages

2013-08-06 Thread Greg Ward
I successfully downloaded and booted http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily- live/current/saucy-desktop-amd64.iso dated 05-Aug-2013 09:02. Video works. Not sure what the point of this was, since everything has been fine since I upgraded to raring (as the original quantal upgrade had no apparent fix or

[Bug 1169004] Re: friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable

2013-05-01 Thread Greg Ward
Sorry for the delay. Here are the requested log files in a tarball: lp1169004-logs/normal/dmesg lp1169004-logs/normal/Xorg.0.log - logs from a normal boot, where X works just fine lp1169004-logs/failsafe/dmesg lp1169004-logs/failsafe/Xorg.failsafe.log - logs from a recovery boot with

[Bug 1169004] Re: friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is keyboard-hostile (sometimes completely unusable)

2013-05-01 Thread Greg Ward
** Summary changed: - friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable + friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is keyboard-hostile (sometimes completely unusable) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1168967] Re: regression: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages (ThinkPad T500)

2013-04-19 Thread Greg Ward
Update from testing mainline kernels... 1) to confirm that the bug is still present in the mainline kernel corresponding to Ubuntu's 3.5.0-27.46 (which definitely exhibits the bug), I downloaded and installed linux- image-3.5.7-03050707-generic_3.5.7-03050707.201303040535_amd64.deb (and the

[Bug 1168967] Re: regression: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages (ThinkPad T500)

2013-04-17 Thread Greg Ward
Workaround #1: I guess I'll repartition and try installing raring in the new partition. success! the bug has been fixed in Ubuntu 13.04. This is still an update regression with 12.10; my ThinkPad T500 worked just fine on March 31 and video stopped working on April 13. But at least the next

[Bug 1169004] Re: friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable

2013-04-17 Thread Greg Ward
Update on 12.10: it's not just keyboard-unusable, it's also mouse- unusable. I just tried failsafe-x on my desktop system running 12.10, and it is completely unusable. X works perfectly on this system, my mouse is hooked up and working fine, everything is good. Details... Steps to reproduce: 1)

[Bug 1169004] Re: friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is completely unusable

2013-04-17 Thread Greg Ward
I've recently installed 13.04 on my laptop, so I'll try it there next. Good: failsafe-x is no longer completely broken in 13.04. It can now be controlled with the mouse and keyboard. Hooray! It still has several bugs, though, which I'll report separately. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1168967] Re: regression: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages (ThinkPad T500)

2013-04-16 Thread Greg Ward
This is starting to look very much like a kernel bug, although I'm still confused about several things. My main evidence is that I'm having similar problems with System Rescue CD, a Gentoo-based rescue distro that boots from CD or USB stick. In particular, System Rescue CD 3.4.1 (kernel 3.4.32)

[Bug 1168974] Re: friendly-recovery tool hangs trying to do almost anything with encrypted swap partition

2013-04-15 Thread Greg Ward
H: if I disable my encrypted swap partition (by modifying /etc/fstab), this problem goes away. Definitely seems like friendly- recovery has problems with encrypted swap. ** Summary changed: - friendly-recovery tool hangs trying to do almost anything (e.g. Enable networking) +

[Bug 1168967] Re: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages

2013-04-15 Thread Greg Ward
** Tags added: regression-update ** Summary changed: - no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages + regression: no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages (ThinkPad T500) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1168967] [NEW] no video after upgrading kernel, mesa, libc, and several other packages

2013-04-14 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1) on 2013-03-31, shutdown laptop for a 2-week vacation 2) on 2013-04-13, return from vacation, boot laptop, and apply pending updates with update-manager 3) reboot laptop Expected result: Ubuntu boots just as it did before the update (it worked fine on

[Bug 1168974] Re: friendly-recovery tool hangs trying to do almost anything (e.g. Enable networking)

2013-04-14 Thread Greg Ward
** Attachment added: screenshot of the initial hang (after fsck quickly succeeds) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1168974/+attachment/3644234/+files/recovery-mode-hang.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1168974] [NEW] friendly-recovery tool hangs trying to do almost anything (e.g. Enable networking)

2013-04-14 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1. boot into recovery mode 2. from the Recovery Menu, select Enable networking 3. when warned that continuing will remount / in read/write mode, select Yes Expected behaviour: - system runs fsck on root FS, which quickly succeeds (because the FS is

[Bug 1168974] Re: friendly-recovery tool hangs trying to do almost anything (e.g. Enable networking)

2013-04-14 Thread Greg Ward
** Attachment added: screenshot after I hit Ctrl-C, which hints that encrypted swap might be involved https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/1168974/+attachment/3644235/+files/recovery-hang-encrypted-swap.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1169004] [NEW] friendly-recovery: failsafeX dialog is not keyboard controllable

2013-04-14 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: 1. boot my laptop into recovery mode with no external mouse connected (only the laptop's builtin trackpad) 2. from the Recovery Menu, select failsafeX (This is a Lenovo ThinkPad T500 with Synaptics trackpad -- pretty vanilla hardware that normally works perfectly with

[Bug 847363] Re: .hg/hgrc are not read on non-unix filesystems

2011-09-12 Thread Greg Ward
This is by design. Reading Mercurial config files owned by random/unknown/untrusted users would be a security risk, because those untrusted users can install malicious hooks that run with your privileges on certain Mercurial operations (e.g. commit). You can add to the set of trusted users with

[Bug 404646] Re: xfce4-power-manager 0.8.2-1 crashed with signal 5 in client_session_set_client_id()

2009-09-04 Thread Greg Ward
I have been having this problem too, and like other posters the bug has persisted to 0.8.3.1-1. So now I'm trying the packages from Lionel's PPA (0.8.3.1-1ubuntu1~test2). I'll keep an eye open for more crashes... -- xfce4-power-manager 0.8.2-1 crashed with signal 5 in

[Bug 284112] [NEW] crash converting svn repo with python-subversion 1.5

2008-10-15 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mercurial There appears to be an incompatibility between mercurial 1.0.1-2~hardy1 and python-subversion 1.5.1dfsg1-1ubuntu2 (both in hardy-backports). Converting an svn repository to hg blows up: $ hg convert /tmp/vchacks.svn /tmp/vchacks.hg scanning

[Bug 284112] Re: crash converting svn repo with python-subversion 1.5

2008-10-15 Thread Greg Ward
Workaround: download and install the Mercurial packages from intrepid: wget http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mercurial/mercurial-common_1.0.1-5.1_all.deb wget http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mercurial/mercurial_1.0.1-5.1_i386.deb sudo

[Bug 233878] Re: hg convert on Subversion repository fails (almost) silently unless python-subversion installed

2008-10-15 Thread Greg Ward
It looks like this is fixed in intrepid (1.0.1-5.1), while hardy would still benefit from Suggests: python-subversion. -- hg convert on Subversion repository fails (almost) silently unless python-subversion installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/233878 You received this bug notification

[Bug 245210] Re: login.defs references libpam-umask which is a obsolete package

2008-07-18 Thread Greg Ward
** Attachment added: proposed patch which simply tweaks the wording of the offending comment in /etc/login.defs http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16187244/ubuntu-bug-245210.patch -- login.defs references libpam-umask which is a obsolete package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245210 You

[Bug 233878] [NEW] hg convert on Subversion repository fails (almost) silently unless python-subversion installed

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mercurial Using hg convert to convert a Subversion repository to Mercurial requires python-subversion, but this requirement is not documented. Example: $ sudo apt-get remove python-subversion [...] $ svnadmin create /tmp/repo1 $ hg convert /tmp/repo1

[Bug 233878] Re: hg convert on Subversion repository fails (almost) silently unless python-subversion installed

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Ward
FWIW, things have improved upstream: Mercurial 1.0 is now a bit more verbose and reports that it cannot load the Python Subversion bindings without --debug. So IMHO all that needs doing to the Ubuntu package of Mercurial 0.9.5 is add Suggests: python-subversion. That would certainly help. --

[Bug 189245] [NEW] mail-notification cannot install: Depends: libeel2-2 but it is not going to be installed

2008-02-05 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mail-notification Attempting to install mail-notification fails like this: # apt-get install mail-notification Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This

[Bug 189462] [NEW] slocate cron job fails if /etc/updatedb.conf not found

2008-02-05 Thread Greg Ward
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: slocate I get this email from cron every morning: From: Anacron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on gollum Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:38:56 -0500 /etc/cron.daily/slocate: slocate: fatal error: load_file: Could

[Bug 182703] Re: update-manager could not calculate the upgrade

2008-01-13 Thread Greg Ward
Same problem here: I installed hardy alpha 3 around 2008-01-13 20:30 +0500, and shortly after first booting and logging in, got the error described above. My apt.log file ends with the line ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.' which the

[Bug 182703] Re: update-manager could not calculate the upgrade

2008-01-13 Thread Greg Ward
Easy workaround: as root, run apt-get dist-upgrade. That seems to have successfully done the upgrade for me. -- update-manager could not calculate the upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug