[Bug 1785351] [NEW] package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2018-08-03 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I'm not sure why I received this error, but it could be because I'm running btrfs-tools v4.17. (I'm running btrfs on imsm mdadm raid1.) The btrfs hooks script has this line in it: copy_exec /bin/btrfs-zero-log but this program isn't a part of btrfs-progs anymore,

Re: [Bug 1587142] Re: Shutdown hangs in md kworker after "Reached target Shutdown."

2018-02-22 Thread John Center
Hi Dimitri, > On Feb 22, 2018, at 8:32 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov <launch...@surgut.co.uk> > wrote: > > john-center - I believe mdadm is used by default, instead of dmraid. > However, I'm not sure if we do correctly activate Intel Raids with > mdadm. I have not done an i

[Bug 1608495] Re: IMSM fakeraid handled by mdadm: unclean mounted volumes on shutdown/reboot

2017-10-24 Thread John Center
I don't think it's used by default for IMSM raid installation. That's why your devices were likely set up by dmraid first. When you mentioned in a previous comment about installing dracut-core, this automatically installs dmraid with kpartx. Mdadm never gets involved. When I've manually

[Bug 1587142] Re: Shutdown hangs in md kworker after "Reached target Shutdown."

2017-10-23 Thread John Center
I added a comment about this new fix on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdadm/+bug/1608495. One thing I wanted to add here, for the first time shutdown completed successfully. In fact, I was a little startled when it happened. :-) It powered off at the end of shutdown, instead of

[Bug 1608495] Re: IMSM fakeraid handled by mdadm: unclean mounted volumes on shutdown/reboot

2017-10-23 Thread John Center
I saw this fix & installed it before your update went out. I did it by hand, so I didn't know about the dracut-core package or enabling/starting the mdadm-shutdown.service. Even without dracut-core, it worked for me. I did make some changes to 64-md-raid-assembly.rules. I commented out the

[Bug 1320402] Re: mdadm resyncs imsm raid in "Normal" state

2016-08-19 Thread John Center
Since I upgraded to 16.04, the mdadm resync has started again. How do these changes map to the new systemd configuration? What is the process that systemd uses to start up mdadm? Will this change going forward to 16.10, etc.? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1570227] Re: Open Recent Items show as always empty in Gedit

2016-06-04 Thread John Center
I've had the same problem since upgrading to 16.04. It looks like the dropdown list from the Open tab is showing the recent files, but not the File->Open Recent menu item. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1028677] Re: mdadm should be used for fakeraid (instead of dmraid)

2015-12-23 Thread John Center
Here are a set of notes I made for myself because I did this often enough I didn't want to forget. I hope this helps. -John New procedure for using Ubuntu Desktop installer (until they fix it) 1) Launch UEFI setup at

[Bug 1464917] Re: reboot hangs at 'Reached target Shutdown'

2015-12-19 Thread John Center
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[Bug 1464917] Re: reboot hangs at 'Reached target Shutdown'

2015-12-19 Thread John Center
My Dell workstation is a fresh install of 15.04, also. I'm having the same problem. I've attached some screen shots that show the last messages typically seen after I try REISUB. ** Attachment added: "IMG_0765.JPG"

[Bug 1482268] [NEW] 15.04 Installer crashes, can't handle mdadm imsm raid1

2015-08-06 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: Using the desktop installer, had to manually purge dmraid install mdadm with the grub-efi support. This always fails on the bootloader. Please fix this, we don't need dmraid for IMSM, only mdadm! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.25

[Bug 1478686] [NEW] 15.04 installer crashed installing to uefi IMSM raid1

2015-07-27 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: Installing 15.04 on UEFI IMSM raid1 system (2TB disks). At the end, the installer crashed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion:

[Bug 1186662] Re: isc-dhcp-server fails to renew lease file

2015-06-19 Thread John Center
There are a number of things that need to be addressed with the isc- dhcp-server package. I think I've worked through most of the issues, based on items here ones I've researched; maybe the maintainer or someone else could review this? 1) /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server needs to be updated to

[Bug 1186662] Re: isc-dhcp-server fails to renew lease file

2015-05-22 Thread John Center
We're having the same problem running dhcpd under trusty. As a workaround, if we make the file attribute changes in #25, is this the only thing that needs to be done? Can we also change chown root:root to dhcpd:dhcpd for /var/lib/dhcp/* in isc-dhcp-server.conf, too? Thanks. -John -- You

[Bug 1368688] Re: Inconsistence between /etc/init and /etc/init.d files

2015-05-21 Thread John Center
This just bit us, also. We migrated from Solaris to Ubuntu 14.04 for our dhcp server. Please fix! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1368688 Title: Inconsistence between /etc/init and

[Bug 1424747] Re: findmnt only displays /dev/pts on Trusty w/ Utopic Kernel (14.04.2)

2015-04-25 Thread John Center
Hi, I've been trying to build snapper on 14.04 x64, but the old version of util-linux is tripping me up. I get the following error: In file included from Btrfs.cc:34:0: /usr/include/libmount/libmount.h:345:28: error: expected ',' or '...' before 'new' struct libmnt_table *new); ^ Btrfs.cc: In

[Bug 1402769] [NEW] udisks tries to create degraded/sync_action watch files for mdadm IMSM containers

2014-12-15 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with the 3.17.5 kernel. I have 3 IMSM RAID1 arrays set up I noticed the following syslog messages: Dec 15 09:49:06 mariposa udisksd[3255]: udisks daemon version 2.1.3 starting Dec 15 09:49:06 mariposa udisksd[3255]: Error creating watch for file

[Bug 1320402] Re: mdadm resyncs imsm raid in Normal state

2014-12-01 Thread John Center
I have suffered under the same problem, running 12.10, 13.10 now 14.04. I just tried your patches, Matthew, they appeared to work. I only rebooted once, however. I'll test some more later. Thanks! -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 830915] Re: [Oneiric] Error during kernel upgrade: Could not locate dkms.conf file

2014-10-17 Thread John Center
Thanks for the info. I followed your instructions the message went away. I had had a lockup of my system, probably caused by the old kernel modules were stilled being loaded. Hopefully this clears it up. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 830915] Re: [Oneiric] Error during kernel upgrade: Could not locate dkms.conf file

2014-10-11 Thread John Center
The same thing happened to me on trusty, amd64 with the latest version of virtualbox 4.3.18. The strange thing is, dkms.conf was located in /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.3.18/build/, but locate couldn't find it. It found the previous one, v4.3.16, but not the latest one. Only with find could I

[Bug 1131738] Re: VBoxSVC crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

2014-10-11 Thread John Center
This just happened to me on trusty, amd64, virtualbox 4.3.16. I wasn't using the vmat the time, I had stepped away for about an hour returned to see the apport message. ** Attachment added: Virtualbox crash file

[Bug 1311725] Re: Installation crashed after grub setup on md array

2014-08-31 Thread John Center
The message logged when the grub-installer failed: ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: error: disk 'md126,1' not found. ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force failed. This was mdadm configured raid1 (imsm). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1341209] Re: Upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 did not complete, but booted into 14.04?

2014-07-17 Thread John Center
Originally, I posted a question (#251577), then followed up with a bug report. I was asked to run sudo apt-get upgrade on 7/15 I got the following answer: jcenter@avanti-due:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

[Bug 1341209] Re: Upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 did not complete, but booted into 14.04?

2014-07-16 Thread John Center
I've been having freeze ups since the upgrade. After a day or so, everything is frozen except the mouse. Thunderbird freezes up grays out after a few minutes when started. I'm also having a problem with one of my monitors staying blank after the screen saver kicks in, though I'm having it

[Bug 1312456] Re: Thunderbird 24.4 freezes very frequently with grey screen under Ubuntu 14.04

2014-07-15 Thread John Center
I'm having the same problem with thunderbird, but not with firefox. What compiz update fixes this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1312456 Title: Thunderbird 24.4 freezes very

[Bug 1341209] [NEW] Upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 did not complete, but booted into 14.04?

2014-07-12 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I upgraded from 12.10 to 13.10 w/o a problem. I rebooted several times ok. I then tried to upgrade to 14.04. The files downloaded successfully it was about half way through the install when I received a fatal error was told it would have to fallback to the previous

[Bug 1341209] Re: Upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04 did not complete, but booted into 14.04?

2014-07-12 Thread John Center
I saw a reference to this log file in another bug report. It has the particular parts of the upgrade that failed. ** Attachment added: Upgrade log file https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1341209/+attachment/4151422/+files/main.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1184925] Re: Libreoffice shows empty menus when clicking them and then crashes

2013-05-31 Thread John Center
I just tried this removed the libreoffice-gtk package it appears to work. Hope this gets fixed soon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184925 Title: Libreoffice shows empty menus

[Bug 1092345] [NEW] Installer crashes trying to install grub on mdadm imsm raid1

2012-12-19 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I had a feeling this would happen, installer only understands dmraid, not mdadm imsm raid. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: ubiquity 2.12.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion:

[Bug 1061648] [NEW] fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build

2012-10-04 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I just applied the latest patches this error appeared. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 1061648] Re: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build

2012-10-04 Thread John Center
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061648 Title: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1045164] [NEW] ubuntu 12.04 executing grub-install dummy failed

2012-09-02 Thread John Center
Public bug reported: I installed the mdadm proposed update. I'm trying to install to an imsm raid1 array, using a btrfs filesystem on gpt partitions. My computer's BIOS can handle larger than 2TB drives, though it is not UEFI (Gigabyte x58a-ud3r rev 2 MB). I mounted the / partition afterwards

[Bug 1045164] Re: ubuntu 12.04 executing grub-install dummy failed

2012-09-02 Thread John Center
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045164 Title: ubuntu 12.04 executing grub-install dummy failed To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 957494] Re: Missing added utility 'mdmon'

2012-04-06 Thread John Center
I'm using mdadm to activate an Intel array. Dmraid is disabled. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957494 Title: Missing added utility 'mdmon' To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 957494] Re: Missing added utility 'mdmon'

2012-04-06 Thread John Center
I did build mdadm from source later installed over top of the distribution copy of mdadm. But, I did have it working before I did this. I decided to do that because the later version did have better support for the Intel matrix storage BIOS. I do have Windows 7 running with IMSM, so I would

[Bug 957494] Re: Missing added utility 'mdmon'

2012-04-05 Thread John Center
You're right, I could have sworn that it was part of that package. I didn't have the read-only problem with 3.1.4, could it have been that mdmon wasn't needed in that version? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 920324] Re: Please merge mdadm 3.2.3-2 from Debian unstable (main) (multiple regressions)

2012-03-17 Thread John Center
mdmon is included with the Oneiric mdadm package. I'm testing Precise beta1 via the live cd saw my array coming up readonly after installing it. It took me awhile to figure out what was wrong. (Google is your friend, sometimes... ;-)) Sonny? I haven't been called that since the '60's. :-)

[Bug 957494] Re: Missing added utility 'mdmon'

2012-03-17 Thread John Center
mdmon its man page are included with the Oneiric mdadm package. It's only missing in the Precise package. Note that the mdmon page is missing from the online manpages, see http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man8/mdmon.8.html. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 920324] Re: Please merge mdadm 3.2.3-2 from Debian unstable (main) (multiple regressions)

2012-03-16 Thread John Center
I just installed this package it appears mdmon is missing. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/920324 Title: Please merge mdadm 3.2.3-2 from Debian unstable (main) (multiple

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-10 Thread John Center
But, dmraid can't activate the partitions on GPT disks, so how will this work? Also, could you send me a link to the changes? Thanks. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu.

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-10 Thread John Center
Ok, I'll look see if there is a ticket for the GPT disk problem, or I'll open a new ticket tomorrow. Thanks Philip. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737027

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-10 Thread John Center
But, dmraid can't activate the partitions on GPT disks, so how will this work? Also, could you send me a link to the changes? Thanks. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737027

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-10 Thread John Center
Ok, I'll look see if there is a ticket for the GPT disk problem, or I'll open a new ticket tomorrow. Thanks Philip. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737027 Title: kpartx udev rule

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-09 Thread John Center
What is the status of the proposed changes made by Jesse? I found that 11.10 did not include kpartx the changes he proposed. Doing it by hand myself, it worked, but as soon as any change is made that would rebuild initrd.img, the kpartx files the changes have to be redone. I'm trying to figure

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-12-09 Thread John Center
What is the status of the proposed changes made by Jesse? I found that 11.10 did not include kpartx the changes he proposed. Doing it by hand myself, it worked, but as soon as any change is made that would rebuild initrd.img, the kpartx files the changes have to be redone. I'm trying to figure

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-09-12 Thread John Center
While there is no explanation, the man page for dmraid has this: dmraid {-a|--activate} {y|n|yes|no} [-d|--debug]... [-v|--verbose]... [-i|--ignorelocking] [-f|--format FORMAT[,FORMAT...]] [{-P|--partchar} CHAR] [-p|--no_partitions] [--separator SEPARATOR] [-t|--test] [RAID-set...] I think you

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-09-12 Thread John Center
While there is no explanation, the man page for dmraid has this: dmraid {-a|--activate} {y|n|yes|no} [-d|--debug]... [-v|--verbose]... [-i|--ignorelocking] [-f|--format FORMAT[,FORMAT...]] [{-P|--partchar} CHAR] [-p|--no_partitions] [--separator SEPARATOR] [-t|--test] [RAID-set...] I think you

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-08-19 Thread John Center
Has there been any additional work done on this? This bug has affected me also, because of the point raised in comment #9 about using dmraid with GPT partitions. Will this be resolved for 11.10? Thanks. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 737027] Re: kpartx udev rule is broken

2011-08-19 Thread John Center
Has there been any additional work done on this? This bug has affected me also, because of the point raised in comment #9 about using dmraid with GPT partitions. Will this be resolved for 11.10? Thanks. -John -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 190227] Re: ia32 apps look for libs on the wrong place

2010-07-08 Thread John Center
I'm having the same problem. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 X86_64. I upgraded to Thunderbird 3.1 (32-bit), when it starts I get the following errors: $ /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird -profilemanager /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 Failed to load module:

[Bug 293970] Re: bonobo-activation-server : could not associate with desktop session

2009-08-20 Thread John Center
I'm having the same problem, usually after running an NX session remotely to my workstation. I come in the next day, my screen saver is locked. A hard reset is the only thing that will allow me to get back in. In messages I see: bonobo-activation-server (jcenter-31686): could not associate