sorry, I can't try the upgrade - the ATI Radeon chipset support has been dropped and the free driver doesn't have even enough performance for Firefox :( -- I'm stranded on hardy so long as I use this laptop.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Ralph Janke <ubu...@janke.me.uk> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue > for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance. > > -- > Hardware Information crashes on startup > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215636 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “hwinfo” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > In Hardy The Hardware Information tool crashes on startup. > > The package (I think) is hal-device-manager. > > Dist: > maxlittlem...@hector-luft:~$ lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch) > Release: 8.04 > > When I try to launch Hardware Information from "System > Preferences" , I > get a brief flash of a window, then it disappears. When I press the ~"report > the bug" buton, I get a crash report dialogue saying: > > ============ > The problem cannot be reported: > > You have some obsolete package versions installed. Please upgrade the > following packages and check if the problem still occurs: > > libpam-modules, libpam0g, udev, libpam-runtime, libgnomeui-common, > libpango1.0-common, xbase-clients, x11-common, python-gobject, > initramfs-tools, libsasl2-2, libsasl2-modules, libvolume-id0, libxft2, > libpango1.0-0, libgnomeui-0 > ============ > (I did have dual boot ubuntustudio and generic) > > This is after I have upgraded from gutsy and rebooted several times. The > problem wasn't there when I first rebooted after the upgrade (I know because > I used Hardware Information to check some things) but it appeared a day > after I upgraded. (???) > > The actual bug in my eyes is that Hardware Information gives a crash screen > instead of displaying whatever it can - that the UI dies when a problem is > encountered. > > The other bug which I don't know where to report is that after upgrading, I > need to download an additional ~200MB to fix this bug - rather than _all_ of > my system being upgraded. > > This may well be an upgrade bug? > -- Hardware Information crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215636 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
