file bugs for everything, then try and see if they affect quantal or saucy as well. use "ubuntu-bug PACKAGE" to file bugs.
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Gabor Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been running 12.10 and it was very stable for me. Then recently > upgraded to 13.04 and while the upgrade went well and I like the new stuff > and changes (not a lot, but still nice) there a number of bugs which I was > a bit startled about and did not know what bug report to file or how to go > about reporting it. I have some time I could spend helping on the fixing > of these and thus please feel free to shoot at me things that I should do > to provide more data or test things and so on. As a general data I am > running UBUNTU 13.04 on a Dell Inspirion 17R with 4 Gb RAM. I also have an > external screen, an LG small flat screen TV connected through HDMI. Here > is the list: > > 1. Since installation the system froze up entirely 3 times. The last > time I had Google Chrome, GIMP, Libreoffice Writer open and I was just > talking on Skype. The whole system froze but I could still continue speak > on Skype - it was weird. Nothing worked from there. The mouse moved, but > no response to clicks. Tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 - no response, beside some hard > disk activity, but no change on the screen. Then tried Ctrl+Alt+Del a > number of times and beside some hard disk activity, no change - or actually > the mouse cursor have disappeared. Had to do a total hard shutdown with > the power button kept in for 5 sec. The system started up normal after. > 2. Not sure if related to the above, but two times I had a problem > with shutting the system down. I clicked on shut down however during the > shut down sequence the system froze or at least did not continue. The > "dots" kept moving like something is still happening, but no hard disk > activity, nor anything for a long time. Once by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del I > managed to get the system to restart and then could shut it down properly > but the other time I had to use the power button to power off. Weird. > 3. Once I had a problem to start the system up. The graphical screen > disappeared and only some text was left on the screen, seemingly frozen. > Then I switched to text mode with Ctrl+Alt+F1, that worked and immediately > back to graphical (F7) and I got the graphical login screen and all went > fine. > 4. There seems to be a bug with the sound system. Originally it > worked fine except the fact that I could not direct the sound to the > external screen through the HDMI cable. Seemingly the sound did not > recognize that it is there. Then sometimes after powering the system up I > only gout a "Dummy Output" and no sound at all. I Googled it and found a > solution of re-installing the Alsa sound system and that stabilized the > sound, it works all the time now, but still no way to use the HDMI output. > I am getting a scratchy sound when Skype starts but later on the call sound > quality is perfect and also playback sound from all sources (Youtube, > Banshee, etc.) are good. > > > These are the stuff that came with the upgrade to 13.04. Previously on > 12.04 and 12.10 the system was working fine and stably and would like to > put some work into making it again that stable - need some directions > though. I can file bug reports or attach files or anything needed and help > out on the testing just need some directions. > > Thanks a lot. > > Best, > > Gabor > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > >
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