It seems I made a mess of installing the 3.11.4 kernel... It now seems to support zram.. I also re-installed the 3.12.rc1 kernel. both show the parted -l error. Details below:
phillw@piglet:~$ uname -a Linux piglet 3.11.4-031104-generic #201310051136 SMP Sat Oct 5 15:38:11 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux phillw@piglet:~$ swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda6 partition 4176832 0 -1 /dev/sdb2 partition 4095996 0 -2 /dev/zram0 partition 946728 0 5 /dev/zram1 partition 946728 0 5 sudo parted -l reports Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label phillw@piglet:~$ uname -a Linux piglet 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic #201309161735 SMP Mon Sep 16 21:38:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux phillw@piglet:~$ swapon -s Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sda6 partition 4176832 0 -1 /dev/sdb2 partition 4095996 0 -2 /dev/zram0 partition 946672 0 5 /dev/zram1 partition 946672 0 5 sudo parted -l reports Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235525 Title: error on sudo parted -l Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Confirmed Status in “linux” source package in Saucy: Confirmed Bug description: In the current kernel issuing such a command results in the following output: Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label This bug will be tied to the raring kernel which also sees it. The 3.12rc1 and 3.12rc2 kernel does not show this behaviour. Please look also at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 for back ground information for this bug. It does not appear to be critical and this bug was found when investigating the crash / freeze issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-11-generic 3.11.0-11.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: phillw 2140 F.... lxpanel CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw' Date: Sat Oct 5 01:28:16 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d98ac0ad-5c96-4382-8195-23b44e056358 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-29 (97 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130628) MachineType: Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-11-generic root=UUID=69c7aa0f-ccd0-4ac4-8930-e6f0efda9e6b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.116 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: zram UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.bios.version: V1.03 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: EasyNote LJ71 dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.board.version: V1.03 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.chassis.version: V1.03 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPackardBell:bvrV1.03:bd09/22/2009:svnPackardBell:pnEasyNoteLJ71:pvrV1.03:rvnPackardBell:rnEasyNoteLJ71:rvrV1.03:cvnPackardBell:ct10:cvrV1.03: dmi.product.name: EasyNote LJ71 dmi.product.version: V1.03 dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1235525/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
