Re: [Bug 304954] Re: IO errors when inserting a disc

2009-01-04 Thread BenM
Hi,

My bad all, it was the libdvdecss issue - one would have thought that
the software could detect the lack of libdvdcss or equivalent, however
that may be tricky politically or legally.

Ben

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Simon Morgan  wrote:
> BenM: I don't think that's the same problem.
>
> I didn't have the problem with Hardy and my drive can play/read
> everything fine which leads me to believe that the errors are spurious.
> It seems that they aren't in your case and there may be a genuine
> problem with your hardware (or maybe you don't have libdvdcss
> installed).
>
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> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> On inserting a disc into my DVD-RW drive, I very often got some serious 
> looking I/O errors in the kernel logs. At first I put this down to hardware 
> failure and bought a new drive. However, I not only have the same problem 
> with the new drive, but the way the problem manifests intself leads me to 
> believe it could possibly be a kernel bug. The old drive was a Pioneer DVD-RW 
> DVR-108 and the new one is a Pioneer Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-116D.
>
> The errors only appear when I insert a disc into the drive. Not only that but 
> I can do things like playback DVD movies and read entire discs (I tested 
> using dd_rescue) without a single I/O error appearing in the kernel logs.
>
> The type of disc also has a bearing on the problem.
>
> If I insert a data DVD into the drive, I don't get any errors.
> If I insert a video DVD I get the following kind of errors:
>
> [ 3130.194461] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039324
> [ 3130.248798] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039320
> [ 3130.302954] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039328
> [ 3130.303145] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
> [ 3130.398541] UDF-fs INFO UDF: Mounting volume 'ADAM_AND_JOE', timestamp 
> 2006/03/09 09:54 (1000)
>
> If I insert a data CD into the drive, I don't get any errors.
> Audio CDs give the following error:
>
> [ 4267.245458] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
> [ 4267.245477] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
> [ 4267.245486] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1
> [ 4267.245503] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 2
> [ 4267.245509] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3
> [ 4267.245515] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 4
> [ 4267.245521] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 5
> [ 4267.245527] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 6
> [ 4267.245533] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 7
>
> I think this may have to do with the dialog that pops up when I insert a disc 
> into the drive (the one that asks which program you want to launch), or 
> something related to it. It seems that whenever that dialog appears, I get 
> the I/O errors. Maybe whatever is scanning the disc to detect what type it is 
> is doing something weird, resulting in the errors?
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDmesg:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=03a1e31a-442c-4616-ac13-e1b6005c5ba5 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/home/username/.cabal/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
>  LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-9.19-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
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[Bug 304954] Re: IO errors when inserting a disc

2008-12-22 Thread BenM
I can confirm this is an issue with Hardy Heron on a Dell Latitude 610.
The internal DVD drive will play audio CDs no problem, however when
trying to play a DVD (Correct region, works fine in Windows XP ;) ) I
get the buffer errors in dmesg:-

[  160.488507] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
[  160.518886] UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 
'STARDUST_UK', timestamp 2008/01/08 07:48 (1000)
[  164.970169] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 549088
[  164.970180] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 137272
[   76.228833] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 663824
[   76.228843] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 165956
[   76.228851] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 165957
[   76.230733] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 663824
[   76.230739] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 165956

And both VLC and the default media player will not play the movie.

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[Bug 122271] Re: 'Hardware Information' did not run

2007-06-26 Thread BenM

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[Bug 122271] 'Hardware Information' did not run

2007-06-26 Thread BenM
Public bug reported:

Linux Mint 3.0 'Cassandra' running as Live CD on intel P4 2.5Ghz 1.5GB
RAM, 120GB & 80GB HDD, GeForce MX460 64MB video set to 1280x1024

Using either  -  Control Panel > Hardware Information  - or - Preferences > 
Hardware Information
produces an 'Application problem' box that reports:-
"Hardware Information closed unexpectedly"

This looks like several other problems in the bug list - but this is a fresh 
copy of Linux Mint that supposedly was
released  after the patches referred to in #85421

So this may be a release issue, or indeed finger trouble on my part.  I don't 
have the skills  to patch a
live CD and re-compile, nor the space on this machine's HDD to do a full 
install and patch that. Yet. 

Thanks in advance, and apologies if this is already a done deal.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 26 11:25:33 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/hal-device-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: hal-device-manager 0.5.9-1ubuntu2~feisty1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/hal-device-manager
ProcCwd: /home/mint
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/hal-device-manager']
SourcePackage: hal
Uname: Linux mint 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 
GNU/Linux

** Affects: Ubuntu
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New

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[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

2014-05-26 Thread BenM
just a few thoughts (opinions ;) )...

I have posted previously in the thread and followed it since then. I
sympathise with both sides - both 'its a bug' and 'its the user' but on
consideration IMHO neither are 100% right.

My hardware is a Dell box with an Intel RAID controller set  up with one
volume mirroring a pair of 400(ish)Gb drives. As previously stated I
installed 13.04 last year (LVM enabled) on a clean machine (no operating
system) then this year upgraded to 13.10 successfully and then bricked
the box with 14.04. At no time did I run boot-repair on the 13.x
installs - if a boot loader is working I leave it well alone. So from an
end user point of view there is a bug - a normal upgrade bricked my
machine with no warning. Where that bug lies is kind of hard to pin
down.

I have since set up a Virtualbox to try to replicate the issue - 
unfortunately(!) the upgrade chain didn't fail. 
VirtualBox does not allow the emulation of hardware RAID controllers and I 
_think_ that this may be where the root cause of issue lies. It may be that the 
new version of grub installed by the system upgrade doesn't handle the LVM/HW 
RAID combination particularly well.

As to not being able to detect the issue that caused the bricking of
many machines - that is not strictly true is it? Us human end users are
detecting the issue using standard tools available to the upgrade
process.

The big problem from a dev/support point of view is that there appears
no auditable set of actions that can reproduce the issue - and I know
that I am not about to tear down my now working 14.04 install, wipe the
disks and start again from 13.04  just to prove (or not) a point - life
is too short! Other end users are probably in the same position.

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[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"

2014-04-26 Thread BenM
Another case here...

Desktop system, vanilla install of xubuntu 13.04 last year (August I
think), updated as and when with patches. Last update was yesterday
before the dist upgrade.

Upgraded yesterday to 13.10 with no issues at all.

Upgraded today and got the symbol not found error.

Interestingly when I try to load the linux module from the grub rescue
prompt by hand I get the same error -
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1599293 hinted at how to
perhaps get linux to boot from the rescue prompt.

I eventually worked around the issue by downloading a 13.10 image,
booting and using the boot repair utility as described
http://iambusychangingtheworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/error-symbol-
grubtermhighlightcolor-not.html

Using the above webpage the process asks where to install GRUB - I
picked the RAID volume, rebooted when instructed to by boot-repair and
everything works. I guess I will have to wait 6 months before trying the
next update to see if a rinse and repeat is required - I guess I could
do the same boot repair with a 14.04 live CD, or leave that to another
user to try.

The desktop has an Intel hardware RAID controller - two 400gb disks
mirrored; Grub was set to boot off the RAID volume. Looking up the
thread if the previous version of grub, installed with 13.04/13.10
didn't mind about the RAID and the upgrade-manager installed version
does that would explain how the work around works.

the boot-repair log can be found at http://paste.ubuntu.com/7338702/ is
it is of any use.

Regards

BenM

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[Bug 969949] Re: Suyin Corp. Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314] stopped working

2012-04-15 Thread BenM
The bug also affects me.
I have attached the log files as requested - .tar.gz containing them all.

For additional information lsusb gives

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:a103 Suyin Corp. Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314]


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[Bug 576290] Re: Last upload renders contact list empty

2012-04-16 Thread BenM
Hi Ken,
Here is a me too post.
For me the contact list went blank after installing the telepathy ppa and 
updating telepathy (yes... I should know better!)

I have tried using mc-tool to view the accounts as described above - all
works as expected - unfortunately the contacts are not rendered.

regards

Ben

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[Bug 576290] Re: Last upload renders contact list empty

2012-04-16 Thread BenM
One further comment - empathy, even though it fails to render the
contact list, still displays server related errors in the contact list
pane. For example empathy starts  up rather more quickly than the
wireless connection - the contact pane displayed has the red bar
complete with text etc. about the error. This then goes away when the
wireless connects and the accounts can be logged in to the server.

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[Bug 969949] Re: Suyin Corp. Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314] stopped working

2012-04-17 Thread BenM
using luvcview -l I get

ben@taxus:~$ luvcview -l
luvcview 0.2.6

SDL information:
  Video driver: x11
  A window manager is available
Device information:
  Device path:  /dev/video0
Stream settings:
  Frame format: YUYV (MJPG is not supported by device)
  Frame size:   640x480
  Frame rate:   30 fps
Available controls of device 'Camera 1' (Type 1=Integer 2=Boolean 3=Menu 
4=Button)
V4L2_CID_BASE (predefined controls):
 index:9963776name:Brightness   type:1 min:-64   max:64 
   step:1 def:-20   now:-20
 index:9963777name:Contrast type:1 min:0 max:95 
   step:1 def:0 now:0
 index:9963778name:Saturation   type:1 min:0 
max:128   step:1 def:60now:60
 index:9963779name:Hue  type:1 min:-40   max:40 
   step:1 def:-5now:-5
 index:9963788name:White Balance Component, Autotype:2 min:0 max:1  
   step:1 def:1 now:1
 index:9963790name:White Balance Red Component  type:1 min:1 
max:500   step:1 def:100   now:100
 index:9963791name:White Balance Blue Component type:1 min:1 
max:500   step:1 def:100   now:100
 index:9963792name:Gammatype:1 min:72
max:500   step:1 def:110   now:110
 index:9963800name:Power Line Frequency type:3 min:0 max:2  
   step:1 def:2 now:2
  Menu items:
  index:0 name:Disabled
  index:1 name:50 Hz
  index:2 name:60 Hz
 index:9963803name:Sharpnesstype:1 min:0 max:7  
   step:1 def:2 now:2
 index:9963804name:Backlight Compensation   type:1 min:0 max:1  
   step:1 def:0 now:0
V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_BASE (driver specific controls):
libv4l2: error dequeuing buf: Input/output error
Unable to dequeue buffer: Input/output error
Error grabbing
libv4l2: error turning off stream: No such device
Unable to stop capture: No such device
Cleanup done. Exiting ...

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[Bug 663670] Re: empathy doesn't connect to msn - blocked connection

2010-11-14 Thread BenM
Fixed by the 'kakaroto' edit - on Karmic, so I presume no backport yet.

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[Bug 490610] Re: Cannot change brightness on laptop acer aspire 5732 Z

2010-06-14 Thread BenM
@Michael Chapman - thanks for that it works for me on the 5732z with
karmic. it would appear to be a chipset issue - or at least a
karmic/lucid issue.

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