Bug#1055212: Still an open issue in Dec 2024

2024-12-01 Thread Linas Vepstas
This is still an open issue in Dec 2024, affecting multiple projects (and multiple distros: I'm going through the redhat, arch bug reports now, looking for a fix/patch or work-around.) For the "ceph dashboard" its a blocker: can't install the dashboard, full stop. Work-arounds include applying thi

Bug#1016394: Close this bug, it was "user error".

2024-11-26 Thread Linas Vepstas
p.s. for additional details, see https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/issues/4063 -- linas -- Patrick: Are they laughing at us? Sponge Bob: No, Patrick, they are laughing next to us.

Bug#1016394: Close this bug, it was "user error".

2024-11-26 Thread Linas Vepstas
Hi, I opened this bug. About a week later, I realized it was "user error". This bug should be closed. My error is that I forgot to delete an iterator, resulting in a memory leak. After a while, the memory leak was large enough that this error popped up. Fixing the leak made the issue go away. --

Bug#1016395: All Debian kernels continue to exhibit this bug

2024-08-28 Thread Linas Vepstas
All Debian kernels between the original bug report, and now, continue to exhibit this bug. Also, a hand-built 6.6.12 also has this bug. I will pursue upstream. --linas

Bug#1030389: [pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1030389: lxc: Conflict with new systemd cgroup unified hierarchy

2024-04-24 Thread Linas Vepstas
I'm not using unprivileged containers. They are root containers, and they are marked to auto-start when the machine boots. I'm being aggressive because I'm really angry. I ditched windows for linux 25 years ago, because linux was really better. It was a joy to use. It reached an all-time peak arou

Bug#1030389: [pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1030389: lxc: Conflict with new systemd cgroup unified hierarchy

2024-04-24 Thread Linas Vepstas
The documentation does not provide any solutions to this bug. Nothing in the README will solve the bug. This is a real bug. --linas

Bug#1030389: [pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1030389: lxc: Conflict with new systemd cgroup unified hierarchy

2024-04-24 Thread Linas Vepstas
There is nothing in /usr/share/doc/lxc/README.Debian.gz that provides the work-around. I am using containers managed by root, started when the OS boots. su - root and then lxc-ls -f reports NAMESTATE AUTOSTART GROUPS IPV4 IPV6 UNPRIVILEGED bind-base STOPPED 0

Bug#1051874: closed by Michael Biebl (Re: Bug#1051874: systemd: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set in X11 login session (MATE/slim))

2023-09-14 Thread Linas Vepstas
Hi, On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 12:51 PM Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > I installed a test VM with bookworm and task-mate-desktop and slim. > > Everything is working fine. > So I must conclude this is a local (mis)configuration. The problem manifested after an upgrade

Bug#1030389: [pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1030389: lxc: Conflict with new systemd cgroup unified hierarchy

2023-02-06 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 8:29 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > No, but it sounds plausible that either you don't have apt-listchanges > I do have apt-listchanges, but Debian auto-updates itself nightly, and does not inform me of what changes it makes. I don't know how to disable the auto-update

Bug#1030389: lxc: Conflict with new systemd cgroup unified hierarchy

2023-02-03 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: lxc Version: 1:4.0.6-2+deb11u1 Severity: important Tags: newcomer X-Debbugs-Cc: linasveps...@gmail.com Dear Maintainer, Hit the bug described here: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/13477 and also here: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/4072 According the the first github rep

Bug#1029664: rlwrap: prompt disappears w/ readline 8.1

2023-01-25 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: rlwrap Version: 0.43-1+b2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, rlwrap misbehaves when combined with readline 8.1, as described in https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/issues/108 The issue has been fixed; the fix is available in Debian testing, in rlwrap version 0.46 rlwrap also works fi

Bug#1016630: guile-3.0: gdb guile results in SIGSEGV before guile even starts!

2022-08-17 Thread Linas Vepstas
> ``` > > $ gdb guile > > GNU gdb (Debian 12.1-3) 12.1 > > ... etc ... > > Reading symbols from guile... > > (No debugging symbols found in guile) > > (gdb) r > > Starting program: /usr/bin/guile > > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] > > Using host libthread_db library > "/lib/x86_64-li

Bug#1016630: guile-3.0: gdb guile results in SIGSEGV before guile even starts!

2022-08-04 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: guile-3.0 Version: 3.0.8-2 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: linasveps...@gmail.com Dear Maintainer, To debug large complex programs that use guile extensions, I run `gdb guile` regularly. This does not work w/ current version in testing. I get this: ``` $ gdb guile GNU gdb (Debian 12.1-3)

Bug#1016394: column_family.cc:1494: rocksdb::ColumnFamilySet::~ColumnFamilySet(): Assertion `last_ref' failed.

2022-08-04 Thread Linas Vepstas
ontrol: tags -1 +moreinfo > > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 4:09 AM Linas Vepstas > wrote: > > Software that I maintain is generating the error message > > ``` > > ./db/column_family.cc:1494: > rocksdb::ColumnFamilySet::~ColumnFamilySet(): Assertion `last_ref

Bug#1016395: Kernel 5.18.15 does not fix it.

2022-07-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
I just attempted a hand-build of kernel 5.18.15 and it exhibits exactly the same failure, the same stack traces. (hand-built means cp /boot/config; make old-config; make deb-pkg; dpkg -i) --linas

Bug#1016395: linux-image-5.18.0-2-amd64: kernel 5.18: rtw_8821ce wireless fails to suspend/wake from suspend

2022-07-30 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: src:linux Version: 5.18.5-1 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: linasveps...@gmail.com Dear Maintainer, The rtw88_8821ce driver for the 01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter on a laptop I bought today (but mfg'd in No

Bug#1016394: column_family.cc:1494: rocksdb::ColumnFamilySet::~ColumnFamilySet(): Assertion `last_ref' failed.

2022-07-30 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: librocksdb-dev Version: 7.2.2-5 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: linasveps...@gmail.com Dear Maintainer, Software that I maintain is generating the error message ``` ./db/column_family.cc:1494: rocksdb::ColumnFamilySet::~ColumnFamilySet(): Assertion `last_ref' failed. ``` when closing a r

Bug#854771: linux kernel 4.9 causes vt and xserver freeze/not display

2017-02-09 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64 Version: 4.9.6-3 Everything works under kernel 4.8, but have display problems with x-server, virtual terminals when booting 4.9. Diffs reveal that the two kernels load different firmware for the graphics card. Symptoms: graphics card is wired up to drive three

Bug#854652: Never mind, user error

2017-02-08 Thread Linas Vepstas
Foo. As the above messages carefully document, I was missing amdgpu/tonga_k_smc.bin Doing an ``` apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics ``` fixes the issue, and everything works fine in kernel 4.9. Close this bug, its bogus. --linas

Bug#854652: kernel logs for failing and good boot

2017-02-08 Thread Linas Vepstas
Here are the kernel logs, foist for the failing boot, then a good boot. The failing 4.9 boot concludes with this: [8.928400] amdgpu :04:00.0: firmware: failed to load amdgpu/tonga_k_smc.bin (-2) [8.928982] amdgpu :04:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/tonga_k_smc.bin failed with

Bug#854652: linux kernel 4.9 causes xserver to crash

2017-02-08 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: linux-image-4.9.0-1-amd64 Version: 4.9.2-2 Xserver, entire desktop works great for kernel 4.8 but crashes hard on kernel 4.9 Thus I am reporting this as a kernel bug, instead of an xserver-xorg bug. Full contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log at bottom. But first, a manual diff: the failed ver

Bug#845014: Info received (Duplicate)

2016-12-31 Thread Linas Vepstas
As discussed/resolved in https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/1370 it appears that Debian would require some kernel patch to enable overlayfs for unprivileged containers. A very simple test, isolating this to overlayfs, is given in the fourth comment: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/1370#issuecommen

Bug#845014: Duplicate

2016-12-30 Thread Linas Vepstas
Possible duplicate of https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/1370

Bug#732209: dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.

2016-09-15 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Vlad Orlov wrote: > > > Is su actually used for running graphical apps? In my case, I either accidentally typed into an su window, or possibly ran the gconf editor as root, for some possibly good or bad reason, possibly having to do with xdm, gdm whateverdm, or p

Bug#732209: dconf-CRITICAL **: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.

2016-09-09 Thread Linas Vepstas
The suggestion below, that the core issue is that "su" is leaking the user-space env variables into the root shell, where they are then used to clobber the user-space, seems like a good root-cause analysis of the bug. I agree, it seems like "su" needs to be fixed. I the meanwhile, can we get a wor

Bug#798603: rndc is being used incorrectly; mandatory arguments are missing.

2015-09-10 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: dnssec-tools Version: 2.1 Summary: rndc is being used incorrectly; mandatory arguments are missing. Symptoms: Log file shows: ZSK phase 2: unable to reload zone, rc - 1 The root cause of the bug seems to be this: the way that /usr/share/perl5/Net/DNS/SEC/Tools/rollmgr.pm invokes r

Bug#772569: rndc usage is broken

2015-09-10 Thread Linas Vepstas
I think I understand the root cause of this bug: the way that /usr/share/perl5/Net/DNS/SEC/Tools/rollmgr.pm invokes rndc is incorrect when zones have a view. When there is a view, there are additional MANDATORY arguments So: circa line 1153 we see: `$rndc reload $zone >/dev/null 2>&1`; Rem

Bug#754704: Suggested fix is not correct

2015-09-08 Thread Linas Vepstas
The suggested fix of adding a line to the dnssec-tools.conf file zonefile-parser Net::DNS::ZoneFile cannot be right. After re-starting rollerd, and waiting an hour, this message is printed out: zonefile parser Net::DNS::ZoneFile not usable; using default parser Net::DNS::ZoneFile::Fast at /us

Bug#768484: libiberty-dev conflicts with binutils-dev re ansidecl.h

2014-11-07 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: libiberty-dev Version: 20131116-1 Both binutils-dev and libiberty-dev include the file "ansidecl.h" dpkg -S ansidecl.h binutils-dev: /usr/include/ansidecl.h libiberty-dev:amd64: /usr/include/libiberty/ansidecl.h Both use the standard header protection mechanism: #ifndef _ANSIDECL_H #de

Bug#766464: gksu pluma sets the ownership of /run/user/1000/dconf/user to root:root

2014-11-04 Thread Linas Vepstas
Thanks Mike, The package is "libpam-systemd". A number of packages depend on it, even if one is not using systemd. >> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=baae0358f349870544884e405e82e4be7d8add9f Above really does seem to provide the fix, based on the commit message, and comme

Bug#766464: gksu pluma sets the ownership of /run/user/1000/dconf/user to root:root

2014-11-03 Thread Linas Vepstas
I've been told that the systemd bug at the root of this has been fixed. Here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=baae0358f349870544884e405e82e4be7d8add9f I cannot verify because cgit.freedesktop.org is down right now. The fix was made a year ago (?) but apparently has not bee

Bug#766464: gksu pluma sets the ownership of /run/user/1000/dconf/user to root:root

2014-11-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
Sigh. Always google before stracing ... google reveals this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753882 which indicates that 1) the bug is more than 3 years old 2) its bitten hundreds of people, 3) pam_systemd is "working as designed" : it is pulling the user directory from the environmen

Bug#766464: gksu pluma sets the ownership of /run/user/1000/dconf/user to root:root

2014-11-02 Thread Linas Vepstas
I'll continue the conversation here, as its not clear where else to purse it, for now. But first: see also https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-settings-daemon/issues/44 -- this bug blows through all available system ram in under 5 minutes, then dies in swap, so its serious (for me). Next: Runnin

Bug#737786: Package should be libedit2 not libedit

2014-02-05 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: libedit2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#737786: libedit: UTF8 support in libedit

2014-02-05 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: libedit Severity: important Recent versions (last 4-5 years) of libedit contain Unicode UTF8 support. However, from what I can tell, this is not yet enabled in the most recent builds. So, for example: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libedit&arch=i386&ver=3.1-20130712-2&st

Bug#579729: wide-char vs UTF8

2012-11-09 Thread Linas Vepstas
On closer inspection, http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/ doesn't actually have UTF8 support, it has UTF32 support. And it only supports this by implementing a brand-new wide-char API that resembles (more or less) the original interfaces, but with UTF32 (wide-char) arguments. Thus, by using wcstomb

Bug#579729: libedit UTF8 support

2012-11-07 Thread Linas Vepstas
Also, this bug is incorrectly marked as "wishlist": it should be marked as "Important: UTF8 is broken and things don't work because of this!" Patches that fix this bug have been available for two-and-a-half years now; it'd be great to get these distributed.

Bug#579729: libedit UTF8 support

2012-11-07 Thread Linas Vepstas
I maintain the link-grammar natural language parser, and need editline, not readline, for licensing reasons. I noticed recently that editline does not work with cut-n-paste of UTF8 Russian text (link-grammar supports arabic, persian, german, and now russian) so getting a usable UTF8-capable editl

Bug#416266: same issue, different package

2009-06-06 Thread Linas Vepstas
Can this bug be re-assigned to a different package to get a look-see? --linas Linas Vepstas linasveps...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#337892: mutt crashes on startup.

2005-11-06 Thread Linas Vepstas
ly on startup. In other respects, the system seems to work fine (X11 works, I'm listening to music on it, etc.) although two other debian packages are broken: reportbug and scrollkeeper. FWIW this is after an "apt-get upgrade" this weekend. Please contact me at: Linas Vepstas <[EM

Bug#337891: rebortbug is crashing (non-functional)

2005-11-06 Thread Linas Vepstas
Package: reportbug Version: 3.17 I'm having trouble reporting bugs :-) Below follows more info; please contact me at Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rather than at this email address. Here's more info [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /home/linas %dpkg -s reportbug Packag

Bug#337889: scrollkeeper-update crashes, leads to failing apt install

2005-11-06 Thread Linas Vepstas
xmms etc. I am using the old-fashioned "mail" to write this email. I didn't notice anything else broken till I tried to report this.) I'd say this is a grave bug, its causing havoc with apt-get install. p.s. please reply to/contact Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sinc