[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-08-09 Thread Andrew Farmer
Using Tim Gardner's 2.6.24-21.39 kernel, the "ACPI: Failed To Attach Device Data" errors, and all of the "Quirk" entries are gone from the kernel log. Using this kernel + Foxconn's BIOS fix or Matthew Garrett's workaround patch, the only part of this bug that survives seems to be the no sound afte

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew Farmer
I didn't see Matthew Garrett attach this anywhere, but I snuck over to his blog and swiped it from: http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/tmp/foxconn.diff It probably would be easier to patch the kernel since this has grown way past the scope of a few dodgy motherboards. I'd still say patching the BIOS

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew Farmer
I see that Matthew Garrett has released a fix in Fedora Rawhide and sent it upstream. Since this is a small patch with what looks like a very low risk of regressions, fixing a severe problem..When can it be applied to Ubuntu Hardy and Intrepid Development? -- Defective AMI BIOS on multiple F

[Bug 56125] Re: apt-get moo doesnt look like a cow

2008-08-04 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "What output of apt-get moo should look like" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16527385/00668046.zoom.a.jpg -- apt-get moo doesnt look like a cow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/56125 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 56125] Re: apt-get moo doesnt look like a cow

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
This is a definite blocker, it affects one's ability to moo, I recommend setting severity to Critical as this is one of apt's few defining features. -- apt-get moo doesnt look like a cow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/56125 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 254421] Re: Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Description changed: When mounting an optical disc, it mounts twice and I get the following error dialog box: "DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.NotFound: The given volume was not found" I will be attaching a screenshot of the error, as well as dmesg and syslog ou

[Bug 254421] [NEW] Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
Public bug reported: When mounting an optical disc, it mounts twice and I get the following error dialog box: "DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.NotFound: The given volume was not found" I will be attaching a screenshot of the error, as well as dmesg and syslog output, and output of

[Bug 254421] Re: Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of error" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16507419/Screenshot-1.png -- Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 254421] Re: Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "Output of dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16507421/dmesg.txt -- Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 254421] Re: Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "system log with last few entries corresponding to the error (I believe)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16507431/syslog -- Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254421 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 254421] Re: Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus

2008-08-03 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "Output of uname -a" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16507433/uname.txt -- Optical discs mount twice, and generate error message relating to Dbus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254421 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-08-02 Thread Andrew Farmer
Update: Heart Zhang at Foxconn has posted on the forums, with instructions on how to download the test/beta of their repaired BIOS for their G33M and G33M-S boards, and says all affected Foxconn boards will be fixed soon: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=877721 I need to stress that as it

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-08-01 Thread Andrew Farmer
BIOS fix for Foxconn motherboards very soon, I am beta testing a new BIOS that resolves all the party poopers as long as you're using kernel 2.6.26 MSI and ASUS appear to want to have nothing to do with this, thats my hunch anyway, kindly pester them if you're their customer would be my suggestion

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-07-29 Thread Andrew Farmer
Manca: I would tell them: This has been verified by Foxconn and AMI as a defective BIOS. When an upgrade is available, I would appreciate you please posting it so that your customers can benefit. (Can you please not quote everything in the bug report? Please try replying on the bug page itself,

[Bug 251338] Re: Defective AMI BIOS on multiple Foxconn, MSI, and ASUS Intel LGA 775 motherboards breaks ACPI support

2008-07-29 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Description changed: Description of problem: - Multiple ACPI problems and warnings on boot, PC will suspend and resume, but on resume sound will not work, - and on next reboot, it hangs and requires a hard reset, Thermal Zone and Fan - control support also appear to be missing, I had to s

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-29 Thread Andrew Farmer
I have been in touch with Foxconn several times today, this bug also affects: Asus P5K-E P5E WS and P5E WS PRO MSI P965 series It is the BIOS that is defective, not the chipset. American Megatrends (AMI) shipped the defective BIOS, if yours is an Award BIOS, this is not an issue. http://izanbar

[Bug 252486] Re: Evolution cannot check for spam

2008-07-28 Thread Andrew Farmer
Sebastien, someone in #ubuntu-bugs told me to do that, I'm sorry for the trouble. ** Summary changed: - Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam + Evolution cannot check for spam ** Description changed: Binary package hint: evolution - Evolution 2.23.4 crashes when

[Bug 252486] Re: [Intrepid]Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam

2008-07-28 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Summary changed: - Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam + [Intrepid]Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam -- [Intrepid]Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252486 You received th

[Bug 252486] [NEW] [Intrepid]Evolution crashes when attempting to scan incoming mail for spam

2008-07-28 Thread Andrew Farmer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution 2.23.4 crashes when attempting to spam check new e-mail, leaving the following error in the system log: Jul 28 02:48:35 ryan-desktop klogd: [18554.210572] evolution[10834] general protection ip:7f328f131593 sp:7fffa16199e0 error:0 in

[Bug 252354] Re: Calgary should not be enabled in Intrepid's stock desktop kernel

2008-07-27 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Description changed: Calgary is enabled in Intrepid desktop kernels, right now I am using 2.6.26-4 of course, I am trying to test a new DSDT table from Foxconn to fix many other errors their BIOS has, and possibly Linux bug(s) too. I've been kicking e-mails back and forth between Mat

[Bug 252354] [NEW] Calgary should not be enabled in Intrepid's stock desktop kernel

2008-07-27 Thread Andrew Farmer
Public bug reported: Calgary is enabled in Intrepid desktop kernels, right now I am using 2.6.26-4 of course, I am trying to test a new DSDT table from Foxconn to fix many other errors their BIOS has, and possibly Linux bug(s) too. I've been kicking e-mails back and forth between Matthew Garrett,

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-27 Thread Andrew Farmer
Just to go over what Matthew Garrett has stated on his blog, paraphrasing: "There's no way altering the DSDT fixes any of the errors, especially not the checksum" It does indeed fix all of that, or at least no errors in my log when I change to _OSI and Store Zero (What Vista and XP get), and remo

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-26 Thread Andrew Farmer
I have started a Defective By Design consumer action list of bad motherboards that display similar problems to this. http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/list-of-confirmed- foxconn-sabotaged-motherboards-that-cannot-run-linux-well/ I will keep it updated based on reader input, so that l

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-26 Thread Andrew Farmer
http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=118715.msg895494 Same bug apparently occurs on an MSI P965 Platinum. Your board, and this fellows, also appear to have been made by Foxconn, and also use basically the same Foxconn-customized AMI (American Megatrends) BIOS. -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-26 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Description changed: Description of problem: Multiple ACPI problems and warnings on boot, PC will suspend and resume, but on resume sound will not work, and on next reboot, it hangs and requires a hard reset, Thermal Zone and Fan control support also appear to be missing, I had to s

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-25 Thread Andrew Farmer
Apparently Foxconn is working on a patch, nothing like leaning on them to get them from "Go buy Vista" to "We'll have it next week" I guess, it was not really my intention to attack Foxconn publicly, but they were totally blowing me off and I felt something had to be done. Thank you to the communi

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "Tarball of /proc/acpi directory" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16287110/acpi.tar.bz -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "output of lspci -vv" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16287101/lspci.txt -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "dmidecode readout" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16287094/dmidecode.txt -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "kernel messages log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16287097/messages -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "uname -a readout" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16287080/uname.txt -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
I'm now trying Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha 2 with kernel 2.6.26-4, will attach relevant data,. -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 246222] Re: Linux 2.6.26 not loading custom DSDT from initrd

2008-07-24 Thread Andrew Farmer
This may fix the problems I've had in Bug 251338, when will this hit the repository? Ben, can you glance at my BIOS dumps, if you have a few minutes to kill? I'm sure there are lots of people with this particular type of BIOS bustage that would love to see a fix. -- Linux 2.6.26 not loading cus

[Bug 251363] Re: spam continues to deluge my email after placing in spam folder & blocking

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
I'd suggest not giving out your email to people you think may spam you, at this point it's probably too late and you'll need a new email account. Be more careful next time, I'd use a disposable email service to sign up for crap that is going to spam you. In any event, this is not an Ubuntu bug.

[Bug 251319] Re: Intrepid: Desktop Quit applet only log you out.

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
I can confirm that this happens, it is extremely annoying. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- Intrepid: Desktop Quit applet only log you out. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251319 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "uname.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16273933/uname.txt ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #456352 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456352 ** Also affects: linux (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456352 Importance: Unknown

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16273932/lspci.txt -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "kern.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16273930/kern.log -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "acpi.tar.bz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16273928/acpi.tar.bz -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 251338] Re: Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16273927/dmidecode.txt -- Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 251338] [NEW] Bad ACPI support on Foxconn G33M/G33M-S motherboards with AMI BIOS

2008-07-23 Thread Andrew Farmer
Public bug reported: Description of problem: Multiple ACPI problems and warnings on boot, PC will suspend and resume, but on resume sound will not work, and on next reboot, it hangs and requires a hard reset, Thermal Zone and Fan control support also appear to be missing, I had to set the BIOS t