[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-28 Thread Rebecca Palmer
Closing the bug as I prefer not to risk bricking my system to fix something that has an easy workaround (and rumour suggests the FreeDOS method no longer works with recent Dell BIOS updates: http://askubuntu.com/questions/100945/how-do-i-update-the-bios-of-a -dell-laptop/237742#237742). ** Changed

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-28 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Rebecca Palmer, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6520 an update is available for your BIOS (A18). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If not, could you please both specify what happened, and pr

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-28 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
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[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-28 Thread James Hunt
@Rebecca: yes, but the man page is referring to bugs in the reboot command. That commands calls the reboot system call and that is where the problem lies (in the kernel). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-27 Thread Rebecca Palmer
** Attachment added: "FirmWare Test Suite results" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1244312/+attachment/3892999/+files/fwts_results.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-27 Thread Rebecca Palmer
Both 3.8 and 3.11 work with reboot=p (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BIOSandUbuntu#Reboot_Methods); 3.8 doesn't work with any other reboot=, which suggests the regression is caused by a change of default. ** Description changed: Since upgrading to 13.10, attempting to restart (with either "shutdown

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-26 Thread Rebecca Palmer
Kernel 3.8.0-32 (the next newest on my boot menu, probably the Raring kernel) does not have this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244312 Title: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (bu

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-26 Thread Rebecca Palmer
I'm not comfortable with downloading a kernel from an insecure site (why isn't kernel-ppa a real PPA, where it would have https and signatures?), so I tested the upstream git head instead (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild); it also had this bug. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-25 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.12 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix t

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-25 Thread Rebecca Palmer
The reboot(8) man page says to file bugs against upstart; should that be changed? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-25 Thread Rebecca Palmer
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Since upgrading to 13.10, attempting to restart (with either "shutdown -r now" or the system menu item) hangs with a "reboot: restarting system" message instead of actually rebooting, but shutting down still turns

[Bug 1244312] Re: [regression 13.10] Can't reboot (but can shut down)

2013-10-25 Thread James Hunt
Hi Rebecca, Thanks for reporting this. The screenshot shows this to be a kernel issue, not an Upstart one. Reassigning... ** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://