[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-31 Thread Steve Langasek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 551340 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551340 This is probably bug #551340, which is fixed in plymouth 0.8.1-3. Please upgrade and let us know if you still see the problem. ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Assignee: Scott James Remnant (scott) => (u

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread Steve Langasek
Installing plymouth-dbgsym locally and running this through gdb gives the following backtrace: Loaded symbols for /lib/plymouth/details.so Core was generated by `/sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 outb (backend=0xefaa70) at

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread isoma
I couldn't get apport to run so early in the boot process but I wrote a very simple alternative that saves just the core file. Here it is… ** Attachment added: "Core dump from plymouthd" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42330277/e091b783-07b2-4ec5-9c26-e77bdef047df.core -- mountall failure with

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread isoma
See bug #485709 for a background to the mountall problem that (I think) triggers this. -- mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549653 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread isoma
There was nothing in /var/crash; I assume that's because the failure happened so early in the boot process. -- mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549653 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread isoma
The attached fstab will prevent my VM from booting ** Attachment added: "This is the fstab that won't boot" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42301289/fstab -- mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549653 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-28 Thread isoma
apport information ** Description changed: Binary package hint: plymouth I have a upgraded my test Ubuntu desktop VM to Lucid beta 1, but it now won't boot. One of the main deviations from stock Karmic was addition of open-vm-tools. The VM was previously installed as Ubuntu 9.04 and

[Bug 549653] Re: mountall failure with vmhgfs yields plymouth segfault

2010-03-27 Thread Steve Langasek
Yes, a segfault in plymouth is certainly a bug. Can you boot the system using rescue media (i.e., an ISO image), edit the /etc/fstab to comment out the vmhgfs line, and see whether this allows you to boot? Once booted into the system, please check whether this plymouth crash was reported to appor