[Bug 151579] Re: umountfs must check whether a mountpoint contains a loopmounted root file

2008-04-01 Thread Agostino Russo
To avoid skipping early tmpfs mounts: --- umountfs2008-04-01 21:05:35.0 +0100 +++ umountfs.new2008-04-01 21:13:16.0 +0100 @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ TMPFS_MTPTS="" while read DEV MTPT FSTYPE REST do - echo "$PROTECTED_MOUNTS" | grep -qs "^$D

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-15 Thread Agostino Russo
** Attachment added: "diff for rev 454-452" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689639/wubi-454-452.diff -- Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-15 Thread Agostino Russo
I have attached above the diff for rev 454-452 as well. That is mostly as a consequence of an upgrade of grub4dos code, which was patched upstream in order to address bug #201756 and bug #201756. The grub4dos upgrade does not show up in the above diff, since the source gets updated by running the m

[Bug 186114] Re: umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts

2008-03-15 Thread Agostino Russo
New diff, should also try to set loopdevices ro ** Attachment added: "umountroot.diff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689897/umountroot.diff -- umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186114 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 146692] Re: Gutsy will not boot on Samsung Q45 laptops

2008-03-16 Thread Agostino Russo
It seems to work well with 2.6.24-12!!! Tested with daily ISO of 15-Mar-2008 Thanks -- Gutsy will not boot on Samsung Q45 laptops https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 186117] Re: Cannot remount ntfs

2008-03-16 Thread Agostino Russo
remounting ro -> rw does not work remounting rw -> ro works [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount -o rw /dev/sdb1 /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# touch /mnt/trasg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount -o remount,ro /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# touch /mnt/trasgs touch: cannot touch `/mnt/trasgs': Read-only file system -- Canno

[Bug 186117] Re: Cannot remount ntfs

2008-03-16 Thread Agostino Russo
With ntfs-3g 1.2216 I get the following. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount -o ro /dev/sdb1 /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount -o remount,rw /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /proc/mounts|grep /mnt /dev/sdb1 /mnt fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other 0 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Resetting status to in progress, since a proper fix would involve being able to actually remount filesystems. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => In Progress -- Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201750 You received this bug

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
I did some preliminary tests with blockdev (which was suggested to me by Colin Watson) and added some code to mounthost (Mounthost is the init.d scripts that takes care of remounting the host directory for loopinstallations, see http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- installer/lupin/hardy/revision/93

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201750 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 186114] Re: umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
** Attachment added: "umountroot.diff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12711322/umountroot.diff -- umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186114 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
** Attachment added: "umenu-r23-r22.diff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12711479/umenu-r23-r22.diff -- Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Some translators asked to have new translations in for beta (see for instance http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4531810&postcount=7). That would help since Rosetta was activated only recently for umenu and ubuntu and most users did not get a chance to see those apps localized, given that contr

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-18 Thread Agostino Russo
Wubi rev454-r453 fix bug #201756 and bug #201757 (did post the same bug# twice above) -- Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 203883] [NEW] Windows recovery partitions and normal partitions are listed in menu.lst with the same title

2008-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub Many new machines come with a Vista partition and a recovery partition. When menu.lst is generated both are named the same way, which makes things quite confusing for the users. Confirmed on a Samsung Q45 with a factory installation of Vista Home Pre

[Bug 186114] Re: umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts

2008-03-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Diff vs current hardy umountroot ** Attachment added: "umountroot.diff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12596659/umountroot.diff ** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186114 You received this b

[Bug 201750] [NEW] Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-13 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools Loopfiles inside of vfat cannot be remounted rw. This preventfs people from booting off loopinstallations in vfat. At the moment there is an exception in scripts/local to mount ntfs filesystems rw by default since those too cannot be remou

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-13 Thread Agostino Russo
The workaround involves mounting all loopinstallations rw to begin with: --- local 2008-03-13 11:15:50.346417000 + +++ local.new 2008-03-13 11:16:44.140677000 + @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ [ "$quiet" != "y" ] && log_end_msg if [ ${readonly} = y ] && \ - ([ -z "$LOOP

[Bug 195905] Re: migration-assistant page shown when there are no options

2008-03-13 Thread Agostino Russo
Receiving reports of users that are now shown a migration-assistant question but cannot press the forward button (only cancel is enabled). http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4461540&postcount=6 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4475322&postcount=4 -- migration-assistant page shown when

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-13 Thread Agostino Russo
** Description changed: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools Loopfiles inside of vfat cannot be remounted rw. This preventfs people from booting off loopinstallations in vfat. At the moment there is an exception in scripts/local to mount ntfs filesystems rw by default since those too

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-13 Thread Agostino Russo
** Description changed: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools Loopfiles inside of vfat cannot be remounted rw. This preventfs people from booting off loopinstallations in vfat. At the moment there is an exception in scripts/local to mount ntfs filesystems rw by default since those too

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-14 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided => High Status: New => Confirmed -- Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201750 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 202169] Re: Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes

2008-03-14 Thread Agostino Russo
* Wubi text changes fix a couple of typos * Umenu text change addresses bug #200607 * For artwork see for instance the following IRC discussion log: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/03/06/%23ubuntu-artwork.html -- Freeze exception: wubi and umenu string and artwork changes https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 201750] Re: Cannot remount loopfiles inside of vfat

2008-03-14 Thread Agostino Russo
I think that the issue is due to the fact that the ro/rw status of a loopdevice is set once that is created and cannot be changed later on. So if /host is ro or if the loop device is created via losetup ro or if it is created implictily via mount -o loop,ro, then it will not be possible to remount

[Bug 186114] Re: umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts

2008-03-14 Thread Agostino Russo
In order for the host device to be remounted ro it is also necessary that any loopdevice it contains is also ro, I am not aware of any way to change the ro/rw status of loopdevices after they are created, save maybe "blockdev --setro" (thanks to Colin Watson for the tip!). -- umountroot cannot ha

[Bug 186114] Re: umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts

2008-03-14 Thread Agostino Russo
something along the lines of: for d in /dev/loop*; do blockdev --setro "$d" || true; done -- umountroot cannot handle fuse host mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186114 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 207789] Re: Can not move foward on install. 8.04

2008-03-27 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 195905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195905 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 195905 migration-assistant exposes special handling of spaces to the preseeding interface -- Can not move foward on install. 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 208016] Re: Problem with wubi install on Ubuntu 8.04

2008-03-28 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 195905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195905 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 205041 Hardy Heron beta wubi install - settings import "forward" button locked out ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 195905 migration-assistant e

[Bug 151579] Re: umountfs must check whether a mountpoint contains a loopmounted root file

2008-03-28 Thread Agostino Russo
Paul, Basically $PROTECTED_MOUNTS contains all mountpoints which were mounted before root was mounted. As such they might host root. Such mountpoints should not be unmounted in umountfs. They are handled instead in umountroot. -- umountfs must check whether a mountpoint contains a loopmounted r

[Bug 206734] Re: wubi.exe has incorrect description in Microsoft Windows

2008-03-29 Thread Agostino Russo
The capitalization was intentional: W-indows based UB-untu I-nstaller = W UB I -- wubi.exe has incorrect description in Microsoft Windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 151579] Re: umountfs must check whether a mountpoint contains a loopmounted root file

2008-03-29 Thread Agostino Russo
It should only skip entries listed in $PROTECTED_MOUNTS, which is a subset of /proc/mounts, given by: sed -n '0,/^\/[^ ]* \/ /p' /proc/mounts -- umountfs must check whether a mountpoint contains a loopmounted root file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151579 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 207861] Re: Wubi/Wine Integration to allow improved transition for new users.

2008-03-29 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 207859 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207859 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 207859 Wubi/Wine Integration to allow improved transition for new users. -- Wubi/Wine Integration to allow improved transition for new users. https://bugs.la

[Bug 206448] Re: Wubi install stops at Step 6 of 7

2008-03-29 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 195905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195905 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 205041 Hardy Heron beta wubi install - settings import "forward" button locked out ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 195905 migration-assistant e

[Bug 205041] Re: Hardy Heron beta wubi install - settings import "forward" button locked out

2008-03-29 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 195905 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195905 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 195905 migration-assistant exposes special handling of spaces to the preseeding interface -- Hardy Heron beta wubi install - settings import "forward" butto

[Bug 208818] Re: Xubuntu displays Ubuntu's backdrop when installing rather than it's own

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubiquity Product: Wubi => ubiquity -- Xubuntu displays Ubuntu's backdrop when installing rather than it's own https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208818 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 208818] Re: Xubuntu displays Ubuntu's backdrop when installing rather than it's own

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: wubi Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubiquity Status: New => Invalid -- Xubuntu displays Ubuntu's backdrop when installing rather than it's own https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 206113] Re: Wubi install cannot create swap space (8.04 Beta) [Regression from alpha 6]

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: partman-basicfilesystems (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => partman-basicfilesystems -- Wubi install cannot create swap space (8.04 Beta) [Regression from alpha 6] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206113 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 206113] Re: Wubi install cannot create swap space (8.04 Beta) [Regression from alpha 6]

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
Not sure if it is relevant, but a fragmented swap file might cause mkswap to fail. Could you check whether the c:\ubuntu\disks\swap.disk was fragmented? -- Wubi install cannot create swap space (8.04 Beta) [Regression from alpha 6] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206113 You received this bug noti

[Bug 186117] Re: Cannot remount ntfs

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
Florent, Please try to mount ro to begin with and then remount rw. Mounting rw + remounting ro + remounting rw works Mounting ro + remounting rw does not work That is with 1.2216 Second case is relevant since it is what happens in the initrd/init. -- Cannot remount ntfs https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 186117] Re: Cannot remount ntfs

2008-03-30 Thread Agostino Russo
hmm strange: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/#mount -o ro /dev/sda2 /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]/#mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda2 /mnt [EMAIL PROTECTED]/#touch /mnt/test.trash touch: cannot touch `/mnt/test.trash': No such file or directory -- Cannot remount ntfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 206734] Re: wubi.exe has incorrect description in Microsoft Windows

2008-03-31 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Won't Fix -- wubi.exe has incorrect description in Microsoft Windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 188492] Re: console-setup/layoutcode settings are ignored

2008-04-03 Thread Agostino Russo
Installation logs attached, the installer was preseeded as indicated above ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => In Progress ** Attachment added: "installer.log.tgz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13101225/installer.log.tgz -- console-setup/layoutcode settings are ig

[Bug 188492] Re: console-setup/layoutcode settings are ignored

2008-03-26 Thread Agostino Russo
As of 8.04 beta preseeding of layoutcode still has no effect. I only used preseeding this time, no boot args. #preseed.cfg d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB d-i console-setup/layoutcode string gb ** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Released => In Progress -- console-setup/layoutcode s

[Bug 195905] Re: migration-assistant exposes special handling of spaces to the preseeding interface

2008-03-26 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- migration-assistant exposes special handling of spaces to the preseeding interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195905 You received this bug n

[Bug 188372] Re: update manager refuses to authenticate no PW window appears just freezes

2008-03-26 Thread Agostino Russo
Wubi 8.04 is now in beta and fully support. Dist-uprgades are supported for Wubi 8.04. Dist upgrades are NOT supported for Wubi 7.04. The recommeded route is to uninstall (possibly backing up the home and system virtual disks) and install Wubi 8.04. ** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Status: New

[Bug 8497] Re: grub guessed BIOS disk order incorrectly

2008-03-26 Thread Agostino Russo
** Tags added: wubi -- grub guessed BIOS disk order incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8497 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

[Bug 199161] [NEW] File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported"

2008-03-06 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntfs-3g This is confirmed on ntfs-3g website, but it seems that the release 1.2216 has a fix for that. From the changelog (thanks to Evan Dandrea for pointing that out): "Fix: file and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Oper

[Bug 199161] Re: File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" error message

2008-03-06 Thread Agostino Russo
** Summary changed: - File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" + File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" error message ** Description changed: Binary package hint: ntfs-3g

[Bug 199161] Re: File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" error message

2008-03-06 Thread Agostino Russo
As it turns out, the error report above was not due to ntfs-3g deficiencies, since the user was on vfat... The issue was that in hardy initrd generation involves hard links (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyInitramfsErrorHandling) which are not supported by vfat. In any case I still think that upgradi

[Bug 176112] Re: Suspend-to-ram does not work in loop-installations

2008-03-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Not sure what happened but now suspend to ram works well in loop installations! Tested with kernel 2.6.24-11-generic ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released ** Changed in: wubi Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Suspend-to-ram does not work in loop-instal

[Bug 187463] Re: Disable suspend (ram/disk) in Loopinstallations

2008-03-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Suspend to ram now works in loopinstallation, so there is no longer any need to disable it. As for Hibernation, loopinstallation use a swap file, so I'd guess that Hibernation functionality should depend on the support of swap files and should check for that. ** Changed in: pm-utils (Ubuntu)

[Bug 176112] Re: Suspend-to-ram does not work in loop-installations

2008-03-07 Thread Agostino Russo
THANKS! -- Suspend-to-ram does not work in loop-installations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176112 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm

[Bug 199161] Re: File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" error message

2008-03-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Martin thanks a lot! ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Fix Released -- File and directory removal, rename and move may have been denied with an "Operation not supported" error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199161 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 146692] Re: Gutsy will not boot on Samsung Q45 laptops

2008-03-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Leann, As of ISO build 20080221 kernel 2.6.24-8-generic, acpi=off is still required... But the situation has changed... Now the system hangs during rcS.d/udev and in particular when executing udevadm trigger, while before it would hang in the early stages of the boot process (IIRC). Strangely e

[Bug 118834] preseed: netcfg/dhcp_options should not be localized

2007-06-05 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netcfg At the moment netcfg/dhcp_options choices have to be localized, this creates inconveniences when preseeding. In particular the following preseed line fails when a non-english locale is used: d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Do not configure the netw

[Bug 118834] Re: preseed: netcfg/dhcp_options should not be localized

2007-06-05 Thread Agostino Russo
I have run some tests on my machine and cannot confirm the above. I have asked the person who raised the issue originally to double check, apparently the fallback to interactive mode was due to other issues (absence of any network card). -- preseed: netcfg/dhcp_options should not be localized ht

[Bug 118834] Re: preseed: netcfg/dhcp_options should not be localized

2007-06-05 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: netcfg (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- preseed: netcfg/dhcp_options should not be localized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118834 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 87763] killall5 in /etc/init.d/sendsigs should not kill ntfs-3g and other fuse filesystems

2007-02-25 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysvutils /etc/rc6.d/S20sendsigs calls killall5, which in turns kills all processes. This is a problem if ntfs-3g is used to mount a device, particularly if the mountpoint is /, whether the divice is directly or indirectly mounted (e.g. when / is inside a

[Bug 87767] Grep flags used in /etc/modoprobe.d/fuse do not work in initramfs

2007-02-25 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fuse-utils /etc/modprobe.d/fuse uses "grep -qw". But the -w flag is not compatible with grep used in the initrd. This means that if you add fuse to /etc /initramfs-tools/modules and generate a new initrd, once the initrd tries to load fuse, there will be

[Bug 84191] Re: [Feisty] Kernel doesn't boot on Virtualbox (paging request)

2007-02-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Same problem here, only with 2.6.20-6-generic kernel and VirtualBox. I also have a crash using qemu+kqemu, but not with qemu without kernel module. 2.6.20-5-generic does not have this issue. -- [Feisty] Kernel doesn't boot on Virtualbox (paging request) https://launchpad.net/bugs/84191 -- ubunt

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-01 Thread Agostino Russo
To test the above theory (upgraded initscripts leaves fs marked as dirty at shutdown), you need to go do a fresh installation, go through the initscripts upgrade, then shutdown, boot from a live CD/usb and check whether ntfs is marked as dirty using ntfs-3g.probe. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel pani

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-01 Thread Agostino Russo
If you have this issue, can you please post the content of: cat /proc/cmdline? If you installed onto ntfs, among your kernel boot parameters, you should have:: rootflags=syncio -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug noti

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-02 Thread Agostino Russo
Mark, what might happen is that ntfs (not necessarily ext4) could be left in a dirty state with journal items to be committed. What it means is that if you boot from Windows or a full Ubuntu installation using their default ntfs driver, those drivers will correctly play back the ntfs journal befor

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-02 Thread Agostino Russo
I was never able to reproduce this bug myself, so it is not unexpected that it works for you, it remains to be seen if the issue is random or if it was due to some past upgrade. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug noti

[Bug 428443] [NEW] There should be a way to hide the menu in os-prober

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub2 In some cases, it might be desirable to hide the boot menu even if other OS are discovered. For instance in Wubi case, the grub menu is shown after the windows one, so it becomes confusing. GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT could be used to specify that the menu

[Bug 428195] Re: Wubi is listed an a safe installation method

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
I am not aware of issues with the host file-system due to Wubi use, if you do please feel free to open a bug report (and copy ntfs-3g). What may happen is the opposite, the _guest_ filesystem may become unbootable after an abrupt shutdown, because a data loss for the host may result in a loss of

[Bug 493277] Re: Uable to load Ubuntu at all!

2009-12-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please provide a clean error log? There are several logs in there. -- Uable to load Ubuntu at all! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493277 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 252900] Re: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails

2009-11-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252900 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-30 Thread Agostino Russo
There might be different issues intermingled here. Thanks to your comments I can confirm one bug: If your windows boot device (say C:\) is different from the partition where you installed Wubi (say D:\ubuntu) lupin>grub-mkimage will modify wubildr within the latter (D:\wubildr) instead of C:\wub

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Did you try to run chckdsk /r from windows? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubunt

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Kech there is a call trace in there, but I cannot read it from the video, can you post it here please? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 204133] Re: wubi install unusable - Buffer I/O error on device loop0

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
If it is an ntfs corruption issue, you can run chkdsk /r from windows on the drive containing the ubuntu installation and then try to boot again. You can access your data by booting from a linux live CD / USB, then mounting the appropriate windows partition, then mounting the /ubuntu/root.disk fi

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
If you have "ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist." it is because when you run the command linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash you need to replace /dev/sda1 with the appropriate partition, /dev/sda1 means that wubi is to

[Bug 376120] Re: installing ubuntu stoped on "installing system" on 0% without any progress for half an hour

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Do you have the same problem in wubi 9-10 final release? -- installing ubuntu stoped on "installing system" on 0% without any progress for half an hour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
Kech I cannot see your last video. Can someone please boot in recovery mode and post the call trace? -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Yes that seems to be the case, but I cannot reproduce this bug, and there isn't anything obvious in the code. So it's a matter of narrowing it down a bit. If you follow the instructions in #39 it might help. Hopefully this is reproducible on your side. If it is an update-grub problem, it might

[Bug 364469] Re: busybox appears when install with wubi 8.10

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Please use a later version as suggested ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Incomplete -- busybox appears when install with wubi 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 459162] Re: karmic shutdown error on inspiron 1525

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 468589 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468589 See https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/468589/comments/19 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 468589 Unable to shut down or restart on Karmic -- karmic shutdown error on inspiron 1525 h

[Bug 464209] Re: Uninstall of Wubi.exe doesn't restore Windows XP SP3 boot sector

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 400936 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400936 Run wubi.exe with revision 168+ or clean up boot.ini manually ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 400936 The uninstaller fails to remove "Ubuntu" from boot.ini -- Uninstall of Wubi.exe doesn't

[Bug 546866] Re: Ubuntu (installd by Wubi aside Wind XP prof Sp 2) desolves on 3 day

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
What exactly do you mean by "desolves"? Can you please try with 10.04 (http://people.canonical.com/~evand/wubi/lucid/) ? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Incomplete -- Ubuntu (installd by Wubi aside Wind XP prof Sp 2) desolves on 3 day https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546866 You received

[Bug 543455] Re: wubi only boots to a background 10.04 beta1

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Is the linux side installation completed? Can you get to a console? ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Incomplete -- wubi only boots to a background 10.04 beta1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 551150] Re: lucid install w/ downloaded iso fails at grub

2010-04-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Hi, the logic followed is as per C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.cfg You should reach the line: search -s -f -n /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz Since the condition [ -e /boot/grub/grub.cfg ] should evaluate to false in a new installation -- lucid install w/ downloaded iso fails at grub https://bugs.launc

[Bug 474978] Re: Wubi install does not use correct keyboard layout

2010-04-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Can you please attach the wubi log in your user temp directory? -- Wubi install does not use correct keyboard layout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474978 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubun

[Bug 530987] Re: Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom

2010-03-27 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 530987] Re: Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Fix Committed -- Lucid Alpha 3 64-bit, wubi downloading Karmic instead of installing from cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 355250] Re: Install inside windows no prompt for username

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Invalid -- Install inside windows no prompt for username https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355250 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 510944] Re: Ubuntu installated by Wubi doesn't mount host HD with diacritics support

2010-03-19 Thread Agostino Russo
Since it should work when using NTFS, that is the preferred workaround, I would prefer not to invest time in expanding support for vfat installations at this stage. ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Won't Fix -- Ubuntu installated by Wubi doesn't mount host HD with diacritics support htt

[Bug 541840] Re: wubi test case wdi-002 and wdi-003 stop on grub

2010-03-21 Thread Agostino Russo
I had patched that in my local branch but somehow forgot to push to the public repo (http://cia.vc/stats/author/Agostino%20Russo/.message/1334c), apologies for the inconvenience, in any case Colin's patch is very similar, and I can confirm that it fixes this issue. -- wubi test case wdi-002 and

[Bug 406526] Re: Wubi in Kubuntu 9.10 gives error message and doesn't start when I insert cd to drive

2009-09-10 Thread Agostino Russo
This has been fixed. For the reboot problems please see bug #426238 ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: wubi Status: New => Invalid -- Wubi in Kubuntu 9.10 gives error message and doesn't start when I insert cd to drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4065

[Bug 413297] Re: Can't boot

2009-09-10 Thread Agostino Russo
Is /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst available? -- Can't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413297 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

[Bug 410368] Re: Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown.

2009-09-10 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- Wubi in 9.10 alpha 3 duplicates values in installation dropdown. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410368 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 405175] Re: wubi installer won't work on Vista Home Basic

2009-09-10 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 427424 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427424 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 427424 Wubi cannot install -- wubi installer won't work on Vista Home Basic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405175 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 428407] [NEW] No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: partman-auto-loop Grub2 is capable of loopmounting devices hence there is no need to bind-mounting /boot fstab.d/hostboot has therefore to be removed ** Affects: partman-auto-loop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- No need f

[Bug 428407] Re: No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore

2009-09-12 Thread Agostino Russo
** Changed in: partman-auto-loop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- No need for fstab.d/hostboot anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428407 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubun

[Bug 442859] Re: wubi fails to install in 9.10Beta

2009-10-10 Thread Agostino Russo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 439279 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439279 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 439279 There seems to be some instability with the installer -- wubi fails to install in 9.10Beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442859 You received this bu

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Try to replace C:\wubildr and C:\wubildr.mbr with the respective files in C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr* Please let me know if that works -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Also please post the grub configuration file that does not work -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Do you get any file printout with? cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
What is the grub.cfg inside of root.disk? root.disk > /boot/grub/grub.cfg What is the output in the grub console of? ls ls (loop0) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread Agostino Russo
Hmm, comment #11 shows that loop0 is already mounted, which means that the steps in #19 up to `set root-(loop0)` are not needed. What happens if you type `root` in the grub terminal (without entering any other command)? I am particularly interested in why you are using `insmod ntfs`, since ntfs

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