[Bug 1238043] [NEW] indicator-datetime-service is opening /etc/localtime every 5 seconds even on a totally "idle" system

2013-10-10 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: In an attempt to reduce unnecessary frequent periodic file access to save power, I noticed that indicator-datetime-service is opening and closing /etc/localtime every 5 seconds on my desktop and not apparently reading this file. On the ubuntu phone it is doing the same thing

[Bug 1238083] [NEW] friends-dispatcher is a little busy doing data updates on idle systems

2013-10-10 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: I've noticed that on an idle system friends-dispatcher is doing writes to a bunch of files and logs periodically. install fatrace, cd to / and run it and you will see the activity. This is what I observed over a 30 minute interval on the ubuntu-touch phone: 14:21:52.912959

[Bug 1238083] Re: friends-dispatcher is a little busy doing data updates on idle systems

2013-10-11 Thread Colin King
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ gsettings get com.canonical.friends interval 15 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1238083 Title: friends-dispatcher is a little busy doing data updates on idle

[Bug 1228406] Re: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure

2013-10-14 Thread Colin King
Does kernel parameter "acpi_sleep=sci_force_enable" help in any way? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1228406 Title: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure To manage notifications ab

[Bug 1228406] Re: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure

2013-10-14 Thread Colin King
Ignore that comment, this bit is already forced on suspend nowadays. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1228406 Title: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure To manage notifications abo

[Bug 1228406] Re: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure

2013-10-14 Thread Colin King
One thing to try is to reset to factory defaults on the firmware and boot (to see if it still works!). Then shutdown, remove AC and battery and wait 5 or so minutes to ensure everything like the Embedded Controller is completely off and then plug in the battery and AC and see if suspend/resume is a

[Bug 1228406] Re: [LENOVO 3249CTO] suspend/resume failure

2013-10-15 Thread Colin King
@Steve, perhaps you can confirm if 3.11.1-031101 solves the problem. If so, I can start to track down any potential fixes we're missing. packages in: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/v3.11.3-saucy/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1234743] Re: omapfb module floods system with udev events on samsung galaxy nexus

2013-10-16 Thread Colin King
@Martin, output from "udevadm monitor --kernel -e" KERNEL[71.872711] change /devices/platform/omapfb (platform) ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/platform/omapfb DRIVER=omapfb MODALIAS=platform:omapfb SEQNUM=4650 SUBSYSTEM=platform VSYNC=71872436527 KERNEL[71.889678] change /devices/platform/oma

[Bug 1234743] Re: omapfb module floods system with udev events on samsung galaxy nexus

2013-10-17 Thread Colin King
Martin: tested this fix and it definitely stops the messages. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1234743 Title: omapfb module floods system with udev events on samsung galaxy nex

[Bug 1239833] Re: Live session failed to start from USB with persistence enabled

2013-10-17 Thread Colin King
Tried to reproduce today and cannot reproduce the issue (i386, amd64) on various systems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1239833 Title: Live session failed to start from USB with pers

[Bug 1241049] [NEW] kubuntu live image persistant storage does not work on UEFI system

2013-10-17 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: I tried today's release amd64 image of kubuntu as a live image from a USB stick created using Precise with 1.5GB of persistent storage and found that on a Lenovo x220 laptop that: 1. With firmware in "traditional BIOS" mode, persistent storage worked 2. With firmware in "U

[Bug 1241048] [NEW] kubuntu live image persistant storage does not work on UEFI system

2013-10-17 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: I tried today's release amd64 image of kubuntu as a live image from a USB stick created using Precise with 1.5GB of persistent storage and found that on a Lenovo x220 laptop that: 1. With firmware in "traditional BIOS" mode, persistent storage worked 2. With firmware in "U

[Bug 1056401] Re: [Lenovo x230, Thinkpad L530, T530, T430s] Battery button doesn't function

2013-01-10 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056401 Title: [Lenovo x230, Thinkpad L530, T530, T430s] Battery button doesn't f

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2013-01-14 Thread Colin King
@Severin, I can't answer your question without looking at your firmware. Can you open a new bug for this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less than HW suppo

[Bug 1065434] Re: "unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1" after LXC container shutdown

2012-12-12 Thread Colin King
Also verified on Precise with the LTS quantal kernel: “linux-lts- quantal” 3.5.0-20.31~precise1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065434 Title: "unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to

[Bug 1065434] Re: "unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1" after LXC container shutdown

2012-12-12 Thread Colin King
Verified with Linux ubuntu 3.5.0-20-generic #31-Ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065434 Title: "unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 1" after LXC

[Bug 1089341] Re: KVM crash kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.32/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:635!

2012-12-12 Thread Colin King
Initial observation, this looks similar: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/net/1102.0/8.html ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 1089470] Re: Error with wireless network activity

2012-12-12 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1089470] Re: Error with wireless network activity

2012-12-12 Thread Colin King
Serge, I've placed some debug -raring kernels in http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/lp-1089470/ for you to try. This way you get to try out the latest raring kernel and I have added some debug to see what is happening to the embedded controller when it gets into a time out condition. Let me know if

[Bug 1089470] Re: Error with wireless network activity

2012-12-13 Thread Colin King
I suspect it is a kernel bug in Quantal, I'd like to put the debug into a Quantal kernel and see why the EC is timing out. The GPE that kicks the handler is not occurring which is strange. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1089470] Re: Error with wireless network activity

2012-12-13 Thread Colin King
I suspect it is a kernel bug in Quantal, I'd like to put the debug into a Quantal kernel and see why the EC is timing out. The GPE that kicks the handler is not occurring which is strange. If you are willing to try, I've put some Quantal debug kernel packages here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-14 Thread Colin King
two and maybe get an idea of what is going on. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997767 Ti

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-14 Thread Colin King
With acpi=off IRQ 21 is not working and devices hci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4 which are on this interrupt won't work. If you want to run with ACPI disabled you may want to try using: acpi=off irqpoll ..and see if USB works. This is quite gross though -- You received this bug notif

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-14 Thread Colin King
I've not yet figured out why acpi=off is required, but it should work with acpi enabled, so it is quite perplexing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997767 Title: 10ec:8139 Network conn

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-14 Thread Colin King
You could try by removing acpi=off and using: pci=use_crs and see what that does. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997767 Title: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some h

[Bug 1089470] Re: Error with wireless network activity

2012-12-14 Thread Colin King
The output from /var/log/kern.log would be useful, or just dmesg > dmesg.log I can't see why nvidia won't work. If it doesn't I'll see what we can do to make it work. Bah, Nvidia. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-15 Thread Colin King
It seems that the ACPI IRQ routing may be the cause. Can you try the kernel parameter: acpi=noirq -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997767 Title: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 l

[Bug 997767] Re: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hours of inactivity and comes up again on user interaction

2012-12-16 Thread Colin King
Luca, can you try with just the biosirq kernel option just to see if this helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997767 Title: 10ec:8139 Network connection rtl8139 lost after some hour

[Bug 1040557] Re: UEFI boot live-usb bricks SAMSUNG 530U3C, np700z5c laptop

2012-12-19 Thread Colin King
I deem it fairly trivial to check for EFI mode and make the driver return -ENODEV during the init so we don't load this driver. Just sanity checking my patches on oneiric through to raring right now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1093543] Re: Battery status behaves erratically

2013-01-28 Thread Colin King
** Also affects: upower (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-nexus7 Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1131337] [NEW] Sync powerstat 0.01.20-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

2013-02-21 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: Please sync powerstat 0.01.20-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) Changelog entries since current raring version 0.01.17-1: powerstat (0.01.20-1) unstable; urgency=low * Makefile: bump version * debian: control: set Architecture to just linux-any -- Colin King

[Bug 1131338] [NEW] Sync eventstat 0.01.19-1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

2013-02-21 Thread Colin King
-- Colin King Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:04:06 + eventstat (0.01.18-1) unstable; urgency=low * Makefile: bump version * Makefile: include CFLAGS and LDFLAGS into CC line * debian: rules: force dh_ to apply flags during make phase * Remove unwanted debian/powerstat.install -- Colin King

[Bug 1102370] Re: [FWTS] found many AMLAssemblerError

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 1102370] Re: [FWTS] found many AMLAssemblerError

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
Most of the AML errors are due to sloppy coding by the firmware vendor, for example, there are several mutex Acquires with timeouts that never check if the timeout occurred and just carry on as if the mutex was Acquired correctly. Also there are some methods that return values on some paths of exe

[Bug 1102370] Re: [FWTS] found many AMLAssemblerError

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
I've added some more intelligence to fwts to give some better feedback for some of the errors you see in the bug report. These will land in fwts V0.26.05 or V0.26.06 depending on when the patches get pulled into the release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1102784] Re: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
@tecu, if you can dump out the ACPI tables so I can see what the ACPI _DIS() control is doing during a PCI IRQ disable then that would be useful. To do so run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.txt and attach the acpidump.txt to the bug. Thanks! ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed =>

[Bug 1102784] Re: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
Can you provide the output from: cat /proc/ioports Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102784 Title: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails To manage notificatio

[Bug 1102784] Re: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
So, looking at the AML errors, I see: line 2758: Name (_FDE, Package (0x05) // _FDE: Floppy Disk Enumerate _FDE not used in the kernel, so this error can be ignored. line 2897: This is a bug in the firmware, but I believe it won't do any harm. line 4413: Method OCOP: Method does not return a pa

[Bug 1102784] Re: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
Oops, please ignore the above posting. I pasted it into the wrong bug. Apologies -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1102784 Title: suspend sometimes takes 60+ seconds; other times fails

[Bug 1102370] Re: [FWTS] found many AMLAssemblerError

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
Conclusion: Nothing we can fix and there is little to worry about. I will mark it as "Won't Fix" if that's OK. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1102370] Re: [FWTS] found many AMLAssemblerError

2013-01-22 Thread Colin King
So, looking at the AML errors, I see: line 2758: Name (_FDE, Package (0x05) // _FDE: Floppy Disk Enumerate _FDE not used in the kernel, so this error can be ignored. line 2897: This is a bug in the firmware, but I believe it won't do any harm. line 4413: Method OCOP: Method does not return a pac

[Bug 1056401] Re: [Lenovo x230, Thinkpad L530, T530, T430s] Battery button doesn't function

2013-01-23 Thread Colin King
Thanks for the feedback Jeff. Your findings do make a lot more sense. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056401 Title: [Lenovo x230, Thinkpad L530, T530, T430s] Battery button doesn't

[Bug 1143312] Re: HP ENVY 4 Sleekbook - Errors detected when running FWTS sleep tests

2013-03-06 Thread Colin King
Please run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attach the log to the bug - thanks Some diagnosis: 1) FAILED [HIGH] KlogACPIErrorNoHandlerFor: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 3977.475196] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [RCM0] (88013bf63798) [SystemCMOS] (20120320/evregion-376) 2) FAILED [H

[Bug 1145819] Re: [Dell Latitude 6340u] FWTS complaints during suspend/resume testing

2013-03-06 Thread Colin King
Timeouts occuring on the Embedded Controller are causing a bunch of errors here. I think this needs futher investigation by some able firmware engineer. We probably need the ACPI tables to take this a bit further, so please run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attache the log to the bug report

[Bug 1145803] Re: [Dell Latitude 6340u] FWTS complaints during Hibernate/Resume test

2013-03-06 Thread Colin King
Timeouts occuring on the Embedded Controller are causing a bunch of errors here. I think this needs futher investigation by some able firmware engineer. We probably need the ACPI tables to take this a bit further, so please run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attach the log to the bug report.

[Bug 1148649] Re: HP Pavilion G7 - FWTS HIGH errors during suspend/resume and batch testing

2013-03-06 Thread Colin King
please run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attach the log to the bug report. Some triaging of the errors: FAILED [HIGH] KlogACPIErrorNoHandlerFor: Test 1, HIGH Kernel message: [ 4057.268509] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [RTCR] (880129042ea0) [SystemCMOS] (20120320/evregion-376) FAI

[Bug 1149269] Re: Dell Precision T1650 - FWTS reports critical errors during Suspend/Resume testing

2013-03-06 Thread Colin King
ACPI Error: Field [IRQE] at 152 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 128 (bits) (20110623/dsopcode-236) ..this should be investigated as a buffer overflow condition has been caught. please run: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attach the log to the bug report. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status

[Bug 1148703] Re: Dell Inspiron 3721 - FWTS HIGH error in dmidecode

2013-03-07 Thread Colin King
Good idea. Let me look at sorting this out. ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug not

[Bug 1148703] Re: Dell Inspiron 3721 - FWTS HIGH error in dmidecode

2013-03-07 Thread Colin King
Patch sent to the mailing list, should appear in fwts V0.26.08 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1148703 Title: Dell Inspiron 3721 - FWTS HIGH error in dmidecode To manage notifications

[Bug 1148703] Re: Dell Inspiron 3721 - FWTS HIGH error in dmidecode

2013-03-07 Thread Colin King
I've demoted this error to LOW. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1148703 Title: Dell Inspiron 3721 - FWTS HIGH error in dmidecode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://

[Bug 1152458] Re: HP Pavilion g7 - Assorted FWTS HIGH failures during testing

2013-03-08 Thread Colin King
I'd like a second opinion from one of the HWE engineers - but I generally think this is something that may just be innocuous, however, it would be useful to figure out why this event is occurring and if it is important or something we can ignore. Ultimately we should extend the WMI driver to cater

[Bug 1133328] Re: Battery design capacity is zero

2013-03-08 Thread Colin King
Please run the following: sudo acpidump > acpidump.log and attach the acpidump.log to the bug - thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133328 Title: Battery design capacity is zero

[Bug 851310] Re: [Wishlist] When fwts fails a test, it should collect additional logs

2011-09-22 Thread Colin King
@Chris, the usage is a follows: fwts-collect or if you want to add in extra logs or files use: fwts-collect filename(s) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/851310 Title: [Wishlist] When

[Bug 851310] Re: [Wishlist] When fwts fails a test, it should collect additional logs

2011-09-22 Thread Colin King
I've popped it into the -devel PPA: ppa:firmware-testing-team/ppa-fwts- devel Let me know if it needs further work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/851310 Title: [Wishlist] When fwts

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-22 Thread Colin King
@Marcello, I suspect the ACPI _PSS object may be wrongly listing the maximum allowed CPU frequencies. Can you attach the output from: sudo acpidump > acpidump.dat Thanks ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-23 Thread Colin King
Can you tell me what the output from the following command is: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856233 Title: CPU frequency less

[Bug 844276] Re: AC Adapter State on Dell Latitude XT2 is not working

2011-09-23 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844276 Title: AC Adapter State on Dell Latitude XT2 is not working To manage not

[Bug 837606] Re: fwts: S3/S4 pactl check is useless in current form

2011-09-23 Thread Colin King
Committed, commit 85ff4019ef0374a1ba9391b548d712d78376c07e for V0.24.02 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/837606 T

[Bug 853875] Re: fwts: battery test should sanity check _BTP via /proc/acpi/battery/*/alarm

2011-09-23 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/853875 Title: fwts: battery test should sanity check _BTP via /proc/acpi/battery/*/alarm

[Bug 862170] [NEW] fwts: acpitables advice information appears when it shouldn't

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: fwts acpitables test is producing spurious advice when it shouldn't. This bug was introduced in git commit 83efb14f37e58626d0a45404401c39dbf7d0610d ** Affects: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: Fix Comm

[Bug 862170] Re: fwts: acpitables advice information appears when it shouldn't

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
Fixed with commit 8cb6c36c2c6b67f45dd0d9494c13360f6919ca31, will appear in fwts V0.24.03 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 862153] Re: fwts: method _BST check should check for discharging and charging state both being set

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
Fix committed, commit bbc0ad4d712b2d158a8cf66d8611074d97e41c6e, will be available in fwts V0.24.03 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862153 Title: fwts: method _BST check should check fo

[Bug 862153] [NEW] fwts: method _BST check should check for discharging and charging state both being set

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
Low Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: Fix Committed ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) ** Changed in:

[Bug 861927] Re: fwts on armel won't install because it depends on dmidecode

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 856233] Re: CPU frequency less than HW supported maximum

2011-09-29 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 771241] Re: kernel command-line console handling broken in natty

2011-10-11 Thread Colin King
Since this a kernel debugging scenario I normally build a kernel with: CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_USB_SERIAL=y CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_PL2303=y (or whatever is the relevant driver) ..to make this work at boot time with the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 872325] [NEW] fwts: ASPM PCI-express incorrect BIOS seeting detection

2011-10-11 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: ASPM misconfiguration is causing us some grief, the kernel has to chose a less power optimal default because some firmware lies about ASPM capabilities. If possible, it would be great if we can dump ASPM settings and diagnose misconfiguration. ** Affects: fwts (Ubuntu)

[Bug 869575] Re: fwts: FACS should be checked for 64 byte boundary alignment

2011-10-11 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869575 Title: fwts: FACS should be checked for 64 byte boundary alignment To manage notific

[Bug 872736] [NEW] fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one error

2011-10-12 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: when logging with the --log-format="%date" format specifier we get an off by one error on the date. ** Affects: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 872736] Re: fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one error

2011-10-12 Thread Colin King
Fix commited on commit 0dca9634a4cc9442d1b473d4f6cdc79b39c6ef0f, will appear in V0.25.06 (Precise) and V0.23.26 (Oneiric) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872736 Title: fwts: logging wi

[Bug 872736] Re: fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one error

2011-10-12 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872736 Title: fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one erro

[Bug 863175] Re: fwts: should examine the PCC tables

2011-10-14 Thread Colin King
Couple of notes: In tests, evaluation of \_SB_.OSC, PCCH, PCCP (and _PSD) objects generally results in a SMI being called which is impossible to do from the user space context. Thus sanity checking the return data from these objects is impossible. The only other sanity checking that can be done

[Bug 872736] Re: fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one error

2011-10-14 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872736 Title: fwts: logging with --log-format="%date" has month off-by-one err

[Bug 880472] [NEW] fwts: CMOS reading should have interrupts disabled during a read op

2011-10-23 Thread Colin King
ffects: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: Fix Committed ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned)

[Bug 880472] Re: fwts: CMOS reading should have interrupts disabled during a read op

2011-10-23 Thread Colin King
Fix committed, commit cf35b18c8d91ff9a24b076f6d7bd3f20ddec5310, will appear in fwts V0.24.11 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 844276] Re: AC Adapter State on Dell Latitude XT2 is not working

2011-09-13 Thread Colin King
@Pete, Looks like writes to the embedded controller are locking up, causing timeouts which cause the following errors: <4>[ 1344.389421] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl] (20110413/evregion-478) <4>[ 1344.389431] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.

[Bug 815944] Re: systemtap on Oneiric breaks because of kernel commit 449a66fd1fa75d36dca917704827c40c8f416bca

2011-09-14 Thread Colin King
This bug was fixed in the package systemtap - 1.4-1ubuntu2, bug LP#838205 --- systemtap (1.4-1ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low * debian/patches/fix-compile-warning: Apply upstream fix for failure to compile tapsets due to kernel change. (LP: #838205) * debian/patches/no-werror.pa

[Bug 859568] [NEW] fwts: method test could give references to ACPI specifcation when it detects non-compliant AML

2011-09-26 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: Fwts method test could put a little more context into each method/object being tested when it hits a failure case. For example, at the moment, if _OFF fails we get a terse error message: "FAILED [MEDIUM]: Test 78, \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._OFF returned values, but was method expe

[Bug 859651] [NEW] fwts: maxreadreq should explain why a low setting is bad

2011-09-26 Thread Colin King
BIOS configuration setting that can be modified, if so, it may be worth increasing it." ** Affects: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: Fix Committed ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in:

[Bug 859651] Re: fwts: maxreadreq should explain why a low setting is bad

2011-09-26 Thread Colin King
Committed with commit 7eb510a605587601e94a4db2bb1a8129cd3b83d9, will be available in V0.24.02 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 802119] Re: fwts: Does not compile with gcc 4.6

2011-09-26 Thread Colin King
** Project changed: fwts => fwts (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802119 Title: fwts: Does not compile with gcc 4.6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.

[Bug 874355] Re: Dell studio 1747 overheating, fans spin slow even above high temp.

2011-10-17 Thread Colin King
Generally speaking, with these models of Dell laptops the fan control is performed by the firmware using System Management Interrupts and the operating system has no control over these. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 874373] Re: dmi_decode test can have false positives when DMI info is out of spec

2011-10-18 Thread Colin King
Currently fwts runs dmidecode and parses the output for strings like and For example, for the hardware being tested we get the following dmidecode output that triggers fwts to complain: Handle 0x0027, DMI type 32, 20 bytes System Boot Information Status: This is useless on many levels

[Bug 874373] Re: dmi_decode test can have false positives when DMI info is out of spec

2011-10-18 Thread Colin King
** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874373 Title: dmi_decode test can have false positives when DMI info is out of s

[Bug 865384] Re: fwts: should be able to detect WMI event errors

2011-10-03 Thread Colin King
Just to add, I added regex checking for all x86 platform WMI driver error pr_info() messages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865384 Title: fwts: should be able to detect WMI event err

[Bug 865384] Re: fwts: should be able to detect WMI event errors

2011-10-03 Thread Colin King
Fix committed, commit 408b88b45cb7d023fd1ea317dee608a7e8d2166a. Will land in V0.24.04 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Ki

[Bug 868226] [NEW] fwts: -t option is incorrectly being testing as -T in arg handling

2011-10-05 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: The -t option is currently being handled as -T, it should be lower case. ** Affects: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: In Progress ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: f

[Bug 868226] Re: fwts: -t option is incorrectly being testing as -T in arg handling

2011-10-05 Thread Colin King
Committed; commit 3cdbcff0c455106d28c87e7fae0f0ab06da93a2d. Will appear in V0.24.04 (Oneiric+1) and V0.23.25 (Oneiric). ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 869018] Re: fwts: checksum test reports incorrect checksum

2011-10-06 Thread Colin King
Fix committed, commit 0055666aa135effbe13eb382c4b0d1fa548f2d25, will appear in V0.24.04 (-devel) and V0.23.25, Oneiric) ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 869018] [NEW] fwts: checksum test reports incorrect checksum

2011-10-06 Thread Colin King
: Medium Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: Fix Committed ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => In

[Bug 869575] [NEW] fwts: FACS should be checked for 64 byte boundary alignment

2011-10-06 Thread Colin King
Public bug reported: According to various sources* , the FACS should be aligned on a 64 byte boundary. We should sanity check this in the fwts acpitables check - see function acpi_table_check_fadt(). * sources: Section 5.2.10 Firmware ACPI Control Structure (FACS) of version 4.0 of the ACPI spe

[Bug 869575] Re: fwts: FACS should be checked for 64 byte boundary alignment

2011-10-06 Thread Colin King
Fixed committed, commit 0b6f0da58a66e2696f922d92a8e2d3c46a6860f5. Will appear in V0.24.05 ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: fwts (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 871891] Re: Resume doesn't work on IdeaPad S10-3 with N10 video

2011-10-10 Thread Colin King
Bug 634702 is of interest, especially https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/634702/comments/59 I suggest trying kernel parameters: intel_idle.max_cstate=0 maxcpus=1 and then: nohpet And see if these help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 871891] Re: Resume doesn't work on IdeaPad S10-3 with N10 video

2011-10-10 Thread Colin King
OK, So I *guess* the problem is that when in deep C states the machine may miss HPET timer interrupts and hence on wakeup it may be falling into this state. Clearly this has regressed in Oneiric for some reason, so we could work on bisecting this to find out when the regression occurred. ** Chang

[Bug 869018] Re: fwts: checksum test reports incorrect checksum

2011-10-10 Thread Colin King
A newer version 0.23.25 of fwts is available which fixes this bug and a few other minor fixes the Oneiric release. Version V0.23.25 can be found in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~colin-king/+archive/test/+packages Can this be uploaded this to Oneiric universe? I anticipate this is the last

[Bug 871891] Re: Resume doesn't work on IdeaPad S10-3 with N10 video

2011-10-11 Thread Colin King
>From the HPET kernel documentation: The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware is the future replacement for the 8254 and Real Time Clock (RTC) periodic timer functionality. Each HPET can have up to 32 timers. It is possible to configure the first two timers as legacy replacements for 8254 a

[Bug 1068340] Re: I havent second thread

2012-10-19 Thread Colin King
It looks like the IPI to wakeup the CPU at boot is not getting through. Just to sanity check things, can you also test with just the kernel parameter: "noapic" and see what happens. The output from /proc/interrupts on the working 3.6 and not working 3.5 kernel would be useful too. -- You receiv

[Bug 1068340] Re: I havent second thread

2012-10-19 Thread Colin King
Do you mind trying one more kernel parameter: noioapicreroute ..and let us know what happens. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068340 Title: I havent second thread To manage

[Bug 1049307] Re: FWTS reports several HIGH failures on an server

2012-09-18 Thread Colin King
@Jeff, how shall we proceed with this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1049307 Title: FWTS reports several HIGH failures on an server To manage notifications about this bug go to: htt

[Bug 1050475] Re: fwts: segfaults on --disassemble-aml with some ACPI tables.

2012-09-18 Thread Colin King
Committed in fwts, commit: 40fda20d9307013bfd5910f8ece32ee168251b31 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050475 Title: fwts: segfaults on --disassemble-aml with some ACPI tables. To manag

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