[Bug 935585] Re: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Whilst we investigate this issue, please disable logging by adding "--no-log" to the kernel command-line. It is also possible to stop the log from being flushed by disabling the "flush-early-job-log" Upstart job (/etc/init/flush-early-job-log.conf), for example like this: $ echo manual | sudo tee

[Bug 936981] [NEW] apt-get dist-upgrade fails to upgrade udev in lxc container

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade : : Unpacking replacement libglib2.0-0 ... Preparing to replace udev 175-0ubuntu4 (using .../udev_175-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ... Adding 'diversion of /sbin/udevadm to /sbin/udevadm.upgrade by fake-udev' dpkg: unrecover

[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
OK, sounds like you're in unchartered territory then. Try adding "init=/bin/sh" to the grub command line and booting, then: 1) See what "ulimit -n" shows. If it is < 1024, that might be your problem so try setting 'nofile' manually to atleast 1024 and then manually exec-ing upstart: ulimi

[Bug 936256] Re: kernel panic on boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 935585 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/935585 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 935585 [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 936667] Re: init(4): no available ptys stops boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
@Lukas: can you confirm the perms are correct on /dev/ptmx? Also, see comment #3 on bug 936293. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936667 Title: init(4): no available ptys stops boot To

[Bug 935585] Re: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Can those affected by this bug confirm they have a /var/log/upstart/ directory? Also, attaching the output of the following command would be useful: /sbin/initctl show-config -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 936667] Re: init(4): no available ptys stops boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
@Daniele: add "init=/bin/sh" to your grub command line and boot. This will drop you to a shell. You can then inspect permissions with "ls -l /dev/ptmx". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93

[Bug 936667] Re: init(4): no available ptys stops boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Sounds like this might be a "chicken-and-egg" issue where Upstart wants a pty, but pty support isn't yet available (/dev/pts not mounted) as the mountall job hasn't yet run. This being a side-effect of having no initramfs since /dev/pts is normally mounted from there. -- You received this bug not

[Bug 936667] Re: init(4): no available ptys stops boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
@Michael: please can you confirm you too are using a custom kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936667 Title: init(4): no available ptys stops boot To manage notifications about t

[Bug 935585] Re: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/935585 Title: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed

[Bug 935585] Re: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
Please would those affected by this bug test the new upstart build version '1.4-0ubuntu9~bug935585' in the PPA below and provide feedback: https://launchpad.net/~jamesodhunt/+archive/bug-935585/ Since we have still not managed to recreate this problem directly, it would also be helpful to know wh

[Bug 936667] Re: Upstart early job logging causes boot failure for systems with no initramfs (error is "No available ptys")

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
** Summary changed: - init(4): no available ptys stops boot + Upstart early job logging causes boot failure for systems with no initramfs (error is "No available ptys") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 936293] Re: upstart 1.4-0ubuntu7 causes systems with custom kernel not to boot

2012-02-20 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 936667 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936667 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 936667 init(4): no available ptys stops boot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 935585] Re: [kernel panic] init: log.c:786: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: log->remote_closed

2012-02-21 Thread James Hunt
@Peter: Thank you for the information. We are still unsure exactly what scenario is causing this assertion failure so would encourage all those experiencing this issue to try the Upstart version in comment #11. Feedback on this will provide us with valuable information which will help us to resolv

[Bug 938762] [NEW] apport does not specify the application that crashed

2012-02-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Most of the time, apport gives no indication of _which_ application crashed until you get redirected to the bugs.lauchpad.net page. Currently, it shows on the title bar simply "Crash report" (no further detail) and the window contents shows: Sorry, Ubuntu 12.04 has experi

[Bug 938762] Re: apport does not specify the application that crashed

2012-02-22 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/938762 Title: apport does not specify the application that crashed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour

[Bug 941812] [NEW] chromium-browser core dumps unless stdin is /dev/null

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Attempting to start chromium-browser results in a core dump unless stdin is /dev/null: $ chromium-browser Segmentation fault (core dumped) $ chromium-browser < /dev/null # XXX: here, chromium works as expected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: chromi

[Bug 941812] Re: chromium-browser core dumps unless stdin is /dev/null

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941812 Title: chromium-browser core dumps unless stdin is /dev/null To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

[Bug 941813] [NEW] allow verbose fsck via friendly-recovery

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: One of the options in the friendly-recovery menu is "Check all file systems" (aka fsck). However, selecting this option runs fsck via mountall which produces no output. This could give users the impression that their system has actually frozen (this feeling is compounded by th

[Bug 941813] Re: allow verbose fsck via friendly-recovery

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941813 Title: allow verbose fsck via friendly-recovery To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-

[Bug 941210] Re: Ubuntu fails to boot on a 'cold' start

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
>From the backtraces, this appears to be a kernel/hardware issue. ** 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://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941210 Title: Ubuntu fails to

[Bug 937611] Re: unable to start netbeans 7.1 : "** WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-dzW8RHCS9Q: Connection refused"

2012-02-27 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 935296 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/935296 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 935296 java-atk-wrapper prevents java applications from starting -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 942530] [NEW] on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Whilst investigating bug 937611, I enabled the on-screen keyboard. However, I subsequently switched if off via "System Settings" -> "Universal Access" -> Typing tab -> "Typing Assistant". As expected, the keyboard no longer displays on the desktop but when the screen locks au

[Bug 942530] Re: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942530 Title: on-screen keyboard always displays once enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gn

[Bug 942453] Re: 100% CPU usage - upstart-udev-bridge

2012-02-28 Thread James Hunt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 829980 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829980 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 829980 upstart-udev-bridge eats 100% cpu calling dbus_message_iter_append_basic() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 631155] Re: Cannot login to tty1 after system starts

2012-02-29 Thread James Hunt
This sounds like a bug with slim - try logging in on tty2 and looking at what file descriptors it has open: ls -al /proc/$(pgrep slim)/fd/ If it has /dev/tty1 open, that's the problem. A better search would be to run the following as root which will tell you the pid of the process that has /dev/t

[Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2012-02-29 Thread James Hunt
I tried switching back to unity 3D this morning and haven't seen the problem whilst using vim, gvim, urxvt and Emacs (all with "Ubuntu Mono" font) extensively. I am running an up-to-date 12.04 system. Package details: $ dpkg -l|egrep "^ii *(nvidia|\https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861268 Title:

[Bug 943284] [NEW] Logitech H530 USB headset not usable due to MTP error

2012-02-29 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Plugging my Logitech H530 USB headset in shows the following message in syslog: Feb 29 14:12:57 azul kernel: [22917.814089] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 10 using ehci_hcd Feb 29 14:12:57 azul mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 10: "/sys/devices/pci:00/

[Bug 943284] Re: Logitech H530 USB headset not usable due to MTP error

2012-02-29 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943284 Title: Logitech H530 USB headset not usable due to MTP error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

[Bug 849656] Re: Screen corruption on resume from suspend

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
I'm seeing what looks like the same problem on a fully updated 12.04 Lenovo T410 system with nvidia graphics. Note however, that the I see this screen corruption: - briefly on every boot after the Ubuntu plymouth splash has disappeared, but just before the lightdm greeter appears. - on every boot

[Bug 943891] Re: do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x to destroy or r to resurrect window"

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943891 Title: do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x to destroy or r to resurrect window" To manage notifications about

[Bug 943891] [NEW] do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x to destroy or r to resurrect window"

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: If do-release-update finds gnu screen installed, it will use it. However, if do-release-upgrade using screen fails, the screen shows: == Command terminated with exit status 1 () == If you press any key, we then get the truly bizarre message: Press x to destroy or r

[Bug 943891] Re: do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x to destroy or r to resurrect window"

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
This message was seen on a lucid system btw. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943891 Title: do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x to destroy or r to re

[Bug 943922] Re: 'bzr merge --preview' does not allow '--using' option

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
This limitation can be worked around like this: $ bzr merge $ bzr diff --using= $ bzr revert -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943922 Title: 'bzr merge --preview' does not allow '--usi

[Bug 943922] Re: 'bzr merge --preview' does not allow '--using' option

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943922 Title: 'bzr merge --preview' does not allow '--using' option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

[Bug 943922] [NEW] 'bzr merge --preview' does not allow '--using' option

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: 'bzr merge --preview' shows a diff of the merge, but does not actually perform the merge. However, that command does not provide a '--using' option limiting you to a plain text dump. This is fine for small diffs, but for anything sizeable, it would be extremely helpful (and c

[Bug 883618] Re: Console upgrade useless.. XSet warnings all over the screen

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
This xset problem is caused by update-manager calling /usr/bin/xdg- screensaver which in turns calls xset. DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py in update-manager invokes 'xdg- screensaver reset' repeatedly and xdg-screensaver makes a number of calls to xprop and xset. An example of a problematic call

[Bug 883618] Re: Console upgrade useless.. XSet warnings all over the screen

2012-03-01 Thread James Hunt
xdg-screensaver is being called (up to twice a minute) I think to stop any possibility of a screensaver starting. Each time it is called, it checks DPMS. A better fix than I suggested in #11 would be for update-manager simply not to call xdg-screensaver if DISPLAY is not set. -- You received thi

[Bug 959308] Re: kvm does not generate a system uuid by default

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959308 Title: kvm does not generate a system uuid by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qem

[Bug 959308] [NEW] kvm does not generate a system uuid by default

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Booting ubuntu_precise-desktop-i386.iso under kvm results in /var/log/upstart/whoopsie.log containing: Could not open the product uuid file. This is because by default kvm does not create a uuid by default. As such, there is no /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid file which who

[Bug 959620] [NEW] ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Mar 19 17:26:39 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected Mar 19 17:26:39 ubuntu kernel: [ 434.465062] JFS: nTxBlock = 3965, nTxLock = 31724 Mar 19 17:26:39 ubuntu kernel: [ 434.532189] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode num

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959620 Title: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/li

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
Hi Joseph, Please see the attached 2 crash files and syslog (containing the same stack trace), taken on a subsequent boot, again under kvm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959620 Title:

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
** Attachment added: "linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic-pae.130093.crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/959620/+attachment/2900243/+files/linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic-pae.130093.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/959620/+attachment/2900244/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959620 Title: ext4 backt

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-19 Thread James Hunt
** Attachment added: "linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic-pae.129251.crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/959620/+attachment/2900242/+files/linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic-pae.129251.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 944191] Re: Installation program crashed while typing username

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
@Dominik: do you remember if you ticked the "download updates while installing"? I suspect that if you do select "download updates while installing" and get unlucky, 'update-apt-cache' will race with copy_all(): 1) update-apt-cache created /target/var/cache/apt/archives/. 2) copy_all() (re)moved

[Bug 948884] Re: mbrola is unable to pronounce the French word "les"

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
Same problem with "des": mbrola: Warning: d-e- unkown, replaced with _-_ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948884 Title: mbrola is unable to pronounce the French word "les" To manage n

[Bug 959620] Re: ext4 backtrace observed with desktop install CD

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
@Seth: yes, the installer kept going. I only noticed the issue looking in syslog for something else :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959620 Title: ext4 backtrace observed with deskt

[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946663 Title: Installer stuck at "Removing con

[Bug 944191] Re: Installation program crashed while typing username

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
** Branch linked: lp:~jamesodhunt/ubiquity/bug-944191 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/944191 Title: Installation program crashed while typing username To manage notifications about th

[Bug 960335] [NEW] kernel stacktrace triggered by udisks(?)

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Mar 20 15:47:50 azul postfix/smtp[10429]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/generic.db: No such file or directory Mar 20 15:47:51 azul postfix/master[3041]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 10429 exit status 1 Mar 20 15:47:51 azul postfix/master[3041]: warning: /us

[Bug 960335] Re: kernel stacktrace triggered by udisks(?)

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960335 Title: kernel stacktrace triggered by udisks(?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bu

[Bug 960326] [NEW] whoopsie-daisy SIGSEGV but no crash file generated

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Mar 20 15:49:04 azul kernel: [ 1980.131204] whoopsie[2264]: segfault at 0 ip 0804c66a sp bfced614 error 4 in whoopsie[8048000+a000] Mar 20 15:49:04 azul kernel: [ 1980.247962] init: whoopsie main process (2264) killed by SEGV signal Mar 20 15:49:04 azul kernel: [ 1980.248010

[Bug 960326] Re: whoopsie-daisy SIGSEGV but no crash file generated

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960326 Title: whoopsie-daisy SIGSEGV but no crash file generated To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source

[Bug 960335] Re: kernel stacktrace triggered by udisks(?)

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
The udisks crash I saw was bug 648757. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960335 Title: kernel stacktrace triggered by udisks(?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bug

[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
... but looking at syslog, we have: umount: /mnt/tmpmount: device is busy. This does indeed appear to be caused by finish.d/clear_partitions failing for some reason. If you can still reproduce this issue, please can you: - wait for the hang to occur - click the top-left "home" button - type "

[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
I have run a number of partition scenarios based on the inforomation from Marcelo and Anthony, but so far have been unable to reproduce this issue using todays ubuntu_precise-desktop-i386.iso image. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
What would also be very useful is a tar file of /var/lib/partman/: tar cvfz /tmp/partman.tgz /var/lib/partman/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946663 Title: Installer stuck at "Removi

[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

2012-03-20 Thread James Hunt
@Marcelo: thank you. The architecture shouldn't make a difference in this case. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946663 Title: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system

[Bug 684309] Re: Ubiquity Advanced Partitioning - Converting/Using ext4 to ext2 without formating formats the partition without warning

2012-03-21 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684309 Title: Ubiquity Advanced Partitioning - Convert

[Bug 684309] Re: Ubiquity Advanced Partitioning - Converting/Using ext4 to ext2 without formating formats the partition without warning

2012-03-21 Thread James Hunt
I'm seeing this with ubuntu_precise-desktop-i386.iso from 20th March. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 684309] Re: Ubiquity Advanced Partitioning - Converting/Using ext4 to ext2 without formating formats the partition without warning

2012-03-21 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684309 Title: Ubiquity Advanced Partitioning - Converting/Using ext4 to ext2 without

[Bug 1195687] Re: Init crashes with kernel 3.10.0

2013-07-01 Thread James Hunt
Does your system fail to boot or is it that you are simply unable to login? If it is failing to boot, please remove 'quiet' and 'splash' from your kernel command-line and either attach a log of the console output, or just attach a picture showing crash details. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1195687] Re: Init crashes with kernel 3.10.0 when using radeon.audio=1

2013-07-01 Thread James Hunt
14:41 jodh: unfortunately I'm getting a black screen... 14:41 jodh: also removing splash and quiet I'm getting a fast log, then the screen gets blank 14:43 (and nothing in /var/crash this time) 14:55 jodh: I'm using the custom cmd line for linux radeon.audio=1 14:55 jodh: rem

[Bug 1197225] Re: upstart-file-bridge assert failure: string.c:396: Assertion failed in nih_str_split: str != NULL

2013-07-03 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) ** Information type changed from Private to Public ** Also affects: upstart Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: upstart Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (james

[Bug 1197225] Re: upstart-file-bridge assert failure: string.c:396: Assertion failed in nih_str_split: str != NULL

2013-07-03 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart 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/1197225 Title: upstart-file-bridge assert failure: string.c:396: Assertion failed in

[Bug 1197426] [NEW] starpar-upstart-inject causes upstart to consume a lot of cpu

2013-07-03 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: My machine was responding sluggishly. Top showed PID 1 consuming almost 70% CPU. The culprit seems to be the startpar-bridge job which had 2 running instances: $ sudo initctl list|grep startpar

[Bug 1197426] Re: starpar-upstart-inject causes upstart to consume a lot of cpu

2013-07-03 Thread James Hunt
get_started is a job that also specifes 'start on started', so upstart was chasing both jobs constantly: only 1 job can reasonably specify such an unspecific start condition. ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1197225] Re: upstart-file-bridge assert failure: string.c:396: Assertion failed in nih_str_split: str != NULL

2013-07-05 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart 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/1197225 Title: upstart-file-bridge assert failure: string.c:396: Assertion failed in

[Bug 1188642] Re: Init aborts with the message: init: log.c:813: Assertion failed in log_clear_unflushed: ! log->io

2013-07-08 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: In Progress => Fix Released ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => 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/1188642 Title:

[Bug 1198649] Re: Update to 1.8-0ubuntu1.2 in raring causes system hang at configure

2013-07-08 Thread James Hunt
** Summary changed: - Update to 1.9.1 causes system hang at configure + Update to 1.8-0ubuntu1.2 in raring causes system hang at configure -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1198649 Title:

[Bug 1197529] Re: upstart in saucy needs a build-depends on automake >= 1.12

2013-07-08 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197529 Title: upstart in saucy needs a build-depends

[Bug 1197789] Re: Upstart upgrades are creating problematic processes

2013-07-08 Thread James Hunt
@Sworddragon - Thanks for reporting. Is this on a single system? Do you just have a single instance of the /proc/self/fd/9 process? Please can you run 'apport-collect 1197789' on an affected system and follow the prompts to help debug this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1198180] Re: possible leak in upstart 1.5

2013-07-08 Thread James Hunt
Approximately how many running jobs do you have after you've created 40k containers? If you stop all those network interfaces, is the memory reclaimed? Please provide further details so we can investigate more fully. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1202023] Re: Upstart ignores .override files that are symlinks

2013-07-19 Thread James Hunt
This is by design: - http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#symbolic-links-don-t-work-in-etc-init - init(5) under RESTRICTIONS. ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 1201865] Re: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device-changed event messages

2013-07-19 Thread James Hunt
** Also affects: upstart Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201865 Title: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device-

[Bug 1201865] Re: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device-changed event messages

2013-07-19 Thread James Hunt
This is rather an interesting one: we first added support for running upstart as a non-priv user, we forced it to run in debug mode (since debugging was the main reason for running init as a non-priv user). As such, when you run "init --user", you are automatically in debug mode ('initctl log-prior

[Bug 1201865] Re: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device-changed event messages

2013-07-19 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201865 Title: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_sup

[Bug 1201865] Re: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device-changed event messages

2013-07-19 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart Status: New => 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/1201865 Title: upstart on nexus4 is frequently writing :sys:power_supply-device- changed ev

[Bug 1203660] [NEW] lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Latest update to lightdm broke boot for me as ligthdm crashes on startup. dmesg shows: [ 38.108529] lightdm[1621]: segfault at 3f7 ip b74ada42 sp bff82ccc error 4 in libglib-2.0.so.0.3703.0[b746b000+102000] [ 39.364988] init: lightdm main process (1621) killed by SEGV s

[Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203660 Title: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last() To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1203744] [NEW] apport typo means disks not synced on upstart crashes

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Patch attached. NB: Also noticed that the bzr branch is showing as OUT-OF-DATE. ** Affects: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Committed ** Attachment added: "apport-upstart-bug.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203744/+attachment/3745

[Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Manually downloading the old revision and rebooting does resolve the problem for me: $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/lightdm_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $ wget http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lightdm/liblightdm-gobject-1-0_1.7.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb $ sudo

[Bug 1203751] [NEW] ibm fan control broken and iwlwifi no longer accepts 11n_disable option

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: The 3.10.0-4-generic update broke a few things for me: 1) IBM thinkpad acpi fan-control no longer works: $ sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 ERROR: could not insert 'thinkpad_acpi': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) $ dmesg|grep -i fan

[Bug 1203754] [NEW] nvidia 304.88-0ubuntu6 breaks X: EVO Push buffer channel allocation failed

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: The latest nvidia update breaks X on my system: [ 108.858] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) [ 108.858] (II) APM registered successfully [ 108.870] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): EVO Push buffer channel allocation failed [ 108.870] (EE) *** Aborting *** [ 108.

[Bug 1203751] Re: ibm fan control broken and iwlwifi no longer accepts 11n_disable option

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
Looks like this issue may in fact be bug 1203211. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203751 Title: ibm fan control broken and iwlwifi no longer accepts 11n_disable option To manage no

[Bug 1203660] Re: lightdm crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_last()

2013-07-22 Thread James Hunt
The default behaviour of the boot with this bug is that the greeter never appears; you just see the Ubuntu pulsing plymouth theme. However, the system has booted so you can switch to a text console (control+alt+f1 for example), login and take remedial action as shown in #6. -- You received this

[Bug 1203323] Re: init: upstart-dbus-bridge main process terminated with status 1

2013-07-23 Thread James Hunt
@Sworddragon - Thanks for reporting. This is in fact an innocuous message: the upstart-dbus-bridge should not run at the system level. The next update will remove the .conf file to make this message go away. @r0tter77: this problem has nothing to do with the behaviour you describe. Please raise a

[Bug 1203323] Re: init: upstart-dbus-bridge main process terminated with status 1

2013-07-23 Thread James Hunt
xnox - could you take a look at establishing why upstart.maintscript isn't doing what it should? ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dmitrijs Ledkovs (xnox) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1203754] Re: nvidia 304.88-0ubuntu6 breaks X: EVO Push buffer channel allocation failed

2013-07-24 Thread James Hunt
This looks like a recurrence of bug 525958 however, I have this issue on cold boot - no suspend/resume involved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203754 Title: nvidia 304.88-0ubuntu6 b

[Bug 1163103] Re: upstart file bridge: "unable to write pid file"

2013-07-24 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => 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/1163103 Title: upstart file bridge: "unable to write pid file" To manage notific

[Bug 1180270] [NEW] system became unresponsive. dmesg showed "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference"

2013-05-15 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Happened soon after a cold boot. I wonder if there is a way to detect these sorts of bugs from userland (some sort of dmesg/syslog sniffer) and prompt the user to reboot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.30 ProcVersio

[Bug 1180270] Re: system became unresponsive. dmesg showed "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference"

2013-05-15 Thread James Hunt
Relevant chunk of dmesg attached. ** Attachment added: "dmesg-bug.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1180270/+attachment/3677120/+files/dmesg-bug.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 1199778] [NEW] upstart crashes if re-exec'ed with active chroot sessions

2013-07-10 Thread James Hunt
Public bug reported: Problem affects both 1.9 and 1.9.1. ** Affects: upstart Importance: High Assignee: James Hunt (jamesodhunt) Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: upstart Importance: Undecided => H

[Bug 1199778] Re: upstart crashes if re-exec'ed with active chroot sessions

2013-07-10 Thread James Hunt
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199778 Title: upstart crashes if re-exec'ed with active chroot sessions To manage not

[Bug 1199499] Re: upstart file bridge sets FILE to glob pattern instead of specific file

2013-07-10 Thread James Hunt
Hi Brian, If you use a glob pattern in FILE, the way to determine the name of the matching file in the job is via the MATCH variable: start on file FILE=/var/crash/*.crash EVENT=create exec echo "matching file was $MATCH" ** Changed in: upstart Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: upst

[Bug 1199499] Re: upstart file bridge sets FILE to glob pattern instead of specific file

2013-07-10 Thread James Hunt
Forgot to mention that this is documented in file-event(7). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199499 Title: upstart file bridge sets FILE to glob pattern instead of specific file To ma

[Bug 1199778] Re: upstart crashes if re-exec'ed with active chroot sessions

2013-07-10 Thread James Hunt
This problem affects those systems hosting chroots but also affects those with sbuild/pbuilder installed. The failure process is as follows: - user builds a package in the sbuild/pbuilder env. - upstart gets updated within the sbuild/pbuilder chroot as part of the package build. - as part of the

[Bug 1199778] Re: upstart crashes if re-exec'ed with active chroot sessions

2013-07-11 Thread James Hunt
Correction to the process above: a session only gets created when a job is queried so a maintainer script is probably invoking status/start/stop/restart. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

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