[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-07 Thread nutznboltz
I already sent an E-mail to Bruce Rogers of Novell asking about why his patch didn't get into the upstream kernel, see: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2011-February/014414.html You are welcome to try reaching out to anyone who might have the answer as to why this patch never made i

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-07 Thread nutznboltz
I have reason to believe that the absence of this patch in upstream kernels is a critical oversight. I used "apt-add-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa" to put the "Natty" kernel on my Lucid test VM $ uname -a Linux dubnium 2.6.38-2-server #29~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 7 15:09:10 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-08 Thread nutznboltz
You can test that too. First install the tools apt-get install dpkg-dev python-software-properties After the tools are installed run apt-add-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa" and then edit: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kernel-ppa-ppa-lucid.list Copy this line deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/u

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-08 Thread nutznboltz
Peter, does your news server use NFS? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-08 Thread nutznboltz
Bruce Rogers of Novell replied to my E-mail saying that the patch should have been accepted upstream and it was an oversight. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2011-February/014428.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-08 Thread nutznboltz
daily) as the starting point https://launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive/ppa I put the results in the PPA https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/natty-virtio-napi ** Patch added: "virtio-net napi patch for 2.6.38" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/579276/+att

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-09 Thread nutznboltz
The patched 2.6.38 kernel is running and has not crashed while copying data overnight. $ uname -a Linux dubnium 2.6.38-2-server #29~lucid3-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 8 21:49:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ date;ps -eO lstart | grep "scp -r" | egrep -v 'grep|ssh' Wed Feb 9 05:31:07 EST 2011 1035 Tue Feb

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-09 Thread nutznboltz
If there is a problem fill out complaint form and place it in an envelope addressed to... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyFH-a-XoQ#t=1m -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title:

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-09 Thread nutznboltz
At this point a representative from the Ubuntu kernel team thanked me for my work in driving this however no evidence exists that the patch has made it into the upstream kernel yet. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2011-February/014433.html -- You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-09 Thread nutznboltz
https://lists.linux- foundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/2011-February/016320.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-09 Thread nutznboltz
http://goo.gl/FQqS0 https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/2011-February/016321.html https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/2011-February/016322.html https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/virtualization/2011-February/016323.html But still not in 2.6

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-10 Thread nutznboltz
I started following @Linux_Kernel http://twitter.com/Linux_Kernel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure -- ubuntu-

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-10 Thread nutznboltz
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-virtualization/msg12364.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-virtualization/msg12365.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost netwo

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-10 Thread nutznboltz
$ git show-branch [master] Merge branch 'usb-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 $ git log drivers/net/virtio_net.c commit 3e9d08ec0a68f6faf718d5a7e050fe5ca0ba004f Author: Bruce Rogers Date: Thu Feb 10 11:03:31 2011 -0800 virtio_net: Add schedule check

[Bug 585025] Re: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd

2011-02-10 Thread nutznboltz
https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/gpsdrive/+packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585025 Title: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 585025] Re: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd

2011-02-12 Thread nutznboltz
https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/gpsdrive -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585025 Title: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 585025] Re: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd

2011-01-30 Thread nutznboltz
@hamish Is there any chance you could either use a PPA or share your "debian" directory from your source code? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585025 Title: gpsdrive incompatible with

[Bug 585025] Re: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd

2011-01-30 Thread nutznboltz
Oh, nevermind there's a debian directory in the subversion checkout. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585025 Title: gpsdrive incompatible with gpsd -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 445370] Re: nscd terminates with assertion in prune_cache

2011-01-31 Thread nutznboltz
This happened to me today on a Lucid VM which had not been upgraded from a prior release ever. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445370 Title: nscd terminates with assertion in prune_cac

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-15 Thread nutznboltz
Patch is now in pre-proposed. https://launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive/pre-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-15 Thread nutznboltz
Tested Ok on my VM: $ uname -a Linux dubnium 2.6.32-29-server #58pre201102150902-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 15 10:16:07 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title:

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-16 Thread nutznboltz
In proposed now: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/199704 Please test if you can: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title:

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-16 Thread nutznboltz
Actually, it's not in proposed yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 635096] Re: /dev/disk/by-id does not exist for virtio devices

2011-02-18 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 604335 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604335 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 604335 grub-pc.postinst script fails to detect virtio vda disk in KVM guest * You can subscribe to bug 604335 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 475961] Re: planet venus fail to parse some feeds

2011-02-19 Thread nutznboltz
I got around this on Ubuntu 10.10 by upgrading to Beautiful Soup 3.2.0. Fetch tar file from http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/3.x/BeautifulSoup-3.2.0.tar.gz Extract from it and overwrite the broken 3.1 version that Ubuntu 10.10 comes with: sudo cp BeautifulSoup.py /usr/share/p

[Bug 601376] Re: 2.6.35-6.9 (and newer) kernels having issues with invalid EDID info and ATI Radeon graphics

2011-02-20 Thread nutznboltz
Would it make sense to do some crowd sourcing here? If a test program that identified if a monitor's EDID was broken and report back to a database was distributed before a Linux that requires EDID to work was sent out it might be useful. -- You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 737663] Re: linux: 2.6.31-23.75 -proposed tracker

2011-05-05 Thread nutznboltz
NAPI patch for 9.10 today. https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/karmic-virtio-napi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737663 Title: linux: 2.6.31-23.75 -proposed tracker -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 445863] Re: Spell checking doesn't allow US English words when using "English" language

2011-05-17 Thread nutznboltz
I ran into this on a fresh installation of Natty via the alternate iso. Took care of it this way: Click on "Applications" in the Dock. Type Language in the text field at the top Click on Language Support (blue UN flag) If you are asked about installing more software do it. Fiddle with the controls

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
as a work-around: sudo rm /etc/motd.tail then log out and back in again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785424 Title: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
@Joshua Lückers openssh does not configure MOTD. $ dpkg -S /etc/update-motd.d base-files, update-notifier-common, update-manager-core: /etc/update-motd.d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
$ grep motd.tail /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer # motd.tail is reserved for the admin to append static [ -f /etc/motd.tail ] && cat /etc/motd.tail || true $ dpkg -S /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer base-files: /etc/update-motd.d/99-footer ** Package changed: openssh (Ubuntu) => update-notifier (Ubun

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
Manual page update-motd(5) Executable scripts in /etc/update-motd.d/* are executed by pam_motd(8) as the root user at each login, and this information is concatenated in /var/run/motd. The order of script execution is determined by the run- parts(8) --lsbsysinit option

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
After building a new VM from ubuntu-10.04.2-server-amd64.iso it looks like the issue is in one of these: landscape-client (1.5.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.0) lucid; urgency=low * New upstream version - Fix smart-update failing its very first run (LP: #562496) - Depend on pythonX.Y-dbus and pytho

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
** Package changed: base-files (Ubuntu) => landscape-client (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785424 Title: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
1. Create new VM from ubuntu-10.04.2-server-amd64.iso 2. log in. Notice motd is displayed twice 3. log out and back in again. Notice motd is displayed only once 4. apply updates. Log out and back in again. Notice motd is displayed twice. 5. remove /etc/motd.tail and log out and back in again

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
2. log in. Notice motd is displayed twice This isn't true, there's some other one-time message displayed. Running sudo strace -o apt.str -s 4096 -f aptitude dist-upgrade on a fresh VM shows that the issue is in the postinstall script of the initscripts package. sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/initscri

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu17) lucid; urgency=low * debian/initscripts/etc/init.d/sendsigs: additional upstart jobs may be /started/ on shutdown after this script has first been invoked; so don't assume the list of known jobs is constant, instead requery initctl before each killall5 -C

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-19 Thread nutznboltz
Looks like the code in sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/initscripts.postinst that tries to preserve an existing motd by turning it into a motd.tail only makes sense if /etc/motd isn't already symlink to a generated file. # # Set up motd stuff, putting variable file in /var/run/ # if [ ! -f /etc/motd.tail ]

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-20 Thread nutznboltz
** Description changed: When I ssh into my 10.04.2 servers I get two motd print outs. The first one appears to be current-ish, but the second one is way out of date. The first motd contains this: - System information as of Fri May 20 01:36:13 EDT 2011 +   System information as of Fri M

[Bug 785424] Re: Double motd when ssh'ing into 10.04.2

2011-05-20 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 634387 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/634387 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 634387 creates motd.tail on postinst, which could mean duplicate entries in /etc/motd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 634387] Re: creates motd.tail on postinst, which could mean duplicate entries in /etc/motd

2011-05-20 Thread nutznboltz
Looks like the code in sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/initscripts.postinst that tries to preserve an existing motd by turning it into a motd.tail only makes sense if /etc/motd isn't already symlink to a generated file. # # Set up motd stuff, putting variable file in /var/run/ # if [ ! -f /etc/motd.tail ]

[Bug 634387] Re: creates motd.tail on postinst, which could mean duplicate entries in /etc/motd

2011-05-20 Thread nutznboltz
This is the update which broke it: sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu17) lucid; urgency=low * debian/initscripts/etc/init.d/sendsigs: additional upstart jobs may be /started/ on shutdown after this script has first been invoked; so don't assume the list of known jobs is constant, instead requery

[Bug 772096] Re: linux: 2.6.38-9.43 -proposed tracker

2011-05-26 Thread nutznboltz
FWIW I'm running it on an HP Proliant DL165 G5 with KVM/qemu and two very busy VM guests. $ uptime 17:00:02 up 1 day, 2:30, 4 users, load average: 17.40, 12.19, 12.28 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 772096] Re: linux: 2.6.38-9.43 -proposed tracker

2011-05-26 Thread nutznboltz
$ uname -rsvmo Linux 2.6.38-9-server #43~ppa1~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 24 23:20:27 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -ds Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772096

[Bug 770600] Re: 22_add_pdc_64bit_addressing.patch: breaks some pdc raid sets

2011-05-28 Thread nutznboltz
@psusi Oh, you saved my desktop! How can I ever repay you? Admittedly I copied your dmraid packing into a PPA by itself because I don't like PPAs with too many different packages. https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/natty-dmraid But as they say across the point "works a treat!

[Bug 770600] Re: 22_add_pdc_64bit_addressing.patch: breaks some pdc raid sets

2011-05-28 Thread nutznboltz
I built 10.10 with LVM on DMRAID because GRUB2 lets you boot from that without any /boot filesystems. I upgraded to 11.04 and *kaboom* I installed the PPA with the newer version of DMRAID while in a chroot booted off a usb stick with Gentoo amd64 stage1 made with unetbootin. Had to remember how t

[Bug 482419] Re: 802.3ad interface bonding fails if started too early

2011-05-25 Thread nutznboltz
@Pete Ashdown yes, there is a workaround. First one of the things that goes wrong is that ethernet media autoconfiguration takes up time and causes network interfaces to take so long to come up there is the possibility that that will interfere with bonding configuring. You can hardcode the media

[Bug 746588] Re: Fix a STARTTLS flaw in Pure-FTPd similar to Postfix’s CVE-2011-0411

2011-04-08 Thread nutznboltz
Too many IRL fires today. I just threw this up for now. https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/pure-ftpd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746588 Title: Fix a STARTTLS flaw in

[Bug 760223] Re: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-15 Thread nutznboltz
Please SRU for 10.04 thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760223 Title: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 760223] Re: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-15 Thread nutznboltz
Thanks, I'll test on lucid-proposed and let you know how it goes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760223 Title: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 767267] Re: X.509if vulnerability in Wireshark® version 1.2.0 to 1.2.15

2011-04-20 Thread nutznboltz
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/767267 Title: X.509if vulnerability in Wireshark® version 1.2.0 to 1.2.15 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 704595] Re: Python-apt shows empty origins object

2011-04-11 Thread nutznboltz
Fixed typo in title: s/emply/empty ** Summary changed: - Python-apt shows emply origins object + Python-apt shows empty origins object -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704595 Title:

[Bug 760223] [NEW] ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-13 Thread nutznboltz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ucarp Impact: the time between advertisements is twice as long as the amount of time ucarp is configured to use. This is 100% fixed in ucarp 1.5.2 upstream. TEST CASE: configure ucarp to send advertisements every five seconds and use tcpdump to display

[Bug 760223] Re: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-13 Thread nutznboltz
** Patch added: "ucarp_1.5.1.1.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760223/+attachment/2032477/+files/ucarp_1.5.1.1.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760223 Title: ucarp

[Bug 760223] Re: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-13 Thread nutznboltz
OPSI-1209 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760223 Title: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

[Bug 760223] Re: ucarp adverts are delayed for twice as long as you ask for

2011-04-14 Thread nutznboltz
** Description changed: Binary package hint: ucarp Impact: the time between advertisements is twice as long as the amount of time ucarp is configured to use. This is 100% fixed in ucarp 1.5.2 upstream. TEST CASE: configure ucarp to send advertisements every five seconds and us

[Bug 706136] [NEW] kernel 2.6.32.13 introduced buggy xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() function

2011-01-21 Thread nutznboltz
Public bug reported: Right off the top, here's the smoking gun: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/7/20/4596144 "[inode not file system] Shrinker fixes for XFS" Back story: kernel 2.6.32.12 does not have xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() but 2.6.32.13 and subsequent kernels do, see: ht

[Bug 706136] Re: kernel 2.6.32.13 introduced buggy xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() function

2011-01-21 Thread nutznboltz
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706136 Title: kernel 2.6.32.13 introduced buggy xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() function -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://

[Bug 706136] Re: kernel 2.6.32.13 introduced buggy xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() function

2011-01-21 Thread nutznboltz
** Description changed: Right off the top, here's the smoking gun: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/7/20/4596144 "[inode not file system] Shrinker fixes for XFS" Back story: kernel 2.6.32.12 does not have xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() but 2.6.32.13 and subsequent kernel

[Bug 706136] Re: e1001e driver requires more memory than the default

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
** Summary changed: - kernel 2.6.32.13 introduced buggy xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink() function + e1001e driver requires more memory than the default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706136

[Bug 706136] Re: e1001e driver requires more memory than the default

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
** Description changed: - Right off the top, here's the smoking gun: - http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/7/20/4596144 "[inode - not file system] Shrinker fixes for XFS" + The calculations that set vm.min_free_kbytes are too parsimonious. This + leads to log messages that start w

[Bug 706136] Re: e1001e driver requires more memory than the default

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 591947 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 591947 Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system * You can subscribe to bug 591947 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
The calculations that set vm.min_free_kbytes are too parsimonious. This leads to log messages that start with the text: fooprog: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x4020 and go on for dozens of lines. By doubling the value set in vm.min_free_kbytes I was able to squelch those messages. See

[Bug 704130] Re: kernel crashed with page allocation failure

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 591947 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/591947 run: sysctl vm.min_free_kbytes and then take the number of KB output from that and multiply it by two. Then run: sysctl -w vm.min_free_kbyt

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
run: sysctl vm.min_free_kbytes and then take the number of KB output from that and multiply it by two. Then run: sysctl -w vm.min_free_kbytes=new-number-of-KB (substitute the value you calculated for "new-number-of-KB" in my case it was 16266 KB doubled to 32532 KB) To make this persistent over

[Bug 704130] Re: kernel crashed with page allocation failure

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 591947 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 591947 Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system * You can subscribe to bug 591947 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
Additional report of this issue http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1452659 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 Title: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system -- ubunt

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
This is probably not a regression. I'm seeing both Lucid and Jaunty KVM guests with this problem too. The KVM host is running Lucid. Jaunty VM guest with virtio IRQ page allocation failure: https://gist.github.com/793522 Lucid VM guest with virtio IRQ page allocation failure https://gist.github.

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
Another report with the same pattern: network driver IRQ happens before page allocation failure. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10393393 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
I found a Karmic KVM VM guest with virtio where it also happened. https://gist.github.com/793807 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591947 Title: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks s

[Bug 591947] Re: Copying large files to NFS mount blocks system

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
How min_free_kbytes default size is calculated. Note that the comments mention network bandwidth. https://gist.github.com/793880 The comments say: min_free_kbytes = 4 * sqrt(lowmem_kbytes), for better accuracy: min_free_kbytes = sqrt(lowmem_kbytes * 16) So perhaps min_free_kbytes = sqrt(lowm

[Bug 666180] Re: KVM does not boot Ubuntu i386 10.04 minimal server images

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
@Aaz, if you run the non-PAE 32-bit kernel does the issue go away? I know that you won't be able to use all 4GB RAM without PAE, I'm just interested in testing PAE vs. non-PAE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 666180] Re: KVM does not boot Ubuntu i386 10.04 minimal server images

2011-01-24 Thread nutznboltz
I can't test; my only AMD box is now converted to 64-bit in reaction to this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666180 Title: KVM does not boot Ubuntu i386 10.04 minimal server ima

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-23 Thread nutznboltz
This patch is in 2.6.37.1 as of Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:03:31 + -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-24 Thread nutznboltz
Yesterday a new ticket and branch stable-v2.6.32.29 was created with this patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/linux/+bug/723819 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=rtg/ubuntu- lucid.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/virtio_net.c;h=fb09effbfb63f5e080a87bfc80a823f83c363810;hb=refs/heads/stable-

[Bug 482419] Re: 802.3ad interface bonding fails if started too early

2011-04-23 Thread nutznboltz
@Mark Favas - dude, it's not about fixing things, it's about declaring them fixed. Fiat bug fixes are what Canonical and the other Ubuntunistas do best. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4

[Bug 661212] Re: crash after kswapd page allocation failure

2011-02-03 Thread nutznboltz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 579276 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 579276 Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure * You can subscribe to bug 579276 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubunt

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-03 Thread nutznboltz
This was fixed, but not in Ubuntu yet. See: "udp: use limited socket backlog" http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271096 Bug#576838: virtio network crashes again starting with comment 184 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=592187#184 LP#661212 "crash after ksw

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-03 Thread nutznboltz
Oh, sorry, I hadn't seen this yet: KVM: add schedule check to napi_enable call http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/6/4/6278660 If you want to get this into Lucid make a debdiff https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Recipes/Debdiff -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-03 Thread nutznboltz
Thinking about this a bit more, the "udp: use limited socket backlog" is still necessary since the "page allocation failures" from nic drivers problem affects real hardware with e100, e1000 and e1000e nic drivers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-03 Thread nutznboltz
Debdiff containing two patches:  * [PATCH] KVM: add schedule check to napi_enable call - http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/6/4/6278660 * [PATCH 4/8] udp: use limited socket backlog - http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271096 ** Patch added: "li

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-04 Thread nutznboltz
** Patch removed: "linux_2.6.32-28.55ubuntu1.debdiff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/579276/+attachment/1828276/+files/linux_2.6.32-28.55ubuntu1.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-04 Thread nutznboltz
Oh, I see what you mean by "can't integrate backlog for every protocol". I rebuilt the debdiff with only the virtio driver patch and deleted the old debdiff with two patches. Debdiff containing patch:  * [PATCH] KVM: add schedule check to napi_enable call - http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-04 Thread nutznboltz
How to install the debdiff: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuPackagingGuide/BuildFromDebdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocat

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-04 Thread nutznboltz
To get any further with this bug report read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates and try to do what it says. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579276 Title: Lost network in KVM

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-05 Thread nutznboltz
I did the debdiff, the update to the bug report description for the SRU and subscribed https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sru Now this needs sponsorship. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess In the meantime I started this PPA with the patch https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/lucid

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-06 Thread nutznboltz
I'm actively testing two concurrent "scp -r" of > 200 GB from NFS directory to remote host which crashed the VM on the stock kernel. $ uname -a Linux dubnium 2.6.32-28-server #55ubuntu1~ppa3~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Sun Feb 6 01:03:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux To test with the PPA run sudo apt-get ins

[Bug 579276] Re: Lost network in KVM VM / virtio_net page allocation failure

2011-02-06 Thread nutznboltz
486.5 GB transmitted without locking up. $ ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:1c:fe:1a inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:36ff:fe1c:fe1a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1

[Bug 668479] [NEW] AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apparmor Impact: Lack of a single AppArmor base profile rule renders glibc is unable to perform functions on Hardy that are available on Lucid. Patch: TBD Reproducing: trapping a segfault fails; see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10043474 Regr

[Bug 668479] Re: AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
-- AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668479 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.c

[Bug 668479] Re: AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
debdiff with the missing AppArmor base profile rule added. ** Patch added: "debdiff with the missing AppArmor base profile rule added." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/668479/+attachment/1716207/+files/apparmor_2.1%2B1075-0ubuntu9.3.debdiff ** Patch removed: "debdiff

[Bug 668479] Re: AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
debdiff with the missing AppArmor base profile rule added. ** Patch added: "debdiff with the missing AppArmor base profile rule added." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/668479/+attachment/1716210/+files/apparmor_2.1%2B1075-0ubuntu9.3.debdiff ** Description changed:

[Bug 668479] Re: AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
@Kees Cook - The https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Examples section only offers a single example of how the SRU process works for a package in main. That example is LP #173082 Does LP #173082 actually fulfill all the requirements listed in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#

[Bug 668479] Re: AppArmor on Hardy Interferes with glibc Access to /proc/self/maps

2010-10-29 Thread nutznboltz
** Description changed: Binary package hint: apparmor Impact: Lack of a single AppArmor base profile rule renders glibc unable to perform functions on Hardy that are available on Lucid. + Addressed: apparmor 2.5-0ubuntu3 (on Lucid) possibly earlier too. Patch: https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 591489] Re: QEMU_AUDIO_DRV set to none by libvirtd in Lucid

2010-11-01 Thread nutznboltz
Instead of QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsa /usr/bin/kvm.bin $@ use QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsa exec /usr/bin/kvm.bin $@ also in /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf # QEMU implements an extension for providing audio over a VNC connection, # though if your VNC client does not support it, your only chance for getting # sound outpu

[Bug 591489] Re: QEMU_AUDIO_DRV set to none by libvirtd in Lucid

2010-11-01 Thread nutznboltz
Also of interest: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Virtualization_problems#Audio_output -- QEMU_AUDIO_DRV set to none by libvirtd in Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 601376] Re: 2.6.35-6.9 (and newer) kernels having issues with invalid EDID info and ATI Radeon graphics

2010-11-03 Thread nutznboltz
Same problem with 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) Monitor: DS-275W Raw EDID bytes: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 1a 36 fa 00 00 00 00 00 1c 13 01 03 a5 3c 22 78 e2 6f b1 a7 55 4c 9e 25 0c 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01

[Bug 666494] Re: Data Corruption bug in GlusterFS 3.0.2

2010-11-03 Thread nutznboltz
Another link for my own benefit http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/pending-sru.html -- Data Corruption bug in GlusterFS 3.0.2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666494 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 666494] [NEW] Data Corruption bug in GlusterFS 3.0.2

2010-10-25 Thread nutznboltz
an interim fix I did a backport of GlusterFS 3.0.4 from Maverick to Lucid https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/glusterfs3 so my systems are safe. This is the upstream Changelog message: commit c55134fc0c5ebe952de12757d5c53d463a9c21b5 Author: Anand Avati Date: Thu Feb 18 10:28:06 2010 +

[Bug 666494] Re: Data Corruption bug in GlusterFS 3.0.2

2010-10-25 Thread nutznboltz
https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/glusterfs3 so my systems are safe. This is the upstream Changelog message: commit c55134fc0c5ebe952de12757d5c53d463a9c21b5 Author: Anand Avati Date: Thu Feb 18 10:28:06 2010 + - server_writev: add proper iobuf into iobref

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