[Bug 885918] [NEW] check-new-release-gtk dialog: Cannot connect to destination (archive.ubuntu.com)

2011-11-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: I am using Ubuntu Natty at a corporate site where outbound port-80 access is firewalled. When the check-new-release-gtk dialog comes up to tell me about the new version of Ubuntu, the text widget therein shows only Cannot connect to destination (archive.ubuntu.com). I have

[Bug 785425] Re: 0_kdump uses dynamic makedumpfile(8) binary, which fails horribly

2011-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Oneiric. ** Attachment added: /var/crash/vmcore.log file produced by kernel crash dump on Oneiric https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kexec-tools/+bug/785425/+attachment/2582481/+files/vmcore.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 785394] Re: Hard-coded crashkernel=... memory reservation in /etc/grub.d/10_linux is insufficient

2011-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Oneiric. The 3.0.0-12-generic kernel, like its predecessors, fails to crash dump with 64M and succeeds with 128M. The failure mode with 64M is a bit less clear, however---something about a bad IRQ. ** Attachment added: Boot and crash with 64M crashkernel reservation

[Bug 785394] Re: Hard-coded crashkernel=... memory reservation in /etc/grub.d/10_linux is insufficient

2011-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Note that even with enough memory reserved, a crash dump is still not produced due to bug #785425. (Why won't Launchpad allow me to upload more than one attachment at a time?) ** Attachment added: Boot and crash with 128M crashkernel reservation (works, almost)

[Bug 885071] [NEW] linux-crashdump functionality is broken

2011-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: For the past few Ubuntu releases up to and including Oneiric, the functionality ostensibly provided by installing the linux-crashdump package is currently broken due to two significant bugs: Bug #785394: Not enough memory reserved (if the system has 2GB RAM) for the crash

[Bug 585061] Re: Segfaults in nsUrlClassifierDBService.cpp when homedir is inaccessible

2011-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Laying this one to rest. Thank you Mozilla dev team. ** Changed in: firefox (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/585061 Title: Segfaults in

[Bug 184255] Re: zsnes fails to build on amd64

2011-10-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Santiago, It's already in the universe repository for Precise :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184255 Title: zsnes fails to build on amd64 To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 184255] Re: zsnes fails to build on amd64

2011-10-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Incidentally, now that we have multi-arch support, should installing zsnes:i386 be considered a solution to this bug report? If you invoke apt-get install zsnes on Oneiric, it will install zsnes:i386 and all its dependencies. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 873517] Re: When upgrading from maverick to oneiric receieved a number of error messages about ssl certs

2011-10-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I see these error messages on installation of ca-certificates-java on a new Oneiric install: Setting up ca-certificates-java (20110912ubuntu3) ... Adding debian:Comodo_AAA_Services_root.pem Adding debian:TC_TrustCenter_Universal_CA_I.pem Adding

[Bug 882794] [NEW] pam-auth-update(8) debconf dialog has no title

2011-10-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: This concerns libpam-runtime 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 in Oneiric. When you invoke pam-auth-update, the part at the top of the dialog reserved for the title (usually Configuring package) is conspicuously empty. There should be an appropriate string in this space; perhaps Configuring

[Bug 882084] [NEW] apt-extracttemplates(1) prints inappropriate \r characters in unattended-upgrades

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: This concerns apt-utils 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13 in Oneiric, but may potentially be an unattended-upgrades bug. This morning, I received an unattended-updates log message in my work mail. Curiously, Outlook Web Access did not display the log text, but instead gave me a single

[Bug 532366] Re: util: halt should not power off system unless called with -p/--poweroff

2011-10-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've confirmed that this is good in Oneiric. Thank you, Scott and Steve. I would suggest updating the comment in /etc/default/halt, currently # Default behaviour of shutdown -h / halt. Set to halt or poweroff. so that it doesn't imply to affect the behavior of halt(8). (shutdown -h is the

[Bug 880221] [NEW] Where is the gbdfed package in Oneiric?

2011-10-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Gbdfed is in Debian unstable, there is a lp:ubuntu/oneiric/gbdfed branch, and the package is present in Natty. Why is the package not available in Oneiric? ** Affects: gbdfed (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 880223] [NEW] Use debconf instead of mail to inform user in postinst

2011-10-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: [Mirror of Debian bug report] When I install chrony (1.24 in Oneiric), I get the following message in my inbox: The password for chronyc is in /etc/chrony/chrony.keys. Chrony has been configured to assume that your real-time clock is on UTC time. If this is not

[Bug 868992] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref()

2011-10-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Yep. Getting this on a fresh install of xubuntu-desktop on Oneiric/amd64. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868992 Title: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_unref() To

[Bug 792085] Re: Automatic remount of safely removed drive

2011-10-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
In 11.10, I'm no longer seeing usb-creator remount previously-removed disks on startup. I can't speak to the Nautilus behavior described in this bug, however, as I've never observed it myself. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 304259] Re: allow creation of LiveUSB from currently running LiveUSB

2011-10-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'd like to see this too. It's a bit silly to require an .iso file matching the running system when the very same files are available under /cdrom. (Keep the option to install different versions of Ubuntu, of course, and do require an .iso file then.) Usb-creator should probably verify MD5 sums

[Bug 809885] Re: Single-quoted entries are invalid in /etc/resolv.conf on network install with NetworkManager disabled

2011-10-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is present in the Oneiric desktop release CDs. The live desktop environment (including Firefox) is broken because of this. We need a fix on this *a month ago*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 874703] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with IOError in _buildMetaReleaseFile(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory

2011-10-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 686091 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686091 ** 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/874703 Title:

[Bug 761830] Re: grub2 still hands off to blank tty7 on non-Server command-line-only systems and some Server systems

2011-10-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Jim, I agree that having grub switch the VT rather than the program needing same is rather cart-before-horse-ish. It does have the advantage of happening very early in the boot process, however (even before the kernel/initrd are loaded), and I suspect the rationale for doing things this way is

[Bug 800268] Re: Apport's definition of outdated packages is incorrect

2011-10-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
These are all normal Ubuntu packages. There are no custom/newer/manual packages involved here. My point is, Apport thinks that the current version is N, when I have N+1 installed from an official Ubuntu mirror via apt-get (and packages.ubuntu.com indicates N+1 is current). For whatever reason,

[Bug 800268] Re: Apport's definition of outdated packages is incorrect

2011-10-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 356101 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356101 Martin, this does not appear to be a dupe of bug #356101. Apport is telling me, foo: installed version 2, latest version: 1. I have installed packages *newer* than what Apport thinks are the latest versions,

[Bug 854866] Re: some ganglia packages won't install because of useradd

2011-10-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I believe the ganglia group already existed from a previous install attempt when I tried your fix, so that may be what had useradd(8) in a twist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854866

[Bug 854866] Re: some ganglia packages won't install because of useradd

2011-10-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hi Mark, I tried your fix. I think you may need to add -g ganglia to your new useradd(8) invocation, as otherwise I still get a useradd: group ganglia exists - if you want to add this user to that group, use -g error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 659817] Re: NetworkManage does not set domain in /etc/hosts on DHCP connections

2011-09-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Mathieu, thank you for the detailed explanation. Automatic editing of /etc/hosts always struck me as a dicey proposition, and I'm glad to hear it got axed. For those users/admins who do want /etc/hosts to be updated with DHCP info, it may be worthwhile to provide an example of such a

[Bug 785425] Re: 0_kdump uses dynamic makedumpfile(8) binary, which fails horribly

2011-09-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Is your intent to get rid of the makedumpfile and makedumpfile- static duo, replacing it with a single makedumpfile package containing a statically-linked binary? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 785425] Re: 0_kdump uses dynamic makedumpfile(8) binary, which fails horribly

2011-09-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
One thing I've been wondering is what purpose the dynamically-linked makedumpfile(8) is intended to serve. The program only ever runs in a Linux crash environment, where two kernels are loaded in memory, and everything is running out of the second kernel's initrd---is the 800kB difference in the

[Bug 840867] Re: flashplugin-installer : Depends: flashplugin-downloader

2011-09-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I installed Oneiric from a netboot .iso dated 2011-09-06, and the install was not multiarch-enabled as Steve describes. That said, I've confirmed that doing echo foreign-architecture i386 /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch as he describes, and running apt-get update, then makes it possible to

[Bug 840867] Re: flashplugin-installer : Depends: flashplugin-downloader

2011-09-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This appears to be collateral damage from the transition to multiarch. The new flashplugin-downloader package and nspluginviewer are i386-only... but both should be installable on amd64 thanks to multiarch... but for some reason, they are not. Could this be an APT configuration issue? Do you need

[Bug 843295] Re: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_style_get_valist()

2011-09-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/843295 Title: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_style_get_valist() To manage notifications about this

[Bug 842280] Re: glmark2-es2 crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2011-09-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/842280 Title: glmark2-es2 crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 842279] Re: glmark2 crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2011-09-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/842279 Title: glmark2 crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 838930] Re: remmina assert failure: *** glibc detected *** remmina: realloc(): invalid old size: 0x0000000000d0e2a0 ***

2011-09-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/838930 Title: remmina assert failure: *** glibc detected *** remmina: realloc(): invalid old size:

[Bug 302272] Re: Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2011-08-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm happy to report that apt-get install [kx]?ubuntu-desktop cups- now works on Oneiric! Thanks to everyone who made this happen. The below four packages are still in Depends:, and are probably not useful in an installation lacking a local printer, but they have a smaller footprint:

[Bug 183456] Re: Trying to load a sf2 file with asfxload returns sfxload: no memory left

2011-08-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Thomas, In the dma.h header you've cited, I see that the MAX_DMA32_PFN definition is commented thusly: /* 4GB broken PCI/AGP hardware bus master zone */ #define MAX_DMA32_PFN ((4UL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) PAGE_SHIFT) Given that this value is intended for broken (PCI) hardware, and the

[Bug 710733] Re: LKCD Not Executing kexec Properly

2011-08-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Yep, still doesn't work in Oneiric. The crash kernel can't boot due to insufficient memory, kexec-tools still pulls in a dynamically-linked makedumpfile(8)... has *anyone* worked on this at all? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug

[Bug 821573] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-08-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/821573 Title: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 826989] Re: Cannot change Kerberos password with passwd(1)

2011-08-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Just wanted to confirm that modifying the password stack's pam_krb5 line to [success=N default=ignore] does yield the desired behavior (Kerberos password changed successfully while ignoring the disabled Unix password). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 807611] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-08-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Bug watch added: code.google.com/p/chromium/issues #25868 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25868 ** Also affects: chromium-browser via http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=25868 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug

[Bug 807611] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-08-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, I've done a bit of digging on this using a debug build. The problem is in the very first line of BackendImpl::MatchEntry(): Addr address(data_-table[hash mask_]); data_-table[] is a memory-mapped array, backed by the file ~/.cache/chromium/Default/Cache/index (in my case). When my

[Bug 807611] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-08-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I agree that having the cache on a network filesystem is not ideal, but that should be a performance issue, not a crash issue. I know about XDG_CACHE_HOME et al., it's just that that's no better a solution than --disk-cache-dir. As it is, my experience has been that very, very few applications

[Bug 826989] [NEW] Cannot change Kerberos password with passwd(1)

2011-08-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: This concerns libpam-krb5 version 4.2-1 in Ubuntu Natty, and is a revisiting of an issue previously addressed in bug 334795. $ passwd Current Kerberos password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged Previous reports I've

[Bug 826989] Re: Cannot change Kerberos password with passwd(1)

2011-08-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The shadow database has a non-hashable password field for the user. Kerberos is the only way this user can log in. Why wouldn't the behavior of a password change then simply update the Kerberos password, and leave the Unix one alone? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 826989] Re: Cannot change Kerberos password with passwd(1)

2011-08-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, here is /etc/pam.d/common-auth: auth[success=2 default=ignore] pam_krb5.so minimum_uid=1000 auth[success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so nullok_secure try_first_pass authrequisite pam_deny.so authrequiredpam_permit.so

[Bug 826989] Re: Cannot change Kerberos password with passwd(1)

2011-08-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Much appreciated, Russ. The only way the current stock config makes sense to me is if Steve intended for the local Unix password to be kept in sync with Kerberos, which isn't how things are supposed to work. (And conversely, Kerberos plus a disabled Unix password *should* work.) -- You received

[Bug 822941] Re: Neither Restart nor Shut Down work in ubuntu-desktop installed from minimal system with root+normal user

2011-08-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Unable to reproduce this on a different system---more investigation needed. ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822941

[Bug 302272] Re: Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2011-08-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Martin, thanks for committing this. I'll test this out ASAP. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272 Title: Downgrade cups to Recommends: To manage notifications

[Bug 364665] Re: pam-auth-update spews Perl warnings while processing a valid profile file

2011-08-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug appears to have gone away---I can no longer get any Perl warnings out of pam-auth-update in Natty with the PAM config from bug 295441. ** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 398161] Re: pcspkr requires rmmod and modprobe to function

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This issue appears to be fixed in the Natty 2.6.38-10-generic kernel. Commenting out the pcspkr line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (and rebooting) is enough to enable the speaker, without needing the extra rmmod+modprobe. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 331443] Re: /etc/init.d/gdm reload fails when gdm is not running

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
As of the current version in Natty, the behavior is different. The init script has been converted to an Upstart job, and when GDM is not running, it reacts thusly: # reload gdm reload: Unknown instance: # echo $? 1 Good enough for me. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete =

[Bug 822941] [NEW] Neither Restart nor Shut Down work in ubuntu-desktop installed from minimal system with root+normal user

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Step 1: Install a minimal Ubuntu Natty system, with a root user and a normal user. Step 2: apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Step 3: Log into freshly-installed Ubuntu desktop environment as the normal user. Step 4: Select Restart or Shut Down from the corner menu. Step 5:

[Bug 761830] Re: grub2 still hands off to blank tty7 on non-Server command-line-only systems and some Server systems

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've dug into this issue a bit. I don't think there's much use in distinguishing between the various Ubuntu flavors here; it all comes down to this bit in /etc/grub.d/10_linux: for word in $GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT; do if [ $word = splash ]; then

[Bug 669211] Re: Xpdf segfaults on start in libpoppler.so.7

2011-08-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Confirmed here too. The libpoppler13 version 0.16.7-2ubuntu1 package (current version in Oneiric) installs cleanly on Natty, and allows Xpdf to run without segfaults. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 710733] Re: LKCD Not Executing kexec Properly

2011-07-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
@Sudhakar, I believe you'll need to regenerate the initrd with e.g. update- initramfs -k all -u, so that the new makedumpfile binary is copied into it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 811169] Re: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_style_get_valist()

2011-07-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/811169 Title: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_style_get_valist() To manage notifications about this

[Bug 807611] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-07-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/807611 Title: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2011-07-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'd agree that having a formal policy for this (presuming there isn't one already, buried somewhere) is an excellent idea. The Debian folks have the Debian Policy Manual, and *everyone* abides by it. The clarity that that approach provides would certainly be welcome here. -- You received this

[Bug 785294] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with TypeError in fetchDistUpgrader()

2011-07-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Fair enough; reproducing this one would take quite a bit of setup at this point, and I've had very little time for that lately. Best hope for now is to encounter it again in the run-up to Oneiric. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 806042] Re: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()

2011-07-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/806042 Title: xfce4-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a() To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 785296] Re: Multiple instances of Ubuntu XX.YY Upgrade Available (check-new-release-gtk) dialog

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
RedSingularity, please note that this error (as far as I'm aware) only occurs when the home directory is being served from AFS. This scenario breaks common assumptions held by many programs (that the homedir is always accessible/writable) and is thus more likely than not the ultimate cause of this

[Bug 579047] Re: Uselessly prints actual font: ... to terminal on startup

2011-07-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Brian, that link you gave is interesting, in that it suggests tkdiff has a new upstream site/repository. The SourceForge site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/tkdiff/ hasn't seen any new development in ages. I see Dorothy Robinson is active in both the new and old repositories (heavily so

[Bug 785296] Re: Multiple instances of Ubuntu XX.YY Upgrade Available (check-new-release-gtk) dialog

2011-07-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm on Natty now, and I'm not currently seeing this behavior. This is likely due to the fact that there is no newer release available yet, however, so check-new-release-gtk is not yet active. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 800268] Re: chromium-browser crashed with signal 7

2011-06-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Apport's definition of outdated packages is incorrect. Looking just at libxml2, 2.7.8.dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 is currently, indeed, the latest version. 2.7.8.dfsg-2 is the version that originally shipped in natty, before a security update. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** Also affects: apport

[Bug 799955] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with IOError in _buildMetaReleaseFile(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory

2011-06-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/799955 Title: check-new-release-gtk crashed with IOError in _buildMetaReleaseFile(): [Errno 2] No such file or

[Bug 669211] Re: Xpdf segfaults on start in libpoppler.so.7

2011-06-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
As far as I can tell, the problem is due to the presence of two, seemingly-incompatible definitions of the GlobalParams class. One is in libpoppler (poppler/GlobalParams.cc), one is in the Xpdf source (xpdf/GlobalParams.cc). The diff between them is pretty extensive. If I attempt to link Xpdf

[Bug 798447] [NEW] item_in_dir() shell function does not handle missing directory

2011-06-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: os-prober This concerns os-prober 1.44ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Natty. When I invoke update-grub(8) in a certain chroot'ed Ubuntu installation, I see this: Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic Found initrd image:

[Bug 790843] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with IOError in _buildMetaReleaseFile(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory

2011-05-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/790843 Title: check-new-release-gtk crashed with IOError in _buildMetaReleaseFile(): [Errno 2] No such file or

[Bug 785394] Re: Hard-coded crashkernel=... memory reservation in /etc/grub.d/10_linux is insufficient

2011-05-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hello gentlemen, # ls -l /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14389163 2011-05-19 17:29 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic # zcat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic | wc -c 32537600 I use a generic (rather than targeted) initrd because the system is installed using an imaging

[Bug 784130] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with GError in on_button_dont_upgrade_clicked()

2011-05-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
It's not clear that there is anything wrong with gconf itself (no lockfiles are present, and e.g. gconftool -R / prints out numerous settings and exits with status 0), though I'm now working on a Natty system with the same home directory. Aside from tweaking the program to handle this error case

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bjorn, thanks for the pointer! I was not aware of this PPA. I'll be giving it a try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786088 Title: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Looks like the 2.6.39 kernel has no smp_lock.h header file: # ls -1F /usr/src/ linux-headers-2.6.38-8/ linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic/ linux-headers-2.6.39-020639/ linux-headers-2.6.39-020639-generic/ nvidia-current-270.41.06/ openafs-1.4.14/ virtualbox-ose-4.0.4/ # find /usr/src -name

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Any chance the new 1.4 upstream could go into debian-backports, and then here? There must be a few folks on squeeze who want to run the 2.6.39 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Ah, I see. Do you think 1.6 could make it into natty-backports, too? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786088 Title: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to

[Bug 543834] Re: grub-set-default and grub-reboot should give a warning when GRUB_DEFAULT != saved

2011-05-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Agreed. I was about to file a bug to the effect of grub-set-default does not work. Also, the grub-set-default(8) and grub-reboot(8) man pages clearly need to mention this caveat. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 787216] [NEW] System freezes HARD if kernel param nomodeset not given

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic If I don't specify nomodeset, the system freezes hard at the video mode change when booting up-to-date Natty. Observations: * The signal to the VGA monitor drops, so it switches off * Keyboard LED lights do not respond

[Bug 787216] Re: System freezes HARD if kernel param nomodeset not given

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/787216 Title: System freezes HARD if kernel param nomodeset not given -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 784130] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with GError in on_button_dont_upgrade_clicked()

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The problem is not with the update-manager application itself, but with the check-new-release-gtk dialog. See bug #785296. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784130 Title:

[Bug 761830] Re: grub2 still hands off to blank tty7 on non-Server command-line-only systems

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
@Aaron, make sure the bug is marked as affecting you (at the top of the page). There's probably not much more you can do, now that the bug is reported. We're pretty much just waiting for someone to get around to actually fixing it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 784130] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with GError in on_button_dont_upgrade_clicked()

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Many, many more times than I would like. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784130 Title: check-new-release-gtk

[Bug 786088] [NEW] package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: This crash occurred during an unattended reboot. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-020639-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 20 03:16:50 2011 ErrorMessage: openafs kernel module

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786088 Title: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 786088] Re: package openafs-modules-dkms 1.4.14+dfsg-1+ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: openafs kernel module failed to build

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Description changed: - This crash occurred during an unattended reboot. + This crash occurred during installation of the 2.6.39 mainline kernel + (i.e. linux-headers-*_{all,i386}.deb and linux-image-*_i386.deb). ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package:

[Bug 785552] Re: Crash: kernel BUG at linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq. c:933!

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've installed the 2.6.39 mainline kernel on the same system, and left it running in the same way that led to the above-reported crash. While the system does not appear to crash with this kernel, the kernel messages (attached) show another kernel BUG and several call traces, all happening within

[Bug 775546] Re: /usr/sbin/update-language-def: line 779: printf: missing unicode digit for \u

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #622938 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622938 ** Also affects: tex-common (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622938 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 775546] Re: /usr/sbin/update-language-def: line 779: printf: missing unicode digit for \u

2011-05-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
@paranaense, whatever is wrong with your copy of firefox, it has nothing to do with your TeX installation, nor this bug. Please file a bug report against the firefox package. Anyway, Steve Langasek has reported this issue to Debian, which appears to be the upstream maintainer. -- You received

[Bug 746834] Re: apport-unpack crashed with NameError in __main__: name 'apport' is not defined

2011-05-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I got this error when the .crash file was not readable due to permissions. The program could really fail more gracefully than this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746834 Title:

[Bug 663744] Re: changing /etc/hosts breaks ssh-login with kerberos

2011-05-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Good to hear :-) ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New = 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/663744 Title: changing /etc/hosts breaks ssh-login with

[Bug 785294] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with TypeError in fetchDistUpgrader()

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/785294 Title: check-new-release-gtk crashed with TypeError in fetchDistUpgrader() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 785296] [NEW] Multiple instances of Ubuntu XX.YY Upgrade Available (check-new-release-gtk) dialog

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager This concerns update-manager 1:0.142.23 in Ubuntu Maverick. An Ubuntu 11.04 Upgrade Available dialog window pops up. If I'm not around to click it away, then about a half hour later, another one pops up. Some time later, another window.

[Bug 785394] [NEW] Hard-coded crashkernel=... memory reservation in /etc/grub.d/10_linux is insufficient

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub-pc This concerns grub-pc 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3 in Ubuntu Natty. The /etc/grub.d/10_linux file contains this snippet: # add crashkernel option if we have the required tools if [ -x /usr/bin/makedumpfile ] [ -x /sbin/kexec ]; then

[Bug 785394] Re: Hard-coded crashkernel=... memory reservation in /etc/grub.d/10_linux is insufficient

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Kernel log: cold boot + crash + crashkernel boot + out-of-memory error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785394/+attachment/2135696/+files/crashkernel-oom.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 785425] [NEW] 0_kdump uses dynamic makedumpfile(8) binary, which fails horribly

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kexec-tools This concerns kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu4 in Ubuntu Natty. I am trying to get a kernel crash dump. Instead of getting a nice vmcore file in /var/crash/, I get a vmcore.log file with the following: /root/usr/bin/makedumpfile: error while

[Bug 710733] Re: LKCD Not Executing kexec Properly

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm trying to get crash dumps working, and there's a number of showstoppers going on (in current Natty). First, the default crashkernel=... memory allocation for systems with up to 2GB RAM isn't even enough for the Ubuntu kernel: bug #785394 Second, the linux-crashdump package depends on

[Bug 785552] Re: Crash: kernel BUG at linux-2.6.38/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq. c:933!

2011-05-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Full kernel message log obtained via serial cable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785552/+attachment/2136049/+files/kernel-log.txt ** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 784130] Re: check-new-release-gtk crashed with GError in on_button_dont_upgrade_clicked()

2011-05-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** 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/784130 Title: check-new-release-gtk crashed with GError in on_button_dont_upgrade_clicked() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 663744] Re: changing /etc/hosts breaks ssh-login with kerberos

2011-05-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
network-manager appears to be working sanely now in Natty. Raoul, could you check to see if this bug persists in current Ubuntu? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663744 Title:

[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2011-05-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
network-manager appears to be working sanely now, in Natty. Could anyone affected by this bug in recent memory please check to see if the problem persists in the latest released Ubuntu? (It would be nice to finally close this report, after almost seven years...) -- You received this bug

[Bug 659817] Re: NetworkManage does not set domain in /etc/hosts on DHCP connections

2011-05-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Is this still an issue in Natty? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659817 Title: NetworkManage does not set domain in /etc/hosts on DHCP connections -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 630140] Re: Flashblock completely blocks Google Maps Street View

2011-05-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This issue appears to be addressed in the developer's comments on the Firefox add-on page at https://addons.mozilla.org/en- US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ : Google Street View: Flashblock is reported to prevent Google Street View from running when trying to start it from Google Maps. Please add

[Bug 781795] [NEW] Initially missing /var/lib/logrotate/status file

2011-05-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logrotate I received the following e-mail message Anacron job 'cron.daily' on myhostname after installing Natty: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: head: cannot open `status' for reading: No such file or directory sed: can't read status: No such

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