[Bug 1972683] Re: After changing GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR variable grub uses wrong grub.cfg file

2022-05-17 Thread Tony Middleton
This seems to be a duplicate of 1242417. However the fix applied for that bug didn't fix the underlying problem but instead created a workaround that was sufficient for the case that led to the bug. It does not fix the situation reported here. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1972683] [NEW] After changing GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR variable grub uses wrong grub.cfg file

2022-05-09 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: An ubuntu system has files in a folder within /boot/efi/EFI and an EFI variable both of whose names are given by the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR variable in /etc/default/grub. By default this is set to "ubuntu". I wish to have two ubuntu systems on the same machine so on one of them

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2022-05-07 Thread Tony Middleton
This should probably be closed now. I am currently running 22.04 guests on 20.04 host and everything working OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893957 Title: Ubuntu 20.04 guest

[Bug 1466150] Re: grub-install breaks when ESP is on raid

2022-05-03 Thread Tony Middleton
Just experimented with a "clean" Ubuntu system that had grub-efi- amd64-signed. To get the prompt for the efi partitions I had to call dpkg-reconfigure shim-signed. After that it seemed to work OK. I wish I knew where all this was documented. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1971165] Re: Upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 failed due to efi partition naming

2022-05-03 Thread Tony Middleton
I've now managed to recreate this in a checkpointed virtual machine. The last few lines from do-release-upgrade are: Updating repository information Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease

[Bug 1971165] [NEW] Upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 failed due to efi partition naming

2022-05-02 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I recently upgraded a Ubuntu Budgie system from 20.04 to 22.04 the upgrade worked fine apart from one problem. The original system had two EFI partitions mounted at /boot/efia & /boot/efib. Grub is quite happy with this and updates both. However do-release-upgrade failed

[Bug 1466150] Re: grub-install breaks when ESP is on raid

2020-12-08 Thread Tony Middleton
I had some problems when using grub-efi-amd64-signed rather than grub- efi-amd64. Unfortunately not consistent enough to create a coherent bug report. A number of times I ended up dropping into grub command line. That seemed not to happen with the unsigned version. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1466150] Re: grub-install breaks when ESP is on raid

2020-11-30 Thread Tony Middleton
Since focal the change I originally asked for at the beginning of this thread has now been made. If you set up multi efi partitions, not raided, when you run "dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64" the system asks which efi partitions you wish to use. You can specify more than one and it then

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-10-30 Thread Tony Middleton
I have now upgraded the guest to 20.10, version 6.1.14, and things have changed. I can log into a graphical session. I briefly get the desktop and then the screen goes black. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1877861] Re: When installing grub to multiple EFI partitions they all have the same label in the EFI vars

2020-09-14 Thread Tony Middleton
I strongly disagree. If you have a machine that has boot problems, knowing which entry is which could be very helpful when trying to resolve. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877861

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-09-10 Thread Tony Middleton
I've tried using Virtualbox 6.1.14 from this PPA - https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/virtualbox- ppa in both host and guest. This seems to fix the problem. I did experience another problem but not sure if appropriate to bug as running from the PPA. -- You received

[Bug 1731495] Re: After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2020-09-07 Thread Tony Middleton
I'm now running virtualbox 6.1.10 on Kubuntu 20.04 and the problem seems to have been fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731495 Title: After minimising full screen VM, on

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-09-03 Thread Tony Middleton
This has also happened with a Debian guest where the additions have been loaded from the Guest Additions CD. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893957 Title: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread Tony Middleton
On further experimentation the problem seems to be with guest-x11. If I just have guest-utils installed the system is OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893957 Title: Ubuntu 20.04

[Bug 1893957] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread Tony Middleton
The guest is running the same version of virtualbox - guest-utils and guest-x11 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893957 Title: Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following

[Bug 1893957] [NEW] Ubuntu 20.04 guest aborts on graphical login following recent upgrade

2020-09-02 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I recently did apt update on a virtual box guest - Ubuntu 20.04.1 running under a Kubuntu 20.04.1 host. After the update the guest boots up and I can log into a console session but as soon as I log into a graphical session the vm aborts. This also applies to guests running

[Bug 1878185] Re: gtk-gnutella does not start

2020-07-09 Thread Tony Middleton
Sorry, I started a red herring with the previous post. After some digging it appears that at some point in the past I set up an environment variable to put the config in ~/gtk-gnutella. Before testing 1.2.0 I cleared everything out so I had a clean set up, not realising that that would cause a

[Bug 1878185] Re: gtk-gnutella does not start

2020-07-09 Thread Tony Middleton
I've not had time to test it fully but it does seem to work apart from one thing. The program expects folder ~/gtk-gnutella to exist and doesn't start if it doesn't. If I create the folder manually it works OK. I created a .deb package by running "debian/rules binary" -- You received this bug

[Bug 1878185] Re: gtk-gnutella does not start

2020-05-23 Thread Tony Middleton
I've now experimented with VMs I have of different Ubuntu flavours. gtk-gnutella starts OK in Lubuntu and Xubuntu but not in Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate and Ubuntu Budgie. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1878185] Re: gtk-gnutella does not start

2020-05-23 Thread Tony Middleton
Tried again and realised that there were messages in apport.log. Also a crash report, attached. ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: called for pid 5129, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 5620) Sat May 23 09:38:36 2020: executable: /usr/bin/gtk-gnutella

[Bug 1878185] [NEW] gtk-gnutella does not start

2020-05-12 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to Kubuntu 20.04 and installing the package from the ubuntu repository gtk-gnutella does not start. I click on it in the menu and nothing appears to happen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gtk-gnutella 1.1.15-1 ProcVersionSignature:

[Bug 1877861] [NEW] When installing grub to multiple EFI partitions they all have the same label in the EFI vars

2020-05-10 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I have been trying out the new facility to install grub to multiple efi partitions. Both of the efi entries shown in efibootmgr have the same label and these are all that is shown in the boot selection menu on my systems making it impossible to distinguish between them.

[Bug 1875166] Re: grub-efi-amd64.postinst not running grub-install when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR changed

2020-04-29 Thread Tony Middleton
This seems to have been fixed for 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875166 Title: grub-efi-amd64.postinst not running grub-install when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR changed To manage

[Bug 1875166] [NEW] grub-efi-amd64.postinst not running grub-install when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR changed

2020-04-26 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I wished to change the label of the EFI entry created by grub-install. I did this by amending the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR entry in /etc/default/grub. I then ran "dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64" expecting this to create a folder in /boot/efi/EFI and create an EFI entry under the

[Bug 1816383] Re: Unable to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on 18.04.2 LTS with HWE

2019-02-22 Thread Tony Middleton
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1816383 Title: Unable to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on 18.04.2 LTS with HWE To

[Bug 1816383] Re: Unable to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on 18.04.2 LTS with HWE

2019-02-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Same problem. Clean install of Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2. Installed virtualbox-guest-dkms-hwe and virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe OK. When I tried to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe this failed, log attached. ** Attachment added: "xxyyzz3"

[Bug 1720572] Re: grub-install -> efibootmgr: option requires an argument -- 'd'

2018-07-07 Thread Tony Middleton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1466150 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466150 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1466150 grub-install breaks when ESP is on raid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1683043] Re: Black screen after installing virtualbox-guest-x11

2018-04-11 Thread Tony Middleton
This problem now seems to have arisen in a recently updated 16.04 system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683043 Title: Black screen after installing virtualbox-guest-x11 To manage

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-04-11 Thread Tony Middleton
Just did a fresh upgrade of Ubuntu Mate from Xenial to Bionic. The guest packages were installed on the Xenial system prior to upgrade. During the upgrade the guest packages were upgraded, NOT removed. However, on the upgraded system the virtualbox-guest-utils.service was NOT started but could

[Bug 1731495] Re: After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2018-03-24 Thread Tony Middleton
Raised upstream as https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17636. ** Bug watch added: Virtualbox Trac #17636 http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17636 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731495

[Bug 1731495] Re: After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2018-03-23 Thread Tony Middleton
Sorry, not sure what you mean by an upstream bug report. Do you mean via the Oracle website or somewhere else on Launchpad? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731495 Title: After

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-21 Thread Tony Middleton
Regarding the original service not starting problem. If I do a clean 18.04 install everything works OK. (Apart from Lubuntu where I couldn't get the installer to work.) If I do a clean 17.10 install without the guest packages because of bug #1683043, upgrade to 18.04, install dpkg-dev, install

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-21 Thread Tony Middleton
Had a look at your PPA and realised that you had got hwe versions of the guest packages as well as virtualbox-hwe. So, added your PPA to 16.04 Kubuntu guest and tried to upgrade to 18.04. However do-release-upgrade disabled the entry before it upgraded. In that case I don't know how to test

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-20 Thread Tony Middleton
I thought virtualbox-hwe was a host package. My problem was when upgrading guest systems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753430 Title: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-19 Thread Tony Middleton
Slightly confused by this response and the move to "Fix released". The fix referred to fixes the compilation error. However there are two other problems - the service not starting even when the module compiled and the packages being uninstalled during the upgrade. Do I need to raise those as

[Bug 1731495] Re: After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2018-03-19 Thread Tony Middleton
Sorry, 5.2.8 doesn't fix it. Something I hadn't noticed before, both with the original version and 5.2.8. If I alternately minimise/maximise/minimise/maximise/ on the maximise it alternately fails/works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1731495] Re: After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2018-03-17 Thread Tony Middleton
I've tried with 5.2.6 from your PPA and the problem is still there. Wasn't sure where to get 5.2.8 from as I'm running 17.10. Is there an Ubuntu source or should I use the Oracle site? ** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-16 Thread Tony Middleton
Installing dpkg-dev solved the compilation problem. The DKMS modules now seem to compile on all systems. However on Lubuntu and Ubuntu Mate, even though modules now compile, the service is not started automatically even though it is shown as enabled. This matches the situation reported at the

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-16 Thread Tony Middleton
Here is the Lubuntu log ** Attachment added: "lubuntu.make.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1753430/+attachment/5081202/+files/lubuntu.make.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-16 Thread Tony Middleton
Here is the Xubuntu log ** Attachment added: "xubuntu.make.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1753430/+attachment/5081204/+files/xubuntu.make.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-16 Thread Tony Middleton
I have now done clean installs of 16.04, installed the virtualbox-guest packages then upgraded to 18.04. In all cases the 16.04 install worked. When adding the guest packages I received the messages similar to: vboxguest: Running module version sanity check. Error! Module version 5.0.40_Ubuntu

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-07 Thread Tony Middleton
I've been trying various things - not sure if they help or confuse! Firstly I should clarify one thing. For these trials Xubuntu and Lubuntu are 32 bit, the rest all 64 bit. I did not think this relevant as originally one 32bit worked, one didn't, one 64bit worked, one didn't. I have tried to

[Bug 1754091] [NEW] Lubuntu 18.04 installer crashed installing to VirtualBox VM

2018-03-07 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Installing Lubuntu 386 daily build downloaded today to a Virtualbox VM running on Kubuntu 17.10 host. Crashed partway through installation. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3 Uname:

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-05 Thread Tony Middleton
I will try clean installs but it may be a day or so. In the meantime I also have a couple of 18.04 VMs running on a Windows 10 host. In an Ubuntu Mate guest the service isn't started. In a Kubuntu guest it is started. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1753430] Re: virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-05 Thread Tony Middleton
On Ubuntu Mate purged and reinstalled. Service still not started. On Lubuntu reinstall failed - will investigate further. ** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1753430] [NEW] virtualbox-guest-utils.service not starting

2018-03-05 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I am trialing various flavours of Ubuntu in Virtualbox virtual machines - Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Mate. All version 18.04, running on Kubuntu 17.10 host. All set up identically as far as I can tell, with virtualbox-guest-dkms, virtualbox-guest-utils and

[Bug 1683043] Re: Black screen after installing virtualbox-guest-x11

2018-03-05 Thread Tony Middleton
This problem seems to have gone away on 18.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1683043 Title: Black screen after installing virtualbox-guest-x11 To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1473654] Re: checkarray --all only processes one array if scheduling class not specified

2018-02-09 Thread Tony Middleton
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #889977 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889977 ** Also affects: mdadm (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889977 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1700728] Re: Monthly checkarray not run if machine not running overnight

2018-02-09 Thread Tony Middleton
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #889978 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889978 ** Also affects: mdadm (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889978 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1740737] [NEW] ktorrent unable to create torrent for a single file

2018-01-01 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: When using File->New to create a torrent, although the prompt says "file or directory to create torrent from" only directories are shown, no files. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ktorrent 5.1.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic

[Bug 1466150] Re: grub-install breaks when ESP is on raid

2017-11-10 Thread Tony Middleton
I agree that the severity is incorrect. Whenever grub-install is run - ie when the version of grub is upgraded - I end up with an unbootable system. Yes, my trusty rescue disk sorts it out but that's not a solution. Referring to the comment above, I have two EFI entries, one for each disk.

[Bug 1731495] [NEW] After minimising full screen VM, on restoring only quarter of screen shown

2017-11-10 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: When running a VM full screen, if I minimise the VM and then restore it, the VM stays in full screen mode but only about a quarter of it is shown. In the attached screen shot you can see a Xubuntu guest part showing top left on a Kubuntu host. The problem occurs both with

[Bug 1691138] Re: Toolbar unresponsive in full screen mode

2017-07-24 Thread Tony Middleton
I have tried the PPA version and it seems to fix the problem, thanks. ** Changed in: virtualbox (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/1691138 Title:

[Bug 1700728] [NEW] Monthly checkarray not run if machine not running overnight

2017-06-27 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: mdadm schedules a run of checkarray once a month using an entry in /etc/cron.d However, if the machine is not running at the time this is scheduled it will not be run, even when the machine is reloaded. Perhaps this should be moved to /etc/cron.monthly so that anacron can

[Bug 1691138] Re: Toolbar unresponsive in full screen mode

2017-05-16 Thread Tony Middleton
Should have said - this applies to both Windows 10 and Linux guests. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691138 Title: Toolbar unresponsive in full screen mode To manage notifications

[Bug 1691138] [NEW] Toolbar unresponsive in full screen mode

2017-05-16 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to zesty I cannot use the toolbar in fullscreen mode. When I hover the mouse at the bottom of the screen the toolbar appears as expected but none of the menu items respond to clicking. When I move the mouse away the toolbar disappears as expected. When I

[Bug 1623572] Re: Continuous messages in journal related to USB device.

2016-09-16 Thread Tony Middleton
I've only noticed this recently but I don't look in the journal often so can't say how long the issue has been there. I tried the 4.8 kernel. The messages were still there but lower frequency 2 or 3 per minute. ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1623572] [NEW] Continuous messages in journal related to USB device.

2016-09-14 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I have a USB multi-card reader. When it is plugged in I get continuous messages in the journal eg Sep 14 16:55:16 rose kernel: usb 10-1.1: reset high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd Sep 14 16:55:16 rose kernel: usb 10-1.1: reset high-speed USB device number 6

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2016-06-14 Thread Tony Middleton
** Changed in: ubiquity (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/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2016-05-17 Thread Tony Middleton
Just tried with Ubuntu 16.04 and problem seems to have gone away. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about

[Bug 1503611] Re: systemd: spamassassin not starting after upgrading to 15.04

2016-02-25 Thread Tony Middleton
I think there might be two separate things here. I've just had the same problem with a Debian system with spamassassin not loading at boot time. My "systemctl status" was similar to the above ie "disabled". "systemctl enable" didn't start the service but changed the status to enabled and gave

[Bug 1503611] Re: systemd: spamassassin not starting after upgrading to 15.04

2016-02-25 Thread Tony Middleton
I think there might be two separate things here. I've just had the same problem with a Debian system with spamassassin not loading at boot time. My "systemctl status" was similar to the above ie "disabled". "systemctl enable" didn't start the service but changed the status to enabled and gave

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-11-17 Thread Tony Middleton
I recently removed an LVM snapshot that had been in place for some time. When I next rebooted the delay problem had gone away. It seems this is a known problem. There are a number of bugs where root is on LVM and the delay causes boot to fail. I don't have root on LVM so boot did not fail but

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-29 Thread Tony Middleton
I will update BIOS as requested but I won't be able to do that for a couple of days. In the meantime I must apologise as I haven't mentioned that there is another delay of about 40s as shown here [ 122.281863] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 [ 122.287699] md: raid10 personality

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-29 Thread Tony Middleton
Managed to try updating after all. I tried both the F3 and F4 BIOS and both still had both of the delays mentioned above. Here is the output requested on the F3 sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date F3 02/05/2013 I'm currently on F3 but both F3 & F4 cause a new

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-26 Thread Tony Middleton
Maybe same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1308264 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500046 Title: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily To manage

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-26 Thread Tony Middleton
Maybe same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1308264 however the tpm_tis.force=1 fix mentioned has no effect. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500046 Title:

[Bug 1500046] Re: Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-26 Thread Tony Middleton
CurrentDmesg.txt shows where the problem occurs. [3.031482] random: nonblocking pool is initialized [3.055042] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc [ 121.818788] md: linear personality registered for level -1 [ 121.821422] md: multipath personality registered for level -4 [

[Bug 1500046] [NEW] Boot pauses for 2 minutes after upgrade to wily

2015-09-26 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Since upgrade to wily the boot process pauses for two minutes before continuing. systemd-analyse shows Startup finished in 16.356s (firmware) + 2.898s (loader) + 2min 46.836s (kernel) + 16.298s (userspace) = 3min 22.389s ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10

[Bug 1473654] [NEW] checkarray --all only processes one array if scheduling class not specified

2015-07-11 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: If --all given but no scheduling class specified only one array is checked. This appears to be because at lines 194-200 the variable ionice is checked. If no class is given then this is blank and the script exits. Either a default should be used or validation included to

[Bug 1473654] Re: checkarray --all only processes one array if scheduling class not specified

2015-07-11 Thread Tony Middleton
Reviewing the documentation, not specifying the scheduling class seems valid. In that case I thing the correction is to change 'break' on line 199 to 'continue' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 964052] Re: mdadm: created as /dev/md0, becomes /dev/md127 after reboot.

2015-07-11 Thread Tony Middleton
I have seen this behaviour a number of times on Ubuntu and Debian. After you create the array you need to update mdadm.conf. However, this is not enough as you also need to update the version in initrd.img. This might happen automatically if you subsequently do some updates. I find the easiest

[Bug 1449731] Re: Kate cannot edit files over ftp

2015-06-23 Thread Tony Middleton
I've now done a clean install of Kubuntu 15.04 and Kate now works fine over ftp without any special action. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449731 Title: Kate cannot edit files over

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-23 Thread Tony Middleton
** Changed in: ubiquity (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/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
And here's the screen with the warning message. I pressed continue which the text implies to me will continue with UEFI install. ** Attachment added: GUEFI3.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4418696/+files/GUEFI3.png -- You received this bug

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Mathieu I did get the popup about a non-UEFI system and thought I had chosen the correct option for UEFI. Will include when I create screen shots for Phillip. I believe I created an ESP. Screen shots to follow. I've tried Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Gnome with the same result. Debian 8 seemed to work

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Philip I agree the partman log seems to show no EFI partition yet the parted list shows one their and it is mounted. I've now done an Ubuntu build with screenshots for you. Here is the partitioning screen. ** Attachment added: GUEFI1.png

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
When the install completed grub-pc was installed, not grub-efi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Here's the screen just before committing the changes. ** Attachment added: GUEFI2.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4418695/+files/GUEFI2.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Evidence that installer run in EFI root@kubuntu:~# ls /sys/firmware/ acpi efi memmap Evidence that grub-pc installed root@kubuntu:~# ls

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Parted listing ** Attachment added: parted.out https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4418341/+files/parted.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Evidence that installer run in EFI root@kubuntu:~# ls /sys/firmware/ acpi efi memmap Evidence that grub-pc installed root@kubuntu:~# cd /target/var/lib/dpkg/info/ root@kubuntu:/target/var/lib/dpkg/info# ls -l grub* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root713 Apr 22 13:06 grub2-common.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Yesterday I ran 6 installs in VirtualBox. If I used automatic partitioning I got grub-efi. If I used manual partitioning I got grub- pc. I was rather surprised when I realised my real machine had booted with grub-pc on a GPT disk without a bios_grub partition but it did. The grub installer

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
partman log ** Attachment added: /var/log/partman https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4418340/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
I only created one disk. Could the DVD cause a problem? I'm sure I picked Continue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-22 Thread Tony Middleton
Just spotted a difference between auto and manual partition installs. The log for a manual install includes the line Jun 21 17:53:54 kubuntu grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic The log for an automatic install says amd64/efi This value drives which grub is installed and comes from

[Bug 1466150] Re: Feature request: For EFI system grub-install should be able to install to multiple disks

2015-06-21 Thread Tony Middleton
Thank you for the reply. I had read a number of articles on this which put me off trying that option and implied rather clumsy solutions which was why I raised the request. However, I have now tried it and barring one problem it works and I can boot off either disk. The problem occurred when I

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-21 Thread Tony Middleton
The original install where the problem was experienced was done with only one disk in place, with root in sda4 and EFI in sda1, swap sda2. These were set up with manual partitioning. No RAID. After I had removed grub-pc and installed grub-efi I added the extra disk and raided sda3/sdb3 and moved

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-20 Thread Tony Middleton
** Changed in: ubiquity (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/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
parted output attached. The original install had root in sda4. After install moved to RAID1 on sda3 + 2nd disc. Regards Tony ** Attachment added: parted.out https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4416510/+files/parted.out -- You received this bug

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
Just tried this in a clean VirtualBox VM. If I use automatic partitioning everything seems to work as it should. If I manual partition I get the same fault as reported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1466047] [NEW] Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Installing Kubuntu 15.04 to a self built machine with Gigabyte GA- F2A85X-UP4 motherboard with new 4TB disk. Got machine to boot DVD in UEFI mode and when into Try Ubuntu mode so that I could check it was running in UEFI. Then hit Install Kubuntu. Used manual partitioning,

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
** Attachment added: partman https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4416266/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title:

[Bug 1466047] Re: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
Sorry, should have made clear I am using AMD64 version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1466150] [NEW] Feature request: For EFI system grub-install should be able to install to multiple disks

2015-06-17 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: I run a server with mirrored (RAID1) disks using grub-efi. Root and /boot and /boot/grub are on mirrored partitions. I have EFI partitions on both disks but it is not possible to RAID1 these as they are FAT32. On an EFI system grub-install will only install to one of the

[Bug 1449731] [NEW] Kate cannot edit files over ftp

2015-04-28 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Since upgrading to 15.04 I cannot edit files accessed over ftp. The file appears to open but I end up with a blank file. This worked fine on earlier releases. There are a number of reports of this on the Internet. As documented elsewhere I can get round the problem by

[Bug 856210] Re: Horizontal Scrollbar in kde dont work (default theme)

2011-11-15 Thread Tony Middleton
Just installed new version. Seems to solve problem in both Calc and Base. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/856210 Title: Horizontal Scrollbar in kde dont work (default theme) To

[Bug 664587] [NEW] Cannot install grub-pc on existing system

2010-10-21 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub2 Attempting to upgrade to Grub2 on Maverick system following these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Upgrading%20to%20GRUB%202 When I try to install grub-pc I receive the following: grub-pc: Conflicts: grub ( 0.97-54) but

[Bug 291464] Re: btlaunchmanycurses crashes NotImplementedError: /dev/urandom (or equivalent) not found

2008-10-31 Thread Tony Middleton
Happened again but the traceback is a little different EXCEPTION: Traceback (most recent call last): File /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/BitTornado/RawServer.py, line 144, in listen_forever File /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/BitTornado/SocketHandler.py, line 319, in handle_events

[Bug 291464] [NEW] btlaunchmanycurses crashes NotImplementedError: /dev/urandom (or equivalent) not found

2008-10-31 Thread Tony Middleton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bittornado When running btlaunchmanycurses it runs for some time but then crashes. EXCEPTION: Traceback (most recent call last): File /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/BitTornado/RawServer.py, line 144, in listen_forever File

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