[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0

2013-10-04 Thread Kenneth Parker
t I made earlier: Even if a SWAP partition is NOT made out of /dev/zram0, part of RAM is being "reserved for nothing". Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-26 Thread Kenneth Parker
about > 0.1% of the size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful. It seems that the issue might be in the initial "guess" at the size of the Ram Disk, right? Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, an EXTREMELY overworked Linux 12.0.4 LTS Server Admin,

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-26 Thread Kenneth Parker
Sorry, but what is the line length, to avoid word wrap? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215513 Title: System locks up, requires hard reset To manage notifications about this bug go t

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-26 Thread Kenneth Parker
I love cats and, especially Kittens, but (Kitten_Geek), could you PLEASE give an "executive summary" of your last three posts, in Command Line System Admin language (as opposed to Kernel Hacker language)? Thanks most Kindly! Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- You received this bug no

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-22 Thread Kenneth Parker
.log, with only the lines, relevent to this issue (and 1215513). Reminder that I'm running Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS Server, with Kernel vmlinuz-3.2.0-53-generic-pae. Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA ** Attachment added: "Short extract from /var/log/kern

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-22 Thread Kenneth Parker
on boot. (And then, if I WANT the desktop, I type "start lightdm" on root). Does that show the "type" of computer nerd I am? (Coupled by the fact that, when I was happily "bit twiddling", and sharing the "fruits", it was Red Hat 6). :-) Thanks for this idea

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-22 Thread Kenneth Parker
of only "ugly error messages". I repeat: Please re-open #1217189, for older kernels, which are getting ZRAM kernel code, even if not trying to define the RamDisks. Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- I'm a Troubleshooter. I Look for Trouble and Shoot it.

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-21 Thread Kenneth Parker
ssue gets the "fantastic customer support" I used to get, when I could phone the developers and "brainstorm" solutions. I met Linus Torvalds at a San Francisco Linux conference once, but don't remember the year. He was very gracious back then. I hope you all still mai

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-18 Thread Kenneth Parker
a Linux admin, I'm trained to "roll with the punches" and to consider the humor of life on Planet Earth (and, forgive me for adding) the political system in the USA!!! :-) Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- I'm a Troubleshooter. I look for Troub

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-18 Thread Kenneth Parker
st. As a Linux admin, I'm trained to "roll with the punches" and to consider the humor of life on Planet Earth (and, forgive me for adding) the political system in the USA!!! :-) And this post will now be "cross posted" to Bug #1217189 with a STRONG suggestion that it NOT B

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
ssible calculation error. (As mentioned in an earlier post by me, this file exists, if you "apt-get install zram-config" as root (or with sudo). To repeat my question, was that configuration file looked at, when you were doing the kernel patch?) Thank you and best regards, Kenneth P

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
ered the System Lockup. Could I go to the scripts in the ramdisk portion of the bootup and find the one that sets up zram0 and edit it? Perhaps put a lower number in for size of ramdisk, so it doesn't hit Logical Block 314223? Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Troubleshooter -- I

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
3 is because of attempts to run a desktop. Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217189 Title: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (p

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
/init/zram- config.conf part of that fix? If so, could the text of that file be posted here (or emailed to me at sea7k...@gmail.com if "public disclosure" is a problem)? :-) Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
n't try to allocate 314224 sectors. Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- I'm a Troubleshooter. I look for Trouble, and Shoot it! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
Is it as simple as to find the script under the ramdisk part of bootup that sets up zram0, and decreasing the number of sectors? Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 1217189] Re: Buffer I/O error on device zram0 (possibly causing complete machine lockup)

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
able" 12.0.4 LTS version. Thank you and best regards, Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA -- I'm a Troubleshooter. I look for Trouble and Shoot it! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 1215513] Re: System locks up, requires hard reset

2013-09-17 Thread Kenneth Parker
ogical block 314223") and then gracefully admitted defeat. "fdisk /dev/zram0" stated that /dev/zram0 doesn't exist. Work-around successful. But it looks like zram-config isn't a default package, at least on Ubuntu 12.0.4 Server. Should it be? Thank you and best regards,

[Bug 992523] Re: [VIA8237 - VIA 8237, playback] No sound at all

2012-09-14 Thread Kenneth Parker
and 12.04, hoping to "meet in the middle". Example: Comparing "dpkg -l" differences between versions. Data will be available to you if needed). I'm carefully examining the actions in this post, and may find my own answer. My question is more general: What's diffe

[Bug 580881] Re: package tex-common 2.06 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-06-28 Thread Kenneth Parker
Hi, I'm not using Tex right now (unless under the covers). So I'll be happy to just get it with everybody else. Thank you! -- package tex-common 2.06 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580881 You