[Bug 1734405] Re: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-24 Thread Arlie Stephens
This should probably be dup'd to bug 1731796. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734405 Title: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new

[Bug 1731796] Re: NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [gdbus:2878]

2017-11-24 Thread Arlie Stephens
Happened again. Auto-bug reporting didn't recognize this report as similar, so created bug 1734405 Note - compiz was in Z state (per top), consuming 100% of a cpu (per top) throughout the incident. I was able to login via ssh and look at things. I don't believe that a stuck compiz process could

[Bug 1734405] [NEW] package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-24 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: Same scenario as Bug #1731796; probably same root cause. Observed the lockup a bit more closely this time. It began with compiz in Z state (according to top), consuming 100% of a cpu. In this situation, it was possible to ssh to the system. I was running software updater,

[Bug 1731796] Re: package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-12 Thread Arlie Stephens
The bug detection and reporting system wants to report this bug twice ;-) It's the same incident, but perhaps the actual error managed to happen twice somehow. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1731798] [NEW] package unattended-upgrades 0.90ubuntu0.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-12 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: My ubuntu system locks up regularly. Bugs I've reported about this get closed for inattention, after being ignored, and queries about how to do basic debugging get the same treatment, so I just power cycle whenever it happens again. This time the lock up happened while the

[Bug 1731796] [NEW] package samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-12 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: This is a bug report about errors during the upgrade process. I don't know whether or not my samba installation was working immediately before the upgrade; the windows box that was intended to be a client died and has not been replaced. Don't believe my answers to the forced

[Bug 1731794] [NEW] package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2017-11-12 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: My ubuntu system locks up regularly. Bugs I've reported about this get closed for inattention, after being ignored, and queries about how to do basic debugging get the same treatment, so I just power cycle whenever it happens again. This time the lock up happened while the

[Bug 1688035] [NEW] package sane-utils 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127

2017-05-03 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: I don't believe that sane-utils is anything other than an innocent victim of bug 1680502 - a general system hang involving systemd sleeping uninterruptably while zombies pile up behind it, and cpu usage skyrockets. This morning I got a 1680502 hang during an attempt to

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-05-03 Thread Arlie Stephens
Today's "hang" involved a zombie compiz consuming 100% of a cpu, along with an emacs instance consuming another 100%. Load average around 11, and climbing. Only 22 zombies currently, but it was 4 when I managed to get on with ssh. I was in the process of installing software updates, using the GUI

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-19 Thread Arlie Stephens
Hmm - 73 zombies?! And systemd is in an uninterruptible sleep. It moreover has not accumulated any time since I first ran top, so I'd say it's still in the *same* uninterruptible sleep... for at least 14 minutes. Also, the number of zombies has been increasing, as of right now, it's 187. I

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-19 Thread Arlie Stephens
Note that the compiz process appears to be zombie, and "kill -9" naturally fails to make it go away. I suppose it might be racking up all this time attempting to dump core. I wish I knew whether compiz has been berserk in all the cases where I power cycled the system to regain control. If it has,

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-19 Thread Arlie Stephens
My apologies for going dark on you. I intend to try the upstream kernel, but I've been haviing trouble finding time. With luck, I'll get it installed this coming weekend. Meanwhile, I've since had 2 or 3 standard recurrences, and one this morning involving significantly diferent behaviour. (Of

[Bug 1680502] WifiSyslog.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "WifiSyslog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860539/+files/WifiSyslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860533/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] PulseList.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "PulseList.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860537/+files/PulseList.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
This time, apport-collect appears to have worked. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title: Hang after upgrade to 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1680502] UdevDb.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860538/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title:

[Bug 1680502] ProcModules.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860536/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] ProcEnviron.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860534/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] ProcInterrupts.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
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[Bug 1680502] CRDA.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "CRDA.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860527/+files/CRDA.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title: Hang

[Bug 1680502] Lspci.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860531/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title:

[Bug 1680502] CurrentDmesg.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
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[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected xenial ** Description changed: Last week I upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS and then immediately to 16.04 LTS. 12.04 was not entirely stable; something was crashing regularly, and the Ubuntu tools make it hard for a user to

[Bug 1680502] Lsusb.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lsusb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860532/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title:

[Bug 1680502] IwConfig.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "IwConfig.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860529/+files/IwConfig.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502

[Bug 1680502] JournalErrors.txt

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502/+attachment/4860530/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
Assigning this to "linux" package. I have no evidence as to whether this is a kernel issue, or a case of user space processes with crazy priorities and tight loops etc. However in my experience (a) it takes a kernel person to distinguish the two (b) kernel people are more responsive than whoever

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
No pop-ups after today's hang, so that symptom is probably coincidental. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680502 Title: Hang after upgrade to 16.04 To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
It's done it again today. What do I need to gather to give you something useful? And is there any way to get some action? Perhaps assign it to kernel, even though like as not it's an application-level hangup? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-06 Thread Arlie Stephens
I tried to run apport-collect specifying this bug, but I think something may not have worked. $ apport-collect 1680502 The authorization page: (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=Km4k3CpdglJ0WgdZk2DF_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION) should be opening in your browser. Use your

[Bug 1680502] Re: Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-06 Thread Arlie Stephens
After I power cycled the system, I got 3 of the "system problem detected" pop-ups, and told it I wanted them reported. I wasn't given an opportunity to see what was reported, or add to it, so was unable to reference this bug number. IF I understand what's behind the "user friendly" wrapping, this

[Bug 1680502] [NEW] Hang after upgrade to 16.04

2017-04-06 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: Last week I upgraded from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS and then immediately to 16.04 LTS. 12.04 was not entirely stable; something was crashing regularly, and the Ubuntu tools make it hard for a user to determine what. The upgrade went moderately well; I now get error messages

[Bug 1653784] [NEW] do-release-upgrade failure on Xencenter

2017-01-03 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: I tried to use do-release-upgrade to go from 14.04 to 16.04; instead the upgrade crashed, I was left with a somewhat functional box that thought it was on 16.04, yet still suggested I upgrade to 16.04. Possibly relevant factors - The system being upgraded was a virtual

[Bug 1122373] Re: 107042 might have come back in new form (unity + nvidia - unusable system)

2013-02-12 Thread Arlie Stephens
What I eventually did to recover was something like: dpkg -l | grep nvidia followed by sudo apt-get remove of everything found above. I'm not sure now whether this was the headers dependency issue recurring, or some other nvidia problem. There were some error messages at one point that

[Bug 1070427] Re: Ubiquity removes kernel headers, fails to build nonfree drivers

2013-02-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
I think I may have the same thing, but not on initial install of the system. My system worked, and then the unity GUI update installer decided I needed a new kernel. (apt-get upgrade appeared to think the kernel was pinned.) Now I have a system I don't know how to fix, presently booted from a DVD,

[Bug 1122373] [NEW] 107042 might have come back in new form (unity + nvidia - unusable system)

2013-02-11 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: This morning when I rebooted my 12.10 system it was essentially unusable. I suspect it was broken by installing updates, using the GUI tool that's part of unity. I believe I have nvidia. I'm pretty sure the update tool has been giving me new kernels regularly; I'm guessing

[Bug 1110676] [NEW] Installation: download updates while installing seems to have done nothing

2013-01-30 Thread Arlie Stephens
Public bug reported: I was installing Ubuntu 12.10. This was a fresh install into a newly made partition. The system was on the corporate LAN, which has functional DHCP, DNS and internet connectivity. I selected download updates while installing. The system installed normally - but the moment I