[Bug 1542519] Re: Double menu bar

2019-08-25 Thread Charles Burns
Running 16.04 in 2 different machines, one of which is affected by the bug and the other not. I prefer to stay with Xenial since I admin a few family systems and the workload reduces over time with Xenial now in caretaker mode. Each was installed at different times, the unaffected one having

[Bug 1779827] Re: failure to boot with linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic

2018-07-08 Thread Charles Burns
Participating in bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1779476 for the last couple of days. Clevo barebook W540 pentium 3805U 1.90G onboard graphics BroadwellGT1 single ssd, intel Wless 3160, only hardware hanging off it is a usb wireless mouse. Had indefinite hang begin with

[Bug 1779827] Re: failure to boot with linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic

2018-07-07 Thread Charles Burns
Booting into the *-26 kernel gave a very quick handover to Gnome, but with some kind of badly painted cursor and progress images apparently bleeding through from the plymouth screens. However the deal breaker is that networking isn't enabled at all. Report then is that *-26 kernel is not a

[Bug 1779476] Re: Boot process hangs indefinitely. Never finishes.

2018-07-07 Thread Charles Burns
Further to the above on wireless start, booting into *.23 kernel, Bionic loses all the retarding symptoms for Gnome start and for wireless network start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1779476] Re: Boot process hangs indefinitely. Never finishes.

2018-07-07 Thread Charles Burns
Installing plymouth 0.9.3-3 over the distro 0.9.3-1 had no effect on this system - amd64 - either. Steps taken with dpkg for a hash-checked .deb were: Preparing to unpack .../plymouth_0.9.3-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking plymouth (0.9.3-3) over (0.9.3-1ubuntu7) ... Setting up plymouth (0.9.3-3) ...

[Bug 1779476] Re: Ubuntu 18.04: gdm3 does not switch to graphics after update

2018-07-05 Thread Charles Burns
I can report a very similar experience after the update to kernel *-24. The difference with my machine - a barebook Clevo packaged by Pioneer Computers Australia - is that no keyboarding, usb mouse, or touchpad use reproducably reduces the hang time by plymouth to less than an average 90seconds.

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-08-18 Thread Charles Burns
This problem appears to be resolved with a recent update. I've restarted my server and Samba came right up. -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team,

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-08-18 Thread Charles Burns
This problem appears to be resolved with a recent update. I've restarted my server and Samba came right up. -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 597978] [NEW] kubuntu netbook icons order keeps changing

2010-06-24 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kubuntu-netbook Kubuntu netbook remix's icon order (the icons in any menu -- games, utilities, etc.) keeps changing and seems to be random every time the system boots. ** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New --

[Bug 564871] Re: Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives

2010-04-29 Thread Charles Burns
The problem seems to have been corrected with the 10.04 release or earlier. I consider the matter closed, with regards to those who squashed the bug. -- Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564871 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-16 Thread Charles Burns
The following is the only log entry made after last server reboot. This is after the most recent 10.04 updates. I've also updated the clients and rebooted them, and they still cannot connect (until Samba is restarted). Only the last two entries are of the right time:

[Bug 564871] [NEW] Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives

2010-04-16 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: After rebooting from a recent update (update posted in-between 10 April 2010 and 16 April 2010) my server can no longer boot. It goes to a busybox recovery console, which indicates that absolutely no sd* devices in /dev. The boot drive is on an LSI SAS 1068 controller, but

[Bug 564871] Re: Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives

2010-04-16 Thread Charles Burns
A little more info: Using Ubuntu Server 10.04 AMD64. Kernel 2.6.32-19-preempt The UUID in my fstab is accurate, verified in recovery mode with 'blkid'. Recovery mode accesses the drive fine. I tried reinstalling grub. No change. -- Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives

[Bug 564871] Re: Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives

2010-04-16 Thread Charles Burns
This appears to be a problem with linux-image-preempt, because upon telling Grub2 to boot the new vanilla server kernel, the server was able to boot. -- Failed boot: After update, cannot detect any hard drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564871 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-16 Thread Charles Burns
The following is the only log entry made after last server reboot. This is after the most recent 10.04 updates. I've also updated the clients and rebooted them, and they still cannot connect (until Samba is restarted). Only the last two entries are of the right time:

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-12 Thread Charles Burns
The network is defined in /etc/network/interfaces as follows: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp The motherboard has two NICs, but

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-12 Thread Charles Burns
The network is defined in /etc/network/interfaces as follows: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp The motherboard has two NICs, but

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-03 Thread Charles Burns
Attached is smb.conf ** Attachment added: smb.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43012220/smb.conf -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team,

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-03 Thread Charles Burns
Attached is the smb.conf from the previous configuration. The differences should be minor and unrelated to the issue, but I've attached it in case I am wrong. This configuration worked on the previous setup with Ubuntu 9.10. When the server was restarted, Windows systems could resume share

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-03 Thread Charles Burns
Requested information: # dpkg-query -W -f='${Package} ${Version} ${Source} ${Status}\n' | grep samba libpam-smbpass 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu1 samba install ok installed libsmbclient 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu1 samba install ok installed libwbclient0 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu1 samba install ok installed samba

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-03 Thread Charles Burns
Attached is smb.conf ** Attachment added: smb.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43012220/smb.conf -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-03 Thread Charles Burns
Attached is the smb.conf from the previous configuration. The differences should be minor and unrelated to the issue, but I've attached it in case I am wrong. This configuration worked on the previous setup with Ubuntu 9.10. When the server was restarted, Windows systems could resume share

[Bug 554094] [NEW] Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-02 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Windows clients cannot connect to the server after the server is restarted. The samba process is running according to status smbd and is working fine according to smbstatus. This has been the case since updating the server from 9.10 to 10.04

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-02 Thread Charles Burns
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42898298/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: SambaInstalledVersions.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42898299/SambaInstalledVersions.txt -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

[Bug 554094] [NEW] Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-02 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Windows clients cannot connect to the server after the server is restarted. The samba process is running according to status smbd and is working fine according to smbstatus. This has been the case since updating the server from 9.10 to 10.04

[Bug 554094] Re: Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

2010-04-02 Thread Charles Burns
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42898298/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: SambaInstalledVersions.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42898299/SambaInstalledVersions.txt -- Windows clients cannot connect unless Samba manually restarted

[Bug 544693] [NEW] Apt doesn't handle when /tmp is mounted noexec

2010-03-22 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Mounting /tmp noexec is a somewhat common practice for security reasons. Many script kiddies will paste code they found into /tmp somehow, compile it, and run it. Apt doesn't seem to handle this at all, either through checks to see if /tmp is mounted exec, or through

[Bug 329106] Re: upgrading to Jaunty renamed eth0 to eth1

2009-03-23 Thread Charles Burns
The same happens on my system with Alpha 6. Two motherboard-integrated NICs (Pro/1000's) went from eth0, eth1 to eth2, eth3. This broke all network-related settings which depend on these not changing. May be somehow related to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153727 -- upgrading to Jaunty

[Bug 329106] Re: upgrading to Jaunty renamed eth0 to eth1

2009-03-23 Thread Charles Burns
Removing the duplicate entries from 70-persistent-net.rules did not solve the problem on my system. The entries were appended to the file once again (after the duplicates, which were commented out). If this is the case for anyone else, try also editing 75-persistent-net-generator.rules.dpkg-old

[Bug 215495] [NEW] Upgrade failure due to blackjack.xml

2008-04-10 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: When upgrading from 7.10 (10 April 2008 update) to 8.04 beta, the upgrade failed, referring to what looks like a corrupt blackjack.xml. The upgrade command was: sudo do-release-upgrade --devel-release The following is the last part of the console log from the upgrade

[Bug 182982] Shorewall lock file set to non-existant location

2008-01-14 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: shorewall Shorewall 3 is configured to store its lock file in a directory which does not exist. File: shorewall.conf Line: SUBSYSLOCK=/var/lock/subsys/shorewall Solution 1: Change the file to point to a directory that exists, like /var/lock Solution 2:

[Bug 182988] udev renames wireless devices when using wlanconfig/ignores interface names given to wlanconfig

2008-01-14 Thread Charles Burns
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: shorewall udev misbehaves in Ubuntu when working with wireless LAN cards, incrementing the device number without reason. Using driver: madwifi Running the following commands: # ifconfig ath0 down # wlanconfig ath0 destroy # wlanconfig ath0 create