[Bug 289592] Re: Unknown media types in /usr/share/mime/packages/kde.xml

2009-09-03 Thread David Favor
Problem still exists in Karmic Alpha 5 released today. -- Unknown media types in /usr/share/mime/packages/kde.xml https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289592 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 193325] Re: "unknown media type" during update

2009-09-03 Thread David Favor
Problem still exists in Karmic Alpha 5 released today. -- "unknown media type" during update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 422825] Re: Upgrading of apturl to 0.4.0ubuntu3 fails

2009-09-02 Thread David Favor
Redid commands in #8 again and it worked this time. Thanks! -- Upgrading of apturl to 0.4.0ubuntu3 fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422825 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 422825] Re: Upgrading of apturl to 0.4.0ubuntu3 fails

2009-09-02 Thread David Favor
Did the steps in #8 and I the problem remains: Calculating upgrade... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: apturl-common The following packages will be upgraded: apturl 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/26.9kB of archives. After this op

[Bug 422882] Re: package apturl 0.3.6ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/apturl usr/share/pyshared/AptUrl/AptUrl.py usr/share/pyshared/AptUrl/Version.py] failed to install/upgrade: error creating directory `./

2009-09-01 Thread David Favor
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31186673/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31186674/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31186675/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 422882] [NEW] package apturl 0.3.6ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/apturl usr/share/pyshared/AptUrl/AptUrl.py usr/share/pyshared/AptUrl/Version.py] failed to install/upgrade: error creating directory `

2009-09-01 Thread David Favor
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apturl apt-get dist-upgrade fails to install apturl. It appears there is an extraneous leading '.' in the path mentioned below... Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: apturl 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove an

[Bug 178442] Re: Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Hum... Looks like HAL is now deprecated in Karmic. How confusing to leave a deprecated service running when it does nothing. Looks like some PolicyKit magic is required. If someone can point me to appropriate info I'll give it a shot. -- Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets https://bu

[Bug 421150] Re: 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Someone point me to a resource for debugging/tracing DeviceKit so I can convert my HAL Policy files to DeviceKit. Thanks. -- 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421150 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 421150] Re: 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Hum... Looks like Ubuntu is deprecating HAL. Reading http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha4 there's the statement... hal deprecation Karmic Alpha 4's underlying technology for power management, laptop Hotkeys, and handling storage devices and cameras maps was moved from "hal" (which is goin

[Bug 421150] Re: 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Doing a 'strace -o /tmp/trace -f hald --verbose=yes --daemon=no > hald.log 2>&1' then a grep afterward show no access to /etc is made by HAL. r...@home1:~/bin# grep etc hald.log r...@home1:~/bin# grep policy hald.log 14:13:48.538 [I] mmap_cache.c:87: policy: offset=000f178c, size=33448 r...@home

[Bug 178442] Re: Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Related to commend #12. Both speaker-test -Dplug:front and aplay -Dplug:front $(locate Noise.wav) work with or without comment #33 packages. Changing /etc/pulse/default.pa per comment #7 fixes output at least. ###fix### #7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/178442 load-mod

[Bug 178442] Re: Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
HAL Policies no longer seem to work - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/421150 If someone can tell me how to trace/debug pulseaudio startup and HAL policy parsing, I'll try to figure out a HAL Policy for this card as it's the only card out of a dozen I've tried on Ubuntu that works at all. A

[Bug 178442] Re: Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Answer to comment #33 is no change for this card with these packages installed. -- Pulseaudio fails to initialize ICE1712 chipsets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 421150] Re: 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
da...@home1:~$ lsb_release -a && uname -r No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 Codename: karmic 2.6.31-8-generic -- 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 421150] [NEW] 9.04 -> 9.10 hal fails to parse /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Public bug reported: After upgrading from 9.04 -> 9.10 /etc/hal/fdi/policy/* files are no longer parsed. I've changed /etc/default/hal to include DAEMON_OPTS="--verbose=yes --use-syslog" and I see no syslog output at all in /var/log/syslog or any other log file. Maybe this is a bug too. If a hal

[Bug 417724] Re: create BIOS Boot Partition on GPT

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
Currently this bug is set to be fixed in Alpha 6. Click https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/419911 for an example of one set of commands to structure a GPT disk for Grub 2. Maybe this will assist this bug being fixed in Alpha 5 instead of Alpha 6. -- create BIOS Boot Partiti

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-29 Thread David Favor
The following script can be used from a LiveCD to initially structure a GPT disk properly. There still seems to be some problem where update-grub is never run when a new kernel is installed, even when correct GPT structure is in place. Be sure to run update-grub after any kernel update for grub.c

[Bug 150872] Re: Installer should not list removable media in /etc/fstab

2009-08-28 Thread David Favor
This bug is now showing up in Karmic-Alpha5+. I've installed the 2009-08-27 daily snapshot + updates (including 2.6.31-8-generic) and this problem persists. Per the above, simply removing outdated lines from /etc/fstab fixes this problem. And this will be an amazingly frustrating experience for

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-28 Thread David Favor
Partial fix to create a bootable system is to create a GPT friendly partition map. The explanation for this is long and circuitous. Google parted + GPT + howto for details. Here's one parted map which allows GPT disks (> 2Tb) to be used smoothly, meaning grub without blocklists. http://bugs.debia

[Bug 417724] Re: create BIOS Boot Partition on GPT

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
All well and good. Please update this bug with a set of commands to create a BIOS Boot Partition so this bug can be circumvented until the fix is done. Thanks. -- create BIOS Boot Partition on GPT https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417724 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
It appears this problem is queued to be fixed in Alpha 6. Guess I try Fedora. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/417724 covers what appears to be the fix. -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.lau

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
This bug does not appear in 9.04 as I can install it just fine and appears to specifically relate to grub 2 + large drives. I've recreated this bug manually installing on small partitions, on a single partition on one drive with swap on another and even on a pristine drive cleaned by way of... dd

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
I've begun to consider this may be a problem with the installer recognising disks correctly. I'm installing on a 2TB WD20EADS-00R disk. Attached is the fdisk -l which appears to be setting this disk up as a GPT (EFI/Apple bootable) disk. Maybe because I have a Mac sitting next to the machine I'm

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
After many experiments here's the cleanest way to recover from this to a bootable system. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -o rw mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev chroot /mnt apt-get update apt-install grub-pc Just follow instructions and reboot. -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStep

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
** Attachment added: "Syslog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30906844/syslog.gz -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
Looks like install.py is dying. Attached is the installer debug log. ** Attachment added: "Install Debug File" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30906730/debug.gz -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
I'll leave this machine in this state for a bit. If someone likes me to gather more data or try to run any commands manually to recover, post the exact commands here. -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
** Attachment added: "Installer" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30906711/version -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 411221] Re: ubiquity crashed with IOError in __process()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 Dup of 419911 which relates to Karmic-Alpha5-0827 daily snapshot. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 419911 update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_b

[Bug 411221] Re: ubiquity crashed with IOError in __process()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 Dup of 419911. -- ubiquity crashed with IOError in __process() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411221 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 414622] Re: ubiquity crashed with AttributeError in step_name()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 290635 ubiquity crashed with AttributeError in step_name() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 419911 update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashe

[Bug 418741] Re: ubiquity crashes at grub2 install

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 Dup of 419911 which relates to Karmic-Alpha5-0827 daily snapshot. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 419911 update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_b

[Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 419911 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 419911 update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() -- 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install https:/

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
I tried this... which failed... mount /dev/sda1 /mnt -o rw mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev -o rw mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc -o rw chroot /mnt apt-get install linux-image-2.6.31-7-generic --reinstall This reinstall worked with no errors and machine is still bricked - black screen on boot. -- update

[Bug 419911] Re: update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
** Visibility changed to: Public -- update-grub never runs because ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

Re: [Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-27 Thread David Favor
Colin Watson wrote: > update-grub is just a thin wrapper around grub-mkconfig, as is > documented in 'man update-grub'; you can use grub-mkconfig to write the > configuration file to some different place. > > GRUB 1 was never really declared stable, and GRUB 2 is not yet entirely > ready for a 2.0

Re: [Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-26 Thread David Favor
Colin Watson wrote: > If you don't have a /var/log/installer/syslog to attach, then please > describe *in as much detail as you can* what state your machine was in > before you started the installation, and exactly which options you > selected during installation. Your goal here is to give us enoug

Re: [Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-26 Thread David Favor
Colin Watson wrote: > update-grub is just a thin wrapper around grub-mkconfig, as is > documented in 'man update-grub'; you can use grub-mkconfig to write the > configuration file to some different place. > > GRUB 1 was never really declared stable, and GRUB 2 is not yet entirely > ready for a 2.0

Re: [Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-26 Thread David Favor
Nandan Vaidya wrote: > I think you will need to run this: > > $ sudo apt-get install grub-pc > $ sudo grub-install /dev/sda (replace sda with the correct drive letter) > $ sudo update-grub > > You can do this from a Live CD by mounting the parition where karmic is > installed and doing a chroot

[Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-22 Thread David Favor
Fixed... And what a can of worms. This is a nightmare for first time Ubuntu users like me. I almost switched back to Fedora or any other distro. First point GRUB 1 shows as version 0.97 and GRUB 2 shows as version 1.96 which is extremely confusing. I've tried a variety of fresh installs and upgr

[Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-22 Thread David Favor
So the real problem appears to be this. Installing 9.10 to a disc as an overwrite of 9.04 appears to confuse the Grub installation process. Neither Grub 1 or Grub 2 install. There is neither a menu.lst or menu.cfg so the machine bricks. I'll now try loading this onto a fresh disk and see what oc

[Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-22 Thread David Favor
This fails as there's no /dev/sda* active. -- 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[Bug 417209] Re: 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-22 Thread David Favor
Now I'm further confused as 'grub-install -v' shows "GRUB 1.96" instead of "GRUB 2.xx". I'll take your advice and try the above. Thanks. -- 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 417209] [NEW] 9.10 Alpha 4 has no grub.cfg after install

2009-08-21 Thread David Favor
Public bug reported: After much travail it's become clear something is badly broken in 9.10 Alpha 4. On a fresh install to disc the disc structure is written, except grub.cfg is missing so machines black screen. And update-grub is very stupid. There's no way to tell it to produce /boot/grub.cfg

[Bug 416017] [NEW] Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 hangs with black screens on fresh install

2009-08-19 Thread David Favor
Public bug reported: This system installs, boots, runs 9.04 with no problems. Also doing an 'update-manager -d' updates to 9.10 and all is well. It's just fresh installs which appear broken. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-4/karmic- desktop-i386.iso is the ISO file I used. I us

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