[Bug 1629348] [NEW] installer crash (grub2) during installation in UEFI mode

2016-09-30 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: A few days back I installed Ubuntu on msata ssd successfully with same usb stick (using "accidentially" legacy bios mode). Today I replaced internal 2.5 inch hdd with 2.5 inch ssd to install Ubuntu in UEFI mode. But installation fails with the following error in /target/log

[Bug 247960] Re: initrd image is read really slowly when booting from USB2.0 HDD

2010-11-18 Thread ErikH
Hello! I have a similar problem after installing Ubuntu Server 10.10 to an Eee PC 4G. It seems to be frozen for 30 seconds after select a boot entry in the grub menu and then the kernel starts. I opened an interactive grub shell and entered the grub commands manually. After enter "linux ..." (4 M

[Bug 411523] Re: package inform 6.31.1+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2009-08-15 Thread ErikH
Same or similar problem here (9.10 alpha4): mys...@netbook:~$ sudo dpkg --configure inform [sudo] password for myself: Setting up inform (6.31.1+dfsg-1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/inform-6.31 doesn't exist. dpkg: error processing inform (--configure): subprocess ins

[Bug 296750] Re: "special device /dev/dm-0 does not exist" when mounting an encrypted drive

2008-12-27 Thread ErikH
I can confirm this problem, I have two machines, each connected to four encrypted drives (cryptsetup,luks, different usb 2.0, different drives from different vendors). It is a common problem so I very often cannot mount all the drives via the menu (Places->Removable Media->...), but one of them

[Bug 268320] Re: gnome-keyboard-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in XkbGetNames()

2008-09-10 Thread ErikH
Had a (very) similar problem here: Ubuntu (8.10) started with USA layout, I use german layout normally. So I started the keyboard dialog (via command line it is gnome-keyboard-properties), selected "layout" tab, pressed "Add" and in the new dialog I selected "german" from the country list and af

[Bug 263758] Re: avidemux conflicts with mplayer (indirectly)

2008-09-04 Thread ErikH
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 262832 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262832 Thankx, I confirm that the problem is gone with latest updates. Package mplayer can now be installed together with package avidemux. Erik -- avidemux conflicts with mplayer (indirectly) https://bugs.launc

[Bug 263758] [NEW] avidemux conflicts with mplayer (indirectly)

2008-09-01 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: It is not clear to me if this should bug should be filed to avidemux/mplayer (Action: use another library) or even to one of the 'lame' packages (see below) (Action: somehow fix conflict, e.g. rename libraries). Fact is: With Intrepid/8.10 avidemux and mplayer cannot be in

[Bug 213011] Re: Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-08-29 Thread ErikH
I already upgraded ("update-manager -d" to Intrepid a few days ago and meanwhile also have kernel 2.6.27 in use after latest "apt-get dist- upgrade". I still have some issues with Intrepid (crashing "gnome backend" apps), but I can see both CPU cores are detected, so this bug (213011) is fixed wi

[Bug 213011] Re: Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-07-14 Thread ErikH
I confirm that both cores work with newest kernel 2.6.26. I found the following instructions to "ubuntu" the kernel sources (as root): You need the compiler stuff (aptitude install build-essential?) and make-kpkg: Get linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2, e.g. from www.kernel.org # tar xvfj linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2

[Bug 218334] Re: lockup on mac mini 945GM [8086:27a2]

2008-07-06 Thread ErikH
Hello! My Mac mini freezes completely and has to be restarted the hard way. No output to /var/log/dmesg or /var/log/messages before freeze. NumLock key on keyboard doesn't respond anymore. I can ping the machine, but not login via ssh anymore. I'm not sure this is anyhow related to that bug, but

[Bug 213011] Re: Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-05-28 Thread ErikH
Problem still exists with latest updates. Here is the dmidecode output from the Acer L5100 PC (identical output with i386 and x86_64 system) Erik ** Attachment added: "dmidecode output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14779528/dmidecode_64bit_v1.out -- Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second

[Bug 213011] Re: Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-05-13 Thread ErikH
I decided to try the brand new Fedora i386 Live-CD which comes with kernel 2.6.25. Booting the CD in (default) quiet mode gives the following error: ... Booting the kernel. tick-braodcast: ignoring broadcast for offline CPU #1 ... So still the same problem: 2nd core works with 64-bit kernel but n

[Bug 213011] Re: Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor - Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-05-05 Thread ErikH
The hardware is a slimline PC sold here as Acer L5100. I think it contains a bunch of components normally used in laptops and according to the lspci output (see attachments above) it uses some AMD/ATI "IO"-chipset(s). As everything works fine with a amd64/x86_64 kernel I do not like the idea of m

[Bug 213011] Re: Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-04-26 Thread ErikH
I confirm the problem is still there with latest kernel (uname -a): Linux l5100 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -- Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213011 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 213011] Re: Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-04-07 Thread ErikH
Hello, here is the requested info after booting Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 Beta LiveCD for i386: $uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-12-generic #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 23:01:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Attached files * dmesg.log * lspci-vvnn.log * cpuinfo.log ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log, lspci-vvnn.log and cpui

[Bug 213011] [NEW] Second CPU/Core not working with i386 kernel

2008-04-06 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: I have tried now different distros (Fedora Core 8, Knoppix 5.3) but all fail to "enable" the 2nd core of my CPU when booting with (smp) i386 kernels. What can be found from dmesg is the message that CPU#1 is not responding. (known workarounds like "noapic nolapic acpi=noirq pc

[Bug 184976] Re: Hardy: b43 driver not working (Upgrade from Gutsy)

2008-02-12 Thread ErikH
When installing b43-fwcutter a script is running that tries to download and install firmware. (start debugging at /var/lib/dpkg/info/b43-fwcutter.postinst) I (re-)installed the firmware but the problem is still the same. New findings: I see the access point (and some more) with good link quality

[Bug 134660] Re: Ralink rt2400 / rt2500 / rt2570 / rt61 / rt73 do not work out of the box in Gutsy/Hardy

2008-02-02 Thread ErikH
Hello! My notebook (EasyNote R1907) comes with a RaLink rt2500. I can confirm that rt2500pci/rt2x00pci/rt2x00lib modules never connect to my access point (iwconfig) with latest Hardy. Luckily the workaround with the serialmonkey driver (rt2500.ko) (from CVS) that I compiled some months ago still

[Bug 38442] Re: Ubiquity dialogues too large for 800x600 display

2008-01-31 Thread ErikH
Hello! The EEE-PC cannot do more than 800x600. For me (language set to English) shortcut "Alt-F" worked most of the time but when it doesn't (and you do not know any of the other keyboard tricks) your are really messed up (Timezone dialog and last dialog). Some easy ways to fix this: * Tell the us

[Bug 184944] Re: sd card only mounted after reboot

2008-01-21 Thread ErikH
This problems seems to be related to the sd card used. I rebooted the machine without any sd card plugged in and now many cards work and are detected and mounted immediately after inserting them. But the card I used for extensive testing before doesn't (It works fine in other machines and after a r

[Bug 184976] Hardy: b43 driver not working (Upgrade from Gutsy)

2008-01-21 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: I'm using an Acer Extensa 5220 laptop which includes a WLAN chipset from Broadcom (BCM94311MCG). (for lspci details see Bug 184944) The chipset (sometimes) worked with Gutsy (7.10) using bcm43xx drivers (mapped to eth1). The chipset works with Fedora Core 8 (current kernel 2

[Bug 184944] sd card only mounted after reboot

2008-01-21 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: The TI card reader in the Acer Extensa 5220 isn't working fully. With hardy (8.04) the situation looks a little bit better than with gutsy (7.10), the sd card seems to be mounted correctly every time I reboot the machine, but exchanging the card during normal operation doesn

[Bug 183750] update-manager connects to obsolete proxy

2008-01-17 Thread ErikH
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager My computer (using hardy/8.04) sometimes is located behind a proxy, sometimes not. My problem is that I cannot use update-manager anymore because it insists on using the proxy. I have unconfigured the proxy in System->Preferences->Network