[Bug 227705] Re: hdparm not being triggered with udev

2009-09-14 Thread Jools Smyth
I'll try that, but hdparm does work when pointing to a partition though (and just uses the underlying device). -- hdparm not being triggered with udev https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227705 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 280762] Re: knetworkmanager under kde4 doesn't recognize the static IP connections that I have configured.

2009-04-07 Thread Jools Smyth
Also, this bug has been around since before the release of intrepid. If knetworkmanager is going to be broken, it is better to remove it from the jaunty release altogether. -- knetworkmanager under kde4 doesn't recognize the static IP connections that I have configured. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 280762] Re: knetworkmanager under kde4 doesn't recognize the static IP connections that I have configured.

2009-04-07 Thread Jools Smyth
I don't understand setting this to won't fix. Some people may not want to use the plasma interface. As long as this package is available, this bug should be fixed. Closing the bug will not make the problem go away! -- knetworkmanager under kde4 doesn't recognize the static IP connections that I

[Bug 298481] [NEW] Problem booting raid 1 since upgrading to intrepid (uuid missing)

2008-11-15 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: When booting, the system cannot find the /dev/disk-by-uuid for the root fs, and drops me to busybox. On checking /dev/disk-by-uuid is missing the UUID symlink for my raid 1 root, however the raid is up and running and available on /dev/md0 This has happened during a few rebo

[Bug 287542] Re: vinagre crash with "BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)" when I try to connect to VNC server

2008-11-14 Thread Jools Smyth
I am also getting this bug. the "fix" by starting a new config folder made no difference. ** Changed in: vinagre (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- vinagre crash with "BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)" when I try to connect to VNC server https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 279409] Re: unable to configure a fixed ip on wired interface on knetworkmanager (intrepid)

2008-11-03 Thread Jools Smyth
Ah ive been looking at the wrong site. Seems kubuntu.net is not updated. confusing! I notice this bug is mentioned on the download page for kubuntu on kubuntu.org. So at least it is considered important and hopefully fixed soon. -- unable to configure a fixed ip on wired interface on knetworkmana

[Bug 279409] Re: unable to configure a fixed ip on wired interface on knetworkmanager (intrepid)

2008-11-03 Thread Jools Smyth
Are any developers currently looking at this. The importance should be decided and imho it is important as a new user should expect to be able to configure their system with a fixed ip with the provided tools (it is still possible from /etc/network/interfaces of course). Kubuntu Intrepid should not

[Bug 222458] Re: /lib/udev/hdparm Compares Against $DEVNAME.

2008-10-31 Thread Jools Smyth
Is this related to the problem I am having ? See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hdparm/+bug/227705 I'm having to continue using the init.d script as it isn't working from udev. Note that the init.d script is still useful. How else are users supposed to check whether their hdparm.conf

[Bug 227705] Re: hdparm not being triggered with udev

2008-10-31 Thread Jools Smyth
Updated to intrepid and the problem still remains. I have to use debians init.d script to get my hdparm settings working. There is still no obvious way of testing the hdparm.conf either as you cannot do /etc/init.d/hdparm to see that is works fine. -- hdparm not being triggered with udev https:/

[Bug 279409] Re: unable to configure a fixed ip on wired interface on knetworkmanager (intrepid)

2008-10-17 Thread Jools Smyth
Can noone else confirm this? I can't think that it is only my machine. Intrepid is due out real soon and this will surely be a showstopper for some users (static IPs can be configured from /etc/network/interfaces but having it not work from network-manager is not good) I'm sure the problem is rela

[Bug 279409] [NEW] unable to configure a fixed ip on wired interface on knetworkmanager (intrepid)

2008-10-06 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: I am unable to configure a fixed ip using knetworkmanager on intepid. After configuring a fixed ip from the "edit connections" gui, I try to put it online, but get an error i syslog Oct 7 01:50:35 travelmate NetworkManager: connection_get_settings_cb(): connection_get_set

[Bug 275218] Re: (Kubuntu Intrepid) KMail crashes when I create a new message and try to access the body of the message

2008-09-30 Thread Jools Smyth
I forgot the link. sorry http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168245 -- (Kubuntu Intrepid) KMail crashes when I create a new message and try to access the body of the message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275218 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 275218] Re: (Kubuntu Intrepid) KMail crashes when I create a new message and try to access the body of the message

2008-09-30 Thread Jools Smyth
There is an upstream bug about this, but I'm not sure much attention has been paid to it by any kde devs (lost in the sea of kde bugs!). I notice a fair few people in the kde bug are running intrepid, so I don't know if this is just a kubuntu bug, or an actual kde bug. But it certainly is an impor

[Bug 275218] Re: (Kubuntu Intrepid) KMail crashes when I create a new message and try to access the body of the message

2008-09-30 Thread Jools Smyth
I can also confirm this bug. Makes kmail rather unusable! -- (Kubuntu Intrepid) KMail crashes when I create a new message and try to access the body of the message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275218 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 257568] Re: degraded raid boot process should interactively prompt user before dropping to recovery shell

2008-08-13 Thread Jools Smyth
Aaah ok. then I'm happy ;-) -- degraded raid boot process should interactively prompt user before dropping to recovery shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257568 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 257568] Re: degraded raid boot process should interactively prompt user before dropping to recovery shell

2008-08-13 Thread Jools Smyth
What about machines which the sysadmin has only remote access to ? He will want the machine to boot into degraded mode, so services can be running until he can contact someone at the data centre to replace a disk. having it stop at a prompt in this scenario is not helpful. -- degraded raid boot p

[Bug 227705] [NEW] hdparm not being triggered with udev

2008-05-07 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hdparm Since hdparm was switched from init.d to being triggered by udev it has stopped working on my machine. Originally I thought it was the missing rule for /dev/sdx disks but even with that change (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hdparm/+bu

[Bug 128563] Re: gij man page install leaves dangling symlink

2007-08-15 Thread Jools Smyth
Confirmed I have this problem also. ** Changed in: gcc-4.2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- gij man page install leaves dangling symlink https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubun

[Bug 106821] Re: smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux Kernel 2.6.20-15.27

2007-07-27 Thread Jools Smyth
There was a kernel patch which broke smart over sata. A stock 2.6.20/2.6.21 kernel seems to be fine. Perhaps something was backported from 2.6.22 on ubuntu where the problem is also in the stock (kernel.org) kernel. Some references Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=42897

Re: [Bug 125471] Booting from a degraded array could be improved

2007-07-12 Thread Jools Smyth
On Thursday 12 July 2007, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > The boot process will hand for three minutes and leave you at a busy box > shell. This could be improved so that the problem is detected earlier > and the option of getting to the shell (and with suggested commands) > appears earlier. > > Once in

[Bug 84480] Re: power button is ignored by acpi scripts when running kpowersave

2007-07-06 Thread Jools Smyth
Latest kpowersave has button events. ** Changed in: acpid (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- power button is ignored by acpi scripts when running kpowersave https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84480 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 57849] Re: Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100

2007-05-26 Thread Jools Smyth
** Changed in: hotkey-setup (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57849 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 106821] Re: smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux Kernel 2.6.20-15.27

2007-04-21 Thread Jools Smyth
I build a 2.6.21-rc6 kernel from kernel.org and tried it. The smart stuff is working fine. It was also working on an earlier kernel. I should try a stock 2.6.20 kernel to see if it's something specific to ubuntu causing the problem. -- smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux

[Bug 106821] Re: smartmontools/smartctl does not work on SATA drives on Linux Kernel 2.6.20-15.27

2007-04-19 Thread Jools Smyth
Since upgrading to feisty I'm also having a similar problem with all my SATA drives. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# smartctl -d ata -l selftest /dev/sdd smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Error SMART Status command f

[Bug 84480] Re: power button is ignored by acpi scripts when running kpowersave

2007-03-01 Thread Jools Smyth
KPowersave 0.7.2 just went into feisty. This version does have support for button events. However afaik Klaptop does not. So now we need to just check for kpowersave i guess. -- power button is ignored by acpi scripts when running kpowersave https://launchpad.net/bugs/84480 -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 84480] power button is ignored by acpi scripts when running kpowersave

2007-02-10 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support The power button is ignored by the acpi-support scripts when kpowersave is running. However kpowersave does not have any capability to manage what happens when power button is pressed. It can handle lid events though. from /etc/acpi/powerb

[Bug 73788] Re: Network profiles completely broken

2007-01-26 Thread Jools Smyth
I am running feisty and network profiles do indeed seem broken. Configure eth0 interface to 192.168.1.10 Create a new profile "test". Click apply. KNetwork conf then saves the current ip config to Test? (It's unclear - save selected doesnt seem to do anything?) Create another profile "Test2" and

[Bug 57849] Re: Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100

2007-01-24 Thread Jools Smyth
ok. the last diff was rubbish too :/ (I'm having a bad day) Attached is a fixed one, and working (I tested it this time). Sorry about that. ** Attachment added: "patch for /etc/init.d/hotkey-setup for travelmate 81* laptops" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5851895/hotkey-setup.diff -- Add k

[Bug 57849] Re: Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100

2007-01-24 Thread Jools Smyth
> (a) the wifi switching is handled in hardware already on my laptop, in addition to sending a keycode it "turns on/off" the wireless, but this is not particularly useful unless you have some script constantly watching for it (It's not switched on/off in a way which is hotplug compatible) and the

[Bug 57849] Re: Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100

2007-01-24 Thread Jools Smyth
Sorry. Ignore last patch. this is a working one. Of course, other laptops from acer might also share these keys, so it might be better to add them into the generic acer one? ** Attachment added: "Fixed patch for hotkey-setup" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5851312/hotkey-setup-fixed.diff --

[Bug 57849] Re: Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100 (fix included)

2007-01-24 Thread Jools Smyth
the file /usr/share/hotkey-setup/acer-aspire-1600.hk is also suitable for the travelmate-8100 series. I also un-commented the Wireless On/Off keys in this file. Why are they commented out? It is very useful to be able to map the "wireless on" button to something like "kdesu ifup wlan0" so, on my

[Bug 64531] Re: apt-index-watcher uses way too much system ressources

2006-10-17 Thread Jools Smyth
Noticed it again today 5557 root 19 0 17216 13m 10m R 95.8 1.3 0:00.79 apt-index-watch 3989 root 15 0 157m 20m 6076 S 4.0 2.0 0:37.68 Xorg 1 root 15 0 1632 540 448 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.03 init Running latest version 0.3.9ubuntu5 ** Changed in: libapt-front (Ubun

[Bug 64562] Re: 80% cpu used apt-index-watch

2006-10-09 Thread Jools Smyth
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 64531 *** Should be fixed now See https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/libapt-front/+bug/64531 Certainly a new version is available on apt for edgy. -- 80% cpu used apt-index-watch https://launchpad.net/bugs/64562 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 64531] Re: apt-index-watcher uses way too much system ressources

2006-10-08 Thread Jools Smyth
I also have this problem. Only noticed it the last few days or so. Makes playback of videos stutter and other problems. -- apt-index-watcher uses way too much system ressources https://launchpad.net/bugs/64531 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[Bug 64562] Re: 80% cpu used apt-index-watch

2006-10-08 Thread Jools Smyth
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 64531 *** I have this same problem. Every few seconds apt-index-watch runs and uses a huge chunk of cpu. This causes problems like stuttering in movie playback etc. This was not happening last week, so it's a new problem. Hope a fix comes out before edgy release.

[Bug 57607] Re: Root on raid fails to boot

2006-09-18 Thread Jools Smyth
Try running update-initramfs -u -- Root on raid fails to boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/57607 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57846] Re: sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch)

2006-09-16 Thread Jools Smyth
I have set bug to rejected as It's already fixed upstream (Which has made its way into edgy) ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected -- sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch) https://launchpad.net/bugs/57846 -- ubun

[Bug 38438] Re: boot confused after stopping array

2006-09-16 Thread Jools Smyth
I ran update-initramfs again and now the system boots fine with UUID in grub (After the new mdadm update). I thought I had done this already, but I guess not. -- boot confused after stopping array https://launchpad.net/bugs/38438 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://

[Bug 38438] Re: boot confused after stopping array

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
The order that mdrun starts /dev/mdx devices seems to be based on many factors. Degraded arrays can affect the order. Note this debian bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354705 Which has been fixed by deprecating the use of mdrun. However ubuntu still uses mdrun (from initfs).

[Bug 60623] Re: Upgrading mdadm package is impossible - can't upgrade while raid arrays active

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
I managed to upgrade by moving /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid and replacing with an empty script, upgrading and then moving it back. -- Upgrading mdadm package is impossible - can't upgrade while raid arrays active https://launchpad.net/bugs/60623 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 59066] Re: System does not boot anymore

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
To clarify the problem: During the "initramfs" stage, there are no /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx made for the raid devices so the new booting by filesystem uuid stuff for grub will not work. This should have been fixed with the latest mdadm upload ( 2.4.1-6ubuntu2) but even with this new version my syste

[Bug 59066] Re: System does not boot anymore

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
I believe this problem is more related to mdadm, and that it should have been fixed in a recent upload (but wasn't) ** Changed in: dmraid (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: dmraid => mdadm -- System does not boot anymore https://launchpad.net/bugs/59066 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 60646] Re: Unable to boot with degraded array

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
Once at the busybox prompt I can use mdadm and zero the superblock on /dev/hda1 and after that i can reboot and once rebooted add the disk back in as a spare. -- Unable to boot with degraded array https://launchpad.net/bugs/60646 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://

[Bug 60646] Re: Unable to boot with degraded array

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
When i refer to remove and readding the disk, i mean doing so by pulling the cable. So "failing" the drive. -- Unable to boot with degraded array https://launchpad.net/bugs/60646 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 60646] Unable to boot with degraded array

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools I am running edgy I have / on a raid 1 device /dev/md0 This is comprised of /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdb1 I am not using evms, but mdadm to manage my devices. If I remove /dev/hda1 and reboot, the machine will boot up fine, but in degraded mo

[Bug 60623] Re: Upgrading mdadm package is impossible - can't upgrade while raid arrays active

2006-09-15 Thread Jools Smyth
I'm also having this problem. It tries to stop my "root" raid, which of course is impossible whilst it's in use. A developer on irc said they need to disable the stop call in preinst. and to check how they did it for version 2.5 in Debian. Would have been nice too if we got a newer mdadm for edgy

[Bug 57846] Re: sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch)

2006-09-14 Thread Jools Smyth
This seems to already be fixed in the current 2.6.17 kernel. Maybe the patch got in upstream ? -- sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch) https://launchpad.net/bugs/57846 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm

[Bug 57846] Re: sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch)

2006-09-08 Thread Jools Smyth
** Summary changed: - sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard + sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard (Includes patch) ** Description changed: Under high load this device drops outgoing packets resulting in poor throughput and unresponsive (e.g. ssh

[Bug 58367] Re: vmplayer No Longer Opening Virtual Server

2006-08-31 Thread Jools Smyth
Most likely the same problem discussed here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=247350 -- vmplayer No Longer Opening Virtual Server https://launchpad.net/bugs/58367 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57849] Add keycodes for wireless button on Acer Travelmate 8100

2006-08-26 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: /usr/share/hotkey-setup/acer.hk would benefit from some additional lines adding the wireless button on and off keys. on = e055 off = e056 for example setkeycodes e055$KEY_F13 # Wireless on setkeycodes e056$KEY_F14 # Wireless off This is useful, as

[Bug 57846] sis900 drops tx packets on Foxconn 661FX7MJ-RSH motherboard

2006-08-26 Thread Jools Smyth
Public bug reported: Under high load this device drops outgoing packets resulting in poor throughput and unresponsive (e.g. ssh) sessions during file transfers Steps to reproduce: Transfer any large file via a TCP-based protocol using this onboard ethernet device at 100mbit Patch here: http://