[Bug 2043101] Re: Mantic+noble inadvertently includes the luks2 module in signed grub-efis

2024-03-12 Thread Jools Wills
Just to note this caught me out. I switched my Mantic system to use an encrypted root some weeks ago, and used luks2 (with pbkdf2 as Argon2 isn't supported by grub2). This was working fine, but I decided to upgrade early to Noble today, only to find my system unbootable. I managed to sort it once

[Bug 955379] Re: cmake hangs with qemu-arm-static

2016-06-07 Thread Jools Wills
That's great news - thanks very much. This will make working on RetroPie development in a chroot much easier (we have workarounds to avoid using git because of this issue). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 955379] Re: cmake hangs with qemu-arm-static

2016-05-20 Thread Jools Wills
I get a hang doing this most times in an emulated ARM chroot with qemu- arm-static (Raspbian). Host machine is x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04 running qemu 2.5.0. git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libretro/picodrive.git cd picodrive && git submodule update --init -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1286420] [NEW] xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin not installed when upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04

2014-02-28 Thread Jools Wills
Public bug reported: Apologies if this is filed against the wrong package - I assumed the fix would be to set a dependency in a package like xubuntu-desktop but I could be wrong. When updating from 13.10 to 14.04, if a new user is added or xfce4 panels for an existing user reset to default, no

[Bug 1208204] Re: indicator-sound no longer functions with xfce4-indicator-plugin

2013-10-16 Thread Jools Wills
It is a shame this didn't get addressed - despite there being some fixes that could at least be worked from. Now anyone installing the upcoming xubuntu are going to have a non working volume control. Get ready for a lot more bug reports - reflects a little poorly too on ubuntu as a whole -

[Bug 1190867] Re: [Dell Inspiron N5425] Touchpad was incorrectly detected as PS/2 mouse

2013-08-20 Thread Jools Wills
Just to add this isn't just a Dell issue - so perhaps the issues could be merged/marked duplicate. Affects my Acer Travelmate p273 - psmouse serio1: alps: Unknown ALPS touchpad: E7=73 03 50, EC=73 02 02 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 889860] Re: svn -load gives python error

2013-02-01 Thread Jools Wills
an alternative would be to use the original script this was intended to replace - http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/contrib /client-side/svn_load_dirs/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-08 Thread Jools Wills
Looks like a patch that could go upstream too. if nl80211 reports no capabilities then try wext. and considering your list (appreciate your research here), it seems a good option. only recently nm added support for the nl80211 interface, so perhaps they are a bit ahead of the kernel in this

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-06 Thread Jools Wills
some compile errors with that patch. drvinfo.driver is a char[32] and brackets are mismatched. wifi-utils.c: In function 'wifi_utils_init': wifi-utils.c:76:17: error: incompatible types when assigning to type 'char[32]' from type 'void *' wifi-utils.c:85:3: error: expected ')' before 'ret'

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-06 Thread Jools Wills
sorry that should have been an attachment. my brain is totally non functional today. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973241 Title: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-06 Thread Jools Wills
patch seems to work. thanks for that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973241 Title: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-05 Thread Jools Wills
Thanks for the rip regarding nl80211/wext - I modified the code to not try nl80211 first and just use wext. seems to work. Uploading packages here - https://launchpad.net/~jools/+archive/ipw2200 Would be nice if network manager could have a workaround to check for this device and force wext or

[Bug 973241] Re: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager

2012-04-05 Thread Jools Wills
s/rip/tip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973241 Title: ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager To

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-04-05 Thread Jools Wills
note for those with the problem of not being able to connect to a wpa network on ipw2200 - I have put some packages on my a ppa - https://launchpad.net/~jools/+archive/ipw2200 that use wext instead of the nl80211 interface working around the problem. Would be nice if network manager could have a

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-26 Thread Jools Wills
Sorry a misunderstanding then. When I posted in #49 I was referring earlier to the kernel not returning correct information about the hardware - then you referenced some patches and I assumed you meant they were a workaround (hence the comment about not having to git bisect). Ill debug it in the

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-25 Thread Jools Wills
I built network-manager/network-manager-gnome packages with those patches in, and I am still unable to connect to my wpa network (my wireless network is disabled in the menu). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-21 Thread Jools Wills
aah, a fix in nm rather than a kernel fix. I'll give it a try thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908380 Title: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-20 Thread Jools Wills
I realise that fixing it in nm is the wrong way of course. sorry for my previous message if it sounded unappreciative. Thanks for the work with this issue so far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2012-03-20 Thread Jools Wills
Might as well close it, as it isn't an issue with later releases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762806 Title: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-20 Thread Jools Wills
excellent news - do you have any reference/commit id for the fix ? saves me git bisecting to try and locate at what point it broke, which I was considering doing this week. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-19 Thread Jools Wills
I have unfortunately little faith after a major issue I reported before natty release, which the fix was relatively simple, was never done, and is still broken and will remain so until natty is out of support, and then closed, yet be broken for all users who ever tried natty :/ that's completely

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2012-03-19 Thread Jools Wills
Well, I have given up hope of having this fixed. At least I fixed it for my users of joggler ubuntu. it's a quick fix. this will no doubt remain high priority unless naty gets to end of life and then closed. shame :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-19 Thread Jools Wills
since this device does support wpa, isn't a quick workaround to override what is returned until it is fixed in the kernel ? otherwise. Considering precise release date, this needs to be fixed else networkmanager is useless for anyone with one of these cards. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 908380] Re: [ipw2200] nm-applet crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-03-12 Thread Jools Wills
Philipp: that is how it has been for me recently. it shows my wireless but I am unable to select it. Manually creating it works. Choosing to connect to a hidden network crashes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 945786] Re: mdadm refuses to re-add failed member

2012-03-03 Thread Jools Wills
It suggested you remove the old meta data from the disk to re-add but I didn't see that you did that. do that and then try and add it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945786 Title:

[Bug 939863] Re: When users run ffmpeg whatever they are presented with a message that is somewhat erroneous completely childish

2012-02-24 Thread Jools Wills
The current message is certainly not clear. I concur with the others here. A user may not know all the background information regarding the project so it could easily be misleading. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 933951] Re: Messaging menu extension interacts badly with lightning in precise making thunderbird unusable

2012-02-16 Thread Jools Wills
How did you disable the messaging menu extension? the addons settings window doesn't work here either. (i commented on the duplicate by accident sorry). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 933926] Re: Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService] nsresult: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_

2012-02-16 Thread Jools Wills
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 933951 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933951 How did you disable the messaging menu extension? the addons settings window doesn't work here either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 933951] Re: Messaging menu extension interacts badly with lightning in precise making thunderbird unusable

2012-02-16 Thread Jools Wills
log : note the additional errors caused when choosing the addons menu. -- Exception object -- + QueryInterface (function) 3 lines + message (string) 'Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]' + result (number) 2153185302 + name (string)

[Bug 904491] Re: Please import 3.2.x from Debian

2011-12-14 Thread Jools Wills
mdadm has generally lagged behind on ubuntu. one of ubuntu server weak points imho (hence I maintained a custom mdadm previously that had fixes for many issues).. much was fixed for natty but there are still issues - many in terms of initramfs, and udev device discovery in terms of mdadm. Would

[Bug 904491] Re: Please import 3.2.x from Debian

2011-12-14 Thread Jools Wills
** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904491 Title: Please import 3.2.x from Debian To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 900214] Re: Example feed should include Ubuntu Podcast(s)

2011-12-05 Thread Jools Wills
I can confirm this major issue ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900214 Title: Example feed should include Ubuntu Podcast(s) To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 889860] [NEW] svn -load gives python error

2011-11-13 Thread Jools Wills
Public bug reported: svn-load was fixed for natty but is broken again on oneiric TypeError: get_login() takes exactly 3 arguments (4 given) Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/svn-load, line 652, in module Load %s into %s. % (os.path.basename(d), import_dir))

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2011-08-28 Thread Jools Wills
well, apart from me of course, and the others that use my modified distribution of Ubuntu for the O2 Joggler, but luckily I fixed it for them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762806

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2011-08-28 Thread Jools Wills
still nothing ? Would you like me to build you an older mousetweaks package with a newer version number, and submit it? You have to take accessibility stuff like this more seriously, or else, there is no point writing up all the documents that state how good ubuntu is for this. this is an easy

[Bug 828421] Re: Create new RAID1 array without resync

2011-08-18 Thread Jools Wills
you can change the minimum sync speed to speed up resyncs. since the raid can be used right away anyway, I dont see the problem. You can create the array with the assume-clean option, but since you had already created the array, you should have reblanked the disks, including the raid superblocks.

[Bug 828421] Re: Create new RAID1 array without resync

2011-08-18 Thread Jools Wills
or just stop trying to outsmart mdadm, and just let it sync on creation, and you can be sure everything is fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828421 Title: Create new RAID1 array

[Bug 828421] Re: Create new RAID1 array without resync

2011-08-18 Thread Jools Wills
Just to note: your best place for stuff like this is the linux raid email list, as it's nothing ubuntu specific. you can probably get a more detailed answer there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2011-06-25 Thread Jools Wills
I'd be happy to help in any way I can. My thinking to a quick fix is a fake version numbered mousetweaks 2.32 so something like 3.0.0+really2.32 or so, just until the next ubuntu release is out. I understand there are lots of open bugs, but a lot is the fault of the way ubuntu is scheduled for

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2011-06-24 Thread Jools Wills
Any change of an update as to when this would be fixed? Doesn't feel like accessibility is any sort of priority for Ubuntu when an important issue like this (which is easy to fix), is left open for two months after release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 762806] Re: mousetweaks 3.0 does not work with control-center 2.32

2011-04-24 Thread Jools Wills
thanks for reassigning/sorting the bug metadata. I was trying to assign it to mousetweaks unity but seemed unable to do so (probably because it was assigned already to unity (ubuntu) - no doubt user error ;-) . Pleased it has some attention now. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 762806] Re: [regression] shipped mousetweaks (3.0) does not work with shipped control-center (2.32), needs downgrade

2011-04-24 Thread Jools Wills
I was asked on #ubuntu-dev to add a short steps to reproduce on here so. in case it is needed (although none of the mouse accessibility stuff works due to the configuration changes gconf to dconf as was mentioned by Gerd earlier, so it is quite easy to reproduce by trying either simulate second

[Bug 762806] Re: simulated second click with unity

2011-04-20 Thread Jools Wills
As this also affects the classic desktop should the bug be also assigned elsewhere, or a new bug opened for that (likely the same issue though) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762806

[Bug 762806] Re: simulated second click with unity

2011-04-20 Thread Jools Wills
doing killall mousetweaks; mousetweaks --ssc makes the second click work for me, so perhaps mousetweaks is being started with the wrong options or something ? I'll try and debug it further. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 762806] Re: simulated second click with unity

2011-04-20 Thread Jools Wills
in maverick, in gconf-editor there is /desktop/gnome/accessibility/mouse/ with delay_enable (bool) and delay_time (float) these exist in natty too, but in natty delay_time is an int, and there is a error This key has no schema. The key has no owner (in maverick it is mousetweaks). missing some

[Bug 762806] Re: simulated second click with unity

2011-04-20 Thread Jools Wills
ok. this looks like a mousetweaks bug. The new 3.0 version of mousetweaks seems to miss agconf schema that was in the older version. downgrading to the maverick version fixes this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 762806] Re: simulated second click with unity

2011-04-20 Thread Jools Wills
** Also affects: mousetweaks Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762806 Title: simulated second click with unity -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 739812] Re: Must use hardware keyboard to perform search for applications in Unity

2011-04-16 Thread Jools Wills
it also seems other accessibility stuff is broken. like simulate second click https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/762806 this makes unity non functional for any single click touchscreens, or for any users that may require this to help them use the desktop. -- You received this bug

[Bug 673236] Re: maverick toolchain producing unbootable (hanging) kernels

2011-04-02 Thread Jools Wills
I can confirm this issue. I currently build kernels on a lucid virtualbox to use on maverick/natty. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Tags removed: needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 349767] Re: external USB hard drive disconnects

2011-04-01 Thread Jools Wills
I was having disconnects after kernel 2.6.26 with a usb harddrive on an intel mac mini. No USB quirks, or max sector changes helped. in the end I traced the issue to kernel commit b963801164618e25fbdc0cd452ce49c3628b46c8 I reverted the commit (had to be done manually), and everything is rock

[Bug 61235] Re: USB mass storage stops working after a while

2011-04-01 Thread Jools Wills
I was having disconnects after kernel 2.6.26 with a usb harddrive on an intel mac mini. No USB quirks, or max sector changes helped. in the end I traced the issue to kernel commit b963801164618e25fbdc0cd452ce49c3628b46c8 I reverted the commit (had to be done manually), and everything is rock

[Bug 530051] Re: Autofs and semiautomatic credentials

2011-01-22 Thread Jools Wills
makes more sense instead of having just a file with the credentials, you could just have a file with additional parameters. You can of course then include the credentials with username=xxx,password=xxx this way you can include other options that you might need such as uid,gid, nounix etc **

[Bug 530051] Re: Autofs and semiautomatic credentials

2011-01-22 Thread Jools Wills
makes more sense instead of having just a file with the credentials, you could just have a file with additional parameters. You can of course then include the credentials with username=xxx,password=xxx this way you can include other options that you might need such as uid,gid, nounix etc **

[Bug 633376] Re: Compiz does not work on Intel Sandybridge Integrated GPU's.

2011-01-13 Thread Jools Wills
has this been removed in natty ? I am now running i5-2500k with maverick and the latest xorg code from the xorg-edgers ppa and i just had to remove this patch to get compiz working on my setup. can't see any problems so far. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 633376] Re: Compiz does not work on Intel Sandybridge Integrated GPU's.

2011-01-13 Thread Jools Wills
Sorry, i thought i was looking at the natty source and i wasnt. looks like it is removed or at least its not in the file referenced. sorry to jump on this closed bug too. Cheers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 530051] Re: Autofs and semiautomatic credentials

2010-11-27 Thread Jools Wills
Something like this should do the trick ** Patch added: autofscred.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs5/+bug/530051/+attachment/1747370/+files/autofscred.patch ** Tags added: maverick -- Autofs and semiautomatic credentials https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530051 You

[Bug 530051] Re: Autofs and semiautomatic credentials

2010-11-27 Thread Jools Wills
Something like this should do the trick ** Patch added: autofscred.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs5/+bug/530051/+attachment/1747370/+files/autofscred.patch ** Tags added: maverick -- Autofs and semiautomatic credentials https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530051 You

[Bug 660999] Re: Fading effect slow with KMS in maverick

2010-11-05 Thread Jools Wills
Can confirm this. I was also having this issue on lucid though too I'm sure, and it also affecting scrolling. disabling KMS solves it here - many thanks. Hopefully a new version of the driver can be rolled out on ubunut. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New =

[Bug 633983] Re: Can't boot Maverick beta amd64 live cd on macbook (EFI)

2010-10-24 Thread Jools Wills
This was the closest bug I could find to an issue I have been having with maverick built kernels and efi. some background first: I have been building kernels on a linuxmint 9 (lucid) based system, for a joggler device target (efi based device - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O2_Joggler). The

[Bug 550131] Re: maps file not getting copied from initramfs to real rootfs (loosing state, race, misconfig)

2010-10-19 Thread Jools Wills
just to note with new mdadm 3.1.4+ it uses /dev/.mdadm/map for the location which is available from the initramfs stage and once root is mounted. -- maps file not getting copied from initramfs to real rootfs (loosing state, race, misconfig) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550131 You received

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-10-17 Thread Jools Wills
What versions is your PPA good for? It is for lucid. will also work on maverick. Don't use it on Karmic. It seems like virtually all of the complexity is in init.d scripts and udev rules to have things happen automatically. If you were willing to just do an assemble manually and mount, or in a

[Bug 603582] Re: Please merge mdadm 3.1.2-2 (main) from Debian stable (main)

2010-10-16 Thread Jools Wills
I would say mdadm is rather more important than many other packages as it is a core component for anyone wanting to use software raid, and as something that is part tool part kernel driver, having it mismatched can cause problems. Certainly more important than moving the window icons :) Reading

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-10-16 Thread Jools Wills
Funnily enough I just updated a machine to maverick with it to test, and it worked fine. btw i put it on a PPA https://launchpad.net/~jools/+archive/mdadm if you are interested (apt- add-repository ppa:jools/mdadm). note the version is slightly different from the one i had before to make it more

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-10-04 Thread Jools Wills
Glad it's working for you. In regards to the device renaming, it's because it didn't recognise the array as belonging to the machine so it assembled it as md127 to not conflict with any other arrays. Please see http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg30175.html You probably want to update your

[Bug 550131] Re: initramfs missing /var/run/mdadm/ dir (loosing state, race, misconfig)

2010-09-15 Thread Jools Wills
Why has this been set to incomplete? The initial explanation is quite clear. /var/run doesn't exist at the initramfs stage and it will fail. If you updated to a new mdadm, this will use /dev/.mdadm folder for the map file - this exists throughout the initramfs and is carried over once root is

[Bug 550131] Re: initramfs missing /var/run/mdadm/ dir (loosing state, race, misconfig)

2010-09-15 Thread Jools Wills
I explained slightly wrong, since my memory was vague. The old mdadm 2.7.1 in ubuntu probably makes the map file ok, but it won't get carried across onto the rootfs. mdadm 3.1.2 wanted to place the map file in a different location and failed. my solution at the time was to change the location, and

[Bug 550131] Re: initramfs missing /var/run/mdadm/ dir (loosing state, race, misconfig)

2010-09-15 Thread Jools Wills
Please demonstrate to me where the map file created in initramfs is then copied to the root filesystem so it is available for mdadm at that stage. It isn't! I'm not going to play the game setting the bug to confirmed/invalid back and forth. to fix this you need to either copy the map file to the

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-09-10 Thread Jools Wills
Just to follow up, I am now running my 3.1.4 package on my fileserver. Would be interested to know if anyone else is using it, whilst we wait for an official mdadm update. -- Please upgrade to a non-outdated version https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495370 You received this bug notification

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-09-06 Thread Jools Wills
I finally got around to doing some upgrades on my fileserver. Thought about switching back to debian, but I thought for now, I'll just get my mdadm package working again properly on lucid. http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/mdadm/lucid/ binaries for x86 are there. you can build from source with

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-07-22 Thread Jools Wills
Yes it is a karmic package. Ii get a chance I could upgrade it to lucid. Your fix is probably fine though. What we need though is someone as part of ubuntu to maintain this though. I will never put ubuntu on a software raid machine again :/ -- Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-07-09 Thread Jools Wills
Shouldn't happen. Might be safest right now to use the standard package until I have time to take a look. -- Please upgrade to a non-outdated version https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495370 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-07-08 Thread Jools Wills
yes its dangerous. debian most likely has completely difference initramfs scripts. you could leave your machine unbootable. If you want a newer version you can try my packages http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/mdadm/ -- Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to a non-outdated version

2010-07-08 Thread Jools Wills
I have not adapted a debian package to lucid, rather upgraded the ubuntu package to a newer version and fixed some bugs. The package works fine for me at least. Not sure about issue 26. I'd have to have a look. I'm recently considering to upgrade to debian though on my system, as ubuntu is letting

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-23 Thread Jools Wills
I'm slightly confused then since my scripts specifically copy to /var/run/mdadm/map. mdadm.map is the third choice of mdadm should it not be able to make files in the first location that is set in the makefile config. however even if it did make a map file there in the initramfs, my script wouldnt

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-22 Thread Jools Wills
The first version copied the map file to /var/run/map. I then changed my mind as I saw ubuntu had a mdadm folder there, and I changed the location to /var/run/mdadm/map. I'm running the 3.1.2-0ubuntu2 version and the map file is working correctly from the mdadm folder. -- Please upgrade to 3.1.x

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-22 Thread Jools Wills
I have jo...@aero:~$ ls -l /var/run/mdadm/map -rw--- 1 root root 54 2010-04-21 22:27 /var/run/mdadm/map Btw I did try making the initramfs folder from the hook, but it never worked. I wonder if it ignores empty folders, which is why i went for the init-top script instead. -- Please upgrade

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-17 Thread Jools Wills
I haven't sorted a ppa yet, but I stuck my package up here http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/mdadm/ My changes: 3.1.2 wants to put its map file by default at /var/run/map so init-top script to make a /var/run folder for the map file (would be better in initramfs init - but I only want to

[Bug 215542] Re: mdadm --create with typo overwrites device file

2010-04-16 Thread Jools Wills
many of the major problems are due to ubuntu shipping lucid with an 18 month old version of mdadm. Does feel as though raid is completely maintained in Ubuntu currently. -- mdadm --create with typo overwrites device file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215542 You received this bug notification

[Bug 215542] Re: mdadm --create with typo overwrites device file

2010-04-16 Thread Jools Wills
Unmaintained i mean .. (my spellchecker says it's not a word but I don't care) :) If someone could update ubuntu to mdadm 3.1.2 I'm sure we could close many of the bugs. ** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- mdadm --create with typo overwrites device file

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-15 Thread Jools Wills
Due to the state/age of mdadm and raid on ubuntu, I've been seriously considering switching back to debian. Currently I am running my own package of 3.1.2 based on ubuntu's package (with the hotplug\udev way of building arrays). I basically grabbed the ubuntu source, uupdated, and manually fixed

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-15 Thread Jools Wills
(and i changed the path mdadm uses to store its map file when constructing arrays on boot from initramfs), although the better fix is to add the missing folder /var/run/mdadm to the mdadm initramfs script i guess. -- Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495370 You

[Bug 495370] Re: Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

2010-04-15 Thread Jools Wills
I wouldn't say I'm good at building packages, but I know how to update existing ones a little.. Didn't try getting the map files across from the initramfs to the root fs. Does mdadm require it once the array is already constructed ? -- Please upgrade to 3.1.x for lucid

[Bug 530051] Re: Autofs and semiautomatic credentials

2010-04-08 Thread Jools Wills
It's worth noting (as I reported on #531748) that autofs4 came with such functionality and you can actually use the /etc/auto.smb from autofs4 with autofs5 to get the credentials facility back. -- Autofs and semiautomatic credentials https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530051 You received this bug

[Bug 509425] Re: svn-load can't connect to my repository

2010-03-30 Thread Jools Wills
I can confirm I am also having this problem. Running Lucid Beta 1 ** Changed in: svn-load (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- svn-load can't connect to my repository https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509425 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 256666] Re: mdadm cannot resume array reshape

2010-03-28 Thread Jools Wills
2.6.7 has bugs when resuming a reshape. 3.1.2 is the current release. 2.6.7 is ~18 months old. Please can we have an updated mdadm ? mdadm 3.1.2 along with kernel 2.6.32 has support for many many new features also, which are useful including conversion between raid 1/5/6 as well as many bug fixes

[Bug 315721] Re: mdadm crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() after grow interrupted

2010-03-27 Thread Jools Wills
Just to add to this. 2.6.7.x is pretty old and it has major problems as mentioned. Please bring us up to date! I think 2.6.7 was released some 18 months ago. Many new abilities such as raid 1 to raid 5 reshaping are also not available even though we have the kernel version for such stuff. --

[Bug 531748] [NEW] autofs5 auto.smb has lost some user/password features that were available in autofs4

2010-03-03 Thread Jools Wills
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: autofs5 in autofs4, the /etc/auto.smb file had functionality to get credentials from /etc/auto.smb.$key (host). This seems to have been lost with autofs5. The /etc/auto.smb works fine with autofs5, but you might want to just take the credfile features

[Bug 531748] Re: autofs5 auto.smb has lost some user/password features that were available in autofs4

2010-03-03 Thread Jools Wills
** Attachment added: auto.smb http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40132719/auto.smb -- autofs5 auto.smb has lost some user/password features that were available in autofs4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is