[Bug 1357093] Re: LVM or Encrypted install creates too small /boot partition

2015-08-25 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug comes up again and again on Askubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/171209/my-boot-partition-hit-100-and-now-i-cant-upgrade-cant-remove-old-kernels-to http://askubuntu.com/questions/345588/what-is-the-safest-way-to-clean-up-boot-partition http://askubuntu.com/questions/89710/how-do-i-fr

[Bug 1484268] Re: MAAS not auto-detecting/auto-entering credentials for HP Proliant ML310E G8 V2 server

2015-08-17 Thread Roderick Smith
Additional information: I deleted the pre-existing "maas" user on the server and tried again. This time the enlistment succeeded. I've been unable to get the bug to recur, even by resetting the "maas" user's password to its original value ("maas12345"). Thus, I suspect there was something wonky abo

[Bug 1484981] [NEW] SMART test crashes on some systems that don't support SMART

2015-08-14 Thread Roderick Smith
Importance: Undecided Assignee: Roderick Smith (rodsmith) Status: New ** Changed in: plainbox-provider-checkbox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Roderick Smith (rodsmith) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1465050] Re: Size of /boot partition is too small

2015-06-18 Thread Roderick Smith
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1357093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357093 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1357093 LVM or Encrypted install creates too small /boot partition -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1465050] [NEW] Size of /boot partition is too small

2015-06-14 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: When using a partitioning option that requires the use of a /boot partition (such as LVM), Ubiquity (in Ubuntu 15.04) creates a rather small /boot partition -- 244MiB in my test: GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present AP

[Bug 1447256] Re: "Force UEFI" dialog displayed if user selects custom partitioning

2015-06-14 Thread Roderick Smith
I encountered the same bug when I performed an installation that used LVM (I selected the "Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation" option). When I opened a shell and examined the partition table, it appears that it had already been created. (The disk was empty when I began.) The partition table r

[Bug 1450127] Re: NEdit crashes on launch in Ubuntu 15.04

2015-05-07 Thread Roderick Smith
Paul, I'm attaching the backtrace you wanted. Note, however, that the problem has disappeared on the original system (a VirtualBox VM) that exhibited it. I had to do a fresh installation to re-create it. The problem disappeared after I rebooted the new installation. Deleting the ~/.nedit director

[Bug 1451866] [NEW] ipmitool fails to change boot mode to PXE-boot on UEFI-based server

2015-05-05 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: I've tried to use ipmitool to change a server's configuration from local-disk booting to PXE-booting using ipmitool, thus: ipmitool -H 172.24.25.53 -U ubuntu -P passwd chassis bootdev pxe The man page suggests this should work, although it doesn't explicitly mention EFI/UEFI

[Bug 1450127] [NEW] NEdit crashes on launch in Ubuntu 15.04

2015-04-29 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: On a fresh install of Ubuntu Desktop 15.04 with the "nedit" package and a few others added, nedit crashes (segfaults) on startup. I'm attaching the /var/crash/_usr_bin_nedit.1000.crash file from such a crash. Further version information from this system: $ lsb_release -rd Des

[Bug 1445456] Re: sgdisk return 0 if nonGPT partition style (must return 3)

2015-04-24 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm the upstream author of GPT fdisk. The intent of the "3" return code is to signal when sgdisk failed to operate because the disk was a non-GPT disk -- for instance, a "-d" operation to delete a partition, which sgdisk will refuse to do on an MBR disk unless "-g" is also included, to make it cle

[Bug 1437024] Re: Failure to PXE-boot from secondary NIC

2015-03-27 Thread Roderick Smith
Yes, we can give you access, but that may have to wait until next week. (I'm running certification tests on it now, and they'll go on until sometime mid-afternoon.) If you'll want to change the MAAS configuration, we'll probably want to move it from maaster to landmaas. -- You received this bug n

[Bug 1303903] Re: sgdisk zap/clear doesn't wipe all GPT tables

2015-03-20 Thread Roderick Smith
Examining the code, there are several sgdisk calls, but two are relevant for this discussion. The first is the one reproduced in this initial bug report: sgdisk --zap-all --clear --mbrtogpt This call does not seem to have been changed as a result of bug #1257491. Upon further review, I think I se

[Bug 1431178] Re: handling image on ntfs: "Error 38 when determining sector size! Setting sector size to 512"

2015-03-18 Thread Roderick Smith
GPT fdisk relies on OS calls to determine the sector size, which is vitally important for interpreting GPT data structures. It appears that the NTFS-3g driver that Ubuntu uses is not returning that data, which means that sgdisk can only make a guess that the sector size is 512. (In fact, when deali

[Bug 1390819] Re: fdisk/cfdisk crashes and wrong data

2015-03-18 Thread Roderick Smith
Please post example output; it's unclear to me what you mean by "showing opposite labels for my 9th and 10th partitions (GPT)." Also, be aware that the versions of fdisk and cfdisk delivered with Ubuntu through version 14.04 don't support GPT, although 14.10's fdisk and cfdisk add GPT support. Iden

[Bug 1367464] Re: Backup operation seems to be duplicating information

2015-03-18 Thread Roderick Smith
This is not a bug. From the gdisk man page's description of the backup option: b Save partition data to a backup file. You can back up your cur‐ rent in-memory partition table to a disk file using this option. The resulting file is a binary file consisting

[Bug 1303903] Re: sgdisk zap/clear doesn't wipe all GPT tables

2015-03-18 Thread Roderick Smith
This is not a bug in sgdisk; it's either a bug in the charm or an incorrect use of same. Specifically, the sgdisk command shown is: sgdisk --zap-all --clear --mbrtogpt /dev/vdb This command does four things, in sequence: - It zaps all GPT and MBR data structures (--zap-all). - It creates an empt

[Bug 1281306] Re: version bump request

2015-03-18 Thread Roderick Smith
I bumped gdisk out of beta status yesterday; version 1.0.0 is now available. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281306 Title: version bump request To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1383727] Re: [SRU] Fast installer - failure to install grub (UEFI mode)

2015-03-05 Thread Roderick Smith
Yes, Brian; AFAIK the SRU 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/1383727 Title: [SRU] Fast installer - failure to install grub (UEFI mode) To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1383727] Re: [SRU] Fast installer - failure to install grub (UEFI mode)

2015-03-04 Thread Roderick Smith
It was the curtin-common package at fault. I had been under the mistaken impression that it was the ephemerals that needed to be updated, and we hadn't updated the packages on the server in a while. Once we did, it started working. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1383727] Re: [SRU] Fast installer - failure to install grub (UEFI mode)

2015-02-27 Thread Roderick Smith
We're still having problems with one MAAS server. We suspect an ephemeral isn't being updated correctly. What's the best procedure to ensure that the fix gets onto a working MAAS server without wiping out the existing node list? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 1383727] Re: Fast installer - failure to install grub (UEFI mode)

2015-01-09 Thread Roderick Smith
This is an extremely critical bug for installations with EFI-mode systems. When will the fix work its way into earlier distributions? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383727 Title: Fas

[Bug 398289] Re: xfig 3.2.5-rel-2ubuntu2, ubuntu 8.10, AMD64, font selection broken

2014-12-10 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug still exists in Ubuntu 14.04. It can be fixed by installing the gsfonts-x11 package. Currently, that package is marked as "suggested" in the xfonts Debian package. I strongly recommend making gsfonts-x11 a full dependency. Although xfig is useful for some purposes without working fonts, I

[Bug 424371] Re: Logins to OpenSSH server slow due to "UseDNS yes" config

2014-12-08 Thread Roderick Smith
Just to note: This problem still exists in Ubuntu 14.04LTS and 14.10. It's annoying because I have to make changes to every new installation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424371 Title

[Bug 1260893] Re: iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode

2014-08-13 Thread Roderick Smith
I just tested with Utopic, and it seems to be fixed there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260893 Title: iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode To manage notifications about

[Bug 1351071] Re: When GPT minimally replaced by MBR, Ubiquity resurrects GPT data

2014-08-01 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog file from installation showing problem (delayed a few hours)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1351071/+attachment/4167413/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 1351071] [NEW] When GPT minimally replaced by MBR, Ubiquity resurrects GPT data

2014-07-31 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: When a GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk is partitioned with fdisk (without GPT support), with Microsoft's default partitioning tools, or with certain other GPT-unaware tools, the result is a valid MBR partition table and leftover GPT data. The GPT spec (part of the EFI/UEFI spe

[Bug 1067467] Re: Type of new partition using gpt

2014-07-28 Thread Roderick Smith
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1330021 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330021 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1330021 custom installation on GPT partitioned disks refers to Primary & Logical partitions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1015211] Re: Ubiquity installed grub-efi when it should have installed grub-pc

2014-07-24 Thread Roderick Smith
DavidEscott (david-escott) wrote: > As a practical matter there really should be an override for the installer. +1. I've seen a LOT of online problems reported because Ubuntu installs in one mode on a computer with another OS installed in another mode. Usually the existing install in EFI mode and

[Bug 1260893] Re: iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode

2014-07-03 Thread Roderick Smith
I've submitted this patch upstream: https://sourceforge.net/p/iperf/patches/28/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260893 Title: iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode To manag

[Bug 1260893] Re: iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode

2014-07-03 Thread Roderick Smith
The problem was caused by starting a thread and then forking the program as part of daemonizing it. This resulted in the thread no longer communicating correctly with the forked main program. See here for more information: http://www.linuxprogrammingblog.com/threads-and-fork-think-twice-before- us

[Bug 1337358] [NEW] kdevelop is in Ubuntu repository, but won't install

2014-07-03 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: I'm unable to install kdevelop in Ubuntu 14.04LTS Desktop. The attempt yields the following: $ sudo apt-get install kdevelop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean tha

[Bug 1304585] Re: iperf run as daemon spawns off undying instances that consume CPU

2014-07-02 Thread Roderick Smith
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1260893 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1260893 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1260893 iperf forks and loops endlessly in daemon mode -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 1284196] Re: Install to 3TB disk fails with "attempt to read or write outside of disk" error on reboot

2014-06-25 Thread Roderick Smith
I've seen another report of this problem on a real Cisco server, on IRC in #maas: have you guys tested maas (in 14.04) with disks > 2TB? with GPT partition table something is not right on Cisco UCS servers ivoks: Would you happen to be seeing https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity

[Bug 1307614] Re: MAAS sometimes attempts to install to USB flash drive

2014-06-10 Thread Roderick Smith
The official Ubuntu system requirements include 5GB of disk space (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements), so installing to a 2GB disk is just plain wrong. This bug report was just bumped in priority because it's similar to problems being experienced with other configur

[Bug 1320916] Re: NICs being mapped with strange names that make no sense

2014-05-19 Thread Roderick Smith
I've seen this too. Sometimes the names seem to change with the kernel -- kernel version A brings up Ethernet interfaces with sensible names but kernel version B brings up one interface OK and another with a "rename" name. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1136112] Re: [needs-packaging] rEFInd

2014-05-16 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm rEFInd's maintainer, and I've just prepared a rEFInd PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rodsmith/+archive/refind It's still a little rough around the edges, but it gets the job done, and it should improve in the future. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1304518] Re: Confusing wording in the IPMI section of node power data

2014-04-22 Thread Roderick Smith
I read Julian's comment as meaning that specifying the MAC address can be more reliable if DHCP *IS* used to assign BMC IP addresses on a crowded LAN. If this is correct, I recommend something more like the following: MAC Address -- Enter the BMC's MAC address if its IP address is likely to change

[Bug 1154749] Re: reboot does a shutdown instead of rebooting (OCP v2)

2014-04-14 Thread Roderick Smith
I can confirm that this has worked much better with recent kernels, so my comment in #16 can be ignored. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154749 Title: reboot does a shutdown instead o

[Bug 1307134] Re: Ubiquity presents unhelpful error dialog after "Preparing to Install" screen

2014-04-13 Thread Roderick Smith
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1306704 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306704 I agree it's a duplicate. I've done further testing, and FAT16, NTFS, and ext2fs partitions all seem fine; it's only FAT32 that causes the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 1306704] Re: daily image launched from usb has partman crash

2014-04-13 Thread Roderick Smith
FWIW, the problem also occurs on BIOS boots and with MBR partition tables, not just EFI boot with GPT. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306704 Title: daily image launched from usb has

[Bug 1307134] Re: Ubiquity presents unhelpful error dialog after "Preparing to Install" screen

2014-04-13 Thread Roderick Smith
I've done some more testing, and it seems that Ubiquity, at least when run in EFI mode on a GPT disk, wants to see a COMPLETELY BLANK disk; if ANY partition is present, this bug occurs, which prevents installation. Needless to say, this is an EXTREMELY serious bug. -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 1307134] Re: Ubiquity presents unhelpful error dialog after "Preparing to Install" screen

2014-04-13 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "/var/log/installer/debug file from debug run" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1307134/+attachment/4082594/+files/debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1307134] [NEW] Ubiquity presents unhelpful error dialog after "Preparing to Install" screen

2014-04-13 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: Ubiquity is producing an unhelpful error message (see attachment) on one of my test systems after I select "Continue" in the "Preparing to Install Ubuntu" screen. After dismissing this dialog box, nothing happens; the mouse pointer changes to a rotating circle of dots and the

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-04-07 Thread Roderick Smith
I've verified that the 3.13-23-gneric kernel does indeed fix the problem on the systems I'd been using. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300416 Title: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.

[Bug 1158010] Re: Shutdown dialog asks a yes/no question but doesn't offer a binary choice

2014-04-04 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm not sure if this is exactly the same issue that the original bug report is about, but for me, the question is posed with no obvious way to answer it -- see the screen shot, taken from VirtualBox. There are no "Yes" or "No" buttons or any other obvious way to answer the question. To shut down th

[Bug 838792] Re: "Restart" logs out, even when there are no other people logged in

2014-04-04 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug has recurred with the 14.04 beta-2, as of April 3-4, 2014. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838792 Title: "Restart" logs out, even when there are no other people logged in To

[Bug 1300026] Re: Enlistment/commissioning boot no longer works

2014-04-04 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug seems to be back. I initially overlooked this report, so I filed another one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1302604 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300026 Title: Enli

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-04-02 Thread Roderick Smith
Tim, disabling the Wi-Fi radio in the firmware did not resolve the problem. (I didn't see any other options related to Wi-Fi.) Of course, that's moot if Seth's fix works, so I look forward to testing it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
No, an Ethernet cable doesn't seem to have any effect. My initial report was with Ethernet connected. I've since tried with it disconnected, and the symptoms look the same. I'm attaching /var/log/syslog from the cable-disconnected case, though, in case that gives you any more clues. ** Attachment

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
The installation fails and apport-collect is unavailable in the installation environment. Therefore, I'm unable to run this command. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "Output of "lspci -vnvn" on an affected machine" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1300416/+attachment/4056365/+files/lspci-vnvn.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "output of "cat /proc/version_signature" on an affected machine" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1300416/+attachment/4056366/+files/version_signature.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 1300416] Re: Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog from hung system." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1300416/+attachment/4056313/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 1300416] [NEW] Install of 14.04 fails with 3.13.0-20-generic kernel

2014-03-31 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: I've tried installing the latest daily build of Trusty server, with a 3.13.0-20-generic kernel, on several Lenovo ThinkPad models (X121e, X131e, and L330). It's failed on every one of them. The installer hangs on an empty purple screen (see screen shot). Switching to VT4 revea

[Bug 1154749] Re: reboot does a shutdown instead of rebooting (OCP v2)

2014-03-06 Thread Roderick Smith
This does seem to help, but with some very big caveats: First, I was unable to test the -generic kernel because it lacked the mei and mei_me modules. I therefore did my testing with the -lowlatency version of the kernel. Second, whether the disable_msi=1 kernel option was used or not, the system

[Bug 1054292] Re: [xorg-edgers] hid_generic module missing from initramfs

2014-02-26 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm not 100% positive I'm seeing the exact same issue, but I think I am. In my case, the xorg-edgers PPA is not installed, though. I've got a 12.04.3 installation on a Lenovo Ideapad laptop with an encrypted root filesystem. When I boot with a stock kernel, I'm able to type my encrypted filesystem

[Bug 1284196] Re: Install to 3TB disk fails with "attempt to read or write outside of disk" error on reboot

2014-02-24 Thread Roderick Smith
Upon further investigation, it seems to be the placement of the grub.cfg file, not of the kernel, that's causing GRUB to flake out. Using debugfs, I found that grub.cfg resides at blocks 748716118 and 748716119. Given a 4KiB block size, that works out to about the 2.79TiB mark on the disk, which is

[Bug 1284196] [NEW] Install to 3TB disk fails with "attempt to read or write outside of disk" error on reboot

2014-02-24 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: I performed a test installation of Trusty server to a VirtualBox installation with a 3TiB virtual disk. I chose default options for the most part, although I opted for a non-LVM partition layout. Ubiquity seemed to successfully install Ubuntu, but on reboot, I got the followin

[Bug 1283493] Re: Name "EFI boot partition" is non-standard

2014-02-22 Thread Roderick Smith
It's referred to as an "EFI System Partition" (or sometimes a "UEFI System Partition") in the EFI spec, so IMHO that's the name that should be used when referring to it in any "official" way within Ubuntu. Although there are, AFAIK, no other EFI partitions, IMHO it's important to use the name as it

[Bug 1067467] Re: Type of new partition using gpt

2014-02-22 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug still exists in the current (2/22/2014) Trusty images. The presence of a meaningless option is likely to confuse users, or make more knowledgeable users wonder if the tool is actually using GPT or has created an MBR partition table by mistake. -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 1283493] [NEW] Name "EFI boot partition" is non-standard

2014-02-22 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: Ubiquity refers to the EFI System Partition (ESP) as an "EFI boot partition." The latter name is non-standard; AFAIK, it's used *only* in ubiquity. It's therefore potentially confusing to users, who may wonder how (or even if) the "EFI boot partition" relates to the ESP. Unfo

[Bug 1281306] [NEW] version bump request

2014-02-17 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: I just want to flag that I've released a new version of GPT fdisk (gdisk) today: 0.8.9. This version optionally breaks the ties to the libicu library; by default, it now compiles without needing that library but still providing UTF-16LE partition name support. Thus, you might

[Bug 1154749] Re: reboot does a shutdown instead of rebooting (OCP v2)

2014-02-06 Thread Roderick Smith
I've traced this bug to changes introduced with the 3.2.0 kernel; kernels up to the 3.1.9 kernel reboot just fine. The driver provided by Samantha earlier is very similar to the 3.0.x drivers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1154749] Re: reboot does a shutdown instead of rebooting (OCP v2)

2014-02-03 Thread Roderick Smith
Update: I've verified this bug in a BIOS-mode boot in trusty, with a twist: BOTH the mei AND the mei_me modules must be blacklisted in order to cause a reboot to work. When both are blacklisted, rebooting also works when the system is booted in EFI mode -- I suspect a failure to blacklist mei_me ca

[Bug 1154749] Re: reboot does a shutdown instead of rebooting (OCP v2)

2014-01-30 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug still exists in Trusty, at least when the OCPv2 Windmill is booted in EFI mode. Blacklisting the mei module does *NOT* work around the problem with Trusty in EFI mode. Testing in BIOS mode will have to wait a few more days -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 1090829] Re: grub-efi fails to install with Input/output error

2013-07-29 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm speculating, but I suspect that this problem may have to do with the Windows "fast startup" feature. This feature essentially turns the "shutdown" option in Windows into something more akin to a suspend-to- disk operation. As such, any filesystems that are mounted at the time of "shutdown" (per

[Bug 1091464] Re: Unable to chainload Windows 8 with Secure Boot enabled

2013-06-30 Thread Roderick Smith
I don't have a fix for GRUB, but you *should* be able to work around the problem by using my rEFInd boot manager (http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/): 1. In Linux, install the rEFInd Debian package. 2. Check the /boot/efi/EFI/refind directory. It should contain *either* a refind_x64.efi file *or* a

[Bug 1077643] Re: Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu - i.e it overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

2012-11-26 Thread Roderick Smith
Since you're using rEFInd, if you're using recent enough Linux kernels (3.3.0 or later), you can bypass GRUB entirely. To have it pick up your kernels automatically you may have to do some reconfiguration: 1. Set up separate /boot partitions for each distribution. Use FAT (not supported by most

[Bug 945433] Re: Incorrect GPT length should be handled better

2012-08-07 Thread Roderick Smith
Psusi wrote: "This points to gdisk comparing the disk size to the MBR size, rather than the GPT size." I assure you that this is **NOT** the case! The code that computes the disk size does **NOT** refer to MBR data structures. GPT fdisk works fine on over-2TiB disks, for which MBR data structures

[Bug 945433] Re: Incorrect GPT length should be handled better

2012-08-07 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm the author of gdisk; psusi e-mailed me suggesting I look at this bug report. I believe the problem stems from an inconsistency in motherboard-based RAID configuration or kernel drivers. Note that fdisk is reporting a disk size of 312579695 sectors. This is an odd number, both in the mathematic

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI System Partition

2012-02-20 Thread Roderick Smith
I've verified Przemyslaw Kulczycki's report that this problem is still present in 12.04 alpha 2. Do the developers REALLY want this bug to be present in a long-term support release? It's only going to become more of an issue with time. Since UEFI-based computers are now shipping in droves, more and

[Bug 936661] [NEW] parted should create Linux filesystem partitions with Linux-specific type code

2012-02-19 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: Description of problem: When creating GPT partitions for Linux filesystems, libparted uses the Microsoft Basic Data partition type code GUID (EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7). This is fine as far as Linux is concerned, since Linux ignores partition type codes for the mos

[Bug 936661] Re: parted should create Linux filesystem partitions with Linux-specific type code

2012-02-19 Thread Roderick Smith
Here's the patch to fix the problem ** Patch added: "The patch against parted 3.0 to fix this problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parted/+bug/936661/+attachment/2760339/+files/parted-patch.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 936661] Re: parted should create Linux filesystem partitions with Linux-specific type code

2012-02-19 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "A screen shot of Windows, showing how easy it is to trash a Linux installation." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936661/+attachment/2760334/+files/windows.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 811485] Re: EFI SYSTEM PARTITION should be atleast 100 MiB size and formatted as FAT32, not FAT16

2011-12-31 Thread Roderick Smith
Adam, you've misread my comment about Windows and MBR. Allow me to rephrase: When booted in BIOS mode, Windows will only install to or boot from an MBR partition table (normally without a GPT, although Windows treats hybrid MBR disks as MBR disks); and when booted in EFI mode, Windows will only ins

[Bug 811485] Re: EFI SYSTEM PARTITION should be atleast 100 MiB size and formatted as FAT32, not FAT16

2011-12-30 Thread Roderick Smith
Allen, Windows ties its boot support to the partition table type, so if you have an MBR partition table, then Windows is booting in BIOS mode, not in EFI mode. It's entirely possible that the Ubuntu installer started up in EFI mode despite this, though, which could cause problems. The best (or at l

[Bug 811485] Re: EFI SYSTEM PARTITION should be atleast 100 MiB size and formatted as FAT32, not FAT16

2011-11-21 Thread Roderick Smith
I recommend that the ESP's size exceed 200 MiB. The reason is that some boot loaders, such as ELILO, effectively require kernels to reside on the ESP. There's also a patch to effectively make the Linux kernel its own EFI boot loader, which would also require the kernel to reside on the ESP. If kern

[Bug 820723] Re: Installer creates no BIOS boot partition on UEFI system, system becomes unbootable after automatic update

2011-10-14 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug's title is misleading. The BIOS Boot Partition is required (or at least recommended), as the partition's name suggests, on *BIOS-based* systems. On UEFI-based systems, this partition is NOT required. The bug reported seems to be that a proper installation of grub-efi (GRUB for EFI/UEFI sy

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI System Partition

2011-10-13 Thread Roderick Smith
I've just checked Ubuntu 11.10 final release, and this bug is STILL present! I cannot recommend Ubuntu for EFI users; working around this bug is just too awkward. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 811485] Re: EFI SYSTEM PARTITION should be atleast 100 MiB size and formatted as FAT32, not FAT16

2011-09-25 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug still exists in 11.10 beta 2 -- or at least, it still creates a FAT16 ESP. (I pre-partitioned the disk on my test install, so I don't know if the partition size issue still exists.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI System Partition

2011-09-25 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm appalled that this bug is still present in the Ubuntu 11.10 beta 2. ERASING EXISTING OSes' BOOT LOADERS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! Since many (perhaps most) new computers shipping today are UEFI-based, this bug is rapidly increasing in importance. PLEASE fix it before 11.10 goes final! -- You rec

[Bug 854395] [NEW] Version bump request

2011-09-19 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: gdisk 0.6.14 is getting a bit long in the tooth; the current version is 0.8.0. This version includes two new programs (fixparts and cgdisk), although I encourage splitting fixparts into a separate package, since it's used for fixing MBR problems, vs. the other three programs i

[Bug 721576] Re: [natty] kernel panic on reboot with (U)EFI

2011-06-19 Thread Roderick Smith
It's possible that the bug is caused by buggy firmware, but if so it's NOT restricted to Sandy Bridge systems. My own computer uses an Intel DG43NB motherboard (Intel G43 Express chipset with AMI EFI 2.00) with a Celeron E3300 CPU, which predates Sandy Bridge by quite a while. As noted earlier, I'v

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI SYSTEM PARTITION and should use FAT32 instead of FAT16 as the FS

2011-06-17 Thread Roderick Smith
The FAT32 language exists in the EFI 1.10 spec (section 11.2, p. 11-4). The critical first sentence you quoted is identical. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769669 Title: Installer sho

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI SYSTEM PARTITION and should use FAT32 instead of FAT16 as the FS

2011-06-16 Thread Roderick Smith
Oh, one more thing: Windows is fussy about the ESP; if it's FAT16, Windows won't accept it as a valid ESP (although it displays as one in the partitioning screen), and will insist on creating a new FAT32 ESP. It will then get confused and be unable to complete its own installation. Thus, if you ins

[Bug 769669] Re: Installer should not format an existing EFI SYSTEM PARTITION and should use FAT32 instead of FAT16 as the FS

2011-06-16 Thread Roderick Smith
This bug is extremely serious. If you don't happen to have your ESP backed up, you'll have a hard time recovering when it bites. Beyond the obvious problem of trashing other OSs' files, even after restoring the trashed boot loaders, if another Linux distribution referenced the ESP via a "UUID=" ent

[Bug 721576] Re: [natty] kernel panic on reboot with (U)EFI

2011-05-21 Thread Roderick Smith
Another report on this: I'm using an Intel DG43NB motherboard (Intel G43 Express chipset, AMI EFI 2.00) with a Celeron E3300 CPU. I'd previously been booting in BIOS mode with no problems, but I tried UEFI mode for Ubuntu 11.04. I had the kernel panic on reboot, but not on shutdown. I've tried this

[Bug 757201] Re: Overlapping partitions created on Apple GPT

2011-04-15 Thread Roderick Smith
I'm the author of GPT fdisk (gdisk, sgdisk). Some comments: * There's no such thing as a "fake protective partition." The 0xEE partition in the MBR does not correspond to any real partition in the GPT. The purpose of the 0xEE partition is to keep GPT-unaware utilities from messing with the disk. I

[Bug 653905] Re: Request version bump

2011-01-08 Thread Roderick Smith
I've just heard from somebody who's destroyed the partition table on a USB disk because of one of the bugs in this version of GPT fdisk! (The GPT-to-MBR function in this version is broken.) The current version is 0.6.13; 0.5.1 was released OVER A YEAR AGO! *PLEASE*, either upgrade to the latest ver

[Bug 653905] [NEW] Request version bump

2010-10-02 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdisk Version 0.5.1 of gdisk is woefully out of date; it was released in December of 2009. The current version, 0.6.11, adds quite a few features and fixes a number of bugs. (See http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/revisions.html for details.) ** Affects: gdi

[Bug 396880] Re: Xfce4-weather-plugin stopped working few days ago

2009-07-12 Thread Roderick Smith
Tested in Ubuntu 8.04.3 for x86-64, and it works fine there. I had to log out and back in again to activate the updated code. (I thought I'd try that since Charlie Kravetz reported trying removing and re-adding the applet to the panel. Apparently either approach works.) -- Xfce4-weather-plugin st

[Bug 398498] Re: Weather applet displays "No Data"

2009-07-12 Thread Roderick Smith
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28940244/Dependencies.txt -- Weather applet displays "No Data" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398498 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 398498] [NEW] Weather applet displays "No Data"

2009-07-12 Thread Roderick Smith
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-weather-plugin This bug is in xfce4-weather-plugin 0.6.2 for Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS: $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS Release:8.04 $ apt-cache policy xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-weather-plugin: Installed: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1 C