[Bug 157981] Re: udev not using mdadm incremental

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
When this occurs the drives are accessed continously, system hangs. -- udev not using mdadm incremental https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists

[Bug 244792] Re: -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
When this bug occurs the drives are accessed continously, system hangs. -- -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 230671] Re: Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point after resuming sleep

2008-07-22 Thread ceg
I am sorry my comments have been misunderstandable and caused this bug to be set to invalid even if it may be valid. My first comment was made to point to solution, that is possible with new kernels. The second to point out that USB_PERSIST should better be patched to check USB IDs when somone

[Bug 230671] Re: Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point after resuming sleep

2008-07-22 Thread ceg
My comments did not describe an implemented design, but pointed to a possibility to fix this in ubuntu. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point after resuming sleep https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230671 You receive

[Bug 83025] Re: initramfs-tools script doesn't wait for device initialization, preventing mdadm to assemble md arrays

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
To fix the issue the md, cryptsetup, etc. scripts that set up the root device need to wait for their device to get set up by udev and timeout after a while (possibly running a degraded raid). https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HotplugRaid https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid -- initramfs-tools scrip

[Bug 247153] Re: Volume group containing encrypted root not initialized if device is slow to appear

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Volume group containing encrypted root not initialized if device is slow to appear https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 247153] Re: Volume group containing encrypted root not initialized if device is slow to appear

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
IMHO the cryptsetup scripts in initramfs should go into a waiting loop (0.5 sec intervals) for their devices (going on quickly when device is available) and timeout after a while. Lets get rid of long sleep workarounds and race conditions. ** Summary changed: - Volume group containing encrypt

[Bug 247153] Re: encrypted root initialisation does not wait for its device to appear

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
Alternatively cryptsetup may be handled by udev rules, similar as md and lvm devices are. -- encrypted root initialisation does not wait for its device to appear https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247153 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 83025] Re: initramfs-tools script doesn't wait for device initialization, preventing mdadm to assemble md arrays

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
md and lvm devices are actually handled by udev rules. For one, cryptsetup handling needs go into a waiting loop (Bug #247153), or also be handled by udev rules. For two, the initramfs script that mounts the rootfs needs go into a waiting loop (0.5 sec intervals) for their devices (going on quic

[Bug 247153] Re: encrypted root initialisation does not wait for its device to appear

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
Just checked that the same applies for encrypted non-rootfilesystems on external disks, too. (/etc/init.d/cryptdisks*) Since md and lvm devices are set up by udev, cryptdisks scripts need to contain a waiting loop for their disks, or need to be called by udev rules themselves. -- encrypted root

[Bug 251164] [NEW] crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its devices to appear

2008-07-23 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cryptsetup ubuntu 8.04 md and lvm devices are set up by udev rules. cryptsetup races the hotplug system and fails if they are not set up instantly. cryptsetup scripts in initramfs and /etc/init.d/ should go into a waiting loop (0.5 sec intervals) for t

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
A "howto get disks idleing correctly (without excessive load cycling)" has been added to: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement -- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 244844] Re: Adapt laptop-mode-tools invocation to ubuntu's acpi-support / pm-tools packages

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- Adapt laptop-mode-tools invocation to ubuntu's acpi-support / pm-tools packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244844 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 244833] Re: missing hdparm -B setting during resume

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- missing hdparm -B setting during resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244833 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
** Description changed: This is not a support forum. Please do not use it as such (even though it has been used as such already). You can scan through the bug for links to the Ubuntu forums where many, many different questions have been asked, answered, and re-answered. The temporary

[Bug 244839] Re: /etc/acpi/start.d and resume.d scripts are not run.

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
Then the bug is that acpi-support contains these bogus directories. -- /etc/acpi/start.d and resume.d scripts are not run. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244839 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

[Bug 244838] Re: laptop-mode needs to be activated in two places

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- laptop-mode needs to be activated in two places https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244838 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 244836] Re: /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user settings

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 244836] Re: /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user settings

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 244832] Re: missing hdparm -B setting during boot

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- missing hdparm -B setting during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244832 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 244831] Re: /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user scripts

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user scripts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 244831] Re: /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user scripts

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
There is now an overview about the related bugs in the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head-ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 -- /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user scripts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 239419] Re: pm-utils has laptop-tools script which conflicts with laptop-mode-tools

2008-07-07 Thread ceg
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 244844 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244844 See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement#head- ab94c99627b86e9fbb29a09d3316178269c3e764 for the links between the separate bugs. -- pm-utils has laptop-tools script which conflicts with laptop-mode-tools

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-07-07 Thread ceg
** Description changed: This is not a support forum. Please do not use it as such (even though it has been used as such already). You can scan through the bug for links to the Ubuntu forums where many, many different questions have been asked, answered, and re-answered. - The temporary

[Bug 246192] [NEW] gksu to regular users broken

2008-07-07 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gksu In (x)ubuntu 8.04 it ist not possible to run an application as a different regular user with gksu. A simple test: Inserting the following line into /etc/sudoers (with visudo) user ALL=(otheruser) ALL leads to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu -

[Bug 230671] USB device persistence across suspend (was: Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point after resuming sleep)

2008-07-08 Thread ceg
An "echo 1 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/persist" could be done for usb-storage devices? A pointer to kernel info: http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/usb/persist.txt and fix released bug #197166 "persist mode in hardy kernel" -- Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point

[Bug 230671] Re: Mounts external USB hard drive in a different point after resuming sleep

2008-07-08 Thread ceg
The CONFIG_USB_PERSIST feature should probably be made to also check the serial numbers of the devices it has been enabled for. Because it is quite likely that one user or tow friends may have two disks of same manufacturer and type. (Especially in HotplugRaid laptop setups https://wiki.ubuntu

[Bug 214054] hotplug mdadm setup

2008-06-30 Thread ceg
the mdadm in 8.04 allready supports --incremental -- degraded raid partitions will not mount at boot time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-06-30 Thread ceg
According to the man page the mdadm in 8.04 supports the --incremental mode for use in hotplug setups. (like the udev rules driven assembly in ubuntu) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HotplugRaid -- cannot boot raid1 with only one disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120375 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 214054] Re: degraded raid partitions will not mount at boot time

2008-06-30 Thread ceg
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 120375 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120375 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 120375 cannot boot raid1 with only one disk -- degraded raid partitions will not mount at boot time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214054 You received this

[Bug 244792] [NEW] -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm (8.04) "mdadm --assemble --scan --no-degraded" creates inactive arrays that will not start with a subsequent "mdadm --assemble --scan (--run)" (N.B. that is what the the udev rules and boot scripts are trying to do instead of using --incremental)

[Bug 244792] Re: -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
(The array will be crated inactive only if degraded of course) -- -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b

[Bug 244803] [NEW] Segfault when readding removable devices

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm When an external drive with a raid 1 member (say /dev/sdc1) gets disconnected and is subsequently re-added with "mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdd1" mdadm quits with "segmentation fault". The udev rules supplied for mdadm should trigger a "mdadm --

[Bug 244808] [NEW] --incremental --scan --run does not start anything

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm (ubuntu 8.04) When --incremental is used to assemble array incrementally (as is envisioned for udev hotplugging) --incremental --scan --run does not start anything. "mdadm --incremental --scan --run" does not start the arrays that have been part

[Bug 244810] [NEW] inconsistency with the --no-degraded option

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm There is inconsistency in the --no-degraded and --incremental option. They will start degraded arrays, if they have been --run degraded before. Its clearer to report problems and and do interventions when staring degraded raids stays the resposi

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
I added notes on how to adjust the ubuntu hotplug setup to cope with raid devices at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid See under "Implementation". -- cannot boot raid1 with only one disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120375 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 244827] [NEW] missing documentation of power management setup in ubuntu

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support The different power management packages in ubuntu are patched. Where ist the documentation about the design reasoning and configuration decisions. Obviously part of the policy is that CPU frequency and powersettings are controlled by deskto

[Bug 244831] [NEW] /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user scripts

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support (ubuntu 8.04) /etc/acpi/power.sh is called when switching between battery and AC. It then includes the scripts in /etc/acpi/battery.d and /etc/acpi/ac.d . After this it conditionally sets the laptop_mode and then hdparm -B and -S values. T

[Bug 244836] [NEW] /etc/acpi/power.sh overrides user settings

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support When operating a laptop on AC but within a moving vehicle, disk idleing ("laptop-mode") is needed even on AC. Not nessecarily to lett the disk spin down, but to leave the heads parked long enoght periods of time for shock protection. (http

[Bug 244832] [NEW] missing hdparm -B setting during boot

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support /etc/acpi/power.sh sets fixed hdparm values but gets called only when switching from/to AC. Disk spin-down and head parking should not be activated without controlled disk idling. The regular uncoordinated logging or journaling activity m

[Bug 244833] [NEW] missing hdparm -B setting during resume

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support /etc/acpi/power.sh sets fixed hdparm values but gets called only when switching power supply. Disk spin-down and head parking should not be activated without controlled disk idling. The regular uncoordinated logging or journaling activity

[Bug 244839] [NEW] /etc/acpi/start.d and resume.d scripts are not run.

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support Scripts in /etc/acpi/start.d and resume.d don't get executed. For example setting the hdparm -B values there, as a workaround for Bug # # (missing hdparm -B setting during boot and resume) does not work in ubuntu 8.04. Why are those useless

[Bug 244838] [NEW] laptop-mode needs to be activated in two places

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools Laptop-mode won't be activated unless ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true is also set in /etc/default/acpi-support. (/etc/init./laptop-mode checks that) Therefor two places exist in ubuntu where disk-idleing (aka laptop-mode) needs to be anabled. T

[Bug 244844] [NEW] Adapt invocation to ubuntu acpi-support / pm-tools packages

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools Include scripts that call "/usr/bin/laptop_mode auto" in in /etc/acpi/ac.d, battery.d, resume.d and start.d. It is suggested to acpi-support to stop calling laptop-mode-tools and hdparm directly. #244831, #244832, #244833, #244836

[Bug 239419] Re: pm-utils has laptop-tools script which conflicts with laptop-mode-tools

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Disk-idleing (aka "laptop-mode") and power states are quite separate things. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement Since ubuntu by default ships with laptop-mode-tools (thus disabled) which handles all the things associated with disk-idleing, (like mount options, hdparm options, low battery ex

[Bug 42052] Re: Screen not locked on resume from hibernate/suspend

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Same in hardy maybe putting a script in a pm-tools directory to lock the screens (and open consoles Alt-Ctrl-F1, ...) -- Screen not locked on resume from hibernate/suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42052 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a

[Bug 238555] Re: pm-utils doesn't reload hdparm.conf after a suspend

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Disk-idleing (aka "laptop-mode") and power states are quite separate things. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement Since ubuntu by default ships with laptop-mode-tools (thus disabled) which handles all the things associated with disk-idleing, (like mount options, hdparm options, low battery ex

[Bug 241590] Re: dirty writeback set longer when on ac than battery

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Disk-idleing (aka "laptop-mode") and power states are quite separate things. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerManagement Since ubuntu by default ships with laptop-mode-tools (thus disabled) which handles all the things associated with disk-idleing, (like mount options, hdparm options, low battery ex

[Bug 244859] [NEW] lm-profiler: monitoring read access

2008-07-02 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools The lm-profiler is very helpful to identfy processes that write to the disk periodically. Since there are still disk spinn-up events without any write access reported and no user activity going on, it would be good to have lm- profile

[Bug 244844] Re: Adapt invocation to ubuntu acpi-support / pm-tools packages

2008-07-05 Thread ceg
This bug report is inteded to document the adaption of laptop-mode- tools. Wouldn't the patch to pm-tools be the matter of a pm-tools bugreport? Though this bugreports may be linked with current pm-tools package interfering with package laptop-mode-tools, I do think this bug needs to be separate

[Bug 239419] Re: pm-utils has laptop-tools script which conflicts with laptop-mode-tools

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 244844 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244844 This pm-utils bug is not a duplicate of the laptop-mode-tools bug #244844. This bug is about pm-utils provocing a conflict. The other is about adapting laptop-mode-tools to the pm-utils / acpi- support hook

[Bug 244844] Re: Adapt laptop-mode-tools invocation to ubuntu's acpi-support / pm-tools packages

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
** Summary changed: - Adapt invocation to ubuntu acpi-support / pm-tools packages + Adapt laptop-mode-tools invocation to ubuntu's acpi-support / pm-tools packages ** Description changed: Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools + Adaption would would mean to include scripts that call + "/us

[Bug 244844] Re: Adapt laptop-mode-tools invocation to ubuntu's acpi-support / pm-tools packages

2008-07-06 Thread ceg
I don't know. I believe in letting pm-utils manage power state changes (if that is the tool of choice) and letting acpi-support taking care of button, battery and ac events etc. A disk idleing tool like laptop-mode-tools can be hooked into these appropriately, when its packaged with scripts that

[Bug 244808] Re: --incremental --scan --run does not start anything

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
** Description changed: Binary package hint: mdadm (ubuntu 8.04) - When --incremental is used to assemble array incrementally (as is envisioned for udev hotplugging) - --incremental --scan --run does not start anything. + The man page suggests that "mdadm -IRs" will start the arrays

[Bug 251646] [NEW] option to start selected arrays in "auto-read" mode (like --incremental)

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm Initramfs has to start (selected) md devices in degraded mode. (The ones that contain the rootfs and swap/resume partition, if they didn't start after some time of udev hotplugging.) It seems to be preferable to use --incremental not only in the

[Bug 226484] Re: boot from raid1 root fails because of missing hostname in initramfs

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
The installer seems to work around the issue of an unset hostname in initramfs by putting an ARRAY line into the mdadm.conf file, or by having an unset hostname when creating the md device. Whichever, this error does not appear after raid installations. -- boot from raid1 root fails because of mi

[Bug 157981] Re: udev not using mdadm incremental

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
--incremental is available in hardy (8.04) Some info on howto enable it is available on: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid -- udev not using mdadm incremental https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 83025] Re: mount script doesn't wait for root device initialization, preventing udev+mdadm/cryptsetup to assemble md arrays

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
** Summary changed: - initramfs-tools script doesn't wait for device initialization, preventing mdadm to assemble md arrays + mount script doesn't wait for root device initialization, preventing udev+mdadm/cryptsetup to assemble md arrays ** Description changed: script '/usr/share/initramfs-

[Bug 244803] Re: Segfault when readding hotplug devices

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
** Summary changed: - Segfault when readding removable devices + Segfault when readding hotplug devices ** Description changed: Binary package hint: mdadm - When an external drive with a raid 1 member (say /dev/sdc1) gets disconnected and is subsequently re-added with "mdadm --add /dev

[Bug 251663] [NEW] --incremental not creating device nodes

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm ubuntu 8.04 When "mdadm --incremental /dev/sdXY" is used to incremantaly assemble an array (as udev is supposed to do instead of --assemble --scan), after a reboot that cleared device nodes from prior --assemblies, mdadm fails because of missing d

[Bug 251646] Re: option to start selected arrays in "auto-read" mode (like --incremental)

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
can not change this to wishlist / upstream -- option to start selected arrays in "auto-read" mode (like --incremental) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251646 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 251671] [NEW] suspend with root and swap on raid1 failed

2008-07-24 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: ubuntu 8.04 Running on a degraded 2 device raid1 array with a single member. [2/1] [U_] that holds lv_root and lv_swap. It may be that the raid was not cleanly stopped prior to powerdown (as the rc scripts don't do that), or that it was first restarted ok, or being incremen

[Bug 251671] Re: suspend with root and swap on raid1 failed

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
I also noticed that mdadm -E also reported the member device flaged as "write-mostly", even though I have never set this. It may have been the installer because it was on a usb drive, I tested on a new install but have not seen that. So it may have been set during suspend/resume or have been pa

[Bug 251999] [NEW] kernel does not honor ext2/ext3 mount option

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: ubuntu 8.04 (2.6.24-19) When mounting an ext3 fs with -t ext2 (to stop the constant journal updates even no data is written or read), or when setting the mount option in fstab, the kernel does not honor this. The mount command lists the mount as ext2 but the filesystem is st

[Bug 244792] Re: -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
Using --incremental (Bug #157981) avoids this bug with ubuntu udev hotplugging. -- -ARs fails with prior --no-degraded assemblies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 83025] Re: mount script doesn't poll if root device has been initialized, preventing udev+mdadm/lvm/cryptsetup to do its job

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local in 8.04 contains a checking loop. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- mount script doesn't poll if root device has been initialized, preventing udev+mdadm/lvm/cryptsetup to do its job https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
Hi, some feedback about the patches. Does it matter if call_failure_hooks is allways called? "mdadm --run --scan" will start all arrays degraded not only the one needed for the rootfs (and its lvm and crypt respectively). It will start for example a partial array from a removable disk that was

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
After # We've given up, A while loop is calling panic. An if statement might look better. -- cannot boot raid1 with only one disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120375 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 251164] Re: crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its devices to appear

2008-07-25 Thread ceg
This applies to both initramfs and init.d scripts. (root and home raids with devices on external disks take longer) sleep 0.1 seconds intervalls are probably ok ** Summary changed: - crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its devices to appear + crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-26 Thread ceg
Thank you for your comments and I'm sorry me slowly commenting overlapped with your updated patches. (Of course you just worked to fast ;-), and fixed things beforehand, perfect. :) It's good to see that happen, and I've seen the merrit of the while loop in intrepid now. It looks much better th

[Bug 251164] Re: crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its source devices to appear

2008-07-26 Thread ceg
Hallo Reinhard, are you refering to udev settling? One of my usb disks is so slow in initializing, that it won't even trigger an udev event until 8 seconds after udev has been started in initramfs. Is the intrepid initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/cryptroot viewable somewhere on the web? -- cry

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
I think it can be understood that using "mdadm --assemble --scan" instead of doing selective "mdadm --run " calls on all devices ${ROOT} depends on could be a reasonable and quick fix, if the information is not available somwhere allready. Full support here. My interest lies in getting the alg

[Bug 251164] Re: crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its source devices to appear

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
Ok, a timeout loop looking for (slower) source devices sounds just what I was missing / suffering from in hardy. I whish there were a webcvs or somthing, would make it easier to compare/check, maybe there is and I don't know. http://packages.ubuntu.com seems unavailable. You may change status if y

[Bug 244810] Re: inconsistency with the --no-degraded option

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
> clearer when staring degraded raids stays the resposibility of startup scripts. Or the user manually starting an array. (possibly by right clicking) Then, when two array disks are pluged in and it doesn't come up it is always clear they the array is not complete. -- inconsistency with the --n

[Bug 252333] [NEW] hdparm.conf comments should mention that udev rules use it too

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hdparm Mention that (in debian and ubuntu) hdparm settings may be set by a script startup script or when a device is plugged in by udev rules. And that some packages like laptop-mode-tools can take care of setting some hdparm parameters dynamicly during

[Bug 252336] [NEW] error behaviour with multiple partions on one disk

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunar If there are two partiontions thunar will umount both if one is unmounted. This is good because it makes unpluging save. With one partition mounted through fstab though the error message does not relate to the partition that one tried to unmount.

[Bug 252345] [NEW] mdadm.conf is crated with explicit ARRAY statements prevents hotplug autodetection

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer On systems that are set up statically mdadm.conf is often used to list the md devices that should be set up and the startup script just calls mdadm --assemble --scan. But on systems oriented towards hotplug ability this prevents arrays f

[Bug 252351] [NEW] provide some info about users and file permissions

2008-07-27 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Following is a little informative text for the "set up users and passwords" stage: --- It is easy for multiple users to collaborate on a debian/ubuntu system. Just keep in mind that access to files always depends on the permissions of t

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-28 Thread ceg
I just noticed that with slowly-appearing drives (with md devices on it) the md device will not exist on the regular run of init-premount/mdadm. But since introducing another waiting loop into the coldplug driven boot does not make much sence it'll be preferable to just do degration with failur

[Bug 251164] Re: crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its source devices to appear

2008-07-28 Thread ceg
Ah, packages server is back up. I see the whole rootdelay loop has been copied from the local script and also the dropping to the console when ${cryptsource} is missing. But the recent local script will execute additional failure hooks. For example degraded arrays will only get started by these.

[Bug 252649] [NEW] Support for chainloadable / or /boot partitions

2008-07-28 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub (I don't know if this is grub or grub-installer) It would be nice if grub-install could default to always setup the boot sector of the / or /boot partition to be chainloadable also (as a backup). * Recovering from an overwritten MBR would be as ea

[Bug 252485] Re: Mdadm segfault on booting Hardy

2008-07-28 Thread ceg
Hi, concerning the boot process you can test the current patches https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid for Bug #120375 -- Mdadm segfault on booting Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252485 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 252345] Re: mdadm.conf is crated with explicit ARRAY statements prevents hotplug autodetection

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
Well, the issue filed here, is autocreated mdadm.conf prevents autodetection of cold- and hotplugging. I found out not only the ARRAY lines, but also the homehost prevents autotection of arrays. The homehost feature may have been good to prevent systems with global "mdadm --assemble --scan" boo

[Bug 251164] Re: crypdisk setup does not wait properly for its source devices to appear

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
Just checked that the same applies for encrypted non-rootfilesystems, too. (/etc/init.d/cryptdisks*) If for example external disks are slow crypdisk fails. Since md and lvm devices are set up by udev: init.d/cryptdisk-early and cryptdisks (or just cryptdisk.functions) need to contain a timeout loo

[Bug 120375] Re: cannot boot raid1 with only one disk

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
4 of the 5 bugs taged as duplicates use a separate home array, the fix will not let such systems boot degraded. WARNING: The mdadm - 2.6.7-3ubuntu2fix uses "mdadm --assemble --scan" on a system based on udev hotplugging. It will start all partly attatched arrays in degraded mode. When any memb

[Bug 251663] Re: --incremental not creating device nodes

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
To reproduce change /etc/udev/rules.d/85-mdadm* to do "mdadm --incremental /dev/%k" and reboot. After initramfs drops you to a console try mdadm --incremental manually. -- --incremental not creating device nodes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251663 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 118283] Re: can't easily use unison-gtk to sync a local folder to my VFAT USB drive

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
You can make your fat filesystem permissions look like matching to your default umask. Mount options: for umask 002: dmask=002,fmask=113 for umask 022: dmask=022,fmask=133 (do not use the unspecific umask option) As a workaround adjust your personal hal vfat mount options in the gconf-edito

[Bug 118283] Re: can't easily use unison-gtk to sync a local folder to my VFAT USB drive

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
More information on a corresponging debian bug, that has been closed by maintainers without resolving. http://bugs.debian.org/344278 -- can't easily use unison-gtk to sync a local folder to my VFAT USB drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118283 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 60722] Re: Set better umasks for FAT filesystems (USB drives etc)

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
You can make your fat filesystem permissions look like matching to your default umask. Mount options: for umask 002: dmask=002,fmask=113 for umask 022: dmask=022,fmask=133 (do not use the unspecific umask option) As a workaround adjust your personal hal vfat mount options in the gconf-editor, bu

[Bug 204577] Re: The default umask should be set to 077. XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should have umask 022

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
More info in Bug #252351 -- The default umask should be set to 077. XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR should have umask 022 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204577 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 252351] Re: provide some info about users and file permissions

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
It's ment to inform the user during install and GPL of course. -- provide some info about users and file permissions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252351 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 253096] Re: pam_umask.so missing in common-session

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
Oh, the problem with the current state is that umask is set all over the place in shell config files, xsessions, and do not work for ssh logins for example. -- pam_umask.so missing in common-session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253096 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 253096] [NEW] pam_umask.so missing in common-session

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: pam_umask.so determines the umask (from system and user config files (see man page)) and sets it accordingly. The umask should not be set in common-session because it would override all user specific configs, but the option usergroups is neccessary to let it check if ubuntu

[Bug 253103] [NEW] users not belonging to users group

2008-07-29 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: Ubuntu uses private user groups. In order for the users to belong be added to the users group by default /etc/security/groups needs to contain a line like this one: *; *; *; Al-2400; users (Context is also Bug #252351) ** Affects: pam (Ubuntu) Importance

[Bug 253213] [NEW] remove obsolete package pam-umask from repository

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
Public bug reported: pam_umask.so is now included in libpam-modules. ** Affects: pam-umask (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- remove obsolete package pam-umask from repository https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253213 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 83025] Re: mount script doesn't poll if root device has been initialized, preventing udev+mdadm/lvm/cryptsetup to do its job

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
initramfs/scripts/local in 8.04 does have a timeout loop for the root device. The remaining mdadm bug numbers are listed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid ** Changed in: initramfs-tools Status: New => Fix Released -- mount script doesn't poll if root device has been initialized

[Bug 251663] Re: --incremental not creating device nodes

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
Don't forget to "update-initramfs -k all -u" with the new udev rule before rebooting, though. -- --incremental not creating device nodes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251663 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 253096] Re: pam_umask.so missing in common-session

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
Hello Steve, thank you for improving ubuntu. The example came from the pam_umask man page, maybe I had some typo. There is some history why this bug should be fixed. It is a regression that is now easy to fix. Before pam was introduced "login" provided the central point to set the UMASK value

[Bug 253096] Re: pam_umask.so missing in common-session

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
FYI here is a summary of a Sep 2005 discussion in debian, by now it may be added that, as pam_umask supports the "usergroups" feature, it is no longer neccessary to set the umask to 002 for all users, with pam_umask's "usergroups" feature it will check if users are in a private primary user gro

[Bug 245210] Re: login.defs references libpam-umask which is a obsolete package

2008-07-30 Thread ceg
Actually, libpam-modules are installed by default and this new pam_umask.so should be enabled in common-session by default (Bug #253096). pam_umask now recovers the umask functionality that login once had for pam systems. (see man pam_umask) It gets the users umask from several places. That means

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