[Bug 427687] Re: Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2010-03-20 Thread davidh
This is not an issue for me anymore with 10.04 (the beta), and as I'm guessing there will be no effort spent on fixing it for 9.10 the bug might just as well be closed. :-) -- Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427687 You received this bug n

[Bug 513932] Re: [i945gme] Keyboard not working after upgrade to Lucid

2010-03-05 Thread davidh
This also affects my old iBook G4 (ppc with radon mobility), so I don't think the i945gme-part in the bug name is particularly relevant. -- [i945gme] Keyboard not working after upgrade to Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513932 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 532114] Re: [lucid] keyboard doesn't work on 12" G4 PowerBook

2010-03-05 Thread davidh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 513932 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513932 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 513932 [i945gme] Keyboard not working after upgrade to Lucid -- [lucid] keyboard doesn't work on 12" G4 PowerBook https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532114 You

[Bug 532114] Re: [lucid] keyboard doesn't work on 12" G4 PowerBook

2010-03-05 Thread davidh
I'm having the same problem on my old 12" iBook G4. I installed xserver-xorg-input-kbd_1.4.0-1_powerpc.deb from debian sid and added Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off" to my xorg.conf as the instructions in the bug description suggests, and that does indeed make the keyboard work again. This was not n

[Bug 440229] Re: do-release-upgrade does not work behind proxy

2009-10-23 Thread DavidH
"Same here".. After setting the http_proxy environment variable, I can use wget and similar and reach sites on the internet.. But running "do-release- upgrade -d" or running "update-manader -d" and clicking the "Upgrade" fails. The first only shows "Checking for a new ubuntu release" forever until

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-23 Thread davidh
Attached file generated by "gcc -E -fPIE -Os test.c > test.i" Whatever the problem is, it should at the very least be shared by the system building the powerpc packages. Either that, or my test case is broken. :) ** Attachment added: "test.i" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32342890/test.i --

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-23 Thread davidh
A typical run of a slightly modified test case ("extended" printf) gives: a (@0xbfc22160) in extern_func: 123456789 a (@0xbfc22150) in intern_func: -1077796448 where the address is off by the same nicely even amount every run. -- mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc? https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-23 Thread davidh
.o as requested, produced by gcc -c -fPIE -Os test.c Linking and running: gcc test.o -o gcc-test && ./gcc-test a in extern_func: 123456789 a in intern_func: -1074204592 ** Attachment added: "gcc -c -fPIE -Os test.c" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32340419/test.o -- mountall fails, broken (p

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-23 Thread davidh
Is the test case attached in comment #8 insufficient? According to the gcc documentation ( in particular, http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html ), the code should be valid as long as the call to the nested function is executed before the outer function exits. I take it this funct

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-21 Thread davidh
Thanks, I failed to figure out how to assign the bug to several packages. :-) Yes, I just confirmed that compiling mountall with -O2 fixes the issue here, or I should say, produces a working binary. So that would be a solution I guess, if it could be incorporated into the official package. The und

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-21 Thread davidh
** Description changed: Binary package hint: mountall My system (ibook running karmic) is not booting since the "general breakage" in the last couple of days. Installing the latest upgrades does not help. + + Edit: This seems to be due to a gcc bug, see comment #8 The boot seems t

[Bug 432222] Re: mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc?

2009-09-21 Thread davidh
As this really seems to be a problem with gcc, I'm "reassigning" this. ** Package changed: mountall (Ubuntu) => gcc-4.4 (Ubuntu) -- mountall fails, broken (powerpc?) gcc? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-21 Thread davidh
Yes, maybe it is a compiler issue. I tried to write a small test case that isolates the problem, and I think that I have succeeded. It needs to be (like mountall) compiled with both -fPIE and -Os to actually show the problem, so my guess is that something important is being optimized away. This is

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-18 Thread davidh
Sorry for all the spam, but I have confirmed that this approach does not work unless the variables are made static. I'll also attach a cleaner patch while I'm at it. ** Attachment added: "mountall-0.1.6.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32007384/mountall-0.1.6.patch ** Attachment removed: "

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-18 Thread davidh
Ok, I have it running. As I'm not quite sure what the C standard says here I don't know if I just replaced one kludge for another or if there's an obscure compiler issue involved on ppc, but with the attached patch, my ubuntu starts once again for the first time in a couple of days. (And there's

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-18 Thread davidh
And now diffed in the correct order.. ;-) ** Attachment added: "mountall-0.1.6.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32005611/mountall-0.1.6.patch -- boot fails, mountall likely culprit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-17 Thread davidh
** Description changed: Binary package hint: mountall My system (ibook running karmic) is not booting since the "general breakage" in the last couple of days. Installing the latest upgrades does not help. The boot seems to stop at mountall, whose output contains (perhaps unrelate

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-17 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "mountall.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31995368/mountall.log -- boot fails, mountall likely culprit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 432222] Re: boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-17 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "fstab" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31995365/fstab -- boot fails, mountall likely culprit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubun

[Bug 432222] [NEW] boot fails, mountall likely culprit

2009-09-17 Thread davidh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall My system (ibook running karmic) is not booting since the "general breakage" in the last couple of days. Installing the latest upgrades does not help. The boot seems to stop at mountall, whose output contains (perhaps unrelated) some garbled pat

[Bug 427687] Re: Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2009-09-12 Thread davidh
Still present in: Linux ibook 2.6.31-10-powerpc #32-Ubuntu Fri Sep 11 03:31:47 UTC 2009 ppc GNU/Linux The bug is not present in an "old" Jaunty kernel (karmic userspace): Linux ibook 2.6.28-6-powerpc #20-Ubuntu Fri Apr 17 08:30:40 UTC 2009 ppc GNU/Linux , nor is it present in a 2.6.30 kernel fro

[Bug 427687] Re: Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2009-09-10 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31636329/dmesg.txt -- Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 427687] Re: Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2009-09-10 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "lspci-vnvn.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31636255/lspci-vnvn.txt -- Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 427687] Re: Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2009-09-10 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "oops.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31636215/oops.jpg -- Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 427687] [NEW] Kernel 2.6.31-10-powerpc - Oops with b43 after txpower off

2009-09-10 Thread davidh
Public bug reported: After upgrading from 9.04 to the 9.10 development branch on an iBook G4 today, disabling the wireless from NetworkManager causes an Oops. X and other apps are still somewhat responsive, but remote ssh sessions and local terminal sessions completely freezes. The same (I assume

[Bug 345542] Re: linux-image-2.6.28-5-powerpc has ioremap fault with radeon drm module

2009-05-06 Thread davidh
I installed the new kernel from linux- image-2.6.30-1-powerpc_2.6.30-1.1_powerpc.deb on my ibook G4, but it greets me with a kernel BUG/Oops and a panic early during the boot process so I can't really try it out. -- linux-image-2.6.28-5-powerpc has ioremap fault with radeon drm module https://bug

[Bug 345542] Re: linux-image-2.6.28-5-powerpc has ioremap fault with radeon drm module

2009-05-06 Thread davidh
I don't have anything new to come with, but just so that it doesn't get lost: As I stated in Bug #354677 (a duplicate of this one), a temporary work around that works for me is to add Option "BusType" "PCI" to the Device section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf . I am assuming this comes with a slight pe

[Bug 345542] Re: linux-image-2.6.28-5-powerpc has ioremap fault with radeon drm module

2009-04-27 Thread davidh
As one of those affected, I'm using a 32 bit kernel (old ibook G4). -- linux-image-2.6.28-5-powerpc has ioremap fault with radeon drm module https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345542 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 354677] Re: No or broken 3d-acceleration with Jaunty on ibook/powerpc

2009-04-05 Thread davidh
I should have done this before reporting the bug of course, but as I had vague memories of acceleration working when trying out an earlier live- cd version of ubuntu "long ago", I downloaded the 5.04 Live CD and tried it out. And it did indeed have working 3D-acceleration. Comparing the logs seeme

[Bug 354677] Re: No or broken 3d-acceleration with Jaunty on ibook/powerpc

2009-04-03 Thread davidh
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24764536/Xorg.0.log -- No or broken 3d-acceleration with Jaunty on ibook/powerpc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 354677] [NEW] No or broken 3d-acceleration with Jaunty on ibook/powerpc

2009-04-03 Thread davidh
Public bug reported: Powerpc port of Jaunty, installed with the beta-iso and updated today 2009-04-03, seemingly fails to initialize proper 3D-acceleration. glxgears runs with low fps (around 60), and also with a blue tint. Compiz-manager aborts with: Software rasterizer detected, abortingaborti

[Bug 77464] Re: usb printer not detected to add printer

2007-01-03 Thread DavidH
I had the same problem - it wouldn't detect my printer after upgrading to feisty. Doing the add user to group thing fixed the problem. I didn't, however, need to do the foomatic thing. Perhaps it was already installed... -- usb printer not detected to add printer https://launchpad.net/bugs/77464