[Bug 653633] Re: live-media=device is no more supported in casper

2010-11-26 Thread tarski
I have a couple of remarks to formulate about this bug. 1. I have been unable to find where variable LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT is set. If is is never set, it is useless. There are thus two solutions : either remove it, or add boot parameter ( for example live-media-timeout=xx ) to set it. 2. A user

[Bug 370173] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown

2009-09-08 Thread tarski
Hi, everyone. Did anybody try to boot with following parameter : acpi.power_nocheck=1 See discussion in bug #354085. -- Ubuntu 9.04 laptop overheat and shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370173 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 399589] Re: 9.04 LiveCD install crashes on Compaq Armada E500

2009-08-28 Thread tarski
I enjoyed the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 5000e ( Intel P3 600 MHz, 384 MB RAM ) with 9.04 LiveCD. I have had no trouble with 7.10 and 8.04.2 LiveCD's. I tried 9.10 alpha 4 LiveCD and it boots fine. This lets me think the 2.6.28 kernel may be guilty. Hoping it can help... Tarski

[Bug 364538] Re: Failure to boot from USB - Dell Latitude XT

2009-05-11 Thread tarski
Here is my detailed solution. In a running system, open a terminal and plug the USB stick created with usb-creator for example. I assume that the partition on the USB stick is mounted in /media/disk. In the attached file, comments begin with # and other lines are to be typed in the terminal.

[Bug 364538] Re: Failure to boot from USB - Dell Latitude XT

2009-05-07 Thread tarski
I found a solution to this problem, recreating file casper/initrd.gz after updating script /init. This update consists to insert the following lines before line containing maybe_break mount : modprobe -r libusual sleep 3 modprobe usb-storage sleep 5 The second line is mandatory to

[Bug 109074] upgrade tool crashed

2007-04-22 Thread Tarski
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt I waited about 3-4 hours for it to upgrade only to be told it crashed! Traceback (most recent call last): File /tmp/kde-root/adept_managerSS29eb.tmp-extract/dist-upgrade.py, line 56, in ? app.run() File

[Bug 109074] Re: upgrade tool crashed

2007-04-22 Thread Tarski
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: apt = update-manager -- upgrade tool crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109074 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 107188] Re: [MASTER] [kde] Upgrade tool crashed (edgy - feisty)

2007-04-22 Thread Tarski
Same problem after 4 hours of downloading/upgrading. I started a new bug thread because the update manager instructed me to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/109074 -- [MASTER] [kde] Upgrade tool crashed (edgy - feisty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107188 You

[Bug 55775] Re: try to deal with out-of-memory more gracefully?

2007-02-06 Thread tarski
I sent a post in bug #70561 on how to use a swap partition on a USB key and prevent ubiquity from unmounting it. -- try to deal with out-of-memory more gracefully? https://launchpad.net/bugs/55775 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 70561] Re: Xubuntu Desktop CD needs more than 128 MB RAM to boot

2007-01-19 Thread tarski
I found a way to install Xubuntu Dapper on a little machine ( laptop IBM Thinkpad with 128 MB memory ). The main problem is that ubiquity unmounts all swap parttions during disk partitioning. My solution needs two tricks : 1 Use a swap partition on a USB key, 2 Prevent ubiquity from

[Bug 28413] Re: Error removing phpmyadmin with apt-get (Error 127: Syntax Error)

2006-11-16 Thread tarski
The problem comes from the fact that the following line has been forgotten at beginning of file /var/lib/dpkg/info/phpmyadmin.prerm : . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule DON'T FORGET the dot in column 1 !!! the sourcing of this file permits to call db_get without error. To do so, you may edit the