[Bug 761830] Re: grub2 still hands off to blank tty7 on non-Server command-line-only systems and some Server systems

2011-10-06 Thread jgreenso
Firstly skunk's fix works for me. Second, this is critical. Quite how many people realise you can do an Alt+F1 to gain access to their systems I don't know, but those that do not and have no remote access will be reinstalling and probably ending up in the same hole. My platform: 64-but Win7Pro

[Bug 692355] Re: fsck doesn't update system info on login

2011-05-06 Thread jgreenso
I'm seeing this on an upgraded Natty vmware instance. Relevant fstab entry: UUID=cbdda93e-2d89-47be-9bee-ce24bf1376ce /boot ext3relatime 0 2 touched /boot/forcefsck and rebooted - file still there. boot.log says: /sbin/fsck.xfs: XFS file system. /sbin/fsck.xfs: XFS

[Bug 615869] Re: Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-11 Thread jgreenso
Justin: Check your mysql logs as to why. To reiterate, the bug is that the upgrade scripts depend on the successful starting of MySQL. They absolutely should not (there are plenty of reasons why an installation may not start). -- Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

[Bug 615869] Re: Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-11 Thread jgreenso
Justin: Check your mysql logs as to why. To reiterate, the bug is that the upgrade scripts depend on the successful starting of MySQL. They absolutely should not (there are plenty of reasons why an installation may not start). -- Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

[Bug 615869] [NEW] Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-10 Thread jgreenso
Public bug reported: If MySQL is not startable, the package cannot continue. History... Performed a dist-upgrade on a Lucid box installed a few weeks ago. The dist-upgrade became stuck: Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6) ... Setting up mysql-client-core-5.1 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6)

[Bug 615869] Re: Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-10 Thread jgreenso
Was there a prompt: No. How long did I wait? At least five minutes to the best of my memory. daemon.log from the earliest log entry for today: Aug 10 14:14:11 sutton mysqld[3694]: Aug 10 14:14:11 sutton mysqld[3694]: PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root US ER ! Aug 10 14:14:11

[Bug 615869] [NEW] Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-10 Thread jgreenso
Public bug reported: If MySQL is not startable, the package cannot continue. History... Performed a dist-upgrade on a Lucid box installed a few weeks ago. The dist-upgrade became stuck: Setting up libmysqlclient16 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6) ... Setting up mysql-client-core-5.1 (5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6)

[Bug 615869] Re: Infinite loop upgrading to 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.6

2010-08-10 Thread jgreenso
Was there a prompt: No. How long did I wait? At least five minutes to the best of my memory. daemon.log from the earliest log entry for today: Aug 10 14:14:11 sutton mysqld[3694]: Aug 10 14:14:11 sutton mysqld[3694]: PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root US ER ! Aug 10 14:14:11

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-08-09 Thread jgreenso
Which version of the -server package do you have? And have you yet performed a dist-upgrade to get the latest -server packages? -- kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576001 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 600565] Re: Newer kernels are far slower with CIFS mounts

2010-07-07 Thread jgreenso
Already done upstream testing. A cd image of daily build will be more of a challenge. ** Tags removed: needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing ** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs -- Newer kernels are far slower with CIFS mounts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600565 You received this bug

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-06 Thread jgreenso
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1384092 is possibly another report of the same symptoms. I have just switched to a much older kernel - 2.6.28-14-server and the problem is far less pronounced. I'm still seeing no response for cmd 50 but repeatedly phpunit is more responsive (48s rather

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've just tried switching back to smbfs in fstab (no change). Then back again to cifs. Then added noserverinfo (no change) then added nounix (no change). ** Package changed: ubuntu = samba (Ubuntu) -- cifs hangs with Server not responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600565 You received

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
Using a remote 9.10 box I mounted the same Windows ControlPanel share and ran phpunit on it. The speed was back to how my VM used to be prior to it's kernel upgrade yesterday morning. Feels like a regression that's hit my configuration spectacularly badly. -- cifs hangs with Server not

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've switched my VM to run Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux and re-ran the phpunit test. It's still slow as a dog (2m30 to do 240 tests is insane). syslog during the run: Jul 2 12:41:46 ubuntu kernel: [ 100.435401] CIFS VFS: No response

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've now tried with http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/daily/current/linux- image-2.6.35-999-generic_2.6.35-999.201007021009_i386.deb which continues to suffer. I've also used Wireshark to examine my XP machine's packets, and I repeatedly see lots of QUERY_PATH_INFO examining the

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I tried to use dd if=/dev/zero bs=100 of=ControlPanel/test/foo and ctrl+c'd it after a few seconds. 144M file appeared under windows but dd hung completely. I couldn't even kill -9 the PID as root. I had to reboot Ubuntu with shutdown -r now. I'm getting in syslog: Jul 2 11:00:58 ubuntu kernel:

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
Similar, if not the same: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1467999 -- cifs hangs with Server not responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600565 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've just tried switching back to smbfs in fstab (no change). Then back again to cifs. Then added noserverinfo (no change) then added nounix (no change). ** Package changed: ubuntu = samba (Ubuntu) -- cifs hangs with Server not responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600565 You received

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
Using a remote 9.10 box I mounted the same Windows ControlPanel share and ran phpunit on it. The speed was back to how my VM used to be prior to it's kernel upgrade yesterday morning. Feels like a regression that's hit my configuration spectacularly badly. -- cifs hangs with Server not

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've switched my VM to run Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux and re-ran the phpunit test. It's still slow as a dog (2m30 to do 240 tests is insane). syslog during the run: Jul 2 12:41:46 ubuntu kernel: [ 100.435401] CIFS VFS: No response

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-02 Thread jgreenso
I've now tried with http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/daily/current/linux- image-2.6.35-999-generic_2.6.35-999.201007021009_i386.deb which continues to suffer. I've also used Wireshark to examine my XP machine's packets, and I repeatedly see lots of QUERY_PATH_INFO examining the

[Bug 600565] [NEW] cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-01 Thread jgreenso
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 10.04 with uname -a: Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic-pae #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 09:26:55 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux grep cifs fstab: //10.0.0.84/ControlPanel/home/jamesg/ControlPanel cifs noauto,username=jgreen 0 0 The ControlPanel share is a

[Bug 600565] Re: cifs hangs with Server not responding

2010-07-01 Thread jgreenso
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-22-generic-pae #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 23:14:23 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux still hangs with console errors this time though I see: CFS VFS: Send error in FindClose = -9 I can access the projected as an ubuntu-hosted site mounted via CIFS and I can get to the files no problem,

[Bug 563805] Re: mount.cifs won't mount shares; set uid bit not set

2010-06-25 Thread jgreenso
Does this mean other mount.X utils will be similarly affected? Does the fstab man page now need to be updated to say that the 'user' flag does not apply to cifs and possibly others? -- mount.cifs won't mount shares; set uid bit not set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563805 You received this

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-25 Thread jgreenso
Andreas, have you tried a -generic kernel build? That's what's working on our two 10.04 servers, the -server kernel causes the problem for us. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Incomplete -- kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-25 Thread jgreenso
I've changed the status given there's no evidence that the problem has been identified yet alone a fix released. -- kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576001 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 563805] Re: mount.cifs won't mount shares; set uid bit not set

2010-06-25 Thread jgreenso
Does this mean other mount.X utils will be similarly affected? Does the fstab man page now need to be updated to say that the 'user' flag does not apply to cifs and possibly others? -- mount.cifs won't mount shares; set uid bit not set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563805 You received this

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-25 Thread jgreenso
We have USB-attached hard drives so that would add another line to fstab. Does anyone know if the -server build has behaviour changes when it comes to fstab mount points? -- kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576001 You received this bug notification

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-16 Thread jgreenso
Almost two weeks since the last comment, the status of this bug remains 'Incomplete'. It would be good to know what tests are needed to make it 'Complete'. Presumably someone maintaining the packages may hold a clue as to what to look at? Unfortunately our machine has now had to go into

[Bug 588799] Re: linux-server causes boot hang

2010-06-03 Thread jgreenso
Overnight new kernels were issued. I decided to uninstall linux-*server packages, then dist-upgrade which brought in -generic updates. I rebooted sucessfully, indicating this is restricted to a problem in the -server packages themselves. Assigning to package 'linux' for lack of other suggestions.

[Bug 588799] Re: linux-server causes boot hang

2010-06-03 Thread jgreenso
** Attachment added: lshw http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49597148/lshw -- linux-server causes boot hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-03 Thread jgreenso
I think I just reported this bug too - if someone feels confident enough that we are all in the same boat please mark mine as a duplicate of this. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/588799 -- kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

[Bug 576001] Re: kernel 2.6.32-32 makes machine hang during boot

2010-06-03 Thread jgreenso
Jeremy: You're asking those affected to test the latest upstream kernel build. I've looked, and I can only spot -generic builds. Are you asking us to test this specifically, given we seem to be working fine with the current released version of -generic anyway? It would seem more reasonable to

[Bug 537241] Re: My computer updates are very slow since latest dpkg update

2010-06-02 Thread jgreenso
Forgive me if this is unrelated but we've just installed 10.04 from a network install cd onto a Dell R210 with RAID-1 using ext4 as /. The disks report back damn fast using hdparm -tT and using dd, but when dpkg says it's unpacked it's files there seems to be a massive delay before progressing to

[Bug 588799] [NEW] linux-server causes boot hang

2010-06-02 Thread jgreenso
Public bug reported: Hardware is a Dell R210 with a USB-attached disk and an LSI RAID-1 card. We used the 64bit minimal install cd to get started and we are presented with /dev/sda being the USB disk and /dev/sdb being the Dell Virtual Disk (RAID). All works fine booting linux-generic. Install

[Bug 588799] Re: linux-server causes boot hang

2010-06-02 Thread jgreenso
** Attachment added: dmesg from a boot that worked (-generic kernel) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49561093/dmesg -- linux-server causes boot hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 330004] [NEW] Getty fails to respawn

2009-02-16 Thread jgreenso
Public bug reported: We have a fairly vanilla installation of 8.10 on Intel hardware and use openvpn to login via ssh usually. However should this fail we use the console. On this server we've noticed that after logging out of the console we are not presented with a new login prompt, but nothing