Dear Joseph, Unfortunately I am a Linux newbie. This means that I do not even know what you mean by "upstream kernel". I do know that when I tried Ubuntu MATE 18.10 that after three days of error messaged I went back to 18.04. I am still trying to recover data from the initial 18.04 total meltdown (I was not even able to boot). After installing different versions of Ubuntu three times in one week, I am leery of trying some method I do not know to try an "upstream kernel".
I only send in the bug reports to help the developers fix their bugs - as opposed to John Dominique Wernier's technique of not including the bugs in first place. I do know that Ubuntu MATE Artful Ardvark and Bionic Beaver both had this problem. Maybe its like the Unix limitation of only allowing 125 file handles or yacc only allowing 425 productions - the program limiting the size of a resource because he does not keep up with the size of modern computers. (i.e. Word6 limited to files smaller than 50MB in machines with 1GB RAM.) I also know that 18.04 is extremely sluggish with a 6TB external drive mounted (fortunately I did not buy the 8TB drive). If there is something I can try without having to completely re-install my OS and all applications, please let me know. I want to help. Robert Pearson On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:15 AM Joseph Salisbury < joseph.salisb...@canonical.com> wrote: > Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a > prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? > > Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer > to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest > v4.19 kernel[0]. > > If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following > tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. > > If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: > 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'. > > Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as > "Confirmed". > > > Thanks in advance. > > [0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.19 > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801232 > > Title: > Ubuntu MATE crashes when too many external USB drives are mounted. > > Status in linux package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I had the following drives mounted: > /media/robert/Shared - a second partition of the first internal hard > drive with an NTFS > /media/robert/4TB LaCie - an external USB 3 drive with an NTFS > /media/robert/4TB G-Drive - an external USB 3 drive with an NTFS > /media/robert/4TB Seagate 1 - an external USB 3 drive with an NTFS file > system > /media/robert/4TB Seagate 2 - an external USB 3 drive with an NTFS file > system > /media/robert/4TB Seagate 3 - an external USB 3 drive with an HFS+ file > system > /media/robert/4TB Seagate 5 - an external USB 3 drive with an NTFS file > system > /media/robert/5TB Seagate 1 - an external USB 3 drive with an ext4 file > system > > Detected but not mounted were: > Win10 - a partition on my second hard drive with an NTFS file system > U MATE 14 - a partition on my second hard drive with an ext4 file system > Windows10 - a partition on my second hard drive with an NTFS file system > 701 GB Volume - a partition on my second hard drive with an ext4 file > system > 83 GB Volume - a partition on my second hard drive with an ext4 file > system > > Also attached but not detected is a 6TB Seagate USB 3 drive. > > The HFS+ files system was using hfs package. > > I was copying files from a directory in 4TB Seagate 3 to 4TB Seagate 1 > using the Terminal cp -anR command. Once all the files had been copied > I intended to reformat the drive with a NTFS file system. > > I was using VueScan and it began misbehaving after I had deleted and > renamed some directories with CAJA. I exited VueScan and tried to > restart it. The initial splash screen displayed, then the program > hang. I tried it again. Same results. > > I aborted the terminal copy and did a system shutdown. I saw the > Ubuntu shutdown screen. I waited, and waited. I went to bed. After 8 > hours the shutdown screen was still being displayed. I had to turn the > power off. Then I disconnected most of the external drives. I turned > power back on and rebooted. > > The 6TB drive did appear and was mounted. I had to disconnect- > reconnect the 4TB Seagate 3 (HFS+ file system) a number of times and > reboot before it would mount. > > VueScan started properly and works fine. It had been working properly > before - the error was that Caja would not show the newly scanned > files that VueScan produced. After restarting Ubuntu they showed up > proving that VueScan was not at fault. > > Caja is complaining when I try to delete files - see attachment, > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: linux-image-4.15.0-38-generic 4.15.0-38.41 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 > Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 > Architecture: amd64 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC1: robert 2122 F.... pulseaudio > /dev/snd/controlC0: robert 2122 F.... pulseaudio > CurrentDesktop: MATE > Date: Thu Nov 1 22:20:39 2018 > HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=aa95f07d-f769-44ca-8b33-0c5b3c78bdeb > InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-25 (8 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 > (20180426) > MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name > ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic > root=UUID=26dc3ca5-f3ae-47eb-92b6-4f02ed5ba4f0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 > RelatedPackageVersions: > linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-38-generic N/A > linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-38-generic N/A > linux-firmware 1.173.1 > RfKill: > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > Soft blocked: no > Hard blocked: no > SourcePackage: linux > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 1301 > dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.board.name: A88XM-A > dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. > dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 > dmi.chassis.type: 3 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture > dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1301:bd04/01/2014:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnA88XM-A:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: > dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.product.name: System Product Name > dmi.product.version: System Version > dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1801232/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801232 Title: Ubuntu MATE crashes when too many external USB drives are mounted. 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