On 10-08-30 12:03 PM, Guy Stalnaker wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello all. > > I recently was caught by a driver issue in a kernel update from Lucid > 10.04 64-bit on my Dell desktop at work that required me to upgrade to > Maverick Alpha 3. In case anyone is wondering, after the update no > system restart, the boot process dropped into an initramfs prompt > reporting that device /dev/sda did not exist. This was, of course, not > true as I'd just been using before the reboot. I could boot to a LiveCD > and mount the drive, etc. This wasn't a grub misconfiguration error as > the boot process hadn't even gotten to the point of reading the grub > configuration. A bit of searching on the Ubuntu Forums turned up some > posts form other folks having the same error. One post said installing > Maverick fixed the problem, and it did for me. > > Since now I'm using the Alpha 3 version and there are some issues with > it I figured I'd report them. Having gone through the remarkably > thorough process getting on LaunchPad, into the Ubuntu Testing group, > signing the Code of Conduct, etc. I'm sending this first email to the list. > > As I'm not talking about specific application bugs, where there is > application failure, but more behavioural or cosmetic issues, what is > the best way for me to proceed? > > Best regards, > > Guy S > > - -- > > Guy Stalnaker i...@doit [email protected] > 1210 West Dayton Street Room 3209 CSS Madison WI 53706 > work 608.263.8035 cell 608.235.4718 fax 608.265.6681 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkx8AHoACgkQeBLv+ldJgVspNwCg5qSdeaqbcTVZAV6XQlRNf5+a > AVIAn25OvTmMiWAhQZmOz4KaHbgc98Ia > =crnc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
There is a sub-forum devoted to Maverick Meerkat on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=385 If you check in there, most of the problems have been discussed and either work arounds of a way to solve the problem have been posted. Keep in mind that the beta is scheduled to be released on Thursday Sept. 2/2010. -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
