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hggdh#ubuntu-bugs-announce is back, sorry for the delay00:42
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Kangarooook one big bug with keyboards.. I installed ubuntu and it was working with one kaybord.. it broke. so I put anotherone thrue that old port(other then usb) and on start its not working and num lock is off.. I restart and when im clicking it at grub many times then after loading logo its working .. what to do?04:40
affdklfsjsdfthis will help you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA004:50
affdklfsjsdfhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufPtzJvHGA804:58
KangaroooI have updated one bug with keybords.. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190834 keyboard freezes on boot--sometimes05:01
ubot4Launchpad bug 190834 in linux "keyboard freezes on boot--sometimes" [Medium,Incomplete]05:01
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xteejxMorning all!09:05
micahg1morning09:07
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xteejxhey micahg09:09
xteejxthought i would be the only one awake this early (UK anyway)09:09
micahgI'm just up too late in Chicago :)09:09
xteejxdamn, must be 2-3am there?09:10
micahg3AM :)09:10
xteejxlol sod that09:10
micahgabout to go to bed09:10
xteejxheh i just got up :)09:10
xteejxmicahg, well good night chicago :)09:12
micahgnight in a few09:13
xteejxnot too tired just yet then lol09:13
xteejxIs Karmic LTS?09:18
micahg1no09:18
xteejxjust hardy and dapper then?09:18
micahg1unless something changed at UDS09:19
micahg1yep09:19
xteejxok thanks micah :)09:19
micahg1next year sometime probably will probably be LTS09:19
micahg1ok09:21
micahg1off to sleep09:21
Hobbsee10.04 is the planned LTS release.09:21
xteejxa full year away, fair enough :)09:24
xteejxWhat does it mean in LP when the version history says "orphaned" does that mean the maintainer doesn't bother with it anymore?09:26
jmarsdenYes, basically.09:27
jmarsdenSee http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned for a big list of them :)09:28
xteejxjmarsden, thanks :)09:30
jmarsdenNo problem.09:30
xteejxWhat happens to any bug reports filed against them then? I assume with no maintainers, and being an orphaned package its pretty pointless?09:31
xteejxHi bencrisford09:31
bencrisfordMorning xteejx09:32
bencrisfordRuddy hell.  Im up early! :(09:32
xteejx9:32am on a Sunday morning.... GOD!09:32
xteejxjust had that same thought lol09:32
bencrisford:P09:32
xteejxben you package dont you?09:33
bencrisfordkind of09:33
bencrisfordim pretty crap09:33
xteejx^^ my question?09:33
bencrisfordi dont understand ?09:33
xteejxif an orphaned package gets bug reports filed against it, what happens?09:33
bencrisfordorphaned as in - no maintainer?09:34
xteejxyup09:34
bencrisfordif its in ubuntu, generally, the maintainer should be the motu team09:34
bencrisfordso if you mention it has no maintainer09:34
bencrisfordtell the bug fixer to add that to debian/contrl09:34
xteejxit's already in the control file09:35
bencrisfordwell then you triage the bug09:35
xteejxits balazarbrothers, i mean there are 5 bug reports against it09:35
bencrisford!info balazarbrothers09:35
xteejxyou'll be lucky09:35
ubot4bencrisford: balazarbrothers (source: balazarbrothers): 3D puzzle game. In component universe, is optional. Version 1.0~rc1-2 (jaunty), package size 10005 kB, installed size 23856 kB09:35
xteejxooo09:35
xteejxuniverse.....hmmmm with no dev touching it anymore, is this now sustained in Ubuntu by our MOTU?09:36
xteejxi.e. bugfixes only?09:36
bencrisfordyou just triage the bugs as normal09:36
bencrisfordits not the devs job to fix bugs09:37
bencrisfordits anyone who wants to09:37
bencrisfordbut often the lesspopular packages dont get touched09:37
xteejxahh right09:37
xteejxwell after 3 months of incomplete its gone anyway09:37
bencrisfordafter several long comments, and much inconvenience, this is the bug reporters response:09:40
bencrisford"Sorry to have lost your time. Problem was that the partition to which /home is mounted was full (100%)."09:40
xteejxbencrisford ?? where did that come from? lol09:44
bencrisfordthat guy who's desktop didnt load09:45
xteejxyou gotta be kidding?09:45
bencrisfordnope09:46
bencrisfordi should of knows09:46
bencrisfordknown*09:46
xteejxbut still.....that *shouldn't* stop ubuntu loading up09:46
bencrisfordi had that problem on jaunty alpha after i filled up my partition09:46
bencrisfordit would09:46
xteejxwhy would it?09:46
bencrisfordbecause you need disk space to do a "swap" or whatever its called09:46
xteejxthats what a swap partition is for....09:46
bencrisfordmeh, maybe he hasnt got one09:47
xteejxhe has to have09:47
bencrisfordmaybe he went in to that too09:47
xteejxlinux as standard doesn't use a swap file, it uses an entire partition so hard drive storage is as contiguous as possible09:48
bencrisfordwell i dunno :/09:48
xteejxi would say it's still a bug, a full /home partition shouldn't really stop the desktop loading, its a bug09:48
xteejxfor argument sake ask him for a full partition list09:49
bencrisford*sigh*09:49
xteejxi.e. amount/size/free space09:49
* bencrisford already marked as invalid09:49
xteejxunmark it  then :P09:49
bencrisfordi dont have time, i have a 1000 word essay to write09:49
bencrisfordhavent started yet09:50
xteejxtrust me you'd rather i told you than someone else lol09:50
xteejxgimme the bug number ;)09:50
bencrisfordbug 38190109:50
ubot4Launchpad bug 381901 in ubuntu "No desktop after login, after fresh install of 9.04" [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/38190109:50
Hobbseethere's already a bug, and a spec, on that.09:50
Hobbseeso either find the original, and dupe it, or leave it09:51
Hobbseecome to think of it, there are probably many bugs on that that should probably be duped together, somewhere09:51
bencrisfordxteejx: Can you link me to somee balazarbrothers bugs please :), i wanna take to look09:52
xteejxHobbsee, so it's definitely a bug then if the home partition is full, it should still work, right?09:52
Hobbseexteejx: yes, I would think so09:53
xteejxi'll scout around for that dupe09:53
Hobbseeor at least, it should be transparent and say what the problem is and offer a solution09:53
Hobbseenot sure what it's under - google may be the easiest way to search for it09:53
xteejxyou know what, I can't actually find a dupe...09:55
Hobbseexteejx: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/22842 is one i found.  gdm may have more09:59
ubot4Launchpad bug 22842 in ubuntu "Many programs misbehave when running out of disk space" [High,Confirmed]09:59
xteejxah haaaaaaaa looks good :: GDM wouldn't let me09:59
xteejxlog back in, since it couldn't "write my authentication file09:59
xteejxdamn you're good Hobbsee :D hehe09:59
Hobbseexteejx: it took two google searches to fidn that, os it was certainly hard.10:00
Hobbseexteejx: but i've had lots of practice, and that helps ;)10:00
xteejxi couldn't find the bugger hehe10:00
Hobbseethere's certainly a spec though - i remember seeing it10:00
xteejxahhh....thats REAAAALLLLY old though10:02
xteejxbencrisford, Don't worry about that one anymore it's been duped ;)10:02
Hobbseexteejx: well, they haven't found a great solution to it yet, so ;)10:03
jmarsdenhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/HandleNicelyLowDiskSpace   os probably the spec concerned?10:04
xteejxjust had a look at that wiki page hehe10:04
Hobbseeyeah, that looks promising10:04
Hobbseei think i saw a session on it at one of the UDS' i went to10:04
Hobbseedon't remember which it was10:04
xteejxits quite a "possibly harmful" bug though....plenty of people might want to fill up a partition with downloads and other crap10:05
bencrisfordit harmed me10:05
Hobbseeindeed.10:06
bencrisfordi filled up my jaunty alpha partition10:06
bencrisfordcouldnt boot10:06
bencrisfordi just got a blank desktop10:06
bencrisfordi had my background10:06
bencrisfordbut nothing else10:06
Hobbseeit's one of those things that really needs to get fixed, but no one's come up with a good way to do so10:06
bencrisfordand i cant delete it from the GRUB10:06
bencrisfordand the partition wont delete :'(10:06
xteejxdont get me wrong a workaround would be nice....but why not even a simple warning box with an option to run janitor?10:06
Hobbseeultimately, what do you do?  if /home is full, you either delete many user config files (bad) or user files (also bad)10:06
xteejxgive them the option to backup with brasero to disk?? ;)10:07
Hobbseexteejx: I assume that once you get the "disk is full" messages, then you're prevented from writing to disk, at all10:07
Hobbseeso stuff like nautilus and all that won't start.10:07
xteejxhmmm i guess not10:07
xteejxcatch 22 really...10:08
Hobbseemy suspicion is that you never get far enough that it becomes an option10:08
xteejxtrue, i suppose they wouldve done that if they could10:08
HobbseeI suspect hte only solution is "you have less than 200mb free" (or whatever hte limit gets set at), you need to either resize, or delete some stuff, before your next boot10:08
Hobbsee<open browser>  <ignore>10:09
jmarsdenHobbsee: Weird thought: If the /home is ext2 or ext3, you can maybe detect this issue at boot time, and run tune2fs to let normal users use the space normally reserved for root only... and also set up something so when teh user does get logged in to the GUI they are provided with a tool for deleting stuff?10:09
Hobbseein a dialog box10:09
xteejxi was just thinking that, or have say a reserved space just FOR this situation where a small amount say 50-100MB is buffered10:09
xteejxactually thats not a bloody bad idea....10:10
Hobbseexteejx: now that sounds promising.  no idea on feasibility, though10:10
xteejx^^ jmarsden10:10
Hobbseejmarsden: no idea on the former, and the latter - i don't think you get to a GUI, due to the lack of space.10:10
Hobbseeyou certainly don't get nautilus10:10
xteejxthey get X, just not GDM10:10
xteejxcouldnt nautilus be invoked before GDM....ahh but that causes security issues...... damn#10:11
bencrisfordxteejx: I wanna see some balazarbrothers bugs, Do you have a link :)10:11
Hobbseewell, X without GDM's not so helpful10:11
jmarsdenRight, but if you did tune2fs -m 0 /dev/whatever, they'd get GDM... I think it's doable as long as there *is* some reserved space on the /home partition ?10:11
xteejxhttp://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/balazarbrothers ?10:11
jmarsdenI used to do this by hand do this on servers back when hard drives were a lot smaller than they are now :)10:11
xteejxyeah its about 5 MB10:12
jmarsdenis that enough for GDM's needs?10:12
xteejxfor the temp GDM session file10:12
xteejxthats the root cause10:12
* Hobbsee wonders if the new gdm handles this better.10:12
Hobbseeiirc, we've still got the old gdm in jaunty?10:12
xteejx! info gdm jaunty10:13
xteejx!info gdm jaunty10:13
ubot4xteejx: gdm (source: gdm): GNOME Display Manager. In component main, is optional. Version 2.20.10-0ubuntu2 (jaunty), package size 1985 kB, installed size 16136 kB10:13
xteejx!info gdm karmic10:13
ubot4xteejx: karmic is not a valid distribution ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty']10:13
Hobbseenot sure what the version of the rewrite is10:13
xteejxffs10:13
xteejx"karmic is not a valid distribution ['hardy', 'intrepid', 'jaunty']" says you ubottu lol10:13
PfifferHey, can anyone tell me what team I need to join to be able to mark bugs as wishlist?10:14
xteejxPfiffer, Apply for Bug Control Team10:14
Hobbseejussi01: any chance of fixing that? That's yours, isn't it?10:14
Pfifferxteejx: Cool, thank you10:14
jussi01Hobbsee: what?10:14
xteejxPfiffer, no problem, there are instructions on the wiki10:14
Hobbseejussi01: ubot4 and karmic10:14
jussi01Hobbsee: no, ubot4 is jpds iirc, but ask in #ubuntu-irc10:15
jmarsdenxteejx: There is usually going to be way more than 5MB of reserved space on /home to play with, so if someone wanted to explore this, I think it would be workable on many machines... I have a 100GB /home here and it seems to have around 4GB of reserved space... that's *plenty* for GDM :)10:16
Hobbseejussi01: ah10:16
xteejxjmarsden, I would think that would be enough to write GDM code in 0's and 1's lol10:17
jmarsdenI hope we don't need to ask users to do that though :)10:17
xteejxhehe10:17
xteejxSurely the kernel should be the thing detecting this low disk space firstly though, so the first thing I assume would need changing would be that.10:19
jmarsdenWhy?  That ties the kernel into knowing about /home being needed by GDM, etc etc... seems odd to do that at kernel level to me when a script can do it at boot time?10:20
xteejxhmm i suppose so ;)10:21
jmarsdenAlso you'd have weird issues on embedded systems with tiny flash disks if you weren't very careful :)10:22
xteejxIt could be very bad indeed though, especially with the bug where log files are written to GB of data - very worrying10:22
xteejxactually that's true10:22
jmarsdenxteejx: Well, for that you need a well configured machine so /var is a separate partition...10:22
xteejxI'm assuming the same would be a problem on ANY partition, not just /home10:23
jmarsdenWhy?  Does GDM need to write to every partition I have mounted??10:23
xteejxNo, no.10:23
xteejxBut X log gets written to /var/log doesn't it? With no space on the / partition, would it be the same problem?10:24
jmarsdenOn servers I often make /var/log a separate partition.  Then if it fills, a script can email me that it filled up.  My email is not under /var/log, so I get the email and fix the issue...10:24
xteejxI very much doubt most users would have that...it isn't even a recommended setup during installation10:24
xteejxOh well, if there's a spec for it, can only hope that it's fixed soon!!10:25
jmarsdenI'd be surprised if filling /var/log kills X.  and yes, I know that's not common... filling up a few hundred GB of disk is not that common either...10:25
xteejxlol10:25
jmarsdenback when a 4GB disk was *huge*, filling partitions up was a lot more common :)  Anyway... I need to get some sleep... goodnight!10:27
xteejxnight :)10:29
PfifferWell, I applied for Ubuntu Bug Control.10:41
xteejxPfiffer, OK, now just sit back and wait, you need 2 or more votes FOR your application, plus an OK from Brian Murray.10:45
PfifferAwesome. Guess I'll go to sleep then. Later.10:46
xteejxsee ya10:46
bencrisfordWhat do you guys make of this - http://i39.tinypic.com/15g9xf5.jpg11:07
bencrisford1Whaddya make of that screenie then?11:08
bencrisford!info ldm12:04
ubot4bencrisford: ldm (source: ldm): LTSP display manager. In component main, is optional. Version 2:2.0.38-0ubuntu5 (jaunty), package size 65 kB, installed size 452 kB12:04
bencrisford!info italc12:05
ubot4bencrisford: Package italc does not exist in jaunty12:05
bencrisford!info gartoon12:05
ubot4bencrisford: Package gartoon does not exist in jaunty12:05
bencrisford!info gcompris12:06
ubot4bencrisford: gcompris (source: gcompris): Educational games for small children. In component main, is optional. Version 8.4.4-1.1ubuntu4 (jaunty), package size 523 kB, installed size 1740 kB12:06
kwkHello I have a problem with my Ubuntu 9.04 RAID 1 Installation when trying to configure GRUB. Here's my RAID setup http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/395310/ and here is the tutorial I used: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto. The proposed step is "grub> device (hd0) /dev/mapper/isw_beeaakeeaa_five" which I changed to "grub> device (hd0) /dev/mapper/isw_djfcejfjjb_Volume01" in my case. The error is: "Error 15: File not found"12:50
askandbug 314212 is not fixed and I wonder what parts to set to confirmed again and what parts should say fix released?12:58
ubot4Launchpad bug 314212 in python-apt "Apport unable to report crash -  urlopen error timed out" [Medium,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/31421212:58
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askandkklimonda: hi! I got a crash with your transmission package and was able to get a backtrace from the crashfile14:21
askandkklimonda: http://pastebin.com/m17f6c69814:21
kklimondaaskand: thanks, I'll ask developer does it make any sense to him. :)15:37
bencrisfordis there a perl compiler that lets you compile the code into a standalone executable15:53
bencrisfordbecause the interpreters really not-useful for me15:54
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xteejxhey guys18:16
bencrisfordhey18:17
xteejxhey ben, micahg18:22
xteejxhave a nice sleep? lol18:22
micahgindeed xteejx18:23
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BUGabundo1kklimonda: hey... pvt please22:31
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Flare183What is the bug announcement channel?23:17
hggdh#ubuntu-bugs-announce23:18
hggdhFlare183, ^^23:19
Flare183hggdh: Thanks23:20
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