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Jordan_Umrand: If there is anything that's still unlear ( or could be more concise ) I don't mind re-explaining in the description00:01
mrandSure thing... perhaps with a quick one-liner: "grub-reboot is completely broken in karmic and can cause people to lose access to remote servers.  See more @ http://...."?00:01
awardleI'm not sure if bug 4498291 is a duplicate of bug 478653. They have similar error messages, however one says ERROR - READY_WITH_NETWORK_WITH_METAQ while the other says ERROR - READY_WITH_NETWORK00:01
ubot4Launchpad bug 478653 in ubuntuone-client "BadTransition: SYS_OAUTH_ERROR can't be handled" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/47865300:01
mrandawardle: I'm guessing so, but I don't know for sure, so I would probably not mark it as a dup, but perhaps instead put a note in that one that it MAY be a dup of 478653, or else 45714700:11
awardleok00:11
Jordan_Umrand: The new description is definitely a run on sentance, but do you think it's good enough?00:18
mrandJordan_U: no problem... as long as it gets the point across clear enough.  Thank you again for the patch!00:41
mrandbbl00:41
yoasifheya, can someone please set this bug to triaged? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/49837500:57
ubot4Launchpad bug 498375 in linux "Resume fails on Acer Aspire 4530 lucid" [Undecided,New]00:57
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CarlFKhow do I file a bug against the alt-install?02:19
PiciThe package name is debian-installer iirc02:19
CarlFKhttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+filebug02:20
CarlFKI thought I would end up at the "ubuntu-bug" thing02:21
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semehi guys02:31
yoasifheya03:45
yoasifanyone around?03:45
nhandlerNeed something yoasif ?04:22
yoasifsure04:22
yoasifi need something marked as triaged04:22
nhandleryoasif: What is the bug number?04:22
yoasifone sec04:22
yoasifhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/49837504:23
ubot4Launchpad bug 498375 in linux "Resume fails on Acer Aspire 4530 lucid" [Undecided,New]04:23
nhandleryoasif: I would prefer to at least make sure someone else can confirm it before marking it as triaged04:24
yoasifheh04:25
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komputesFor those who are interested in reviewing/confirming important bugs, here are my top bug nominations picks for Lucid07:37
komputeshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/komputes/TopBugs07:41
franklinhow to fix load unload question11:05
franklinmy hd drive always runing11:06
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jtniehofIs there any way to enter an upstream bug link when the package doesn't have an upstream project? (I sure can't find it in "project series" either.) LP #22185417:00
ubot4Launchpad bug 221854 in hdparm "hdparm Ignores Order of Command-Line Flags." [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/22185417:00
PrototypeX29Ahi17:19
PrototypeX29Ai had reported a bug in the karmic kernel (496292), now i want to add the information, that the problem still exists with the latest version from git, is there a tag or something for that?17:21
PrototypeX29Abtw. how do i get the status to confirmend?17:22
semehi guys17:24
jtniehofLP #49629217:25
ubot4Launchpad bug 496292 in linux "Kerneloops and disconnecting wlan" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/49629217:25
jtniehofPrototypeX29A: you can just add a comment saying that it's in the latest from git. If by that you mean the pull from Linus' tree, you can click "Also affects project" to mark it upstream--but you should file an upstream bug first so you can link it17:27
jtniehofsomeone other than you will have to set it to Confirmed, it's not confirmed if nobody else can reproduce it17:27
PrototypeX29Ano i mean the ubuntu tree, haven't tried linus' yet17:27
PrototypeX29Ai guess it is hard to reproduce, as it is presumably hardware-specific17:28
jtniehofyeah, that's always the issue with hardware bugs :/17:28
PrototypeX29Aif it weren't someone else would have noticed17:28
PrototypeX29Ai already found a piece in the kernel code, which i found odd. But this probably is due to my little understanding of kernel hacking17:29
jtniehoftake a look at this Fedora bug, maybe related: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=53671317:31
ubot4bugzilla.redhat.com bug 536713 in kernel "Oops in ath9k" [Medium,New]17:31
PrototypeX29Ajtniehof: thanks, this really looks familiar17:33
jtniehofI'll link it in to your report, then17:35
PrototypeX29Athanks17:36
PrototypeX29Ajtniehof: so what information is needed, to specify the exact "current ubuntu kernel" version. I guess "the latest" is not really clear17:41
jtniehofuname -a will give you a close start, e.g. OMM 2.6.31-16-generic --so that tells you at least what package you're running17:43
jtniehofthen: aptitude show linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic | grep Version17:43
jtniehof(so e.g. 2.6.31-16.52 OMM)17:43
jtniehofthere are other ways, but that's my magic incantatoin17:43
PrototypeX29A2.6.31.6-zarkov17:44
PrototypeX29Aso .6 means it is a newer version than 2.6.31? and -16.52, in your case, is the version of the ABI?17:44
jtniehofoops, looks like I'm behind an update...17:46
jtniehof2.6.31 is the base kernel version that Ubuntu's kernel team build off; -16.52 is the Ubuntu version number17:47
PrototypeX29Aand why .6 in my case?17:48
jtniehofdon't know exactly how the kernel team does their versioning, but the Ubuntu version likely includes some of the patches from later in the 2.6.31.x series17:48
jtniehofthe "new" kernel development method is to release a 2.6.yy and then iterate through .x for small bugfixes/patches17:49
jtniehofyou're probably running the one you built from source, right?17:49
PrototypeX29Ai c17:49
PrototypeX29Ayes, i do. Using the karmic git-repo17:50
jtniehofyeah, so that's likely tracking mainline closer17:50
PrototypeX29Ai am going to try the mainline, but i have troubles to configure it correctly17:50
jtniehofconfirming it on the latest version in karmic, and the latest pull from the kernel team's tree, is probably good...although if you can play with the mainline, I suspect they could use more test cases17:51
PrototypeX29Awhat do you mean with test cases?17:52
PrototypeX29Amaybe i should look for the bug in the upstream bugtracker17:52
jtniehof"more test cases": having more people to test the changes in mainline (and in wireless-testing). I linked the mainline bug in your report17:54
jtniehoflooks like they're having quite a time trying to get the things working stably17:55
PrototypeX29Athe fedora-bug hints that there is a fix somewhere17:57
PrototypeX29Awell, i will do some reading. Thanks  for your help so far17:57
jtniehofyou're welcome, and good luck with getting that to work for you17:59
komputesAny good command-line methods to search for bugs?18:09
PrototypeX29A"search for bugs" is a little unspecific, i guess18:10
slicerHi. If someone files a bug requesting packaging of version X in Karmic, when X is already packaged in Lucid (and is completely incompatible with X-1, which currently is in Karmic), is that a 'Invalid, 'Won't fix' or 'Fix released'?18:18
yofel_slicer: depends, what bug number?19:11
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semeis https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs the only place to search for bugs?21:22
nigel_nbseme: depends what application has the bug21:22
semeservice21:23
nigel_nbseme: I didn't get you21:24
semeupstart21:24
nigel_nbcan you be more clearer?21:24
semesorry typing one handed21:24
semeupstart includes init21:24
semeok let me be more clear21:25
semeservice --status-all doesn't output the right status21:25
semebut initctl list does21:25
semethe script looks wrong21:25
semeodd21:26
semeI thought that /usr/sbin/service was supposed to be a symbolic link to /sbin/init21:26
semeI mean initctl21:27
joaopintoseme, service is from the legacy  sysvinit, eventually it was not updated to show upstar job status21:28
semeI've been going through ubuntu from the bottom up and it is very sloppy with the documentation about how services are managed to the services themselves being very inconsistent... After spending several hours sorting through things I understand now but I can't believe that ubuntu was released like this....21:31
semewhat is the best way to submit this21:32
semeI can't really find out if there is an existing bug because the bug search interface is very limited21:32
semefor instance I can't figure out how to query if there is a bug for the service command on 9.10 desktop21:33
semeperhaps I'm missing something21:34
semeany help would be greatly appreciated so I can start contributing21:34
yofelseme: bugs are by default against all versions, you can only search for a specific ubuntu version if there is a bugtask for this version21:43
yofelseme: if you're looking for bugs against the 'service' command, look at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit21:46
yofel/usr/sbin/service belongs to sysvinit-utils21:47
semeaah21:47
yofelseme: found out with 'dpkg -S $(which service)' ;)21:48
semeyeah I just couldn't figure out how to query for a given distribution or package on launchpad.net I see how to filter by package ...looking at distribution now though21:48
yofeland then look with 'apt-cache showsrc sysvinit-utils' what the source package is21:48
yofelafter that you know what package to search for at LP21:49
yofelseme: you mean sort after karmic/lucid/jaunty... ?21:49
yofelnot possible21:49
yofelwell, not as long there is no bug-task for a specific release21:49
yofelwhich isn't the case by default21:50
semeexactly... I mean I personally don't care if it was in a previous release... but it would be nice to be able to filter/search for bugs that apply to a given distribution21:50
semethat way we can focus on fixing bugs for a given release21:50
yofelseme: that's only possible if someone  nominated the bug for a release (for SRU)21:50
semeI see... just don't like it :)21:50
yofelyeah, but some bugs don't only apply to a specific release21:51
semesure so you select multiple ones...21:51
semeor you make it a "universal" bug21:51
yofelhm, we had that discussion on a meeting once21:52
joaopintoseme, universal would mean someone reproduced it on every release21:54
joaopintoa bug which was only detected/introduced on the current release may not be more important than a bug reported 3 releases ago but which isn't fixed yet :P21:56
semewell I am probably not going to change the mind of those who contribute more than I do but21:58
semeI would say that is a perfect case for the bug to be tagged again for the newer release21:58
semebut I'll try to work within the current method before trying to suggest anything else21:59
seme:)21:59
semejust want to contribute and I'm having a hard time21:59
semeI've gone through several things on the system which I think are crazy21:59
semeand I think that the whole documentation of the system is a mess but thats just me21:59
semeI would just rather that ubuntu did less and did it better21:59
semeit just seems that out of the box ubuntu leaves way to much unclear22:00
joaopintoseme, we happy to have you aboard to improve the documentation :)22:08
joaopintowe are22:08
joaopintoseme, if you are refering to the boot process, ubuntu is doing a long and complex transition with the move to upstart22:08
semethanks...22:12
semehopefully I can help22:12
semeI just find it very hard to find things like organized documentation of where ubuntu is going with any given topic22:13
semeI find it hard to find out what is the "suggested" or "ubuntu" approved method for doing things22:13
semeit is really frustrating22:13
semebecause for instance I can do a million things to accomplish getting services not to start22:13
semebut which of them is the right way22:13
semethe documentation is unclear22:14
semeand things like service, initctl, bum, and manual methods obviously aren't in sync with each other22:14
joaopintoseme, like I said, boot is a moving target22:14
semehe hee it isn't just boot though... for instance lets just take the graphically dependent users22:15
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semewhat are the right set of minimum things to install (since they aren't installed by default) for managing my system22:15
semeI'm not even talking about new programs22:15
semeservices, managing printers, video etc22:16
semefor instance I bought a HP printer and I had to install a million different things to get it to work22:16
sememy video card requires completely different "unsupported" tools to manage22:16
semeand we have things like service tools in the applications menu, system->Preferences and System->Administration22:17
joaopintoseme, I have an HP printer, I just had to plug it in22:17
semethats just crazy for someone who isn't going to spend the time to figure it out22:17
semehe hee22:17
semesorry I'm on a rant here22:18
seme:)22:18
semeok22:18
yofelhm, hplip-gui would be nice for hp printers22:18
yofelnot enough space on the cd I guess22:18
yofelnot enough space on the cd I guess22:18
semethats the thing22:18
nigel_nbnaah, we have some extra space in lucid22:18
nigel_nbnow thta gimp got kicked22:18
semeI just don't understand it is as if ubuntu is trying so hard to compete with someone/something that they are forgetting to just get the system right and then add applications on top of it22:19
semeI say just forget about the apps entirely22:19
semeor switch to a dual cd and dvd image22:19
nigel_nbseme: the amount of noise in forums and mailing lists on that is kind of deafening22:19
joaopintoseme, on that I share the same oppinion, I am afraid Ubuntu may be running to fast22:20
semeevery desktop user out there has a dvd player... I get the whole cd thing in the server room but in that case you are almost always going to have an internet connection so you can install things afterward22:20
semelike I said earlier... "ubuntu" should sit down and just put together good policies around the system and only accept packages that meet those policies22:20
semefor instance if people want apache to make it in to the distro it has to meet the service standards (like using upstart)22:21
semethat way if ubuntu focused on making it very clear what the standards are people will make sure to configure their apps to fit22:21
joaopintoseme, ubuntu has a 6 months release cycle, upstart was a major change, it will take years to get applied on the entire set of packages22:22
semejoaopinto, I guess... most major systems provide a transitionary process but in that case it should be very clear what the process is and the tools should be built to handle it22:22
joaopintoseme, what you are suggesting is not tecnhically applicable22:22
semeright now services are a mess22:22
seme:)22:22
joaopintoseme, the transition is clear for those involved on such changes, the ubuntu devs22:23
semeyeah but they don't really matter22:23
semethe end users do22:23
semepeople who have to use this stuff22:23
semes/have/want/g22:23
semebut then again they are the ones doing the work22:24
joaopintoseme, users do not need to know how things work behind the scenes22:24
semewho am I to say what they should do :)22:24
joaopintoif they want to, they can read22:24
semethats an awful way of looking at it though... what the developers do to the system affects all the end users and I put package maintainers in that list22:24
semeplus saying that the users can sift through hundreds of crap emails to figure out what ubuntu is doing is crazy22:25
semeI mean there are many ways to approach this22:25
semeyou can use things like an open version of the java feature process22:26
joaopintoseme, some of your points are valid, but I didn't saw yet 1 valid solution proposed on your part, just pointing the finger without proposing sensible solutions does not help :)22:26
semetrue true my friend22:26
seme:)22:26
semelike I said... who am I to say anything to the venerable folks who are actually contributing22:27
semea bit of a rant on my part22:27
semeany way22:27
semeI have a few things I've been writing up that I think are issues for an end user22:27
joaopintoseme, the problem is not "who am I", anyone can crititize and propose suggestions, I am just not sure you are properly informed22:27
semethe service issue just came up as I was trying to configure something and I started documenting the issues with that as well22:28
semejoaopinto, I'm sure that I'm not properly informed... I've only started working on this today22:28
semethats why I'm writing it up and sifting through all the docs to figure out whats going on22:29
seme:)22:29
jibelHi, could someone at bugcontrol set the status/importance of bug 411073 to triaged/high ?22:37
ubot4Launchpad bug 411073 in gclcvs "gclcvs segfaults during clc initialization" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/41107322:37
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micahgwill apport catch a segafult?23:52
BUGabundomicahg: on devel versions, yes23:54
BUGabundoor if enabled manually23:54
micahgok23:54
yofelwell, if enabled, even on devel versions it's not always enabled23:54
micahgI just needed to know if it would catch it, thanks BUGabundo23:55
yofeland it should be disabled for kde apps, drkonqi should handle those23:55
BUGabundoohh23:55
yofelmicahg: afaik it will catch it as long there is some segfault message in dmesg23:55
hggdhit does not catch SIGABRT, but always will trigger or SEGVs23:58

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