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Kenny_Duehitanyone have time to help me with a Kernel Panic I am having? it's grub related and occurs on boot up.00:03
stentenIf I'm git-bisecting, is this how I'm supposed to compile the kernel after getting a commit to test? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/QuickBuildLocal02:38
stentenI tried using the directions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=311158 but it failed after compiling for 3+ hours: http://paste.ubuntu.com/473800/02:40
lamontwhere's my ppc kernel guy04:29
jk-lamont: i don't think that's me, but I can try to help :)04:33
lamontroot     31624  0.0  0.1   5624  2196 ?        D    Aug02   0:00          \_ /usr/lib/apt/methods/http04:36
lamontjk-: it's more one of "want me to look at anything before I stab the poor Xserve?"04:37
lamontlast thing in dmesg is the RAID check starting almost 2 days before the timestamp on the build log04:38
lamontI'm of a mind to just reboot it and see when it gets mad next04:39
lamontor maybe even just trigger a check of the array to see if it crashes again faster04:40
lamontyeah - that'll let it get started again before I sleep04:40
lamontand off to bed with me04:41
jjohansenrebooting04:45
MTecknologyapparmor is in the mainline kernel... isn't it?05:18
MTecknologyI'm not able to find that little guy05:19
MTecknology /SECURITY_APPARMOR = :(05:19
MTecknologyIs that not until 2.6.36?05:21
starkravingThe last few kernel releases have disabled my wireless card, Dell Inspiron 6400. With the new kernel release today the last one that worked has now rolled off of grub. Any idea how to get it back?06:34
starkravingThe wireless card shows up in LSPCI but it doesn't show up in my list of interfaces06:42
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cybrocopHi, I wonder if I can ask a Linux kernel/system question. I don't have a bug necessarily, but I have a question about performance of certain activities.10:41
cybrocopDoes the "cp" command make any special performance optimizations to make it run faster than a custom written C code (read a block from source and copy a block to destination). I realize the source of cp is available but I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a software that I'm writing that will need to (among other things do file copies), and I wanted to implement the copying myself in order to keep track of bandwidth. (Don't10:44
cybrocopwant to copy too fast and use up IO for other procs.)10:44
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lapionanyone from ubuntu-kernel-lucid-ppa in here ?11:19
lapionHas support been removed for /dev/dsp ?11:20
apwlapion, not sure what PPA that is, got a url ?11:20
lapionppa,launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/ubuntu11:23
apwlapion, so do you mean the maverick kernel in there?11:23
lapionapw yes..11:25
lapionthe latest versions the i915 xserver/kms doesn't crash11:26
apwyes the maverick kernel has OSS support turned off, as maverick supplies OSS compatibility via pulseaudio11:26
lapionas often11:26
lapionyes but there is a version n there for lucid as well...11:27
apwlapion, yep, understood, but the version compiled for lucid is the same config as for maverick11:27
apwso i can believe that OSS support is missing on lucid if you are using that kernel11:28
apwor better put, using that kernel on lucid11:28
lapionslight problem, mythtv doesn't work well with alsa or pulse, and the tvcard has it's own dsp running at 32k the only way to get it to work is by using dsp in mythtv11:30
apwlapion, a problem indeed, not sure what to say, currently there is no suoport for that kernel on non-server, and worse currently no mechanism for it to have a different configuration from that in maverick -- even if we wanted to fix it11:32
apwtis not even possible to file a bug against the package as the package is not yet in the official archive11:33
apwlapion, i suspect your best bet is to report this on the kernel-team@ email list ... and we can think about it11:34
lapionany info on how to add dsp-emulation on pulse ?11:35
lapion*to11:35
apwlapion, that i have no idea about sorry ... drop an email to the list and we can start the discussion11:36
cking-afkhttp://launchpadlibrarian.net/53159327/buildlog_ubuntu-maverick-i386.fwts_0.17.5_CHROOTWAIT.txt.gz11:39
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lapionapw, list of the ppa ?11:52
apwi mean email to kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com ... thats the team list11:52
cking1apw, is your mumble working?!12:00
lapionapw will send the mail laters, thanks12:07
cking1apw, http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2009/06/looking-at-intel-x-hangs.html12:12
gnomefreakhas the nvidia+2.6.35.13 been fixed. (getting black screen and cant do anything)12:12
tseliotapw, cking1: are we going to get this patch in maverick (as a backport)? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODQ3OQ12:14
tseliotgnomefreak: what bug report would that be?12:14
gnomefreaktseliot: not sure if there was one. but as i understand it nvidia hasnt yet supported the new kernel i remember someone saying that. i will file a bug now igf you need one :)12:15
gnomefreakoh wait12:15
gnomefreaktseliot: i did file one. bug 61345812:17
ubot2Launchpad bug 613458 in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) "After upgrading to lates kernel i get a black screena nd cant do anything except ctrl+alt+delete to reboot (affects: 2) (heat: 10)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/61345812:17
tseliotgnomefreak: ok, Nvidia should reply in that report12:19
tseliotI've just subscribed them12:19
gnomefreaktseliot: thanks12:19
tseliotnp12:19
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cking1apw, http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_The_Big_Kernel_Lock213:05
amitkcking1: if you want to talk to arnd about details, pop into #linaro. He is working in Linaro Kernel consolidation WG13:11
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apwamitk-afk, thanks13:33
lamont[856361.776368] Warning: dev (tty7) tty->count(4) != #fd's(3) in tty_release_dev14:03
lamontew14:03
apwlamont, heh thats the bug i am chasing14:03
lamontwell then, I'll go back to other things14:03
apw(well one symptom thereof anyhow14:03
lamont'twas logcheck spam14:03
lamontwell, maybe not _spam_, per se14:03
lamontthough that does remind me that I need to reboot for the shiny new kernel14:04
apwnice new shiney crashes14:04
tgardnerapw, https://pastebin.canonical.com/35537/14:09
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bjfmoin14:35
JFomoin bjf 14:37
tgardnerapw, how about https://pastebin.canonical.com/35546/ ?14:50
apwtgardner, other than putting filling in the close time at the the point that we put CLOSING in i think that could work14:52
tgardnerapw, isn't the tty structure released after closing?14:52
* apw reboots to test the EAGAIN thing14:52
apwtgardner, yeah i mean the time needs to be set correctly at the same instant we put in TTY_CLOSING14:53
apwinto the flags ... as its that we use to detect closing and when we start checking the times14:53
tgardnerapw, well, its done under tty_mutex14:54
apwtgardner, yeah its more stylistic, in case someone split them later, as they are needed to be together the intent is better served by putting them together14:54
tgardnerapw, then we need a separate function to consolidate the set_bit(TTY_CLOSING, &tty->flags) statements14:55
apwand i suspect that that is the right thing for an upstream patch, for somethig we want to not collide to much not so much14:55
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tgardnerapw, like upstream is gonna take this anyways14:56
apwwell indeed14:57
tseliotapw: shall I take it as a no on this? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODQ3OQ15:05
tgardnersmb, do you think this LVM snapshot regression fix will have an impact no how bad system response sucks when doing qemu/armel builds? I assume its related since bind mounts are being torn down.15:07
apwtseliot, the patch isn't very big and quite self contained15:07
apwso its not a flat NO on first viewing15:07
apware the patches 'finished' yet though?15:07
smbtgardner, Only if fs freeze/unfreeze calls would be involved. The other thing is our still pending writeback suckiness15:08
tgardnersmb, my desktop would freeze for 20-30 seconds at a time during the build. 15:08
smbtgardner, The snapshot freezes were actual hangs. Not to be recovered without force reboot15:09
smbtgardner, I would think you see the "we do sync syncronous" issue15:09
apwsmb, where are we with the write back stuff ?15:09
smbapw, The patches seem to be ok from testing, but feedback from Jens is 0 of 415:10
apw0 of 4 ?15:11
smbI wonder if I should just send them to Greg with him on cc15:11
smbapw, Tried 4 times got 0 response15:11
smbapw, The unfortunate thing is that the set is 14 patches or so15:12
smbapw, And not the shortest too15:12
apwsmb, nasty ...15:13
smbAnd then there seem to be even more issues (like the other thing that an active writer can starve other things) or potentially fs specific slowness in other cases...15:14
smbtgardner, is that on boxes that run Maverick, too?15:14
apwtgardner, the changes tseliot is pointing to are interesting as they help with intereactive performance under heavy IO load15:14
apwsmb ^^15:14
* tseliot nods15:14
tgardnersmb, no, I'm running the lucid -proposed kernel15:15
tgardner2.6.32-24-generic15:15
tgardnerdunno about maverick15:15
smbtseliot, apw, Is that about lumpy reclaim again?15:15
apwsmb, indeed lumpy15:16
smbWhich is the one we discussed yesterday which seems unfinished in discussion15:16
smbapw, You can try in Maverick. If it does not explode I might think again. :)15:17
apwmay well be, hense my question on its completedness, but its very small15:17
smbtgardner, Ok, potentially you could try the writeback test kernel15:18
smbIf I find the place...15:18
tseliotsmb: I'm not sure about what patch you're referring to but it might be the same15:18
smbtseliot, I saw some lines with lumpy reclaim and I have been seeing a discussion upstream about that. Which seemed to go on still. So my impression was this is still in progress15:19
smbtgardner, bug 585092 has a reference to the test kernels15:19
ubot2Launchpad bug 585092 in linux (Ubuntu Maverick) (and 2 other projects) "giant IO delays on unmount (affects: 1) (heat: 24)" [Medium,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/58509215:20
tseliotsmb: this discussion? http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/1/4015:20
smbI think yes15:20
tseliotok15:21
tseliotlet's see how it goes then15:21
tseliotthe discussion, that is15:21
smbAssumed so. :)15:21
tseliotgood15:21
smbIt just seemed to hot at least to jump on it from Lucid15:22
tgardnersmb, http://people.canonical.com/~smb/lp585092/linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic_2.6.32-23.38~lp585092v4_amd64.deb ?15:22
smbtgardner, there should be a -24 as well...15:23
tgardnerah, no should be 2415:23
tgardnerright15:23
smbtgardner, The comments from someone in the bug seem to indicate even more slackness. So the issue you see might still be there. But if it survives a build box too it at least should not regress.15:25
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tgardnersmb, rebooting for your test kernel15:26
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smagounsmb: Hi, I noticed that the lpia flavor of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24-28.46) in hardy-security FTBFS. Is that a known issue? (I pinged you since your name is on the upload)16:01
smagounsmb: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.2416:02
smbsmagoun, Let me check the versions. The latest security should have fixed the FTBS but the real lpia flavour is build through OEM anyway.16:03
smbOh wait its. modules16:03
tgardnerlum16:04
smbyeah. Though there was no lum upload this time. So this would be old16:05
smagounsmb: yeah, it's old (April). I'm auditing a tool we use to track security updates, I noticed that distro's lpia l-u-m wasn't what I expected16:06
smbsmagoun, I cannot find the reason for the FTBS on LP but likely it was because the kernel itself FTBSed. Then probably doing a retry should fix it16:06
* smb wonders whether he can click on retry...16:08
smbSeems to work. Now lets see16:09
smbsmagoun, Seems to have failed again, but as long as it does not tell me why, I have a hard time to say whether or how to fix it.16:17
smagounsmb: alright, I'll talk to a LOSA16:18
smbsmagoun, ok, let me know what you find out. 16:19
apwhttp://people.csail.mit.edu/albert/bluez-intro/x232.html16:21
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vanhoofpgraner: ping16:49
apwcking1, i can still _see_ you17:24
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apwnot-really-here-, don't make me kick you17:30
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bjfJFo, apw,  i've just created  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/StablePatchFormat , I don't know where it's _supposed_ to go but there it is18:17
JFocool18:18
* JFo looks18:19
apwbjf, i like it, not sure thats 'Stable' related at all ...18:20
apwbjf, perhaps PatchCommentryFormat18:20
apw(but spelt correctly)18:20
smbThough some of the musts or more applying to SRU than the general patch submission18:21
bjfapw, the stable team requires the subject line format and the buglink which is just "nice to have" in dev kernel patches18:21
apwbjf, i don't think it should be nice to have in dev patches ... i think we should be consistant18:22
bjfapw, also the double ack18:22
apwthe only difference should be the number of acks18:22
apwso two ack* 18:22
apw* stable only18:22
apwshould be the only difference to my mind18:22
bjfand having two ack's for dev wouldn't be a really bad thing18:23
ogasawarawe do enforce the two ack's after kernel freeze for the dev kernel18:23
apwand the rest of the page is mostly about formatting, and that should be consistant both sides of the line18:23
apwhow to say where it came from, how to form the front of the title etc etc applied to dev too18:24
smbapw, Well I guess if you and ogasawara look at it and agree then it is fine. I looked over that more from the SRU point of view18:24
ogasawaraI agree with apw we should be consistent with both the dev and stable releases in terms of patch submission18:25
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pgranervanhoof, pong19:08
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* apw s done19:42
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alex_joniis there a better place than this to ask a LiveCD question?23:09
virtualdalex_joni: yes #ubuntu23:14
alex_joninot the type of question I had in mind, but thanks anyways23:20
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