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smoserfor anyone who cares... (jjohansen, sconklin-gone, kees )... a short history of hardy on ec2 (as I understand it.. I wasn't really around for it)01:11
smoser * ubuntu started getting onto EC2 after hardy was released, or at least late in its cycle, and things were thrown together01:12
smoser * the ppa as utilized for a couple reasons, probably, some I'm not aware of, but the primary reason was so that you could include "ec2-modules", a virtual package that that ppa kernel build provided.01:13
smoser  That package did not contain a /boot/vmlinuz , as ec2 didn't use one anyway (kernel and ramdisk loaded outside the image)01:13
smoser  It was an optimization, that really turned out to be a pain01:13
smoser * image builds pulled from that ppa with 'ec2-modules', and publishing the kernels (aki/ari) was a manual process... its a pain01:14
jjohansensmoser: yeah, that lines up with what I know, caveat /me wasn't around for it either01:15
smoser * we're now moving to using the linux-xen from the archive proper.  This makes the process identical to what we have for karmic, and very similar to what we have for lucid and onward, and its really much easier to maintain.  We're moving here, but we want to be careful and not regress anything.01:15
jjohansenyep, and thanks again for doing the work on building the image01:16
smoser our daily builds are now pulling from the archive proper. we'll hopefully be able to refresh images with this new process.01:16
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stojakernel 2.6.38 is compatible with Maverick ? I've got problems with fgrlx drivers :)06:08
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htorque_hello everyone! bug 721389 - there's a patch applied upstream, should i remove any tags from the bug report?07:50
ubot2Launchpad bug 721389 in linux "Boot time regression 2.6.38" [Undecided,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/72138907:50
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apwhtorque, god work finding the fix ...looking at bug08:58
htorqueapw, heh, no credit to me - i only compiled and tested like mad08:59
apwits more than most do, it is more common to get repeated "why have you not fixed this bug yet" calls09:03
apwand you get your name in the kernel history for your trouble :)09:04
apwbug 63448709:18
ubot2Launchpad bug 634487 in linux "t1.micro instance hangs when installing java" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/63448709:18
apwhttp://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/jfo/kernel-buglist-by-team.html09:21
lamontso... how come when I rebooted this morning, I lost wireless to my broadcom 4727?09:45
* smb looks for signs of solar winds09:46
lamontwireless is kinda important to my sprinting09:46
smbIt would help us poor souls to narrow this to a certain release09:46
apwlamont, on what release of what09:47
lamontwell... I tend to stay up-to-date on packages.  was clean on friday, and had working wireless09:47
apwand don't tell me you updated when on the sprint09:47
apwthat is very very very stupid :)09:47
smbn/me stays up to date on lucid09:48
lamonty'all have done such a good job of not breaking me, that I forgot to not trust you09:48
apwheh ... so what updated last night?09:48
lamontwell... I don't know that I rebooted at all this week09:48
lamontreboots I'm not so good at doing that often when living on my laptop09:48
* apw is assuming this is dapper you are running09:48
lamontmaverikc09:48
apwhmmm, not expecting issues with maverick09:49
lamontneither was I09:49
smbIS that broadcom usually using wl driver?09:49
smb(so maybe dkms package compilation broke)09:49
lamontI believe it is09:50
lamontyeah - we get wl.ko09:50
smbIs that loadable or complaining about symbols?09:50
apwso do you have a wireless interface ?09:50
apwyeah is it loaded, what does modprobe wl.ko say09:50
apwthe last kernel update in -updates was 3 weeks ago .. there is a -proposed from 14 hours ago thought09:51
apwdo you have -proposed enabled ?09:51
apwor ... what does cat /proc/version_signature say09:52
lamonthttp://paste.ubuntu.com/571617/ <-- grep -e ' installed' -e purge /var/log/dpkg.log09:52
lamontno proposed09:52
lamontcat /proc/version_signature 09:53
lamontUbuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.1009:53
apwso you have not had a new kenel over the period09:54
lamonthttp://paste.ubuntu.com/571620/ <-- iwconfig eth109:54
smbapw, but it seems a new wl dkms package09:54
apwso its there as far as the kernel is there09:54
lamontinstalling the backports-modules thing was an attempt that simply removed the interface completely09:55
lamontsmb: I reinstalled bcmwl-* in a first attempt09:55
apwit has not changes since release09:55
lamontit didn't help that I was wired in the room last night09:55
apwso ... i'd say that nothing has changed09:55
smbAh ok09:55
smbAnd the interface is actually there09:56
apwso whats the symptoms09:56
* lamont ponders where the kill switch could be09:56
smbjust not associated09:56
apwwhats the machine09:56
lamontinspiron 15R (N5010)09:56
apwthey sometimes have them near the hinge on the side09:56
apwa little slidey bit of unmarked plastic09:57
apwi didn't know my dell had one for a year till i knocked it :)09:57
lamontold-dell had one, this one seems to not have the slidy bit09:58
lamontthough the f2 key does have a antenna transmitting thing going on there09:58
apwdoes rfill list list it09:58
lamontrfill?09:58
apwworth hitting it, it may be bios controlled09:58
apwrfkill list09:59
lamont0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN09:59
lamontSoft blocked: yes09:59
lamontHard blocked: yes09:59
apwok so thats blocked in HW as far as kernel is concerned09:59
apwhit the key and re-run09:59
apwapw@agent57:~$ rfkill list09:59
apw0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN09:59
apwSoft blocked: no09:59
apwHard blocked: no09:59
lamont0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN09:59
lamontSoft blocked: no09:59
lamontHard blocked: no09:59
apwsmb, interesting, natty level we get info from the wl driver direct10:00
apwnow wait a bit and see if it assoc's10:00
apwi fine wl takes up to minute to notice you have turned it back on10:00
lamontbah10:00
lamontthanks muchly10:00
lamontbrb10:00
apwit is possilbe its persistant too10:00
apwrecorded in nvram by bios10:00
smbapw, Yes, interesting. At least its not our fault this time. :)10:01
apwhandy for next time10:01
cooloneyapw: one quick question, if i wanna get the abi file of current kernel version, I can just build the kernel to get it11:21
cooloneyapw: instead of run script getabis11:21
apwa build does generate the _new_ one yes11:21
apwso you would need to build the previous versio11:22
apwto get the abis for that version11:22
cooloneyapw: great, man. thanks11:22
cooloneyyeah, i think so11:22
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Kanohi, why is natty not yet rebased to rc6?12:29
apwKano, why do you think it is not12:36
Kanono tag12:37
Kanolast is rc512:37
apwwhat is the last tag you have12:38
KanoUBUNTU: v2.6.38-rc5 rebased fixes Bug #71681112:38
ubot2Launchpad bug 716811 in linux "[SandyBridge] kernel BUG at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c:3132!" [Undecided,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/71681112:38
Kanoseems to be the last rebased tag or not?12:38
apwUbuntu-2.6.38-5.3212:38
apwis the last rebase tag12:38
apwthe commit you refer to there is simply a changelog update to an old commit12:39
apwold release12:39
Kanook12:39
apwyou can simply tell from the Makefile though12:39
Kanocould you tell me how to disable everything execpt generic+generic-pae builds for use with pbuilder?12:40
apwjust change the flavours= list in the arch.mk12:40
Kanoand the udebs i dont need?12:40
Kanoalso no libc-dev12:41
apwremove the entries in kernel-versions.in12:41
apwthere is a do_ thingy for libc-dev to disable it12:42
Kanoah12:42
Kanobecause the interesting thing is,when i use prebuild kernels12:42
Kanothen nvidia drivers usually work against it but fglrx always fails - on a squeeze system12:43
apwyes the binary drivers have not been updated, i don't expect either of them to work with natty kernels at the moment12:43
Kanono thats not the problem12:43
Kanothey work with the pure rc6 kernels from mainline with ease12:44
apwwell it is a problem, and one we don't care about12:44
Kanothats why i ask to build only the things which i need...12:44
Kanoi did that some time ago but forgot it already12:45
Kanoon hd install mainline kernels are fine12:45
Kanojust missing aufs is bad for live mode12:45
Kanoi first thought i do not need to rebuild em anymore because the hpa disable patch was removed but well, it did not work out that way...12:46
Kanodid you ever try r8192e_pci?12:49
apwseems that the binary driver issues are the xorg changes and not kernel related12:50
apwat least for ubuntu12:50
apwnope12:50
Kanomost likely12:50
Kanoi hate that driver12:51
Kanoit is not working at all, also the 2nd driver as addon does not work12:51
apwluckily its not one i own it seems12:52
Kanothe only way to use wlan with my samsung n510 is to use ndiswrapper12:52
Kanoalso it seems that .38 needs a newer nouveau driver12:52
TeTeTon a thinkpad t-61 I see an acpi video event generated when the lid is opened. I guess this comes from the BIOS and I wonder if I can somehow disable it by consuming it in a kernel module before it gets sent to user space, especially gnome-settings-daemon. Any hints if that's possible at all?12:55
Kanothe first thing you mentioned is in the debian.master/rules.d right?12:56
apwyes13:00
apwTeTeT, why would you want to suppress it ?13:01
TeTeTapw: a customer is not happy with the video toggling when opening the laptop lid with an external display attached. They want to remove that13:01
apwTeTeT, i am sure it is possible, though it would likely be easier to fix g-s-d to allow you to tell it to not do whatever it does when you get it13:01
TeTeTapw: problem is that g-s-d does not differentiate between the fn-f7 hotkey and the video event upon lid open13:02
apwthey don't want it to enable the display13:02
apwhow do they both appear in input-events ?13:02
TeTeTapw: they want to enable the display, but not the toggling between modes13:03
apware they different there?  if they are on different input event channels you may be able to make them separate X keys13:03
TeTeTapw: don't know, I checked with acpi_listen, how to see it with input-events?13:03
apwls-input will show you all the differnet channels13:04
apwoften lid is a separate one, and you can see the event there13:04
apw/dev/input/event213:05
apw   bustype : BUS_HOST13:05
apw   vendor  : 0x013:05
apw   product : 0x513:05
apw   version : 013:05
apw   name    : "Lid Switch"13:05
apw   phys    : "PNP0C0D/button/input0"13:05
apw   bits ev : EV_SYN EV_SW13:05
apwon this machine here i have an entire chanell just for the lid13:05
TeTeTneed to install input-utils via 3g first, one second13:05
TeTeTargh, protocol mismatch, as I'm testing the natty kernel on lucid right now, need to reboot13:08
apwTeTeT, heh yeah, i know, it is compatible so a rebuild is sufficient13:13
TeTeTapw: finally rebooted, I see /dev/input/event0 for Lid Switch, EV_SYN, EV_SW and /dev/input/event5 for Video Bus, EV_SYN, EV_KEY13:15
Kanoapw: is that full_build var true for pbuilder?13:16
apwKano, yes13:18
Kanothen i should patch that too13:19
apwTeTeT, so you need to  input-events 0 etc which will show you what comes out of there for each13:19
apwhit the lid switch see what it does, then hit the other key and see whic channel that comes out of and what it looks like13:19
apwyou may be able to map the lid one to something else13:19
TeTeTapw: the lid is fine, it's just the video toggle that needs to go. It reports EV_KEY KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE (0xe3) pressed and released13:21
TeTeTlet's see what fn-f7 does report13:21
TeTeTnothing there13:21
apwit'll be on one of the other channels, likely the keyboard13:22
TeTeTapw: yes, it's on channel 7, ThinkPad Extra Buttons13:22
apwwhat do you get for that13:23
TeTeTthe same, EV_KEY KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE (0xe3) pressed and released13:23
Kanowhat was the position to disable d-i?13:24
Kanokernel-versions.in`13:25
apwyes13:25
apwTeTeT, was there more than one line per button in either case ?13:25
TeTeTapw: yes, first a pressed event, then EV_SYN code=0 value=0, then the released event, then another EV_SYN code=0 value=013:26
TeTeTapw: do you want me to pastebin the output?13:27
apwfor both yes please TeTeT 13:27
TeTeTapw: ok, need to transfer it via USB13:27
Kanohmm when i do a debian/rules clean with kernel-wedge 2.73 u 1, then i get unintialized value builddep13:32
TeTeTapw: thinkpad key is http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/571717/ and video is http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/571719/13:32
mjg59TeTeT: You could hack the ACPI video module not to send that event13:44
mjg59On the grounds that you get the key event via the Thinkpad driver13:44
mjg59But that's about the limit of it13:44
apwit does seem that the lid should really produce a 'SW_LID' open close event and not that one13:46
TeTeTmjg59: I unloaded thinkpad_acpi and the event is still generated - you think that's evidence that it comes straight from the bios?13:46
TeTeTapw: the lid _also_ produces a EV_SW code=0 value=1 on /dev/input/event0 when closing13:47
TeTeTand code=0 value=0 when opening, followed by a EV_SYN each time13:48
TeTeTI wonder if that event is also generated on newer generation thinkpads13:48
mjg59TeTeT: Yes13:48
mjg59If it's coming via the video device it's a notification on the VGA device from te firmware13:48
mjg59apw: It's common to send a display siwtch notification on lid state change to force the OS to reprobe outputs13:49
mjg59Unnecessary in Linux, but common13:49
TeTeThow could g-s-d differentiate between the user wanted fn-f7 and this implicit toggle?13:50
mjg59It can't13:50
TeTeTit seems that for the lid close / open it would be best to just apply it's configuration for that setting13:50
mjg59Like I said, you can hack the ACPI video driver13:50
TeTeTprobably not me ;)13:50
mjg59But no, there's no generic way to fix this13:50
TeTeTapw + mjg59 : thanks for your time, guess I'll have to tell the customer that there's no way out of this short of hiring a kernel developer to get it done13:52
mjg59TeTeT: Also, such a hack wouldn't go upstream13:52
mjg59It'd be a one line diff, though13:52
TeTeTmjg59: hmm, but where would I find that ACPI video driver when not in thinkpad_acpi?13:54
TeTeTgpu/drm/i915?13:55
mjg59drivers/acpi/video.c13:56
mjg59Just comment out every line that says keycode = KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE13:57
mdzapw, around?13:58
apwmdz, hi13:58
mdzapw, good day to you13:58
mdzI'm wondering if there is a straightforward way to tell, from userspace, if a given pid is actually a kernel thread13:58
mdze.g. via something in /proc13:58
apwhmm13:58
mdzthe only info I found so far was in top.c, which says:    /* if a process doesn't have a cmdline, we'll consider it a kernel thread13:59
mdz      -- since displayed tasks are given special treatment, we must too */13:59
mdzwhich seems less than rigorous14:00
mdzbut maybe it's correct?14:00
apwnot very satisfactory14:01
mdzFWIW I'm wondering in order to fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/50434014:02
ubot2Launchpad bug 504340 in apport "ubuntu-bug can't report bugs on kernel threads" [Wishlist,Triaged]14:02
mdzit would be pretty straightforward to fix given such a test14:02
Kanoapw: i used this: http://kanotix.com/files/hellfire/ubuntu/ubuntu-kernel-build-only-generic.txt14:07
Kanoapw: and i still got:  linux-source/doc/tools/tools-common packages14:07
Kanohow to get rid of those14:07
PhoenixSTFapw, hey m814:08
apwmdz its possible you could use the 'size' component of the /proc/$$/stat output, which seems to be 0 for such a thing14:08
mjg59mdz: exe won't point anywhere14:08
Kanoi set source/doc to false, still there...14:08
apwmdz, sorry /statm14:09
mdzmjg59, since it's a root-owned process, I don't think I can even readlink(exe)14:10
mdzapw, hmm, that sounds fairly unlikely to generate a false positive14:10
apwmdz a quick sanity check here on a random latop on maverick seems to show size 0 only on things which i believe are kernel threads14:11
mdzapw, statm looks the same for a zombie process :-/14:12
mjg59mdz: Does a zombie have any vm entries in status?14:16
apwmdz how did you generate a Z so i can poke one14:16
apwyeah the whole of stat and statm on one would be good14:16
mjg59And status14:16
mdzhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/571741/ = stat, statm, status14:17
apwmdz i assume $3 of /proc/<zombie>/stat is a Z14:17
mdzapw, I happened to have one around14:17
mjg59What does ps use for putting [] around them?14:18
apwso you could elide those14:18
mdzforking something which exits and not wait()ing for it should create one14:18
mdzmjg59, that was the first place I looked but it makes my eyes bleed14:18
mjg59Pragmatically, check size in stat and check that it's not a zombie14:18
mdzand of course it puts [] around zombies too14:18
mdzbut it also says <defunct> so it's checking for state=Z probably14:18
mdzmjg59, it appears there are no vm entries in status for a zombie14:19
apwmdz, but a safer test might be statm $1 == 0 and statm $3 != 'Z'14:20
mdzmjg59, but there aren't for kernel threads either14:20
mdzyeah, I think it's probably most practical to do statm == zeros && state!=Z14:21
apwmdz do you have stat and statm output for your Z, save me writing something to gen one14:22
mdzapw, the pastebin link I pasted earlier is that14:22
* apw <-- blind14:22
apwgot it now14:22
apwmdz, mjg59, ok in theory the $8 of stat is the process flags and converted to hex 200000 bit is PK_KTHREAD14:33
apwPF_KTHREAD even14:33
mdzapw, $8 == the eighth field counting from 1?14:34
mdzif so, that's -1 for the iwlagn thread14:34
apwyeah, the big big number14:34
apwahh $9 sorry14:35
apw9 (events/0) S 2 0 0 0 -1 2216722752 0 0 0 0 0 4894 0 0 20 0 1 0 32 0 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2147483647 0 18446744073709551615 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 014:35
apw221672275214:35
apw8420814014:35
apw0020000014:35
apwso thats a kthread ... of course you are relying then on that number never changing, which is tricky14:35
apwbut i guess for apport we might be ok there14:36
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mdzapw, that seems to work reliably14:40
mdzapw, I don't suppose there's any way to find out which module owns that thread?14:42
mdzthen I could put that hint into the bug report14:42
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apwmdz not that i know of at the moment14:45
apwand now that damnable unity is crashing on login again ... ARRRG14:46
* apw lunches14:49
PhoenixSTFapw, when you come back i got some questions about that thing yesterday :)14:55
JFomdz, I updated that apport bug and fix released it.15:01
mdzJFo, cool, thanks15:02
JFomy pleasure :)15:05
PhoenixSTFhey guys i was here yesterday with issues on a vt6421 pci controler15:19
PhoenixSTFi got some new info, its givving issues no matter what hdd is on, and only outpust badCRC and Esmask error when using hi tranfers rates off the HDD15:21
PhoenixSTF*high transfers rates15:21
PhoenixSTFany fix for this specific issue for this pci board?15:23
hallynapw: what is the kernel team stance on taking patches from -mm?  (user namespace patches are there now, would be sort of nice to have them in natty)15:38
PhoenixSTFback15:43
PhoenixSTFapw you there m8?15:56
apws'up15:57
PhoenixSTFhey15:58
PhoenixSTFremenber yesterday i aked about a posssible fix for that card15:58
PhoenixSTFwell i narrow it down, it bugs with whatever hard driver is pluged on it, but only when massive amounts of data is requested15:59
PhoenixSTFif it's like 2 to 10 Mb per sec its ok16:00
PhoenixSTFwhen it goes over 30 it start with Badcrc and Esmask error16:00
PhoenixSTFapw, any advice for me m8?16:01
* smb thinks of a blender but that is not helpful16:03
PhoenixSTFsmb, LOL yes well i got 2 choices, either put away 2 controler cards, and buy a new one, or beg for someone to please make fix16:05
PhoenixSTFsmb, i am on the begging part now16:05
PhoenixSTFsmb, altouth i will consider yours has a 3rd one!16:05
PhoenixSTFxD16:06
smbPhoenixSTF, To be honest the way you describe it. It sounds a bit like it actually could be really phisicallly broken. And there is not much any driver could do there.16:06
joaopintoPhoenixSTF, SATA2 or SATA3 ?16:07
PhoenixSTFos discos sao sata2, mas placa aceita 1,516:08
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joaopintokeep english please ;)16:08
PhoenixSTFsorry16:08
PhoenixSTF;16:08
joaopintoPhoenixSTF, do you get something like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/285892 ?16:08
ubot2Launchpad bug 285892 in linux "ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen" [Unknown,Fix released]16:08
PhoenixSTFyes well its a VT6421 controler so its accepst only 1,5 tops16:08
PhoenixSTFthe HDD are sata 2, samsung 1,5 tb and a Seagate 1tb16:09
DBOchase told me I could come here and ask if there is anything I can do to help my system stay responsive during IO (non IO bound apps, actually pretty much everything, stop responding during hard drive read/writes)16:09
PhoenixSTFubot2, yes i have checked taht but still a lot of people complain about it only works for some16:09
ubot2PhoenixSTF: Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)16:09
PhoenixSTFoh crap ;)16:10
joaopintoPhoenixSTF, with my newer system I have replace the HD 3 consecutive times, the motherboard was replaced, in the end I had to use a different HD brand16:11
PhoenixSTFjoaopinto, that was unlucky :S16:12
PhoenixSTFjoaopinto, that was unlucky well i just got these  boards i got a 3rd one and its working fine, with the same COntroler vt642116:13
joaopintowhatever was the issue somehow it was more severe with Linux, Windows was usable16:13
joaopintoand also more severe between an older Fedora kernel and a recent Ubuntu version16:14
PhoenixSTFso problem was the kernel,16:14
PhoenixSTFi recon it takes a lot of work on a kernel16:15
PhoenixSTFspeacialy when new hardware comes out16:15
joaopintoI don't know, from the comments on both bug 285892, bug 285892, and bug 569680 I was unable to figure the cause16:16
ubot2Launchpad bug 285892 in linux "ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x807f SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen" [Unknown,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/28589216:16
ubot2Launchpad bug 569680 in linux "Hard disk write/read freezes for 10 seconds several times in session" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/56968016:16
PhoenixSTFyes the last one hapens to me16:17
PhoenixSTFsame error output and some more stuff16:17
PhoenixSTFbut thats about it16:17
PhoenixSTFbut only hapens when to mutch data is requested16:20
joaopintoPhoenixSTF, does it happen at every boot ? Or do you have instances of long periods running without issues ?16:23
PhoenixSTFjoaopinto, its a home server, so boath hdd are not the system, and the problem only hapens when i start to use the hdd at full transfer speed.16:24
PhoenixSTFjoaopinto, if i am whatching a movie its ok, if i copy it it starts with the errors and freezing16:25
PhoenixSTFjoaopinto, and sometimes i guess i have periods of no issue with one hdd, its hard to figure out... sorry16:26
joaopintook was just comparing with my case, which seemed to be initialization related, I could reboot and use the disk for several hours without errors, and perform the same activity after a power recycle and just getting freezes a few minutes after booting or during boot16:27
joaopintoit was disk activity related, but not persistent between recycles16:28
PhoenixSTFnot the same thing.... it hapens whenever u use the hdd full speed16:28
joaopintook16:28
PhoenixSTFhttp://pastebin.com/c7AzfhQ116:28
PhoenixSTFhere is my log16:29
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hggdhjj-afk: any news on the hardy ec2 kernel having a signature of -generic?16:32
sforsheeapw, have you seen this thread on lkml: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1103561/focus=110463716:53
sforsheewondering if we have something we need to push upstream...16:53
hertonsforshee, indeed, we carry a patch which fixes this issue16:54
sforsheehmm, wonder why we've been sitting on it then16:56
hertonwhile I was working with Mandriva, I submitted a different patch here: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2623216:56
ubot2bugzilla.kernel.org bug 26232 in Console/Framebuffers "Multiple framebuffer oops and sysfs attribute deadlock" [Normal,New]16:56
hertondidn't knew Ubuntu fixed it 6 months ago, these days I was looking and found apw already had fixed 6 months ago the issue16:57
hertonI posted on lkml the same patch on bug report, but didn't got answers from what I remember16:57
apwherton, yeah its one of those patches which is hanging about and i really really need to push up16:58
hertonComparing the both solutions are ok, just I don't cared in my patch about mm_lock issue in do_mmap16:58
hallynapw: how do ya'll usually feel about taking patches (into natty kernel) from -mm ?17:00
apwhallyn, depends what they are, i like things fixed17:00
hallynapw: alas these are not bugfixes, but user namespace patches17:01
hallynapw: there's probably no hurry on it.  It just came out of UDS that I would see about getting them into natty kernel, so I"m following up :)17:01
apwhallyn, and why would i want them17:01
apwwell feature freeze was today 17:01
hallynbc they allow root in a container to not be able to kill or ptrace tasks in other namespaces17:01
apwhallyn, it is pretty late to be changing semantics, so if you want them you will need to convince me they are worthy17:02
hallynapw: thanks, i think i'll be more interested in getting them into o release.  (though hopefully they'll go into linus' tree pretty quickliy anyway)17:03
JFobjf, still no joy getting those nominations approved.17:03
hallynapw: given ff, i have no desire to seek exception...17:03
hallynapw: thanks17:04
apwhallyn, well if they are security related it may make sense to persue them17:04
apwi normaly prefer them to be in mainline, even if its for .3917:04
hallynapw: yup, we'll see how they fare.  thanks17:06
apwget them out for review, copy kees on them, i assume he is the protagonist17:07
keeshm?17:07
keesI am interested in hallyn's patches, but not in much position to drive them.17:08
apwkees i think the key is if you deem them a security consolidation then we can be more flexible taking them17:09
apwsforshee, would you email me the link to that thread so i don't forget to push out my patch pile pls17:10
sforsheeapw, will do17:10
PhoenixSTFok what is Ultradma mode?17:12
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hertonapw, do you mind if I reply to that thread, saying that you will push the patch? I want to point Linus to the bug report with the testcase too17:14
apwherton, sure, cc: me on the reply pls ... i am assuming you know my fix fixes this17:14
keesapw: I guess I'm trying to say that I don't have a strong opinion about those patches, but if hallyn wants to see them in, go for it. hallyn will you be able to support those patches if something needs additional tweaking going forward?17:18
hallynyup, i'll be supporting (and continuing development) upstream anyway17:21
JFo<- lunch17:21
hallynkees: apw: ^  however I'm happy waiting until I get a few more patches and getting the result into o17:21
jjohansenapw: I have a small one line fix for aufs, its just a bug fix so its no rush but if your holding off it might be nice to get it in17:24
jjohansenhggdh: I don't know why you are getting -generic need to look at it more17:24
hggdhjjohansen: thank you.17:25
apwjjohansen, nice ... get it to me, and i'll get it committed17:27
jjohansenapw: just opening the bug17:28
jjohansenbut I already have the patch17:28
PhoenixSTFapw, how can i force the reading on hdd to be slower?17:40
jjohansenapw: sent17:40
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jjohansenrebooting18:16
bdmurraybjf: I tried approving your nominations in bug 723945 but lp is timing out18:29
ubot2Launchpad bug 723945 in linux-ti-omap4 "CVE-2010-4258" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/72394518:29
bjfbdmurray, thanks, jfo has been having the same problem18:29
JFoyup, making me rabid18:29
JFothere is an LP bug open18:30
bdmurrayI think if there were only 1 task it'd work out better18:30
* JFo digs the # up18:30
bdmurrayso create 1 task, approve nominations, open other tasks18:30
JFobug 72399918:30
ubot2Launchpad bug 723999 in launchpad "structural subscriptions taking 4.8 seconds during nomination editing POST" [Critical,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/72399918:30
bjfbdmurray, it's being done via a script which is adding all the tasks18:47
bdmurrayokay, I was just thinking that doing it in the other order might avoid the timeout18:49
bjfbdmurray, it could be that it is making the problem much worse18:50
bdmurraythe email interface might be a way to workaround it18:54
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charlie-tcavanhoof: hear you? as on my speakers? 20:37
vanhoofcharlie-tca: on irc :)20:37
vanhoofhaving some timeouts connecting to another server20:37
vanhoofalthough things seem to be fine here20:37
bjfvanhoof, you quit again20:37
charlie-tcawell then, I guess so20:37
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vanhoofbjf: i give up20:42
vanhoofbjf: its anything across the pond for me20:43
bjfvanhoof, yes, i see you just got dropped again20:43
blagI have a patch that adds some functionality to the kernel.  Linus' (newest) branch of the 2.6.38 kernel already has a better way to do the same thing.  Should I upstream my patch to the Ubuntu kernel devs?20:44
bjfblag, we'll get it from the next .38 rc20:45
jjohansenbjf, sconklin: looks like we have some regressions in the lucid and maverick ec2 kernels, I am looking into it21:20
bjfjjohansen, thanks for the heads up21:21
sconklinthanks21:21
* blag reads the channel topic (specifically that the Natty kernel is going to be a 2.6.38)21:47
blagbjf: cool.21:47
blagwe should totally call the Natty kernel a ".38 special" just for grins  :-)21:47
rsajdokAre there other wiki page like this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume22:06
rsajdokthat describe other kernel problems?22:06
rsajdokAll right. I found https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Debugging22:08
Krunchwhat kind of problem are you having?22:09
rsajdokKrunch: Personally I have not. I want to learn to write patches for various problems.22:24
Krunchto write patch you first need to figure out what is the problem, this is probably a good start: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/crash-book.html22:27
rsajdokKrunch: thank you:)22:30
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