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panda|ac100jk-: ping :)02:05
jk-panda|ac100: pong02:05
ohsixhey, does anyone know what mlockall does when the rlimit for mlock doesn't cover all of it? does it preserve the hottest pages? (would be magic, but also nice)02:38
ohsixwow, addpart/delpart is neat06:46
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* smb thinks apw stuggles to get online07:32
apwstruggling with unity actually which is about to get removed if it doesn't detect my screen without crashing07:33
* apw is not finding it acceptable that pluging in an external screen now causes unity to crash07:33
smbapw, Must be a scary screen07:33
apwthis is a natty regression07:34
RAOFAs in: a regression in natty, or a regression from natty?  That said, I find unity in Oneiric is exactly as terrible at handling multiple monitors as in Natty :/07:53
ppisatiback in 10mins...07:53
apwRAOF, as in i believe it used to work in natty ... or its better with hdmi than vga not sure yet08:02
* RAOF finds it hard to believe unity's monitor hotplug has got *worse* from natty.08:04
apwRAOF, no it has gotten worse in natty in my experience08:04
ckingprogress... but not in the right direction08:04
RAOFOnce it's sufficiently broken it'll look fixed?08:05
apwRAOF, i had to reboot with the monitor attached to have a hope of logging in without unity crashing in a heap08:05
RAOFOh, yeah.  Who doesn't?08:06
* cking has to walk downstairs *again*, working from the loft conversion is getting me super fit08:06
* smb thinks they are in danger of "when it is sufficiently broken, nobody cares whether it gets fixed". Because all use something else08:06
RAOFIt *very* occasionally works without restarting unity.08:07
smbcking is becoming the step-master08:07
ckingjust training to walk all the stairs in millbank without dying08:10
smbThough I think they stopped doing that... But anyway, always good to have some exercise.08:12
amitksmb: they stopped? any particular reason?08:13
smbamitk, Thought they had. But don't know of a specific reason. Maybe just got bored.08:14
smbamitk, Not hearing much of you lately. How are you? 08:17
amitksmb: i know :-/ Been a busy summer so far. Too many thing happening in the PM working group in Linaro keeping me busy. Plus some home renovations..08:19
amitksmb: how was Dublin?08:19
smbamitk, Yeah, there usually is no lack of something to do. The usual hive of bees (though no mankini incidents). Surprisingly I seem to have succeeded in looking at the things I planned to (which does not always happen).08:22
smbMust be because the moved out all those noisy HWE guys to a different room. ;-P08:23
amitksmb: same hotel?08:23
smbamitk, Yep, which I had no memories any more about the lack of AC in the rooms. Which we could have used this time08:24
amitksmb: hehe. They must've posted guards to avoid the mankini incidents :)08:25
smbWell, those probably would not have been as bad as before as there were no horse show people but Bon Jovi fans around. They are much less likely to worry about such a thing. :)08:26
apwmore likely to be doing it themselves frankly08:31
jussiHrm, http://wstaw.org/m/2011/07/11/2011-07-11_10-24-33_21_Oulu.jpg10:26
jussi:(10:27
apwwhy would you be running a 3.0.0-rc3 kernel anyhow ?10:35
apwjussi, ^^ ? 10:35
Tommeh-rc6 maybe.10:35
TommehBut 3.0.0 for radeon r600+ does give some nice performance increases in gnome-shell/unity10:36
apwyeah i am asking why he is running an out of date mainline kernel10:36
jussiapw: because I was told here to try it. (a couple of weeks ago). I thought the trace may be of use, so I posted the screenshot. If its useless, I will throw it away :)10:36
apwjussi, i would update to the latest and see if its still there, as thats quite early 3.0.010:37
jussiapw: ok. have we been building 3.0's for natty yet? or should I still be trying the oneiric builds? (as mentioned here before)10:38
apwwe don't build them for natty, we have some for lucid as we do backports to there, otherwise its oneiric ones10:38
jussiapw: ok. could you again link me to the site with all the debs? I seems to have misplaced it :(10:40
apwhttp://voices.canonical.com/user/7610:40
apwARRRG WHY DOES X HAVE TWO PASTE BUFFERS ..> WHY10:41
apwhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux10:41
ppisatiany debian package expert around?11:18
ppisatibasically, my omap4 kernel package refers to the wrong module directory11:18
ppisati(wait for the pastebin...)11:19
ppisatihttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/641814/11:20
ppisatiany idea where i should look for?11:21
ppisatii know it's something in debian/*11:21
ppisatibut i don't know what's exactly...11:21
* apw looks11:23
smbppisati, I would guess it would be somewhere in rules.d. Either defining a version string wrongly in 0-* or using a wrong one in the binary rules...11:23
apwthat + on the end is classicly added by the kernel itself when it is unsure of its own version number11:24
apwwe normally override that in rules however11:24
apw        LOCALVERSION= localver-extra=11:24
apwi have that on my kmake variable in debian/rules.d/0-*11:25
apwdoes your have that ?11:25
apwcirtainly the main kernels are at those version numbers and do not suffer this problem11:25
apwppisati, ^^11:25
ppisatiapw: [flag@newluxor ubuntu-oneiric]$ grep -R LOCALVERSION debian/rules.d11:26
ppisatidebian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk:        LOCALVERSION= localver-extra=11:26
apwppisati, is your branch up to date on ti-omap4-next11:26
ppisatiapw: this morning i rebased the new stuff from TI on top of oneiric/master-next11:27
apwppisati, oh one thing do you have updated module init tools installed ?  for the 3.0 prefix bug11:27
ppisatiprevious to your 3.0.0-rc6 push11:27
ppisatiuhm no11:27
apwthat might explain the error as you may be using the running kernel version in error then11:28
apwthough note if you rebase to the latest tip the version number moved to 3.0.0 anyhow11:28
apwand the problem is removed11:28
ppisatiso i can try to do another rebase11:29
ppisatiok, i'll do11:29
* ppisati goes for a dist-upgrade, kiss me goodbye...11:36
apwppisati, see you11:41
nigelrI'm getting an oops caused by uvcvideo and I think it might be related to the problem fixed by this patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/8/8711:42
nigelrany chance of it being included in the stable natty kernel? :)11:42
nigelrI'm just trying it out now11:43
vishi'm trying to bisect and build a kernel, I see the following error during sub-make : http://paste.ubuntu.com/641831/ and the kernel does not build. how do I fix this?12:00
vishwhen i check the directory, i see no file named "..debian/stamps/stamp-build-generic"12:00
vishjust have ../debian/stamps/stamp-prepare-generic and ../debian/stamps/stamp-prepare-tree-generic12:01
smbvish, The real error is actually somewhere above that. The stamp file would just be created if the build went ok12:01
vishhmm, /me looks 12:02
apwnigelr, if a simple patch like that fixes an obviously triggered oops then its possible to SRU it12:08
apwvish, the error would have been much before the end of the log as we build in parallel, search back for 'error'12:09
vishhmm, looks like there are quite a few "errors"12:10
* ppisati -> reboot12:11
vishbah, i dont think i see anything related to 'stamp' and 'error' , maybe I'm not looking at the right thing.. could someone check what went wrong? » http://paste.ubuntu.com/641841/12:14
smbapw, Not sure, wasn't git bisect skip the thing probably needed if a certain revision just is not buildable but you would not want to say bad or good?12:14
apwvish, pastebin the output, you'd not see a stamp file as that only gets made if the make is successful, which it is not12:15
smb/home/vish/ubuntu-maverick/fs/ceph/msgpool.c:173: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kref_set’12:15
vishsmb: /em has no clue what that means :D12:16
vish */me12:16
smbvish, That was the error that caused the build to fail12:16
vishsmb: k, how do I fix it?12:16
smbApparently there is no previous definition of kref_set12:16
apwvish if you cannot build a revision then saying git bisect skip will ask it to find another to test without taking this one as good or bad12:17
smbcauld be either a missing include or the patch that introduced it came in the wrong order12:17
vishapw: k, great! :) will probably have to do that, if i cant fix this..12:18
vish bleh, finding the include or patch, might just take longer when I have no clue.. /me skips! 12:19
lamontwhy does my machine wish to schedule while atomic?12:24
smbNaughty developers...12:25
ohsixlamont: do you have an intel video card?12:26
ohsixtheres a 4500mhd regression in mesa that causes a panic; and switching the tty to display the panic triggers the scheduling while atomic panic12:28
ohsixit's fun ;]12:29
smblamont, Very generically somthing allows disruptions (interrupts) where it should not. But some info around it might be useful...12:29
ohsixlamont: do you have an intel video card?12:31
lamont01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)12:40
* lamont tries a maverick kernel to see if that's any better12:53
lamontthe latest failure was in netfilter code, "kernel stack corrupted"12:59
lamontI'll get the jpgs somewhere and file a bug later today13:00
apwoooh nasty13:08
lamontsomething like that13:26
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* apw needs to find someone who has played with ipv6 tunnels13:57
ppisatiapw: smb: btw, moving the pkg to a 3 digits 3.0.0-x kernel pkg _seems_ to have fixed my problem... let's see...15:22
apwppisati, good stuff15:24
tgardnerbjf, where is that bug repo you were talking about at the rally ? the one with clear text files, etc.15:33
bjftgardner, on zinc at /x/bradf/lp-data.git15:34
tgardnerbjf, ack15:35
apwbjf, you should so symlink that into your home15:39
bjfapw, done15:44
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dupondjehttp://paste.ubuntu.com/642025/ => could this be a kernel bug or surely hw issue?16:53
dupondjei'm on oneiric btw16:53
jjohansenrebooting17:11
jjohansenoneiric update this morning, made my machine none functional, it doesn't appear to be a kernel issue (tried previous oneiric and natty kernels) if other people start complaining17:29
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* bjf -> lunch18:58
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* lamont manages to land on bug 80900020:24
ubot2Launchpad bug 809000 in linux "kernel stack corrupted in 2.6.38-8" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/80900020:24
tgardnerlamont, its suspicious that both traces involve network functions. I think you also have the accursed r8169 ethernet driver.20:36
lamontI do20:36
lamont lsmod | grep 816920:37
lamontr8169                  39714  0 20:37
lamontmii                     5237  1 r816920:37
tgardnerlamont, it has undergone serious renovation for 3.0.0, perhaps you could try the Oneiric kernel20:37
lamontI do have room and a spare network card that I could kill 8169 with fire and see if it makes any difference20:37
lamontor I could do that20:37
lamonthow stable otherwise is oneiric's kernel?20:37
tgardnerlamont, It seems to be doing pretty well. we're all using it on various platforms20:38
tgardnerlamont, of course, knowing you, you'll have some bizarre HW that borks it right away20:38
lamontwell... there is a vlan bridge on the box20:39
lamontBuild needed 08:08:03, 1618388k disk space20:39
lamontI know that's a total lie, since I saw it up over 20GB of footprint sometime during that build20:39
lamontdid we lose the patch that removed the intermediate build trees again?20:39
lamont(on a different note, that is)20:40
tgardnerlamont, not that I know of. lemme check20:40
tgardnerlamont, was this an oneiric build ?20:41
lamontdist-upgraded the machine to  natty over the weekend20:43
lamontworked around the "3 crashes in 20 minutes" feature by tossing the maverick kernel on the box20:43
tgardnerlamont, um, I was talking about the build space issue.20:43
lamontoh build-space20:44
lamontyeah20:44
lamontthat was the 3.0.0-4.5 build20:44
tgardnerlamont, the patch that removes intermediate files is still in the oneiric rules20:44
dupondjehttp://paste.ubuntu.com/642025/ => could this be a kernel bug or surely hw issue?20:44
lamontthe machine in question had some old cruft in someones home directory that resulted in a disk space alarm that made me (1) boggle, (2) look at the build tree and boggle, and (3) clean out said homedir's cruft20:44
lamonttgardner: ok.  I'll check into it more sometime, don't worry about it20:45
lamontat least not for a week or 320:45
tgardnerlamont, ok, holler if it gets too annoying20:45
lamontwell, it's more "if we release and it really is that big, it may well be that it doesn't build in a (virtualized) ppa".  that would suck20:47
tgardnerlamont, I'll have a closer look at it. every release accrues more modules, more drivers, more stuff20:48
lamontyeah20:49
lamontpretty soon, there could be a valid complaint of "bloat"20:49
tgardnerherton, keep an eye on bug #809000. Its another lamont special. I'm suspecting the root cause is r816920:50
ubot2Launchpad bug 809000 in linux "kernel stack corrupted in 2.6.38-8" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/80900020:50
lamontI'm still trying to understand how my last one somehow wound up closed as invalid20:50
lamontthat one at least has the 82546EB chipset20:51
hertonok. lamont, isn't this on the same machine which had the NAT issue?20:51
lamontherton: no20:51
jwitgardner: uh - bad time to ask about enabling some experimental drivers/configs? :)20:52
lamontit's a tower which hosts a kvm guest that lives on a different vlan than the primary IP of the box, while also having an IP on that subnet too, since it doesn't like to talk to the guest via the router20:52
tgardnerjwi, as a matter of policy we generally do not enable drivers that are EXPERIMENTAL20:52
jwiright, but there's still a whole bunch of them enabled20:53
tgardnerjwi, I acknowledge that there have been exceptions. I'm mostly not interested in supporting (or taking bugs for) experimental drivers and features. we've already gotten bit by network name spaces in 2.6.3220:55
jwiRTL8192CU seems like a good candidate, considering its experimental rtlwifi siblings are enabled20:55
tgardnerstaging is different then experimental.20:56
jwiits not in staging20:56
jwii saw the network name space issue, the ones i was thinking about really are "experimental or no device driver at all" cases20:58
tgardnerjwi, shit, all the rtlwifi drivers are experimental. how;d they get enabled ? (I probably did it)20:59
tgardnerhmm, we probably got them for free when they moved out of staging.21:00
jwii don't think they ever have been in staging - rtlwifi is a new "project"21:01
tgardnerjwi, the config option wasn't though. I think it got reused.21:02
jwiurgh, that might be true21:02
tgardnerjwi, ok, committed 'UBUNTU: [Config] CONFIG_RTL8192CU=m'21:06
tgardnernow, back to what I was doing...21:06
jwity - now hold on, that wasn't the only one ;)21:06
tgardnerjwi, that looks like it was the only one not enabled for x86en21:07
jwiif you got the time, see bug 238208 for MEMSTICK_R592 - it seems like it got quite some testing21:09
ubot2Launchpad bug 238208 in linux "Need MemoryStick driver Ricoh R5C592 (part of R5C832/822chipset)" [Wishlist,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/23820821:09
tgardnerjwi, looks like it went in 2.6.39 ?21:13
jwiyep21:13
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Q-FUNKhowdy!  is left_control+K mapped to some SysReq key on ubuntu?  every time I press these, the CPU kills all power immediately without proper shutdown.  it's annoying since control-K is "cut" in 'nano'.22:46
charlie-tcaQ-FUNK: according to the shortcuts lists, it shouldn't be22:49
charlie-tcahttp://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts/28087#2808722:49
Q-FUNKI'm not using unity.22:49
charlie-tcahttp://www.techdrivein.com/2011/04/31-useful-ubuntu-1104-unity.html22:49
Q-FUNKand the issue also affects vcons operation.22:50
charlie-tcaStill shouldn't be, without SysReq key also22:50
Q-FUNKhmm.. ok22:52
Q-FUNKanother issue I have:  on my ubuntu+1 host, kernel 3.0.0 makes the CPU overheat.  it has become a significant issue that I've had to go back and run 2.6.38 instead.23:15
Q-FUNKis this a known feature of current 3.0 kernels?23:16
jjohansenQ-FUNK: In general the 3.0 kernel should be better than .38, a couple bugs have been found that fix some problems with the scheduler keeping the processor for entering into lower power states23:23
jjohansenQ-FUNK: you can try booting with pcie_aspm=force  as a kernel parameter and see if that reduces your power problems, but I doubt it will as .38 should suffer from that problem as well23:25
Q-FUNKit's just that since .38 the whole casing is burning hot. I've kept an older kernel  (.36 IIRC) and going back to that significantly reduces the temperature.23:26
jjohansenQ-FUNK: and no left-ctrl-K is not mapped to sysrq in Ubuntu23:26
jjohansenQ-FUNK: ah then pcie_aspm=force might just work for you23:27
jjohansenit was introduced in .3823:27
jjohansenthat is the problem, before linux was ignoring the bios which wasn't really correct, but some buggy bioses see significant power regressions because of the newer behavior23:28
jjohansenpassing pcie_aspm=force restores the old pre .38 behavior for those systems23:29
jjohansenQ-FUNK: I am not sure what to say about your left ctrl-k behavior besides open a bug, it shouldn't be happening and doesn't happen for me23:30
Q-FUNKmind you, that red-hot host doesn't have any pcie bus23:31
Q-FUNKdidn't I read somewhere that kernels since after 2.6.32 consume a heck of a lot more power and that it's a known issue, though?23:32
jjohansenQ-FUNK: I think you are thinking of the phoronix article23:33
Q-FUNKcould be23:33
jjohansenhis figures don't really back up some of his assertions about power usage23:33
jjohansenhe did find a regression see the pcie_aspm=force from above23:33
jjohansenbut as I said that is really more of a bios issue23:34
jjohansenthere are other regressions, like the scheduler one I mentioned23:34
Q-FUNKafaik he was quoting some upstream developer as knowing that the increased power consumption was introduced some time back, but wasn't seen as such a priority issue23:34
jjohansenthat should be fixed in the latest kernel23:34
jjohansenQ-FUNK: hrmm, there have been things that increased power consumption but where not major regressions23:37
jjohansenan hence were not high priority23:37
Q-FUNKwell, considering that my +1 host is suddenly burning hot but never was before, I'd have to doubt that assumption23:38
jjohansenpart of the problem with power is every machine is different so it is hard to test for regressions23:38
jjohansenthat is it works for me and on my machines ...23:38
jjohansenQ-FUNK: not claiming you aren't seeing a major regression, just the general picture as seen by the kernel community23:39
Q-FUNKalso, since recent kernels, 'dpkg' regularly manages to segfault.  it doesn't occur if I boot into an older kernel.23:39
Q-FUNKok, fair enough :)23:39
jjohansenQ-FUNK: that sounds like a processor overheating23:39
Q-FUNKyup23:40
Q-FUNKbut again, doesn't happen if I reboot into ... was it 2.6.3823:40
jjohansenQ-FUNK: well we can try bisecting the problem23:40
Q-FUNK2.6.38-8-generic23:40
jjohansenbut that is going to take installing more than a few kernels23:41
Q-FUNKit started happening sometimes during 2.6.39, but it was not too frequent.  now, with 3.0.0, it's nearly at every update23:41
Q-FUNK... at every 'apt-get upgrade'23:42
jjohansenQ-FUNK: the tighter the range you can provide the better.  If you want me to bisect this, open a bug and subscribe me to it/point me to it23:42
jjohansenI can provide you kernels to test, I need to know a known good point and a known bad23:43
Q-FUNKjjohansen: that sounds good. I'm away from my +1 host this week, but I could return to the issue during the weekend and add you then.23:43
jjohansenQ-FUNK: okay, I'll keep an eye out for it23:44
Q-FUNKthe control-k issue is on my natty laptop, though.  I haven't seen if it affects my +1 host too or not.23:45
jjohansenthat one is just bizarre, I've never heard of such a problem23:46
Q-FUNKwell, it could also be triggering some model-specific key combination.  this laptop is a dell, if it helps any.23:47

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