[02:35] <brimlar> question: if a bug has already been reported on Launchpad (986524), referred to a kernel bug (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42678), what should I contribute, if anything?
[02:35] <ubot2> bugzilla.kernel.org bug 42678 in Video(DRI - non Intel) "[3.3-rc1] radeon stuck in kernel after lockup" [Normal,New]
[05:30] <blkperl> can someone set bug 993187 importance to critical, as it crashes the os and temporarily renders the system unsuable, and affects a large percentage of users
[05:30] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 993187 in xorg "ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/993187
[20:27] <luc4_mac> Hi! Is there somebody who can tell me what is the difference between failsafe and normal mode? I need to find out why a bug is reproducible only when in normal mode.
[20:30] <penguin42> luc4_mac: Just checking, do you mean 'failsafe' as in the login bit, or something else?
[20:31] <penguin42> something in grub (although mine has a 'recovery mode' not failsafe
[20:31] <luc4_mac> penguin42: the one chosen in grub.
[20:31] <penguin42> luc4_mac: OK, for me that's called 'recovery mode' - is that what you have or does it really say failsafe?
[20:32] <luc4_mac> penguin42: mmh… maybe I confused the names… I can check...
[20:33] <penguin42> luc4_mac: If it is the recovery mode thing then look in /boot/grub/grub.cfg you can see a normal boot entry and a recovery mode entry
[20:33] <luc4_mac> penguin42: anyway, I'm quite sure with both I can't reproduce my bug, but for some reason failsafe (the one from the login) does nothing now, so I can't test.
[20:34] <penguin42> luc4_mac: OK, so if it's the one from grub you should be able to find the two options in grub.cfg
[20:34] <luc4_mac> penguin42: by nothing, I mean I login with failsafe, and the login screen turns out again.
[20:34] <penguin42> curious
[20:35]  * penguin42 returns to his TV prog - back in the next break
[20:35] <luc4_mac> penguin42: I clearly remember it turned of the X server some weeks ago.
[20:36] <luc4_mac> mmh… maybe it was menu.cfg...
[20:44] <penguin42> luc4_mac: The grub.cfg etc does tend to pass a nomodeset or similar which may change the way X starts - so that can happen
[20:45] <luc4_mac> penguin42: do you mean menu.lst?
[20:46] <penguin42> luc4_mac: I don't have a menu.lst - I think that's a Grub1ism - where as Grub2 has the grub.cfg
[20:47] <luc4_mac> penguin42: mmh… locate can find only /usr/share/doc/grub-common/examples/grub.cfg.
[20:47] <penguin42> luc4_mac: Look in /boot/grub
[20:48] <luc4_mac> penguin42: no, it is not there.
[20:48] <penguin42> what is in there? I wonder if you're still running Grub1
[20:48] <luc4_mac> penguin42: I commonly edit menu.lst when I want to change grub configuration.
[20:48] <luc4_mac> penguin42: this machine should be perfectly update
[20:49] <penguin42> luc4_mac: It'll stick with Grub1 if that was what was installed originally
[20:49] <penguin42> tv again
[20:49] <luc4_mac> penguin42: then that is the cause :-)
[20:59] <penguin42> luc4_mac: That's fine, so you should be able to find it in the menu.lst in /boot (or /boot grub?) and you should see the different parameters it passes in each case
[21:00] <luc4_mac> penguin42: frequent advertismente there! :-) yes, I see "ro signle" for recovery mode.
[21:01] <penguin42> hmm is that all?
[21:02] <penguin42> luc4_mac: OK, look boot it and tell us exactly what you see on your grub menu, exactly how it's named etc
[21:02] <penguin42> time for a shower - back in about 1.5hours
[21:02] <luc4_mac> penguin42: weird but yes, it seems… this is the line /vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=fa298373-c25e-4dd6-a83c-5d2c65e4e996 ro  single
[21:03] <penguin42> luc4_mac: That's a bit harsher than the one in the grub2 - single mode is pretty hard core - it turns pretty much everything off, and it seems unlikely that's what you're using tbh
[21:03] <penguin42> anyway, shower time!
[21:03] <luc4_mac> penguin42: no problems, see you!
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