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lehjrI'm trying to fill out a bug report for a null pointer issue in Ubuntu 12.10/kernel 3.5 but when I try to do ""sudo lspci -vvnn > sudo_lspci-vvnn.log" the terminal just hangs and hangs with just "sudo". Any ideas?17:35
penguin42hmm shouldn't hang, it might ask you for your password at that point - but you shouldn't see  a hang17:36
lehjrit doesn't even get to the point of a password17:36
penguin42does sudo -s get you a shell?17:36
lehjreven just sudo by itself hangs instead of giving the help output of how to use it17:37
penguin42oh, that's a bit broken17:37
penguin42lehjr: Is this after the oops happened?17:38
lehjryes, the oops happens during boot17:39
penguin42ah hmm17:39
penguin42lehjr: Well, if it hangs, it hangs - so just put as much info as you can, and do the lspci as non-root and put in the comment saying the sudo hangs17:40
lehjrnull pointer at 0000000000000080, there's a similar bug report, but my hardware is different17:41
penguin42lehjr: Have you got the bug number?17:41
lehjrsearching...17:42
lehjrBug #98187717:44
ubottuLaunchpad bug 979402 in linux (Ubuntu) "duplicate for #981877 Kernel Oops - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000080; RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8165af70>] [<ffffffff8165af70>] mutex_lock+0x20/0x50" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97940217:44
penguin42lehjr: Don't dupe kernel bugs - let the kernel guys do it; although if your oops looks nearly identical it might be worth just adding a comment17:45
lehjrthat's the one I was looking at, but I don't believe the cause is the same17:46
penguin42ok17:46
lehjrthe RIP line is different17:47
lehjrI just want to clarify whether or not it is different because it likely won't help if it is marked as a duplicate of the bug noted above17:49
penguin42file it with the full oops text and details and then lets have a look at it17:49
lehjrok17:49
penguin42I mean that one looks related to digital-video tv cards17:50
lehjrabout that kernel opps bug report... would the output of "sudo lspci -vvnn" from a different kernel work? I have a working installation with a 3.2 kernel18:37
penguin42yes, from the same machine - put a big obvious note to say that's what you did18:38
penguin42lehjr: But you've got the dmesg/oops from the failing one?18:38
lehjryes18:39
lehjrhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/102235118:39
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1022351 in linux (Ubuntu) "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000080" [Undecided,Confirmed]18:39
penguin42lehjr: OK, that's something wireless related18:40
lehjrso if I pull the wireless card it "should" work then?18:41
penguin42lehjr: I'd say it's the most likely cuplrit - the last hting in the oops is ieee80211_propagate_queue_wake18:42
lehjrNetwork controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2500 Wireless 802.11bg [1814:0201] (rev 01)18:44
lehjrSubsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. WL-130g [1043:130f]18:44
lehjrapparently that was it18:48
penguin42lehjr: Can you just add a comment to say that it goes away if you unplug/disable that and add some detail on exactly what wifi card it is?18:52
lehjryes, working on that atm18:52
penguin42disappears to get food for a min18:53
trismdifferent module but may be related since the bug seems to be in mac80211: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/94058 which seems to be fixed in: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/9422018:57
trismnot in linus's tree yet though18:57
penguin42yeh looks a possible19:05
penguin42given it is in the queue wake stuff19:05
MacGugesHi, looks like I installed Quantal on my dad's pc by mistake. I'd like to downgrade him but the package system is stuck on a netbase/ifupdown conflict. ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12086249#post120862499  Can someone help, thanks?20:04
FernandoMiguelMacGuges: no downgrade supported20:04
FernandoMiguelyou either restore from backup20:04
MacGugesI've found a downgrade howto & script, but I can't make progress until I correct this error.20:04
FernandoMiguelor install over... probably won't work so well20:04
FernandoMiguelin most cases, clean install is the way to go20:05
FernandoMiguelMacGuges: if you allow me, how did you install a devel version by mistake!?20:05
MacGugeshaha, I can't remember.20:06
MacGugesso download & run the prior iso is the way to go? Fair enough, I'm sure you've got enough trouble fixing the bugs for those who're sticking to it. Huh, you wouldn't know the system was so borked to look at it.20:09
FernandoMiguelit runs pretty well20:11
FernandoMiguel*right now*20:11
FernandoMiguelbut can, and will, have serious problem all the way20:12
MacGugesyeah, it appears to work fine, most of the time. He hadn't been complaining, but I knew you couldn't update.20:13
FernandoMiguelahaha20:15
MacGugesI suppose I wasn't paying attention when I installed it last month :-P20:15
FernandoMiguelyou are still serveral months away from the release20:15
FernandoMiguelit's far from ideal for novice users20:15
astraljavaMacGuges: Yeah, it's best to reinstall. But just so you know, the version of ifupdown you're trying to install is wrong: $ apt-cache policy ifupdown20:18
astraljavaifupdown:20:18
astraljava  Installed: 0.7~beta2ubuntu820:18
astraljavaCould, or could not be the issue.20:20
MacGugesoh, that may be an effect of the downgrade script I'd found on the wiki. But my issue has been that ifupdown tries to clobber /etc/init.d/networking20:21
MacGugesI see we already have a precise iso here. I wonder if I can do a "repair" options, preserving his existing applications & settings, or if I've got to backup & restore them manually?20:24
astraljavaDoesn't do it on mine: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1081751/20:24
MacGugeshuh20:24
astraljavaMake sure your package database is up-to-date, and try again. But this is the wrong channel for this, and yeah, it's not officially supported.20:27
MacGugesyeah, I guess not. That would be a "downgrade"20:28
MacGugesthanks anyway guys20:29
astraljavaNo worries. Good luck!20:29
ActionParsniphey guys, noticed that the modules folder for the only kernel I had was missing, so took the easy way and reinstalled21:54
ActionParsnipseems faster now...21:54

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