Fw: kernel bug procedures

[Florian Mickler]

As I wrote below :)

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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 20:30:42 -0500
From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
To: W-florijn-k <florian at mickler.org>
Subject: Re: kernel bug procedures


It would be best to contact the Ubuntu Kernel Team directly via IRC or
Mailing list -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam#Communications .

Christopher M. Penalver
E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:21 PM, W-florijn-k <florian at mickler.org> wrote:
> hi christopher,
> i'm new to ubuntu...
> regarding bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1297464?comments=all
>
> what is the normal procedure to get this bugs solution into an update?
>
> <rant, please ignore> I just spent two evenings getting my mum to
> describe the symptoms over the phone, search for the bug, find the
> solution (radeon.dpm=0 on the kernel cmdline) and get her to actually
> edit the /etc/default/grub file ("now type sudo, yes s  u d o space
> slash e t c slash, yes no space, slash ..." .  and all for an bug which
> is known since 2 months and easily fixable but which renders the system
> unusable instantly </rant>
>
> I really appreciate your work, but to avoid annoying more "late
> updaters", we should get this into the distribution fast. So if this got
> overlooked or something, please consider this a ping. :-)
>
> Best regards and thanks for your work,
> Florian
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