Number of bugs in Ubuntu 13.04
Gabor Toth
gabor.me at gmail.com
Tue May 7 19:37:23 UTC 2013
Thanks Nio. Can't do source code programming, sorry. Leave that up to
programmers. I can do testing though. :)
Good on the tips, will try those out.
G
On 05/07/2013 08:25 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi Gabor,
>
> I don't know which package to file bug against either, except item 4.
> Let us hope someone knows and can help :-)
>
> Can you help by looking into the source code too (or only test and file
> bug reports, like most of us)?
>
> If you login and look at this link
>
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/269/builds/
>
> You can see some bugs that are reported for Raring Final alias the
> released version 13.04 , and check if you are also affected by any of them.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> On 2013-05-06 23:20, Gabor Toth wrote:
>> Yea, that is how far I got with my guessing. 4 GB RAM should be enough,
>> especially as I have 6 or 8 GB Swap. Never before did I run out of that.
>>
>> Anyhow, as I said I would be willing to file the reports, just need a
>> hint under what package do I do it. This is why I wrote here. If there
>> is another list I should write to please let me know too. I am willing
>> to put time and work into this so it can be fixed for all (including me
>> of course ;-) )
>>
>> G
>>
>> On 05/06/2013 11:16 PM, Jackson Doak wrote:
>>> sorry, i don't know. i'm guessing "1" was a lack of RAM/Swap
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:gabor.me at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> Any suggestion under what package do I file the bug? I have
>>> actually no idea what, especially on point 1, I do not know what
>>> froze the system up. Same on 2 and 3. On 4 I guess that is the
>>> Alsa package, or something else? Can you give me some suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>> On 05/06/2013 11:09 PM, Jackson Doak wrote:
>>>> file bugs for everything, then try and see if they affect quantal
>>>> or saucy as well.
>>>> use "ubuntu-bug PACKAGE" to file bugs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:gabor.me at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have been running 12.10 and it was very stable for me.
>>>> Then recently upgraded to 13.04 and while the upgrade went
>>>> well and I like the new stuff and changes (not a lot, but
>>>> still nice) there a number of bugs which I was a bit startled
>>>> about and did not know what bug report to file or how to go
>>>> about reporting it. I have some time I could spend helping
>>>> on the fixing of these and thus please feel free to shoot at
>>>> me things that I should do to provide more data or test
>>>> things and so on. As a general data I am running UBUNTU
>>>> 13.04 on a Dell Inspirion 17R with 4 Gb RAM. I also have an
>>>> external screen, an LG small flat screen TV connected through
>>>> HDMI. Here is the list:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Since installation the system froze up entirely 3 times.
>>>> The last time I had Google Chrome, GIMP, Libreoffice
>>>> Writer open and I was just talking on Skype. The whole
>>>> system froze but I could still continue speak on Skype -
>>>> it was weird. Nothing worked from there. The mouse
>>>> moved, but no response to clicks. Tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 - no
>>>> response, beside some hard disk activity, but no change
>>>> on the screen. Then tried Ctrl+Alt+Del a number of times
>>>> and beside some hard disk activity, no change - or
>>>> actually the mouse cursor have disappeared. Had to do a
>>>> total hard shutdown with the power button kept in for 5
>>>> sec. The system started up normal after.
>>>> 2. Not sure if related to the above, but two times I had a
>>>> problem with shutting the system down. I clicked on shut
>>>> down however during the shut down sequence the system
>>>> froze or at least did not continue. The "dots" kept
>>>> moving like something is still happening, but no hard
>>>> disk activity, nor anything for a long time. Once by
>>>> pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del I managed to get the system to
>>>> restart and then could shut it down properly but the
>>>> other time I had to use the power button to power off.
>>>> Weird.
>>>> 3. Once I had a problem to start the system up. The
>>>> graphical screen disappeared and only some text was left
>>>> on the screen, seemingly frozen. Then I switched to text
>>>> mode with Ctrl+Alt+F1, that worked and immediately back
>>>> to graphical (F7) and I got the graphical login screen
>>>> and all went fine.
>>>> 4. There seems to be a bug with the sound system.
>>>> Originally it worked fine except the fact that I could
>>>> not direct the sound to the external screen through the
>>>> HDMI cable. Seemingly the sound did not recognize that
>>>> it is there. Then sometimes after powering the system up
>>>> I only gout a "Dummy Output" and no sound at all. I
>>>> Googled it and found a solution of re-installing the Alsa
>>>> sound system and that stabilized the sound, it works all
>>>> the time now, but still no way to use the HDMI output. I
>>>> am getting a scratchy sound when Skype starts but later
>>>> on the call sound quality is perfect and also playback
>>>> sound from all sources (Youtube, Banshee, etc.) are good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> These are the stuff that came with the upgrade to 13.04.
>>>> Previously on 12.04 and 12.10 the system was working fine and
>>>> stably and would like to put some work into making it again
>>>> that stable - need some directions though. I can file bug
>>>> reports or attach files or anything needed and help out on
>>>> the testing just need some directions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Gabor
>>>>
>>>>
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