Number of bugs in Ubuntu 13.04
Gabor Toth
gabor.me at gmail.com
Thu May 9 12:00:52 UTC 2013
Hi Bruno,
Thanks a lot. I have filed a bug report there.
G
On 05/08/2013 11:11 PM, Bruno Girin wrote:
> Hi Gabor,
>
> Funnily enough I stumbled across a blog post yesterday that may have
> the answer about that:
> http://web.dodds.net/~vorlon/wiki/blog/Plymouth_is_not_a_bootsplash/
> <http://web.dodds.net/%7Evorlon/wiki/blog/Plymouth_is_not_a_bootsplash/>
>
> Considering Plymouth is the boot time I/O multiplexer, I understand it
> is the package that is responsible for scheduling the different events
> that happen at startup and shutdown so I would file your bugs #2 and
> #3 under plymouth.
>
> Bruno
>
>
> On 8 May 2013 10:57, Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com
> <mailto:gabor.me at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Bruno,
>
> Thanks. Sounds correct. Would be good to have some idea under
> what package to file those bugs.
>
> G
>
>
> On 05/08/2013 01:14 AM, Bruno Girin wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gabor,
>>
>> I've had all the problems you describe except #4.
>>
>> For #1 I doubt it's an issue with RAM or swap as I've had it on a
>> machine with 8GB RAM that was only running a couple of
>> applications. I suspect it may be a remnant of the GPU hang issue
>> with Intel integrated graphics [1] but I don't know how to
>> analyse the problem to confirm that.
>>
>> For #2 and #3, the intermittent nature of the problem seems to
>> suggest a race condition in startup and shutdown. I have no idea
>> what package to report that against nor do I know how to debug
>> that sort of problems.
>>
>> Maybe someone on the QA team can help with suggestions on how to
>> investigate?
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1140716
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bruno
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6 May 2013 22:20, Gabor Toth <gabor.me at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gabor.me at gmail.com>> 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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