Comments on: Ubuntu Problems http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/ & mrs sheepeatingtaz too Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:07:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: James Tait http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 James Tait Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:41:30 +0000 http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/#comment-3310 I feel your pain. In Dapper I had an almost-working laptop; the only thing that wasn't supported was the SD/XD/MMC/MS Card reader. After upgrading to Edgy, the card reader works, but the IEEE1394, Wi-Fi, Suspend/Hibernate/Resume and Battery/AC status are all broken, and I get constant "APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)" messages in dmesg. This, for me, is a regression. I have raised bugs in Launchpad, but they have attracted little attention. I did start trying to work back through the kernel patches to find out when these things broke, but I've had to abandon that for the time being due to lack of time. It's annoying when things break like this, especially in release versions, but I take comfort in the fact that I can at least do something about it -- if I were on Windows and I raised this problem and no-one else looked at it, I'd be stuck. At least I can scratch my own itch and work towards a fix that will benefit others in the community. I feel your pain. In Dapper I had an almost-working laptop; the only thing that wasn’t supported was the SD/XD/MMC/MS Card reader. After upgrading to Edgy, the card reader works, but the IEEE1394, Wi-Fi, Suspend/Hibernate/Resume and Battery/AC status are all broken, and I get constant “APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)” messages in dmesg. This, for me, is a regression. I have raised bugs in Launchpad, but they have attracted little attention. I did start trying to work back through the kernel patches to find out when these things broke, but I’ve had to abandon that for the time being due to lack of time.

It’s annoying when things break like this, especially in release versions, but I take comfort in the fact that I can at least do something about it — if I were on Windows and I raised this problem and no-one else looked at it, I’d be stuck. At least I can scratch my own itch and work towards a fix that will benefit others in the community.

]]> By: sheepeatingtaz http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 sheepeatingtaz Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:20:32 +0000 http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/#comment-3307 Gary: Just trying to keep you on your toes? :P Should be fixed now? Alan: I know it is. That's the point I was trying to get across at the end. It obviously didn't come across properly. It just annoys me slightly when things stop working when they were top notch. I will probably approach you on IRC later for some more opinions on what I would should 'do' when things go wrong :) Gary: Just trying to keep you on your toes? :P

Should be fixed now?

Alan: I know it is. That’s the point I was trying to get across at the end. It obviously didn’t come across properly. It just annoys me slightly when things stop working when they were top notch. I will probably approach you on IRC later for some more opinions on what I would should ‘do’ when things go wrong :)

]]> By: Alan Pope http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 Alan Pope Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:38:33 +0000 http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/#comment-3306 Ok, I wont say file a bug, but I will say - this *is* feisty, a *development* release. Stuff breaks, that's what happens in the development version of Ubuntu (and Debian) and has done for years. If you dont like it, dont run the development release. Ok, I wont say file a bug, but I will say – this *is* feisty, a *development* release. Stuff breaks, that’s what happens in the development version of Ubuntu (and Debian) and has done for years. If you dont like it, dont run the development release.

]]> By: Gary http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Gary Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:07:58 +0000 http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/blog/2007/02/27/ubuntu-problems/#comment-3305 you should file a bug :-) Seriously - the comments fields are now white text white background??? you should file a bug :-)

Seriously – the comments fields are now white text white background???

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