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Gutsy LiveCD - No Gnome menu

Bug #144127 reported by TJ
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.22

Using the 20070921.1 desktop i386 CD with Acer Travelmate C104TCi (BIOS R01AK).

Note: To boot from the IEEE1394 (Firewire) DVD-ROM/CD-RW external drive it seems there is a *trick* to getting the BIOS to recognise the drive at boot-time.

First, enter BIOS (press F2) and in "Startup Configuration" ensure "1394 Legacy Mode" is enabled. In the list of bootable devices there should be "1394 Optical Device". If not:

 1. Unplug the drive.
 2. Restart the PC and plug the drive in just after the PC powers-up, and then re-enter BIOS setup with F2.

Now ensure the device is ahead of the "hard drive" in the boot order or when the PC is starting press F12 to bring up the boot-device menu and choose there.

Summary of problems encountered:

1. Whilst starting the video is blank instead of showing splash
2. After Gnome starts there is no gnome-main-menu panel - just desktop with "Examples" and "Install".
3. No reaction when double-clicking "Examples". Right-click brings up the desktop context menu correctly.
4. Cannot switch to virtual terminals with Ctrl+Alt+F1 - F6
5. Restarting GDM works with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
6. After restarting GDM, gnome reports "Nautilis can't be used now, due to an unexpected error" with the details:

"Nautilus can't be used now, due to an unexpected error from Bonobo when attempting to locate the factory. Killing bonobo-activation-server and restarting Nautilus may help fix the problem"

This may or may not be a symptom of bug #138915 "unionfs NULL pointer dereference in 2.6.22-11.32"

Safe Graphics mode is worse - the video appears to switch to graphics mode (vesafb?) but there's no text output (missing fbcon?) and Gnome never appears, the screen remains blank with backlight lit.

The Alternate CD starts okay but I haven't allowed it to install yet until I'm sure the existing Windows file-system and partition can be safely resized from there.
I shall test with Safe Graphics mode, and also the Alternate CD later.

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TJ (tj)
description: updated
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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

The Hardy Heron Alpha series is currently under development and contains an updated version of the kernel. You can download and try the new Hardy Heron Alpha release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/ . You should be able to test the new kernel using the LiveCD. If you can, please verify if this bug still exists or not and report back your results. General information regarding the release can also be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.22:
status: New → Incomplete
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labinnsw (labinnsw) wrote :

I am using Hardy Heron. I just came home today to a smoothly running system. I saw the Update notification Icon and decided to update the system. After updating, the system required a restart. I did the restart and got this error message.

"Nautilus can't be used now, due to an unexpected error from Bonobo when attempting to locate the factory. Killing bonobo-activation-server and restarting Nautilus may help fix the problem."

How do I "Kill bonobo-activation-server?"

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote : Re: [Bug 144127] Re: Gutsy LiveCD - No Gnome menu

Is this a new thing? Please submit a new bug, as this is an old bug on gutsy.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : This bug is now reported against the 'linux' package

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

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Michele Mangili (mangilimic) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in linux:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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