Activity log for bug #50437

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-06-20 10:33:20 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug added bug
2006-06-20 10:35:56 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug assigned to Baltix
2006-06-20 10:41:49 Mantas Kriaučiūnas None: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2006-06-20 10:41:49 Mantas Kriaučiūnas None: importance Untriaged High
2006-06-20 10:41:49 Mantas Kriaučiūnas None: statusexplanation This bug couses not working resuming in Baltix GNU/Linux distro, so it should be fixed ASAP in Baltix, at least by adding "dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools" in ubuntu-express installer in Baltix 1.4 version. Then I should assign this bug to Baltix "dapper" branch.
2006-06-20 10:41:49 Mantas Kriaučiūnas None: assignee mantas
2007-04-08 16:24:58 gmlion initramfs-tools: status Unconfirmed Needs Info
2007-04-08 16:24:58 gmlion initramfs-tools: assignee gm-l
2007-04-08 16:24:58 gmlion initramfs-tools: statusexplanation Is the bug still present in newer Ubuntu releases?
2007-11-15 12:25:47 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug added subscriber jaro
2007-11-15 12:42:30 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug added subscriber jurgis.pralgauskis
2007-11-15 21:13:55 Mantas Kriaučiūnas initramfs-tools: status Incomplete Confirmed
2009-04-16 09:24:14 Matt Zimmerman summary swap partition with hibernation data should be detected automatically in initrd or mkinitramfs should check if swap partition is specified in /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d/resume or initramfs.conf Resume from hibernation may fail because swap partition UUID does not match /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
2009-04-16 09:29:15 Matt Zimmerman description PROBLEM: if swap partition isn't created for some reason during OS installation (e.g. user plans to create swap partition after installation, e.g. in another hard drive, or simply forgets to create swap partition) and user creates swap partition after the installation, then hibernating works fine, but during the resume user loses all unsaved data, because Ubuntu doesn't resume from hibernation and simply erases all hibernated info :((( SOLUTION: swap partition with hibernation data should be detected automatically in initrd (initramfs) image. If it's hard to realize autodetection of swap partition with hibernation data during system startup, then mkinitramfs (and maybe update-initramfs) script should at least check if swap partition is specified in /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d/resume or /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf. If the swap partition isn't specified there, then specify it, so user will have working hibernation/resuming after linux kernel image is reconfigured or installed. Also the reconfiguration of linux kernel image (so, mkinitramfs or update-initramfs scripts) shoud at least give a warning if swap partition, specified in /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d/resume or in /etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf doesn't exist. Finding and writing swap partition into /etc/mkinitramfs/conf.d/resume is already done in initramfs-tools package configure script, so, I think it's easy to fix this bug and I can write needed patch for initrd startup scripts or mkinitramfs script if you don't have free time for this :) There are a variety of circumstances which can cause the swap partition UUID to get out of sync with the system configuration, for example: 1. User edits /etc/fstab to specify a different swap partition, either by UUID or by hardcoding the device path 2. User reinitializes their swap partition with a new UUID using mkswap 3. User repartitions their disk and thereby reinitializes the swap partition with a new UUID If this happens, the system will fail to resume from hibernation because it continues to look for the swap partition as specified in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume. Not finding this device, it will continue with normal system startup, as if no hibernation had taken place. It would be better if the system were more robust in the face of such changes.
2009-04-16 09:33:32 Matt Zimmerman initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2009-04-16 09:33:32 Matt Zimmerman initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged
2009-04-16 09:33:32 Matt Zimmerman initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): assignee gmlion (gm-l)
2009-05-31 16:52:39 Matt Zimmerman initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): assignee Ubuntu Foundations Team (ubuntu-foundations)
2010-07-12 11:08:53 Teo bug added subscriber matteo sisti sette
2010-09-13 16:39:37 Tian Bai nominated for series Ubuntu Maverick
2010-10-22 05:44:47 boky bug added subscriber boky
2011-01-25 15:29:52 Michael Zaugg (AOI) bug added subscriber itoas
2011-02-10 21:06:52 Tian Bai bug added subscriber Tian Bai
2011-06-08 13:29:25 papukaija bug added subscriber papukaija
2011-07-28 13:00:23 Pas bug added subscriber PAStheLoD
2012-05-02 02:25:00 Pranav Amrute bug added subscriber Pranav Amrute
2012-05-02 09:20:09 papukaija tags hardy lucid natty oneiric precise
2013-09-09 21:04:57 Martin Pitt bug task added ubiquity (Ubuntu)
2013-09-09 21:07:16 Jean-Baptiste Lallement attachment added herm-saucy-20130909-9.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/50437/+attachment/3811769/+files/herm-saucy-20130909-9.png
2013-09-09 21:09:23 Jean-Baptiste Lallement bug added subscriber Jean-Baptiste Lallement
2013-09-11 01:39:26 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber Martin Pitt
2013-09-27 09:28:47 Thomas Hotz ubiquity (Ubuntu): status New Invalid
2013-09-27 09:30:43 Thomas Hotz bug added subscriber Thomas Hotz
2013-12-11 04:29:01 Uriel Tunn bug added subscriber Uriel Tunz
2015-08-16 14:18:34 Andy Whitcroft initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released