Activity log for bug #208137

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-03-28 07:42:33 Asmo Koskinen bug added bug
2008-06-20 23:05:13 Giuseppe D'Angelo module-init-tools: status New Confirmed
2008-06-23 20:05:27 Giuseppe D'Angelo description I have HP t5000 thin client. Everything works on Edubuntu 7.10 Classroom Server. On Hardy Alternate Beta 8.04 it fails to boot. It flashes green screen and after that boot itself again. Just before green screen flash t5000 says this: "memory size detection failed" Here is Flash-movie about booting process: http://www.arkki.info/howto/Wiki/T5000_Hardy_32.flv There is similar bug filed for MythTV: "Summary: Both the kernel vt8623fb driver and the Xorg via driver should be changed to correctly determine the amount of video memory." https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/179634 Best Regards Asmo Koskinen I have HP t5000 thin client. Everything works on Edubuntu 7.10 Classroom Server. On Hardy Alternate Beta 8.04 it fails to boot. It flashes green screen and after that boot itself again. Just before green screen flash t5000 says this: "memory size detection failed" Here is Flash-movie about booting process: http://www.arkki.info/howto/Wiki/T5000_Hardy_32.flv There is similar bug filed for MythTV: "Summary: Both the kernel vt8623fb driver and the Xorg via driver should be changed to correctly determine the amount of video memory." https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/179634 Best Regards Asmo Koskinen
2008-06-23 20:05:27 Giuseppe D'Angelo title HP t5000 - vt8623fb - memory size detection failed Add vt8623fb to blacklisted framebuffer drivers
2008-08-29 04:47:35 Leann Ogasawara bug added subscriber Leann Ogasawara
2009-01-26 20:26:50 Andy Whitcroft linux: status Confirmed Triaged
2009-01-26 20:26:50 Andy Whitcroft linux: importance Undecided Medium
2009-01-26 20:26:50 Andy Whitcroft linux: statusexplanation I think this is a defect in the linux vt8623fb driver, not in module-init-tools.
2009-02-09 15:03:04 Andy Whitcroft linux: status Triaged In Progress
2009-02-09 15:03:04 Andy Whitcroft linux: assignee apw
2009-02-09 15:18:16 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: status New In Progress
2009-02-09 15:18:16 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: assignee apw
2009-02-09 15:18:16 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: statusexplanation
2009-02-09 16:31:50 Andy Whitcroft bug added attachment 'module-init-tools--blacklist-vt8623fb-framebuffer' (module-init-tools--blacklist-vt8623fb-framebuffer)
2009-02-09 16:32:48 Andy Whitcroft bug added attachment 'module-init-tools--blacklist-vt8623fb-framebuffer-intrepid' (module-init-tools--blacklist-vt8623fb-framebuffer-intrepid)
2009-02-09 16:58:22 Tim Gardner module-init-tools: status In Progress Fix Released
2009-02-09 16:58:22 Tim Gardner module-init-tools: importance Undecided Medium
2009-02-09 16:58:22 Tim Gardner module-init-tools: statusexplanation
2009-02-10 11:03:24 Andy Whitcroft description I have HP t5000 thin client. Everything works on Edubuntu 7.10 Classroom Server. On Hardy Alternate Beta 8.04 it fails to boot. It flashes green screen and after that boot itself again. Just before green screen flash t5000 says this: "memory size detection failed" Here is Flash-movie about booting process: http://www.arkki.info/howto/Wiki/T5000_Hardy_32.flv There is similar bug filed for MythTV: "Summary: Both the kernel vt8623fb driver and the Xorg via driver should be changed to correctly determine the amount of video memory." https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/179634 Best Regards Asmo Koskinen I have HP t5000 thin client. Everything works on Edubuntu 7.10 Classroom Server. On Hardy Alternate Beta 8.04 it fails to boot. It flashes green screen and after that boot itself again. Just before green screen flash t5000 says this: "memory size detection failed" Here is Flash-movie about booting process: http://www.arkki.info/howto/Wiki/T5000_Hardy_32.flv There is similar bug filed for MythTV: "Summary: Both the kernel vt8623fb driver and the Xorg via driver should be changed to correctly determine the amount of video memory." https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/179634 Best Regards Asmo Koskinen === SRU Justification Justification: systems with the vt8623fb driver crash on boot if the vt8623fb driver is loaded Impact: system crash Fix Description: blacklist the vt8623fb driver in the framebuffer blacklist Patch: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22416917/module-init-tools--blacklist-vt8623fb-framebuffer-intrepid Risks: anyone specifically using this driver would have to unblacklist it, we normally blacklist these drivers by default this one is missing from the list TEST CASE: see bug description
2009-02-10 11:03:55 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: status New In Progress
2009-02-10 11:03:55 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: assignee apw
2009-02-10 11:03:55 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: statusexplanation
2009-02-10 11:04:10 Andy Whitcroft linux: status New In Progress
2009-02-10 11:04:10 Andy Whitcroft linux: assignee apw
2009-02-10 11:04:10 Andy Whitcroft linux: statusexplanation
2009-02-10 11:04:27 Andy Whitcroft linux: importance Undecided Medium
2009-02-10 11:07:06 Andy Whitcroft bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2009-02-10 15:10:56 Andy Whitcroft module-init-tools: importance Undecided Medium
2009-02-10 15:11:21 Andy Whitcroft linux: status In Progress Invalid
2009-02-10 15:11:41 Andy Whitcroft linux: status In Progress Invalid
2009-02-10 15:11:41 Andy Whitcroft linux: statusexplanation
2009-02-26 09:49:56 Andy Whitcroft ltsp: status New Invalid
2009-02-26 09:49:56 Andy Whitcroft ltsp: statusexplanation
2009-02-26 09:50:11 Andy Whitcroft ltsp: status New Invalid
2009-02-26 09:50:11 Andy Whitcroft ltsp: statusexplanation
2009-02-26 14:32:40 Tim Gardner module-init-tools: status In Progress Fix Committed
2009-02-26 14:32:40 Tim Gardner module-init-tools: statusexplanation uploaded module-init-tools_3.3-pre11-4ubuntu17.2
2009-04-16 09:12:29 Martin Pitt module-init-tools (Ubuntu Intrepid): status Fix Committed In Progress
2009-12-04 06:22:43 Asmo Koskinen removed subscriber Asmo Koskinen
2010-05-07 23:27:01 Alex Valavanis module-init-tools (Ubuntu Intrepid): status In Progress Invalid
2010-05-07 23:27:01 Alex Valavanis module-init-tools (Ubuntu Intrepid): assignee Andy Whitcroft (apw)
2010-10-31 17:06:07 Ryan C. Underwood bug added subscriber Ryan C. Underwood