Activity log for bug #1798583

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-10-18 11:51:47 liamdawe bug added bug
2018-10-18 11:57:01 Levi Bard bug added subscriber Levi Bard
2018-10-18 12:00:07 Ubuntu Kernel Bot linux (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-10-18 12:05:22 Cristian Aravena Romero linux (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2018-10-18 12:09:32 liamdawe bug watch added https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/5645
2018-10-18 12:28:19 Sebastien Bacher tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream
2018-10-18 12:28:23 Sebastien Bacher linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2018-10-18 12:29:56 Sebastien Bacher linux (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2018-10-18 16:43:52 Will Cooke bug added subscriber Will Cooke
2018-10-19 16:28:34 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2018-10-19 16:28:52 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged
2018-10-19 16:29:04 Joseph Salisbury tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key
2018-10-28 22:24:29 TooManyErrors bug added subscriber TooManyErrors
2018-10-30 20:54:01 Sebastien Bacher bug watch added https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201571
2018-10-30 20:54:01 Sebastien Bacher bug task added linux
2018-11-07 15:46:24 Bug Watch Updater linux: status Unknown Confirmed
2018-11-07 15:46:24 Bug Watch Updater linux: importance Unknown Medium
2018-12-06 19:28:54 Sebastien Bacher linux (Ubuntu): status Triaged Fix Released
2018-12-08 04:27:19 Anthony Wong nominated for series Ubuntu Cosmic
2018-12-08 07:30:49 Kai-Heng Feng description The new hid_steam driver in kernel 4.18 breaks the use of it within Steam. Games either: - Crash - Don't detect it at all - Only pick it up as player 2 To get it working as normal, it needs blacklisting currently. See here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-steam-controller-on-ubuntu-1810-and-other-distributions-using-linux-kernel-418-needs-quick-a-fix.12775 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic 4.18.0-10.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 18 12:49:44 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-18 (364 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp5s0 no wireless extensions. eno1 no wireless extensions. MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-generic root=UUID=2a8676f3-0045-4e66-9cd1-186ffc6a8c2a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.175 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1901 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH X99 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: PCS dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1901:bd08/10/2015:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTHX99:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS ===SRU Justification=== [Impact] New steam-hid driver breaks Unity games. [Fix] Quote from the commit message: "With this commit, when a HID client starts, the input device is removed; when the HID client ends the input device is recreated." [Test] A guy from Valve comfirms the backport works. [Regression Potential] Low. This fix is specific to hid-steam, which is a new driver introduced in v4.18. ===Original Bug Report=== The new hid_steam driver in kernel 4.18 breaks the use of it within Steam. Games either: - Crash - Don't detect it at all - Only pick it up as player 2 To get it working as normal, it needs blacklisting currently. See here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-steam-controller-on-ubuntu-1810-and-other-distributions-using-linux-kernel-418-needs-quick-a-fix.12775 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic 4.18.0-10.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse:  USER PID ACCESS COMMAND  /dev/snd/controlC2: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio  /dev/snd/controlC0: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio  /dev/snd/controlC1: liam 2492 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 18 12:49:44 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-18 (364 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171017.1) IwConfig:  lo no wireless extensions.  enp5s0 no wireless extensions.  eno1 no wireless extensions. MachineType: ASUS All Series ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-10-generic root=UUID=2a8676f3-0045-4e66-9cd1-186ffc6a8c2a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 RelatedPackageVersions:  linux-restricted-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A  linux-backports-modules-4.18.0-10-generic N/A  linux-firmware 1.175 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1901 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH X99 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: PCS dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1901:bd08/10/2015:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTHX99:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: ASUS MB dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.sku: All dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
2018-12-08 07:30:55 Kai-Heng Feng nominated for series Ubuntu Disco
2019-01-11 12:54:10 Andy Whitcroft bug task added linux (Ubuntu Cosmic)
2019-01-11 12:54:23 Andy Whitcroft bug task added linux (Ubuntu Disco)
2019-01-14 08:26:20 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Cosmic): importance Undecided Medium
2019-01-14 08:26:23 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Cosmic): status New Fix Committed
2019-01-15 10:32:58 Brad Figg tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-needed-cosmic
2019-01-15 12:32:56 Will Cooke tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-needed-cosmic amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-done-cosmic
2019-02-04 08:48:45 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Cosmic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-02-04 08:48:45 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2018-14625
2019-02-04 08:48:45 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2018-16882
2019-02-04 08:48:45 Launchpad Janitor cve linked 2018-19407
2019-02-14 12:11:32 Brad Figg tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-done-cosmic amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-done-cosmic verification-needed-bionic
2019-02-14 16:44:40 Andy Whitcroft tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key verification-done-cosmic verification-needed-bionic amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key kernel-fixup-verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic
2019-07-24 21:16:34 Brad Figg tags amd64 apport-bug cosmic kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key kernel-fixup-verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic amd64 apport-bug cosmic cscc kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-da-key kernel-fixup-verification-needed-bionic verification-done-bionic verification-done-cosmic