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sources.list contains a single entry, which is how the device was shipped:

deb http://ubuntu.src.cn/ubuntu-ports/ karmic main universe...

Sources list is one entry:


deb http://ubuntu.src.cn/ubuntu-ports/ karmic main universe restricted multiverse


The platform is a SmartQ-V7 ARM11-based tablet PC. The sources.list referenced...

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, and I'm trying to install the dbus libraries.

Specifically, the glib interface library messes up. When I run:


sudo apt-get install libdbus-glib-1-dev

I get:

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 on an ARM processor, and I'm trying to install the dbus libraries.

Specifically, the glib interface library messes up. When I run:


sudo apt-get install...

bobcollard,

Thanks for the input, and you're quite right - a laptop-like solution does account for this sort of thing by attempting an orderly shut-down when power is failing, as do mobile phones,...

KS07,

As for your comment about EXT3 vs. EXT4, I didn't have significantly better luck with EXT3 than I do with EXT4.

Regarding comparing Ubuntu's performance to other O/Ses, I get where you're...

Imbjr,

The power failure tests are being performed because the production will indeed be subjected to regular power failures, becuase they will be powered with a battery pack, and users will...

Haha! I see where you're coming from, but I think you've misinterpreted my postion, or perhaps I've penned it poorly. Accept my apologies and let me try again...

I have no aversion to fsck...

GreenN00b, thanks for jumping in!

0 failures in 100 power cycles with EXT3 is not unexpected. On one EXT3 test, I got about 385 good power cycles until a failure. (EXT4 seems to fail much...

Snowpine,

No, I can't boot to recovery mode. I get the same errors before recovery mode even gets started.

I don't care at all, though, about recovering from this error. Once the file system...

Thanks for the speedy replies, all!

Imbjr, you misunderstood my post. I’m not suffering frequent power outages, but rather am testing power recovery of Ubuntu. I.e., I’m intentionally...

I've been performing power-recovery testing on several Ubuntu installations, and the results are horrendous.

I've used 9.04 with EXT3, and 9.10 and 10.04 with EXT4, and all yield the same...

I'm using 10.04 Server, and I keep changing /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern, which is effective during the current session (i.e., core files use the specified pattern). However, when I reboot, someone...

I just installed 10.4 Server, and dutifully did apt-get update;apt-get upgrade" after installation.

The upgrade hangs at "libc6". I get no keyboard response (not even Ctl-Alt-Del), and apparently...

I'm using 10.04 Server in console/text mode (no GUI). I have Grub and Ubuntu both loading at 1600x1200x16. I'm using, in grub.cfg:

set gfxmode=1600x1200x16
set gfxpayload=1600x1200x16
insmod...

I'm running 9.04 in console mode (no GUI), and I have GRUB set up to switch to 1600x1200 mode at when it boots the kernel. This works great as long as a monitor is physically attached and turned on...

I'm running some power-fail tests with 9.04, and the results are disastrous.

On a busy system with lots of disk I/O, it takes only a handful of times pulling the plug and restarting the system...

Yes, the scripts run fine by themselves as "sudo /etc/init.d/xxxx" or from a root login. I run them routinely by hand; they just won't start up on boot!

sudo "update-rc XXXX defaults" appears to...

Axos, it's a long story that heralds back to a port of a product from a microcontroller platform to full-blown Ubuntu; the two platforms work very differently.

At any rate, a Q item can't be...

dtfinch,

Thanks for the pointers to the mount options - I'll read up, learn, and experiment! Good to know!

Thanks everyone for your comments, but as often happens many have misunderstood the nature of the problem and have suggested "don't do that" as a cure.

The code is indeed designed quite correctly,...

I'm using 9.10 on headless boxes that I need to deploy in large quantities. Currently, I'm using the "traditional" network management tools: /etc/network/interfaces file, "ifconfig wlan0 ...",...

I've installed ssh, as well as a script of my own, in /etc/init.d, and I've added both of them to the startup sequence (I've tried both the "rcconf" graphical utility, and "update-rc.d"). The...

I'm seeing very odd behavior with Ubuntu 9.10, which includes EXT-4.

I use memory-mapped files, and they're apparently being corrupted across power failures.

Does anyone know definitively if...

As pointed out by redmk2, "The maintainer of ext4 is Ted Tso. He addresses this problem in his blog here."

He discusses the matter further here

The correct solution to the problem is to use...