[ubuntu-za] Problems since last round of "major" updates

[Robin Bownes]

Hi Wesley,

Firstly, to answer your last question first. Yes, this does sound very 
similar to the problems expressed in that bug, except that I experience 
it with USB as well as LAN copies, and I don't have Windows involved at 
any level.

- all three machines did kernel updates (had to restart) in the last week
- no common hardware I'm afraid. One is an Acer Aspire notebook, another 
a Dell desktop, and the third, a custom made desktop.
- they are all networked together using samba. Two connect wirelessly, 
and one by ethernet cable.
- no specific drivers on all 3 that I'm aware of.
- The Dell and the Acer are 64bit, and run 12.10 and 13.04 respectively. 
The other is 32bit and runs 12.04

Sorry, not sure that this info will be very helpful. Good questions 
though. Thanks, and I live in hope that you, or somebody will still spot 
something. Unfortunately, this is now getting to the point where it is 
making Ubuntu pretty much unworkable. I'm starting to spend more time on 
problems than on getting work done - exactly the reason I ditched MS 
some years ago. I certainly hope we can find a solution because I've 
generally been really happy with Ubuntu.

Robin

On 05/20/2013 11:22 PM, Wesley Werner wrote:
> Hi Robin.
>
> That sure is a mind boggle. Lets look at what commonalities these 
> machines share?
>
> - did all three machines do major updates? i.e. could a kernel bug 
> affect all three?
> - do they have any common hardware makes/models? network cards? bluetooth?
> - are they all networked together? are samba shares setup?
> - any specific drivers or software you install on all 3 (apart from LO)?
> - are they all 64-bit? Or do they vary?
> - does any of this resemble your issue? - 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1085394
>
>
>
> --
> Wesley
>
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za 
> <mailto:robin at bownes.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     I'm running 3 computers, each with a different version of Ubuntu -
>     namely 12.04, 12.10 & 13.04. While in the past, I've experienced a
>     problem here and there on a specific version after an update, this
>     is the first time that I'm experiencing the same problems across
>     the board on all 3 machines. This would seem to indicate that
>     there's something fundamentally wrong somewhere.
>
>     The problems are:
>
>      1. Nautilus hangs in the middle of copying/moving files to/from
>         either USB drives or over my LAN. Copying just stops, and the
>         only way to get rid of the copy dialogue is to restart the PC.
>         No error message, nothing - just stops.
>      2. Libre Office (running different versions on all these
>         machines) hanging at increasingly shortening intervals, until
>         it becomes unusable. The only way to get Libre Office to load
>         again after a hangup, is to restart the machine. Sometimes
>         even that doesn't work.
>
>     Is anybody else experiencing any of this? As I say, if it was just
>     one machine, I'd blame the machine, but its all 3, and all 3
>     Ubuntu versions, and all began directly after the last major
>     update a few days ago.
>
>     Any assistance welcome.
>
>     Thanks.
>
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