[Bug 262330] [NEW] description of presseding netcfg settings and when to use preseed file and when to use kernel command line settings not clear enough

2008-08-28 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Following a discussion with cjwatson on #ubuntu-installer : The installation guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/preseed-contents.html mentions: Of course, preseeding the network configuration won't work if you're loading your preconfiguration

[Bug 262330] Re: description of preseeding netcfg settings and when to use preseed file and when to use kernel command line settings not clear enough

2008-08-28 Thread Daniel Abel
** Summary changed: - description of presseding netcfg settings and when to use preseed file and when to use kernel command line settings not clear enough + description of preseeding netcfg settings and when to use preseed file and when to use kernel command line settings not clear enough -- d

[Bug 262356] [NEW] the fact that some parts on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization does not apply to netboot images is not made explicit

2008-08-28 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: The https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization page talks about "remastering Ubuntu install CDs", but it does not make it explicit that some parts of that page don't apply to netboot images. (In particular, a warning that preseed/file cannot be used with netboot

[Bug 221805] Re: gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel Abel
try running gnome-mount from a terminal window, with the '--verbose' and '-b' parameters (don't forget to set a --device and --mount-point as well, see the example section in gnome-mount's manpage) -- gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221805 You

[Bug 383471] [NEW] broken link on ubuntu.com

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: The link to the Jaunty server guide on http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/documentation is broken: it points to: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/server/C/ instead of : https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/ ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecid

[Bug 277069] Re: Slow performance with remote X applications (java, firefox/xul, etc.)

2009-05-26 Thread Daniel Abel
I put up a patched package for hardy in my ppa: https://launchpad.net/~abeld/+archive/ppa (The libxcb packages). (I simply applied the same patch that Stéphane Graber did to the hardy version of libxcb.) (The changelog entry is a bit wrong: it should read "Add 200_ubuntu_bug_no_277069_fix.diff, .

[Bug 221805] Re: gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong

2008-10-01 Thread Daniel Abel
> 2) What exactly is the bug in console-kit? Has one been filed? I filed one: see bug no. 221844 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/221844) Note that there might be other relevant (possibly duplicate) bugs also filed by others, I didn't check now. > 1) Are there any wor

[Bug 221805] Re: gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong

2009-03-05 Thread Daniel Abel
It was hardy Deciding whether the gnome-mount bug is still reproducible should be easy: after all it is just "fails silently if permission error". The cause of that permission error would be much harder to diagnose, but that is a consolekit bug anyway, so thats not this bugreport. -- gnome-mount

[Bug 221805] Re: gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong

2009-03-05 Thread Daniel Abel
No, it was an "allow access" permission. In my case the lack of permission was caused by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/221844 I sort-of managed to reproduce the bug today on a not-too-out-of-date hardy system. I did the following: 1) Open System -> Administration -> Au

[Bug 221805] [NEW] gnome-mount silently fails if permissions are wrong

2008-04-25 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-mount If one sets permissions wrong, so that $ gnome-mount --verbose -b -d fails due to org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy then, by default (i.e. without running gnome-mount with the above -v and -b parameters) mounting will f

[Bug 221844] [NEW] no session is set active by consolekit

2008-04-25 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: I installed hardy from the release candidate installer, and after a default install installed kubuntu-desktop. logging in either in a gnome or kde session, and running 'ck-list- sessions' shows 'active = FALSE' for all sessions, even the one currently active (the one shown on

[Bug 493272] [NEW] complete freeze on boot with autologin enabled

2009-12-06 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Installed i386 Karmic from installer cd, enabled 'log in automatically' during the install process. Did "aptitude full-upgrade", and now gdm freezes during boot: monitor is black, num-lock led doesn't react to toggling num lock key, no disk activity i

[Bug 493272] Re: complete freeze on boot with autologin enabled

2009-12-06 Thread Daniel Abel
Disabling autologin by renaming /etc/gdm/custom.conf appears work as a work-around, i.e. it is possible to log in without having to user the recovery boot option and startx. -- complete freeze on boot with autologin enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493272 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 493272] Re: complete freeze on boot with autologin enabled

2010-04-23 Thread Daniel Abel
I don't have access to that computer any more, so I won't be able to reproduce it. If no-one else reported a similar bug, then I guess it can't be that serious, and this bug might as well be closed as non- reproducible. -- complete freeze on boot with autologin enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 676788] [NEW] installing with jockey results in broken X

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: On a clean install of lucid (on amd64), installing binary nvidia driver results in a misconfigured X, which can't start. I.e. installing the binary drivers by the recommended gui manner (via the 'Hardware drivers' wizard) results in an X that has to fall back to failsafe setti

[Bug 676788] Re: installing with jockey results in broken X

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Abel
** Attachment added: "xorg log, showing error when starting X" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676788/+attachment/1736806/+files/Xorg.3.log -- installing with jockey results in broken X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676788 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 676788] Re: installing with jockey results in broken X

2010-11-17 Thread Daniel Abel
As mentioned, the jockey logs ** Attachment added: "jockey.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/676788/+attachment/1736807/+files/jockey.log.1 -- installing with jockey results in broken X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676788 You received this bug not

[Bug 704808] [NEW] link to program's homepage in description is broken

2011-01-19 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gvb The description links to http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~battiston/gvb which gives a 404 error. The correct link appears to be http://pietrobattiston.it/doku.php?id=gvb ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 19 10:15:07 2011 DistroRelease:

[Bug 704808] Re: link to program's homepage in description is broken

2011-01-19 Thread Daniel Abel
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704808 Title: link to program's homepage in description is broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

[Bug 705354] [NEW] scipy.signal.convolve and related functions give drastically different results on karmic vs. lucid

2011-01-20 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: python-scipy Running scipy.signal.convolve, scipy.signal.fftconvolve and scipy.signal.correlate2d on 2d arrays (from a grayscale image) gives drastically different results when run on karmic versus run on lucid. There are no error messages reported, the

[Bug 705354] Re: scipy.signal.convolve and related functions give drastically different results on karmic vs. lucid

2011-01-20 Thread Daniel Abel
** Attachment added: "output showing differring results" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705354/+attachment/1800415/+files/scipy_convolve_bug.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/7053

[Bug 659022] [NEW] typo in description

2010-10-12 Thread Daniel Abel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: octave-multicore Package description has a typo: it has "sotware" instead of "software" ** Affects: octave-multicore (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- typo in description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659022 You received thi