Package: phatch
Version: 0.1.6-1
Severity: normal
This phatch is supposed to be version 0.1.6 but Help -> About Phatch
claims it's version 0.1.5.
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> Is this still happening in Iceweasel 3.0?
No, not in Firefox now.
But it does now happen in Icedove 2.0.0.17. Not 100% of the time but most
of the time, where the bottom option is 'Delete Message'.
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I have a similar error message when I insert a blank CD -> choose to make
data CD -> add some files -> burn -> properties - Brasero segfaults with
the following reported in syslog:
Nov 5 15:34:42 testosterone kernel: [ 9760.256018] brasero[18330]:
segfault at 0 ip 080b9442 sp bfbd86f0 error 4 in
Package: wine
Version: 1.0.0-1.1
Severity: wishlist
It would be useful if .bat files were to be associated with wineconsole so
that they could be double clicked on and automatically offered to run
using wineconsole.
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Whether connected to 'server' or by its IP address:
# gnomevfs-info smb://server/home/shared/tweak-changes.html
Couldn't get main dbus connection: Did not receive a reply. Possible
causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message
bus security policy blocked the reply, the
Update Manager is probably the main means by which most Debian desktop
users will receive software updates. Update manager is massively broken
(which I'm also experiencing) and Debian are saying "no one is interested"
in fixing it, right before a new Debian release. Wow.
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Local .html files are opened OK.
I read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluefish/+bug/207189 and
have found that in $HOME/.local/share/applications I have the following
files with the follwing 'command' sections:
Bluefish - /usr/bin/bluefish
Bluefish - /usr/bin/bluefish
Bluefish - /usr/
Package: bluefish
Version: 1.0.7-5
Severity: normal
If I navigate using Nautilus to a Samba share, then right-click on a .html
file and choose 'Open With' -> 'Open With Bluefish' or 'Open With Bluefish
Editor', Bluefish opens with a blank Page.
For comparison, if I instead right-click on a .txt f
Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.0.1-1
Severity: normal
Choosing 'Bookmarks' in the Iceweasel menu automatically pops up the 'Page
Bookmarked' dialog much of the time, though not every time, rather than
displaying the drop-down 'Bookmarks' menu.
Generally I'll have to click on the 'Bookmarks' menu a
The file /usr/share/doc/vlc/fortunes.txt.gz contains the following:
"
CHRISTIAN
MARILLAT
IS
A
COMPLETE
___ _ ___ _ ___
| _ \_ _/ ___| |/ / | | | | / \ | _ \ | |
| | | | | | | ' /| |_| | _| / _ \ | | | | | |
| |_| | | |___| . \| _ | |___ /
Package: vlc
Version: 0.8.6.h-1+lenny1
Severity: normal
If you navigate to File -> Open File... -> DVB then hover over the value
assigned to 'Transponder symbol rate in kHz' it displays a lot of
technical text that it probably shouldn't, such as 'Project-Id-Version'
and 'Report-Msgid-Bugs-To'.
Wha
Package: sound-juicer
Version: 2.22.0-1
Severity: normal
If you create a new audio profile with a '#' in its name you can't delete
it using the 'Delete' option, it just remains there.
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Package: gthumb
Version: 3:2.10.8-1
Severity: important
When I select edit -> preferences -> slide show -> use a fading effect
when changing images - on (which it is by default), the slide show doesn't
use a fading effect, instead it jumps straight from one image to another.
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This also happens with Icedove (2.0.0.14-1 in Testing) when you
right-click on the body of an email. The consequence is worse in Icedove
because the option automatically chosen for you is 'Delete Message'!
I agree with trosos, this happens only when the context menu is to the
right hand side of th
Thanks for the information.
What about for Debian Testing users? as far as I understand there isn't an
equivalent in Testing of backports.org or volatile.
Pete Boyd
Under current circumstances at least, losing Adobe Flash Player from a
Debian desktop system is a big deal because of the loss of YouTube
because, as I understand it, the free Flash players don't work with
YouTube.
Can you please elucidate on why Lenny will not have this package?
Will there be a f
Package: unixodbc
Version: 2.2.11-13
unixodbc's package description says it includes dltest ("dltest
(simple cmd line tool)"). dltest was removed in version 2.2.11-1 ("Drop
the dltest command, which is of limited utility to end users"). I
recommend removing this line from the package
> I don't see why we would want to provide documentation in lenny's README
> for sarge->etch upgrades.
> Again, documenting changes that are no longer relevant for etch->lenny
> upgrades.
Yeah sorry about those two, took my off the ball there.
> That could be an opportunity to re-check that file and see whether
> there are some things we might want to add.
I recommend the following additions:
- There is a bug (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4098) where
by accounts created with 'net rpc user add' are disabled and need
enabli
Ping! Just wondering, are we likely to get man pages for fc-list and
fc-cache in Lenny?
Pete Boyd
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.25
There seems to me to be a gaping hole in the update-alternatives program
in that there's all this talk about generic names but no mention of what
they actually are, so it is hard to use the program.
The only way it seems to me to find them is to use 'ls /etc/alternat
Package: samba
Version: 3.0.26a-1
Samba's README.Debian.gz has various sections which seem outdated. I
suggest they're removed:
"- The smbfs package does not support the 2.0.x Linux kernels anymore.
This has been the case since the very first packages of the CVS sources
that eventually became
Package: gnome-ppp
Version: 0.3.23-1
When run from the command-line, gnome-ppp echoes its status to the
command-line. It also has a very easily discoverable ability to display a
log file which repeats the same information. I don't believe gnome-ppp
should be so verbose in what it what it echoes to
Package: bluez-utils
Version: 3.13-1
The bluez-pcmcia-support, bluez-cups, bluez-gnome, bluez-hcidump,
bluez-utils, libbluetooth2 and libbluetooth2-dev package descriptions say
'More information is available at http://bluez.sourceforge.net/' or
bluez.sf.net but should instead use http://www.bluez.
Package: xchat-gnome
Version: 0.13-1+b1
Can you please add irc.mozilla.org to the list of known networks. Thanks.
Pete Boyd
Package: cobex
Version: 0.2.13-2
The cobex web site recommends openobex instead ("It's not a full-scale,
foolproof, ironclad implementation of Obex. Check out OpenObex instead.
They even have a v1.0!") so why doesn't the Debian cobex package
description also do so?
Package: amanda-server
Version: 2.5.1p3-2
The amanda-server and amanda-client package descriptions mention taper
("For smaller solutions take a look at afbackup, tob, taper, ...") but the
taper package doesn't exist in Debian.
Pete Boyd
Package: xsupplicant
Version: 1.2.4.dfsg.1-3
Shouldn't the xsupplicant package description say you'd be better with
wpasupplicant? for people who're searching for an appropriate package.
Pete Boyd
Package: gnome-app-install
Version: 0.4.5-1
The package's README contains:
- "Application Install Tool for Whore^WHoary Hedgehog"
which would more appropriately read:
'Application Install Tool'
- "These applications are either end-user applications (such as
OpenOffice, GIMP, Gaim)"
which should
Package: gnumeric
Version: 1.6.3-5
I'm using a fresh installation of Testing/Etch from about 3 weeks ago or so.
/usr/lib/mime/packages/gnumeric includes this:
"application/vnd.ms-excel; gnumeric '%s'; edit=gnumeric '%s';
description="MS Excel spreadsheet"; test=test -n "$DISPLAY";
nametemplate=%s
Package: kismet
Version: 2006.04.R1-1.1
README.Debian says this:
"Note, kismet uses monitor mode 3 which requires a
recent version of Jouni Malinen's hostap drivers ( release 2002-09-12
or later)."
I don't know which version is in the Etch kernel but surely its later than
this? making this entry
Package: kismet
Version: 2006.04.R1-1.1
README.Debian has this:
"if you have problems getting kismet to see anything (or even start!)
you probably need Snax's patch from (for 2.4):
http://airsnort.shmoo.com/orinocoinfo.html
the modified patches (for 2.6):
http://www.kismetwireless.net/download.s
Package: kismet
Version: 2006.04.R1-1.1
when kismet starts it says:
"Reading AP manufacturer data and defaults from //etc/kismet/ap_manuf
Reading client manufacturer data and defaults from //etc/kismet/client_manuf"
/usr/share/doc/kismet/extra/manuf_update.sh does this:
wget http://www.unbolted.
Package: kismet
Version: 2006.04.R1-1.1
Kismet's README.gz says:
Q: How can I merge multiple capture files into one?
A: Use ``mergecap'' that comes with Ethereal to combine dump files.
'Wireshark' should replace 'Ethereal'
Seems this is mozilla.org bug 371525
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371525
Fixed in the forthcoming Firefox 2.0.0.3.
Package: upsd
Version: 2.6-4
README.Debian doesn't mention where upsd logs to, pointing the reader to
README.gz which says "Upsd writes it's log messages using the syslog
facility, which usually puts them into /var/log/messages."
Unless I'm misunderstanding and there are different levels of log
m
Package: gedit
Version: 2.14.4-8
If i have a block of text in a plain text file like this:
** kjdksfjklsdjfkldsj
1 22 33
## aaa aa
kjdksfjklsdjfkldsj * ** **
I can't use ctrl+left-arrow to jump from the 'k' in the first line to the
Package: iceweasel
Version: 2.0.0.2+dfsg-3
If I right-click on a page somewhere to the right hand side of the page
and far enough down the page that the context sensitive menu appears
upwards from the cursor, rather than downwards, then the 'Switch Page
Direction' option seems to get selected auto
Package: sbackup
Version: 0.10.3-0.1
simple-backup-config's 'About' box has a typo of 'was was':
"This is a user friendly backup solution for common desktop needs. The
project was was sponsored by Google during Google Summer of Code 2005 and
mentored by Ubuntu."
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Package: sun-java5-plugin
Version: 1.5.0-10-3
The package description says "Java Plug-in comes with the Java Runtime
Environment (JRE)." but it looks to me as though the plugin in only a
_suggests_ of the "Java Runtime Environment" package sun-java5-jre.
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.4-1
I saw this recently when installing Debian, I'm not sure the culprint is
aptitude but I'm summising it is. Please change the package target if I'm
wrong.
The program gives this message:
"Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux testing
_Etc
Package: ipw2200-modules-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.18-4+etch1
All the ipw2200-modules-* package descriptions in Etch don't say that the
Intel Firmware is required to get these chipsets to work, nor do they
provide module version numbers, both of which would be extremely useful to
know when perusing pac
Package: ipw2100-modules-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.18-4+etch1
All the ipw2100-modules-* package descriptions in Etch don't say that the
Intel Firmware is required to get these chipsets to work. I suggest they
instead say:
'The Debian 4.0/Etch 2.6.18 kernel includes version 1.1.0(?) of these
modules.
Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.18+6
The package description (and similarly that of
linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem, linux-image-2.6.18-4-686,
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem packages) is this:
'Linux kernel 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
This package depends on the latest binary ima
Package: iceweasel
Version: 2.0.0.2+dfsg-3
After an update to this new version in Testing from the previous version
in Testing, Iceweasel doesn't initially remember saved passwords. It
remembers the username/email address field but not the password field, of
those I've tried. When I enter the pass
Ubuntu Edgy includes:
network-manager-pptp 0.6.3+cvs20060819
Ubuntu Feisty includes:
network-manager-openvpn 0.3.2svn2342
network-manager-pptp 0.6.3+cvs20060819
network-manager-vpnc 0.6.4svn2422
Are we able to have any of these included for Etch please?
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Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.6.4-6
Its taken me ages to get network-manager-gnome working because I didn't
read the documentation for network-manager. This could have been
alleviated by a short README.Debian. The critical things to know are that
it will appear automatically in the Not
Without network-manager-{openvpn,vpnc,pptp} in Debian, especially for
Etch, including nm-vpn-properties will serve to confuse people,
potentially causing them to waste time researching what packages need to
be installed, as I have done.
Should nm-vpn-properties not be removed from network-manager-
Package: xvnc4viewer
Version: 4.1.1+X4.3.0-20
The package description says 'There are vncserver available for X and for
Win95/NT.'
'Win95/NT' are long superceded versions of Windows. Mentioning them makes
this package description look naive. I think it would be better to use
'Windows' or 'Microsof
Package: xvncviewer
Version: 3.3.7-14
The package description says 'There are vncserver available for X and for
Win95/NT.'
'Win95/NT' are long superceded versions of Windows. Mentioning them makes
this package description look naive. I think it would be better to use
'Windows' or 'Microsoft Window
Package: beagle
Version: 0.2.12-1+b1
The package description includes the upstream URI as
'http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/'. It would be better to include the
exact URI which is 'http://beagle-project.org/'
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Package: beagle
Version: 0.2.12-1+b1
/usr/share/doc/beagle/mozilla-extension/README says "Beagle Extension:
Index webpages you visit using the Beagle Indexing Engine.
An Extension for the Firefox Browser."
- instead of 'Firefox Browser' it would be better to say 'Mozilla Firefox
/ Iceweasel / Sea
Package: bluez-utils
Version: 3.7-1
README.Debian.gz says "For asking a PIN when necessary a passkey agent is
required, the bluez-passkey-gnome provides one"
- bluez-passkey-gnome no longer exists in Debian, it has been superceded
by bluez-gnome
README.Debian.gz also says "In order to use BlueZ
Package: multisync0.90
Version: 0.90.19-1
The package description could do with explaining that 'this is a newer
version of Multisync reliant on the Opensync framework and Opensync
plugins, as opposed to the older version (package name multisync), also
available in Debian, that relies on the Multi
Package: multisync
Version: 0.82-8
The package description could do with explaining that 'this is an old
version that relies on the Multisync framework and uses Multisync plugins.
A newer version (package name multisync0.90), also available in Debian,
instead relies on the Opensync framework and O
Package: tnef
Version: 1.4.3-1
The package description gives a URL for TNEF of
http://tnef.sourceforge.net/ but this page basically just says that the
project URL is http://sourceforge.net/projects/tnef so it would be worth
amending this in the tnef package description.
package: postfix
version: 2.3.7-3
Postfix 2.3.7 seems to have dropped the file RELEASE_NOTES_2.2. This is
necessary for people upgrading from Sarge to understand what has chanegd
since Sarge's version 2.1.5. I believe this file was last shipped with
version 2.3.6.
The file RELEASE_NOTES.gz even i
Upstream has now released version 1.0.1:
http://vobcopy.org/download/vobcopy-1.0.1.shtml
This fixes the following Debian bugs:
- bug 345324 "choose the right dvd device from fstab"
- bug 319721 "some dvd's show files ending in ";?", they should now work."
- bug 341735 "added some code to make -n a
> I am waiting for your alternative icon set.
really? if we had an alternative could it be used for Etch? I don't know
if I could step up to this task (my skills lie in other areas), but I'm
not convinced they're needed anyway, i.e.
Is there anyone that can help Stefan Voelkel apply his alternati
Package: clamav
Version: 0.88.7-2
Does README.Debian still need to include this, it seems outdated to me:
"BACKPORTING
Some effort has been made to ease the effort of backporting the source
package to woody. If you pass the build time environment variable
DEB_BUILD_WOODY (e.g., DEB_BUILD_W
Please can we have one of these improved icons in Etch? the web browser is
one of the most used applications in many desktop users' work flow and
Iceweasel/Firefox probably the most popular choice of web browser.
It is important that one's eye is able to find the icon for it in the
panel, on the de
Package: cpufrequtils
Version: 002-2
cpufrequtils' README.Debian says "This package provides very useful tools
to get informations and set values about the CPUFreq Linux kernel
features." but doesn't say what these utilities are. Also, the use of
English could also be improved a little.
It would b
Package: 915resolution
Version: 0.5.2-9
Here are some small inaccuracies in 915resolution's README.Debian that
would improve its readability and usability.
"If you want to use it just activate it in the file
"etc/hibernate/common.conf"".
would read better as:
'If you want to use it just activat
Package: wipe
Version: 0.21-2
The man page says to use 'wipe -Kq -l 1440k /dev/fd0'.
The 'K' here should be 'k'.
I've reported this to the upstream maintainer.
(incidentally, I don't know if this is my misunderstanding or not but when
I tried the above with a 'k', 'wipe -kq -l 1440k /dev/fd/0', I
Package: clamav
Version: 0.88.7-2
Everything in NEWS.Debian in the various clamav packages (clamav,
clamav-base, clamav-daemon and clamav-freshclam) is from before Sarge.
That no longer seems to me to be newsworthy enough to need to bring to my
attention.
Package: ipw2100-source
Version: 1.2.1-3
Severity: important
The package description says "The ipw2100 package is also required in
order to make use of these modules." but there is no ipw2100 package.
Package: ipw2200-source
Version: 1.2.0-3
Severity: important
The package description says "The ipw2200 package is also required in
order to make use of these modules." but there is no ipw2200 package.
Package: bluefish
Version: 1.0.7-1
Severity: normal
When I right-click on an HTML file in GNOME and choose 'Open with Other
Application...' I get two options for Bluefish, 'Bluefish' and 'Bluefish
Editor'.
There should only be one entry and that should be 'Bluefish Editor' as
that is what Bluefis
Package: scribus-template
Version: 1.2.4.1-1
Severity: normal
I want to be able to have Scribus 1.3 series installed (scribs-ng) rather
than the 1.2 series (scribus) and the accompanying scribus-template.
(The upstream developers recommend using the 1.3 series and if I were to
have both then they
I think the title of this bug report should be changed because the problem
doesn't only occur "when trying to add a Windows 2003 VPN".
I see the same problem when merely choosing to create a new profile,
giving a profile name then choosing 'OK'.
As far as I can see KVpnc is the only GUI OpenVPN c
Package: iceape-browser
Version: 1.0.6-1
Severity: normal
iceape-browser's description doesn't mention that it is also a composer, a
WYSIWYG web editor. Seeing as there is only this and OpenOffice providing
a WYSIWYG web editor in Debian, I belive this is information well worth
communcating. For m
Package: gftp
Version: 2.0.18-16
Severity: normal
gftp-gtk should jump to a particular file when you press the key
coresponding to that file's first letter, and allow you to continue to
refine this search method by typing more or use the cursor keys to
navigate between all matching files, as Nauti
Package: enigma
Version: 0.92.3-3
Severity: minor
The package description has the word 'addicting' when it should instead
say 'addictive'.
Package: pnm2ppa
Version: 1.12-15
Severity: minor
The package description says "pnm2ppa supports color and is supposed to
work faster than pbm2ppa". There isn't a package called pbm2ppa. I suggest
you either remove mention of pbm2ppa or include a reference as to what it
is.
Package: linuxprinting.org-ppds
Version: 20061031-1
Severity: minor
The package description says:
"This package includes a collection of free PostScript Printer Description
files for PostScript (and clone) printers from various manufacturers, as
distributed by LinuxPrinting.org."
I don't think
Package: tasksel
Version: 2.56
Severity: normal
Tasksel's print-server task includes gimp-print, "the Print plugin for the
GIMP", which depends on gimp. This isn't necessary on a print server.
Package: foomatic-filters-ppds
Version: 20061104-1
Severity: Normal
The package description for foomatic-filters-ppds says:
"Again, you probably don't want this package unless you have a lot of
disk space to spare and/or using the CUPS or PPR web interface to set
up your printer queue is import
Package: hpoj
Version: 0.91-10
Severity: minor
This sentence in README.Debian has unnecessary technical jargon, spelling
mistakes and ambiguity:
"Upstream development for HP multifunction devices has been overtake
by the HPLIP package, if you are running a USB or JetDirect interface
you proably w
Package: foo2zjs
Version: 20060625dfsg-4
Severity: minor
The Debian package description says this driver supports "Minolta/QMS
magicolor 2200 DL/2300 DL and HP LaserJet 1000/1005".
The foo2zjs web site claims it supports Minolta magicolor 2200/2300/2430
DL, Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L and HP La
I had the same issue somewhere around October 2006 with Windows XP Home on
a ThinkPad R40e. I still have the offending system waiting for me to get
round to fixing it.
> - Which filesystem did you use for XP? NTFS or VFAT?
NTFS
> - How did you install XP? To the whole disk or to a smaller partit
Package: icedove-traybiff
Version: 1.2.2-9
Severity: minor
- The thunderbird-traybiff and icedove-traybiff package descriptions have
this mis-written: "It allows provides tray"
- The icedove-traybiff package description has multiple mentions of
Mozilla Thunderbird
Pete Boyd
Package: logwatch
Version: 5.2.2-5
Severity: minor
When you install logwatch, from reading the man page or README.Debian, you
have no idea how to get logwatch going. It would be useful if
README.Debian said something like 'by default logwatch sets itself up
using cron to automatically run once a d
Package: f-spot
Version: 0.2.1-1
On an up-to-date Testing, if I choose photos to import then press the
'Import' button I get the following error:
An unhandled exception was thrown: SQL logic error or missing database
at Mono.Data.SqliteClient.SqliteCommand.ExecuteStatement (IntPtr pStmt,
Syste
Package: f-spot
Version: 0.1.11-3
Severity: grave
After installing F-Spot on an up-to-date Debian Testing and running it for
the first time and all subsequent times I get this:
An unhandled exception was thrown: The handler for the event
ButtonPressEvent should take '(System.Object,Gtk.ButtonPres
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