[Bug 281471] Re: Unable to use 'locate' to locate files mlocate.db permission denied

2009-05-16 Thread Fred Mora
Jordan, I had the same problem. After a Jaunty install, I found that /usr/bin/mlocate belonged to the ssl-cert group, clearly incorrect! Reading the man page for locate, I found that locate (which is symlinked to mlocate by default) must run as a set-gid mlocate (which means the process automatic

[Bug 174832] Re: ubuntu gnome-terminal - wrong key mapping in bash with a french keyboard

2009-05-16 Thread Fred Mora
*SOLVED* I had a similar problem with a brand new install of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) with a French keyboard. At the first boot, the keyboard mapping was US. I simply used the gnome- keyboard-properties application to add a French layout and make it the default. At this point, I had two keyboard layo

Re: [Bug 76989] Re: MP-BIOS bug on Asus Pundit1 AH2

2008-12-24 Thread Fred Mora
On Tuesday 23 December 2008 16:35, Gaetan Nadon - mems...@videotron.ca wrote: > Thanks for responding. I am trying to assess if this is a valid bug in > Ubuntu, I am not a developer. I've done a quick search for your mobo, > and I got mixed results. Some claim it works and pass validation tests, >

[Bug 76989] Re: MP-BIOS bug on Asus Pundit1 AH2 (Kernel panic)

2008-12-22 Thread Fred Mora
I have never been able to get the Asus M2N-E SLI motherboard to behave reliably. Even if I complete an Ubuntu install, I get random reboots during normal use (!). Nothing in the logs. I "solved" my problem by banishing Asus mobos from my custom PCs and using another motherboard. A shame, consideri

[Bug 76989] Re: MP-BIOS bug on Asus Pundit1 AH2 (Kernel panic)

2007-08-03 Thread Fred Mora
jonathanku, Did you ever do that test? I have an M2N-E SLI motherboard and I had a similar problem. I wasn't able to boot, much less install Linux. I changed my boot options to quiet splash noacpi noapic nolapic acpi=off irqpoll These boot parms allowed me to perform an Ubuntu 6.06 installatio