[Bug 240348] Re: mplayer unable to play DV avi files

2009-03-05 Thread Gord Wait
Me too, I get blank video, but audio out. DV type 1 and 2 in an AVI container files are very much video files, from Sony (and others) digital video camcorders. Gxine on the same system will play them, and I'm about to try vlc, but mplayer would be my choice.. -- mplayer unable to play DV avi fi

[Bug 216878] Re: [regression]Slow disk transfer rate on Hardy

2008-12-23 Thread Gord Wait
Can you explain what this means to those of us suffering from the extremely poor IDE performance on Hardy etc? I read thru the link (KernelTeamBugPolicies) and the impression I get is that this bug has been de-prioritized, and no one is looking into why any more. I understand if there are not en

[Bug 155511] Re: still cannot enable DMA for IDE disk

2008-11-09 Thread Gord Wait
I'd like to try the new kernel on my Hardy install. Can I find a binary package somewhere to install, or do I have to compile from kernel source? (I spent 20 minutes googling and have not found a binary install as yet..) -- still cannot enable DMA for IDE disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155

[Bug 96693] Re: poor performance hard disk IDE

2008-11-09 Thread Gord Wait
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- poor performance hard disk IDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96693 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 292855] [NEW] Ubuntu 8.10 Alternate ide CDROM not found on install

2008-11-02 Thread Gord Wait
Public bug reported: I'm trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 on a 1.2 gig Amd (32) bit PC from the alternate CDROM. The installer runs but fails to find the CDROM that I used to launch the installer. I opened up a shell and looked in the /var/log/syslog - I can see the two IDE drives, but no sign of

Re: [Bug 95078] Re: Firefox eats 100% of CPU when opens a spreadsheet in google's documents and spreadsheets

2008-05-09 Thread Gord Wait
. I suspect the ubuntu plugin was causing the problems, but I didn't pursure it once I had some stability. Gord Wait On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 01:24:32AM -, Gord Wait wrote: >> Me too, >> Ubun

[Bug 95078] Re: Firefox eats 100% of CPU when opens a spreadsheet in google's documents and spreadsheets

2008-04-13 Thread Gord Wait
Me too, Ubuntu 7.10 Firefox 2.0.xx I notice the google spreadsheet app is a little sluggish, but it does work for about 5 to 10 minutes, then it will freeze solid, and firefox will max out to 100% cpu. I end up having to pkill firefox. The problem happens intermittently, but fairly consistent

[Bug 54419] Re: usb change between 2.6.15-23 and 2.6.15-26 breaks working setup

2007-12-21 Thread Gord Wait
Many cases of this seem to be related to bad cabling - either your external USB cable, or internal USB may not be able to run at USB "High Speed"/ Details: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3991125#post3991125 Enhancement request: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/17

Re: [Bug 158137] Re: Large music (80 gb) library slows rhythmbox to an unusable crawl

2007-11-13 Thread Gord Wait
Sorry about that, yes, I meant if I add my large library to the "watch my library" section, then rhythmbox becomes unusable, taking several minutes to do any basic operation.. Cheers, Gord Wait On Nov 13, 2007 10:51 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tha

[Bug 158137] Re: Large music (80 gb) library slows rhythmbox to an unusable crawl

2007-10-28 Thread Gord Wait
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10198859/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10198860/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10198861/ProcStatus.txt -- Large

[Bug 158137] Large music (80 gb) library slows rhythmbox to an unusable crawl

2007-10-28 Thread Gord Wait
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox I have a large(ish) mp3 library (80 gig), and if I let rhythmbox "see" it, it slows down to an unusable crawl. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 28 13:07:38 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox Pac

[Bug 127624] Re: [bcm43xx-fwcutter] Failed Download - 404

2007-10-18 Thread Gord Wait
Oddly enough, my wireless came up fine, so this seemed like a "don't care" error message!? (I was doing a distro upgrade - which did fire out warnings, but damn, it worked great! Ubuntu Rocks!) -- [bcm43xx-fwcutter] Failed Download - 404 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127624 You received this b