[Bug 566348] Re: Totem 2.30.0: No video (sound is fine) for .flv files

2010-05-30 Thread Henri Laurie
I have the same problem (old laptop, have had video issues before with ubuntu), but more seriously: I cannot get video to play at all! Not totem, not vlc, not mplayer. Haven't tried joenix's gst-launch method, will report back when I try laptop again. All other visuals/graphics that I tested seem f

[Bug 527478] Re: Karmic Cant login in KDE, but in GNOME

2010-05-30 Thread Henri Laurie
I am having a somewhat similar experience in Lucid. This is on a laptop with non-standard and not fully known hardware, 7 years old and sold in South Africa under a name I couldn't find elsewhere (euroTeK). What happens is that kde installs, but login fails in exactly the same way as described her

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2009-07-05 Thread Henri Laurie
Finally have some time, installed 9.04, everything works! Very happy with Ubuntu right now! -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2009-06-06 Thread Henri Laurie
Excellent! Laptop has been on life-support, so will give it a try and feed back! On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Bartosz wrote: > This bug was fixed in the latest Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty and Karmic. > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released > >

Re: [Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2009-04-06 Thread Henri Laurie
Thanks, Bartosz, much appreciated. On 4/2/09, Bartosz wrote: > ** Also affects: openchrome >Importance: Undecided >Status: New > > ** Changed in: openchrome >Status: New => Fix Committed > > ** Changed in: openchrome >Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released > > -- > [HAR

Re: [Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2009-01-10 Thread Henri Laurie
Interesting! Am travelling on holiday, so will only try it out after I get back in about 8 days' time. For future reference in case it helps others: I certainly did not install a via driver, the problem kicked in during the first installation---there is something else that installs it. Let's hope t

Re: [Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-12-15 Thread Henri Laurie
Hi Brian---just clearing my year, really, this bug is still bugging me ... Do you have any idea why it is still "incomplete" and/or why whether anything is being done or likely to be done about it? I am not sure it should be re-opened; I submitted it not so much to fix my own problem as because

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-05 Thread Henri Laurie
OK, I am adding two xorg.conf: one from livecd, namely /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf, and the other from the installation, namely /media/disk/etc/X11/xorg.conf. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16568843/xorg.conf -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start afte

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-05 Thread Henri Laurie
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from installation /etc/X11" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16568889/xorg.conf -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-04 Thread Henri Laurie
ok, so now the other two files are also there ** Attachment added: "Full hardware report from lshw" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16545858/lshw_output.txt -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254844 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-04 Thread Henri Laurie
** Attachment added: "Xorg log when under install" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16545846/Xorg.0.log -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 254844] Re: [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-04 Thread Henri Laurie
** Attachment added: "xorg log when under LiveCD" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16545828/Xorg.0.log -- [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254844 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 254844] [NEW] [HARDY] LiveCD OK, but xorg doesn't start after install

2008-08-04 Thread Henri Laurie
Public bug reported: Have laptop sold in South Africa with the following label: euroTEK Model Name: euroTEK M360-UC VGA adaptor according to lspci: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter [1106:3118