[Bug 873191] Re: Ubuntu starts with lowest brightness on HP G62[regression]

2012-10-24 Thread Ian Lynch
I came across a suggestion to a brightness issue on a different machine that was fixed by setting GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_os_name="Microsoft Windows XP"". Apparently fooling the bios into thinking its running Windows frees up more facilities including control of brightness

[Bug 873191] Re: Ubuntu starts with lowest brightness on HP G62[regression]

2012-09-09 Thread Ian Lynch
Bug is still present in 12.10 Beta 1. I have managed an ACPI work around but it is not satisfactory because it leads to overheating and a battery that lasts about 15 minutes! There must be thousands of these HP intel driver laptops affected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 873191] Re: Ubuntu starts with lowest brightness on HP G62[regression]

2012-04-14 Thread Ian Lynch
I get a complete blank screen with HP G62 on boot. Even if fiddle to get a visible screen it is restricted to 1024 x 768 so there is definitely something wrong driver installation wise. My hardware reports intel display description: VGA compatible controller product: Core

[Bug 633596] Re: blank screen on bootup with HP Touchsmart tm2t laptop

2012-04-09 Thread Ian Lynch
HPG62 also seems to have this problem - blank screen on boot, I did fiddle with something and got it working on Natty but can't remember what so I haven't been able to upgrade to 11.1 and Precise does it exactly the same from a USB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 580855] Re: Ubuntu One sync daemon continuously hashing

2011-10-22 Thread Ian Lynch
Still seems to be a problem with 11.04 Natty - at least I'm getting 100% CPU from the syncdaemon making the machine unusable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580855 Title: Ubuntu One s

[Bug 774084] Re: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2011-07-28 Thread Ian Lynch
Thanks, I'll change that now. Sorry if I have caused you hassle. Hopefully this might help anyone else searching for HP G62 screen problems. Good to experience community support :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 774084] Re: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2011-07-27 Thread Ian Lynch
Thanks, I have changed the grub file using one set of "" to replace ' ' in GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian" Rebooted and installed Zoho. Still got the message which seems related to the grub line I added with an earlier Ubuntu i915.modeset=1 This was because on

[Bug 774084] Re: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2011-04-30 Thread Ian Lynch
All unintelligible to me but I hope it helps someone! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774084 Title: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorM

[Bug 774084] Re: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2011-04-30 Thread Ian Lynch
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774084 Title: package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script

[Bug 774084] [NEW] package linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2011-04-30 Thread Ian Lynch
Public bug reported: Upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal. Series of errors towards the end of the installation related to linux image as described in the summary ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 ProcVersionSignature: U

[Bug 354183] Re: devede stops immediately with conversion failed error

2011-04-24 Thread Ian Lynch
Ubuntu 10.10 - the Maverick Meerkat - released in October 2010 ogv file from gtk Desktop Recorder and DeVeDe 3.16.9 Using DivX to convert. In properties set bit rate to 1248, video format 1280 x 720, video options to scale picture Conversion failed seems a bug of Mencoder. I did get it to work

[Bug 409409] Re: nautilus hangs on preview of SVG with embedded TIF

2010-09-21 Thread Ian Lynch
Its not just Tiffs. I have a file with no tiffs in it that does it. These are .pngs but the version without embedding does it too so I'm not even convinced that embedding is relevant. Duplicate of bug #305546? -- nautilus hangs on preview of SVG with embedded TIF https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 305546] Re: Nautilus crashing/freezing when opening folder with svg file

2010-09-21 Thread Ian Lynch
I'm on Karmic because my hardware isn't supported by higher versions - ATi 4250 which kills booting on later versions. .svg preview kills nautilus and it really needs fixing. Non-techs here can't understand why their desktop background suddenly disappears! I have set my Nautilus preview option to n

[Bug 496993] Re: Ubuntu One not updating properly - not sure why just provides this error

2009-12-15 Thread Ian Lynch
** Attachment added: ".home.ian..cache.ubuntuone.log.oauth.login.log.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36821138/.home.ian..cache.ubuntuone.log.oauth.login.log.txt ** Attachment added: ".home.ian..cache.ubuntuone.log.syncdaemon.exceptions.log.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36821139/.

[Bug 496993] [NEW] Ubuntu One not updating properly - not sure why just provides this error

2009-12-15 Thread Ian Lynch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntuone-client 9.10 fully patched at 15th December, Error generated while syncing, no idea why. ProblemType: Bug .home.ian..config.ubuntuone.ubuntuone.client.conf: [ubuntuone] connected = True connect = 0 show_applet = 1 bookmarked = True Archite