[Bug 1070684] Re: Fatal error during do-dist-upgrade 12.04 -> 12.10 - cron apt-get upgrade disturbes dist-upgrade

2013-04-12 Thread Jon Eliot
@ melcharios I do not really see the point in getting the details out of the logfiles. The upgrade crashed because a cron job also ran apt, and managed to hijack the lock on the apt system. It would be of little general use to see the specifics for this case - it could have been any package. As f

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
** Attachment added: "The ~/.config/monitors.xml that works" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1081922/+attachment/3441736/+files/monitors.xml -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
Found the culprit. ~/.config/monitors.xml Somehow corrupted, XML format was ok, contents were not. Attached the file, suffix "yikes". ** Attachment added: "~/.config/monitors.xml that corrupts screen when no external monitor" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
Login with Unity: screen bonkers. Login with Classic Gnome: screen bonkers. Login with Classic Gnome (no effects): screen ok. I can live with this. If any configuration is interesting, in order to find out what is happening here with the X system in combination with desktop managers that use adva

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
It is my damned user. Same symptom now on ordinary login with the laptop out of docking. So it is the driver, in combination with something else. Tried to remove all compiz settings and cache, no sweat. Now at Witt's End. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
(Expletive deleted) It happens now also on screen 8 with my primary user. I simply cannot pick up the laptop and go to a meeting. Logout/login required. This is seriously driving me towards Windows (no offense intended, but I need to do my job even more than I need to use my preferred OS). --

[Bug 1081922] Re: Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
Laptop: Lenovo X210s -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081922 Title: Screen resolution bonkers on undock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

[Bug 1081922] [NEW] Screen resolution bonkers on undock

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 12.10, apt-get upgrade daily, this started a few days ago (probably after 2012-11-15). Things were, finally, quite perfect for a few weeks before that. Thanks to whoever fixed the docking/undocking nightmare previously. Now it is back with a vengeance. When undocking,

[Bug 1070684] Re: Fatal error during do-dist-upgrade 12.04 -> 12.10

2012-10-29 Thread Jon Eliot
The entire error is a red herring, I now think. A cron job was running that started an "apt-get upgrade" while the dist- upgrade was running. Ouch. Edited the .postinst file that subsequently crashed, stopped cron, did a dist-upgrade, then removed and reinstalled the package in question. Everythi

Re: [Bug 997470] Re: apport-gpu-error-intel.py keep crashing for 4-5 times on every reboot

2012-10-25 Thread Jon Eliot
Thank you, I will certainly do this if and when the problem reappears. Now on 12.10, and things are slightly different. No problem with boot, but serious trouble that is superficially similar to the boot problems on resume from suspend with 2 X sessions active. The same popups, but now they mean b

[Bug 1070684] [NEW] Fatal error during do-dist-upgrade 12.04 -> 12.10

2012-10-23 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Output towards the end of output from "do-release-upgrade -d" Preparing to replace xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.2 (using .../xserver-xorg-video-intel_2%3a2.20.9-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg-video-intel ... Error in function: A f

[Bug 997470] Re: apport-gpu-error-intel.py keep crashing for 4-5 times on every reboot

2012-06-19 Thread Jon Eliot
version 2.5.1 of xdiagnose from precise-proposed, all debug options ticked off, workarounds "disable bootloader graphics" and "disable VESA framebuffer driver" ticked off, rebooted. Flawless suspend/resume with 2 X sessions active. The graphics (Intel 915 chip in Lenovo X201s laptop) also seem m

[Bug 997470] Re: apport-gpu-error-intel.py keep crashing for 4-5 times on every reboot

2012-06-19 Thread Jon Eliot
Upgraded to version 2.5.1 of xdiagnose from precise-proposed (was installed as version 2.5) Can't see that you have prescribed just what to do with it, but installing and ticking off the debug options did not change the behaviour. NB - the error at my laptop is quite similar to this, but intermit

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-25 Thread Jon Eliot
Dual screen with Unity and Natty, 64-bit version on a Lenovo Thinkpad X201s. Intel graphics chip. Display port used for the external monitor at work, VGA at home, the same symptoms. With the external monitor logically to the right of the laptop, everything is just fine. With the external monitor

Re: [Bug 364969] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2010-02-07 Thread Jon Eliot
j...@vora:~$ uptime 08:02:45 up 18 days, 14:31, 2 users, load average: 1.08, 0.46, 0.25 # Suspended numerous times and lost battery power once in that period. j...@vora:~$ uname -a Linux vora.uninett.no 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Seems things

[Bug 448603] Re: mplayer OSD no longer working

2009-12-08 Thread Jon Eliot
The same bug appears to still be present in mplayer 2:1.0~rc3+svn20091207~nvidiavdpauppa2 Rgds -- mplayer OSD no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 470170] Re: ask.com is the only navigation toolbar search engine alternative

2009-11-01 Thread Jon Eliot
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34931542/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34931543/XsessionErrors.txt -- ask.com is the only navigation toolbar search engine alternative https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 470170] [NEW] ask.com is the only navigation toolbar search engine alternative

2009-11-01 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.5 Possibly related to bug #383484 I had not configured any search engines for firefox-3.0, but used the default Google in the Navigation tool bar. After upgrading, the only choice available is adk.com [ask.com is rather useless for me, being u

Re: [Bug 360894] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] intermittent suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-08-26 Thread Jon Eliot
relevant dumps, if someone can point me to doc on how to do it manually. Rgds Jon Eliot wrote: > There have been apparent and welcome improvements, but yes, there still > are problems. > Changed to kernel 2.6.30-10 today, so I will add an update in about a > week on how things are going

Re: [Bug 360894] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] intermittent suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-08-19 Thread Jon Eliot
the NVIDIA graphics driver Thanks for all the good work! To get from an unbearable situation to a reasonably good situation is fine, anything more will be a bonus. Rgds, Jon Eliot Steve Conklin wrote: > A lot of the reported bugs with suspend/resume have been fixed since > this report. &

Re: [Bug 383907] Re: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy()

2009-06-30 Thread Jon Eliot
Just reported a hang with this version as comment to bug #383030. Darned if I know where the auto-generated dumps ended up. Rgds, Jon Eliot Bryce Harrington wrote: > I've posted a new version of the -nvidia driver to our xorg-edgers PPA, > would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or

[Bug 383030] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend failure with gnome screen saver active [non-free: nvidia]

2009-06-30 Thread Jon Eliot
Very similar problem with the experimental nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 - 185.18.14. -- [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend failure with gnome screen saver active [non-free: nvidia] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

Re: [Bug 383907] Ooooops Re: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy()

2009-06-30 Thread Jon Eliot
seems to have changed in 185.18.14, it may be that gdm is proceeding when the driver is not yet ready. The Nvidia splash symbol appears, very briefly. I will stick to this version anyway - who needs logout when suspend/hibernate both work? Rgds, Jon Eliot Jon Eliot wrote: > This seems to b

Re: [Bug 383907] Re: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy()

2009-06-28 Thread Jon Eliot
. Thank you! Rgds, Jon Eliot Jon Eliot wrote: > I'll test. It will take some time to get results - it is an intermittent > error. > > Several fixes in this version look interesting. There is a suspend crash > situation involving external monitor which may be influenced by the &

Re: [Bug 383907] Re: compiz.real crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy()

2009-06-26 Thread Jon Eliot
I'll test. It will take some time to get results - it is an intermittent error. Several fixes in this version look interesting. There is a suspend crash situation involving external monitor which may be influenced by the fixes [Suspend with external monitor in twinview, take out of docking sta

[Bug 383030] [NEW] [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend failure with gnome screen saver active [non-free: nvidia]

2009-06-02 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Pushed the Fn-F4 key combination (bound to suspend on a ThinkPad) while the gnome screen saver locked the screen. The suspend light started to blink, and stayed that way for much longer than suspend usually takes. Keyboard and mouse were dead. ProblemType: KernelOops Annotati

[Bug 383030] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend failure with gnome screen saver active [non-free: nvidia]

2009-06-02 Thread Jon Eliot
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27439796/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27439797/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27439798/Dependencies.txt ** A

Re: [Bug 364969] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-04-22 Thread Jon Eliot
Not as far as I can tell. There is no hibernate involved (at least since last boot). And the odd thing is that the machine went from apparently suspended (suspend light on) to apparently turned off (no suspend light, normal boot, but plenty of battery) while being carried around. One possibilit

[Bug 364969] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-04-21 Thread Jon Eliot
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25844154/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25844155/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25844156/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 364969] [NEW] [LENOVO 64606YG] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-04-21 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Apparently the system managed to turn itself off while being suspended. The suspend indicator and all other lights were off, and it booted normally. The battery was not drained and the machine was cold to the touch, so it does not seem to have been inadvertently turned on. It

[Bug 221073] Re: Beagle does not index Thunderbird mails

2009-04-16 Thread Jon Eliot
I can confirm this bug, and any Evolution-related indexing is disabled. Tried again after uninstalling Evolution, no change. Retried indexing a number of times, and to start with some (definitely not all) emails were apparently indexed. But after some time, Beagle consistently does not index any

[Bug 360894] Re: [LENOVO 64606YG] intermittent suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-04-13 Thread Jon Eliot
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25371284/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25371285/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25371286/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 360894] [NEW] [LENOVO 64606YG] intermittent suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-04-13 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Intermittent error. Suspend and hibernate has appeared to work, but the system failed to resume the last time from suspend, booting instead and flashing a "serious kernel problem" message after login. The system had been hibernated once and suspended several times since last

[Bug 57667] Re: Broken dependencies

2006-08-28 Thread Jon Eliot
Mea culpa, works now, thanks for the support. -- Broken dependencies https://launchpad.net/bugs/57667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57667] Re: Broken dependencies

2006-08-25 Thread Jon Eliot
Output as requested: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 500 http://apt.uninett.no stable/ubulug Packages origin apt.uninett.no 500 ftp://ftp.uninett.no dapper-security/multiverse Packages release v=6.06,o=Ubuntu,a=dapper-sec

[Bug 57667] Broken dependencies

2006-08-25 Thread Jon Eliot
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libgnomevfs2-0-dbg Ubuntu 6.06 LTS [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get -s install libgnomevfs2-0-dbg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situatio