[Bug 839303] [NEW] tsconf is not Multi-Arch compatible

2011-09-01 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: I ran into this bug when trying to install 32-bit directfb using multiarch on amd64. The install fails to find a candidate because tsconf is arch:all, not arch:i386. For some reason libts-0.0-0:i386 seems to depend on tsconf:i386 which makes nore sense. This package consists

[Bug 575974] Re: [lucid] Kernel boot options 'nosplash text' not fully respected

2011-08-28 Thread Patrick Horn
After wasting two hours rebooting my machine to figure out why nosplash is not recognized, I realized that it's probably looking for the string "splash" in /proc/cmdline. Indeed, "nosplash" was the cause of the splash screen, and removing it entirely disables the splash screen... I remember with u

[Bug 721544] Re: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.

2011-07-17 Thread Patrick Horn
This is why you should always watch the list of packages being updated, especially if you are on a server. As a workaround, you can put a hold on grub-efi-amd64: echo "grub-efi-amd64 hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections sudo apt-get dist-upgrade After doing the dist-upgrade, I was able to remove th

[Bug 471794] Re: failed to boot if /var/tmp and /tmp specified in /etc/fstab

2009-12-05 Thread Patrick Horn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 459642 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459642 The partition was not set as a "bind" mount in my case. It's likely the two issues are related, but it's not purely an issue with bind mounts in my case. My /etc/fstab had in it: none /proc/bus/usb usbfs def

[Bug 492663] Re: package libuim6 1:1.5.6-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conflicting packages - not installing libuim6

2009-12-04 Thread Patrick Horn
Worked okay after clicking the "Install" button again and clicked okay to the "Broken package" warning. Must be something related to the ordering in which it upgraded the package. -- package libuim6 1:1.5.6-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conflicting packages - not installing libuim6 https:/

[Bug 492663] Re: package libuim6 1:1.5.6-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conflicting packages - not installing libuim6

2009-12-04 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36455460/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36455461/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36455462/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 492663] [NEW] package libuim6 1:1.5.6-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conflicting packages - not installing libuim6

2009-12-04 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: uim I got an error message when running a normal apt-get upgrade (I've been using Jaunty for 2 months already). It's possible that I have some old oudated package still on my system from before an upgrade from Intrepid to Jaunty. patr...@rand:~$ apt-cach

[Bug 372579] [NEW] Liberation Serif 'Q' symbol looks bold

2009-05-05 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ttf-liberation I am using Ubuntu 9.04. ttf-liberation: Installed: 1.04.93-1 Candidate: 1.04.93-1 Version table: *** 1.04.93-1 0 500 http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libfreetype6: Installed:

[Bug 372579] Re: Liberation Serif 'Q' symbol looks bold

2009-05-05 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "The letter Q inside OpenOffice, size 12" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26382217/LiberationSerif-letterQ.png -- Liberation Serif 'Q' symbol looks bold https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372579 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 357339] Re: apport causes uncaught OSError after failed python2.6-minimal install

2009-04-07 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "Add exception handlers in the case that apport cannot start and throws an OSError" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24979126/DistUpgradeApport.patch -- apport causes uncaught OSError after failed python2.6-minimal install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357339 You received

[Bug 357339] [NEW] apport causes uncaught OSError after failed python2.6-minimal install

2009-04-07 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: I was doing a upgrade using the "sudo update-manager -d" GUI. Several minutes pass with nothing displayed on the terminal but the GUI is happily upgrading along. A few times I get weird errors about something not configuring correctly (didn't have the presence of mind to writ

[Bug 355931] Re: infinite loop calling FcConfigUptoDate in directory with symlinks

2009-04-05 Thread Patrick Horn
Please disregard everything to do with flash--that was probably just a coincidence because of how the main event loop runs. I just realized that I was looking at a lot of google results for something, and in addition to the wikipedia page, I had opened this site in another tab: http://cnx.org/con

[Bug 355931] [NEW] infinite loop calling FcConfigUptoDate in directory with symlinks

2009-04-05 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xulrunner-1.9 Description:Ubuntu 8.10 Release:8.10 firefox-3.0: Installed: 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2 Candidate: 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2 Version table: *** 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2 0 500 http://mirror.anl.go

[Bug 327968] Re: konsole crashes on dragging text over Firefox window

2009-02-11 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "Valgrind output showing the double-free." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22494035/konsoledndcrash.log -- konsole crashes on dragging text over Firefox window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327968 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 327968] [NEW] konsole crashes on dragging text over Firefox window

2009-02-11 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: The crash is reproducable 100% of the time for me. To reproduce the bug: - Highlight any text (can be empty lines from a brand new konsole session) - Drag the selection over a Firefox window. The mouse cursor will change to a drag/box cursor with a plus sign. - A half-second

[Bug 322203] [NEW] kpdf, kghostview packages have no installation candidate in 8.10

2009-01-27 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: okular I am running Kubuntu 8.10 with these apt repositories: intrepid main universe multiverse intrepid-updates main universe intrepid-backports main universe intrepid-security main universe multiverse All of the pdf packages I am used to are nonexista

[Bug 319516] Re: hald_addon_storage OOM-killed all processes when inserting a DVD

2009-01-21 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "dmesg output after the OOM killing" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21501311/dvd_oom_crash.txt -- hald_addon_storage OOM-killed all processes when inserting a DVD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319516 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 319516] [NEW] hald_addon_storage OOM-killed all processes when inserting a DVD

2009-01-21 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal Using Ubuntu 8.10 Kernel: (This kernel is installed from Jaunty repos because I am testing out ext4 support) Linux rand 2.6.28-4-generic #5-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 26 22:48:55 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux hal: Installed: 0.5.11-4ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.5.

[Bug 138654] Re: Annoying and useless delays on password entry errors

2008-11-16 Thread Patrick Horn
I don't like having to use nodelay -- I like the fact that it gives a delay when I make a mistake but 2 seconds is just too long. I would vote for just changing the delay to 0.5 seconds, since this is as simple as changing a constant in pam_unix ** Attachment added: "This patch changes the aggriv

[Bug 285346] Re: ifup: dhcp on boot cannot be interrupted

2008-10-18 Thread Patrick Horn
** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18656297/dmesg.txt -- ifup: dhcp on boot cannot be interrupted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285346 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 285346] [NEW] ifup: dhcp on boot cannot be interrupted

2008-10-18 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ifupdown This bug has only happened after upgrading to Intrepid. My computer has two network cards. I have one set to a static IP because I am usually behind a router. The other interface is configured via DHCP in case I want to connect to my cable mod

[Bug 270303] Re: firefox (intrepid): "your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted"

2008-10-18 Thread Patrick Horn
I, too, have been experiencing this bug since upgrading to Intrepid last weekend. It seems the "restart" flag is stored in the firefox home directory. (Due to issues I had with an older version of firefox 3 (haven't had time to test this in intrepid), it kept hitting the hard disk after each page

[Bug 153497] Re: Can't disable Desktop Effects after dist-upgrade to gutsy

2007-10-16 Thread Patrick Horn
I figured out how to get into Desktop Effects. When sudo comes up, hit the OK button and use the wrong password 3 times. I figured this out after I made a new user (where Compiz also defaulted to Enabled), and then went to desktop effects. It said that I didn't have Sudo access, but then brought

[Bug 153497] Can't disable Desktop Effects after dist-upgrade to gutsy

2007-10-16 Thread Patrick Horn
Public bug reported: My story is as follows. I understand that you probably do not support using the official NVIDIA drivers, but it seems that people upgrading from Feisty without any graphics drivers at all could possibly get stuck in the same position as me. First, I installed Feisty. I neede