[Bug 1247838] Re: KDE4 plasma-desktop leaks pixmap memory

2013-11-05 Thread Steven Hirsch
They may well have ended up in a newer distribution, but that's not the point. I wish to keep running 12.04 LTS to avoid semi-yearly churn. This is a serious enough issue that I would think you'd want to backport it. I may be parsing your message incorrectly, but if the last version bump in Rarin

[Bug 1247838] Re: KDE4 plasma-desktop leaks pixmap memory

2013-11-04 Thread Steven Hirsch
The valgrind forensics have already been done, according to a thread I found on the KDE forums: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=110294 There's a valgrind trace posted there and I'm quite sure I'm dealing with the exact same issue. KDE bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314919

[Bug 1247838] [NEW] KDE4 plasma-desktop leaks pixmap memory

2013-11-04 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: If VMware and/or Dropbox are allowed to display an icon on the task- manager panel it creates a significant memory leak. After several days of operation, xorg memory usage climbs over 300MB and things come to a grinding halt. Only an X server and desktop restart will cure th

[Bug 974347] Re: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
Unfortunately that does not help - I tried it. Something that Xsane is doing appears to be the trick. Annoyingly, all this nonsense started "out of the blue". For almost a year the scanner worked fine without any gyrations. I wonder if there was a SANE update that hosed things? -- You receive

[Bug 974347] Re: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
More information: I think the error message was a red herring. It appears to be an artifiact of the initial device probe and vanishes if I uninstall all the HPLIP related packages. I'm growing suspicious of something in the SANE initialization process. I discovered by accident that if I run a sc

[Bug 974347] Re: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
Sorry for the delay getting back. Well, the original problem is back again. I have changed nothing whatever in the system configuration and sheet-fed scans are returning blank pages. Flatbed on the same device works perfectly. I tried all the front-end "scan mode" selections and all are broken

[Bug 974347] Re: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-05 Thread Steven Hirsch
Here is a capture of the log file. Hopefully this will explain why the options are missing? I don't recall ever changing the font end - I'm about 99% sure this one used to allow me to play with threshold and brightness. ** Attachment added: "Log capture" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so

[Bug 974347] [NEW] Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-05 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: For no reason that I can fathom, scans from my UMAX Astra 2400S are coming up blank when in sheetfeeder mode. They are fine in flatbed mode. It is not a device problem! All other scanning programs (e.g. simple-scan, xsane) produce images from the sheet-feeder with no errors

[Bug 974347] Re: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation

2012-04-05 Thread Steven Hirsch
Sorry, distribution is Lucid. Application version is 0.9.29-1ubuntu1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/974347 Title: Blank scans in sheet-feed operation To manage notifications about

[Bug 883070] [NEW] Unable to diff across a directory tree "collapse"

2011-10-28 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Shorten a repository tree structure by moving a nested directory to its parent. Modify a file in that relocated directory and commit it. Then, try to diff two revisions of the file that span the move. It fails with a "bad path" exception. I saw this in a production situatio

[Bug 576500] Re: k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audio file to flac

2010-09-01 Thread Steven Hirsch
Since seven different binary debs end up getting built, it's possible that one or more of them does need those dependencies. I'm not an expert in the Debian build system (and it seems most of the documentation is incomplete or out-of-date, but that's another rant for another time) but perhaps you'

[Bug 576500] Re: k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audio file to flac

2010-08-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
I suspect a fixed package would have been released months ago if k3b started with a 'g' instead of a 'k'. For whatever reason, nothing in Kubuntu/KDE ever seems to get fixed until the next distro comes along. -- k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audi

Re: [Bug 576500] Re: k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audio file to flac

2010-08-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Kevin Krumwiede wrote: > When can we expect a backport for 10.04 LTS? I got tired of waiting and built 2.0.1 from the source deb on Lucid. It claims it needs a newer pkg-kde-tools and kdelibs5-dev than the ones with 10.04, but I simply edited the debian/control file to acc

[Bug 576500] Re: k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audio file to flac

2010-06-06 Thread Steven Hirsch
Seeing it here when using lame as the external encoder. K3b is 100% unusable for ripping CD to mp3... On to SoundKonverter. -- k3b in amd64 lucid freezes after ripping a CD to flac or after convering a cue+audio file to flac https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576500 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 398462] Re: console DPMS non-functional

2009-10-28 Thread Steven Hirsch
I assume that either (a) I'm the only person seeing this problem or (b) it's just not important enough to bother with? -- console DPMS non-functional https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 398462] [NEW] console DPMS non-functional

2009-07-12 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: console-tools Title says it. Previous LTS server (6.04) was able to successfully power-down the monitor at the console. After upgrade to 8.04.3 LTS server, this is not functional. Will not work from the command line either (via setterm). ASUS P5B Delu

[Bug 382162] Re: konsole text selection not working w/ mouse-aware application

2009-06-06 Thread Steven Hirsch
My environment was also the result of an upgrade, not a fresh install. A smoking gun, perhaps? Would be curious if my workaround of the previous message also worked for Alexander. -- konsole text selection not working w/ mouse-aware application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382162 You received

[Bug 382162] Re: konsole text selection not working w/ mouse-aware application

2009-06-06 Thread Steven Hirsch
I tripped over a somewhat-funky workaround: - Starting with no active sessions, log in from kdm as a different user from your usual account (e.g. guest). - Once in that session, push the screen-lock button and select "different user" - Initiate a new session from there under your proper user id.

[Bug 382162] [NEW] konsole text selection not working w/ mouse-aware application

2009-05-31 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: konsole-kde4 When using a mouse-aware text application (e.g. midnight commander) in the KDE4 version of konsole, it is not possible to mark a text selection by holding mouse-1 and dragging. Under the KDE3 version of konsole, this required that the shift

[Bug 381136] [NEW] Cannot read data from any X application

2009-05-27 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: editres Title says it: I cannot get a single X application to return the widget tree to editres on a Kubuntu Hardy system. I've used this tool in the past under KDE and don't understand what the problem is nor how to work around it. ** Affects: editres

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2009-04-09 Thread Steven Hirsch
My sympathies. I finally gave up and started running a little shell script in the background that does an 'ls $HOME > /dev/null 2>&1' every 60 seconds. Total kludge, but it eliminates the symptoms. Clearly none of the maintainers feel this is of any particular importance so I guess I'll have to

[Bug 269954] Re: ssh -X breaks Xauthority on NFS mounted home dir

2009-01-18 Thread Steven Hirsch
And here I thought I was the only one seeing this! This issue has been driving me nuts for the past (2) Ubuntu releases (currently running Hardy). In my case, it's more basic than problems with ssh. I have my home directory in NFS and the desktop seems to "lose" ~/.Xauthority periodically. The

[Bug 256919] Re: Ubuntu freezes on startup (kernel BUG in skge.c:2628?)

2008-11-11 Thread Steven Hirsch
Would someone mind giving me a recipe for updating only the kernel on my Hardy 8.04.1 x86_64 box to 2.6.27 without hosing my system? I've been searching Google for a half hour and unable to turn up anything on point. All the advice out there looks like it will make permanent changes to my apt set

[Bug 296542] [NEW] skge causes hard kernel lock on mtu change

2008-11-10 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic After updating to linux kernel 2.6.24-43 this appeared: - Change mtu to 1392 (ip link set eth0 mtu 1392) - Run IPSec based VPN client - Exit client - Change mtu back to 1500 (ip link set eth0 mtu1500) System complains it c

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-10-31 Thread Steven Hirsch
Then there are definitely two underlying issues producing similar symptoms. In my case: When the NFS automount times out, the next X client that tries to check .Xauthority is unable to do so. I can only assume that it used to attempt a read (which would trigger the mounter) and has been changed t

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-10-14 Thread Steven Hirsch
I think we have two distinct underlying issues. In some cases, the problem is related to running out of file descriptors. In others (mine, for example) it's due to the automounter timing out the users's home directory, rendering .Xauthority unreachable. But, since it's getting no attention from

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-09-22 Thread Steven Hirsch
I've gotten in the habit of periodically doing an 'ls' in my home directory whenever an X app fails to appear. Not holding my breath for a fix. -- Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250712 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-08-09 Thread Steven Hirsch
I'm running KDE 3.5.9 on x86_64 Hardy. Is KDE the common thread? I seem to be the only person using the automounter, for example. -- Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250712 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-08-04 Thread Steven Hirsch
I have conclusively traced this down. It starts happening as soon as the automounter times out (typically 10 minutes of inactivity) and unmounts my home directory (accessed over NFS v3). I have no idea what changed in 8.04 to cause this symptom, as I've been using an NFS home directory for over t

[Bug 250712] Re: Warning: Unable to open display ':0' and cannot connect to X server :0

2008-07-27 Thread Steven Hirsch
Started happening almost immediately after new install of Kubuntu 8.04.1 'Hardy Heron'. Never seen this with any prior release, and I've been using Ubuntu/Kubuntu for almost 2 years. A quick: $ xhost +MY_HOSTNAME fixes it, but what is causing the loss in permissions in the first place? -- War

[Bug 118070] Re: Cannot build from scratch

2008-04-14 Thread Steven Hirsch
Just incredible... You don't feel that a failure to build your own damned kernel sources on your own build tools is a problem?? I'm not going to bother with any bug reports from now on. Everything I've ever submitted is either (a) ignored, (b) closed without comment or (c) determined to simply

[Bug 117131] Re: 32bit development libraries missing for amd64 systems systems

2008-01-29 Thread Steven Hirsch
I was not asking for anything more than for the ia32 package to create the (&%&$ symlinks per my original note above. I guess it's just too much to ask. Guess I'm stuck doing it manually. For the life of me I do not understand why the deb build for the 32-bit system libs can't be made conditiona

[Bug 117131] Re: 32bit development libraries missing for amd64 systems systems

2007-09-07 Thread Steven Hirsch
The vast majority of 32-bit build problems on 64-bit platforms can be mitigated by simply creating the missing: libfoo.so.2.2 --> libfoo.so.2 libfoo.so.2 --> libfoo.so symlinks upon install of ia32-libs. In my humble opinion, Unbuntu development is spending more effort defending the fact that yo

[Bug 118070] Re: Cannot build from scratch

2007-06-09 Thread Steven Hirsch
I'll second this. Absolutely unable to build a Ubuntu kernel from scratch using linux-source-2.6.20_2.6.20-16.29 source package. Damn annoying. And, yes, I'm following the fine instructions to the letter: (copy in appropriate config from /boot) make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --append-to-version cust

[Bug 107655] Re: opera 9.20-20070409.6ubuntu2 from edgy-commercial cannot be installed

2007-04-29 Thread Steven Hirsch
Now that this issue has adversely affected dozens of users and is receiving a lot of heat in various blogs and newsgroups, is there any chance that it will actually be corrected? -- opera 9.20-20070409.6ubuntu2 from edgy-commercial cannot be installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107655 You re

[Bug 109283] Missing libX11 symlink breaks builds

2007-04-23 Thread Steven Hirsch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ia32-libs This was reported about 2 years ago with regard to libqt breakage and rejected with a comment of "..we don't support 32 bit builds in Dapper". Well, here we are (2) major releases later and it is still a problem. Specifically, there is no symlin