[Bug 2077795] Re: After a weekly update the nvidia-driver-545 that I used because it was the most reliable stopped working and reverted back to nouveau drivers that barely work

2024-08-26 Thread Walter Tautz
To add to this, I run 22.04 and the kernel as indicated above does indeed NOT load the nvidia module from the version above. Had to revert back to 6.5 kernal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/

Re: [Bug 2055162] Re: linux-headers package not being pulled in with linux-image-generic

2024-02-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Type: bug > Launchpad-Bug: distribution=ubuntu; sourcepackage=linux; component=main; > status=Incomplete; importance=Undecided; assignee=None; > Launchpad-Bug-Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy ubiquity-22.04.19 > Launchpad-Bug-Information-Type: Public > Launchpad-Bug-Private: no > Launchp

[Bug 2055162] [NEW] linux-headers package not being pulled in with linux-image-generic

2024-02-27 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: linux-image-5.15.0-97-generic definitely exists in Ubuntu and it does not pull in the correct linux-header package which is required to rebuilt nvidia kernel modules. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5

Re: [Bug 67234] Re: Does not work on amd64 architecture if radius server on i386

2008-08-31 Thread Walter Tautz
Jame wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue > for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance. >

[Bug 157195] Re: kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100

2008-08-11 Thread Walter Tautz
The newer kernels do not have this problem, so this bug report is moot point for me. Perhaps others will care. -- kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2008-07-14 Thread Walter Tautz
This seems to be NO longer a problem for a system I recently installed running on amd64 arch. So I guess the problem has resolved itself. -- gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78113 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 210468] Re: try to access a .Trash-$USER directory on autofs mounts

2008-06-12 Thread Walter Tautz
Just to comment further, I have a remote home directory that I like to be able to access from my Ubuntu box. In particular I have an sshfs+autofs setup: /etc/auto.master: /autofs/sshfs/cs_student/home auto_home_sshfs -nobrowse where auto_home_sshfs is a shell script in /etc : #!/bin/b

[Bug 145639] Re: why does firefox-bin have PPID =1? Is this a bug?

2008-05-09 Thread Walter Tautz
I believe this is normal as the init program on Ubuntu these days behaves this way, in short it's not a bug, it's a feature. -- why does firefox-bin have PPID =1? Is this a bug? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145639 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

Re: [Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-25 Thread Walter Tautz
martyg wrote: > +1 > > I wasted 2 hours this week tracking this same problem down. > > You would think since Importance == HIGH this issue would have been > dealt with long ago. > > Yes, it's annoying but it does point out the need to always check bug trackers first *before* wasting one's time,

[Bug 51315] Re: udevd: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server

2008-04-23 Thread Walter Tautz
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-ldap/+bug/155947 seems to be related I just noticed an update to libnss-ldap. From the changelog in /usr/share/doc/libnss-ldap/changelog.Debian.gz libnss-ldap (258-1ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low * add nssldap-update-ignoreusers that updates

[Bug 51315] Re: udevd: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server

2008-04-07 Thread Walter Tautz
The problem is clear. No networking when udev attempts to configure devices with certain ownerships presumably and yet the startup scripts to setup networking come after the udev ones: find /etc/rc?.d -type l -ls|egrep '(udev|networking)' 36468560 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 No

[Bug 51315] Re: udevd: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server

2008-04-03 Thread Walter Tautz
does not work with hardy/i386 as of April 3, 2008, a very long delay before booting completes. presumably having not listed first in /etc/nsswitch.conf is a partial fix but it ought to work in any position. -- udevd: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51315

[Bug 157195] Re: kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100

2008-03-12 Thread Walter Tautz
The feisty 2.6.22 kernel does NOT cause constant rebooting albeit it gives a lot of messages about ata1 messages, see attachment of dmesg ** Attachment added: "dmesg output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12618575/dmesg.Mar12.2008 -- kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100 https://bugs.la

Re: [Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2008-03-07 Thread Walter Tautz
Jorge Castro wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue > for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in ad

Re: [Bug 157195] Re: kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100

2008-03-07 Thread Walter Tautz
Caroline Ford wrote: > The Hardy Heron Alpha series is currently under development and contains > an updated version of the kernel. You can download and try the new Hardy > Heron Alpha release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/ . You > should be able to test the new kernel using the Liv

Re: [Bug 112937] Re: vmware server will not connect remotely

2008-02-20 Thread Walter Tautz
Ronnie Redd wrote: > OK, > (Please note the corrected path here - /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd instead of > /etc/pam.dvmware-authd) > > I went for it and I too confirm that the below fixes it on AMD64 Gutsy: > > replace the pam configuration in /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd to read: > > auth sufficient /usr/

[Bug 112937] Re: vmware server will not connect remotely

2008-01-15 Thread Walter Tautz
On gutsy AMD64 deb package the solution above of including common-auth and common-account DOES NOT work for me. Instead I had to replace the pam configuration with: auth sufficient /usr/lib/vmware-server/lib/libpam.so.0/security/pam_unix.so shadow nullok auth required

[Bug 160258] Re: Please merge uml-utilities 20070815-1 from Debian Unstable

2007-11-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Just a comment from a user. The current man page of tunctl on AMD64/Gutsy has NO mention (probably true on other releases) of the -b option. A rather useful option inside a script. I noticed it when I ran the following tunctl -d tunctl: option requires an argument -- d Create: tunctl [-b] [-u o

[Bug 159340] creation of /dev/kqemu requires manual creation

2007-11-01 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Specifically the instructions in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo appear to be necessary with respect to creating udev configuration and modprobe configuration. One fix is to update the file vmhost206:/usr/share/doc/kqemu-common/README.Debian and m

[Bug 127610] Re: Pre-build kqemu modules

2007-11-01 Thread Walter Tautz
obviously kqemu-source should continue to be provided as non-standard kernels may not have prebuilt modules. -- Pre-build kqemu modules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127610 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 157195] kernel constantly reboots on Sun Fire X2100

2007-10-25 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.20 Grub loads kernel and it looks like it's starts up some services and then suddenly decides to reboot... NOTE. the 2.6.17 kernel works as does the 2.6.22 kernel on Gutsy ( I am trying, however, to get the Feisty 2.6.20 kernel to boot)

[Bug 145639] why does firefox-bin have PPID =1? Is this a bug?

2007-09-27 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: I notice that whenever I launch firefox from the gnome tool bar that it has a parent process of 1. Is this normal? It seems a lot of processes have PPID=1 and are owned by me. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- why does firefox-

[Bug 48390] Re: No drive detected within QEMU

2007-09-26 Thread Walter Tautz
did you run a command like: qemu -boot d -hda virtual-qemu-test.img -cdrom Desktop/ISO\ Images/ubuntu-7.04-server-i386.iso -m 512 I.E., -hda must specify a virtual disk image otherwise no disk will be detected ;-) -- No drive detected within QEMU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48390 You recei

[Bug 45427] Re: quitting kdm session on xdmcp terminal(ltsp) causes usplash to appear on server session

2007-09-20 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 43621 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43621 I am seeing this on Feisty also, amd64 arch -- quitting kdm session on xdmcp terminal(ltsp) causes usplash to appear on server session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45427 You received this bug notification

[Bug 123646] Re: MASTER [GUTSY] firefox crashed on startup -- human theme [?? from libcairo.so.2] [ubuntulooks_draw_progressbar_trough at #12]

2007-09-14 Thread Walter Tautz
This is a problem on Feisty also for the same arch. Do not install human-theme package and do use Human theme in preferences in gnome desktop seems to be the solution for users. -- MASTER [GUTSY] firefox crashed on startup -- human theme [?? from libcairo.so.2] [ubuntulooks_draw_progressbar_tro

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2007-08-14 Thread Walter Tautz
I have no problem making UUID the default I suppose but the # kopt line is suppose to be edited by humans and should not be overwritten (at least this is what the comments in the file suggest). It is interesting to note that if one has the line like: # kopt=root=UUID=d401f1eb-681d-41f8-bf63-62d

[Bug 54042] Re: update-grub keeps on converting my root device to a uuid

2007-08-14 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 62195 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62195 still a problem in feisty. The weired part is of kopt root=UUID=xbbsss ro then it will not get updated with update-grub runs, unless one puts in kopt root=/dev/hdawhere / is mounted on /dev/hda it gets ove

[Bug 131306] Re: ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid

2007-08-10 Thread Walter Tautz
I guess this is not a bug since ps is apparently designed not to display long usernames unless one adds the appropriate option? Maybe haldaemon and messagebus should be shorted so that ps -ef can display it? Just a thought and not a very significant one :-) -- ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus

[Bug 128492] Re: Please upgrade to latest version

2007-08-10 Thread Walter Tautz
Upgrading would certainly be useful, especially if it results in having the amd64 architecture supported. Currently I do mkautoinstallcd I get: mkautoinstallcd I'm terribly sorry, but I don't yet know how to make an autoinstall CD for the "x86_64" architecture. Also if one runs updateclient

[Bug 128492] Re: Please upgrade to latest version

2007-08-10 Thread Walter Tautz
Actually it looks like gutsy has version 3.2.3-3, at least this is what I see when examining http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/allpackages -- Please upgrade to latest version https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

Re: [Bug 131306] Re: ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid

2007-08-09 Thread Walter Tautz
Michael Bienia wrote: > That's because 'haldaemon' and 'messagebus' are to long to fit into the > field. Instead ps shows the numerical ID for those users. > > AhI suspected as that might have been the case. -- ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid https://bugs.l

Re: [Bug 131306] ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid

2007-08-09 Thread Walter Tautz
This is on Feisty/i386 and amd64 arches. -- ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 131306] ps -ef shows lists hald and dbus-daemon runs with numerical uid

2007-08-09 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal ps -ef reveals: ps -ef|grep hald 118 4644 1 0 Aug07 ?00:00:02 /usr/sbin/hald root 4645 4644 0 Aug07 ?00:00:00 hald-runner 118 4651 4645 0 Aug07 ?00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /

Re: [Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2007-06-12 Thread Walter Tautz
stkas wrote: > Seems to me that this is the same problem as bug #71924. > Please confirm. > > Most likely it's same albeit #71924 is cluttered with other details. I have not confirmed that it occurs on feisty and probably won't have time to confirm that in the near future due to time constraint

Re: [Bug 92625] Re: HP Laser Jet 4250 is not listed in CUPS Add Printer Model/Driver Web interface

2007-03-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Pascal De Vuyst wrote: > The cupsys package was modified to look for static PPDs in /usr/share/ppd. > Static PPD files must conform to the Adobe PPD File Format Specification > version 4.3 and may be compressed using the gzip(1) program. > CUPS also uses driver programs under the /usr/lib/cups/dr

Re: [Bug 92625] Re: HP Laser Jet 4250 is not listed in CUPS Add Printer Model/Driver Web interface

2007-03-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > Here are the relevant package versions: > > ii gnome-cups-man 0.31-3ubuntu3 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME > ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server > ii foomatic-db20070207-0ubun OpenPrinting printer support - database > ii open

Re: [Bug 92625] Re: HP Laser Jet 4250 is not listed in CUPS Add Printer Model/Driver Web interface

2007-03-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > Here are the relevant package versions: > > ii gnome-cups-man 0.31-3ubuntu3 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME > ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server > ii foomatic-db20070207-0ubun OpenPrinting printer support - database > ii open

Re: [Bug 92625] Re: HP Laser Jet 4250 is not listed in CUPS Add Printer Model/Driver Web interface

2007-03-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > Both the web interface and gnome-cups-manager ask CUPS for the list of > available PPDs, so every printer listed by the web interface is also > listed by gnome-cups-manager. I have checked on a completely up-to-date > Feisty (last auto update shortly before beta freeze) and

[Bug 92625] HP Laser Jet 4250 is not listed in CUPS Add Printer Model/Driver Web interface

2007-03-15 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys foomatic-ppdfile -P HP |grep 4250 HP LaserJet 4250 Id='HP-LaserJet_4250' Driver='Postscript' shows it should be listed. At least I can't seem to find itperhaps the sheer number of choices is preventing my brain from seeing it but I don't th

Re: [Bug 92042] Re: cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > Sorry, cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu7 from the same place. > > It works! I purged the older version first and installed via dpkg. -- cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/ https://launchpad.net/bugs/92042 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

Re: [Bug 92042] Re: cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > If a simple update does not recreate the files in /usr/lib/cups/backend, > do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure cupsys" and change one of the backend choices, > then do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure cupsys" again and change this backend > choice back. Do you have files in /usr/lib/cups/backen

Re: [Bug 92042] Re: cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > If a simple update does not recreate the files in /usr/lib/cups/backend, > do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure cupsys" and change one of the backend choices, > then do "sudo dpkg-reconfigure cupsys" again and change this backend > choice back. Do you have files in /usr/lib/cups/backen

Re: [Bug 92042] Re: cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > Can you try cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu6? get it from > > http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/cupsys/binary/ > > > ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) >Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed > > Nope. Does not work. Tried running dpkg-reconfigure no links.

[Bug 92042] Re: cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-14 Thread Walter Tautz
The update to version 1.2.8-0ubuntu4 did not work with respect to adding more backends albeit I now see beh but it's not a softlink to anything---part of the foomatic-filters package. Perhaps I need to remove and install rather than merely update? debconf-show cupsys * cupsys/raw-print: true * c

[Bug 92042] cupsys in feisty doesn't put any backends into /usr/lib/cups/backend/

2007-03-13 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys Feisty release Version: 1.2.8-0ubuntu3 arch: i386 In order to be able to choose backends one presumably needs to put in links into /usr/lib/cups/backend pointing to backend-available and elsewhere in order that the web interface and presumably lp

[Bug 79629] Please upgrade to version 1.2

2007-01-16 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libgtkglext1 Specifically upgrade: libgtkglextmm1-dev libgtkglextmm1c2a libgtkglext1-dev libgtkglext1 See gtkglext.sourceforge.net for the latest. ** Affects: gtkglext (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Please upgrade

Re: [Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2007-01-11 Thread Walter Tautz
Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Thank you for your bug. Opening an upstream bug would be nice, they know > the code better and would probably have some idea on the problem. The > desktop team has lot to do and that configuration is not a standard one, > it's likely that nobody from Ubuntu will look at th

[Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2007-01-05 Thread Walter Tautz
** Attachment added: ".xsession-errors file logged in user as kde desktop" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5607833/xsession-error-where-gdm-stop-listening-to-xdmcp-after-logging-into-kde -- gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper) https://launchpad.net/bugs/78113 -- ubunt

[Bug 78113] Re: gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2007-01-05 Thread Walter Tautz
** Attachment added: "syslog messages from gdm (I enabled debug in gdm.conf)" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5607823/syslog-gdm-messages -- gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper) https://launchpad.net/bugs/78113 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 78113] gdm dies after logging out after using kde desktop (dapper)

2007-01-05 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Specifically I log in via a thin client, i.e., gdm is configured to listen on xdmcp and I do not run an X server on the local display of the machine. I did the following: Install dapper/server 6.06.1 i386 arch and then proceeded to install kubuntu-d

[Bug 71790] update version of fai in dapper to 3.1

2006-11-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: I noticed that fai in edgy has been updated to 3.1 whereas dapper has pre 3 versions. It would be great to have dapper's version upgraded to 3.1. ** Affects: fai (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- update version of fai in dapper to 3.1 https

[Bug 67234] Does not work on amd64 architecture if radius server on i386

2006-10-20 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Basically one gets managed passwds. According the Alan Dekok the md5 checksum algorithms may not take into account certain 64 issues such as big versus small endian? One of my colleagues had to fix something similar for MacOSX, see http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~jatestar/pam_radi

[Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-10-13 Thread Walter Tautz
oops /etc/logrotate.d/cupsys existsmispoke obviously.. and yet how does this connect with MaxLogSize? I must admit to being a bit confused.. /etc/logrotate.d/cupsys: /var/log/cups/*log { daily missingok rotate 7 sharedscripts postrotate

[Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-10-13 Thread Walter Tautz
cupsd does its own log rotating, not logrotate. So it implies that cupsd does not set the permission properly when this happens nor when it starts up from scratch. Wrt the changes in /etc/init.d/cupsys we see that the chown stuff is before cupsd starts up...clearly it should come after starting i

Re: [Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-10-13 Thread Walter Tautz
Simon Law wrote: > Confirmed Walter and Till's comments. > > A sane thing to do might be to have logrotate remember the permissions > of the file it moves away, and then recreates them? This would solve > the general case for any application that has its logs rotated. > > Doesn't cupsd do it's

Re: [Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-10-13 Thread Walter Tautz
I can confirm Till's observations with a slight caveat. Prior to stoping cupsd I get ownership cupsys.lp on error_log and after I stop it still has ownership cupsys.lp. If I start it it has ownership root.lp until the error_log gets rolled at which point the new instance of error_log has ownershi

[Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-10-12 Thread Walter Tautz
Just did an apt-get install cupsys to get the new version. If one does /etc/init.d/cupsys stop and /etc/init.d/cupsys start then ls -al /var/log/cups/error_log is: -rw-r--r-- 1 root lp 834320 2006-10-12 09:07 /var/log/cups/error_log at least initially and then about a minute later it has ownership

[Bug 61303] Re: gtk apps segfault on gnome 'Human' theme, only from XDMCP

2006-09-20 Thread Walter Tautz
Just a note. This is on amd64 architecture. It's not clear whether this would be a problem on another arch. -- gtk apps segfault on gnome 'Human' theme, only from XDMCP https://launchpad.net/bugs/61303 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

[Bug 50701] Re: [Bug 50701] Re: acroread plugin does not work with firefox in ubuntu

2006-09-06 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 41787 *** John Vivirito wrote: > What version of firefox? What version of the acroread plugin? Can you > provide a few links that it doesnt work for you so we can try to > duplicate the issue you are having? Thank You for your bug report. > > ** Changed in: firef

[Bug 57153] Re: [Bug 57153] Re: [Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-23 Thread Walter Tautz
Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:48:01PM -0000, Walter Tautz wrote: > >> Thanks Mark, However the solution above works only once the >> mirrors were synced up with the new package. >> > > All mirrors are currently redirected to the master a

[Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-23 Thread Walter Tautz
Thanks Mark, However the solution above works only once the mirrors were synced up with the new package. Only an experienced user would have know how to retrieve the older version and run dpkg -i by hand to downgrade (I happen to be one of them). I find it a little hard to believe that you folks c

[Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-23 Thread Walter Tautz
In answer to the questionof how this happens I would surmise that not enough testing was done on enough variable hardware. For some people there wasn't a problem while others obviously had one. I'm not one of the developers but a user that was effected by this. -- xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3

[Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-23 Thread Walter Tautz
the 10.4 release works for me...just did an upgrade. -- xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found" https://launchpad.net/bugs/57153 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
Just want to compliment Rodrigo for the quick fix! I'm sure all Ubuntu users appreciate it. On another tangent. We users should perhaps do a better job of not creating duplicate bugs :-) -- xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found" https://launchpad.net/bugs/57153 -- ubuntu

[Bug 57153] Re: [Bug 57153] Re: xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found"

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
Downgrading via dpkg and wget of previous deb worked for me also -- xorg-server 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 breaks X: "no screens found" https://launchpad.net/bugs/57153 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57295] Re: xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 57153 *** getting rid of the GLcore module did not help nor did the additional dri module (using intel internal graphics card) -- xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up https://launchpad.net/bugs/57295 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 57295] Re: xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 57153 *** It is interesting to note that this does not depend on which graphics card used. I also saw the same error with :00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus mast

[Bug 57295] Re: xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 57153 *** I have included a full copy of Xorg.0.log -- xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up https://launchpad.net/bugs/57295 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 57295] xserver-xorg-core update on August 22, 2006 blows up

2006-08-22 Thread Walter Tautz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 57153 *** Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-core The xserver refuses to start after working well prior to this update: Commit Log for Tue Aug 22 08:10:32 2006 Upgraded the following packages: xnest (1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.1) to 1:1.0.2-0ubunt

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-08-17 Thread Walter Tautz
Just to be clear printing from Ubuntu/Dapper to RFC compliant lpd server it suffice to chmod u+s /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/lpd. However having the ability to do chmod u+s /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd is also convenient as it solves a slightly similar problem or should I say reverse issue. S

[Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-08-17 Thread Walter Tautz
I did another test and chmod u+s /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd does allow one to print from a client running a rfc compliant lpr command I.e., a client that insists on connecting to a lpd server on reserved port below 1024 (we have one). I setup cups-lpd to be listening on my ubuntu box via inet

[Bug 55685] Re: the foomatic packages are too old to allow for auto configuration for cupsys

2006-08-14 Thread Walter Tautz
Till Kamppeter wrote: > > To make it accessible more easily, I put the link into the mail body, as > > in the end of the subject most mail clients cut it off. > > > > Here is the link which Walter is talking about: > > > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db-engine/+bug/55685

[Bug 50815] Re: doesn't work with apache2, i.e. http://localhost/phpldapadmin fails

2006-08-11 Thread Walter Tautz
Feel free to close this oneI think I was doing far too much fiddling and I doubt my bug report is a reproducible one. -- doesn't work with apache2, i.e. http://localhost/phpldapadmin fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/50815 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 50453] Re: Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox

2006-08-11 Thread Walter Tautz
I suspect this is no longer an issue. I no longer seem to be getting these issues. Perhaps a firefox update recently fixed something -- Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox https://launchpad.net/bugs/50453 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-08-11 Thread Walter Tautz
Still a problem with 1.2.2 release of Ubuntu package... -- cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied https://launchpad.net/bugs/54277 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 55685] Re: the foomatic packages are too old to allow for auto configuration for cupsys

2006-08-09 Thread Walter Tautz
this bug should not be put in the "rejected" category. Clearly Till disagrees with the supposition that it's too slow. I think this may well depend on the browser used. I have noticed in the past that firefox has misbehaved but mozilla has worked better. Admittedly this is anecdotal in nature and n

[Bug 55685] Re: the foomatic packages are too old to allow for auto configuration for cupsys

2006-08-08 Thread Walter Tautz
Obviously it would be nice to have a newer version, i.e. have dapper-updates in my sources.list but no newer version is available. Perhaps it can be put in from the next release after dapper? -- the foomatic packages are too old to allow for auto configuration for cupsys https://launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 55685] the foomatic packages are too old to allow for auto configuration for cupsys

2006-08-08 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys Till's response to my question/observation below: Specifically as per my question on the cups mail list: Your foomatic-db-engine package is too old. You need at least 20060420 (April 20, 2006) to get this working. With this package installed the F

[Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:34:19 - > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> If you think the approach is insecure >> I'd suggest >> posting a report to the cups mail list. >> > > No, it's not i

[Bug 54259] Re: the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Just a note about community names when probing for printers via snmp. If one reads docs about snmp.conf file. One can do: Examples Community public Community easysw Community BigCorp Description The Community directive specifies a community name to use when discovering printers. Multiple Commun

[Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:31:26 - > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I manually added a softlink. Hopefully the next update won't disable >> > it. > > It will. Do it with dpkg-reconfigure cupsys; this way

[Bug 54277] Re: [Bug 54277] Re: cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Pascal De Vuyst wrote: > I'm using Dapper 6.06 LTS with cupsys 1.2.1-0ubuntu2. > > As indicated by Walter when I do: > > $ ls -l /var/log/cups/error_log > -rw-r--r-- 1 root lp 190608 2006-07-28 10:45 /var/log/cups/error_log > > $ sudo chown cupsys /var/log/cups/error_log* > > $ ls -l /var/log/cups/

[Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:16:10 - > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> i.e, why does ubuntu disable snmp discovery? >> > > SNMP backend is nice feature and I guess it's usable to some users (that's >

[Bug 54259] Re: [Bug 54259] Re: the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-28 Thread Walter Tautz
Martin Pitt wrote: > This is a bit better in Edgy now: > > cupsys (1.2.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium > [...] > * Add snmp to backend choices. Because I don't make sure this backend > is stable, the default is disabled. Use dpkg-reconfigure cupsys to > enable. (closes: #376496) > > So yo

[Bug 54277] cupsd can't access /var/log/cups/error_log permission denied

2006-07-27 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys dapper release. The subject line appears in /var/log/syslog repeatedly. Looking at the files in /var/log/cups/ : drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2006-07-27 06:25 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root4096 2006-07-27 06:25 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 cupsys lp 219

[Bug 54259] the snmp backend should be installed in /usr/lib/cups/backend

2006-07-27 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys i.e, why does ubuntu disable snmp discovery? Please install this by default or at the very least offer a bit more documention in /usr/share/doc/cupsys on how to re-enable it. I have put in a softlink to backend-available. Perhaps a README.Ubuntu.gz

[Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-26 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:04:28 - > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> We aren't going to bring back RunAsUser. All of the Linux distros >> already provide helper functions for their init scripts to run as >> a di

[Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-26 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:04:28 - > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> We aren't going to bring back RunAsUser. All of the Linux distros >> already provide helper functions for their init scripts to run as >> a di

[Bug 50815] Re: [Bug 50815] doesn't work with apache2, i.e. http://localhost/phpldapadmin fails

2006-06-26 Thread Walter Tautz
Walter Tautz wrote: > Public bug reported: > > Binary package hint: phpldapadmin > > I had to edit /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini (created by libapach2-mod-php4 > package) > to add extension=ldap.so. The postinst script seems to not > check this file albeit it enables php

[Bug 47773] Re: [Bug 47773] Re: dapper cupsys can not print to rfc compliant lpd server, i.e. can not run as root

2006-06-26 Thread Walter Tautz
Ante Karamatić wrote: > It's between "Rejected" and "Confirmed". For fixing this bug we should > run cups as root or introduce setuid program. > > ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) >Status: Needs Info => Confirmed > > Hi, In a recent thread Michael Sweet outlined point by point why not runn

[Bug 50815] Re: doesn't work with apache2, i.e. http://localhost/phpldapadmin fails

2006-06-23 Thread Walter Tautz
the postinst script I am referring to above is one belonging to phpldapadmin in case I wasn't being clear. It is interesting to note that /etc/php4/apache/php.ini does have selection=ldap.so in it enabled which accounts for why I experienced no problems with apache. -- doesn't work with apache2,

[Bug 50815] doesn't work with apache2, i.e. http://localhost/phpldapadmin fails

2006-06-23 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: phpldapadmin I had to edit /etc/php4/apache2/php.ini (created by libapach2-mod-php4 package) to add extension=ldap.so. The postinst script seems to not check this file albeit it enables php4 in apache2 properly by adding /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php4.{l

[Bug 50701] acroread plugin does not work with firefox in ubuntu

2006-06-22 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: see subject, click on any pdf file and configure firefox to use acroread plugin ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- acroread plugin does not work with firefox in ubuntu https://launchpad.net/bugs/50701 -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 50453] Re: [Bug 50453] Re: Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox

2006-06-20 Thread Walter Tautz
Walter Tautz wrote: > By the way with mozilla browser I have NO difficulties doing the above > task of remote management of cups printers. > > The cups server I'm connecting to is one compiled from www.cups.org, not an Ubuntu/Dapper cups server but firefox is running on dap

[Bug 50453] Re: Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox

2006-06-20 Thread Walter Tautz
By the way with mozilla browser I have NO difficulties doing the above task of remote management of cups printers. -- Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox https://launchpad.net/bugs/50453 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

[Bug 50453] Can not manage printers remotely in cups via firefox

2006-06-20 Thread Walter Tautz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox I like to remotely manage printers on cups via browser. I had done this with breezy firefox quite nicely but with the new firefox on dapper I have a spinning browser after choosing HP which should then take me to the foomatic list of printer model