[Bug 244512] [NEW] Apache 2.2.9 suEXEC prohibits low dspam uid in dspam-webfrontend

2008-07-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dspam-webfrontend suEXEC in Apache 2.2.9 has a AP_UID_MIN=1000, which prohibits running dspam-webfrontend with the default low (<1000) uid of dspam. Workaround is to change uid of dspam user to something > 1000. ** Affects: dspam (Ubuntu) Importanc

[Bug 225501] Re: Gui hangs when selecting file priority

2008-07-28 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Seconded ** Changed in: transmission (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Gui hangs when selecting file priority https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225501 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 284408] Re: r3xx Hardware does not work with fglrx [EPR#257839]

2008-11-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Still no luck here with a Mobility Radeon 9700 ("ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]" according to lspci). Same error as before, when modprobing fglrx: [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 430 MBytes. [fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes [f

[Bug 284408] Re: r3xx Hardware does not work with fglrx [EPR#257839]

2008-11-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Mario, The fglrx errors I pasted in my previous response are from dmesg. I did not go as far as installing the Xorg fglrx driver via the restricted drivers manager, since it screws up to much other stuff and is a PITA to revert. I just installed fglrx-kernel-source and watched DKMS do it's thing,

[Bug 353024] Re: build zaptel against kernel 2.6.28

2009-04-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #518017 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518017 ** Also affects: zaptel (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518017 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- build zaptel against kernel 2.6.28 https://bu

[Bug 229606] Re: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL resulting in Segmentation Fault

2008-06-02 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
No point opening a separate bug - I don't get a coredump, or even anything logged. It just goes *poof*! It doesn't even seem to follow any consistent pattern - but seems to be happening less frequently since I upgraded to Flash 10.0 (beta). Hopefully FF3 RC1 will arrive in the repos soon. -- GLi

[Bug 272454] [NEW] zaptel fails to compile with kernel 2.6.26 or later

2008-09-20 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: zaptel-source See Debian bug 493397 - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493397 Please sync Ubuntu package to same ver as Debian, which includes patch to compile cleanly. ** Affects: zaptel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Sta

[Bug 229606] Re: GLib-GObject-CRITICAL resulting in Segmentation Fault

2008-05-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I just started seeing these crashes in the last couple of days too, although I also just installed the linux-phc version of acpi_cpufreq, and ran the optimize script to find the lowest possible safe voltages to undervolt my CPU. Not sure if that has been a factor however, since Firefox is the only

[Bug 211415] Re: Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0

2008-08-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
libapache2-mod-wsgi is in Intrepid repos. This bug can be closed. ** Changed in: mod-wsgi (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211415 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 309762] Re: initramfs fails to mount ext4 root partition or provide user intervention (even when ext4 module is available in the image)

2008-12-31 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Just to confirm, the custom_mount_ext4 script is only needed in local- bottom. Also, the `modprobe ext4` is not needed, since it's compiled into the kernel now. However, it's probably wise to using `-t ext4` as the mount option. #! /bin/sh mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /root mount -t ext4 /dev/disk/by-

[Bug 312809] [NEW] crontab entries are incorrect

2008-12-31 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-motd Somebody needs to do a bit of basic sysadmin reading. * 06 * * * root[ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin /update-motd daily 2>/dev/null The above entry will execute every minute, daily, from 06:00 until 06:59. * * * * 1

[Bug 309762] Re: initramfs fails to mount ext4 root partition or provide user intervention (even when ext4 module is available in the image)

2009-01-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
An even simpler solution is to append rootfstype=ext4 to kopt in /boot/grub/menu.list, eg. # kopt=root=UUID=24c707be-c824-4781-89bd-25ed9dba54f8 ro rootfstype=ext4 Then just run "sudo update-grub". No custom initramfs scripts needed. -- initramfs fails to mount ext4 root partition or provide us

[Bug 312809] Re: crontab entries are incorrect

2009-01-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Package version is 1.9 (jaunty). I also have the */10 rule, but then the following four rules. I didn't add them myself. 00 * * * * root[ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd hourly 2>/dev/null * 06 * * * root[ -x /usr/sbin/update-motd ] && /usr/sbin/update-motd

[Bug 314378] [NEW] RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: RTC device doesn't appear in /dev, and various other symptoms indicate absence of RTC device r...@vmhost2:~# lsmod | grep rtc r...@vmhost2:~# dmesg | grep rtc [1.992386] platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found) [2.122900] /build/buildd

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20948209/uname-a.log -- RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "version.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20948222/version.log -- RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20948225/dmesg.log -- RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "lspci-vnvn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20948230/lspci-vnvn.log -- RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-01-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20948237/dmidecode.log ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #451188 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451188 ** Also affects: linux (Fedora) via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451188 Importance:

[Bug 274085] Re: Please update Ekiga to 3.00

2009-01-10 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Any chance of getting 3.10 in Jaunty? CELT and G.722 support has been added. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-devel- list/2009-January/msg00052.html Since Empathy seems to always crash when calling GTalk buddies, Ekiga (on Windows too) looks like a possible alternative. -- Please update Eki

[Bug 329881] Re: Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather

2009-02-17 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Is there a way to edit this manually (ie, using gconf-editor)? The only mention of "weather" I could find with gconf-editor was in the /schemas/apps/gweather key (some "locations" there), but as they are schemas, gconf-editor can't edit them. -- Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weat

[Bug 329881] [NEW] Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather

2009-02-15 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: When Berlin is selected as a location in Gnome's weather applet or clock applet, it hits the URL http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi- bin/mgetmetar.pl?=EDDI which is the Tempelhof weather station. Since Tempelhof airport closed on Oct 30 last year, it's not very surprising that th

[Bug 329881] Re: Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather

2009-02-15 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
libgweather-common 2.25.5-0ubuntu1 libgweather1 2.25.5-0ubuntu1 -- Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-08-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Still no luck with an iPaq 2210. [ 643.140056] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [ 643.341554] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 643.480600] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [ 643.481881] usbserial: USB Serial support registered fo

[Bug 329881] Re: Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather

2009-03-21 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This appears to be fixed now (although I had to remove then re-add Berlin to my locations before it hit the new EDDT station URL). -- Weather applet uses defunct station for Berlin weather https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 314378] Re: RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5

2009-03-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This appears to be fixed (at least in my case) with linux-image-server 2.6.27-11 -- RTC inaccessible on HP ProLiant ML350 G5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 212280] Re: cups-pdf printer not generating PDF file.

2008-09-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I found that it fails if you don't have a 'PDF' directory in your home directory (since the default cups-pdf config is to print to ~/PDF). You can get away with permissions of 0701 on your home directory. The main thing is that "other" users have at least +x permission, so that cups-pdf can at lea

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2007-05-13 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This bug does not appear to be Ubuntu-specific. I set up the same test rig with Debian 4.0, running kernel 2.6.18, and the performance was acceptable. When I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.20, performance suffered in a similar way as with the Ubuntu 7.04 setup. Disk write performance under 2.6.20 may

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2008-02-20 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Upgrade to Gutsy if you can, and consider Hardy once it's stable... Hardy+1 may even be the best release we'll have seen in a while, since Linus has given kernel 2.6.25 a coveted "weasel" series name: http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.25-rc2_A_Winner Unfortunately I doubt we'll see 2.6.25 in Hardy.

[Bug 203948] Re: zaptel 1.4.8~dfsg-1 fails to compile under kernel 2.6.24

2008-04-19 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
@ Jamie Strandboge: Using what type of channel? A colleague of mine just upgraded a Feisty box running Asterisk 1.2 to Hardy, running Asterisk 1.4 and reported no problems. He is using ztdummy from the zaptel 1.4.9.2 (Debian) package. The box is just handling SIP and IAX channels. -- zaptel 1.4.

[Bug 203948] Re: zaptel 1.4.8~dfsg-1 fails to compile under kernel 2.6.24

2008-04-20 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
The configuration I am referring to was a fresh install of Hardy Heron (i386, server) to replace a Feisty box that had been running for about the last year. As I said, the zaptel-source (v 1.4.9.2) package was taken from the Debian repos, and seems to be working fine. I'm not at all surprised that

[Bug 225229] [NEW] agentXPerms configuration directive is ignored

2008-05-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: agentXPerms configuration directive is ignored, causing problems when trying to Asterisk's res_snmp module in sub-agent mode. Socket /var/agentx/master has root.root ownership, and 0755 perms by default, preventing Asterisk's sub-agent from writing to the socket. Manually ch

[Bug 211415] Re: Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0

2008-04-28 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Thanks TJ for providing a PPA. I am running your mod-wsgi package on a couple of Hardy boxes and it seems to be running fine. Look forward to seeing it officially in hardy-backports and the upcoming intrepid repos. -- Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211415 You recei

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2007-07-10 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to blame libata, since I first noticed the problem with a 3ware SATA RAID card (model 9650SE). -- kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113532 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
@samnmax: As I have already said, the bug does not lie within the kernel - you have a buggy ACPI BIOS. This is why you require NHC or similar in Windows. If your ACPI BIOS was correct, then frequency scaling would be working for you in both Linux and Windows. speedstep_centrino is DEPRECATED. It w

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
The problem with continuing to patch for this issue, is that the patch is going to become rather more elaborate when speedstep_centrino is fully removed from the kernel. Up until now, it has simply been a matter of adding frequencing/voltage pair tables to the existing speedstep_centrino. However,

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I'm guessing from your reply that you have not visited bugzilla.kernel.org and read the background of the problem. I'll point you in the right direction. There are more that just one "upstream guys" doing "stupid things", but you might want to start with Len Brown, who also works at Intel, so he h

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Maybe you only searched open bugs. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8228 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8245 These bugs are closed/rejected/dupe because of the fact that the fault does not lie with the kernel. Good luck with this. -- [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working a

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
How many notebooks does this problem affect? 50? 100? 10,000? Now express that as a percentage of the total users of Ubuntu. That should give you a rough idea of how much time should be allocated to this. Should Ubuntu also ship older versions of X, for those old laptops that can't handle the newe

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I am not a kernel developer per se, but I am a developer nonetheless, and I have done a bit of kernel debugging back in the early days of 2.6. I think some people are overlooking the feasibility of continuing to support speedstep_centrino once it has been officially removed from the kernel. This i

[Bug 190729] Re: the composite extension it's not available after instal ati restricted driver

2008-02-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 173663 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173663 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 173663 [fglrx] compiz will not launch with fglrx driver - falls back to metacity on xserver 1.4 (1.3 is ok) -- the composite extension it's not available af

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2008-02-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Some colleagues of mine reported that disk io performance of Ubuntu 7.10 (ie, kernel 2.6.22) was much nearer that of 6.10. Basically, Ubuntu 7.04, or more accurately, kernel 2.6.20, was a bit of a lemon. -- kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 193061] Re: java: xcb_xlib.c:82: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed.

2008-02-26 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Hacky workaround described here: http://daveshuck.instantspot.com/blog/2008/01/29/cxliblock-failed-error- on-Java-applications Worked for me. -- java: xcb_xlib.c:82: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193061 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 173663] Re: [fglrx] compiz will not launch with fglrx driver - falls back to metacity

2008-01-24 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I'm running a Mobility Radeon 9700 with fglrx, and also cannot get compiz to start. I notice that by default, the restricted drivers manager adds the following to xorg.conf when installing the fglrx driver: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "0" EndSection Is this releva

[Bug 132271] Re: [GUTSY] cpu freq scaling not working anymore

2007-10-31 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
As somebody who used to be affected by this bug, I can say with a reasonable level of certainty, that your BIOS (in particular the ACPI code) is buggy. The speedstep-centrino frequency table hack was marked as deprecated in an earlier kernel (sometime around 2.6.18), and newer kernels use ACPI for

[Bug 177829] Re: Please update fgrlx to 8.44 aka 7.12

2008-01-08 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-3-generic version 2.6.24.4-3.10 also still shows AMD "Testing use only, Unsupported hardware" watermark on Mobility Radeon 9700, despite changelog stating "fglrx: Added signature and control files to remove watermark". -- Please update fgrlx to 8.44 aka 7.12 https:

[Bug 176638] Re: [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3

2008-01-08 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Watermark still present on Mobility Radeon 9700, with package ver 2.6.24.4-3.10 -- [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176638 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 176638] Re: [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3

2008-01-08 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I copied them from the upstream ATI installer, as described above, and the watermark is now gone. These files don't appear to be present in the Ubuntu package however. -- [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176638 You received this bug not

[Bug 176638] Re: [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3

2008-01-08 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
My mistake, I was looking in the linux-restricted-modules package, not xorg-driver-fglrx package. Still curious why they didn't get installed in my latest apt-get upgrade though... oO -- [hardy] Files to disable screen watermark missing from 8.42.3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176638 You rece

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2007-05-16 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Thanks for the information and graphs Stephan. I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing these problems. There's also a thread on VMware's forums about this: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=83459 So is this purely a kernel issue, that should be apparent when running loads other th

[Bug 205646] Re: linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver

2008-04-02 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
e1000 driver still not present in linux-image-2.6.24-14-virtual -- linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205646 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 211415] [NEW] Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0

2008-04-03 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Package is available in Debian sid and lenny. Also, a backport to Gutsy would be way cool. ** Affects: mod-wsgi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Please upgrade to modwsgi 2.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211415 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 203948] [NEW] zaptel 1.4.8~dfsg-1 fails to compile under kernel 2.6.24

2008-03-19 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: zaptel Related to Digium bug http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11141 but even after applying those, compilation fails further down. Please update 1.4.9.2 (current upstream release as of writing) and ensure it builds with m-a. ** Affects: zaptel (Ubuntu

[Bug 201984] [NEW] xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector does not work in Firefox 3.0b4

2008-03-13 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector install.rdf has incorrect maxVersion, and claims to be incompatible with Firefox 3.0b4. Attached patch corrects it. ** Affects: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- xulrunner-1.9-dom-insp

[Bug 201984] Re: xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector does not work in Firefox 3.0b4

2008-03-13 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Attachment added: "install.rdf patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12655344/install.rdf.patch -- xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector does not work in Firefox 3.0b4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201984 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 183839] Re: USB file transfers extremely slow and eventually cause kernel freezes

2008-03-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I'm seeing similar results with Hardy and kernel 2.6.24-12. Copy an ISO file for example to my USB memory stick takes around 15-18 minutes, and Nautilus's file operations dialog reports transfer speeds of around 700 KB/sec. Copying the same file under Windows finishes in around 4-5 minutes. I don'

[Bug 183839] Re: USB file transfers extremely slow and eventually cause kernel freezes

2008-03-14 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I just tried booting in rescue mode, opened a shell as root and copied the same ISO file to the USB stick with Midnight Commander, and it copied MUCH faster - averaging 5.6 MB/sec. I then tried booting normally, but at GDM screen switched to a text vty, and repeated the copy with MC again. Still g

[Bug 205646] [NEW] linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver

2008-03-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual contains e1000e, but not e1000. If VMware server is configured to present an e1000 NIC to the guest, the e1000e driver does not detect it. This can be reproduced by adding the following line to the .vmx vmware guest config file: ethernet0.virtual

[Bug 205646] Re: linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver

2008-03-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
To answer my own question, after scanning the source of the e1000e driver, it appears it does not look for PCI ID 8086:100f - therefore will not load for the 82545EM NIC emulated by VMware. The e1000 driver will need to be added. -- linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver https

[Bug 203948] Re: zaptel 1.4.8~dfsg-1 fails to compile under kernel 2.6.24

2008-03-29 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Package has been updated to 1.4.9.2 in Debian Sid: * New upstream release (Closes: #464900). - All kernel modules moved to under kernel/ * Converting patches to quilt (because bristuff uses them). * Include the separate xpp changelog file. * Fix a possible crash with oslec when a fa

[Bug 201984] Re: xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector does not work in Firefox 3.0b4

2008-04-05 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Fixed in 1.9~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ** Changed in: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector does not work in Firefox 3.0b4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201984 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 93331] Re: Kernel doesn't scale my CPU.

2007-07-05 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I updated the BIOS on my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M1425 to BIOS version 1.08 (released December 2004, only two weeks after my previous, buggy BIOS, ver 1.06c). With the new BIOS, acpi-cpufreq now loads successfully, detects the clock speeds available, and scales the cpu frequency correctly. This is o

[Bug 111138] Ubuntu Server 7.04 AMD64 installs generic kernel by default

2007-04-29 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Server install CD for Ubuntu 7.04 AMD64 boots up and installs generic kernel, not server kernel. i386 install CD correctly installs server kernel. Have seen this occur on three separate installs so far, on Opteron, Xeon and Pentium D ha

[Bug 113532] Re: kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2007-05-09 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
These benchmarks demonstrate the marked difference when running VMware on Feisty. Ubuntu 7.04, 2.6.20-15-server, i386, VMware 1.0.3, 14 guests running, Ubuntu-packaged vmmon/vmnet Version 1.03 --Sequential Output-- --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block

[Bug 113532] kernel 2.6.20 disk write performance much slower than 2.6.17

2007-05-09 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.20 Using bonnie++, disk write performance is up to 50% slower on Ubuntu 7.04 (kernel 2.6.20) compared with Ubuntu 6.10 (kernel 2.6.17) and Ubuntu 6.06 (kernel 2.6.15). Ubuntu 7.04, 2.6.20-15-server, i386, no load Version 1.03

[Bug 97264] new upstream version 0.96 available

2007-03-27 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: python-django Please update. ** Affects: python-django (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- new upstream version 0.96 available https://launchpad.net/bugs/97264 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 93331] Re: Kernel doesn't scale my CPU.

2007-03-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Ben committed the patch to the Ubuntu kernel git tree, but I don't think the packages have been rebuilt as of yet. I applied the patch myself to existing linux-source-2.6.20 package, and speedstep works fine. I guess it's only a matter of time (and getting approval from the release team) to sneak

[Bug 538648] Re: [gm45] Irregular sync flashes with compiz on (Lenovo T500)

2010-04-20 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I've been running Lucid alpha for a while now, and I'm 99% certain that this only started happening on my Thinkpad T500 since kernel package 2.6.32-16. -- [gm45] Irregular sync flashes with compiz on (Lenovo T500) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538648 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 554079] Re: Lucid boot failed to complete after fsck

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This problem has hit me twice recently. The first time (iirc) I was able to ctrl-alt-del at the Plymouth screen, and upon reboot it briefly flashed the fsck message again but booted successfully. The second time was just this morning (with a fully up to date system), and I had to ctrl-alt-f2 to get

[Bug 538648] Re: [Intel GM45] Irregular sync flashes on 8086:2a42 (Needs i915.powersave quirk)

2010-05-16 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I ran Lucid alpha/daily installs since about January IIRC, and am 99% sure that the flicker problem first occurred with kernel image 2.6.32-16 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8942276&postcount=9). It's possible that the problem has been fixed upstream in 2.6.34 (or .33 even), but if you're

[Bug 538648] Re: [Intel GM45] Irregular sync flashes on 8086:2a42 (Needs i915.powersave quirk)

2010-05-17 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
@Jeff250, @Robert Hooker: well that certainly explains the mystery for me at least anyway. I never realized that i915.powersave=0 had been default in -15 (and should have read the other 81 comments before mine) -- [Intel GM45] Irregular sync flashes on 8086:2a42 (Needs i915.powersave quir

[Bug 430694] Re: agpgart-intel not loaded before drm sometimes, causes KMS to fail

2009-10-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
@56: Sorry to burst your bubble. It just happened three times in a row for me on that kernel. -- agpgart-intel not loaded before drm sometimes, causes KMS to fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430694 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 431178] Re: xorg is slow since new upstart

2009-09-18 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
The main issue is these lines in your XorgLog: (EE) intel(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for : No such file or directory (EE) intel(0): Failed to become DRM master. I've been seeing this bug occasionally on my system too, since the new upstart stuff. When booting, KMS fails to set the mode,

[Bug 430654] Re: udev 147 outputs warnings about default rules

2009-09-18 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
With respect to the /dev/dri issue, I see that happening too, and it coincided with the appearance of these udev error messages. Without DRM, X is very, very slow. This happens on my system about once in every five boots I don't know whether the failure to create /dev/dri nodes are linked to th

[Bug 430876] Re: /dev/dri devices are absent after recent update (intel card)

2009-10-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This is still occurring periodically on my system. I also tried re- installing libdrm-intel1 and libdrm2. -- /dev/dri devices are absent after recent update (intel card) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430876 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 1261175] Re: [wishlist] F2FS missing in Ubiquity "Use as" partition option

2013-12-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Any such d-i component is going to have to warn that the partition on which /boot resides cannot be f2fs, since grub does not support booting from f2fs yet. I'd certainly be interested in seeing f2fs get more support. Since Samsung make most of the world's flash memory, they're probably in a good

[Bug 969796] Re: screencast recording does not record sound

2012-04-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Apparently it's possible - https://profiles.google.com/111457576238197018431/buzz/1z4QQYbonqV ... but sounds buggy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969796 Title: screencast recording

[Bug 975360] [NEW] shell-recorder does not close file when recording is stopped

2012-04-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: According to https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet the GS screencast tool can be started and stopped with the key combination Control+Shift+Alt+R. I've found that stopping a recording does not close the file that is being recorded to (visible in the output of `lsof | gr

[Bug 969843] Re: background offset - leaves dead area

2012-04-09 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 973979 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973979 Seems to me happen on most logins from cold boot. Log out and log in again, and then everything is in its right place. Video is Intel GM45 on a Thinkpad T500. -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 690413] Re: nm-applet segfaults

2010-12-19 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I think the patch that was introduced to fix the memory leaks inadvertently also introduced a segfault. Perhaps umalloc()'ing a pointer that hasn't been malloc()'ed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 690413] Re: nm-applet segfaults

2010-12-20 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Still segfaulting with package ver 0.8.3+git.20101209t081952.0330eca- 0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690413 Title: nm-applet segfaults -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 690413] Re: nm-applet segfaults

2010-12-21 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Seems to be working OK now with 0.8.3+git.20101209t081952.0330eca- 0ubuntu2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690413 Title: nm-applet segfaults -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 690413] Re: nm-applet segfaults

2010-12-22 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Mathieu, that would possibly make sense, because my Thinkpad T500 has an integrated UMTS modem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690413 Title: nm-applet segfaults -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 676624] Re: Panel applets randomly fail to start.

2011-01-09 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676624 Title: Panel applets randomly fail to start. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 684599] Re: Memory leak in nm-applet

2010-12-04 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
If you look in your ~/.xsession-errors you will also see a steady stream of errors from nm-applet: (nm-applet:1648): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_image_get_storage_type: assertion `GTK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed (nm-applet:1648): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (nm-applet:1648

[Bug 937537] Re: libgnutls26 2.12.14 breaks SSL tracker support in Transmission

2013-01-16 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Yep, confirmed working here. I should have updated the bug earlier, but didn't want it to miss its first birthday ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937537 Title: libgnutls26 2.12.14

[Bug 844957] Re: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze

2011-09-28 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Confirmed again here also. Tested with a WD 1TB "My Passport" drive, formatted with a single NTFS partition. Kernel panic on very first attempt to remove it. Have we ascertained whether this bug is specific to drives containing an NTFS partition? I saw that theory being bounced around earlier. --

[Bug 844957] Re: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Is this already fixed by upstream 3.0.5 or 3.0.6, as stated in the Debian package changelog? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844957 Title: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can caus

[Bug 844957] Re: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze

2011-09-11 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I'm experiencing this too, however on amd64 (and no Nvidia modules - Intel GM45 chipset here). My un-scientific estimate of when this started to happen is approximately 2 weeks ago. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 844957] Re: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze

2011-09-12 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I managed to capture an oops without my notebook panicking. Attached are the relevant bits from dmesg. ** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/844957/+attachment/2394609/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 844957] Re: Safely removing external (usb) hdd's can cause a kernel panic or system freeze

2011-09-13 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
This may in fact be more a kernel bug than something in g-s-d, as indicated by the Debian bug I just linked to. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #631187 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631187 ** Also affects: debian via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug

[Bug 869127] [NEW] Please add sflphone package for Oneiric

2011-10-06 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Package was previously available in Oneiric suite, but was removed. Please re-add. ** Affects: sflphone (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 937537] Re: libgnutls26 2.12.14 breaks SSL tracker support in Transmission

2012-10-23 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Nope. Quantal was released whilst this bug just sat quietly in the corner. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to get 2.12.20 when the Debian-sid import is done. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9

[Bug 975360] Re: shell-recorder does not close file when recording is stopped

2012-05-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
I'm not so sure this is fixed. gnome-shell 3.4.1-5ubuntu1 does now create unique files for each recording, but those file are all exactly 300 bytes. The contents appear to be a valid webm header, but obviously contain no actual video data, and cannot be played back by VLC for example. -- You rece

[Bug 1007488] [NEW] shell-recorder creates incomplete .webm recordings

2012-06-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: GNOME Shell's screencast recording feature (shell-recorder) creates 300-byte long, incomplete .webm recordings. The files appear to contain a valid .webm header, but no actual video data. Bug is present on gnome-shell 3.4.1-5ubuntu1. ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Imp

[Bug 975360] Re: shell-recorder does not close file when recording is stopped

2012-06-01 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Jeremy, new bug created at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /gnome-shell/+bug/1007488 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975360 Title: shell-recorder does not close file when rec

[Bug 992173] [NEW] Update python-git to 0.3.2rc1

2012-04-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Ubuntu's python-git package (v0.1.6) is very outdated. Debian wheezy has 0.3.2rc1, and upstream docs state that even 0.2 is EOL. ** Affects: python-git (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 992173] Re: Update python-git to 0.3.2rc1

2012-04-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
And what I meant to say was "thank you". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992173 Title: Update python-git to 0.3.2rc1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 992173] Re: Update python-git to 0.3.2rc1

2012-04-30 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
That's got to be the fastest Ubuntu bug resolution ever. Normally I wait months for any movement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992173 Title: Update python-git to 0.3.2rc1 To manage

[Bug 1011991] [NEW] network-manager VPN plugins disconnect shortly after connecting

2012-06-12 Thread Daniel Swarbrick
Public bug reported: Multiple VPN plugins (openvpn, pptp) have been observed to automatically disconnect less than a minute after connecting. This is has been acknowledged and fixed upstream - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/libnm- glib/nm-vpn-plugin.c?id=11b8574f

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