[Bug 129142] Re: Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU

2008-08-28 Thread Gene Caldwell
everyone seems to know what to do with this attachment, however I only know about .deb packages, someone kindly help out the clueless ? -- Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 129142] Re: Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU

2008-08-28 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, here we go again, I think I know what it is. but more importantly I know that its not an installable update. why can't we get fixes for bug in .deb packages guys ? common, I'm not a developer, I'm a user and I use hardy right now, its beyond me how a fix for a problem this big is only being tal

[Bug 129142] Re: Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU

2008-08-28 Thread Gene Caldwell
lol, ok guys, I'll be patientdo you think it will be ready in the next hour or so ? *grin* ( thanks for letting me know.) -- Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 298198] Re: frequent wireless disconnets

2008-12-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
no, I don't have your issue. My problem started AFTER there was an update, I never got it working right after that update. So I decided to do a fresh new install because it was working before the update, but not after that update. After the fresh install, the problem has not re- appeared. It is ho

[Bug 298198] [NEW] frequent wireless disconnets

2008-11-14 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager I'm getting frequent wireless disconnects in 8.10 running prism54pci drivers when other wireless clients are not losing connections. I have adjusted the beacon interval and DTIM values in the router with no success. I have seen others with

[Bug 172258] Re: amd64 version of gstreamer0.10-pitfdll?

2008-11-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
this is a duplicate of bug #114079 . I have been waiting for the fix for this for over a year now. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10-pitfdll/+bug/114079 -- amd64 version of gstreamer0.10-pitfdll? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172258 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-11-30 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'm not experiencing this problem on ANY install or upgrade of intrepid 8.10. -- compiz fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-11-03 Thread Gene Caldwell
JUST an FYI to Alberto and anyone with an older NV11 or so GPU, I installed the Nvidia driver that was posted in this thread late last week(96.x), directly from the nvidia web site per the instructions that were posted here. then Alberto strongly suggested that we wait for the ubuntu deb package, b

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-11-03 Thread Gene Caldwell
Ii should clarify my point, in the past the 96.x drivers would not install or enable on my GeForce2 Go laptop, so I was forced to use the 71.x drivers. This time however the 96.xx drivers installed without complaint - even if it was directly from the Nvidia web site using the Nvidia installer. So,

[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)

2008-11-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
I am having this problem on every computer I have installed 8.10 on. I have some computers connected to a KVM, but others ARE NOT. my laptop IS NOT connected to a KVM and the same problem exist. This problem existed in 7.04 and was finally corrected in 7.10 and 8.04, but now its back. it does not m

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-11-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
@dgjones For reference I have your same exact GPU, I get 440+ FPS while compiz is running with an 850mhz CPU. I do nothing special in setup and as I recall, SBA and FW's are not supported on that card, so there's no tweaking. code: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status or cat /proc/driver/nvidia/

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-11-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
@dgjones wow ! those commands no longer work, and I have no clue what new commands provide the info that we need. sorry, maybe someone else knows the new commands ? -- [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251107 You received this

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-11-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
these two work: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/registry or cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version you should get what you need there: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ glxgears 2088 frames in 5.0 seconds = 417.542 FPS 2207 frames in 5.0 seconds = 441.245 FPS 2226 frames in 5.0 seconds = 444.931 FPS 2132 frames in 5.0 se

[Bug 124406] Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)

2008-11-04 Thread Gene Caldwell
I read something above about this being fixed..humm, nope its not fixed on kernel 2.6.27 -- Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 129142] Re: Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU

2008-10-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
nearly two months later and testing ubuntu 8.10 RC this new version of RSS-GLX 0.8.2 is still not showing up in the repos. The RC version of RSS-GLX is 0.8.1-10ubuntu2. How much longer before this critical fix is available ? -- Really Slick Screensavers use 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-10-27 Thread Gene Caldwell
I did lots of searching on the net regarding this problem, what I found is that 2.6.27 has been out there for months and this OLD driver has been known for a good long while. several distros have been "waiting" for months for this updated old drivers release. Alberto makes it seem like it just arou

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-10-27 Thread Gene Caldwell
just to be clear, several people here said just be patient and wait, it will be fixed and old drivers updated by Nvidiamy point was that several distros have been waiting already for months for this bug fix for the old drivers and they are still waiting. Telling people to be patient implies th

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-10-27 Thread Gene Caldwell
and Alberto, you do an awesome job ! there was no dissatisfaction with your work regarding this, it was the absence of statements about this problem and concerns about how to know if we should upgrade or not if we have a working accelerated driver in hardy. This is really frustrating as the new 8.

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-10-30 Thread Gene Caldwell
guess I'll have to wait for Alberto too, no clue how to grab it and get it installed/working. However I did not see anything posted about which legacy cards were supported. I have a notebook with a Geforce2 Go and had to use the 71.xx legacy driver in hardy, I see nothing about this new driver sup

[Bug 251107] Re: [Intrepid] nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: AllocateScreenPrivateIndex

2008-10-30 Thread Gene Caldwell
actually I posted at the same time as the post with instructions above, new drivers are installed and working just fine for a Geforce2 Go. One little issue, compiz will not enable ( desktop effects ) but I believe that the compiz test says the old card just does not meet minimal requirements (32mb

[Bug 195805] Re: Keyboard stops responding in X

2008-10-31 Thread Gene Caldwell
and no one even bothered to read my comments about this bug -- Keyboard stops responding in X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 185415] Re: No vmnet module for -386er Kernel

2008-09-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
chris, I think I do not know enough about linux..the script above produces errors when I run it, it can't find vmware-server-kernel-modules or build-essentials... however I believe build-essentials is already installed, there are other errors as follows : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo bash [EM

[Bug 185415] Re: No vmnet module for -386er Kernel

2008-09-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
cancel that, I found a tutorial that was simple and easy to follow. I now have vmware-server 1.0.7 installed and functioning on 8.0.4 -- No vmnet module for -386er Kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185415 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 114079] Re: GstFFMpegCsp: subclass did not specify output size

2008-10-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
where is this fix ? I have been waiting for some time now for the 64 bit fix to this problem and I still do not see a pitfdll for hardy 64bit anywhere. ** Changed in: gstreamer0.10-pitfdll (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Incomplete -- GstFFMpegCsp: subclass did not specify output siz

[Bug 174183] Re: synaptic manager preferences not remembered

2008-09-12 Thread Gene Caldwell
I just want to remind the devs that this bug showed up for the first time when compiz was added to ubuntu. this bug did not exist prior to the effects addition leading one to believe that the OGL rendering seems to be getting in the way of saving the preferences. -- synaptic manager preferences n

[Bug 185415] Re: No vmnet module for -386er Kernel

2008-06-27 Thread Gene Caldwell
with the new vmware server version 1.0.6, the any-any update is no longer needed, so when will we see vmware returned to the repros ? I have searched and searched and find nothing about when we can expect anything at all in the partners repro. Can we get some kind of comment from ubuntu or a dev th

[Bug 225320] Re: vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.24-16 does not exist

2008-06-27 Thread Gene Caldwell
where is vmware for hardy ? I learned that the any-any update was causing ubuntu some issues for support, but now vmware server 1.0.6 is out and the any-any update is no longer needed to install. when can we expect to see vmware return to the repo ? we need some kind of comment from the devs or fro

[Bug 208939] Re: Default screensaver should be "blank screen"

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 174191 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174191 The bug is that the screensavers use way too many resources and send the CPU usage to 100%. And if the end user does not monitor his system CPU then the screensavers prevent copy commands and other such opera

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
Thormod, I really do not believe that I installed the packages you want me to uninstall.actually, I just did a search in synaptic and see that neither one of the packages you want me to uninstall are installed. I'm not trying to contradict you, but there is nothing for me to uninstall at the

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
wow, that was a mistake, I just installed the 2 packages mentioned above and half locked the computer requiring a hard reset. IMO they should be removed from the repo until they do not present this condition. but thats just my opinion. this test was preformed on a dual-cpu 2.0 ghtz (not dual-core)

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
hu, I'm not sure I agree. As I stated above, I have seen this high CPU racing condition every since I started using Ubuntu 4 years ago. Its not something new. its there with each and every driver that Nvidia has released to the linux community. I do not agree that this is a driver issue as I h

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
here is the web site that the screensavers I am talking about come from: http://www.reallyslick.com/. these are the very same screensavers that are offered in the Debian/Ubuntu repro as I run on windows. run these screensavers in windows and you get the very same CPU racing condition as you do here

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-17 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'd like to take one minute to make sure that I am not giving out the wrong impression, I'm simply trying to get to the bottom of the 100% CPU racing condition on screensavers. I'm not knocking any code or anyones coding skills. I am not reporting any lock-up issues here, I simply wanted to mentio

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
below I copy and pasted an email that I received from the author of these screensavers, it turns out that this is expected behavior. however he said that there are options to help moderate this issue, but since we have no configuration dialog in the screensavers dialog, we can not do anything about

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
yep !! that works( at least in a windowed setting, the real test is does it work in native full screen mode ? ), now how do I get that to do the same thing whenever a random SS starts ? where are these .desktop files you are referring to ? I will be happy to do some experiments to find a good balan

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, I just completed making adjustments to the .desktop files and I seem to have had success looking at the system resource monitor(the CPU usage )..grrr, but when I re-run the benchmark test as described in the wiki link above to compare old results with new results, it looks like the .desktop

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, here are the values I used in the .desktop files that look like they produce CPU usage lower than 30%, but again, I was just doing visual monitoring, not actual CPU values: gene 6417 68.4 0.3 39424 6492 pts/0 RL 22:31 0:20 /usr/lib/xscreensaver/sundancer2- fixed -n <- gene 6104 7

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
well, I ran the first one...LOL, it ran for 2 hours and I just now killed the prossesgrrr. you said don't touch the keyboard or mouse so I followed directions and just let it run. (please don't tell me to follow you over the cliff - LOL ) no output in the log file, but got all kind of output fr

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-06-18 Thread Gene Caldwell
I cannot determine which column is the CPU usage in the new batch command. I have output, but don't see anything that resembles a % of 100. below are the results of the sort after running, it does not look like the batch ends itself, I had to ctrl+c to end the loop. 0 1000 8708 6464 30 10 3

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-05-13 Thread Gene Caldwell
I could not figure out how to add my results to that link. I could not run full screen because the full screen locked up requiring power off, no keyboard or mouse. USER PID %CPU %MEMVSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND -

[Bug 185415] Re: No vmnet module for -386er Kernel

2008-08-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'm sorry, I don't see how this is a work around... I still do not see any vmware packages in the repros. how does this work around add them to the package manager so that they can be installed ? I thought the sources.list was responsible for adding new repros to synaptic ? -- No vmnet module for

[Bug 281711] Re: network-manager issues with system settings AND secrets (Was: doesn't save wep key on a "system setting" connection)

2009-02-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
"In jaunty you have a checkbox" well, that's nice, however this is an issue with intrepid and this bug was reported for intrepid. Can we please keep THIS bug post limited to intrepid and open a bug report for jaunty when it is released ? We are here looking for solutions to a current release OS bug

[Bug 281711] Re: network-manager issues with system settings AND secrets (Was: doesn't save wep key on a "system setting" connection)

2009-01-19 Thread Gene Caldwell
I too have this problem, however I am not sure the details are the same. As stated, when system setting is checked for a wireless connection, upon reboot the status is reverted to the previous state where its unchecked. this results in frequent connection/disconnection from the AP. The symptom ho

[Bug 298198] Re: frequent wireless disconnects

2009-01-19 Thread Gene Caldwell
I thought this problem was resolved for me by simply doing a fresh install, however this does not appear to be the case. I found another bug report that is similar to this bug report and posted to that bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/281711 I don't do co

[Bug 151585] Re: USB Devices unrecognised by virtualbox (/proc/bus/usb missing)

2008-12-19 Thread Gene Caldwell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 156085 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156085 I for one am getting tired of getting this message, can someone figure out why this error from virtualbox never get looked at or fixed in ubuntu ? running virtualbox version 2.10 STILL gets this error( and sta

[Bug 281711] Re: network-manager issues with system settings AND secrets (Was: doesn't save wep key on a "system setting" connection)

2009-02-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'm not finding that this ppa has fixed the disconnect issues in 8.10. I just can't get the wireless to stay connected. -- network-manager issues with system settings AND secrets (Was: doesn't save wep key on a "system setting" connection) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281711 You received this

[Bug 239115] Re: The NVIDIA driver in the lrm-envy doesn't support Geforce 9xxx

2008-06-12 Thread Gene Caldwell
I installed and tested on both 32bit and 64bit, installs just fine, I did get a warning that the sanity check could not be preformed due to multiple nvidia.ko's found in the kernel 2.6.24.19(32 bit pc), however it did not seem to cause problems. ( I thought I had removed previous kernels completely

[Bug 195805] Re: Keyboard stops responding in X

2008-09-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'm having a keyboard problem on a dell latitude C800 laptop. I get dead keys. they seem to "go dead" when the laptop lid is shut while the system is up and running as best I can tell. I had assumed that the notebook keyboard needed to be replaced because sometimes they dead keys come back to life

[Bug 195805] Re: Keyboard stops responding in X

2008-09-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I'm not entirely sure what the fix was that was released. however I have insured that I have ALL updates and my problem showed up again a month after this fix was released and bug report was closed. ** Changed in: ubuntu Assignee: (unassigned) => firefeather (firefeather) Status: Fix R

Re: [Bug 103530] Re: continuing Install problems, no video

2007-10-19 Thread Gene Caldwell
yes, this bug is resolved. It seems that when each ubuntu flavor finally upgrades xorg to 7.2 or higher video detection problems go away. BTW 7.10 rocks !!! good job guys ! pass this on to who ever for a well deserved pat on the back. there are some small problems with 7.10 video configuration,

[Bug 203791] Re: emerald themer doesn't work

2008-05-02 Thread Gene Caldwell
can someone get this bug added to ubuntu ? ** Changed in: emerald (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- emerald themer doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203791 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 179807] Re: virtualbox cannot initiate due to vboxdrv missing from kernel modules [x86/hardy]

2008-05-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
I can confirm this problem still exists in 8.04. I went thru all the above tests and trials all to no avail. vboxdrv is clearly not getting installed. With no VMWare available, I decided to try VBOX, my uname -r is : 2.6.24-17-generic which differs from the above which indicates kernel 2.6.24-16-ge

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
I am writing this 16 hours after the post directly above this post, so it looks like 16 hours later the 24.0.1 version is still not there ( no .17 kernel ) is that right ? -- no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226753 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 179807] Re: virtualbox cannot initiate due to vboxdrv missing from kernel modules [x86/hardy]

2008-05-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
most sincere apologies, I had no clue but I do understand. Not to be making a big issue, but I do not consider a small minor revision change to be hi-jacking. Its these kinds of comments that turns off new linux users from reporting bugs. The more correct way of handling minor kernel change issues

[Bug 179807] Re: virtualbox cannot initiate due to vboxdrv missing from kernel modules [x86/hardy]

2008-05-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
@Daniel my tone above did not come out like I had intended, I can't edit, I understand, I was just hoping for more guidence for future posting, I really did/do think I was correctly posting for this bug. thanks for the link to the right bug tho :) -- virtualbox cannot initiate due to vboxdrv mi

[Bug 179807] Re: virtualbox cannot initiate due to vboxdrv missing from kernel modules [x86/hardy]

2008-05-06 Thread Gene Caldwell
I was aware that I was using the proposed.yes, my doing. This was the first time that it had actually bit me like this, I knew the risk...lol, I just did not know that my kernel version 17 came from that repo. it was no big deal for me 'cause I do mainly testing, however I see now that it w

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-07 Thread Gene Caldwell
@Daniel I just checked to see if the release is available yet and it does not look like it is. your links show that it was compiled last night or the job ran, I'm not real sure if it ran clean or not, there was too much for me to understand in the logs. anyway, I'm not rushing because I took you

[Bug 215810] Re: "share folder" does not appear

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
I can confirm this to be a problem. There is no way to create a share out of the box with the release of 8.04 hardy. This WAS working wonderfully in Gutsy 7.10. There was a folder sharing GUI on the admin menu under system tools, this seems to have been removed from Hardy 8.04. I happen to agree

[Bug 215810] Re: "share folder" does not appear

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
see screenshot attachment: This is just plain too much of a hassle: no one should have to go thru this just to share some files on his computer. Help me use linux, not hassle me when I try to use it. someone above suggested to install nautilus-share, where in this distro does it say that there is

[Bug 221978] [NEW] folder/file sharing does not work

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: As described in the title, file and folder sharing is now broke in hardy release version of 8.04. There seems to be a bug about this reported in bug# 215810, where I have confirmed and added comments. This does not appear to be a nautilus-share problem, it appears that folder

[Bug 221978] Re: folder/file sharing does not work

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13898937/Screenshot.png -- folder/file sharing does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221978 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 222002] [NEW] compiz fails to start

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: on fresh installs of 32/64 bit (hardy heron) final release compiz fails to start. This is also a problem when upgrading to hardy 8.04 from 7.10, the path gets changed. I had a fully functional 7.10 with all compiz effects enabled and working like a champ. after the upgrade com

[Bug 215810] Re: "share folder" does not appear

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
for crying out loud, I was trying to share a folder in my home directory ! I am god for my home folder, I would expect to have permissions to do anything I want for folders in my home folder. Second, if it was resolved I would not have just reported it one hour ago. file and folder sharing DOES NO

[Bug 215810] Re: "share folder" does not appear

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
My statement is that the folder sharing service that WAS installed by default in ubuntu 7.10 has been removed from hardy 8.04. The bug you are trying to get me to go look at does not apply to this bug. I have installed 2 copies of the final release of hardy heron and this service that existed in 7

[Bug 215810] Re: "share folder" does not appear

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
I strongly suggest you understand a bug before you just close it. if it was fixed, I would not have reported the bug an hour ago for a fresh install of the newly released hardy heron. ** Changed in: nautilus-share (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Patrice Vetsel (vetsel-patrice) Statu

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-25 Thread Gene Caldwell
@trollord funny, your reaction is close to alberto milone's of Envy who thought it was weird what is more interesting to me is that on a fourth computer, a lap-top, this problem DID NOT happen. that lap-top did not have nvidia card, it was intel I945gml video. On my 3 computers where the pro

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
oh, and one other thing, I don't use fglrx, I use nvidia. I stated that in my bug report. -- compiz fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
There is only one problem with that article..it does not apply to this bug and you changed the status to invalid I did 2 fresh installs and one upgrade, all 3 had the same result. the article specifically says UPGRADES. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- com

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
opps, looks like I stated Nvidia in a follow-up reply above, not the OP. -- compiz fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222002 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubun

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
The article also says: "Remember, this is why you should only install such drivers from Ubuntu." and I did install my Nvidia drivers using Ubuntu restricted drivers manger! -- compiz fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222002 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 222002] Re: compiz fails to start

2008-04-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, this is the contents of that file: # Ubuntu specifc compiz-manager configuration file # goes into /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager # works with git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/fusion/misc/compiz-manager COMPIZ_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin/" PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib/compiz/" COMPIZ_NAME="compiz.real" plea

[Bug 203791] Re: emerald themer doesn't work

2008-04-29 Thread Gene Caldwell
I can confirm this bug in Final release of Hardy Heron. Emerald does nothing after installed from synaptic. Issuing the following command: emerald --replace & followed by a command "exit" in the terminal window will enable emerald functionality ONLY until reboot occurs. following the boot, have t

[Bug 203791] Re: emerald themer doesn't work

2008-04-29 Thread Gene Caldwell
@ Andrew I had already tried the alt-F2 path, but that did not work, the reason as far as I can tell, is that it looks like the & was needed at the end of the command ( I have no idea what it is or does ) . if the emerald --replace is issued in a command window and exit is not then entered after

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-08 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, its finally there, however I get the following error when trying to retrieve from synaptic : W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/virtualbox-ose-modules/virtualbox-ose-modules-generic_24.0.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.46 80] -- no module built

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-08 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, IP is now found and package was installed. However not successfully installed. To get VirtualBox to run, I had to issue the following command : sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko that I found in another thread which solved my problem and VirtualBox is now running on .17

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-10 Thread Gene Caldwell
after rebooting I get the following error: VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel, e.g. virtualbox-ose-modules-generic.. VBox statu

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, so I ran sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko again to get virtualbox working again then your command : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modprobe -r vboxdrv FATAL: Error removing vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Operation not permitted so I guess that I am

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
@daniel this is the output of your request: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo depmod [sudo] password for gene: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modprobe -r vboxdrv [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ modprobe vboxdrv FATAL: Error inserting vboxdrv (/lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko): Operation not permitted -- no

[Bug 226753] Re: no module built for 2.6.24-17-generic

2008-05-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
@Daniel hummm, ok, so I decided to see if I could survive reboots after the "sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/misc/vboxdrv.ko" now that I ran "sudo depmod" manually and it actually does survive reboots nowI booted twice and virtualbox is working without errors now,,, @Lucian

[Bug 50214] Re: can't connect to hidden network

2008-02-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, I can confirm that the NM update as well as the gnome-N-M update that came out several weeks ago DID NOT resolve the problem I am having with hidden SSID AP's, however I seem to recall that the wireless drivers had to be updated to accept or pass some new Variable that was needed. I really did

[Bug 50214] Re: can't connect to hidden network

2008-01-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
I received an email message this morning stating : ** Changed in: network-manager Status: Confirmed => Fix Released So I did a manual update of the affected computer and nothing was updated. If this bug fix has been released, then why would there be no NM updates today ? Also, this will be

[Bug 50214] Re: can't connect to hidden network

2008-01-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
, my bad.hummm, no way to edit. I did not realize how this launchpad thing was setup, it looks like I did not understand that this was not a Ubuntu bug reporting tool, but rather a common location for affected distros ? is that correct ? I guess that really answers my next question, I

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2008-01-12 Thread Gene Caldwell
I would be the very last person on earth to contradict anyone who has Linux expertise as I have so little that I'm just not going to go there.however, I have been using Ubuntu since 5.04 and I use only Nvidia cards, and not one single release since 5.04 had good drivers then according to the co

[Bug 50214] Re: can't connect to hidden network

2007-12-11 Thread Gene Caldwell
I have this very same problembut I did not see in this bug report that NM see's the AP but refuses to connect if SSID broadcast is turned off. I can understand why it might be a problem connecting if the AP is hidden, but for Gutsy (NM) to know the AP is there, display the hidden AP as a choice

[Bug 114079] Re: GstFFMpegCsp: subclass did not specify output size

2007-11-26 Thread Gene Caldwell
Fabien, The package you have attached is for i386, and will not install on 64bit Ubuntu. is there a work around ? And I have one question, I am not completely clear as to why we need to wait till Hardy gets released to have this confirmed bug corrected in the repo's, that blows me away. Can some

Re: [Bug 103530] Re: continuing Install problems, no video

2007-11-28 Thread Gene Caldwell
done loads of trouble shooting. Gene Caldwell -Original Message- From: Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Bug 103530 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Bug 103530] Re: continuing Install problems, no video Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:01:41 - **

[Bug 174191] screensavers cause high CPU usage

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver I have been running Ubuntu for 3 years now and have waited patiently for the screen savers to get much needed attention. I have been experiencing 100% CPU usage for the majority of the installed screen savers and can't believe no one has

[Bug 112740] Re: Feisty: Laptop reports overheating and shuts down when not even warm

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I am having a laptop shutdown problem also that does not appear to be heat related to me at all, so that is why I am adding to this bug report. Unlike the author of this bug report, I am running Gutsy, did a fresh install, was running Win2kSP4 prior to this install and had no heat problems at all.

[Bug 174195] crash handler not catching crashes

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: I'm not real sure where this bug fits in, but I have had several software crashes post live CD installation. I know that the crash handler can catch a crash, but I'm not totally sure that it is with Gutsy. When I have booted computer"S" with the live CD and proceeded to instal

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
that depends on which computer you want to know about, its happening on ALL my computers, though all computers have Nvidia cards in them. they are all fresh installs of gutsy, newer Nvidia cards and slightly older cardsGeforce fx 5500 through Geforce 7950 GT. -- window decorator shadows https

[Bug 174191] Re: screensavers cause high CPU usage

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
Actually you may very well be correct on my second part of the problem. However I am not sure why that makes it less a bug because it only lasts for 30 minutes before it goes to sleep ? why on earth would an application designed to be "green" friendly race the CPU until it goes to sleep ? Second,

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I should add that in each case, if I go to the window decorations plugin and set the shadow effects to extreme settings of radius an intensity, then i can get very dim shadows to display on the different sides of windows, which shows that they are working, they are simply suppressed or restricted s

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz changed nothing...ran as sudo, rebooted, no change. -- window decorator shadows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I have absolutely no clue what that is you want me to run.I did however use the advanced compiz-desktop-effects application and select the reset to defaults option shown under preferences..it did indeed change everything back to fresh install defaults except this one thing with the drop sha

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
I don't have emerald, never did. I did try to get it installed on one computer but could not figure out why it would not work.I should repeat, this problem started happening about two weeks ago, first on one computer, then another on, then on another one...its not like it happened on all my com

[Bug 174183] synaptic manager preferences not remembered

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic This bug seems to be similar to bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/28250 . Synaptic does not remember nor does it seem to check for a preference of considering suggestions as dependencies. I have set this pr

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
here is the second, its sharper and more illustrative... ** Attachment added: "Screenshot-1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10753040/Screenshot-1.png -- window decorator shadows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 174195] Re: crash handler not catching crashes

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
No, I'm sorry, it doesn't answer my question. Though, it may very well be more an issue that I disagree with. Why on earth would Ubuntu NOT want to collect information about crashes that occur with Ubuntu supplied software ? You have an automatic crash handler that CAN collect crash reports for Ubu

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
ok, yes, but I'm going to have to change colors and backgrounds to make it visible. give me a little bit to upload, should be easy, but its not... LOL -- window decorator shadows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 174180] Re: window decorator shadows

2007-12-05 Thread Gene Caldwell
What I am trying to show is that it looks like it has been designed to be that way because its perfect in the one source origin light source, however it did not function that way for the first 3 weeks. What I see is that there are NO 3D desktop effect shadows on the bottom half of my desk top, nor

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