[Bug 296051] [NEW] powernowd freezes with AMD 64 FX-60 dual core & Ubuntu 8.10 64bit

2008-11-09 Thread giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: powernowd Laptop with AMD 64 fx-60 dual core ubuntu 8.10 64 bit freezes on startup, freeze occurs when starting powernowd (powernowd_1.00-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) Occurs for all previous releases of Ubuntu to version 7. Temporary workaround is to remove pow

[Bug 296051] Re: powernowd freezes with AMD 64 FX-60 dual core & Ubuntu 8.10 64bit

2008-11-09 Thread giles
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19520094/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19520095/DpkgTerminalLog.gz -- powernowd freezes with AMD 64 FX-60 dual core & Ubuntu 8.10 64bit https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 294972] Re: MASTER: xorg high cpu usage, general system sluggishness

2009-04-17 Thread giles
Xorg seemed to be responsible for high CPU looking at the system monitor but killing Vino server instantly returned the CPU usage to normal. I just did 'killall vino-server'. -- MASTER: xorg high cpu usage, general system sluggishness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294972 You received this bug

[Bug 225572] Re: Hardy Heron login screen is low res and obscures the login boxes.

2008-05-02 Thread Giles
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14081970/Dependencies.txt -- Hardy Heron login screen is low res and obscures the login boxes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225572 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 225572] [NEW] Hardy Heron login screen is low res and obscures the login boxes.

2008-05-02 Thread Giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager After the upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy the login screen appears to be 640 x 400 and no useful info is displayed I have to log in "blind." Once logged in the res is correct. NVidia 7600 graphics card. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386

[Bug 434396] Re: problem upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 - inn2

2009-09-21 Thread Giles
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32226871/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32226872/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz" http://launchpadlibra

[Bug 434396] [NEW] problem upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 - inn2

2009-09-21 Thread Giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Sorry... this one blew right by. Something about inn2 file not being updated. Aborting upgrade - system may be unstable. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.

[Bug 435585] [NEW] package inn2 2.4.5-5 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-09-23 Thread Giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: inn2 Performing an upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04 - had this error on the previous upgrade (8.04? to 8.10) as well. I'm a fair newbie so don't know what else to add - I'll do some research to educate myself on it. Thanks for the support. ProblemType: Packag

[Bug 435585] Re: package inn2 2.4.5-5 failed to install/upgrade:

2009-09-23 Thread Giles
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32339443/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgrade200909230730.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32339444/VarLogDistupgrade200909230730.gz -- package inn2 2.4.5-5 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.

[Bug 1666140] [NEW] Can't install Ubuntu 16.10 on dual boot XPS 13 (9360)

2017-02-20 Thread Giles
Public bug reported: Cannot dual boot Ubuntu on Dell XPS 13. Have tried disabling secure boot etc etc to allow installation. Nothing seems to work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubiquity 16.10.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignatu

[Bug 1666140] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 16.10 on dual boot XPS 13 (9360)

2017-03-02 Thread Giles
I'm not sure if that is the issue as I managed to get it to work without having to follow those steps: http://askubuntu.com/questions/884991/ubuntu-16-10-dual-boot-error-grub- efi-amd64-signed-package-failed-to-install What appears to be the same bug has been reported elsewhere too: https://bugs

[Bug 1507505] Re: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/nvme

2017-03-02 Thread Giles
I had the same issue as this, managed to get it to work after a lot of trial and error: http://askubuntu.com/questions/884991/ubuntu-16-10-dual-boot-error-grub-efi-amd64-signed-package-failed-to-install I suspect it is a problem related to NVMe disks? -- You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 971071] [NEW] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP

2012-04-01 Thread Giles
Public bug reported: just occurred in the background after logging in, 'update-notifier' ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-21-generic 3.2.0-21.34 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion:

[Bug 971071] Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP

2012-04-01 Thread Giles
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971071 Title: general protection fault: [#1] SMP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug

[Bug 971071] Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP

2012-04-04 Thread Giles
I can't reproduce, if it comes up again I'll let you know! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971071 Title: general protection fault: [#1] SMP To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 871713] Re: When grub can't install on partition/device at end of installer, the dialog fails to respond to any click

2011-10-12 Thread Giles
I don't have a problem with the dialogue but the bootloader install fails with 'fatal error'. This occurs if I chose any of the /dev/mapper/via devices. I use a VIA BIOS RAID, 2 disks striped. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 1855757] Re: [nvidia] Background image corrupted after standby

2020-02-15 Thread Giles
Similar problem here, first few resumes only the desktop background corrupts then after a few more more the entire desktop goes, please see attached: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] (rev a2) Using NVIDIA binary driver - version 340.108 from nvidia-34

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-12 Thread Giles Malet
Sadly, having had a few days experience with this, I must now report that the `solution' is not perfect. If I hibernate or suspend the laptop, when it wakes up the fan does its old on for a while, off for a second behaviour. I notice though that i8kmon shows 0 degrees for the temp after the wakeup,

[Bug 379057] Re: Virtualbox OSE mouse integration doesn't work in Jaunty guests

2009-06-03 Thread Giles Weaver
The vboxmouse driver wasn't in xorg.conf. Running that script adds the driver and solves the problem, thanks. It would be good if the VirtualBox mouse driver was automatically enabled. Mouse integration worked without manually modifying the xorg.conf in previous versions of Ubuntu, so I regard th

[Bug 379057] [NEW] Virtualbox OSE mouse integration doesn't work in Jaunty guests

2009-05-21 Thread Giles Weaver
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose I'm using VirtualBox OSE 2.1.4 on an Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit) host. virtualbox-ose-guest-utils seems to be fully functional on Ubuntu 8.04.2 and 8.10 (both 64bit) guests, but not under either of my Ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 alpha (also both 64bit) g

[Bug 394656] [NEW] [needs-packaging] Bowtie - biological sequence aligner

2009-07-02 Thread Giles Weaver
Public bug reported: Bowtie is a popular bioinformatics package, which is very useful to informaticians working with sequence data from the latest DNA sequencing machines. Source code is available from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bowtie-bio/files/ Description: Bowtie is an ultrafast, memor

[Bug 299571] Re: Ubuntu hangs when network-manager attempts to reconnect to a mobile network

2009-04-30 Thread Giles Weaver
I've experienced the same problem a couple of times with NetworkManager Applet 0.7.0.100 under Ubuntu 9.04. I also have 3 UK mobile broadband, but with a Huawei E160G. As reported by Emilio, my computer only hangs occasionally during reconnection attempts. -- Ubuntu hangs when network-manager a

Re: [Bug 268502] Re: Bluetooth doesn't work (hci_cmd_task: hci0 command tx timeout)

2009-05-08 Thread Giles Weaver
I have the same device 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter It works with Ubuntu 9.04, but not for very long:( It times out after a short time when I use it to connect to my Sony-Ericcson K510i. It worked fine under Ubuntu 8.04 and still works under Windows XP, so

[Bug 133033] Re: [needs-packaging] DVBCut - DVB FreeView MPEG-TS Editing

2008-10-11 Thread Giles Weaver
Fantastic, I've just tested it and it works great. I did have an error in Synaptic during installation, but I think it was just because the update manager was running at the same time. Shame DVBCut looks so clunky, but its a really good bit of software! Thanks:-) -- [needs-packaging] DVBCut -

[Bug 280805] Re: nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time

2008-11-07 Thread Giles Malet
Having just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10, I hit this spinning fan problem on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. The problem appears to have been introduced by the upgrade of the Nvidia driver from version 173 to 177. Graphics is provided by an nVidia Quadro NVS 135M. Searching for answers I found http://dire

[Bug 281504] Re: nvidia-glx-177 177.80 causes fan to always run at max speed

2008-11-07 Thread Giles Malet
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 280805 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 I realise this is a dup bug, and I just commented on the original bug, but I just wanted to point out that I have a practically identical system to Chris H.'s above -- and BIOS A13 fixed it for me. So there's

[Bug 133033] Re: [needs-packaging] DVBCut - DVB FreeView MPEG-TS Editing

2008-10-10 Thread Giles Weaver
Did you package it for Hardy? I've added the Hardy ppa, but can't see dvbcut. dvd styler seemed to work though. -- [needs-packaging] DVBCut - DVB FreeView MPEG-TS Editing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133033 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 190588] Re: After upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy, Gutsy boot drops to initramfs

2008-10-07 Thread Brett Giles
Just a further note that the initial machine I reported this on turned out to have a totally trashed IDE controller. I tried reformatting / reinstalling and nothing worked. I took the drives out and used them in USB enclosures and 1 had been fried. So - hardware issue - i guess the only bug might

Re: [Bug 316345] Re: patch for geoip matching + various other options

2009-02-02 Thread Giles Westwood
rth using geoip. -- -- Giles Westwood -- patch for geoip matching + various other options https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316345 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Giles
** Attachment added: "Xorg.log from the failed start" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21963572/Xorg.0.log -- x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325101 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 325083] [NEW] network manager doesn't connect to wireless networks until a user session starts

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager Network manager doesn't seem to connect to wifi until a user session starts. This makes logging in remotely to diagnose X11 failures problematic. Also, for example. ubuntu-bug isn't useful without a network connection, which likely isn't a

[Bug 325101] [NEW] x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Giles
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Last week I upgraded from intrepid to jaunty. After the reboot, X11 failed to start. It looks like it tried a few times before giving up. That is, after the splash logo and boot progress bar, it alternated several times between a black screen and a c

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
** Attachment added: "Output of lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21993105/lspci-vvnn.txt -- x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325101 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
** Attachment added: "crash file from the original segfault" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21993248/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash -- x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325101 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
Hi Bryce, thanks for taking a look. The crash still happens with xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu12. Xorg.0.log shows some different addresses, but otherwise the startup and backtrace are the same. Trying to run it in the debugger now. -- x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
Attaching the xorg.conf that caused the crash. At some point, the three wacom entries were added; removing them and the references from the ServerLayout section avoids the crash. My system has no /dev/input/wacom. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf_20090204" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21994205/

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
The crash is in the wacom driver. I didn't find a debug package for it, so I don't know where exactly. It prints several errors about not being able! After removing the wacom sections from my xorg.conf, gdm started normally and I was able to log in again. So yay, workaround! I've never had a wacom

[Bug 325101] Re: x11 won't start after upgrade to jaunty

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph Giles
I built and installed an unstripped version of the xserver-xorg-input- wacom package, and the segfault went away. X launched just fine with the wacom entries in xorg.conf. Ugh. Attaching a new Xorg.0.log from the run with the self-built wacom driver and the xorg.conf_20090204 above. It doesn't try

[Bug 314405] [NEW] maxmind provide an updated db that you can download under the license

2009-01-06 Thread Giles Westwood
Public bug reported: #!/bin/sh #Grab the uptodate free geoip country mappings test ! -d /usr/share/GeoIP && mkdir -p /usr/share/GeoIP ; wget -a /var/log/geoip.log -O - http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz | gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat This can

Re: [Bug 314405] Re: maxmind provide an updated db that you can download under the license

2009-01-12 Thread Giles Westwood
months. To explain I use GeoIP via the Perl binding from the policyd-weight daemon that I've modified to do geoip lookups. Would something like a copy then truncate work which is what I use with tomcat logrotation? -- ------ Giles Westwood -- maxmind provide an upd

[Bug 316345] [NEW] patch for geoip matching + various other options

2009-01-12 Thread Giles Westwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: policyd-weight This is a patch for various customizations:- #Customizable scoring options (set to 0 as a default) Sender and reverse dns spam token check (regex matches for common spam words that the mail administrator can set.) Score senders on Geoip

[Bug 316345] Re: patch for geoip matching + various other options

2009-01-12 Thread Giles Westwood
** Attachment added: "policyd-weight-geo.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21125062/policyd-weight-geo.patch -- patch for geoip matching + various other options https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316345 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 328167] Re: gnome-keyring-daemon eating 100% CPU at login in Jaunty

2009-03-03 Thread Ralph Giles
I have a very similar problem on x86_64, gnome-keyring 2.25.92-0ubuntu1. Sometimes when I log in gnome-keyring-daemon is hung using 100% cpu. Sometimes it works for a while, then hangs when asked for a key by an ssh invocation. I've only had the problem since upgrading to jaunty last week. Attachi

[Bug 328167] Re: gnome-keyring-daemon eating 100% CPU at login in Jaunty

2009-03-03 Thread Ralph Giles
I'm aware of that. I thought the hang in poll() would be useful information even if you didn't have a symbol table for the package. Is there a package with debug information I can install? Otherwise I'll try to build a version myself and see if it happens again. -- gnome-keyring-daemon eating 10

[Bug 328167] Re: gnome-keyring-daemon eating 100% CPU at login in Jaunty

2009-03-03 Thread Ralph Giles
@Jerone Thanks for the suggestion, but that leaves no agent running at all. I don't mind killing the thing, but I need a key agent which can be shared between multiple terminal windows, such as used to be provided by starting the session within ssh-agent. -- gnome-keyring-daemon eating

[Bug 328167] Re: gnome-keyring-daemon eating 100% CPU at login in Jaunty

2009-03-03 Thread Ralph Giles
Oops, ssh-agent is running, and the workaround does work for me. Sorry about that. -- gnome-keyring-daemon eating 100% CPU at login in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328167 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 339284] Re: bzr-notify crashed with BzrError in __init__()

2009-04-09 Thread Giles Weaver
In my case I came across this problem because I didn't think bzr-notify was running as it wasn't visible in the notification area. Nor can I see how to make it visible in the notification area. Ubuntu 9.04 (Beta), fully patched as of 09/04/09 -- bzr-notify crashed with BzrError in __init__() htt

[Bug 332518] Re: landscape-sysinfo crashed with ImportError in ()

2009-04-15 Thread Ralph Giles
I get the crash on most of my jaunty systems usually right after login. It does work when I run it manually. -- landscape-sysinfo crashed with ImportError in () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 361205] Re: corrupt index on tracker

2009-04-15 Thread Ralph Giles
I also got something like this today on jaunty. The 'Cancel' and 'Ok' buttons dismiss the dialog, when is then respawned. The 'Reindex All Contents' button does seem to do something. At least, when I click it I get a second, scarier dialog about how it's going to take forever and do I really want t

[Bug 182623] Re: libjpeg conflict in libgs

2009-04-15 Thread Ralph Giles
Weird. I'd expect the jpeg symbols in gs to be resolved against the internal versions when the library is linked. Would it help to supply an exported symbol list? That would break anyone trying to use the graphics library directly, of course. Ghostscript can actually link against the system libjpe

[Bug 230893] Re: ghostscript bbox device broken

2009-04-16 Thread Ralph Giles
I cannot reproduce in jaunty, and several issues with the bbox device are fixed in more recent packages. I recommend closing as resolved. -- ghostscript bbox device broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 197700] Re: Upgrade to Hardy: ICA Client not working anymore

2008-09-06 Thread Giles Atkinson
> Giles Atkinson mentioned an ICA client from Citrix tech. support that resolves the problem. Where can I find this version? As I said, from Citrix technical support. I suggest that you get in touch with the administrators of the Citrix hosts that you are using and ask them to get you bu

[Bug 197700] Re: Upgrade to Hardy: ICA Client not working anymore

2008-09-06 Thread Giles Atkinson
Addition to the above: ask for the Debian package of 10.38 or later. That should fix any problems caused by files that are not part of the Debian package system. -- Upgrade to Hardy: ICA Client not working anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197700 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 156541] Re: switching compiz viewports causes citrix ica client to be lost

2008-09-06 Thread Giles Atkinson
In the previous post, the quoted comment actually refers to another issue: the Program Neighborhood Agent login window in the Citrix client program (wfcmgr) shrinks to an unusable button with Compiz. A possible workround for lost windows for Citrix sessions is to use the Restore button in wfcmgr's

[Bug 415181] [NEW] won't receive email from microsoft exchange server

2009-08-17 Thread Giles Snyder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution won't receive mail from microsoft exchange server even though the two are clearly communicating. My evolution calendar has been updated and I can send email ... just not receiving it. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: lpia Date: Mon Aug

[Bug 415181] Re: won't receive email from microsoft exchange server

2009-08-17 Thread Giles Snyder
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30440444/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30440445/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30440446/ProcStatus.txt -- won't

[Bug 58397] Preseeding partman-auto is broken

2006-08-31 Thread Giles Hall
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: partman-auto I have tried many, many different variants on the following preseed configuration: # Partitioning d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select cn_recipe d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \

[Bug 49827] Re: Available resolutions incompletely set to 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480

2007-10-22 Thread Giles Weaver
Since installing Ubuntu 7.10 I no longer have this problem. -- Available resolutions incompletely set to 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49827 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 155870] [needs-packaging] TrueCrypt

2007-10-22 Thread Giles Weaver
Public bug reported: TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php) is popular Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux. TrueCrypt packages for Ubuntu can be obtained, but it isn't available through the repositories. A lot of people seem to use it, so it

[Bug 153765] Re: internal jasper should be patched for CVE-2007-2721

2007-10-18 Thread Ralph Giles
Thanks for the prompt response! There are two main issues: One is a patch for handling broken streams produced by certain popular authoring software. Upstream rejected the patch because it increases memory footprint (a "you can free this" tag is incorrect in these files). A combination of not-my-p

[Bug 183061] Re: Linksys WUSB54GS v2 does not work with ubuntu

2008-04-15 Thread Giles Clermont
I have a wusb54gs and I used the how to also. I did have a problem with it not restarting at login. What I did to fix it was to add this line to /etc/rc.local "ifconfig wlan0 up" without the quotes and I have had no problems since. I am using 7.10 with all patches and latest kernel. -- Links

[Bug 78470] Re: switching to current logged in user freezes gdm

2008-05-04 Thread Giles Weaver
This bug still occurs under Ubuntu 8.04:( -- switching to current logged in user freezes gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78470 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.ubuntu.com

[Bug 202931] Re: ejecting a CD/DVD with drive button gives always an error message but still works

2008-04-27 Thread Giles Clermont
sorry, forgot the tray does not eject at all. but gives the same message above. It did work in gutsy and when I boot the cd eject button works. If I want to access a cd or dvd it have to load it at boot. -- ejecting a CD/DVD with drive button gives always an error message but still works https:

[Bug 202931] Re: ejecting a CD/DVD with drive button gives always an error message but still works

2008-04-27 Thread Giles Clermont
I have an upgraded from gutsy to hardy system. When ever it try to push the button on my dvd drive it will not open. If I try to unmount it with nautilus it errors out. I have version gnome-volume-manager (2.22.1-1ubuntu6). I tried to reinstall it from the alternet image I downloaded. (I used up

[Bug 202931] Re: ejecting a CD/DVD with drive button gives always an error message but still works

2008-04-27 Thread Giles Clermont
output of dmesg [code] [25115.183419] ata4.00: status: { DRDY } [25115.183434] ata4: soft resetting link [25115.429551] ata4.00: configured for PIO0 [25115.429560] ata4: EH complete [25120.428511] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen [25120.428521] ata4.00: cmd a0/00:00:

[Bug 202931] Re: ejecting a CD/DVD with drive button gives always an error message but still works

2008-04-27 Thread Giles Clermont
after much searching with google someone suggested changing my fstab. So i did. #/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 (this is what I used in gutsy) /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 I changed the hdc to scd0 and now the eject button works. It auto mounts the cd a

[Bug 130842] Re: [ia64] Ghostscript always crashes immediately on ia64, causing several build failures

2007-09-08 Thread Ralph Giles
Alex: did you only try the default build? It's perhaps not clear, but the issue is with the Ubuntu package, which uses a (patched) so build. Till provides the following instructions: apt-get source ghostscript to download the source package of Ghostscript. Then enter the package source director

[Bug 133033] DVBCut - DVB FreeView MPEG-TS Editing

2007-08-16 Thread Giles Weaver
Public bug reported: This is an excellent bit of software that allows editing of MPEG-TS recordings from FreeView or other DVB TV cards. It can be used to edit out adverts and convert MPEG-TS to MPEG files that are compatible with standard media players and DVD players. DVBCut will be an invalua

[Bug 130842] Re: [ia64] Ghostscript always crashes immediately on ia64, causing several build failures

2007-09-17 Thread Ralph Giles
The problem is that 06_libpaper_support.dpatch calls systempapersize() from libpaper without including paper.h. The return value is then read as an int instead of a pointer, which apparently doesn't work on ia64. I've attached an updated patch. Please verify and update the package as appropriate.

[Bug 49827] Re: Available resolutions incompletely set to 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
Confirmed in Ubuntu Feisty AMD64 and i386 with nVidia 6600GT. I had to edit the xorg.conf to add 1280x1024 resolution. -- Available resolutions incompletely set to 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49827 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 48773] Re: Mouse doesn't get turned off on system shutdown

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
Same problem. All USB devices (mouse, external hard disk etc) are powered on after system shutdown. Windows shutdown turns all USB devices off. Motherboard: Epox on nForce4 chipset, Ubuntu 7.04 i386, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic Hopefully this will be fixed in a timely fashion with a new Kernel... -

[Bug 42149] Re: USB devices are not powered off at shutdown (Dapper, 2.6.15)

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
Still a problem 10 months on - roll on some fixes in the Kernel... -- USB devices are not powered off at shutdown (Dapper, 2.6.15) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42149 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 78470] Re: switching to current logged in user freezes gdm

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
I can confirm the same bug, whether running with or without Compiz. -- switching to current logged in user freezes gdm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 68306] Re: Copying large files from Nokia 770 gets stuck

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
I have a similar problem when copying lots of files to my new Western Digital Passport 2 USB external hard disk. Progress stops within a minute and the progress bar freezes. The progress dialog does not respond and I can't cancel it. Using cp there are no such problems. -- Copying large files f

[Bug 79339] Mouse button support

2007-08-14 Thread Giles Weaver
This is a very common problem that is discussed in the forums. There is even a how-to on getting mouse buttons working at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto. Apparently it isn't to hard to edit the xorg.conf to support all mice buttons, but a lot of people are of the opinion

[Bug 42678] Re: Logitech MX500 mouse forward/back buttons not detected

2008-03-03 Thread Giles Weaver
Yes, this is a pain in the proverbial for new users. Ideally mouse configuration would be handled automatically, or failing that by a simple gui interface. *Other* operating systems can use extra mouse buttons without the need for manual configuration, so why not Ubuntu? -- Logitech MX500 mouse f

[Bug 42678] Re: Logitech MX500 mouse forward/back buttons not detected

2008-03-03 Thread Giles Weaver
By *Other* operating systems I meant Windows... Surely if Microsoft have been doing it for years it can't be that hard?!? Does Mac OS use X.Org? I wonder if multi-button mice work out of the box with that? -- Logitech MX500 mouse forward/back buttons not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 197292] Re: Firefox crashes when using citrix

2008-03-04 Thread Giles Atkinson
, you could have configured the browser with the ICA client as a helper application, or be doing something else entirely. Please clarify. Putting "about:plugins" into Firefox's URI entry is probably the most reliable way to detect the plugin. Giles -- Firefox crashes whe

[Bug 78470] Re: switching to current logged in user freezes gdm

2008-02-05 Thread Giles Weaver
I have the switch user white screen problem as described by exactt as well, but I wouldn't call it the white screen of death. I recently discovered that if I type in the correct password and hit return I am logged back in to user A's session, so the problem is just that the screensaver login box

[Bug 190588] [NEW] After upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy, Gutsy boot drops to initramfs

2008-02-09 Thread Brett Giles
Public bug reported: I upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy, but there were numerous errors during the upgrade process. Eventually, I was able to recover the upgrade via the standard: apt-get --configure -a apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade However, any boot to kernel 2.6.22-14 would display t

[Bug 109701] Re: [needs-packaging] Truecrypt

2008-02-12 Thread Giles Weaver
Ok, so if you are going to package Truecrypt are you going to choose: 4.3a) no gui, but full cli support. (ext2/3 & gui support through easycrypt) 5) kernel abstraction and gui but only partial cli support, no ext2/3 support. Hopefully by the time someone comes to package it there will be a True

[Bug 151636] Re: [Gutsy] compiz vanishes when switching virtual desktops

2007-10-31 Thread Ralph Giles
I can confirm with the released Gutsy. Clicking on the Workspace Switcher makes everything but the wallpaper disappear. No desktop icons, no panel, no right-click desktop menu. Running 'killall -HUP gnome-panel' from an ssh session recovers display of the panel, and from there the original workspa

[Bug 48773] Re: Mouse doesn't get turned off on system shutdown

2007-12-11 Thread Giles Weaver
Yep, same thing happens on my Nforce4 motherboard. This bug may be a result of a faulty BIOS, but my guess is that a very large proportion of BIOSes are faulty! If a kernel workaround can solve the problem I think it should be done. After all if Microsoft can shutdown USB devices properly, Linux s

[Bug 197700] Re: Upgrade to Hardy: ICA Client not working anymore

2008-03-17 Thread Giles Atkinson
It's actually a problem with the new Xcb-based implementation of Xlib. It is doing some internal locking for multi-threaded use and gets into a situation where the sigle thread sets the display lock against itself. On the other hand, that only happens becuase the ICA client uses an Xlib event funct

[Bug 109701] Re: [needs-packaging] Truecrypt

2008-03-18 Thread Giles Weaver
You are right, giving the end user choice is always good. However, Truecrypt 5.1a is now available and it has all of the knobs and whistles (and cli support) of previous versions. So as far as I am aware there is no need to package previous versions, 5.1a does the lot. -- [needs-packaging] True

[Bug 123369] When I try to open update manager I get an unresolvable problem.

2007-07-01 Thread Giles Bate
Public bug reported: Could not initialize the package information A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message: 'E:Type '“deb' is not known on line 47 in source lis

[Bug 123369] Re: I was trying to install getautomatix2.

2007-07-01 Thread Giles Bate
** Summary changed: - When I try to open update manager I get an unresolvable problem. + I was trying to install getautomatix2. ** Description changed: Could not initialize the package information A unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. Please re

Re: [Bug 123369] Re: I was trying to install getautomatix2.

2007-07-03 Thread Giles Bate
Thank you Sebastian. I can still not change the sources.list as it tells me Could not save the file /etc/apt/sources.list You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again. I am the administrator! Do I need to give myself e

[Bug 123369] Permissions to edit the .list ?

2007-07-04 Thread Giles Bate
Thank you Sebastian. I can still not change the sources.list as it tells me Could not save the file /etc/apt/sources.list You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again. I am the administrator! Do I need to give myself e

[Bug 107876] Re: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 not installed correctly

2007-06-29 Thread Giles Weaver
I have the same problem, as do a lot of other people with 5+ button mice. Will we ever see proper out of the box support? -- Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 not installed correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107876 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 561323] Re: Thunderbird exits immediately without error message

2010-05-06 Thread Giles Weaver
I had this problem when launching Thunderbird from the menu, but not from the command line. Running Thunderbird in safe-mode solved the problem, and I tracked down the bug to the Lightning extension by disabling the extensions and re-enabling them one by one. The strange thing is that after usin

[Bug 509373] Re: ubuntu-logo theme doesn't wrap long messages

2010-05-06 Thread Giles Weaver
I have what could be a related issue, where the text appears to be wrapped back over itself. I think the text is the same or similar to that in Daniels screenshot, but with one line of text superimposed over another. -- ubuntu-logo theme doesn't wrap long messages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 467314] [NEW] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-31 Thread Patrick Giles
Public bug reported: asdg ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: patrick1797 F pulseaudio patrick4369 F

[Bug 467314] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2009-10-31 Thread Patrick Giles
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34805734/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34805735/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "ArecordDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34805737/ArecordDevices.t

[Bug 314668] Re: [needs-packaging] Thunderbird 3

2010-02-21 Thread Giles Weaver
+1 for having a thunderbird-stable PPA release. -- [needs-packaging] Thunderbird 3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314668 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.ubuntu.com https://l

[Bug 42149] Re: USB devices are not powered off at shutdown (Dapper, 2.6.15)

2010-04-08 Thread Giles Weaver
I have just checked and this bug is still present in Ubuntu 9.10 (Desktop x86_64). ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- USB devices are not powered off at shutdown (Dapper, 2.6.15) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42149 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 561323] Re: Thunderbird exits immediately without error message

2010-05-13 Thread Giles Weaver
For some reason Thunderbird now crashes with a segfault on startup, where it crashed silently before. Thunderbird seems reliable with the Lightning add-on disabled. Fingers crossed the (Mozilla) release version of Lightning 1 will solve these issues.. -- Thunderbird exits immediately without e

[Bug 561323] Re: Thunderbird exits immediately without error message

2010-05-13 Thread Giles Weaver
Thunderbird hasn't crashed since disabling Lightning, so it does seem that while the symptoms are the same, I'm experiencing a different bug. My last post was meant to be informational, rather than a request to re- open this bug. -- Thunderbird exits immediately without error message https://bug

[Bug 578158] Re: Gnote data loss: some of my notes are missing

2010-06-06 Thread Giles Weaver
I eventually discovered my old notes deep in a hidden folder. I can't remember the location, but I think it was somewhere under ~/.local Copying the notes over to the .gnote folder brought them back. ** Changed in: gnote (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Gnote data loss: some of my note

[Bug 578158] [NEW] Gnote data loss: some of my notes are missing

2010-05-10 Thread Giles Weaver
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnote I've been using Gnote since February, having previously used Tomboy. Gnote imported my notes from Tomboy without any problems. After upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 Gnote appears to have lost all the notes I'd made since February. I assume that Gnote

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