[Bug 245399] [NEW] Desktop installer should have an encrypted LVM option

2008-07-03 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Wishlist The normal "desktop" installer should have an option like the alternate CD's "Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM". You only have to read /. or listen to the news to hear about a gazillion lost laptops with confidential data on them. I'd guess that ma

[Bug 240813] Re: Guided partitioner with LVM leaves no free space for snapshots

2008-07-03 Thread JP Vossen
See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/245399 -- Guided partitioner with LVM leaves no free space for snapshots https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 247460] [NEW] logcheck postfix/anvil ignore bug

2008-07-10 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logcheck-database The Hardy logcheck-database /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/postfix file has this: ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/anvil\[[0-9]+\]: statistics: max (message|recipient|connection) (count|rate) [/[:digit:]s]+ for \(([.:[

[Bug 47408] Re: md5sum: /lib/udev/devices/core: Operation not permitted

2008-06-02 Thread JP Vossen
Bump! This was first reported in 2006 and it's not fixed yet? When the fix is a simple one-line addition to the default config file? I just had the same problem on an Ubuntu Hardy LAMP Server install. The fix was as above, "Exclusion = /lib/udev/devices/". My symptom was that fcheck would neve

[Bug 236883] [NEW] upstream: fcheck should include logcheck ignore files

2008-06-02 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fcheck FYI, I've filed up upstream bug: fcheck should include logcheck ignore files Release: Hardy Version: 2.7.59-9 Severity: minor fcheck should include logcheck ignore files, e.g.: /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/fcheck ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} \w+ fcheck:

[Bug 54024] Re: WIN key should be mapped to Applications menu

2008-07-18 Thread JP Vossen
Agree. -- WIN key should be mapped to Applications menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54024 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://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: [Bug 226622] Re: Wubi has unclear error message on NTFS dirty flag

2008-06-24 Thread JP Vossen
Brian Murray wrote: > Ah, from the test case it wasn't clear that you had to boot into > recovery mode to see the message. I'll try that again. Right, the fact the you only get something useful if you think to boot into recovery mode is, itself, part of the original bug... -- Wubi has unclear

[Bug 155388] Re: Webalizer needs updating

2008-06-17 Thread JP Vossen
Worked fine fine for me on a Hardy server install. /etc/webalizer/webalizer.conf has LogFile /var/log/apache2/access.log.1. Thought interestingly, if I'm reading everything correctly, on Harder Server per /etc/cron.daily/webalizer, webalizer will run once a day. But per /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 th

[Bug 240813] [NEW] Guided partitioner with LVM leaves no free space for snapshots

2008-06-17 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: PROBLEM: The guided partitioner leaves no free space in the VG when using LVM, so LVM snapshots cannot be used out of the box. DETAILS: The Hardy alternate and server (maybe other?) installers provide choices like: Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM Gui

[Bug 204654] Re: add UTC entry to clock

2008-06-18 Thread JP Vossen
Agree, needs UTC! Also, how the heck does the applet sort things? I have: * London (Europe/London) * UTC (Atlantic/Reykjavik) * San Fransisco (America/Los_Angles) I'd rather UTC be first... Oh well. -- add UTC entry to clock https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204654 You received this bug notific

Re: [Bug 226622] Re: Wubi has unclear error message on NTFS dirty flag

2008-06-21 Thread JP Vossen
Brian Murray wrote: > I was able to recreate this bug using the test case provided. I then > tried to verify the fix but failed. I have initramfs-tools > 0.85eubuntu39.1 installed. I then installed lupin-support version 0.20, > I choose lupin-support because that was the only lupin-package insta

[Bug 230458] [NEW] kodos doesn't add itself to the GUI menus

2008-05-14 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kodos No "kodos" item appears in the GUI menu on either Gutsy or Hardy even though a /usr/share/menu/kodos file exists and appears to be well- formed. It looks like it's trying to appear under "Programming" which is not enabled by default on my machines,

[Bug 249945] [NEW] Xfce keyboard map bug when using Win key

2008-07-18 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: I thought there was already a bug for this, but now I can't find it, so sorry if this is a dup. In Xubuntu Hardy (and previous), when using Apps, Settings, Keyboard, Shortcuts, you can't assign the "Windows" key to 'xfce4-popup- menu'. Instead of the expected "Super_L" you

[Bug 346513] Re: "dbus-daemon: Rejected send message" for indicator-applet spams /var/log/auth.log

2009-04-01 Thread JP Vossen
OK, some more, hope this is useful and the right place. I filtered the noise above out [1] and have now noticed a much small amount of these: Mar 31 08:05:05 ubuntu-904 dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.32" (uid=1000 pid=4091 comm="/usr/lib/indi

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Sweet, never noticed that. $ ll /var/log/installer/syslog -rw--- 1 root root 508K 2009-04-11 16:45 /var/log/installer/syslog You sure you want uncompressed? $ ll syslog.gz -rw--- 1 root root 71K 2009-04-15 21:26 syslog.gz -- [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

[Bug 49340] Re: Forgets "Fit Page Width" option on each click on the index

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Evince 2.26.0-0ubuntu1 in Jaunty beta LPIA has a regression to this bug. And boy is it annoying. But it's tricky too, it doesn't always happen. Problems: 1) Evince defaults to "best fit" which is always annoying but even worse on a Netbook screen. 2) When navigating the document using the sideba

[Bug 49340] Re: Forgets "Fit Page Width" option on each click on the index

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Oh, I forgot, "best fit" should be renamed "Whole Page" or something, as "best fit" is not a good description. And I just re-read the section from comment 10 above. Arggg. I see the point about the spec, but I don't care what the PDF author thought, I want it to display the way I want it to (so

[Bug 341363] Re: [i945GME] drm:i915_getparam *ERROR* Unknown parameter 6

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
FYI, I'm getting logcheck messages from a Dell Mini-9 with the same error on a clean install of Jaunty via the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso. No big deal, everything works as far as I can tell. I'll suppress it via a custom logcheck pattern: # h

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-17 Thread JP Vossen
Colin: point taken. :-) Thanks for fixing this... -- [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-12 Thread JP Vossen
Same for me, using 1 day newer daily... I used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, "burned" to a DataTraveler 2G USB key, and everything mostly Just Worked. I had no network (wired or wireless) during the install, but wired worked fine after re

[Bug 354226] Re: Jaunty lpia installer fails with hd-media kernel on dell mini 9

2009-04-12 Thread JP Vossen
I have a 16G SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609413&Tpk=FEM16GHDL and used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, "burned" to a DataTraveler 2G USB key using Intrepid usb-creator (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Instal

[Bug 347122] Re: Jaunty (lpia) installer unable to identify ide controller on Dell Inspiron 910 (Mini9)

2009-04-12 Thread JP Vossen
I used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, "burned" to a DataTraveler 2G USB key using Intrepid usb-creator (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick), and everything mostly Just Worked. I had no network (wired or wireless) du

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
Craig, I may be especially dense today (likely), but I'm still not clear what you want. Do you mean to boot from the USB key and copy /var/log/syslog someplace? If so, at waht stage of the boot process? I didn't use a "Live" anything, I used the daily build alternate installer, so the only choice

[Bug 346513] Re: "dbus-daemon: Rejected send message" for indicator-applet spams /var/log/auth.log

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
I'm getting tons of these as well, on a clean install, brand new, fully- updated-as-of yesterday (2009-03-29) Jaunty VM, except they seem to be cron related. I know nothing about DBus, so I'm not sure if this is a symptom of the same problem and belongs here, or a related problem that wants a cron

[Bug 351980] [NEW] ntptrace reports wrong results

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntp Jaunty, fully up-to-date as of 5 minutes ago. Running in a VMware Server 1.0.8 VM (so time is erratic). ntp 4.2.4p4+dfsg-7ubuntu5 ntptrace reports "stratum 16" but ntpd reports sync in syslog, thus ntptrace should report "stratum 3" (in the exa

[Bug 351989] [NEW] ntptrace man page is wrong

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntp Documentation bug, present on Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy, and upstream in Lenny and Etch, at least. May be older... man ntptrace says [...] ntptrace [ -vdn ] [ -r retries ] [ -t timeout ] [ server ] But the only valid options are -n and -m. -m is not

[Bug 57863] Ubuntu should have a floppy/network install option like Debian

2006-08-27 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: I'm shocked that I couldn't already find a bug for this. Please re- direct me if I'm just search challenged tonight. I love LiveCDs (see https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/40062). But I also have old junky laptops that will run Ubuntu, but which have busted CD players

[Bug 57863] Re: Ubuntu should have a floppy/network install option like Debian

2006-08-27 Thread JP Vossen
Yeah, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Netboot is one of the "not pretty" work-arounds [1]. My argument is that a successful installer should "Just Work" with the absolute minimal resources (physical and skills) on the installation side. In this day and age I'd say the minimum is a)

[Bug 57863] Re: Ubuntu should have a floppy/network install option like Debian

2006-08-28 Thread JP Vossen
Oh, very good point, you've got me there. The ones I used *are* 2.4 based. I barely noticed that as I just worked around it without really thinking about it. Oh well, there goes my "it should be pretty easy" theory. I should have known better. Still, I *was* able to use the 2.4 Debian Sarge fl

[Bug 50696] Re: Stellarium isn't shown in Applications menu

2006-10-06 Thread JP Vossen
It would be really nice to have this fixed in Dapper LTS. (Note the "LTS" part, it's gonna be around for a while yet...) Sure the fix is trivial, but I didn't know about it until just now, and have installed the package on at least 4 machines, 2 of which are for other people and I don' have easy

[Bug 70846] zip should have large file support in Dapper (and later)

2006-11-07 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: zip zip (and presumably unzip though I didn't check) should have "large file support" compiled in for Dapper. If this was not "LTS" I'd say forget it and upgrade to Edgy (which I did not test), but for "LTS" that's not a good answer. Tested on a fully u

[Bug 70846] Re: zip should have large file support in Dapper (and later)

2006-11-08 Thread JP Vossen
What software would not be able to uncompress it? Anything without large file support, and anything on a file system with a 2G limit, I guess. But if Dapper zip/unzip both have large file support, what's the problem? Also, note that Dapper's tar and RHEL's zip worked, so would your objection app

[Bug 149641] Re: logcheck fails when auth.log.1.gz missing

2007-10-24 Thread JP Vossen
How big a deal is it to fix for Gutsy? On one hand, someone using logcheck is arguably more likely to check for bugs and/or just figure it out. OTOH, some might give up, and it's something that doesn't Just Work. :-( Unless the LoE is large, I'd vote to fix it for Gutsy. -- logcheck fails when

Re: [Bug 149641] Re: logcheck fails when auth.log.1.gz missing

2007-10-27 Thread JP Vossen
dAniel hAhler wrote: > I've tried several times already to have someone confirm the nomination for > Gutsy. What is required for that? Is that something we can do? -- logcheck fails when auth.log.1.gz missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149641 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 149641] Re: logcheck fails when auth.log.1.gz missing

2007-10-16 Thread JP Vossen
Yeah, I checked that. That was not the problem for me. My problem is as outlined above in "Steps to Reproduce." If "/var/log/auth.log.1.gz" does not exist, logcheck fails with a misleading message. If "/var/log/auth.log.1.gz" does exist, logcheck works. See above for "Possible Solution." --

[Bug 149641] logcheck fails when auth.log.1.gz missing

2007-10-05 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logcheck Problem === Stock logcheck 1.2.61 under Mythbuntu (Gutsy) fails with a misleading error message when /var/log/auth.log.1.gz does not exist. Failure email (misleading): - cut here - Subject: Logcheck: 2007-10-05 15:02 exiting due to

[Bug 217860] [NEW] Ubuntu docs wrong for iPod under Rhythmbox

2008-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Package: I'm not sure, Ubuntu/Gnome Help/docs Steps to reproduce: 1) Go to System, Help and Support 2) Search for "ipod" 3) Choose "Music, Videos and Photos" from search results 4) Read incorrect docs (emphasis mine): "Using an iPod" "You can *play* music files directly off

[Bug 217860] Re: Ubuntu and Rhythmbox docs wrong for iPod under Rhythmbox

2008-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
I'm trying to file a separate bug for Rhythmbox docs, but Launchpad won't let me. It returns simply "There is 1 error." with no indication what that error is. So... Package: rhythmbox_0.11.2-0ubuntu4, rhythmbox_0.11.5-0ubuntu4 Steps to reproduce: 1) Launch Rhythmbox 2) Hit F1 for help 3) Selec

[Bug 212704] Re: x11vnc should create a menu item

2008-04-09 Thread JP Vossen
I skimmed over those options and I wasn't terribly interested in a try icon, but yeah, that sounds great and is pretty much what I meant. I also missed the -ssl part when using -unixpw. -- x11vnc should create a menu item https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212704 You received this bug notification

[Bug 226622] [NEW] Wubi has unclear error message on NTFS dirty flag

2008-05-04 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: When using Ubuntu (Hardy) under wubi, if the NTFS dirty flag is set, the error message is missing or confusing. This situation can and will occur when you restart and are not paying attention, so you miss the NT Boot loader prompt and start booting Windows, then hard-power-of

[Bug 221129] [NEW] Rhythmbox should be shown in the window title

2008-04-23 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox FYI: upstream Bug 529585 – Rhythmbox should be shown in the window title http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529585 There should be an option to prefix the window title with the string "Rhythmbox." The current behavior is to show only th

[Bug 221128] [NEW] Rhythmbox needs two "save database" options

2008-04-23 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox FYI: upstream Bug 529580 – Rhythmbox needs two "save database" options http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529580 A couple of times now I've spent time organizing playlists, then had my machine die (power outage, etc.) before manually clo

[Bug 226622] Re: Wubi has unclear error message on NTFS dirty flag

2008-05-09 Thread JP Vossen
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14296471/initramfs- tools_0.85eubuntu37.debdiff has 1 spelling error: "beacause" --> "because" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14400134/lupin-ntfsdirty.diff has 2 spelling errors in 2 different places: "beacause of an inproper" --> "because of an improper" In both

[Bug 212689] [NEW] tightvncserver depends on non-existent vnc-common

2008-04-05 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tightvncserver Hardy beta, fully up-to-date as of posting this. It seems like either tightvncserver should depend on vnc4-common instead of vnc-common, or vnc-common should be fixed to point to vnc4-common. $ sudo aptitude install tightvncserver [...] T

[Bug 212689] Re: tightvncserver depends on non-existent vnc-common

2008-04-06 Thread JP Vossen
As far as I can tell from a quick test, this seems to work. I think. The resulting desktop is--sparse, with only an open terminal, no xubuntu-desktop or anything. Not what I expected or hoped for, but perhaps WAD? $ aptitude download tightvncserver $ sudo dpkg -i --force-depends tightvncserver_1

[Bug 56670] Re: Xubuntu needs a VNC server like vino is to Gnome

2008-04-06 Thread JP Vossen
+1 for this. I understand the point about light-weight. But the other point behind Ubuntu is it Just Works. I've looked at some of the HOWTOs (e.g., http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122402) and a) they don't do the same thing since they run on :1+ instead of :0 like vino and b) they are

[Bug 56670] Re: Xubuntu needs a VNC server like vino is to Gnome

2008-04-06 Thread JP Vossen
I take it back, installing and running x11vnc pretty much did what I wanted. The only catch is that it doesn't seem to install any kind of menu item, so you have to just know it's there and run it yourself. *Very* impressive little program I hadn't known about. -- Xubuntu needs a VNC server like

[Bug 212704] [NEW] x11vnc should create a menu item

2008-04-06 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: x11vnc As far as I can tell, x11vnc doesn't create a menu item [1], which may be confusing to some users, e.g., newbies using Xubuntu and needing a remote desktop. It should create a menu item, perhaps under "System Tools" and perhaps using some options

[Bug 571063] [NEW] Evolution crashes on import of settings containing saved passwords

2010-04-27 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 $ apt-cache policy evolution evolution: Installed: 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 Candidate: 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 Version table: *** 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 0 500 http://us.archive.ubu

[Bug 571063] Re: Evolution crashes on import of settings containing saved passwords

2010-04-28 Thread JP Vossen
I'm using Gnome. /etc/default/apport is and was turned off (by default, that seems kind of bad). /var/crash/ is empty. I looked at installing bug-buddy but it wanted about 117 new packages, which is too insane for words. Now I see why it's not installed by default. Anyway, the crash does not h

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-19 Thread JP Vossen
So far it's been perfect on my two main workstations (Karmic 64-bit & Jaunty LPIA)! I'd vote to include in Lucid if possible. -- wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-19 Thread JP Vossen
Of course I spoke too soon... The Karmic install is still working fine and as expected. The Jaunty (i386 on LPIA) version has an odd bug (that I don't see in Karmic). To reproduce: 1) Open 3 or more tabs 2) Switch to tab 2 & do 'sleep 5; echo test' 3) Switch to some other tab Results: when tab

[Bug 509544] [NEW] wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-01-19 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: roxterm SecureCRT and "Multi Gnome Terminal" (seems to be adandonware at http://multignometerm.sourceforge.net/) have a great feature that tell you when a background tab's status or buffer has changed. As MGT puts it: "Notification that an inactive termi

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-01-19 Thread JP Vossen
> Can you get ssh etc to beep at the crucial moment? Probably, but I think that would be manual. I'd have to remember to add '|| beep' or '; beep' on the end of the commands, like 'ssh u...@host || beep' or 'rsycn stuff u...@host:elsewhere ; beep'. Not a bad work- around though. > ...you want

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-24 Thread JP Vossen
First, I installed the version from comment 9 on the i686 machine on which I build the package that I was using on the LPIA machine, and had the same problem, so it wasn't *just* the LPIA machine. It's odd that it was not reproducible on AMD64, but it's also now moot since the update fixed it. I

[Bug 531162] [NEW] Silently fails to save when save dir is orphaned symlink

2010-03-02 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tuxpaint Description:Ubuntu 9.10 tuxpaint: Installed: 1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 Problem: if ~/.tuxpaint/saved is a symlink to a directory that does not exist (e.g. is not mounted), Tuxpaint will seem like it is saving a pict

[Bug 531177] [NEW] Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-03 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: roxterm Description:Ubuntu 9.10 roxterm: Installed: 1.18.0+svn13-1 Candidate: 1.18.0+svn13-1 Note this is on the beta I'm testing per wishlist bug 509544. I also tried testing using stock ROXTerm 1.0.8 on Hardy, but in that case View > Zoom in

[Bug 352118] Re: WPA writes possibly unnecessary messages to the system log

2009-11-25 Thread JP Vossen
Hu... Until Wireless Just Works (which has never been my experience, even with F/OSS drives and Intel cards), turning off *all* wpa_supplicant logging to syslog sounds like a really bad idea. I do a 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' when attempting to get wireless cards working all the time, and no l

[Bug 267554] Re: fails to recognize DICOM files, fails to display anything

2009-11-12 Thread JP Vossen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 229681 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229681 See bug 229681 for a work-around for Hardy (and probably newer releases as well). Short version, the problem is a missing dependency in the package, to fix just install the dcmtk too. $ sudo aptitude install

[Bug 229681] Re: Aeskulap images not seen

2009-11-12 Thread JP Vossen
I confirm all of the above on Hardy: $ sudo aptitude install aeskulap = Fails as noted above: error on opening DICOMDIR, black screen when manually viewing files, etc. WORK-AROUND for Hardy, as per Samuel and GT Ducati above (thanks!): $ sudo aptitude install aeskulap dcmtk = Works as expecte

[Bug 354642] Re: FBReader's preferences don't save in Ubuntu

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
So far have only tried on Jaunty LPIA, but as noted prefs don't save, though the following dir is created, it's empty: drwxr-xr-x 2 jp jp 4.0K 2010-04-04 00:47 .FBReader/ But it's wors than that. My install has almost no keys mapped, so the program IS NOT USABLE out of the box, and since you can

[Bug 528373] Re: E-book reader does not have window title bar

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
You don't have to reboot, you can CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to a virtual terminal, log in, and kill the process like: kill $(pgrep fbreader). But the package in Jaunty, at least, is not usable. The one from http://www.fbreader.org/desktop/#debian seems to work really well, I' quite pleased with it.

[Bug 517118] Re: Please update

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
Up to 0.12.10, and this version is VASTLY better than the unusable stock package in Jaunty. This should be updated for 10.04 LTS! -- Please update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517118 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
roxterm_1.18.0+svn728 (2010-03-05) has been working flawlessly on LPIA (using i386) Jaunty and AMD-64 Karmic. I see that Lucid only has: Version: 1.17.1-1, it'd be great to bump this up ASAP!!! -- Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531177 You received th

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
roxterm_1.18.0+svn728 (2010-03-05) has been working flawlessly on LPIA (using i386) Jaunty and AMD-64 Karmic. I see that Lucid only has: Version: 1.17.1-1, it'd be great to bump this up ASAP!!! -- wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509544 You

[Bug 296538] Re: warty-final-ubuntu.png is actually a jpeg

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
Still present in Lucid Beta 2 (the package version is still 0.31.1) $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release:10.04 Codename: lucid $ file /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png /usr/share/b

[Bug 592521] [NEW] "pwgen: not found" during clean install

2010-06-10 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythtv Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 mythtv-common: Installed: 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunt

[Bug 592521] Re: "pwgen: not found" during clean install

2010-06-10 Thread JP Vossen
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50112079/Dependencies.txt -- "pwgen: not found" during clean install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592521 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-03 Thread JP Vossen
With very preliminary testing, that half-works. It seems to fix the size when creating tabs the normal way though the GUI, but tabs created by running 'roxterm --tab' are still off. It's odd, because the new (--tab) tab is kind of synced, but it's off by a few sizes. To reproduce: 1) Open a new

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-05 Thread JP Vossen
In preliminary testing on the same machine; yup, that worked. That also fixed a sort-of inverse problem I didn't think to mention, CTRL+0 wasn't consistent across all tabs. Now it is... -- Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531177 You received this bug

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-05 Thread JP Vossen
Window sizing was really odd as well, but I'm not sure if it was a problem or just that I didn't quite grok the behaviour and was thus surprised. Either way, the latest version seems much better behaved. I tried to reproduce the 'roxterm --tab' no-grow thing, but it seems OK to me. I opened a n

[Bug 487314] Re: Toner levels make the Printer Properties dialog too wide for my screen

2010-01-26 Thread JP Vossen
So, the official word from Brother product managers is as follows. The short, over-simplified version is, they think it's a problem in the Ubuntu PrintManager and have no plans to change anything for my printer at least. Newer ones will probably not show the bug as they will use a simpler string.

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-04 Thread JP Vossen
Thank you for the quick response on this, it's really great to see! It sort-of works, in that the tab background will now flash if the background tab beeps, but not if it just changes. I am testing by opening two tabs, and typing 'sleep 5 ; echo test' in the first then switching to the second. E

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-04 Thread JP Vossen
Doing a regular 'sudo make install' did not change anything above. $ sudo make uninstall gave me: [...] /bin/bash: line 4: cd: /usr/local/share/roxterm: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [uninstall-nobase_pkgdataDATA] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jp/testing/ROXTerm' make: *** [un

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-05 Thread JP Vossen
Duh! Yes, it works perfectly if you actually turn it on... :-) Never even occurred to me... That build process also worked better. I'd seen the Debian module, but initially didn't want to confuse the issue, then forgot about it when I went ahead and confused the issue with checkinstall anyway.

[Bug 351989] Re: ntptrace man page is wrong

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, $ man ntptrace $ ntptrace -v 2. the behavior you expected, and I expect the man page to be accurate and ideally, useful. Right now it's mostly neither. 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much det

[Bug 351980] Re: ntptrace reports wrong results

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. Is this reproducible? Since the bug was created so long ago, I don't recall any more detail than above. Sorry... Running in VMware Server 1.x VMs under some conditions makes time in the VM run really oddly. Perhaps the above hit a race condition where: 1) ntpd polled and time was OK 2) ntpt

[Bug 352118] Re: WPA writes possibly unnecessary messages to the system log

2009-10-16 Thread JP Vossen
Happening again on Karmic upgraded from Jaunty, but I did not notice this on Jaunty. Logcheck installed on both. $ apt-cache policy wpasupplicant wpasupplicant: Installed: 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 0 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com karmi

[Bug 458686] [NEW] MythTV Frontend client icon is invisible on upgraded Karmic

2009-10-22 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythtv On my Ubuntu 9.10 LPIA netbook upgraded from 9.04 running the MythTV client, the icon in the apps menu, or the one I copied to my launcher bar is basically invisible due to the new default color scheme in Karmic. It's *there* but almost impossible

[Bug 268012] Re: gnome-terminal ignores some custom alt+letter keyboard shortcuts

2010-01-14 Thread JP Vossen
Broken *again* in Karmic g-t 2.28.1. And I can't get it to work in g-t 2.22.1 in Hardy either even though bug 284824 says it should work. 2.22.1 Hardy 1.1) Gnome-terminal, edit, Keyboard shortcuts, check DISABLE all menu access keys 1.2) Set "New tab" shortcut to t, set Edit, Paste to v, 1.3) At

[Bug 508078] [NEW] printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tuxpaint tuxpaint-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-config-0.0.10-1 tuxpaint-data-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-plugins-default-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-stamps-default-2009.06.28-1 On a clean install of Karmic (System76 factory), I tried holding down the ALT key

[Bug 508078] Re: printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
I should have noted: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508078 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 487314] Re: Toner levels make the Printer Properties dialog too wide for my screen

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
I confirm the same problem using a Brother MFC-9840CDW with the Brother drivers on 64-bit Karmic (stock System76 factory install). system-config-printer-common-1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8 system-config-printer-gnome-1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8 system-config-printer-udev-1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8

[Bug 508078] Re: printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
Yes. Firefox, OpenOffice Writer, Eye of Gnome and gedit: "File, Print" *all* result in printer dialogs as expected. Note that the default behavior of tuxpaint is to Just Print, using the defaults, which makes sense given the target audience. The problem here is that my default is black and white

[Bug 1756597] [NEW] Rhythmbox plugin "Song Lyrics" not working

2018-03-17 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: With either rhythmbox-plugins-3.0.2-0ubuntu2 (Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon) or rhythmbox-plugins-3.3-1ubuntu7 (Linux Mint 18.2 XFCE) when the "Song Lyrics" plugin is enabled and the following are checked, lyrics are never displayed: * WinampCN (www.winampcn.com) * Dark Lyrics (d

[Bug 1650261] Re: snaps with hyphens in their names get badly-named systemd mount definitions

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines i

[Bug 1575627] Re: snapd-generated systemd units cause etckeeper with bzr backend to fail

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines i

[Bug 1035045] Re: bzr refused to commit systemd-escaped filenames

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines i

[Bug 1888184] Re: nagios-nrpe-server-4 is creating incorrect log spam

2020-07-26 Thread JP Vossen
Thanks for the clues! I think I'd seen that URL in my research but the `rsyslog` filter had escaped me. I'll see about pestering upstream when time permits, any hints on where or who to pester appreciated. For the record, for Mint-20 or Ubuntu Focal using stock `rsyslog` this prevented the log

[Bug 1888184] [NEW] nagios-nrpe-server-4 is creating incorrect log spam

2020-07-19 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Server: Debian 10 (buster), nagios-nrpe-plugin-3.2.1-2 Node: Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana), using Ubuntu Focal, nagios-nrpe-server-4.0.0-2ubuntu1 Icinga1 server on Debian monitoring a bunch of LinuxMint-19.3, using protocol v3, and working just fine since last year. I just built

[Bug 1619969] [NEW] xubuntu crash trying to do new install

2016-09-03 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Subject says it all, brand new install on a brand new SSD, crashed. Manual partitioning might have something to do with it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-g

[Bug 1619969] Re: xubuntu crash trying to do new install

2016-09-04 Thread JP Vossen
Hard power off and a second install keeping only to the defaults worked. What I was trying to do the first time was add more swap that was there by default. I guess if I really want to do that now I can fiddle with it in LVM. So I probably goofed something up when manually partitioning, but the e

[Bug 1568604] Re: Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics

2016-09-05 Thread JP Vossen
Fresh install of Xubuntu 16.05 on Dell mini9 (32-bit/atom) with Intel graphics (crash dump details in LP#1619969 if it matters): 1) At install = bug present 2) Fully update and reboot = bug fixed since that installed xserver-xorg-video-intel-2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.1 -- You received thi

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-09-05 Thread JP Vossen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1568604 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568604 Fresh install of Xubuntu 16.05 on Dell mini9 (32-bit/atom) with Intel graphics (crash dump details in LP#1619969 if it matters): 1) At install = bug present 2) Fully update and reboot = bug fixed since that

[Bug 963633] Re: Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper)

2012-04-05 Thread JP Vossen
For what it's worth, this does seem to be fixed for me. The last several updates and reboots have Just Worked, with no need to do anything special. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 855532] Re: Keyboard shortcut - Add keyboard shortcut hint overlay that is displayed when a user presses and holds the Super key

2012-04-07 Thread JP Vossen
I disagree with "If screen size is smaller than 1024*768, the shortcut window should not be displayed" because I just spent about half an hour tring to figure out why I don't get the overlay on my Mini9 1024x600 screen. Also, I have a VM that comes up as 800x600 or something silly because of a har

[Bug 763284] Re: indicator-weather crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2012-04-02 Thread JP Vossen
And as noted it is (still!) happening in the beta of 12.04 LTS! That's how I got here; mine crashed, I reported it, and all of the attachments and details disappeared when I said that my bug was the same as this one. If I see this again, how do I report it so that all the details do not disappear

[Bug 675819] [NEW] Couldn't find or load the file gartoon/electric/tool-select.png

2010-11-15 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcompris DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS" gcompris: Installed: 9.0-0ubuntu7 Candidate: 9.0-0ubuntu7 Version table: *** 9.0-0ubuntu7 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/u

[Bug 695152] [NEW] package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-12-28 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dpkg Encountered while (finally) upgrading from Mythbuntu 8.04 to Mythbuntu 10.04, 32-bit. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1+hardy1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-28.81-generic Uname: Li

[Bug 695152] Re: package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-12-28 Thread JP Vossen
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695152 Title: package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade: -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.

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