[Bug 317823] [NEW] On-going problem with Toshiba laptop

2009-01-16 Thread John Botha
Public bug reported: acpid goes mad (from invocation), and only shuts up when killed: the hard drive light doesn't stop flashing, and the laptop fan makes sure I know it works. First the general stuff: root:/var/log# lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 8.10 Release:8.10 root:

[Bug 317823] Re: On-going problem with Toshiba laptop

2009-01-16 Thread John Botha
** Attachment added: "Output from various commands & bits of log files" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21260840/acpid.txt -- On-going problem with Toshiba laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317823 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

Re: [Bug 310544] Re: Size mismatch remains after much fiddling

2009-01-16 Thread John Botha
-- Size mismatch remains after much fiddling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310544 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/listinfo/ubun

[Bug 310544] [NEW] Size mismatch remains after much fiddling

2008-12-22 Thread John Botha
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-cacher-ng Hi, A few days ago I started receiving size mismatches upon updating. I thought I'd give it a day or so, given the festive season and potential slower fixes. The problem remains, however, and I've tried many things (as per below), all to no

[Bug 310544] Re: Size mismatch remains after much fiddling

2008-12-22 Thread John Botha
I forgot one comment: what really worries me is the following at the end of the expiration result: "1639 package file(s) marked for removal in few days." If that's going to clear my cache (or lots of it), I'll use up an entire month of broadband to get up-to-date again. -- Size mismatch remains

[Bug 310544] Re: Size mismatch remains after much fiddling

2008-12-22 Thread John Botha
This is probably as far as I can go now. The following steps addressed the symptom and allowed me to install the packages. I still don't know what went wrong in the first place, though, but hopefully this can help others. Do all as root. I took the first package which it complains about, and wante