[Bug 245596] [NEW] information provided by System Services is incorrect

2008-07-04 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Running Kubuntu gutsy amd64. Go to System Settings | System Services. The status of many of the listed services is incorrect. Many of the services are listed as "not running" when in fact they are running. This bug has been confirmed by several users on the Kubuntu-users refl

[Bug 305519] [NEW] include debug version of libkorganizerprivate.so

2008-12-05 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: korganizer Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit. There doesn't seem to be a debug version of libkorganizerprivate.so anywhere (at least, I can't find one). This means that it's difficult for the KDE developers to debug crashes in kontact, since the debug backtraces are

[Bug 305629] [NEW] wish: include package for gltail

2008-12-05 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: In future versions, please include a package for the gltail Ruby script. Home page: http://www.fudgie.org/ License: GPLv2. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- wish: include package for gltail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305629 You rec

[Bug 303522] Re: there should be a way to install all debug libraries easily

2008-12-07 Thread N7DR
Very good question. If one reads the two reports at face value, I don't think they're quite the same. I think that the intention of 304129 is that after a crash, you should be presented with the capability install the debug libraries for the crashed application (at the moment, you have to go find

[Bug 305519] Re: include debug version of libkorganizerprivate.so

2008-12-09 Thread N7DR
I don't understand. If it doesn't get used at runtime, how can it appear in a kontact crash backtrace? -- include debug version of libkorganizerprivate.so https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 224889] Re: Povray preview windows appear transparent

2008-11-18 Thread N7DR
This remains a problem in intrepid (I'm using 64-bit Kubuntu). The OP understates the effect of this bug. It's bad enough that the preview window is utterly useless (and hence povray is more or less useless for rendering complex scenes, as one cannot watch the progress of the scene generation, wh

[Bug 132001] Re: [Hardy] Ksnapshot not binding to PrtScrn.

2008-11-19 Thread N7DR
Wesley: yes, this would be easy to work around in KDE3. KDE4 seems to be completely different :-( The only "workaround" I've been able to find so far is to run ksnapshot manually. -- [Hardy] Ksnapshot not binding to PrtScrn. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132001 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 300323] [NEW] look and behaviour of scrollbars in Thunderbird are messed up

2008-11-20 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird Running: 64-bit Kubuntu intrepid, with compiz enabled. Thunderbird 2.0.0.17. The scrollbars in Thunderbird: 1. Look wrong; they are little squares instead of being extended rectangles 2. Behave weirdly: they disappear when the cu

[Bug 224889] Re: Povray preview windows appear transparent

2008-11-20 Thread N7DR
Great workaround; thanks *very* much. I couldn't find a way to set this in povray.ini, but that's a minor matter; at least povray is usable again now. -- Povray preview windows appear transparent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224889 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 174298] Re: font system mishandles Latin Modern fonts

2008-11-22 Thread N7DR
Problem still exists on intrepid :-( -- font system mishandles Latin Modern fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174298 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://li

[Bug 176370] Re: [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access

2008-11-22 Thread N7DR
Please reopen this bug. Exactly the same behaviour occurs with intrepid. Even on completely different hardware. (In fact, it seems to happen on every system I've tried it on, so it seems like it should be easy for developers to duplicate.) Here are the files you requested: 1. uname -a: Linux h

[Bug 176370] Re: [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access

2008-11-22 Thread N7DR
The lspci output file is attached. ** Attachment added: "lspci.vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19870134/lspci.vvnn.log -- [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176370 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 172436] Re: gutsy: kontact will not include weather in summary

2008-11-23 Thread N7DR
It's even worse, I think. I installed kweather in 8.10, but the option to look at the weather doesn't even exist in the kontact summary (before, when I originally reported this bug, I believe that the option was present, IIRC but it simply didn't work). (I logged out and back in. No difference.)

[Bug 183289] Re: Superkaramba-kde4 is not able to run some themes

2008-11-13 Thread N7DR
How do you get it to work in intrepid? I just tried to run liquid weather in the released 64-bit intrepid and I got precisely the error listed in this bug report What I did: download liquid weather selected "install new widget" (selected the superkaramba option) now liquid weather appears i

[Bug 303519] [NEW] okularpart debug library missing

2008-11-29 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: In order to help the KDE developrs, they need complete backtraces when a crash occurs. This means that debug libraries need to be available and installed. I just experienced a crash in okular, but the backtrace shows that a non-debug version of /usr/lib/kde4/okularpart.so is

[Bug 303522] [NEW] there should be a way to install all debug libraries easily

2008-11-29 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: I submit frequent bug reports to bugs.kde.org. Often these reports contain backtraces; but I often find myself in the situation that I only realise that a non-debug library for some particular application is installed AFTER a crash has occurred (because in that case the backt

[Bug 375746] [NEW] [jaunty]: wish: consider backporting more recent version of calibre; current version is rather out of date

2009-05-12 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: calibre The calibre package for jaunty installs version 0.4.143, but the current version at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux is 0.5.11, which has a considerable number of changes from the jaunty version. 0.5.11 is in karmic. ** Affects: cali

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2009-01-29 Thread N7DR
> Do you still have this problem with the new version of OOo in the ppa at https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive? I just looked there and those files are for 3.0.1. The files in that repository are known to crash on Kubuntu (per the kubuntu-users reflector). I think everyone there is wai

[Bug 345672] Re: Okular epub support missing

2009-06-02 Thread N7DR
I am unclear about the resolution of this. Has it been resolved: 1) simply by no longer advertising epub support? or 2) actually including epub support? If the former, I guess I'll file another bug, specifically requesting epub support, but I don't want to do that if this bug has been resolved by

[Bug 300323] Re: look and behaviour of scrollbars in Thunderbird are messed up

2009-04-20 Thread N7DR
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 211578 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211578 Not only does the duplicate status seem suspect, but the duplicate is now marked as INVALID. That sort-of suggests to me that this bug has entered some kind of black hole where it's not going to be addressed.

[Bug 307617] Re: No shortcut was placed on the menu after installing krecipes using apt-get install.

2009-04-21 Thread N7DR
Marlin: you might want to add that comment to bug 278415 as well (that's the report about the crash). Basically, it sounds like this package is in exactly the same (unusable) state it was in in intrepid :-( -- No shortcut was placed on the menu after installing krecipes using apt-get install. h

[Bug 307617] Re: No shortcut was placed on the menu after installing krecipes using apt-get install.

2009-04-21 Thread N7DR
It's more than OK with me. It's fantastic that someone's going to look into fixing the crash. Thank you very much. And I hope that finals go well. -- No shortcut was placed on the menu after installing krecipes using apt-get install. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307617 You received this bug

[Bug 332750] Re: unable to install kdeplasma-addons (unmet dependency)

2009-02-23 Thread N7DR
Is this invalid because it's a problem with backports rather than an official repository??? Please, someone just tell me the reason so I don't have to guess. (And if that is the reason, then I'll know in future not to include backports on a production machine.) -- unable to install kdeplasma-ad

[Bug 367495] [NEW] [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-26 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Running 32-bit Kubuntu 8.10; extremely vanilla; no unofficial packages or repositories. No notification that a new version (9.04) has appeared. Following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JauntyUpgrades/Kubuntu, running "update-notifier-kde -u" simply cau

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-26 Thread N7DR
n...@n7dr-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 8.10 Release:8.10 Codename: intrepid n...@n7dr-laptop:~$ -- [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade https

[Bug 177805] Re: Scribus does not work with accented characters when writing into a text box

2009-04-27 Thread N7DR
FWIW, this problem does not seem to exist with 64 bit Kubuntu intrepid using the scribus-ng package. When I enter accented characters, they appear as expected. -- Scribus does not work with accented characters when writing into a text box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177805 You received this b

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-27 Thread N7DR
Additional info that may or may not be relevant: The day of the jaunty release was the first time that I had used this computer in a couple of months. It did download something like 100+MB of updates (to intrepid) that had accumulated since I last used it. -- [intrepid]: no upgrade notification

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-27 Thread N7DR
I am out of ideas as to how to convince the system that intrepid is online upgradeable to jaunty. Someone had suggested reinstalling update-notifier-kde. I tried that but it made no difference (which makes sense, since I think it's just doing its job: reporting correctly that as far as the system

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2009-05-05 Thread N7DR
Set back to New (per comment on 090228). This problem still exists in the official jaunty release. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-28 Thread N7DR
Naïvely thinking out loud here (which is probably not welcome, but I'm not happy at not being able to upgrade and I want to try to move this along)... It seems to me that some condition is tested to determine whether the upgrade notification is displayed. For some reason that condition appears to

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2009-04-29 Thread N7DR
Yes, I am aware of the workaround. However, I figure that for every person who knows enough to do that, or to come here to file a bug report, there are probably hundreds or thousands of ordinary users who are seeing the same bug and don't know what to do about it, so I think it is still important

[Bug 80800] Re: menu and other GUI fonts used by fontforge are almost illegible

2008-10-15 Thread N7DR
I don't use unstable distros, but the situation is *much* improved in 8.04. So it looks like someone upstream might have addressed this bug. As far as I am concerned, I think this can be closed. -- menu and other GUI fonts used by fontforge are almost illegible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808

[Bug 58886] Re: Error attempting to find korganizer help files

2008-10-15 Thread N7DR
Then it seems that the error message should be something like "you need to install kdepim-doc". There's no way (given the current uninformative help message) to guess that a necessary package isn't installed. -- Error attempting to find korganizer help files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58886

[Bug 181603] Re: [gutsy] korganizer alarms sometimes fail to fire

2008-10-16 Thread N7DR
Yes, I am still seeing this. I can't figure out a complete description of how to definitely reproduce it. But this seems usually to work: Create an event in korganizer with an associated alarm a short time in the future (a few minutes, for example). Pretty much always, it won't fire. It see

[Bug 181603] Re: [gutsy] korganizer alarms sometimes fail to fire

2008-10-16 Thread N7DR
Incidentally, I am now running 64-bit hardy. -- [gutsy] korganizer alarms sometimes fail to fire https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181603 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

[Bug 180184] Re: keyserver.ubuntu.com does not seem to synchronize with other important keyservers (MIT in particular)

2008-10-16 Thread N7DR
Why was this marked "invalid"??? I waited for quite a long time and then manually added this key to the MIT server, because there's no point in a public key that's not available on the usual network of public keyservers. Do you mean that the problem has been fixed and the Ubuntu keyserver now syn

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2008-10-17 Thread N7DR
I don't know whether this is specific to 64-bit, but I wanted to emphasise that that's what I'm using. -- [Kubuntu] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 176152] Re: cancelling massive konqueror file operations does not cause konqueror to properly cease disk operations

2008-10-17 Thread N7DR
This bug was filed against konqueror. Does konq share the same code with dolphin, so that we know that the bug is fixed in konq as well? -- cancelling massive konqueror file operations does not cause konqueror to properly cease disk operations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176152 You received

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2008-10-21 Thread N7DR
I have seen occasional reports of Klipper interfering with clipboard operations in applications. Since Klipper seems to be installed and used by default in hardy Kubuntu, I just checked to see if this bug still occurs even if Klipper is not running. It *does*. So this does seem to be an OOo problem

[Bug 177566] Re: marking a recurring kontact to-do as complete causes application crash

2008-10-27 Thread N7DR
With the debugging library enabled, I get a crash the instant that I try to save a calendar containing a recurring to-do; so I'm not sure whether this is the same bug or another one. I have tried to save the calendar several times, and this happens each time: [Thread debugging using libthrea

[Bug 177566] Re: marking a recurring kontact to-do as complete causes application crash

2008-10-27 Thread N7DR
argh! korganizer is now crashing every time I start it. I have no idea how to make it usable again. All I did was to load the debugging symbols and to trigger this bug :-( This is the backtrace I am getting: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 0x7f46f924e6f0 (LWP 22124)] [K

[Bug 132001] Re: [Hardy] Ksnapshot not binding to PrtScrn.

2008-10-31 Thread N7DR
AMD64 Kubuntu intrepid (released version) has this bug. Everything worked fine for me on 64-bit Hardy. If someone could post how to bind the printscreen key to ksnapshot in KDE 4.1 that would be very helpful. -- [Hardy] Ksnapshot not binding to PrtScrn. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132001 Yo

[Bug 180640] Re: "Crypto Settings" tab of Contacts module in kontact will not allow one to set a PGP/GPG key to use

2008-10-28 Thread N7DR
Running KDE 3.5.10, 64-bit hardy, kontact version 1.2.9. One reaches the "Crypto Settings" tab from the "Edit Contact" dialogue. The place to enter the key is no longer greyed out. So that's good. BUT if one tries to select a key (which is now possible), the button choices are labelled "Start C

[Bug 180640] Re: "Crypto Settings" tab of Contacts module in kontact will not allow one to set a PGP/GPG key to use

2008-10-28 Thread N7DR
> On my version the 'OpenPGP key selection' dialog has 4 buttons. >From left to right: Start certificate manager Reread keys OK cancel Hitting OK causes my key to be shown in the 'Preferred OpenPGP key' box on the contact card as expected. I have those four buttons, but the "OK" is greyed o

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2008-10-30 Thread N7DR
It was on hardy. I'm hoping to install intrepid on at least one 64-bit machine in the next few days; I'll let you know if this bug still seems to be present in intrepid as soon as I have a working system. -- [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mous

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2008-10-30 Thread N7DR
I can confirm that this bug persists on 64-bit intrepid. -- [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 177566] Re: marking a recurring kontact to-do as complete causes application crash

2008-10-21 Thread N7DR
The latest version of Kontact in hardy is 1.2.9 (at least that's what my system says). Running KDE 3.5.10. I just tested, and this crash still occurs. I now have the KDE debugging libraries loaded, and this is the backtrace I received: (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols fo

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2008-10-04 Thread N7DR
Cut/Paste seems to be completely broken in OOo 2.4 in hardy. Running Kubuntu hardy 64-bit, OOo 2.4. In OOo Writer: 1. In a new document, write some text. 2. Select any part of the text with left mouse button. 3. Try to paste with middle button. Nothing is pasted. Happens 100% of the time here.

[Bug 243582] [NEW] unable to switch desktops with some key combinations

2008-06-27 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Using gutsy kubuntu, amd-64. This is completely reproducible. 1. Set up multiple desktops (I have 10). 2. Go to System Settings | Keyboard & Mouse | Keyboard Shortcuts | Shortcut Sequences 3. Set up keyboard sequences of the form "Win + KP_digit" for the desktops (for ex

[Bug 178762] Re: kubuntu: no way to set maximum size or duration for trash

2008-05-15 Thread N7DR
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 228369 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228369 bug #228369 addresses only one of these two requests (the second one). The first request is probably the more important (since it duplicates Windows' behaviour, which is what many people will expect). -- ku

[Bug 176370] Re: [gutsy kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access

2008-08-03 Thread N7DR
Yup; I ran the test as described, and this is still an issue on an up- to-date hardy amd64 Kubuntu system. -- [gutsy kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176370 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 312814] [NEW] margin kerning include files not in pdftex search path

2008-12-31 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: texlive 64-bit intrepid. texlive 2007.dfsg.1-2. The usual way to use margin kerning in pdftex is to include the file "protcode.tex" (which then includes other files). Two (identical) copies of protcode.tex are installed in intrepid: [HN:usr] find . -na

[Bug 313025] [NEW] none of the help buttons in lprof do anything

2009-01-01 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lprof 64-bit intrepid (kubuntu). lprof package version 1.11.4.dfsg+1.11.4.1-4. There are numerous "Help" buttons on the various screens presented by the lprof application. As far as I can tell, not one of these buttons actually does anything. Certainly n

[Bug 176370] Re: [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access

2009-01-26 Thread N7DR
It seems like this is now marked "Invalid". I don't understand why. What is invalid about the report? I am confused. -- [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176370 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 317202] [NEW] incorrect help file for kgamma

2009-01-14 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kgamma This bug was originally filed at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180606. However, from the comments there it seems to be a kubuntu bug, not a KDE one. Having installed kgamma 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 on a 64-bit Kubuntu 8.10 system, I

[Bug 318308] [NEW] no help for kontact

2009-01-17 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kontact Pressing Help | Kontact Handbook brings up the following message: There is no documentation available for /kontact/index.html I am using 64-bit Kubuntu intrepid (8.10) fully up to date. kontact package: 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 ** Affects:

[Bug 318308] Re: no help for kontact

2009-01-18 Thread N7DR
Do you think should I start a new bug that says something to the effect of: "tell the user that he needs to install khelpuser"? I mean, as it stands, "normal" user is just going to see the error message and form a negative opinion of Kubuntu, so it really is a bug as seen from the user's perspectiv

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2009-01-18 Thread N7DR
Someone who can put non-official packages on their machine will have to try that. I can't try it until it's an official package. I will be happy to test it then, if no one has done so beforehand. -- [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button h

[Bug 315925] [NEW] kgamma installs... but there's no indication how to run it

2009-01-10 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kgamma I have installed kgamma 4:4.1.3-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 into my Kubuntu 8.10 64-bit system... But I can't figure out how to run it. 1. It doesn't seem to be in the K menu anywhere (or at least not anywhere obvious). 2. It doesn't seem to be in System

[Bug 151093] Re: [Kubuntu] [amd64] text in Openoffice.org can't be pasted correctly with the middle mouse button

2009-01-19 Thread N7DR
I don't know what "as official as you get" means :-( It seems to me that I would be offered to update the packages if they were official. Maybe I've done something wrong, but the machines here are all configured with repositories exactly the way Kubuntu configures them out-of-the-box, [we are very

[Bug 183289] Re: Superkaramba-kde4 is not able to run some themes

2009-01-19 Thread N7DR
Mythor: does it update? I finally got it to install (IIRC I had to log out and back in after installing the kross stuff), but it never updated, so I uninstalled it since it was effectively useless. -- Superkaramba-kde4 is not able to run some themes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183289 You rece

[Bug 175644] Re: gutsy: URW Garamond TeX tfm file installs, but font cannot be used

2009-01-21 Thread N7DR
This still happens in intrepid :-( Any old trivial source that tries to use one of the Garamond fonts will fail the same way For example: \font\rm=ugmr8a at 12pt \rm \pdfoutput=1 This is a test. \vfill\eject \end If one comments out the first line (so that it uses the default rm f

[Bug 299427] Re: dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--install)

2009-01-21 Thread N7DR
Just wanted to comment that this just bit me in intrepid. Can you maybe completely remove the package from the repositories (at least for now) so that people like me don't come along and try to install it? -- dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--install) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29

[Bug 307617] Re: No shortcut was placed on the menu after installing krecipes using apt-get install.

2008-12-20 Thread N7DR
For me, it did not install a shortcut anywhere; also, typing from the terminal just causes a crash (which is a separate bug report). Intrepid 64-bit. Basically, krecipes in intrepid 64-bit seems to be completely broken :-( It doesn't have anything to do with downloading the food information, sin

[Bug 310099] [NEW] krecipes not completely removed by synaptic

2008-12-20 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Intrepid Kubuntu 64-bit. krecipes package: 1.0~beta1-1.1ubuntu1 If one installs krecipes and then attempts to remove it, using "Mark for complete removal (including configuration files)", synaptic reports success, but in fact there are numerous krecipes files left behind (ex

[Bug 278415] Re: krecipes crashes before it can launch

2008-12-20 Thread N7DR
yep, me too. krecipes is completely borked on 64-bit intrepid. I basically did the same as Scott S. First time I tried to install it, I stepped through the initialization sequence and it crashed when I hit "Finish" (instantly, though. not after a few minutes). I performed a "complete removal" fro

[Bug 252026] Re: Hardy package for tovid doesn't place makemenu, makexml etc. into user's path

2008-12-20 Thread N7DR
Incidentally, I assume that it's obvious that we're now talking about intrepid, not hardy. -- Hardy package for tovid doesn't place makemenu, makexml etc. into user's path https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252026 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 252026] Re: Hardy package for tovid doesn't place makemenu, makexml etc. into user's path

2008-12-20 Thread N7DR
You may not want to call this a bug, but to a user the behaviour is indistinguishable from a bug. When something is installed, the user expects to be able to execute the program without having to figure out that it's been somewhere elsewhere than in his path. At the very least, there should be some

[Bug 176370] Re: [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk heavily starve other tasks of disk access

2009-02-16 Thread N7DR
I am still awaiting an explanation of why this bug is supposedly "invalid". It's as easy as ever to demonstrate that the bug still exists. I see that a ton of people are subscribed to this bug, so can one of you *please* explain why it's "invalid"? -- [kernel disk scheduler] tasks that use disk h

[Bug 328324] [NEW] wish: please include webmin package

2009-02-11 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: I'm not sure why webmin isn't included with Kubuntu. I checked, and the licensing info says: "All recent versions of Webmin are under a BSD-like licence, meaning that it may be freely distributed and modified for commercial and non-commercial use." So it seems like it should

[Bug 332564] [NEW] package kdebase-runtime-dbg 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwalletd.so', which is also in package kdel

2009-02-21 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-runtime Running regular (daily) update I just received the error in the summary. It says that extra information will be appended automatically to this report. ProblemType: Package Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ErrorMessage: tryi

[Bug 332564] Re: package kdebase-runtime-dbg 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwalletd.so', which is also in package kdelib

2009-02-21 Thread N7DR
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22948849/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22948850/DpkgTerminalLog.gz -- package kdebase-runtime-dbg 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 failed to install/upgrade: trying

[Bug 332750] [NEW] unable to install kdeplasma-addons (unmet dependency)

2009-02-21 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: My 64-bit 8.10 Kubuntu system updated a mass of stuff today from backports. Now most of my plasmoids are inaccessible. After the update I tried to re-install kdeplasma-addons manually, and it reports: kdeplasma-addons: Depends: libkexiv2-7 but it is not going to be insta

[Bug 332750] Re: unable to install kdeplasma-addons (unmet dependency)

2009-02-22 Thread N7DR
Please, why is this marked INVALID? The error I receive following the update is exactly as I quoted; synaptic won't let me install kdeplasma-addons, without which lots of plasmoids are unavailable. What about that is invalid? -- unable to install kdeplasma-addons (unmet dependency) https://bugs.

[Bug 303522] Re: there should be a way to install all debug libraries easily

2009-02-22 Thread N7DR
Yes, I know how to do it. My principal point, though, is that in general one doesn't bother installing debug symbols for a particular application until after one's had a crash -- which is too late. The ideal time to make the decision to install debug libraries would be during system installation.

[Bug 174298] Re: font system mishandles Latin Modern fonts

2009-03-25 Thread N7DR
It'll be my turn to make the same comment for karmic. LM is a simply wonderful font family. I've published several books using it. I'm surprised that no one else seems to care that it can't be used in OOo. -- font system mishandles Latin Modern fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174298 You re

[Bug 357128] [NEW] add openfire package

2009-04-07 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: The openfire collaboration server (http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp) is GPL, and reports on slashdot (http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/2243202) are that it is an excellent jabber server. It seems like a package should be included with U

[Bug 180184] Re: keyserver.ubuntu.com does not seem to synchronize with other important keyservers (MIT in particular)

2009-04-09 Thread N7DR
This bug persists. Just a few days ago, there was an e-mail on the official Kubuntu-users reflector (message gra4j5$iv...@ger.gmane.org) telling someone to get key 9423A34CCA967634 from keyserver.ubuntu.com. A search on pgp.mit.edu indicates that that key has not been propagated to the keyserver

[Bug 411193] [NEW] wish: moving/copying photos in digikam should automatically rename the underlying file if necessary

2009-08-09 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: digikam 64-bit Kubuntu jaunty; digikam 0.10.0. It is far too hard to organize one's pictures in digikam if one uses multiple cameras. The root of the problem lies in the fact that each camera will independently name its image files. So if one imports fi

[Bug 409044] [NEW] kcertpart displays incorrect subject and issuer information

2009-08-04 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Whenever I display a cert in konqueror using the kcertpart, it displays completely erroneous information for the subject and issuer. It always says that both the subject and the issuer are for a (fictional, I assume) Canadian company, as shown on the attached screenshot. **

[Bug 409044] Re: kcertpart displays incorrect subject and issuer information

2009-08-04 Thread N7DR
** Attachment added: "screenshot showing the problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29907445/cert-1.png -- kcertpart displays incorrect subject and issuer information https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 415596] [NEW] gscan2pdf will not accept "/" character in saved filename

2009-08-18 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gscan2pdf Running Kubuntu 64-bit jaunty, gscan2pdf 0.9.27 If one puts a "/" in the filename when trying to save a scan, then one receives a complaint about a nonexistent directory. ** Affects: gscan2pdf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Statu

[Bug 415596] Re: gscan2pdf will not accept "/" character in saved filename

2009-08-19 Thread N7DR
>try doing so with any other application or file manager Sure... 1. Open Konqueror. 2. go to "/tmp" 3. Create New Text File 4. Call the file "a/b" 5. The file is created. You seem to be suggesting that this should have failed, but it doesn't. -- gscan2pdf will not accept "/" character in saved

[Bug 345672] Re: Okular epub support missing

2009-07-31 Thread N7DR
It seems like something like the extra package you suggest would be a great idea. Right now, it's very confusing to the end-user not to be able to view particular formats in okular when people on other distros can do so. Also, at least for this particular format, it's hard to believe that more and

[Bug 66744] kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-18 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdevelop I have tried the following multiple times; it is 100% reproducible. Running: fully up-to-date Kubuntu 6.06-1 on AMD64. 1. Install either: all the kdevelop packages or all the kdevelop3 packages Bug #1: No KDevelop items appear in the mai

[Bug 66744] Re: kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-18 Thread N7DR
It looks pretty bad: - Unable to find plugins, KDevelop will not work properly! Please make sure that KDevelop is installed in your KDE directory, otherwise you have to add KDevelop's installation path to the environment variable KDEDIRS and run kbuildsycoca. Restart KDevelop afterwards. Ex

[Bug 66744] Re: kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-18 Thread N7DR
Well, that made things a little better... Now I get a splash screen that freezes :-) The screen says "Loading 'Open With' Menu Addon". Actually, if I wait long enough (seems like forever, but probably about a minute) the splash screen goes away, but nothing else appears. -- kdevelop will not r

[Bug 66744] Re: kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-20 Thread N7DR
I haven't seen anything here for a couple of days, so I did some more experimenting after a complete reboot (to get rid of any cached files). Trying to install kdevelop3 produces this logfile: - Selecting previously deselected package kdevelop3-data. (Reading database ... 139659 files and di

[Bug 66744] Re: kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-23 Thread N7DR
I discovered that if I install ONLY the kdeveop and kdevelop-data packages, then kdevelop installs properly (I get the menu items) and seems to work OK. So it looks like installing _all_ of the kdevelop-* packages was the mistake. Most likely it was kdevelop-dev that broke things (although I', jus

[Bug 66744] Re: kdevelop will not run on 6.06-1 AMD64

2006-10-23 Thread N7DR
OK. I have now installed the kdevelop-doc package, and everything is still working. I'm kind of scared to now install the one remaining package, kdevelop- dev (especially since it sounds like I don't need it), since that will put me back into the state of having all four kdevelop-* packages instal

[Bug 58517] In Kubuntu, xearth cannot write to root window

2006-09-01 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xearth xearth is designed to be a dynamic desktop background. It has worked fine with KDE in other distros. steps: Select K | System Settings | Desktop | Background Set Background to "No picture" Click "Advanced Options" button Click "Use the follow

[Bug 58886] Error attempting to find korganizer help files

2006-09-04 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: korganizer 1. Open KOrganizer 2. Click on Settings | Configure KOrganizer 3. Click on Help Result: One gets the error message: There is no documentation available for /index.html ** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status:

[Bug 62349] Re: GmailFS won't mount

2006-11-08 Thread N7DR
I have spoken with the author of gmailfs. It seems that the packager never actually tested this package. There are at least two fatal packaging bugs. (There may be more, but we know about these two). 1. mount.gmailsfs needs to be in /sbin. (This is discussed earlier in this thread.) 2. The error

[Bug 62349] Re: GmailFS won't mount

2006-11-08 Thread N7DR
Incidentally, I am using dapper. (My attempt to upgrade to edgy was a disaster :-) ) So if this is fixed, I request that it be backported to dapper. -- GmailFS won't mount https://launchpad.net/bugs/62349 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

[Bug 62349] Re: GmailFS won't mount

2006-11-08 Thread N7DR
Which dapper backports? In my sources.list I have: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse but synaptic says that 0.1.4-2build1 is the latest

[Bug 62349] Re: GmailFS won't mount

2006-11-08 Thread N7DR
BTW, I running amd64. Maybe it's not been backported to that architecture? (There does seem a tendency in Kubuntu to forget about building 64-bit packages :-( ) -- GmailFS won't mount https://launchpad.net/bugs/62349 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

[Bug 192979] [NEW] [gutsy] curlftpfs: many operations fail

2008-02-18 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: curlftpfs In gutsy (at least in 64-bit) curlftpfs is unusably broken. One can mount a filesystem OK, but many operations produce the error: [H:sff-net] ls -al ls: .: Transport endpoint is not connected There are several reports on the Web (

[Bug 127475] "atq" reqports jobs as still executing on "=" queue following crash

2007-07-21 Thread N7DR
Public bug reported: Fully reproducible dapper amd64 with all updates If jobs are executing on the "=" job queue when the system crashes, then following the reboot the command "atq" reports them as still running, even though the processes no longer exist. Reproduce by: 1. Placing jobs on the b

[Bug 77971] Re: usb flash drive not working. Lsusb hangs with no output.

2007-07-29 Thread N7DR
I am seeing this too (dapper amd64 with all current patches). At some time in the past, I know that USB drives worked fine on this machine (probably the last time I tries was about six months ago), but now the system is simply ignoring them. In the past hour I have tried three different USB drive

[Bug 77971] Re: usb flash drive not working. Lsusb hangs with no output.

2007-07-29 Thread N7DR
I probably wasn't sufficiently clear about excatly which symptoms I am seeing. Specifically: no error or other messages in /var/log/messages no recognition that a USB drive has been inserted into a USB port lsusb hangs (forever), and cannot be aborted with ctrl-C killing the lsusb process has no

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