[Bug 90752] Re: DVB - Guard interval changes for Channel Seven Australia

2008-09-30 Thread Nick Bishop
Don't know. The project I was working on at the time has been disbanded, and as such I no longer have that (or any other) TV tuner card. But I am sure there are plenty of punters in Australia. You could get an account at http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ and then ask the people on this thread http://f

[Bug 90752] Re: DVB - Guard interval changes for Channel Seven Australia

2008-09-30 Thread Nick Bishop
One more: This guy http://www.gedda.info/?p=188 seems to think it works out of the box on Hardy Heron. I can't quite work out whether his transmitter is au-Sydney_Kings_Cross or au-sydney_north_shore (and the "Central Coast" would be something like Newcastle, about 200km north of Sydney). -- DVB

[Bug 90752] DVB - Guard interval changes for Channel Seven Australia

2007-03-08 Thread Nick Bishop
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dvb-utils Channel Seven in Australia have changed the guard interval at some of their transmitters: from guard interval 1/8 to 1/16. This definitely affects these files: /usr/share/doc/dvb- utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/au-{Adelaide,Melbourne,Melbourne- Upwe

[Bug 578585] Re: Ubuntu Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background...

2010-05-17 Thread Nick Bishop
@Didier: Thanks for your prompt response! I checked that directory, but it was empty. Would you like me to open a new bug? My problem is essentially the same as the bug description explains. Nick -- Ubuntu Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background... https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 578585] Re: Ubuntu Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background...

2010-05-17 Thread Nick Bishop
@Didier: okay, so I loaded Unity, started seeing the bug immediately, then ran the ps from a terminal and I do not see the gnome-panel process running. -- Ubuntu Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background... https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578585 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 578585] Re: Ubuntu Unity keeps reloading on my system ...

2010-05-14 Thread Nick Bishop
This bug is affecting me, too. Toshiba NB305 (UNE works great, btw, thanks!) A few points. Please, keep in mind that I am a recent convert to ubuntu, although I am quite familiar with the Unix environment. Also, I have a co-worker who is very familiar with Linux/Ubuntu, and he was helping me co

[Bug 578585] Re: gnome panel conflict: Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background...

2010-05-24 Thread Nick Bishop
@Didier: I apologize for the delay-I was on vacation last week. I've tried running the ubuntu-bug utility, but I cannot get it to work correctly. If I try to run "ubuntu-bug unity" in normal UNE, it won't find it. Alt-F2 will not open the "Run Application" window in my semi- working Unity envir

[Bug 578585] Re: gnome panel conflict: Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background...

2010-05-25 Thread Nick Bishop
@Didier: Okay, I give up. I was able to get the ubuntu-bug utility to launch, and when it sent me to the launchpad site, I get all the way through the process of submitting the bug, then I get a timeout error that prohibits me from adding the bug. I'll try it again later when I get home in case

[Bug 915628] [NEW] gedit automatically creates hidden .txt~ files

2012-01-12 Thread Nick Bishop
Public bug reported: Every time I edit a .txt file with gedit and press "save" it automacally creates another hidden file with the same name and the extension .txt~ e.g. I open the file file.txt with gedit, I edit it, I press "save" and then changes are saved in file.txt and another hidden file

[Bug 915628] Re: gedit automatically creates hidden .txt~ files

2012-01-12 Thread Nick Bishop
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915628 Title: gedit automatically creates hidden .txt~ files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ged

[Bug 915636] Re: Unity D.E. is very heavy, slow, and consumes a lot of RAM and CPU

2012-01-12 Thread Nick Bishop
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915636 Title: Unity D.E. is very heavy, slow, and consumes a lot of RAM and CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 915636] [NEW] Unity D.E. is very heavy, slow, and consumes a lot of RAM and CPU

2012-01-12 Thread Nick Bishop
Public bug reported: Unity desktop environment is very slow, heavy and consumes a lot of RAM and CPU. I just loged in my user in Ubuntu and the only applications that are running from the start are Cairo Dock, Weather Indicator, HPLip, Rainlendar and I just started Google Chrome. Then, I opened

[Bug 883825] [NEW] double-sided printing problems HP Laserjet P1005

2011-10-30 Thread Nick Bishop
Public bug reported: The double-sided printing for this printer had been working, but has stopped working sometime after the last successful double-sided printing job on Thursday 20 October 2011. Using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx, and (apt-cache policy cups) Installed: 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5. St

[Bug 883825] Re: double-sided printing problems HP Laserjet P1005

2011-10-30 Thread Nick Bishop
** Attachment added: "Original file for printing, error_log, /var/spool/cups, troubleshoot.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883825/+attachment/2579008/+files/duplex-P1005.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 883825] Re: double-sided printing problems HP Laserjet P1005

2011-11-03 Thread Nick Bishop
Hi Srikanth, given that it was working prior, I want to rollback to the version(s) of the software that were in force on 20 Oct. My questions ... 1. On Ubuntu, how do I check the update history (or alternatively what versions of cups and hplip were on my system on that date)? 2. What's the best

[Bug 392158] Re: passwords are awkward to use with grub-mkconfig

2011-11-04 Thread Nick Bishop
One more limitation of my workaround 3. After running SetBootPassword, user(s) must notify system administrator to run update-grub so that their new password comes into force. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. ht

[Bug 392158] Re: passwords are awkward to use with grub-mkconfig

2011-11-04 Thread Nick Bishop
Workaround (avoiding plain-text passwords in /etc/grub.d) For those who cannot be bothered with a PPA repository for grub2, and want to let users set their own bootup passwords and/or have users who don't want to divulge their bootup password to the system administrator ... Remembering that the u

[Bug 886090] [NEW] grub password entry freezes upon excessive backspace

2011-11-04 Thread Nick Bishop
Public bug reported: My system is $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS Release:10.04 $ apt-cache policy grub-pc grub-pc: Installed: 1.98-1ubuntu12 In my 00_header, I have arranged for boot-time passwords, and therefore have entries like these in my /boot/grub/grub.cfg -

[Bug 369980] Re: Utility "Report a problem..." fails to start

2011-11-04 Thread Nick Bishop
Could this be the reason? I have this problem on the command line of Lucid. - $ ubuntu-bug grub2 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in app.run_argv() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 553, in run_argv return se

[Bug 877848] Re: apport can't find firefox - FAIL!

2011-11-04 Thread Nick Bishop
For what it's worth, output from my efforts, as a normal user: $ ubuntu-bug grub2 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in app.run_argv() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 553, in run_argv return self.run_report_bug(

[Bug 661327] Re: User interface stutters / laggy when mouse NOT moving

2010-10-22 Thread Nick Bishop
This bug is also affecting me. I am experiencing it on my Toshiba NB305 netbook. VERY annoying, to say the least. As others have mentioned, I was not experiencing this on 10.04. Interestingly enough, this happens during startup also. -- User interface stutters / laggy when mouse NOT moving ht

[Bug 578585] Re: gnome panel conflict: Unity keeps reloading on my system and get white background...

2010-06-24 Thread Nick Bishop
I have confirmed that dar's solution does in fact solve the issue, but I have not tested it extensively. Does this assist the Unity team in resolving this issue? Let me know if any additional testing needs to be performed. -- gnome panel conflict: Unity keeps reloading on my system and get