[Bug 70240] Re: Kde error message on kubuntu: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly"

2008-07-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
This problem just showed up today on Hardy Heron (8.04) after a normal update, which installed kernel 2.6.24-16-generic. As before, logging out and logging in again gets me my desktop back. -- Kde error message on kubuntu: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly" https://bugs.launc

[Bug 256404] Re: libxine1-bin Update to 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.1 caused removal of libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3

2008-08-26 Thread Paul Abrahams
Steven's comment illustrates a different but related problem (or bug?): the file /etc/apt/sources.list ought to correspond to the repositories indicated by adept under "Manage Repositories / Third Party Software", but it doesn't -- and the relationship between adept's displayed repository list a

[Bug 213444] Re: 8.04 & 8.10 nfs clients report "internal error" when attempting to mount NFS exports

2008-11-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
The NFS mount problem has been around now for quite a while. I think I first reported it (under another number) a couple of years ago. It must be a bug since it should not be possible for a user to provoke an internal error no matter what he or she does. And it's been encountered by quite a numb

[Bug 213444] Re: 8.04 & 8.10 nfs clients report "internal error" when attempting to mount NFS exports

2008-11-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Perhaps if no one can determine the cause of the error, it might be worthwhile to modify the code in order to produce a more revealing (to the code author, anyway) error message. -- 8.04 & 8.10 nfs clients report "internal error" when attempting to mount NFS exports https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 380938] Re: _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
Here is the output you requested: p...@lepiota:~$ umount /mediavault umount: /mediavault is not mounted (according to mtab) p...@lepiota:~$ mount | grep mediavault p...@lepiota:~$ ls -ld /mediavault drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2009-05-06 00:35 /mediavault p...@lepiota:~$ ls -l $(which mount.cifs)

[Bug 380938] Re: _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
After changing the user of /mediavault to pwa as you suggested, the unprivileged mount works. But since "users" is in the fstab line, that shouldn't matter. -- _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380938 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 384347] [NEW] _netdev not working

2009-06-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mount When my system starts up, my /mediavault file does not get mounted initially, though I can mount it explicitly later on. The /etc/fstab entry for it is: //hpmediavault/FileShare /mediavault cifs users,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,_netdev,guest 0 0 _netdev

[Bug 380938] [NEW] _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-05-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running the Jaunty kde3.5 remix (Ubuntu 9.04). I have several related problems with automount of a cifs share, shown by the following transcript: p...@lepiota:~$ mount /mediavault mount error: permission denied or not superuser and mount.cifs not installed SUID p...@lep

[Bug 70240] Re: Kde error message on kubuntu: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly"

2008-10-24 Thread Paul Abrahams
Just got it again (Kubuntu 8.041). There are many "chicken soup" fixes around that work for particular people in particular installations, but I have yet to see a clear explanation of the cause of the error and a universal fix for it. There is clearly a bug here. -- Kde error message on kubuntu

[Bug 273153] Re: Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-26 Thread Paul Abrahams
Automount of memory sticks just started working for me, but I don't know why. The last thing I did was to remove the entry for /dev/sdb1 from /etc/fstab -- but I had tried working without that entry previously, without success. I now can mount two sticks simultaneously and I get the "new medium d

[Bug 263456] Re: Adept Third-Party Software out of sync with sources.list

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem is that since the relationship between sources.list and the listings in adept isn't documented in an obvious place, it's difficult to know the full effect of modifying one or the other. Since there doesn't seem to be a help file for adept, this information could usefully be inserted as

[Bug 273153] [NEW] Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.1. When I insert a memory stick into my machine, it doesn't automount. It is possible to mount it explicitly with "mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0", but even then it has the wrong permissions: read-only for anyone other than root (and chmod fails t

[Bug 273153] Re: Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Abrahams
It happens with multiple memory sticks as well: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/kubuntu-default-settings# mount /dev/sdc1 /media/USB1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/kubuntu-default-settings# ls -ld /media/USB1 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 /media/USB1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/kubuntu-default-settings

[Bug 257158] [NEW] Version problem with libxine-ffmpeg in 8.04

2008-08-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libxine1-ffmpeg After the most recent update to Kubuntu 8.04, I could not get mp3s to work. When I attempted to install the support for them, I got this message: libxine1-ffmpeg: Depends: libxine1-bin (=1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3) but 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.1 is to

[Bug 258033] [NEW] Errors in adept configuration suggest using apt-setup, which doesn't exist

2008-08-14 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: adept If there's something wrong with the /etc/apt/sources.list file, Adept complains about a configuration error without any further explanation. The error box advises using apt-setup to correct the problem, but apt- setup doesn't seem to exist -- at lea

[Bug 256404] Re: libxine1-bin Update to 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.1 caused removal of libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3

2008-08-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
The ticket should not be closed until a normal installation causes libxine1-ffmpeg to be installed properly. -- libxine1-bin Update to 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.1 caused removal of libxine1-ffmpeg 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256404 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 213444] Same problem in OpenSUSE 11.0

2008-07-15 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem of mount.nfs producing an internal error also showed up for me in OpenSUSE 11.0, when it was not in previous versions of OpenSUSE. So it must be originating in some code release that's common to both OpenSUSE and Ubuntu. It's also been reported for Fedora. And it's very nasty. -- Ha

[Bug 68187] Hardy Heron sometimes has the problem also

2008-05-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm running Hardy Heron and the problem of this message just popped up. I don't know what brought it on, but deleting the file ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok/ made it go away. -- "xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers." error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68187 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 95300] Re: the installer crashed

2008-07-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm now running Hardy Heron (8.04), and it didn't show up for that. So I'd say not to worry about it now. Thanks for asking. -- the installer crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95300 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 298650] Re: Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. You can restore the tabs and windows from your previous session, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page y

2009-01-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
I have the same problem under OpenSUse 11.1. Firefox simply disappears without warning and with no apparent cause. It even happens when I'm working in a different window, or when I leave the computer idle. I don't even know where to locate any diagnostic information. Typing "about:crashes", whi

[Bug 252434] Re: Firefox closes unexpectedly

2008-12-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm having that problem also. In fact, Firefox sometime closes when the computer is just sitting idle. It happens very often. I wish there was a logfile somewhere that might give an indication of the cause. Does anyone know of such? /var/log/messages has nothing. -- Firefox closes unexpected

[Bug 155035] Re: feature request: manually add apt mirror using adept

2008-08-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
I've encountered a related problem (or maybe really the same problem in a different manifestation). The list of third-party software is supposed to be in /etc/apt/sources.list, but the list given there is not reflected in the Third-Party Software list that adept displays under Manage Repositories.

[Bug 263456] [NEW] Adept Third-Party Software out of sync with sources.list

2008-08-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: adept The relationship among /etc/apt/sources.list, /etc/apt/source.list.d/*, and the Third-Party Software section of Manage Repositories seems to be undocumented, so I'm not entirely sure what the behavior should be. I expected that there would be some

[Bug 263456] Re: Adept Third-Party Software out of sync with sources.list

2008-08-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: "sources.list" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17194762/sources.list -- Adept Third-Party Software out of sync with sources.list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 220573] Re: usb stick does not automount in Ubuntu 8.04 RC

2008-09-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
I too have the problem of automount of USB memory sticks not working (in Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04). Here is my dmesg output when I insert *two* of them: [27635.515591] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [27635.525787] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [27635.536866]

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just got the error exit 1 after attempting to reinstall hal. No other configuration problems I'm aware of right now. (Kubuntu 8.04). -- package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2

[Bug 63450] Re: acpid install fails (because of hal running)

2008-09-04 Thread Paul Abrahams
That doesn't work because of the ubiquitous hal install problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install sysv-rc=2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sysv-rc is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to re

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
I found the fix to this, thanks to another post that I cannot locate at the moment. The file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf has contradictory information. Removing the "deny" lines enables the hal installation to work. The incorrect hal.conf file is a bug in its own right, but I don't know how to

[Bug 267189] [NEW] Contradictory information in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal The file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf contains contradictory policies -- the "deny"s don't agree with the "allow"s. Unfortunately, after fixing the problem in my system, I haven't figured out how to retrieve the distributed version of that file to c

[Bug 254320] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem lies in contradictory policies in the file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf -- the deny's don't agree with the allow's and shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, after fixing the problem, I haven't been able to retrieve the original hal.conf to cite the error more specifically. -- package h

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
The trouble is that I haven't been able to locate a copy of the distributed hal.conf, so I can't say what deny lines were in it. I actually deleted them rather than just commenting them out. Meanwhile I've been hunting in vain for some explanation of the contents of hal.conf. -- package hal 0.5

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
I suppose the central point here is that errors in an existing hal.conf prevent hal from being reinstalled. That in itself is probably a bug, since if you reinstall a package, the reinstallation shouldn't in any case be disrupted by the previous version of that package. -- package hal 0.5.11~rc2

[Bug 234688] Re: Plug in USB Drive - Does not automount.

2008-09-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm having similar problems, running Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1. I've installed usbmount, and now my USB memory sticks automount just fine -- except that I don't get any notifications. Systems settings / Notifications / Storage Media Notifications shows the expected triplet of Open in New Window,

[Bug 220573] Re: usb stick does not automount in Ubuntu 8.04 RC

2008-09-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
I now find that if I install automount, automounting works perfectly -- except that I get no notifications, even though I've specified them in Systems Settings / Notifications. (Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.1, fully updated.) -- usb stick does not automount in Ubuntu 8.04 RC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

Re: [Bug 223750] Re: Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
On Wednesday 30 April 2008 7:32:34 am Michael Olberg wrote: > I am having the same problem on a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop (running the > same kernel) with a > > $ lspci > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 02) > > $ head -n 5 /proc/asound/card0/

[Bug 223750] Re: Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
I think there really is a bug here, though one that's more puzzling than fatal. The mixer settings should be preserved over the upgrade. -- Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223750 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 221526] Re: package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-05-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
here are the logs. Probably you don't need all of them. ** Attachment added: "term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14074517/term.log -- package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221526 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 221526] Re: package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-05-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
sorry, attachment didn't work the first time. ** Attachment added: "apt.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14074534/apt.log -- package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 221526] Re: package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-05-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
This bugtracer seems to only want to upload one attachment per message. ** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14074570/main.log -- package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221526 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 221526] Re: package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-05-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
So here's another one. ** Attachment added: "term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14074585/term.log -- package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 223750] Two pages of settings

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Susan, are you sure you found all the settings? They are on two separate pages of kmix, I believe. At first I only found the first page. I have no knowledge about all this beyond what my own experience was. -- Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223750 You rec

[Bug 221526] [NEW] package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-04-24 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba I had the option of keeping my old swat entry in one of the control files in /etc (don't remember which one) and chose not to. Perhaps if I had made the other choice this error wouldn't have occurred. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date:

[Bug 221526] Re: package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-04-24 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13864517/Dependencies.txt -- package swat 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 223750] Re: Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
This report should, of course, have referred to Ubuntu 8.04, not Ubuntu 8104. Just a bit of fat-fingered typing. -- Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223750 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 223750] [NEW] Sound very faint in Ubuntu 8l04 Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Until I installed Hardy Heron on this laptop, the sound worked fine. After installing HH 8.04, it didn't. At first I had no sound at all, but after switching from the i386 kernel to the generic kernel, as suggested by several bug reports, I started to get sound -- but so fai

[Bug 95300] Re: the installer crashed

2007-03-25 Thread Paul Abrahams
I also got this error, but at the beginning of the installation process. Since nothing had been installed I had no way of attaching any files. The only thing I noticed that might be helpful was the message "out of disk space" at the end of the trace, despite the fact that my root partition had 8GB.

[Bug 96077] Installation crashes just after repartitioning

2007-03-25 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity I am using a new Edgy Eft 6.10 DVD that I downloaded. After partitioning, just as the "copying files" phase is beginning, I get the message "We're sorry; the installation crashed." I cannot attach the traces because my system is not in a state

[Bug 521703] Re: Provide central application to file bugs

2010-03-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
The Launchpad bug system provides no clear way of reporting bugs in the installation process. These bugs are not associated with packages in any obvious way since the packages haven't even been installed. -- Provide central application to file bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521703 You rece

[Bug 542873] [NEW] Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems Settings, and initial installation

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: There is a constellation of bugs relating to the difficulty in Kubuntu 9.10 in getting the screen resolution above 800x640. 1. The Live CD for Kubuntu 9.10 is stuck in low resolution, with no obvious way to change it. 2. The programs Nvidia X Configuration Settings and Syste

[Bug 542873] Re: Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems Settings, and initial installation

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem does not lie in the drivers from Nvidia, which are perfectly capable of producing high resolutions. This problem is apparently new to Karmic Koala, since I haven't encountered it in earlier versions of Kubuntu. -- Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems Se

[Bug 1767700] [NEW] gdebi puts output all on one line

2018-04-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: In many cases, gdebi puts its output all on one line, which makes it impossible to follow, I'm pretty sure that the package installer delimits lines with only a , while is what's needed. ** Affects: gdebi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: gde

[Bug 886254] Re: HP LaserJet 5 printer driver works incorrectly

2018-08-09 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm no longer using this printer. (It served me well for many years but it's obsolete now.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886254 Title: HP LaserJet 5 printer driver works incorrectl

[Bug 1077522] Re: Wrong PPD (again) for HP LaserJet 5

2018-08-10 Thread Paul Abrahams
Since I no longer have this printer (it served me well for 20 years), the bug is no longer a problem. The LaserJet 5 was a marvelous printer -- for its time! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 1093217] Re: 8086:0166 [Lenovo IdeaPad Z580] 12.04-13.10 10-20min boot delay (From 3.2.0.29->3.12-rc2)

2014-01-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
I also have a Lenovo Z580 running (Kubuntu) 13.10. I have a slightly different problem (also reported elsewhere) that I assume has the same cause and probably the same fix. My system often freezes for anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute or two. Switching to a virtual console and back seems to h

[Bug 1142213] Re: emacs23/24 and other GTK applications do not start when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen-gtk theme enabled

2013-08-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
This problem also shows up with easytag (see Bug #1160729). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1142213 Title: emacs23/24 and other GTK applications do not start when run in Kubuntu 13.0

[Bug 1299225] [NEW] stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

2014-03-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running a fully updated Kubuntu 13.10 on a 64-bit Lenovo Z58 laptop. When I shut down, the shutdown process gets stuck with the message "stale nfs file handle". The system just sits there thereafter. I know what's going on but I don't know what to do about it, and a syst

[Bug 1299225] Re: stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

2014-03-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
Unfortunately, nothing in FindRightPackages seems to apply to this situation. I suppose it's the package that contains the shutdown scripts, but I don't know what package that is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 1299225] Re: stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

2014-03-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Package changed: ubuntu => kde-workspace (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299225 Title: stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1299225] Re: stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

2014-03-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
I can believe that upstart is the correct package, but "FindRightPackage" would never lead me there. The problem of making sure that remote filesystems are detached before the network is shut down has been around in several guises for quite a while. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 910385] Re: apt: protocol is not working with Firefox in Kubuntu

2014-04-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
The applications listed by Firefox under Edit/Preferences/Applications do not include "apt", and there does not seem to be a way to add application types to the list of those provided. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1604113] [NEW] qapt package installer's output all on one line

2016-07-18 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: When I invoke QApt Package Installer (usually the default for package installations under Kubuntu 14.04), the status output all appears on one line, which makes it unreadable. I expect that the problem has to do with an error in the end-of-line logic for whatever is logging t

[Bug 656583] Re: Incomplete Language Support warning after every install of Kubuntu Maverick

2016-07-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
I get this too on every restart of Kubuntu 14.04, so clearly it is not fixed. This is an ancient bug with many bogus reported solutions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656583 Title:

[Bug 1637753] [NEW] Bad interaction between pulseaudio and bluetooth

2016-10-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu 14.04. I am trying to use my headphones to listen to music from my laptop. The headphones are correctly paired, and I get a message to that effect, but I can't switch the audio output to bluetooth -- it just isn't listed in the Phonon settings of System Se

[Bug 1637753] Re: Bad interaction between pulseaudio and bluetooth

2016-10-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
A couple of other things: First, at one point I did have the headphones working, but I haven't been able to get them working again. Second, the expected behavior: Using the Phonon settings, I should be able to switch easily between the built-in speakers and the headphones, or even between two diff

[Bug 958080] [NEW] Double login needed after logout

2012-03-17 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu Oneiric 11.10 with KDE 4.8.1. If I log out and log in again, after a minute or so the screen goes blank and then another login prompt appears. The second login works correctly. This does not happen on the initial login. When this most recently happened,

[Bug 958080] Re: Double login needed after logout

2012-03-17 Thread Paul Abrahams
No luck: pwa@pwa-K60IJ:~$ apport-collect 958080 ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: [Errno 0] Error You can reset the credentials by removing the file "/home/pwa/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials" Removing the credentials file didn't help. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-12-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Some observations: 1. After any change, you probably need to start up alsamixer again and make sure that Front is unmuted and at a good volume. Without that, nothing else is likely to work. 2. If you start up with headphones plugged in, you probably will get sound on both headphones and internal

[Bug 493542] Re: Picture upside Down Webcam Genius EYE 312 ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc.

2011-01-09 Thread Paul Abrahams
Good news! My image is no longer upside down in Meerkat, on an Asus K60IJ laptop. :=)) Saves me the agony and risk of disassembling my laptop lid, which might not have solved the problem anyway!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 493542] Re: Picture upside Down Webcam Genius EYE 312 ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc.

2011-01-10 Thread Paul Abrahams
I spoke a little too quickly. The image is correctly oriented in cheesd and XawTV -- but not, I just discovered, in Skype. Does anyone know why the Skype behavior should be different? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 701685] [NEW] Internal microphone does not work

2011-01-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 on an Asus K60IJ laptop. I've tried fiddling with alsamixer, etc., with no success. I've also tried using Sound Recorder, and the volume meter shows nothing when I tap the mike or talk. There are quite a few other reports out there about microphone

[Bug 1458716] [NEW] No separator between message list and message text in kmail

2015-05-25 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: In the Kubuntu 15.04 version of kmail, there is no separation mark (a bar, etc.) between the message list and the message text. That makes them harder to read, and I believe it's a regression from previous versions of kmail. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Packa

[Bug 1459867] [NEW] Progress window puts everything on one line

2015-05-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: When I run qapt-deb-installer, the progress report puts its output all on one line, so it runs far off the end of the screen unless I keep scrolling it horizontally. I suspect a problem in the interpretation of line terminators in the output of the installer. ProblemType: Bu

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
I.ve installed the 20140923 microcode update. It solved the buffer underrun problem I was having but not the broken pipe problem. The reason I thought it would help is that I saw a post somewhere saying that this update worked but the previous one (20140624) did not. I've been trying without suc

[Bug 1348007] Re: xhci_hcd: Setup ERROR: setup context command for slot n.

2015-01-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
This bug also showed up on Kubuntu utopic 14.10 with kernel 3.18.0-031800. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348007 Title: xhci_hcd: Setup ERROR: setup context command for slot n. To m

[Bug 1449146] [NEW] Failure after boot-choice screen on power up

2015-04-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I have a newly installed Kubuntu 15.10 system. I power on my machine (a new HP Pavilion All-In-One) and I see the boot choice screen, with Ubuntu as the default choice. If I take that choice, the screen goes dark for ten seconds or so, then turns a series of solid colors (al

[Bug 1449146] Re: Failure after boot-choice screen on power up

2015-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm returning the machine to Amazon, so I can't test the newer kernels. It has a much worse problem: the graphics, at least under Kubuntu, are intolerably slow. I've tried switching the graphics drivers and it didn't help, although there's such a multiplicity of them that I can't be sure I didn't

[Bug 211631] Re: Network is brought down before network filesystems are unmounted (CIFS timeout at shutdown)

2013-12-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
It's a slightly different problem, I guess, but in Kubuntu 13.10 the shutdown does not complete for me. It stops with the message "Stale NFS file handle". I suppose this is a different bug because it involves NFS, not CIFS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 958080] Re: Double login needed after logout

2013-09-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
Problem solved; I don't see this in 13.04 Raring (keeping fingers crossed). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/958080 Title: Double login needed after logout To manage notifications abou

[Bug 339563] Re: Unable to mount Canon cameras via USB (Jaunty)

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
I forgot to mention that I'm running Kubuntu 11.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339563 Title: Unable to mount Canon cameras via USB (Jaunty) To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 339563] Re: Unable to mount Canon cameras via USB (Jaunty)

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
Same problem here. I've plugged in a Canon A10 Powershot. lsusb sees it and so does gphoto -l: pwa@pwa-K60IJ:~$ gphoto2 -l Detected a 'Canon:PowerShot A10'. There are 2 folders in folder '/'. - DCIM - MISC There are 2 folders in folder '/DCIM'. -

[Bug 1378180] Re: wifi constantly gets disconnected = wpa_supplicant[...]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED

2015-12-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm running Kubuntu 14.04 and I get occasional network disconnections. The interval between them varies widely. I have kernel 3.19.0-42-generic installed, according to uname. There are many reports of this problem, as a google search will reveal. Also search on "wpa_supplicant CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNE

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just "upgraded" a system from Kubuntu 14.04 to Kubuntu 14.10, and the "broken pipe" error popped up. Some questions for the suffering populace: 1. Does the error occur with 14.04 or only with 14.10? 2. Does it occur with 14.10 installed directly or only with 14.10 upgraded from 14.04? In my e

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
The keepers of the archive need to do something about this bug to reflect the fact that it is not Nvidia-specific. Several people have reported encountering it with Intel hardware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
Re #74 (Roland Meier): the message in #37 is "Could no open output pipe", which is somewhat different from the "broken pipe" message. Interestingly, I've also seen the broken pipe message in an older 13.10 system, which brought up the graphical interface but froze after a while. -- You received t

[Bug 959151]

2015-01-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
I encounter this in KDE 4.14.2, Kubuntu 14.10, whenever I use kstart. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959151 Title: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreAppl

[Bug 1412594] [NEW] System hangs when kstart used in autostart script

2015-01-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I was trying to use kstart to start three programs in three different desktops after login, like this: kstart --desktop 1 firefox kstart --desktop 2 kmail kstart --desktop 3 konsole After (apparently) executing the script, the system hung solidly. I tried this more el

[Bug 959151]

2015-01-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
When I try to use kstart I get this message, and the application opens on the wrong desktop even though I've used the "--desktop" parameter. Since I can't use kstart without getting this message, I don't know if the kstart problem is related or not. -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
I too get this message in Kubuntu 14.10. I have a Lenovo laptop with Intel integrated graphics. I actually have two Kubuntu 14.10's in different partitions on this machine. I'm writing this from what I'll call P1, which I had abandoned because the partition was too small for my needs. So I creat

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
This bug report is mistitled since the same bug appears on machines (like mine) with Intel integrated graphics. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364630 Title: init: Error while reading

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
i just installed the 3.18 kernel and still get the broken pipe. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364630 Title: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe To manage notific

[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-01-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
After poking around I learned that the cure is to install a correction to the Intel microcode. That in turn requires installing the"intel- microcode 2.20140913.1ubuntu2 source package, which is available from Launchpad. However, I haven't yet figured out how to actually do that. The Archlinux fo

[Bug 1299225] Re: stale nfs file handle blocks shutdown

2014-04-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
I can suggest the outline of a fix, but I don't have enough system knowledge to provide the actual code. What's needed is a script in one of the /etc/rc.d files that checks all mounted filesystems to see if they are remote. If a filesystem is remote, then it is forcibly unmounted. This script sh

[Bug 1077522] Re: Wrong PPD (again) for HP LaserJet 5

2013-11-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Under 13.10 that method of retrieving the correct PPD doesn't work any more. I had saved the correct one, though, and I'll provide it on request. If anyone has ideas on how to make it publicly available and easily retrieved, let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1044156] Re: gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message

2012-10-18 Thread Paul Abrahams
I don't think that ufw/iptables has anything to do with the problem. Look at this: root@Lenovo-Z580:~# host pgpkeys.mit.edu pgpkeys.mit.edu is an alias for CRYPTONOMICON.mit.edu. CRYPTONOMICON.mit.edu has address 18.9.60.141 root@Lenovo-Z580:~# gpg --keyserver hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-keys A8

[Bug 1044156] Re: gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message

2012-10-18 Thread Paul Abrahams
I should also mention that uvw says that the firewall is inactive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044156 Title: gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message To manage noti

[Bug 668748] Re: Unable to contact time server

2012-10-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
Same problem in Precise 12.04.1. Longevity in bugs is not a virtue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668748 Title: Unable to contact time server To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1065352] [NEW] pysdm thinks sda10 is a different drive

2012-10-10 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: pysdm displays sda10 as though it is a different drive, on the same level as sda. But it does handle sda9 correctly. ** Affects: pysdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 527831] Re: Ubuntu should have a GUI to configure permanent mounts

2012-10-10 Thread Paul Abrahams
pysdm does what you want, I think. But it does have at least one significant bug: it thinks sda10 is a separate drive and will not set it up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527831 Titl

[Bug 997506] Re: pkexec cannot run graphical applications when using KDM as display manager

2012-10-12 Thread Paul Abrahams
This is a nasty bug that affects many users. Its solution should not be buried. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997506 Title: pkexec cannot run graphical applications when using KDM

[Bug 1044156] Re: gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message

2012-09-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just tried again, with interesting, different, and puzzling results: pwa@pwa-K60IJ:~$ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys A8AA1FAA3F055C03 gpg: failed to create temporary file `/home/pwa/.gnupg/.#lk0x1021490.pwa-K60IJ.947': Permission denied gpg: keyblock resource `/home/pwa/.gnu

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