[Bug 271932] Re: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in DRIGetContextStore()

2008-12-05 Thread Richard Gabriel
I believe the last comment referred to a different video card. I have the video card mentioned in this bug description and I still cannot log into Gnome without it crashing. However, the my error only occurs when DRI is enabled. Disabling DRI makes the login possible, but the computer is very sl

[Bug 285250] Re: [i845G] Hard crash entering X

2008-11-12 Thread Richard Gabriel
I think they are waiting on an upstream fix from xorg. I have no idea on an ETA. Disabling DRI in xorg.conf and/or removing compiz is a partial workaround. However, it slows down rendering on my machine so much that I had to revert back to Hardy. I am hoping for a real fix soon. -- [i845G] Ha

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2008-12-01 Thread Richard Gabriel
I upgraded to the Brasero 0.8.3 package from Jaunty and it did not fix the problem. If it worked after compiling from source, then perhaps the problem is specific to the Ubuntu package. -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703 You received this

[Bug 221119] Re: [gutsy, hardy, intrepid] Blank screen and (EE) intel(0): overrun on pipe B! on i945GM using intel driver

2008-11-04 Thread Richard Gabriel
I can confirm that removing all compiz packages does work around this problem now. I don't even need to explicitly specify the "intel" driver. It didn't help when I first found the problem over a month ago, but now it works. Still, I would prefer compiz and the video rendering is not as fast as

[Bug 274102] Re: black screen with arrow cursor during login

2008-10-20 Thread Richard Gabriel
This seems to be still happening with the latest Intrepid beta. I believe that a program that starts during login crashes. I have yet to determine which program and why it is crashing. This happens when logging in through gdm as well as when starting X manually (startx). Nothing helpful is inser

[Bug 273451] Re: xorg crash with segfault when opening kde3.5 apps on intrepid

2008-10-20 Thread Richard Gabriel
I believe I am having a similar issue. Xorg crashes when I attempt to log in with the same error in the Xorg log. Here are the details about my video card: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev

[Bug 258059] Re: Upgrade to Intrepid broke X (I830WaitLpRing timeout)

2008-10-20 Thread Richard Gabriel
I am having a similar problem. After upgrading, xorg crashes during login. I get to the gdm login screen, but after entering my user name and password, it crashes. The error in /var/log messages is Xorg[6907]: segfault at 0 ip b7b00dc1 sp bf821af0 error 4 in libdri.so[b7afd000+8000] . -- Upgra

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-26 Thread Richard Gabriel
I tried your xorg.conf (adjusting for my actual screen) and still no luck. In addition, after the latest updates, the problem seems worse. Now, I can't even log in when disabling hardware acceleration. Starting gdm just gives me a blank screen. It doesn't seem to crash any more though so I can s

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-26 Thread Richard Gabriel
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285250 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-27 Thread Richard Gabriel
Turning off DRI instead of setting NoAccel does increase performance on my system too. I can now log in again and it's a little faster, but it's not nearly as good as direct rendering. -- Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285250 You received this bug

[Bug 221119] Re: [gutsy, hardy, intrepid] Blank screen and (EE) intel(0): overrun on pipe B! on i945GM using intel driver

2008-11-03 Thread Richard Gabriel
Removing compiz did not solve the problem for me. As a workaround, disabling DRI in xorg.conf seems to allow a user to log in normally. Compiz will not work in this case and rendering is noticeably slower. My graphics card is: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphic

[Bug 204502] Re: [hardy] keyboard stops responding after adjusting screen brightness

2008-11-06 Thread Richard Gabriel
I can confirm this in the final release of Intrepid also. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- [hardy] keyboard stops responding after adjusting screen brightness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204502 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-30 Thread Richard Gabriel
Yah, it's too bad they couldn't get a fix in sooner, but it was probably more risky to introduce a new upstream version before release. I'm not even sure this has been fixed upstream yet. However, I'm sure it will be resolved soon and pushed to Intrepid as an update. I am running with DRI turned

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-31 Thread Richard Gabriel
Interesting. Removing compiz had no effect for me except for displaying a different color other than black during the freeze. Disabling DRI is the best workaround that we've found so far I think. However, novice users may just give up and switch to a different OS :/ -- Hard crash entering X wi

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-23 Thread Richard Gabriel
NoAccel does indeed allow a user to login and use the desktop. However, screen redraws are frightfully slow. Also, logging out still causes a crash. -- Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285250 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-23 Thread Richard Gabriel
I have attached my xorg.conf. It allows normal login and usage of the gnome desktop except that hardware acceleration is disabled. That produces very slow screen redraws, unnecessary CPU utilization, and compiz won't run (among other things). It's a bad workaround, but it functions until this ca

[Bug 285250] Re: Hard crash entering X with Intel 82845G chipset

2008-10-23 Thread Richard Gabriel
Perhaps the difference is that you are using the Live CD and I'm running from a fully installed system with latest updates. I can now log in with hardware acceleration disabled and use the computer. However, it is very slow. Also, logging out causes a crash. -- Hard crash entering X with Intel

[Bug 9252] Re: Nautilus reports file ownership incorrectly on sftp:// files

2008-05-19 Thread Richard Gabriel
The permissions seem to be displayed correctly in Hardy. -- Nautilus reports file ownership incorrectly on sftp:// files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9252 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 204104] Re: Wrong resolution on ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

2008-08-03 Thread Richard Gabriel
Well, I had been working with a bunch of D600 laptops. The one in question had a screen with a maximum resolution of 1024x768. The others supported 1400x1050 natively. I neglected to check the actual native resolution for the system in question. Therefore, I didn't really discover a fix. I jus

[Bug 311479] Re: DVDs will not Mount: No medium found

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Gabriel
After much research and trial/error, I discovered that this was actually a problem with one my my DVD drives. I thought it was affecting several computers because, in some cases, I received a dbus error after inserting a burned DVD-R. However, I now suspect that this dbus message is related to a

[Bug 270122] Re: can't enable compiz effect on intrepid with intel card

2009-01-11 Thread Richard Gabriel
I tested this with the Jaunty Alpha 2 LiveCD the X still crashes during startup because memory cannot be allocated properly. It then falls back to "low graphics mode". -- can't enable compiz effect on intrepid with intel card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270122 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 121246] Re: Can´t mount written dvd ´s. "Empty media" (SATA DVD+- Writer)

2008-12-25 Thread Richard Gabriel
I believe I am affected by this bug as well. It may be a different problem, but it seems related. Burned DATA DVDs can't seem to be mounted. I have tested kernel 2.6.27-7 and 2.6.27-11 on Intrepid. Blank DVDs are seen normally and I have no trouble burning. However, once they are burned, they c

[Bug 238835] Re: persistent failure with DVD mounting, reading, writing

2008-12-25 Thread Richard Gabriel
I believe I am affected by this bug as well. Burned DATA DVDs can't seem to be mounted. I have tested kernel 2.6.27-7 and 2.6.27-11 on Intrepid. Blank DVDs are seen normally and I have no trouble burning. However, once they are burned, they can't be mounted. I have tested several brands of blan

[Bug 144242] Re: DVD+R disc does not mount

2008-12-25 Thread Richard Gabriel
I am having a similar issue with DVDs that I burned with Ubuntu. I am adding this note because it might be related. DVDs that I burned with Ubuntu cannot be mounted. I have tested this with several blank DVD brands, multiple applications, and several computers (running Intrepid). The same DVDs

[Bug 311479] [NEW] DVDs will not Mount: No medium found

2008-12-25 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.27 DVDs that I have burned with Ubuntu cannot be mounted in most cases. I have tried several brands of blank DVDs, different applications to burn (Brasero and nautilus-cd-burner), and I have tried to load the discs in multiple computers

[Bug 270976] Re: Brasero can't burn a video DVD

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Gabriel
I can confirm that this problem still exists in Brasero 0.8.4. There is a message displayed now though indicating that the DVD cannot be burned with the enabled plugins. However, I have every recommended package installed. I am not sure what is missing and the debug log is no help either. -- B

[Bug 15424] Re: Error while burning DVD-RWs: Input/output error

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Gabriel
This problem seems to be still happening with Brasero 0.8.4 on Intrepid. -- Error while burning DVD-RWs: Input/output error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 311479] Re: DVDs will not Mount: No medium found

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Gabriel
This is possibly related to the initial burning of the DVDs. Even though burning the data DVDs completes successfully, a burned DVD could not be read by the BIOS to see if it was a startup disc. I learned this after leaving a disc in the drive by accident when restarting. The drive made strange

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2008-12-21 Thread Richard Gabriel
Great news! Any chance of a backport of this fix to Intrepid or Hardy? Thanks. -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 51123] HZ 250 causes choppy animation and slow performance

2006-06-27 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15 The latest dapper kernel, 2.6.15-25-686, causes slowness and choppy animation on my laptop. linux-image-2.6.15-23-686 works normally and is speedy. I believe this has to do with the following change in the changelog from 2.6.15-23 to

[Bug 46209] Re: Nautilus Passes Relative Path to vim for Remote Files

2006-06-30 Thread Richard Gabriel
I tested this and I think that in your syntax above, "path" refers to the absolute path with leading slashes. When I substitute an absolute path including the leading slash for the word "path" in your above command line example, it works correctly and opens the remote file. Working command line e

[Bug 45117] Re: Can't sign a file using nautilus menu via gnome-vfs

2006-06-30 Thread Richard Gabriel
This may actually be a gnomevfs bug... -- Can't sign a file using nautilus menu via gnome-vfs https://launchpad.net/bugs/45117 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51123] Re: HZ 250 causes choppy animation and slow performance

2006-07-12 Thread Richard Gabriel
This also occurs with kernel 2.6.15-26-686. -- HZ 250 causes choppy animation and slow performance https://launchpad.net/bugs/51123 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 47854] Re: Can't print to photo tray with HP PhotoSmart 7760

2006-07-26 Thread Richard Gabriel
I just upgraded to cups 1.2.1 and removed the hpoj package. Now I can print to the photo tray successfully! However, I cannot get it to print without a margin. gnome-photo-printer works the best, but there is still a slight margin on all sides. I believe I have all settings correct within the a

[Bug 54216] DigiKam will not print borderless photos

2006-07-26 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: digikam I have tried several combinations of settings with DigiKam and it will not print photos in the correct orientation without a margin. gnome- photo-printer prints the 4x6in. photos correctly to the photo tray of my HP PhotoSmart 7760 thanks to cups

[Bug 47854] Re: Can't print to photo tray with HP PhotoSmart 7760

2006-07-27 Thread Richard Gabriel
After more trial and error, I was able to get gnome-photo-printer to print without any margins. digiKam still has trouble, but perhaps that's a separate bug. I think this bug can be safely closed now. Thanks! -- Can't print to photo tray with HP PhotoSmart 7760 https://launchpad.net/bugs/47854

[Bug 58895] Re: Signing with nautilus fails, Encryption with nautilus crashes seahorse-tool

2006-09-07 Thread Richard Gabriel
I am also having this issue. It may be that seahorse-tool (the command run by nautilus) does not notice the seahorse-daemon is running. Here is the command line output: seahorse-tool -s FILE ** (seahorse-tool:6101): WARNING **: DNS-SD initialization failed: Daemon not running ** (seahorse-tool

[Bug 192992] Re: [hardy] pycentral crashed with ValueError in parse_versions()

2008-02-19 Thread Richard Gabriel
This seems fixed for me by installing the latest python-apt and python- central packages (within the last couple hours) and also installing python2.4. Perhaps a more permanent solution is still forthcoming, but so far so good. Thanks! -- [hardy] pycentral crashed with ValueError in parse_versio

[Bug 214763] Re: Ubuntu 8.04 : after installing april 8/2008 updates, hard drive led never stops flashing and CPU consuption is VERY high

2008-04-21 Thread Richard Gabriel
I may be having a similar problem. Periodically throughout the day, the hard drive is vigorously accessed. My CPU usage does not increase to 100%, but some processing is going on. Running "top" from the command line doesn't reveal any obvious suspects and I have scanned through the complete proc

[Bug 204104] Re: Wrong resolution on ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

2008-04-08 Thread Richard Gabriel
This is still broken for me on Hardy. I just did a fresh install and I haven't been able to find a solution yet. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- Wrong resolution on ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204104 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 204104] Re: Wrong resolution on ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

2008-04-08 Thread Richard Gabriel
Actually, after many hours of working on this, I discovered my mistake. This is indeed working correctly. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Wrong resolution on ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204104 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 149881] Re: HAL fails to initialise when /etc/init.d/rc sets CONCURRENCY=shell

2008-05-05 Thread Richard Gabriel
I can confirm this in Hardy as well with the latest updates (including proposed). The workaround does solve the issue, but the average user will simply get frustrated. -- HAL fails to initialise when /etc/init.d/rc sets CONCURRENCY=shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149881 You received this b

[Bug 210346] Re: Network Manager does not automatically connect on login

2008-05-07 Thread Richard Gabriel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 227838 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227838 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 227838 "Failed to intialize HAL" error message after gdm login. possibly because of wrong gdm priority in /etc/rc*/ -- Network Manager does not automaticall

[Bug 178032] Re: Add to Address Book kills Metacity it doesn't return

2008-01-16 Thread Richard Gabriel
I can confirm this bug and I can reproduce it with Gutsy (including latest updates). However, I believe that gtk-window-decorator is actually crashing, not evolution or metacity. In fact, if the bug reporter has selected "advanced effects" from the Appearance tool, they are most likely running co

[Bug 196410] [NEW] Ogle Crash: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/dsp

2008-02-28 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ogle When attempting to play a DVD using Ogle 0.9.2-5 in Ubuntu Hardy, the application crashes with the following error: FATAL[ogle_audio]: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/dsp Ogle will actually launch, but it crashes when attempting to "Ope

[Bug 210346] [NEW] Network Manager does not automatically connect on login

2008-04-01 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager With the latest version of Network Manager in Hardy, it no longer connects to my wireless network automatically upon login. I have to manually select the network each time. Furthermore, sometimes it will connect to the network, show sign

[Bug 208008] Re: Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly

2008-04-01 Thread Richard Gabriel
Correction: this is not fixed. I'm not sure if it is a regression or if the problem isn't really solved yet. -- Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 196410] Broken Again

2008-03-14 Thread Richard Gabriel
This appears to be broken again in the same way. It keeps getting temporarily fixed and then broken with new updates in hardy. I have yet to identify the exact package responsible so please let me know if you have any insight. Thanks! -- Ogle Crash: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/

[Bug 208008] [NEW] Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly

2008-03-27 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin When pidgin is set to launch automatically upon login and the "Blink on new Message" setting is enabled, the space taken up in the notification area is much larger than it should be when blinking. It actually grows and shrinks as the icon blinks.

[Bug 208008] Re: Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Gabriel
This appears to be fixed with the latest Pidgin 2.4.0 package. It might just be coincidence that it didn't occur based on the startup sequence so I will continue to monitor it. However, the problem was pretty consistent before this upgrade and it hasn't resurfaced since. -- Pidgin Notification

[Bug 196410] Working Again

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Gabriel
Ogle is no longer crashing due to this error. Again, I'm not exactly sure which package was responsible for the issue in the first place. I will post another comment if the problem resurfaces. -- Ogle Crash: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/dsp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196410

[Bug 183846] Re: google calendar source does not show all events

2008-03-28 Thread Richard Gabriel
Confirmed. Also, adding and removing the same account (with evolution restarts in between) can show a *different* 25 events. -- google calendar source does not show all events https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183846 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 200593] [NEW] No sound with kernel 2.6.24-12

2008-03-10 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.24-12-generic After the most recent kernel upgrade to 2.6.24-12 in Hardy, sound no longer functions on my laptop. My audio device is not found. I verified that switching back to 2.6.24-11 fixes the problem. The following information abou

[Bug 196410] Re: Ogle Crash: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/dsp

2008-03-10 Thread Richard Gabriel
This appears to be fixed with the newer alsa/sound packages recently released. -- Ogle Crash: failed opening the oss audio driver at /dev/dsp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 213416] [NEW] ubuntu-desktop has unmet dependencies

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Gabriel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop With today's hardy upgrades, ubuntu-desktop (and the following other packages) were removed. They cannot be reinstalled due to unmet dependencies. ubuntu-desktop: Depends: alacarte but it is not going to be installed Dep

[Bug 213416] Re: ubuntu-desktop has unmet dependencies

2008-04-07 Thread Richard Gabriel
This has been corrected. ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- ubuntu-desktop has unmet dependencies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 200338] Re: no sound hardy kernel 2.6.24-12

2008-03-25 Thread Richard Gabriel
Make sure you are not running the 386 kernel (unless you have to) or make sure the linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-386 is installed if you must run it. That was the problem for me and others after the upgrade. -- no sound hardy kernel 2.6.24-12 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200338 You received

[Bug 149964] Re: evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work

2008-03-07 Thread Richard Gabriel
This appears fixed for me in the latest version of Hardy. In fact, it has been working in Hardy for some time now. -- evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149964 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 51123] Re: HZ 250 causes choppy animation and slow performance

2007-06-03 Thread Richard Gabriel
No, the laptop works find using Feisty (kernel 2.6.20-16). Thanks. -- HZ 250 causes choppy animation and slow performance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51123 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 67226] Re: [karmic] Firefox 3.5 and openoffice do not stick to antialiasing render settings

2009-11-12 Thread Richard Gabriel
Hi, I was also affected by this bug. I've tried the workaround from comment #109. After restarting FF, nothing has changed. So I tried to restart the system. After restart, the fonts in FF are OK, and the fonts in Skype (2.1.0 beta) are also OK. Thanks for the workaround and good luck in reso

[Bug 46078] Re: Can't Open Text Files with gedit in Nautilus via gnome-vfs

2006-06-12 Thread Richard Gabriel
After more research, I believe this is still a problem. However, it seems to be intermittent. It may be related to connectivity speed and/or bandwidth availability. I am viewing files in nautilus via sftp. When I am on the same LAN as the files, gedit and others appear in the contextual menu and

[Bug 379224] Re: Gnome-Commander crashes when trying to establish ftp connection

2011-12-24 Thread Richard Gabriel
Yes, the bug seems to reappear in 11.04... :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379224 Title: Gnome-Commander crashes when trying to establish ftp connection To manage notifications ab

[Bug 784123] Re: Samba printer is not shared after boot

2011-05-27 Thread Richard Gabriel
Got exactly the same problem... after restarting smbd, printer sharing works well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784123 Title: Samba printer is not shared after boot -- ubuntu-bugs