[Bug 238289] Re: SCons package not up to date

2008-06-08 Thread Russel Winder
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 226783 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226783 Apologies for submitting a duplicate. -- SCons package not up to date https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 303056] Re: Network Manager fails to bring up network in Intrepid

2008-12-30 Thread Russel Winder
No, the /etc/network/interfaces file is the default: {code} auto lo iface lo inet loopback {code} and has not been edited since the clean Hardy install. The machine has just been switched on after it Christmas holiday and it behaved exactly the same: the network is not started on boot, I have to

[Bug 227254] Re: Hardy version spontaneously disconnects where Gutsy version did not

2008-12-31 Thread Russel Winder
Seemingly not on 8.10 -- which is great. Since upgrading to Intrepid, I have stopped using Pidgin (I didn't like Pidgin at all) and have started using Gossip again (hooray :-) -- Hardy version spontaneously disconnects where Gutsy version did not https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227254 You receiv

[Bug 303094] Re: Ctrl-A very slow in Intrepid compared to Hardy

2008-12-18 Thread Russel Winder
Lucky you. Selecting 3 messages takes about 2.5s on my system. -- Ctrl-A very slow in Intrepid compared to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 303094] Re: Ctrl-A very slow in Intrepid compared to Hardy

2008-12-18 Thread Russel Winder
Actually it isn't usually that bad, in fact there is a wide variation in how long using Ctrl-A takes to select between 2 and 100 messages in a folder. I haven't done detailed timings but subjectively the fastest is about 0.5s and the slowest is about 2s. It is not clear that it is dependent on th

[Bug 50430] Re: NIS has problems starting before the network comes up

2008-12-16 Thread Russel Winder
It seems that after 2.5 years, we are no nearer having NIS work properly during boot. Intrepid tries 11 times to start NIS and fails -- this takes up a long time, trippling or quadrupling boot times. Once booted NIS appears to be working fine. Assuming you are on a laptop and not a workstation,

[Bug 308647] [NEW] dhclient fails to be run during boot of Intrepid

2008-12-16 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Since upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid, the network on my workstation fails to come up during boot. The boot completes but with no network and the machine thinking it is localhost.localdomain. Logging in and running dhclient manually gets the network working and running host

[Bug 264609] Re: Gant is at 1.4.0 but Intrepid only has 1.3.0

2008-12-16 Thread Russel Winder
Gant 1.5.0 is now the version in Sid and Jaunty. I think this bug can probably be removed now as "time passed it by". Thanks. -- Gant is at 1.4.0 but Intrepid only has 1.3.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264609 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 335752] [NEW] libboost* packages are out of date

2009-02-28 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Boost is currently at version 1.38 whereas Ubuntu packages 1.34 as standard and has some support for some of the 1.35 packages. 1.38 has much more in it that 1.35 and is significantly improved so should be packaged for Debian and Ubuntu. (Some 1.37 packages are appearing in

[Bug 302149] Re: [jaunty] Please sync ghc6 with latest upstream

2009-02-15 Thread Russel Winder
Kari Pahula got 6.10 into Debian exprimental 5 days after the last comment, so someone cares. :-) 6.10 contains a lot of good stuff to do with multicore parallelism, It is a great shame that Ubuntu won't get this before 09.10 at the earliest now :-( -- [jaunty] Please sync ghc6 with latest upstr

[Bug 302149] Re: [jaunty] Please sync ghc6 with latest upstream

2009-03-24 Thread Russel Winder
Andrey, I must support what Iain said here, your comment is not constructive: there is nothing wrong (per se) with the Ubuntu distro. Ubuntu is more like Debian Stable than Debian Testing, There is a freeze point of packages for each release (6 monthly for Ubuntu, every 18--36 months for Debian S

[Bug 354588] [NEW] NIS fails to bind to YP server during boot

2009-04-03 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nis On Intrepid booting a system that is expecting to bind to a YP server always goes into a: binding to YP server... ... ... ... ... ... etc. which takes ages. By default the start number of NIS is 18. However the default start number of Network Manag

[Bug 354588] Re: NIS fails to bind to YP server during boot

2009-04-04 Thread Russel Winder
I just noticed that actually the timeouts still happen but they happen very much more quickly. So this shift in start number doesn't actually solve the timeouts problem but because of the different state of the network adapter it doesn't give the delays and so the user gets a much faster boot up.

[Bug 355031] [NEW] Apt-proxy fails after first connection

2009-04-04 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Apt-proxy used to work fine. at some time in teh last few weeks there has been a change soemwhere in the system such that it no longer works as it should. After a restart: r...@dimen:~# /etc/init.d/apt-proxy restart * Stopping apt-proxy

[Bug 355031] Re: Apt-proxy fails after first connection

2009-04-04 Thread Russel Winder
I should add that the failure on second and subsequent lookups takes a a *very* long time. I guess the timeouts I have in apt-proxy are too long (but I thought they were the defaults). So generally it takes about 50mins for Aptitude to complete and update and many repositories are not actually up

[Bug 264607] [NEW] SCons package not up to date in Intrepid

2008-09-04 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: scons I asked a question (43229) but am now escalating to a bug: SCons has now released 1.0.0, and indeed will release 1.0.1 shortly, but the package in Intrepid is still 0.98.5. 1.0.0 has made it into Debian Sid and Lenny, so it really needs to be in Ub

[Bug 264609] [NEW] Gant is at 1.4.0 but Intrepid only has 1.3.0

2008-09-04 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gant Debian Sid has 1.4.0, though Lenny has 1.3.0. Intrepid currently has 1.3.0 should it have 1.4.0? ** Affects: gant (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gant is at 1.4.0 but Intrepid only has 1.3.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 264607] Re: SCons package not up to date in Intrepid

2008-09-04 Thread Russel Winder
Is a fix for Bug 87077 a blocker for accepting an upgrade to a package that has been upgraded previously in Ubuntu despite this problem, and has been upgraded by Debian without worrying about this problem? I suggest not. Also of course, only XMMS2 has ever reported this as an issue and then they

[Bug 264607] Re: SCons package not up to date in Intrepid

2008-09-05 Thread Russel Winder
Breaking news update: It seems that there may be an acceptable quick fix that obviates the problem of Bug 87077 (that will be replaced later when the proper solution is in place). The merge has been proposed for SCons 1.0.1 which is due out in a few days. -- SCons package not up to date in Intr

[Bug 264607] Re: SCons package not up to date in Intrepid

2008-09-05 Thread Russel Winder
Greg has committed the acceptable quick fix and it is just now awaiting approval to be part of the 1.0.1 release due out in the next few days. This should then make everyone happy :-) My original point was that Ubuntu had been tracking SCons releases previously so there seems no barrier to moving

[Bug 267081] [NEW] Cannot branch a Groovy branch

2008-09-06 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bzr-svn I just tried taking a branch from https://svn.codehaus.org/groovy/branches/groovy/branches/GROOVY_1_5_X/groovy and got the error reported below. I wonder if this is the same error in bzr-svn being highlighted from a second Subversion repository a

[Bug 267111] [NEW] Parallel access to Subversion repository fails

2008-09-06 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bzr-svn I was branching from one directory in a Subversion repository and also from another directory in the same repository. The later one succeeded but the former one failed with the following message. |> bzr branch https://svn.codehaus.org/groovy/tru

[Bug 267081] Re: Cannot branch a Groovy branch

2008-09-06 Thread Russel Winder
This implies I am using the wrong branch to pull from to be at the cutting edge of the bzr-svn development version? -- Cannot branch a Groovy branch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267081 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 259367] Re: Cannot branch Abbot Subversion Trunk

2008-09-06 Thread Russel Winder
In which case can I propose that the error message gets changed to indicate that it is not a problem in Bazaar. In case it matters: Git is unable to get a clone of this repository as well. -- Cannot branch Abbot Subversion Trunk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259367 You received this bug notif

[Bug 267484] [NEW] bzr dpush --remember https://.... fails

2008-09-07 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bzr-svn I was trying to remove the "svn+ is deprecated" warning, which can be done for https but not it seems for http. The following is a sequence of actions that show that the basic interaction is fine but there is a problem with dpush -- I don't want

[Bug 267484] Re: bzr dpush --remember https://.... fails

2008-09-07 Thread Russel Winder
I forgot to add that the change to the remembered URL was completed: |> bzr info Repository tree (format: rich-root-pack) Location: shared repository: /home/users/russel/Repositories/Bazaar/Subversion_Branches/GroovyCore_Trunk repository branch: . Related branches: push branch: https://s

[Bug 267484] Re: bzr dpush --remember https://.... fails

2008-09-07 Thread Russel Winder
And that rebasing on the new URL does work: |> bzr rebase Rebasing on https://svn.codehaus.org/groovy/trunk/groovy/groovy-core No revisions to rebase. -- bzr dpush --remember https:// fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267484 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 267484] Re: bzr dpush --remember https://.... fails

2008-09-08 Thread Russel Winder
Sorry about the mis-filing. I saw bzr-svn and didn't look for anything else. There is an irritation with Launchpad new bug initiation that means I used an inappropriate mechanism for initiating this bug. -- bzr dpush --remember https:// fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267484 You rec

[Bug 368082] Re: [sync request] groovy 1.6 from debian unstable

2009-07-17 Thread Russel Winder
Thanks Artur, that's great. -- [sync request] groovy 1.6 from debian unstable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[Bug 368082] Re: [sync request] groovy 1.6 from debian unstable

2009-07-17 Thread Russel Winder
As a "heads up": the Groovy project manager is mooting a release of 1.6.4 for the end of this month or beginning of next. -- [sync request] groovy 1.6 from debian unstable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 375072] Re: AJP M3000N siezes up after a random period since upgrade to Jaunty

2009-07-17 Thread Russel Winder
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 355155 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355155 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 35515 Status grouping order makes files jump around ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 35515 Status grouping order makes files jump around ** This

[Bug 259325] Re: OpenOffice.org 2.4 refuses to render ITC Stone Sans

2009-07-17 Thread Russel Winder
I think that this problem has gone away in OOo 3.0.1 and OOo 3.1.0 -- at least I can use my ITC Stone Sans fanot in these versions of OOo. -- OpenOffice.org 2.4 refuses to render ITC Stone Sans https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259325 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 415259] [NEW] Gant 1.7.0 is in Debian Sid but not Ubuntu Karmic

2009-08-18 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gant Gant version 1.6.1 is listed as the version in Karmic, but 1.7.0 is in Debian Sid. Does this mean the boat has been missed for Karmic? ** Affects: gant (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gant 1.7.0 is in Debian Sid but no

[Bug 348432] Re: Jaunty - after upgrade from 8.10, no window decorator at login

2009-06-08 Thread Russel Winder
I had been a Metacity stalwart, but decided to try compiz again having jsut bought a new laptop with Jaunty. I copied all my configuration files fromt he old laptop and everything worked fine. Now having changed to compiz I am getting this "no window manager on login" problem. If there is any in

[Bug 96473] Re: [nvidia-glx] Window content is black after opening 5/6 windows when using compiz

2009-06-08 Thread Russel Winder
I am getting this "black screen" problem with Epiphany using compiz (but not metacity) on Intrepid. Intrepid has linux-restricted-modules-generic version 2.6.28-11.15 is it right that this bug remains associated directly with version 2.6.20? Is it actually a bug in this module or one in compiz?

[Bug 385077] [NEW] New frames come up black in Jaunty

2009-06-08 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Even though I bet this report is going to be marked as a duplicate, I am posting it. From what I can see this problem has been present for over two years and it is still present. I am using Epiphany on Jaunty with an NVIDIA graphics system and all the non-free drivers loaded

[Bug 385134] [NEW] ./.gnuplot appears not to be read automatically

2009-06-09 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: It appears that the .gnuplot file in the current directory is ignored (true for gnuplot on Hardy and Jaunty). According to the gnuplot manual this is the case if the NOCWDRC option is set on compilation. I think this situation is actually a bug and hence reporting it as such:

[Bug 385077] Re: New frames come up black in Jaunty

2009-06-09 Thread Russel Winder
I think I disagree that it is not a problem in Compiz. Even if the fundamental problem is in something being relied on (in this case the NVIDIA drivers), Compiz should be checking for the problem and dealing with it with the user in a way that makes sense to the user. The current behaviour of sim

[Bug 385077] Re: New frames come up black in Jaunty

2009-06-09 Thread Russel Winder
I guess we just have to leave the first point then. Sad but seemingly unfixable. Could the second point be a BIOS settings issue? There seems to be hints that some people have gotten round this problem by having different BIOS settings. Not sure how to check the vram in use so as to compare wit

[Bug 54841] Re: rhythmbox crashes

2006-08-02 Thread Russel Winder
Rhythmbox used to work for me on my workstation but now does not. I cannot remember when the change happened but I assume it was the Breezy Badger -> Dapper Drake change. Whenever I run rhythmbox, it starts, the frame comes up, I can play music but the loading continues, it seems forever -- actua

[Bug 54841] Re: rhythmbox crashes when loading my Music Library

2006-08-02 Thread Russel Winder
Yes, it was. Here is the output as requested (I hope :-) gdb>run -d Starting program: /usr/bin/rhythmbox -d (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging s

[Bug 54841] Re: rhythmbox crashes when loading my Music Library

2006-08-02 Thread Russel Winder
Done, result below. Just to add top the data, I see I forgot to say what was happening on the UI. Rhythmbox starts entirely as expected and loads all the artists/music files. The status bar right "doing something" indicator zaps left and right. Then it reaches the "done everything state". A ve

[Bug 64615] Re: apt-get broken after upgrade to edgy eft (courier-authdaemon package)

2006-11-02 Thread Russel Winder
Maybe I am just seriously irritated presently having been hit by this problem but I recollect there was a message saying there was going to be an issue with courier-authdaemon during the early stages of the upgrade so why couldn't there have been a message telling me how to get round the problem.

[Bug 70903] Cannot hibernate after Dapper -> Edgy upgrade

2006-11-08 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Hibernate used to work fine when my laptop (AJP M3000N) was running Dapper. I upgraded to Edgy and now it will not hibernate. The machine just seems to hang with a flashing underscore at the top left of the screen. No disc activity and now power off. ** Affects: Ubuntu

[Bug 70903] Re: Cannot hibernate after Dapper -> Edgy upgrade

2006-11-11 Thread Russel Winder
I am happy to attach data that will help on this, but I am not sure at the moment what would be useful. So I need some instruction on how to provide data to deal with the "Needs Info". Thanks. -- Cannot hibernate after Dapper -> Edgy upgrade https://launchpad.net/bugs/70903 -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 156143] Upgrade to Gutsy breaks Evolution/Courier SSL communication

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Yesterday I upgraded my server and workstations and laptops to Gutsy from Feisty. I used do_release_upgrade on the server and Update Manager on the workstations and laptops. After the upgrade Evolution and Courier IMAP SSL no longer talk to each other. I get very large numb

[Bug 156157] Kernel 2.6.22-14-server does not boot correctly after Feisty -> Gutsy upgrade

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: NB I am not sure I have labelled this with the right package, I just searched for device-mapper and there was only one entry. After using do-release-upgrade to upgrade my server from Feisty to Gutsy, I was unable to use the 2.6.22-14-server kernel. The error I got was a flo

[Bug 156157] Re: Kernel 2.6.22-14-server does not boot correctly after Feisty -> Gutsy upgrade

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 115616 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115616 Apologies, I clearly didn't do a good enough search before posting the bug report. Thanks. -- Kernel 2.6.22-14-server does not boot correctly after Feisty -> Gutsy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15

[Bug 156232] -c option in manual but not recognized since updated Feisty -> Gutsy

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: I have just upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy and now the -c option is not recognized by GIMP: |> gimp -c Unknown option -c |> However, the manual states: -c, --console-messages Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings. Print the messages on the co

[Bug 156143] Re: Upgrade to Gutsy breaks Evolution/Courier SSL communication

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Splendid, that appears to have fixed the problem. Thanks muchly. Apologies for not searching better and finding the earlier bug report. -- Upgrade to Gutsy breaks Evolution/Courier SSL communication https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156143 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 156295] eps2eps fails to write the correct bounding box -- new bug in Gutsy, worked in Feisty

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ghostscript eps2eps in Feisty seemed to work fine. In Gutsy the bounding boxes written to the output file appear to be incorrect. I now have to resort to editing the output and writing the bounding box from the input file, which really rather spoils the

[Bug 131338] Re: Gutsy brightness keys brightness work but system automagically updates to full brightness

2007-10-23 Thread Russel Winder
Not sure if this is the same thing but... I have just upgraded my AJP M3000N (which is a rebadged ASUS M3000N) from Feisty to Gutsy. The brightness keys (Fn-F5 and Fn-F6) work fine in Gutsy just as they did in Feisty. However, after a short period, the brightness is reset to full, which is extre

[Bug 131338] Re: Gutsy brightness keys work but system automagically updates to full brightness set by applet

2007-10-24 Thread Russel Winder
It seems that using the keys to set the brightness leads to a temporary change of brightness. There is some time out that then resets the brightness to the level determined by the applet on the panel. I would suggest this is an error not a feature. Is it deserving a new bug number or does this o

[Bug 115616] Re: Device-mapper errors: dm-linear, lookup failed

2007-10-24 Thread Russel Winder
As noted in my duplicate report #156157, I encountered this problem when upgrading a server not a workstation -- I upgraded the workstations with upgrade-manager as is recommended and had no problem. The server I upgraded with do-release-upgrade which is the recommended mechanism for upgrading a s

[Bug 157077] Gutsy fails to work properly on Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2007-10-25 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: I have just tried to install Gutsy from the standard Live CD on a Sony Vaio OCG-SRX51P/B. The Live CD fails to boot into a sensible state -- blank screen. I tried the "safe mode" and it did boot to a usable state (though the screen is 640x480 so most of the controls are not

[Bug 135233] Re: Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails

2007-10-27 Thread Russel Winder
I recently tried to install Gutsy on this machine and that was essentailly a disaster -- Gutsy appears unable to boot from the install CD-ROM (cf. Bug #141646) and if an installation is forced via doing a safe boot, it only works in 800x600 mode. I therefore reinstalled Feisty from my original ins

[Bug 157077] Re: Gutsy fails to work properly on Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2007-10-27 Thread Russel Winder
Is this the same problem as Bug #141646 ? -- Gutsy fails to work properly on Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157077 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 141646] Re: Gutsy LiveCD won't start on Vaio SRX51 & SRX41

2007-10-27 Thread Russel Winder
I would like to add my voice to this. I have a SRX51P/B and the downloaded Gutsy install CD-ROM (the standard one) refuses to boot sensibly -- it appears to boot fine but as soon as anything associated with the display and Xorg is supposed to happen I just get a black screen. I forced a boot in s

[Bug 128315] Re: Resume immediately after Suspend due to some WAKE event

2007-10-27 Thread Russel Winder
I have a PCG SRX51P/B. I tried installing Gutsy on it a few days ago and that was a disaster -- it booted and worked except that the Xorg system refused to work in any thing other than 800x600 mode (cf. Bug#141646 and Bug #157077). I therefore reinstalled Feisty from my original install discs and

[Bug 75635] Re: Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B has two graphics problems

2007-10-28 Thread Russel Winder
I probably ought to report that there is still a problem with Feisty -- there is no longer the nasty flashing but just a black screen. I have removed quiet and splash from the boot options as the only sane solution to the problem. It doens't look nice when booting but it is very effective. I won

[Bug 103277] Re: ata2 2.6.20-15-generic ata2: port is slow to respond

2007-05-14 Thread Russel Winder
I have just upgraded from Edgy to Feisty on my laptops and workstation. The laptops seem to have gone fine, the workstation has not. When I try and boot with the 2.6.20-15 kernel, it hangs for a while and then drops out to Busybox with prompt (initramfs) and the message: ata2: port failed to

[Bug 103277] Re: ata2 2.6.20-13-generic ata2: port is slow to respond

2007-05-15 Thread Russel Winder
Adding the lspci -vvnn output from my machine running 2.6.17-11 ** Attachment added: "lspci" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7644313/lspci -- ata2 2.6.20-13-generic ata2: port is slow to respond https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103277 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 103277] Re: ata2 2.6.20-13-generic ata2: port is slow to respond

2007-05-15 Thread Russel Winder
Adding the dmesg output from the 2.6.17-11 boot as I can't actually boot 2.6.20. ** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7644403/dmesg -- ata2 2.6.20-13-generic ata2: port is slow to respond https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103277 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 121464] Re: passivetex missing in feisty

2008-04-16 Thread Russel Winder
Daniel, Thanks for chipping in on this one. Yesterday I discovered dblatex and it seems to be the good choice. -- passivetex missing in feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121464 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 75635] Re: Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B has two graphics problems

2008-04-23 Thread Russel Winder
We are now at Gutsy but very soon Hardy. I think it would be best to wait till after the upgrade to Hardy to try the experiment to determine if there is still a problem. Currently with Gutsy, I have the splash screen switched off, so I have no data about the flashing. As with Feisty, the screen

[Bug 226075] [NEW] Flat ODT file has no formatting

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Using OpenOffice.org with Hardy, after having manually introduced the symbolic link: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-05-03 10:27 java-6-sun-1.6.0.03 -> java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/ in /usr/lib/jvm so that writing Flat ODT and DoccBook/XML actually works, I have found that the

[Bug 96875] Re: OpenOffice can not find JRE (sun 1.6)

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
Note though the subte error o1.6.0.03 vs 1.6.0.06, it seems OpenOffice.org is hardwired to look for the Gutsy version of the JVM whereas Hardy has a more recent version of the JVM. -- OpenOffice can not find JRE (sun 1.6) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96875 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 96875] Re: OpenOffice can not find JRE (sun 1.6)

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
I have just upgraded to Hardy and am trying to use OpenOffice.org 2.4 to write fodt or DocBook/XML files. This failes with the error message: [Java framework]sunjavaplugin.so could not load Java runtime library: file:///usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so. However the

[Bug 208786] Re: [Upstream] [hardy] openoffice.org no longer greys out save button after saving as it should

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
OpenOffice.org as distributed with Gutsy did the right thing: the save icon was greyed out on opening a document and after every commit, becoming lit on the first amending action. OpenOffice.org as distributed with Hardy always has the save icon lit. It seems rather bizarre that this error crept

[Bug 119666] Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16.29 fails to boot where 2.6.20-16.28 was fine

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
The problem turned out to be a broken DVD rewriter, I took the rewriter out and the problem went away. However, there was no indication that this was the problem, it was a pure fluke that I discovered it. So although the bug has been marked invalid, there is in fact still a bug: the kernel should

[Bug 208786] Re: [Upstream] [hardy] openoffice.org no longer greys out save button after saving as it should

2008-05-03 Thread Russel Winder
This is a "breaking change" that should be unbroken so I would have thought that an update was entirely in order -- especially as the current behaviour is so damn annoying :-) -- [Upstream] [hardy] openoffice.org no longer greys out save button after saving as it should https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 96875] Re: OpenOffice can not find JRE (sun 1.6)

2008-05-06 Thread Russel Winder
Don't think so, my systems all have openoffice.org-java-common installed. -- OpenOffice can not find JRE (sun 1.6) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 227254] [NEW] Hardy version spontaneously disconnects where Gutsy version did not

2008-05-06 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: Gossip on Gutsy was excellent. Upgrading to Hardy has been problematic. Not only is there a problem with lost account information -- reported elsewhere -- I find that Gossip now disconnects after a period of time. This never used to happen on Gutsy and it is very annoying to

[Bug 227704] [NEW] Error checking out a Subversion repository

2008-05-07 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: I created a new shared repository and then tried checkout out a subversion repository into it, but it failed. Posting a bug report as requested. |> bzr co svn+https://svn.codehaus.org/gant/gant/trunk Trunk Initialising Subversion metadata cache in /home/users/russel/.bazaa

[Bug 121464] Re: passivetex missing in feisty

2008-04-14 Thread Russel Winder
So if xmlto is no longer the way of converting DocBook/XML to PDF because PassiveTeX is gone, what is the way of doing the conversion? (The answer is probably obvious, I just missed the memo.) -- passivetex missing in feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121464 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 181996] Re: NFS server: lockd: server not responding

2008-05-09 Thread Russel Winder
I am now running Hardy with kernel 2.6.24-16-server and have not seen this problem for 8 days now. Is it the case that the kernel was patched and this is a patched kernel? If it is I am very happy and thankful to those who did the debugging and the patching. If not, then has the problem been cir

[Bug 2930] Re: The inisqueak script doesn't appear to exist

2007-09-13 Thread Russel Winder
Will Gutsy be release with a fixed version of Squeak? To be honest this situation is a blocker and should be relabelled as such. A person installs the Squeak packages, tries to run squeak, is told in the manual to run inisqueak only to find that it doesn't exist. I suspect most people will then

[Bug 131286] Re: Cannot play BBC Live TMS Scorecard

2007-08-24 Thread Russel Winder
Unfortunately, a specific URL only exists whilst the game being reported is actually being played. So testing can only happen when a game is being reported. (The BBC pipe their radio commentary and an information display feed to a game specific URL.) Fortunately, the BBC are always reporting on

[Bug 135233] Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails

2007-08-28 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: If I suspend my Sony PCG-SRX51P/B, then it appears to close down fine. However, when the power button is pressed to restart, the X session does not restart but fails and apparently terminates. In any event, a new X starts with the login screen. This is a consistent action, t

[Bug 135233] Re: Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails

2007-08-28 Thread Russel Winder
Attached is the dmesg immediately after a failed attempt at a restart from a suspend. ** Attachment added: "bug_report.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9022722/bug_report.txt -- Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135233 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 135233] Re: Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails

2007-08-29 Thread Russel Winder
I also just tried hibernate and it has the same problem as suspend. Closing down is fine but when a restart happens, the screen saver appears momentarily then crashes, X reinitializes and set ups the login window. -- Sony PCG-SRX51P/B suspend fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135233 You recei

[Bug 131286] Cannot play BBC Live TMS Scorecard

2007-08-09 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: The BBC provide a live cricket commentary and scoreboard. As at 2007-08-09 12:50 the URL was http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/sol/newsid_616/newsid_6162500?redirect=6162564.stm&news=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1 If I have totem-gstreamer installed then

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-05 Thread Russel Winder
No problem, sorry for the delay in trying this. That certainly worked. I just checked and this boot option is set in the Grub menu so I should have realized. Sorry about. I guess though the moral of this story is that the Live CD has to know when to set this option and when not to in order for i

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "version.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11846353/version.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11846347/uname-a.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11846358/dmesg.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11846362/lspci-vvnn.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11846368/dmidecode.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-09 Thread Russel Winder
Above the files as requested. It just struck me that these are taken form a boot of Gutsy Gibbon and not Hardy Heron. If it is important to get the information froma Hardy Heron boot let me know. -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You recei

[Bug 183748] Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-01-17 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: I just downloaded the Hardy Heron iso image (alpha 3, 2008-01-09) and burned it. This CD fails to boot at all on an AJP M3000N (which is a rebadged Asus M3000N). In fact nothing loads at all from the CD after selecting the boot option. The fan goes to high speed after a few

[Bug 141646] Re: Gutsy LiveCD won't start on Vaio SRX51 & SRX41

2008-01-17 Thread Russel Winder
OK, let's close this one, I will open new reports for each of the machines that the Hardy Heron alpha 3 does the wrong thing on. Thanks. -- Gutsy LiveCD won't start on Vaio SRX51 & SRX41 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141646 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 183746] Hardy Heron Live CD boots but with incorrect graphics mode on Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2008-01-17 Thread Russel Winder
Public bug reported: I just downloaded the Hardy Heron alpha 3 (dated (2008-01-09) iso image and burned it. The Live CD boots fine but the X mode is 800x600 instead of 1024x768. xrandr -q reports that 800x600 is the maximum resolution which is clearly wrong. I assume the wrong graphics driver i

[Bug 183746] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD boots but with incorrect graphics mode on Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2008-01-17 Thread Russel Winder
This attachment is from the boot fromt he Live CD for Hardy Heron. In a few minutes I will attach the file from a boot of Gutsy Gibbon for comparison. ** Attachment added: "Hardy Heron file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11416355/Xorg.0.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD boots but with incorrect gra

[Bug 183746] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD boots but with incorrect graphics mode on Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2008-01-17 Thread Russel Winder
This is the file from a Gutsy boot. This uses the intel experimental driver but the i810 driver worked as well. ** Attachment added: "Gutsy Gibbon file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11416383/Xorg.0.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD boots but with incorrect graphics mode on Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B https

[Bug 157077] Re: Gutsy fails to work properly on Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P/B

2008-01-18 Thread Russel Winder
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 141646 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141646 Just to note that I retried the upgrade from Feisty -> Gutsy yesterday and this time it worked fine. I have no idea what the difference is between now and then, but the machine is now happily running Gutsy.

[Bug 141646] Re: Gutsy LiveCD won't start on Vaio SRX51 & SRX41

2008-01-18 Thread Russel Winder
I just thought I would report that although the Feisty -> Gusty upgrade failed on my PCG-SRX51P/B last November, I tried it again yesterday and it worked fine. I have no idea what change has made the difference, but it did. So I am now happily running Gutsy on this machine. Hopefully the upgrade

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-01-19 Thread Russel Winder
Duly done. ** Attachment added: "ajp_m3000n_hardyLiveCD.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11440218/ajp_m3000n_hardyLiveCD.jpg -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-12 Thread Russel Winder
Above the versions of the files from a Hardy Heron boot of the Live CD using acpi=off as a boot option. Apologies for not using the latest kernel -- I just used the Live CD I downloaded and burnt for the last experiment. I hope this is OK. -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N http

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-12 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11888272/dmidecode.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 183748] Re: Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N

2008-02-12 Thread Russel Winder
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11888262/lspci-vvnn.log -- Hardy Heron Live CD fails to boot on AJP M3000N https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183748 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu

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