[Bug 252023] [NEW] configure display applet crashes X in intrepid

2008-07-25 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Running Intrepid new install on an HP Pavilion laptop with ATI Radeon Xpress 200M and ati/radeon driver. The new applet Configure Display Settings appeared in today's updates. I tried it out, and selected the "Rotate" option button. On choosing "Left" the display vanished, and

[Bug 252023] Re: configure display applet crashes X in intrepid

2008-07-25 Thread Stephen Cradock
The "new" applet apparently simply calls the Screen Resolution capplet of gnome-control-center. This means that the crash is caused by a gnome component. Can someone at least push this upstream, please? ** Also affects: gnome-control-center Importance: Undecided Status: New -- configur

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-07-26 Thread Stephen Cradock
Since Intrepid alpha3 (at least) none of the three methods works to mount a windows share: Nautilus sees the server, but no shares; smbclient sees no shares; gvfs-ls sees no shares. gvfs-mount says that "volume doesn't implement mount". smbtree sees the Windows server, but times out waiting for de

[Bug 252023] Re: configure display applet crashes X in intrepid

2008-07-26 Thread Stephen Cradock
Further information: the relevant plugin calls xrandr to set screen and display properties. I have checked xrandr itself on my Intrepid system, and it works correctly to set the display inverted, normal, left, normal in sequence. The bug reported above involves the "new" applet that calls the xran

[Bug 252724] [NEW] fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04

2008-07-28 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: I accepted the 2.6.24-20 kernel file updates this afternoon, but noticed that after rebooting into the new kernel the displaly (ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 5955) was running slowly. glxinfo reports no Direct Rendering, and shows the mesa.org driver being used. The Xorg.0.log shows

[Bug 132612] Re: memory leak in evince?

2008-07-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
As the original submitter I can confirm that the memory problems are no longer apparent in Intrepid - evince 2.23.5, libpoppler 0.8.4 (cairo). Large page-scanned documents open and page fine, as far as I can see, without eating memory to any noticeable extent. Thanks everyone for getting this fixe

[Bug 252023] Re: configure display applet crashes X in intrepid

2008-11-12 Thread Stephen Cradock
Sorry, don't have them any more. I haven't used the applet again, and don't want to. The applet appeared, I tried it, it failed as described above. Many changes have happened since, and I have a happily running Intrepid system. -- configure display applet crashes X in intrepid https://bugs.launch

[Bug 300879] [NEW] wine fails to run in Jaunty after upgrade

2008-11-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wine After upgrade to wine 1.0.1-0ubuntu4 no programs will run under wine. uname -a: Linux sc-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Oct 30 04:12:22 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux Trying to run spider.exe from terminal gives the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

[Bug 298611] Re: ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu1 missing libuuid.so.1, breaks flash

2008-11-29 Thread Stephen Cradock
I am glad this is being dealt with. As someone who reported the failure of wine, I am concerned that it is being assumed that the flashplugin failure and the wine failure are related, just because both give error messages about libuuid.so.1 not being found. In fact, libuuid.so.1 is in its correct

[Bug 298611] Re: ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu1 missing libuuid.so.1, breaks flash

2008-11-29 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for the clarification, Anders. Hope you all get it sorted out soon! -- ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu1 missing libuuid.so.1, breaks flash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298611 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 314205] Re: [Xpress 200M] wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-05-13 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for getting back to this one. I have added the following two Option lines in xorg.conf, and they allow me to use EXA: Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Option "MigrationHeuristic""smart" Option "EXANoComposite""Y

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-01-30 Thread Stephen Cradock
Is anything happening? Wine and programs running under Wine in Jaunty continue to behave strangely. Some of the strange behavior (progressive failure of the Wine "desktop" window to update correctly, leaving blue patches in place of card images in Spider, for instance) does appear to be due to some

[Bug 388271] Re: xserver-xorg-video-ati update breaks suspend/resume

2009-06-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
Sorry - machine details - HP Pavilion laptop ZV6007us, with ATI Radeon Xpress 200m 5955 chipset. -- xserver-xorg-video-ati update breaks suspend/resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388271 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 388271] Re: xserver-xorg-video-ati update breaks suspend/resume

2009-06-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
** Attachment added: "pmsuspend.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28013335/pmsuspend.log -- xserver-xorg-video-ati update breaks suspend/resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388271 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 388271] [NEW] xserver-xorg-video-ati update breaks suspend/resume

2009-06-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati I noticed a failure of Karmic to boot to login after an update a couple of weeks ago, and could not recover the install. After re-installing (upgrade from a working Jaunty install) I found that boot-up worked correctly, but I could

[Bug 384405] [NEW] Karmic fails to boot after update 06/06/2009

2009-06-06 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: After accepting updates to Karmic Koala 64-bit (including kernel upgrade to 2.6.30-8-generic) on 06/06/2009 the re-boot process hangs with black screen after most or all of the normal boot progress reports. Does not reach log-in window. Probably not a kernel error, because th

[Bug 393069] [NEW] Mounting USB drive fails after devicekit-disks update

2009-06-27 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: devicekit-disks After the update to devicekit-disks today (June 27th 2009) hot-plugging a USB thumb-drive fails to auto-mount, and an error message appears saying that it cannot be mounted. At the same time, icons for partitions that were mounted during b

[Bug 393069] Re: Mounting USB drive fails after devicekit-disks update

2009-06-28 Thread Stephen Cradock
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 393051 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393051 Ah, but the previous version of devicekit-disks (004-1) was removed from the repository five hours ago - can't go and get it anymore! -- Mounting USB drive fails after devicekit-disks update https://bugs.lau

[Bug 394569] [NEW] X fails to start with kernel 2.6.31-1 and Radeon Xpress 200M

2009-07-01 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.31-1-generic Testing the 2.6.31-1-generic kernel in Karmic - can only boot to recovery mode. Attempting to run startx from console gives a screen with vertical colored lines. Xorg.0.log contains the following error message: [EE] RADEON (0

[Bug 395591] Re: Installing GDM 2.26 doesn't update /etc/X11/default-display-manager

2009-07-04 Thread Stephen Cradock
I have checked that an invalid or empty default-display-manager file is not changed when I run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm" - confirming the original bug report. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Installing GDM 2.26 doesn't update /etc/X11/default-display-manager http

[Bug 395861] Re: gdm 2.26 custom configuration file: wrong filename

2009-07-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
I can confirm that the contents of /etc/gdm/custom.conf are IGNORED and the contents of /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom over-ride the settings in /etc/gdm/gdm.schemas, contrary to the documentation. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- gdm 2.26 custom configuration file: wrong

[Bug 395122] Re: [karmic] Policy kit tries to automatically mount volumes at boot

2009-07-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
Confirming this behavior in karmic 64-bit, gvfs 1.3.1-0ubuntu3, kernel 2.6.30-10.12. Very annoying as it asks for Admin Authentication during start-up, and Preferences | Authorizations does not allow me to change the auth level for mounting internal disks ** Changed in: policykit-1-gnome

[Bug 326158] Re: Root terminal doesn't start

2009-04-17 Thread Stephen Cradock
Confirming the symptoms - Jaunty up to date (April 17). Root terminal command from menu fails to start terminal. Trying the command from a terminal gives the "Failed to contact the GConf daemon. exiting." message. Have confirmed that the xterminal-emulator script passes no @args to gnome-terminal i

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-04-19 Thread Stephen Cradock
I believe I have found the problem. The "empty" xorg.conf results in my case in the video driver (radeon) trying to use exa acceleration, not uxa, which I believe is the new default. Adding the Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" line to the device section removes the problem. I haven't tried explicitly req

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-04-19 Thread Stephen Cradock
Nope - setting Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" results in the driver defaulting to EXA. It seems I shall have to continue to specify XAA acceleration.. -- wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314205 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 373077] [NEW] no Sharing Options in Nautilus pop-up menu

2009-05-06 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus-share In Karmic, the pop-up (context) menu for a folder shown in Nautilus does not include the Sharing Options item. This is apparently because the nautilus-share package is not yet available for the current Nautilus (1:2.26.2-3ubuntu1), and so

[Bug 373077] Re: no Sharing Options in Nautilus pop-up menu

2009-05-07 Thread Stephen Cradock
Interesting! Installing with "sudo apt-get install nautilus-share" generated no warnings and removed no packages. The n-share package is now installed and working. Not sure why Synaptic wouldn't do it yesterday, unless some other package has been updated meanwhile. Just to be sure, I removed n

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-04-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
Further checking: comparing Intrepid and Jaunty on same machine - both using radeon OS drivers, most recent versions in each case; Intrepid - specifying either XAA or EXA in Device section of xorg.conf (or leaving no option specified) gives normal behavior in the specific situation I described -

[Bug 141613] Re: npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV

2008-09-24 Thread Stephen Cradock
I just got the segfault again after updating Firefox and re-starting. Displaying a fairly standard web-page - probably msn home page. -- npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-09-25 Thread Stephen Cradock
All my reports have concerned Intrepid Ibex. I have never had this problem with Hardy, even with Proposed enabled. -- Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241139 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 247721] Re: Adobe Flash 10 crashing in Firefox 3.0

2008-07-11 Thread Stephen Cradock
The Dilbert site, including the animated strips, does not crash Firefox for me - it works perfectly. Using the flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1version in Intrepid with Firefox 3.0. -- Adobe Flash 10 crashing in Firefox 3.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247721 You received this b

[Bug 236360] [NEW] evolution requires spamassassin

2008-05-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution (which I don't use) is installed as part of the Intrepid package; it now requires spamassassin and gnome-pilot. These were NOT required in 8.04. Can this change of policy be re-considered, please? I don't want un-necessary daemons (spa

[Bug 235652] Re: spamassassin required by Update manager

2008-05-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
I have tracked this down to a new requirement by evolution, and filed a bug against evolution instead. Will mark this one invalid. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- spamassassin required by Update manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235652 You received this bug notif

[Bug 220636] Re: partimage stdin not working

2008-05-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
I confirm this behavior - the example given in the man page for a restore from a two-part partimage image also fails with a similar error. -- partimage stdin not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220636 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 236360] Re: evolution requires spamassassin

2008-06-02 Thread Stephen Cradock
Sebastian, Thanks for the explanation - glad to know that it was an intentional change between Hardy and Intrepid. However, I am afraid there is still a problem. Having been using the package system for over a year now, I do expect it itself to remain stable and reliable, and I have found out var

[Bug 236360] Re: evolution requires spamassassin

2008-06-02 Thread Stephen Cradock
Hoping this change back to New status will ensure someone reads my last comment I'm still not convinced that there is no problem. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- evolution requires spamassassin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236360 You received this bug no

[Bug 236360] Re: evolution requires spamassassin

2008-06-02 Thread Stephen Cradock
I have at last tracked down the glitch. It seems that yet another package designed to work with evolution, nautilus-sendto, has evolution as a recommends, and evolution has spamassassin and gnome-pilot as recommends, so the update-manager sees the 2-step connection and keeps flagging spamassassin a

[Bug 236360] Re: evolution requires spamassassin

2008-06-03 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks Michael - quick work! BUT - the latest update to apt is not installable. It requires removal of a whole mess of apps, including aptitude and synaptic, plus various other stuff.. I don't know if you can fix this as fast - but it would sure be nice. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) St

[Bug 237540] [NEW] apt fails to update

2008-06-04 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt Since the fix to Launchpad bug 236360 apt (0.7.14ubuntu3) fails to install through Update manager or Synaptic. Update manager does not check apt or apt-utils for upgrade after downloading 0.7.14ubuntu3, but offers the Partial Upgrade option. This off

[Bug 237540] Re: apt fails to update

2008-06-04 Thread Stephen Cradock
Ooops! sorry - this is in Intrepid, of course. -- apt fails to update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237540 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.ubun

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-20 Thread Stephen Cradock
confirming this behavior - Intrepid up to date July 19th 2008. The server shows up in Nautilus, opens to show shares, but shares do not open. Same shares show up and open correctly using 8.04 with the identical smb.conf -- can't open windows share icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249733 You

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 216104 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216104 As a user, I would challenge the Duplicate status as reported by Sebastian. I have read the comments on the so-called duplicate (#216104) and do not see any reason to call this a duplicate. It may well derive

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
Yes, this is an Intrepid bug. There was a conversation on the Intrepid testing forum, and the bug report came out of that, as I understand. I am running Intrepid up-to-date on an HP laptop, with a Windows Vista machine on the same network. Samba connection is fine using Hardy, shows the symptoms s

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for getting onto this, Sebastian! Yes, smbtree sees the share, and smbclient browses it - dir then lists the contents correctly. I am told I don't have gvfs-mount installed - will fix that and get back to you. -- can't open windows share icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249733 You re

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
Now I have gvfs-mount available: fails the first time, saying that the Mountpoint is already registered (that's the one on the desktop, set up through Nautilus). Unmounting that (Right-click, Unmount) allows me to re-mount it using gvfs-mount. The desktop icon reappears. BUT trying to open it give

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
You're right, of course - double click an icon on the desktop probably does invoke nautilus. How do I use gvfs-ls - never used it before, and there is no man entry? BTW, don't know about mattismyname, but I'm running 64-bit on an AMD cpu. -- can't open windows share icon https://bugs.launch

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks. There is an error message using gvfs-ls, saying the specified location is not mounted. I began with the share icon on the desktop; gvfs-ls gave the error message. I right-clicked the icon and chose Unmount to remove it from the desktop. gvfs-ls gave the same error message. I used gvfs-

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-22 Thread Stephen Cradock
More testing with gvfs-ls: I can browse the server using gvfs-ls smb://server That shows the expected list of shares, including Public, which the one I have been trying to connect to, and another one called Amazon. Amazon has not been "touched" - I haven't tried to connect using nautilus OR gvfs,

[Bug 249733] Re: can't open windows share icon

2008-07-23 Thread Stephen Cradock
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 241139 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241139 Thanks, Gianfranco - you're right. It is the same bug. I'll mark as a duplicate.. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 241139 Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-07-23 Thread Stephen Cradock
There is a duplicate bug #249733, which I have marked as a dup of this one. The error seems to be independent of nautilus, as it occurs when using gvfs-mount and not invoking nautilus at all. The use of gvfs-mount smb://server/share appears to mount the share - it appears in the nautilus mount lis

[Bug 237540] Re: apt fails to update

2008-07-24 Thread Stephen Cradock
Well, it did eventually update, on June 12th, along with python-apt and a number of other packages. I have attached the term.log for the relevant time period - don't see any messages from the period when it wouldn't install, but the actual installation is there - on June 12th, as I said. ** Attach

[Bug 250021] Re: copy as root trashes my install

2008-07-24 Thread Stephen Cradock
confirming this problem. I used gksudo nautilus (to access a log file) and got the same errors as Dean reported. The desktop degraded, showing only generic icons, and became non-responsive. On attempting to re-boot, the graphical greeter failed to appear, and attempting to startx after logging in a

[Bug 250021] Re: copy as root trashes my install

2008-07-24 Thread Stephen Cradock
here is a copy of .xsession-errors, showing the fatal crash in the last few lines ** Attachment added: "xsession-errors" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16291924/xsession-errors -- copy as root trashes my install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250021 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-15 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for the suggestions, Nullack. I had just decided to try starting up without usplash when your email arrived! So I decided I should do as you suggested and upgrade consolekit first. The user switcher upgraded too, so I was then using the latest versions of both. Didn't help - same crash. MUS

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
I'm not specifying any vga mode - here's the whole stanza: title Ubuntu intrepid (development branch), kernel 2.6.27-3-generic root(hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-3-generic root=UUID=e8d975ef-29fb-490d-bc15-2ce0f9ffcdd2 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
Well, that's interesting - I tried specifying vga=791 in the Intrepid 2.6.27-3 boot stanza, and it doesn't display any text during boot. The backlight stays on, the HD light flicks on and off as normal, but nothing appears on the screen until after the backlight goes off and the greeter starts to l

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-09-16 Thread Stephen Cradock
This bug seems to be fixed, probably by the gvfs updates today (Sep 16th 2008). Shares on a Windows Vista server now open correctly in Nautilus. Thank you all for the fix - whoever it was that finally fixed it! -- Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location" https://bugs.

[Bug 268879] Re: Shouldn't crash when run as user instead of root

2008-09-17 Thread Stephen Cradock
Sounds like a good plan. Could we users have some information about what the program actually does, and why we would want it? -- Shouldn't crash when run as user instead of root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 268879] Re: Shouldn't crash when run as user instead of root

2008-09-17 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks Andreas. I second Terry's concern about this being installed by default, and have removed it from my stand-alone system. -- Shouldn't crash when run as user instead of root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 191365] Re: compiz.real crashed with signal 7 in eventLoop()

2008-09-19 Thread Stephen Cradock
This crash just happened for me on start-up (Intrepid, amd64, Radeon Xpress 200m (5955), ati driver.) -- compiz.real crashed with signal 7 in eventLoop() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191365 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-19 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for the pointer. I've read through the messages under bug 246269, and I'm not very much reassured. As far as I can see, the conclusion is that Intrepid has been "switched" to a new frame-buffer, uvesafb, that doesn't work as it is supposed to, at least in part because the v86d supplied in t

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-11 Thread Stephen Cradock
I'm disappointed to see no response after a week! The problem continues; it is specific to the 2.6.27 kernel (2.6.27-2 and 2.6.27-3). Hardy with kernel 2.6.24-19 and Intrepid with kernel 2.6.26-5 shutdown or reboot correctly. Trawling logs shows no entries after "sc-laptop exiting on signal 15"

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Cradock
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy consolekit consolekit: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status That's for the Intrepid install that doe

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Cradock
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r 2.6.27-3-generic [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy consolekit consolekit: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/sta

[Bug 264571] Re: shutdown crashes, leaving Intrepid running but stuck

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Cradock
Here is a hand-copy of the trace from the final screen after the crash. Let me know if more of it would be useful; I'm hoping someone will recognise some of the calls and suggest where I can look for a solution. [1042.304010] Process usplash(pid:6903, thread inf 88004611c000, task 8800445

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-08-06 Thread Stephen Cradock
since the recent updates to gvfs (Intrepid, 64-bit) the Windows shares are now shown in Nautilus, but attempting to open them in Nautilus apparently fails, bringing up the password dialog twice; clicking OK the second time gives the dbus error message as above. gvfs-ls smb://server/ lists the shar

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-07 Thread Stephen Cradock
Yes, Marc - I get the same issue. aMSN opens the hotmail login dialog instead of going through. I suspect that MS has changed that protocol too, as my wife reports similar behavior using Windows Vista. -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 252724] Re: fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04

2008-08-07 Thread Stephen Cradock
This is apparently fixed after re-installing both xorg-driver-fglrx and linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-20, or maybe after some updates in the last few days. -- fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252724 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 255554] Re: mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_set_data_full()

2008-08-08 Thread Stephen Cradock
I get the error during start-up of the gnome-session. There are several errors in the .xsession-errors, but nothing that appears to relate to mixer-applet2 explicitly. The error occurs each time I start a session. I haven't used the mixer-applet deliberately. -- mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV

[Bug 255554] Re: mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_set_data_full()

2008-08-08 Thread Stephen Cradock
Trying to use the mixer-applet to reset volume, it crashed with a GPF. Here is the syslog entry for this crash. ** Attachment added: "syslog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16659701/syslog.txt -- mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV in g_datalist_id_set_data_full() https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-09 Thread Stephen Cradock
Ooops - can we have a fixed version for Ubuntu Studio as well? Pretty please. The Ubuntu Studio repo still offers 0.97+final-0ubuntu5 as the latest version, and it doesn't work.. Thanks in advance! -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-10 Thread Stephen Cradock
Ah - yes, you're right. I had forgotten that the update was only in -proposed. Ubuntu Studio now works fine. Isn't it time to move it into main? There seems little point in having a broken version there for conservative types who prefer well-tested installs to the bleeding edge -- amsn 0.97:

[Bug 258641] Re: jockey does not suggest fglrx driver in intrepid

2008-09-20 Thread Stephen Cradock
I am getting the same error (jockey not offering to install fglrx, even though it is installed in synaptic) in Hardy. In this case the default xorg.conf seems to use the basic Mesa driver, not the newer DRI300 ati driver, and performance is abysmal. I have re-enabled the DRI300 open- source version

[Bug 231488] [NEW] partimage leaves incorrect size

2008-05-17 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: partimage "restoring" a file-system from a smaller partition into a larger one (to get a clone of a working install for upgrading) leaves the partition marked as having the total size of the source partition, rather than its correct (larger) size. As an

[Bug 235652] [NEW] spamassassin required by Update manager

2008-05-28 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: I am testing Intrepid, using a clone of an existing 8.04 64-bit install, with the sources list updated to Intrepid. Although my initial install did not include spamassassin and spamc, since I have no use for them (I use ONLY web-mail services), they both showed up as Automa

[Bug 252724] Re: fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04

2008-07-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
The failure to load fglrx occurs at the line drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address). instead of the normal drmOpenDevice: open result is 7 (OK). The address in question is given as /dev/dri/card0 following the successful load with kernel 24-19. Kernel 24-20 then reports

[Bug 252724] Re: fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04

2008-07-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
** Attachment added: "Xorglog19" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16464252/Xorglog19 -- fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 252724] Re: fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04

2008-07-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
I have checked the file-systems in the two cases - kernel 24-19 shows card0 under /dev/dri, but kernel 24-20 does not. Is there a new paradigm for "mounting" video cards, perhaps, that has not been integrated effectively? -- fglrx fails to load with 2.6.24-20 kernel in 8.04 https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 236360] Re: evolution requires spamassassin

2008-08-01 Thread Stephen Cradock
OK, sorry about that. What would have been better? to raise a new bug on the un-installable "fixed" package? Or should I have brought it to your/someone's attention in a completely different way? Please remember that users who report bugs are trying to help the developers. -- evolution requires

[Bug 254847] [NEW] amsn will not connect after hardy-proposed updates

2008-08-04 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libnspr4-0d After today's updates to libnspr4-0d and libnss3-1d amsn fails to connect. The internet connection is open and firefox connects fine; the MS live login connects using Hotmail, but not using amsn. Expected behavior: aMSN connects on start-up,

[Bug 254847] Re: amsn will not connect

2008-08-04 Thread Stephen Cradock
** Summary changed: - amsn will not connect after hardy-proposed updates + amsn will not connect ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: libnspr4-0d + Binary package hint: aMSN - After today's updates to libnspr4-0d and libnss3-1d amsn fails to - connect. The internet connection is ope

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
I have to disagree that this is fixed in Intrepid. I'm using Intrepid up-to-date 08/05/2008, and get the same error. My amsn package is reported as 0.97+final-0ubuntu6. If that is the same as 0.97.2 then 0.97.2 does NOT fix the problem, at least for me. -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
Ah - Intrepid just offered to upgrade amsn to 0.97.2 - but can't do it because it needs amsn-data, which is not available -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks - I'll wait patiently! On a positive note, the update for Hardy just arrived and works fine. Thanks, everyone for the fast and effective work. -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243722 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 243722] Re: amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change

2008-08-06 Thread Stephen Cradock
bump from Intrepid - still apparently waiting for amsn-data. -- amsn 0.97: login doesn't work anymore due to a protocol change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/243722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-08-18 Thread Stephen Cradock
I get this on un-secured shares. I am puzzled that samba has been updated today (August 18th) without any apparent change in the situation. It seems that this is not a samba bug, at any rate. Is this a gvfs bug? Is it a seahorse bug (as suggested above by fishor)? Or is it something else? It is c

[Bug 259867] Re: [PAM] Unable to login: Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session

2008-08-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
I've edited the common-session file, and got the updates installed. It all works fine. BUT - it seems to me I should be able to revert to the original common- session file and not get the Authentification failed error. Doesn't work that way - putting the pam_deny.so line back into common-sessi

[Bug 259867] Re: [PAM] Unable to login: Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session

2008-08-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
Mario - thanks for the pointer - those are presumably spare copies of the working files in /etc/pam.d/ But you're right - the common-session file in the /usr/share/pam set doesn't have the pam-deny.so line - it has pam-permit.so instead. I checked the common-auth files in /etc/pam.d/ and /usr/shar

[Bug 259867] Re: [PAM] Unable to login: Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session

2008-08-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
thanks for the clarification, Steve. I won't try running with the copy in /usr/share/pam/! -- [PAM] Unable to login: Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259867 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 323825] [NEW] firefox crashed when trying to play a video

2009-01-31 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Some time ago I started using libflashplayer.so to handle flash movies without nspluginwrapper. This worked in Jaunty until recently, when I noticed that Firefox would crash on opening any page with a flash movie in it - news pages like msn.com, m

[Bug 314205] [NEW] wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-01-05 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wine After upgrading to Jaunty, I experienced the ia32libs problems reported earlier due to the missing libuuid. This showed up in wine as well as other programs. The ia32libs problem has now been addressed, but wine still behaves strangely. The wine win

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-01-06 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks, Scott. They play together just fine in Intrepid, at least on my machine (same one as above). I've tried turning off various effects, but haven't found a sub-set that restores Wine to normality in Jaunty. Now that Compiz seems to be "on" by default it would be good if Wine was working corre

[Bug 315334] [NEW] system restart applet fails in jaunty

2009-01-08 Thread Stephen Cradock
Public bug reported: After an update using Update manager the System Restart Required notification appears. Clicking on the applet opens the usual system restart dialog, but clicking on the Restart Now button has no effect except that the dialog box closes. The system does not terminate. Restarti

[Bug 252023] Re: configure display applet crashes X in intrepid

2008-12-21 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks - I understand the position. In retrospect I could have saved the relevant log files after the crash and been more helpful, but that didn't happen. From my position, that could have been avoided if the delay in asking for the files had been shorter - two months (09-01 to 11-12) is a long tim

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-02-08 Thread Stephen Cradock
That looks as if it switches window manager to metacity - thus turning off compiz. If there is a general problem with Wine in jaunty, let's talk about it and help to get it fixed. If there is a general problem with compiz in Jaunty, ditto. If the problem is some esoteric interaction between them

[Bug 314205] Re: wine screen updates faulty in Jaunty

2009-02-09 Thread Stephen Cradock
Further information: I get the same errors in screen re-drawing in Wine even with compiz disabled, i.e. using the "Normal" setting in Visual Effects tab of the Appearance Preferences. This suggests to me that the errors occur with any window manager that tries to use compositing, including metacit

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-08-29 Thread Stephen Cradock
Nice try - doesn't work for me. The script runs and leaves me with a mounted share icon, but doesn't open Nautilus. Trying to open the share by double-clicking the desktop share icon leads to the original error message - already mounted. -- Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to moun

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share "Unable to mount location"

2008-08-29 Thread Stephen Cradock
My apologies! After some messing around it DOES work for me. At first running the script gave me the mount, but not the Nautilus window. I put in two extra lines to 'echo "$SMB"' and 'echo "$DIR"', and it worked. Then I commented out (#) the two extra lines and it still worked Then I removed

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-08-30 Thread Stephen Cradock
there is no /etc/adobe in my system. I'm using the flashplugin-nonfree in Firefox 3.0 on Intrepid, and experiencing this crash. Any ideas where the config file might be hidden? -- firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255353 You received thi

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-08-30 Thread Stephen Cradock
Thanks for the clarification. I'll try that - unfortunately Intrepid seems to be unusable at the moment after an update to the Synaptics touchpad input driver.. -- firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255353 You received this bug notifi

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