[Bug 189265] Re: Adept updater wants to remove a many packages

2008-07-30 Thread Tony Green
I haven't seen it since, so there's no reason why this can't be closed. Worrying that it happened, as it could have had nasty consequences, but it seems stable since. -- Adept updater wants to remove a many packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189265 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 260462] Re: cryptdisks-early fails to re-prompt if passphrase is incorrect

2008-12-05 Thread Tony Green
Finally had time to set up a crypto disc on a clean Intrepid install and I can confirm that this problem persists. I'm prompted for the filesystem's passphrase but if I type it incorrectly, I don't get re-prompted, the boot just continues and then quickly fails because, not surprisingly, it can't

[Bug 299442] [NEW] ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64

2008-11-18 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils Kubuntu 8.10 I am trying to follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory to set up an encrypted private directory. "apt-get install ecryptfs-utils" installs 53-1ubuntu12. However, the instructions

[Bug 299442] Re: ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64

2008-11-18 Thread Tony Green
In which case, either the instructions for password-less login are also wrong or there are files missing from the package, as /usr/share /ecryptfs-utils isn't installed by it. Either that or I'm cocking-up seriously... -- ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64 https://bugs.lau

[Bug 299442] Re: ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64

2008-11-18 Thread Tony Green
Dustin, It may be that there actually IS a version problem: $ dpkg -l | grep ecryptfs-utils ii ecryptfs-utils53-1ubuntu12 ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities) $ dpkg -L ecryptfs-utils | grep /usr/share/ecryptfs-utils $ So whe

[Bug 299442] Re: ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64

2008-11-18 Thread Tony Green
That sorted it, thanks both. Probably worth putting that in the instructions as well to save more bug reports? Should I be safe installing the other 69 updates in proposed to a live system? Cheers Tony -- ecryptfs-utils version 53-1ubuntu14 unavailable on AMD-64 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 293669] Re: (Kubuntu 8.10) ksystraycmd crashes

2008-11-16 Thread Tony Green
Backtrace attached as requested. It doesn't say much; I hope it's useful. Will having the debug version installed have any performance impact on my system? (apart from presumably taking up more space). If so, what's the process to revert safely to the non-debug version. ** Attachment added: "gdb

[Bug 293669] Re: (Kubuntu 8.10) ksystraycmd crashes

2008-11-16 Thread Tony Green
OOPS! missed a step in the instructions. Another backtrace attached; a bit bigger this time. If it's only crashes that will be affected, no problem. It'll be handy for other bugs anyway. ** Attachment added: "gdb-ksystraycmd.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19701795/gdb-ksystraycmd.txt --

[Bug 303227] [NEW] kernel 2.6.27-9 failed to install

2008-11-28 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic Attempting to install today's kernel updates via adept, it failed with the following errors: Commit failed. To continue, hit ok and we will try to recover. If you close the application now, we will not do anything and you ma

[Bug 303227] Re: kernel 2.6.27-9 failed to install

2008-11-28 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dpkg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20033180/dpkg.log -- kernel 2.6.27-9 failed to install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303227 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 303227] Re: kernel 2.6.27-9 failed to install

2008-11-28 Thread Tony Green
Additionally, automatic resolution failed. It seems that the recovery has failed. Please fix manually (try dpkg --configure -a and/or apt-get -f install) in terminal... The error was: APT Error. Context: Running dpkg, [ /usr/bin/dpkg, --status-fd, 3, --configure, -a ], Sup-process

[Bug 303651] [NEW] kde language pack install fails: cannot access archive

2008-11-30 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: language-pack-kde-en Kunbuntu 8.10, AMD-64 Attempting to install the latest updates through Adept, the following error message appeared:

[Bug 303651] Re: kde language pack install fails: cannot access archive

2008-11-30 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dpkg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20070418/dpkg.log -- kde language pack install fails: cannot access archive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/303651 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 303227] Re: kernel 2.6.27-9 failed to install

2008-11-30 Thread Tony Green
UPDATE Further investigation reveals: run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 10 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic.postinst line 1002. as the apparen

[Bug 303651] Re: kde language pack install fails: cannot access archive

2008-11-30 Thread Tony Green
Update: My guess that this was in some way related to bug 303227 appears to have been correct, as now I have managed to get past the other bug, this has now installed successfully. Chaging status to invalid. -- kde language pack install fails: cannot access archive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 384278] [NEW] Jaunty ships with libraries too old for digikam-kde4

2009-06-06 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: digikam I have reported a bug (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195448) with KDE for Digikam 0.10.0 crashing fatally (and taking the whole computer out!) >From the diagnostics I supplied, the developer (Gilles Caulier) has deduced >that a number of

[Bug 342671] Re: Doesn't support installations which require a removal or updates which require additional software

2009-06-30 Thread Tony Green
I'm seeing this problem with four kernel-related updates showing as blocked when I click on the updater icon. linux-headers-generic - 2.6.28.11.15 (amd64) linux-restricted-modules-generic - 2.6.28.11.15 (amd64) linux-generic - 2.6.28.11.15 (amd64) linux-image-generic - 2.6.28.11.15 (amd64) What's

[Bug 380905] [NEW] Jaunty recovery mode networking fails with fixed IP address

2009-05-27 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: System: AMD-64, Jaunty (fully updated) Sorry, I don't know which package this is related to - presumably the base system or something similar? Booting into recovery mode, one of the options I am presented with after initial startup is "root shell with networking" (sorry, I'm

[Bug 260462] Re: cryptdisks-early fails to re-prompt if passphrase is incorrect

2009-05-04 Thread Tony Green
Thanks for that very comprehensive reply, Luke. I've finally had the opportunity to reconfigure the cryptography using LUKS and that's solved my problem. Lesson for me - use LUKS in future... -- cryptdisks-early fails to re-prompt if passphrase is incorrect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260462

[Bug 224631] Re: compiz unstable since Hardy upgrade

2009-05-08 Thread Tony Green
Hi Scott, Unfortunately I can't confirm whether or not this is still a problem as I've given up using Compiz (or KDE4's desktop effects) as once the "ooh, isn't that impressive" stage has worn off, having a more responsive desktop became more interesting. Sadly I can't even try to reproduce thi

[Bug 368046] [NEW] jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: After failing to install a few packages (ca-certificates, java6-jre, java6-bin (already installed & configured)) the installer popped up dialogues telling me again that they'd failed, then crashed. A large number of packages were left half-installed, so I am attempting to fin

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "apt.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26034882/apt.log -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368046 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26034923/term.log -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368046 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
Update: dpkg --configure -a also crashes with "too many errors" message. Log attached. I suspect I'm going to have to restore from backups :-( ** Attachment added: "configurelog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26034960/configurelog -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launc

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "apt-term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26034887/apt-term.log -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368046 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26034893/main.log -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368046 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
Not surprisingly, the system was stuffed on reboot. A message about not being able to find md5sum was noticed during the early stage of boot, then when X started it just displayed a black screen with a few random patches of colour. Fortunately I have good backups or I'd be in trouble. Worrying

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Description changed: After failing to install a few packages (ca-certificates, java6-jre, java6-bin (already installed & configured)) the installer popped up dialogues telling me again that they'd failed, then crashed. A large number of packages were left half-installed, so I am atte

[Bug 366023] Re: Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "Ouptput of lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26056199/lspci.log -- Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 366023] Re: Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26056293/xorg.conf -- Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 366023] Re: Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more

2009-04-27 Thread Tony Green
Hi Bryce, My understanding from reading elsewhere is that this problem may be due to the fact that there are problems with the ATI fglrx driver with the new version of X being used in this release and that it isn't included in it for that reason, hence why it needs to be removed. I've added lsp

[Bug 366023] [NEW] Can't upgrade to Jaunty - video card not supported any more

2009-04-24 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Trying to upgrade my system from Kubuntu 8.10 to 9.04. Distribution Upgrade gets as far as "Preparing to upgrade" and I get a pop-up saying "This computer is currently using the AMD 'fglrx' graphics driver. No version of this driver is available that works with your hardware

[Bug 377608] [NEW] xubuntu jaunty install fails to install necessary desktops

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Attempting to install Xubuntu januty. Existing system was Kubuntu Intrepid, but I was formatting /, /usr, /var to make a clean install. Install appeared to finish cleanly and prompted for reboot. However when X started up, the following pop-up m

[Bug 377613] [NEW] jaunty install: formatting root partition changes uuid

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Attempting to install Xubuntu Jaunty to replace an existing Kubuntu Intrepid. Because the install was a total failure (separate bug raised) I had to restore from my backups. However, having done so and attempted to reboot, Grub failed with "erro

[Bug 377613] Re: jaunty install: formatting root partition changes uuid

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Green
I understand what you're saying (can't honestly say I understand UUIDs or what they're for though...) In my case, regenerating menu.lst wouldn't have made any difference, because having a failed installation meant that I had to restore it from my dumps, where the installer couldn't (and shouldn't)

[Bug 377613] Re: jaunty install: formatting root partition changes uuid

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Green
Having now read up a bit on UUIDs, it seems to me that if an existing partition is being reformatted, it SHOULD retain the existing UUID. Anything referring to that particular partition by UUID will then still safely be able to find it if necessary. Although at one level a reformatted filesystem m

[Bug 368046] Re: jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors"

2009-05-17 Thread Tony Green
Update: Had another go at this today and it installed successfully. Still had the errors from Java, but the ca-certificates worked this time (new version or something?) so it appears that's where the error came from. -- jaunty upgrade crashed "too many errors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36

[Bug 247329] Re: Cursor settings not globally set

2008-11-04 Thread Tony Green
I am having a similar problem since installing Kubuntu 8.10. The theme of the cursor displayed in any position seems to be completely random. Annoyingly I can't provide screenshots as ksnapshot doesn't capture the cursor and the new installation of the Gimp seems to lack the ability it used to h

[Bug 293669] [NEW] (Kubuntu 8.10) ksystraycmd crashes

2008-11-04 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace-bin Kubuntu 8.10 on AMD-64 ksystraycmd --version Qt: 4.4.3 KDE: 4.1.2 (KDE 4.1.2) KSysTrayCmd: KSysTrayCmd 0.1 Attempted to launch an application with ksystraycmd. It immediately crashes. ksystraycmd xterm KCrash: Application 'ksystray

[Bug 293669] Re: (Kubuntu 8.10) ksystraycmd crashes

2008-11-04 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "strace of failed attempt to run a command with ksystraycmd" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19342444/strace -- (Kubuntu 8.10) ksystraycmd crashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293669 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 294294] [NEW] showfoto crashes on startup

2008-11-05 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: showfoto Attempting to run showfoto, it crashes immediately after showing the splash screen. $ showfoto terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Exiv2::Error' KCrash: Application 'showfoto' crashing... KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching direct

[Bug 294294] Re: showfoto crashes on startup

2008-11-05 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "~/.kde/share/config/showfotorc" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19395800/showfotorc -- showfoto crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 294294] Re: showfoto crashes on startup

2008-11-05 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "showfoto strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19395839/showphoto.trace -- showfoto crashes on startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 293066] Re: xgamma no longer works on 8.10

2008-11-06 Thread Tony Green
...but it DOES work now I've managed to get the right ATI driver loaded. So it looks like the problem may actually lie with the default video driver that's configured automaticall. -- xgamma no longer works on 8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293066 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 105454] Re: gtk styles & fonts: can't switch back to "use another font"

2008-11-06 Thread Tony Green
Seems to work OK in Intrepid, so presumably just a Hardy problem. -- gtk styles & fonts: can't switch back to "use another font" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105454 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk-qt-engine in ubuntu. --

[Bug 188976] Re: ubiquity crashed with OSError in copy_all()

2008-11-06 Thread Tony Green
Successfully installed by not telling the installer about the partitions I wanted to keep. So then I had to re-edit /etc/fstab to put them back and delete all the stuff the installer put in the directories I was going to mount over. Luckily I know Unix well; this would have defeated a lot of users

[Bug 292135] [NEW] 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sun-java6-jre Upgrade from Kubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 threw an error trying to install sun- java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb: Could not install sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb The upgrade will continue but the /var/cache/apt/archives/sun- java6-jre_6.10-0ub

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
Later... Could not install 'sun-java6-bin' The upgrade will continue but the 'sun-java6-bin' package may be in a not working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it. package sun-java6-bin is already installed and configured -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb inst

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
Same for sun-java6-jre, sun-java5-bin, sun-java5-jre -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19183595/apt.log -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19183673/apt-term.log -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19183687/main.log -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19183716/main_pre_req.log -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 292135] Re: 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19183732/term.log -- 8.10 upgrade sun-java6-jre_6.10-0ubuntu2_all.deb install fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 188976] Re: ubiquity crashed with OSError in copy_all()

2008-11-01 Thread Tony Green
I have just hit this problem using the release version of Kubuntu. >From the comment above about a non-empty filesystem, I have looked at the partitions and it appears that despite telling the installer to format them, it has failed to do so, as there are many old files still there. I noticed dur

[Bug 188976] Re: ubiquity crashed with OSError in copy_all()

2008-11-02 Thread Tony Green
I've tried several times and the installer crashes every time, leaving me with an unusable system. It makes no difference if I clean out the install partitions before installing, or get ubiquity to clear them or even leave them with old files in them. The last message in /var/log/syslog, which s

[Bug 292699] [NEW] 8.10: new adept manager unusable

2008-11-02 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: adept The new adept manager installed with 8.10 does not function properly. Biggest problem: it doesn't show all available packages. In fact when you search for a package, it shows an entirely wrong set of packages. For example. Search for "apache". Th

[Bug 292699] Re: 8.10: new adept manager unusable

2008-11-03 Thread Tony Green
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 285050 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285050 This is not a duplicate of bug 285050, as that is a wishlist entry, whereas this is in fact a report of the application being non- functional. Wanting an application that actually does what it's supposed to b

[Bug 56235] Re: Postfix fails to start at boot time

2008-11-03 Thread Tony Green
I have just installed 8.10 and have suffered exactly the same problem. Due to my attempt at upgrading an existing system having failed spectacularly, this was a completely clean install, so the faulty init.d file has to have come from the package. The install also failed to create the /var/spool/

[Bug 285050] Re: Improvements to search in Adept3

2008-11-03 Thread Tony Green
As my bug 292699 has (incorrectly in my view) been marked as a duplicate of this, I will repeat my comments from that bug here. My report doesn't constitute a wishlist, unless wanting an application to actually function fits that description. The new adept manager installed with 8.10 does not func

[Bug 293066] [NEW] xgamma no longer works on 8.10

2008-11-03 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xgamma Under previous releases, issuing: xgamma -gamma .45 would adjust the monitor's gamma and (with that example) make it darker than default. Since installing 8.10, this no longer works. xgamma appears to run as normal and correctly reports new and

[Bug 235305] SOLVED! Re: kernel 2.6.24-17: boot hangs with "waiting for root file system"

2008-06-03 Thread Tony Green
Solved! The problem appears to have been because update-initramfs failed when installing the new kernel. This was because I'd had issues with the udev rules that were installed after upgrading to 8.04 so I'd replaced /etc/udev/rules.d with my backup. Replacing the necessary files and running "u

[Bug 279649] [NEW] knetworkmanager (kde4) starts even though unwanted

2008-10-07 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: knetworkmanager System is Kubuntu 8.04.1 (AMD_64) Knetworkmanager (1:0.2.2-1ubuntu2, delivered with KDE4.1.2 and earlier) ignores the fact that I don't want it to start when KDE4 starts and starts up anyway. To reproduce: Launch Kubuntu KDE4 Right click

[Bug 211266] Re: kde-4.0.3 breaks auto-login

2008-06-28 Thread Tony Green
I can now confirm that installing KDE4 is DEFINITELY changing the default display manager without asking. I had removed all of the KDE4 packages as it was nowhere near ready for use. With the KDE4.1 betas being released, I decided to give it another try and without any interaction at all, it rewro

[Bug 235305] [NEW] kernel 2.6.24-17: boot hangs with "waiting for root file system"

2008-05-27 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image Running Kubuntu 8.04. After installing today's updates, I cannot boot my system with the newly installed kernel (2.6.24-17) which hangs with a message "waiting for root file system". I can see that previous bugs have been raised for this pro

[Bug 235305] Re: kernel 2.6.24-17: boot hangs with "waiting for root file system"

2008-05-27 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "lspci.output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14752829/lspci.output -- kernel 2.6.24-17: boot hangs with "waiting for root file system" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235305 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 260462] [NEW] cryptdisks-early fails to re-prompt if passphrase is incorrect

2008-08-22 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cryptsetup Kubuntu 8.04.1 After setting up encrypted filesystems, cryptdisks-early now prompts me for the passphrase needed to decrypt the filesystems. BUT, if I type the passphrase incorrectly, it fails to re-prompt me for the passphrase and continues w

[Bug 237918] Re: kantiword-installer fails - wrong shell?

2008-06-06 Thread Tony Green
Typo-alert! That should have read "Attempting to run kantiword-installer" -- kantiword-installer fails - wrong shell? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 324277] Re: kde4.2 install failed: dependency problems

2009-02-02 Thread Tony Green
Thanks Jonathan. For the record, after re-starting , the "updates available" icon was still showing a large number of updates to install. Clicking it seemed to finish off configuring (which I thought my earlier commands had done - shows how well I understand apt). ...now to see what else KDE have

[Bug 324277] [NEW] kde4.2 install failed: dependency problems

2009-02-02 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase-kde4 Attempting to install KDE4.2 as per instructions at http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-4.2 System: Kubuntu 8.10 AMD-64 (kdebase selected as I'm not sure which of the several packages mentioned should really be selected) After downloading all

[Bug 324907] [NEW] $KDEHOME not set: causes problems choosing mouse cursors

2009-02-03 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase (Choosing kdebase as I'm not sure where this should actually be but it seems possible) AMD-64 - Kubuntu 8.10 When I installed Kubuntu 8.04, I did a clean install so that no old configuration files existed outside my home directory. I noticed at

[Bug 325483] [NEW] Random patches of black and green striping keep appearing

2009-02-04 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: This is an issue with Kubuntu AMD-64-bit, 8.10, with the new KDE4.2 installed. I'm not sure if it's a KDE problem or a xorg problem though. Since installing KDE4.2, I get frequent patches of black and green stripes appearing in various parts of my screen. It seems particularl

[Bug 325483] Re: Random patches of black and green striping keep appearing

2009-02-04 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "Screenshot showing the problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21996800/noise.png -- Random patches of black and green striping keep appearing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325483 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 307969] [NEW] compiz rotate cube keybindings problem

2008-12-14 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz Kubuntu 8.10, AMD_64 $ apt-cache policy compiz compiz: Installed: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1 Candidate: 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1 Version table: *** 1:0.7.8-0ubuntu4.1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages 100 /

[Bug 345389] [NEW] update-manager broken dependency

2009-03-19 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Initially attempting to install xubuntu desktop onto a Kubuntu 8.10, AMD_64 system. Not sure if the problem is actually update-manager or update-manager-core. # apt-get install xubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building depend

[Bug 345389] Re: update-manager broken dependency

2009-03-20 Thread Tony Green
Still failing the same on my system, Michael. My /etc/apt/sources.list may help - in case I'm pulling DEBs from somewhere different to you. # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ in

[Bug 328711] [NEW] updates killed apache

2009-02-12 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libapache2-mod-php5 (package guessed - may be incorrect) Kubuntu 8.10, AMD-64. I installed today's updates, which attempted to re-start Apache2. But Apache failed to start. The following error appeared in the error log: "/usr/sbin/apache2: symbol lookup

[Bug 328711] Re: updates killed apache

2009-02-13 Thread Tony Green
Interestingly, installing php5-mysql DOES fix this problem. So thanks for that, Marc. Seems strange that it was OK without it before the update; possibly something strange in the install of PDO_MYSQL - either that or something that was in it got deleted by the upgrade. I'm now at 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1

[Bug 327236] [NEW] kmail fails if ~/.kde4 unavailable

2009-02-09 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kmail KDE4 on Kubuntu 8.10 has supposedly migrated all user kde files from ~/.kde4 to ~/.kde. Noticing that some residual ~/.kde4 files and directories had been created, I deleted these. As soon as I did this and tried to use Kmail, it crashed. Attempti

[Bug 327236] Re: kmail fails if ~/.kde4 unavailable

2009-02-21 Thread Tony Green
It was from an upgrade as Jonathan suggested. Not QUITE bug 272378 but evidently related. It was actually because ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc had a line in it saying: folders[$e]=$HOME/.kde4/share/apps/kmail/mail Correcting that line solved the problem. Looks like another migration problem then.

[Bug 224631] Re: compiz unstable since Hardy upgrade

2008-06-12 Thread Tony Green
Sadly yes, I'm still having this problem. Compiz is crashing at least once a day. Is there any way I can run Compiz to get more diagnostic information out of it? -- compiz unstable since Hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224631 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 345389] Re: update-manager broken dependency

2009-03-27 Thread Tony Green
A small update. Looking again at this today, I see that I actually HAVE update-manager- core 1:0.93.35 installed, as it's a dependency of update-manager-kde. So the problem seems to be either that a newer version of update-manager ought to be on the repositories or perhaps that it should be insta

[Bug 260462] Re: cryptdisks-early fails to re-prompt if passphrase is incorrect

2008-09-03 Thread Tony Green
Nothing special about /var that I know of. And the same problem also manifests itself for /home. As to /srv/cryptovolume, this isn't mentioned in the HOWTO at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesystemHowto which is why I've set things up the way I have. If there's an alternative HOWTO

[Bug 411710] [NEW] Digikam won't display any pictures under KDE4.3

2009-08-10 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: digikam System: Ubuntu 9.04 AMD-64 After upgrading to KDE4.3, Digikam no longer displays any thumbnail images (so can't do anything with my pictures). >From .xsession-errors the problem appears to be something to do with Marble. kdeinit4: preparing to

[Bug 56235] Postfix fails to start at boot time

2006-08-13 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: postfix When the postfix script in /etc/init.d runs, postfix fails to start and a message "postfix/postfix-script: fatal: usage: postfix start (or stop, reload, abort, flush, check, set-permissions, upgrade-configuration)" is issued. Changing the line wh

[Bug 56235] Re: Postfix fails to start at boot time

2006-08-13 Thread Tony Green
I suspect the latter. This was my first Ubuntu installation on a freshly-formatted partition, so it won't have been due to something left behind from the old Mandriva installation. I've also now noticed that the script doesn't shut it down either, for the same reason: "if ${DAEMON} quiet-stop; th

[Bug 51982] Re: UK Pound sign key not handled correctly by ncurses

2006-08-24 Thread Tony Green
I believe this bug is not specific to ncurses but has something to do with the keyboard generating the wrong code when the pound key is pressed. Since installing 6.06 (on a machine previously running Mandriva) my pound key generates an extra (control?) character as well as the correct pound sign.

[Bug 70736] Re: Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy

2006-11-07 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "dist-upgrade/main.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4975825/main.log -- Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/70736 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 70736] Re: Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy

2006-11-07 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "dist-upgrade/apt.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4975824/apt.log -- Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/70736 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 70736] Re: Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy

2006-11-07 Thread Tony Green
** Attachment added: "dist-upgrade/term.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4975826/term.log -- Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/70736 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 70736] Multiple failures trying to upgrade Dapper-Edgy

2006-11-07 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager This is an attempted upgrade of Kubuntu from Dapper to Edgy on an AMD64 system with NVIDIA drivers installed. The upgrade was launched using the cdromupgrade script on the DVD. Error 1: # /media/cdrom/cdromupgrade su: /media/cdrom0/cdromu

[Bug 155850] [gutsy] hald fails to start at boot due to dbus not running

2007-10-22 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Gutsy, hald fails to start at boot time. An extract from what's seen on screen during boot: * Starting kernel log daemon... * Can't start Hardware abstraction layer - please ensure dbus is running * Starting system message bus dbus So clearly init is tryi

[Bug 156633] Problem removing applications from adept's "remove" list

2007-10-24 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: adept-installer I found this problem after I initially marked a package for removal but discovered that removing it would also result in packages I need being removed. Steps to reproduce: * Open Adept Installer * Select some packages for removal, others

[Bug 155850] Re: [gutsy] hald fails to start at boot due to dbus not running

2007-10-24 Thread Tony Green
Hi, Yes, I do have CONCURRENCY set to shell. Just tried resetting it to none and naming the init script back to its original name and hald starts OK. So I'd guess this is a problem that won't affect most people so isn't a high priority. Perhaps something worth changing for the next release but no

[Bug 145881] Re: X session dies when xscreensaver runs

2007-10-29 Thread Tony Green
I suspect this problem may be with X rather than xscreensaver. I have just had an almost identical crash when I started Google Earth. >From /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x48670d] 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x3f912317d0] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server

[Bug 145881] Re: X session dies when xscreensaver runs

2007-10-19 Thread Tony Green
I am finding exactly the same problem. Everything fine until I upgraded to Gutsy today. There is a little bit of (potentially) useful information in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x48670d] 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2b0d5f2ab7d0] Fatal server error: Caught signal

[Bug 219637] [NEW] Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 adept_manager --dist-upgrade-proposed no "version upgrade" button

2008-04-19 Thread Tony Green
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: adept-manager I'm trying to install the Kubuntu 8.04 release candidate from 7.10 by following the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades/Kubuntu Running kdesu "adept_manager --dist-upgrade-proposed" launches the Adept manager, a

[Bug 213884] Re: hardy upgrade: /dev/disk/by-uuid non existant at boot; dropping to a shell (with "386" kernel)

2008-04-20 Thread Tony Green
I have had a similar experience with upgrading to Hardy. The new kernel managed to mount my root filesystem (/dev/hda1) but failed to mount any more of them. running "fdisk /dev/hda" and "fdisk /dev/hdb" I received an error message that the devices did not exist. In addition, either the upgrade o

[Bug 219637] Re: Kubuntu 7.10 to 8.04 adept_manager --dist-upgrade-proposed no "version upgrade" button

2008-04-20 Thread Tony Green
The suggested do-release-upgrade -d did a complete upgrade, but after it, I was left with a completely broken system, with the kernel unable to see any of my partitions and every filesystem superblock corrupted. I don't know if this is because of the upgrade method or some other problem: bug 213884

[Bug 213884] Re: hardy upgrade: /dev/disk/by-uuid non existant at boot; dropping to a shell (with "386" kernel)

2008-04-20 Thread Tony Green
Just noticed the title of this bug specified "386" kernel. My problem was with an AMD 64 kernel. -- hardy upgrade: /dev/disk/by-uuid non existant at boot; dropping to a shell (with "386" kernel) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

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