Re: hardy release freeze, coming soon to an archive near you
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Steve Langasek > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The list of release-critical bugs is tracked here: > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/ubuntu-8.04 > > Additional bugs that are considered "targets of opportunity" for the > > release > > are found at: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+bugs > > If there are other bugs that you believe are important to fix before the > > release which are not yet listed on the above pages, please get in touch > > with me or another member of the release team. Hello Here are a few. Since I couldn't find a way to automatically see whether my bugs were included in the links above I just included all bugs that I thought should be included. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192153 [hardy] Send to in Nautilus cannot choose other than first recipient https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192119 [hardy] iwl3945 fails reporting networks with iwlist wlan0 scan https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159064 error getting ESSID for device eth1: Resource temporarily unavailable [iwl3945] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206549 [Hardy] bluetooth-applet fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187383 System monitor causes Xorg to consume 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194005 emerald crashed with SIGSEGV in gdk_draw_drawable() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192473 ccsm crashed with IndexError in UpdatePlugins() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189997 firefox-3.0 crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216202 vlc crashed with SIGSEGV in stream_DemuxSend() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196036 brasero crashed with SIGSEGV in nautilus_burn_drive_unlock() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186994 rdesktop shows letters 't' and 'N' reversed Some of these bugs aren't even processed at all. Rgds, Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Printing does not work in 8.04
Hello I have a problem with printing in Hardy. My bug has not been processed yet but I reported it two weeks ago. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/217787 Is there anyone else with the same problem? I cannot find other similar bugs so either I have done something to create this problem for myself or I am the only one with bug (which sounds strange). Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Printing does not work in 8.04
On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 09:44 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote: > FWIW, I just tested my Samsung ML-2510 and had no problems whatsoever; > it 'just worked' when I switched it on. > > Also, http://localhost:631 seems to work just fine. This works fine for me too now. Maybe a reboot fixed the problem, maybe my manual installation of libpam-smbpass. > Thomas: out of curiosity, what make/model printer are you using that > gave that error? EPSON EPL-5900. > Thomas, Milosz: could you both test with a Hardy Live CD and see if > its repeatable there? No, not repeatable on the Live CD. There my printer was automatically installed and when I tried to print a test page it immediately printed it. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Unable to modify week in gnome clock 2.12.1.2
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 12:21 +0300, Matthias Andersson wrote: > I've set my location to be Helsinki Finland, I've tried to set that > locale wherever possible. > Before you login to the desktop, have you switched your locale there? I live in Sweden but I'm using en_DK.UTF-8 which works fine. I have also added a correct location in Clock > Preferences > Locations. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Printing does not work in 8.04
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:30 +0200, Milosz Derezynski wrote: > I've been running this system as Gutsy before, and updated to Hardy in > a very early phase (4 Months before the release i think), could some > gradual updates caused a misconfiguration of the system? If yes, what > in particular could i check for? (I've already tried uninstalling > everything cups, manually deleting all directories belonging to it and > then reinstalling, to no avail.) Same here. I have also tried reinstalling all packages and removing all directories/config files. I plugged in my printer to another computer, also upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy and got the same problem there. -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Printing does not work in 8.04
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 03:19 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote: > Question: if you create a new user and log in as them, can you print? > (do you have a ~/.cups directory?) > Did you try deleting (or renaming) /var/cache/cups ? Had already tried logging in with a newly created user, no go. Either I have done something else to fix it or the removal of /var/cache/cups (and re-creation of the same dir) helped! Now my printing works. I have one still problem remaining but since I never ordinarily use that feature it's not really my problem :) It is in the Launchpad bug.. Thanks for the help, I think your suggestion solved it! Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Four crashes, no apport actions
Hello I just now had four crashes. First was emerald. Noticed that my borders was missing. Manually restarted it via terminal with 'emerald --replace &'. It crashed again. Started it a third time and then it worked. Noticed segfault in syslog. Second was Evolution. I got a popup telling me "The Evolution memo has quit unexpectedly. Your memos will not be available until Evolution is restarted.". This caused some kind of problem for the desktop because I could not click on anything. I eventually found out that I could use the keyboard so I was able to use the keyboard to OK the popup and shutdown Evolution. Then it was back to normal again. Third crash just after was Firefox. Started it, entered a location and it just disappeared while the page was loading. Fourth was Seahorse. Synced my keys and pgp.mit.edu wasn't responding. This caused Seahorse to crash and I could see a segfault in syslog. On neither of these four crashes apport kicked in. Why is that? Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Four crashes, no apport actions
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 18:00 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi, > > Milan Bouchet-Valat [2008-05-07 17:41 +0200]: > > Why is it disabled? > > Because > > (1) we have our hands full with fixing the development release and > want to concentrate on it For the next version to become better, isn't it good to fix all old problems first? I use Launchpad quite a lot. Sometimes you are about to report a bug which already exists and was maybe filed from a Feisty user but the bug still exists. Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Ubuntu beyond GTK apps?
On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 03:02 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote: > Wouldn't it be interesting to take that a step further and have Ubuntu > represent the best Linux apps (e.g. K3B?), regardless of widget > dependency? If QGtkStyle (or such) could seamlessly integrate them > visually, I don't see why (beyond LiveCD size restrictions) that this > wouldn't be a good idea... That would be amazing. I think a pretty long list can be easily made of KDE-apps that are better than their Gnome equivalents. - Amarok > Rhythmbox - Konsole > Gnome Terminal - Kate > Gedit - Kdenlive > ??? Und so weiter.. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cell +46 730 665423 GPG Key ID CF62C14F http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu
Hello I bought a new motherboard a couple of weeks ago and ever since I have +3 mins of bootup time and also my DVD reader/writer isn't available at all. The bug has been triaged but after that nothing seems to have happened. Anyone with a suggestion for a fix / workaround? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/230077 Thanks! -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc Cell: +46 730 665423 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 19:38 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 02.06.2008 um 18:09 schrieb Thomas Novin: > > I bought a new motherboard a couple of weeks ago and ever since I have > > +3 mins of bootup time and also my DVD reader/writer isn't > > available at > > all. > > This is a brand new mobo model? I'd say you're in luck it works at > all. Myself, I didn't always have this luck. No, not really. It's almost 6 months now, first BIOS release date is 2007/12/14. > > Anyone with a suggestion for a fix / workaround? > Does suspend and/or hibernate work better? Shutting down a computer > completely is so last century ;-) Suspend isn't an option for me since the power to the room where the computer is located is cut every night. Hibernate I have tried though and I have exactly the same problems there (resume from Hibernate takes as long as a normal boot). > As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of > the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's > F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding > piece of software, debug it ... Ok, I'll try to find out was much as I can from there. Rgds //Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 20:57 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/6/2 Markus Hitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of > > the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's > > F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding > > piece of software, debug it ... > > But before you do all that, contact the motherboard manufacturer and > let them know that Linux users buy their products too. If we don't let > the manufacturers know that we exist, how can we expect them to > support our OS? Yes I have. I got the idea earlier today so I haven't received any answer yet. > What motherboard did you buy? Without model numbers, it is difficult > to make anything but the vaguest suggestions. > All that is in the Launchpad Bug but I can write it here aswell: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2741&ProductName=GA-EP35-DS3 South Bridge Intel® ICH9: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices GIGABYTE SATA2 chip: 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD Rgds //Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Making Canonical's/Ubuntu's contributions more visible
On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 14:00 +0200, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > One of the often accusations against Ubuntu is that it only takes from > other projects (Debian, Red Hat, Novell/Suse...) and doesn't give back > anything. Ubuntu should make it more visible for others to see what does > it contribute to upstream/floss community. > Red Hat and Novell have websites listing their contributions to free > software: I just read an interesting article on Phoronix and while looking at the contributors you can see that Ubuntu/Canonical isn't mentioned at all. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=x_server_contributors&num=1 (go to page 3,4) As one of the comments on Slashdot said; I think it would be good if every major distribution had at least one developer helping with X.org. Phoronix actually offers cash awards to people fixing X.org-bugs. That's the least Canonical could do, IMHO. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key ID CF62C14F http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Showstopper for 8.04.1 with importance Undecided
Hello After being bugged about a bug in samba/gvfs I decided to report it on Launchpad. The bug is that no video files can be opened on remote samba shares in Ubuntu Hardy. Searching I found that there already was an issue reported. However, it has Importance Undecided! IMHO this is a showstopper for 8.04.1 and the issue should be addressed asap. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/241448 Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key ID CF62C14F http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Cannot boot alpha-1
Hello I'm not sure if this is a bug in Intrepid or in VirtualBox. I installed Intrepid Alpha 1 on VirtualBox 1.6.2 but after the install it cannot boot. I get this error: BUG: unable to handle kernel BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0024 https://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/up/Screenshot-Intrepid%20Ibex%20%5BRunning%5D% 20-%20Sun%20xVM%20VirtualBox.png Should this be filed as a bug or is it something known that will be fixed later on anyways? Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Cannot boot alpha-1
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 16:29 +0100, John Levin wrote: > Scott Ritchie wrote: > > Thomas Novin wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> I'm not sure if this is a bug in Intrepid or in VirtualBox. I installed > >> Intrepid Alpha 1 on VirtualBox 1.6.2 but after the install it cannot > >> boot. > > > Similarly, Alpha 1 doesn't work for me in vmware. I get to gdm, but > > logging in results in a frozen brown screen in both i386 and amd64. > > > Xubuntu Ibex Alpha 1 on Vmware Fusion (OS X) works for me. > > Have either of you filed a bug report on your troubles? > Nope, I haven't. But is the bug in VMWare/VirtualBox (unable to handle the new kernel) or is it some regression in kernel 2.6.25? Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Cannot boot alpha-1
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 05:26 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 23:21 +0200, Thomas Novin wrote: > > Nope, I haven't. But is the bug in VMWare/VirtualBox (unable to handle > > the new kernel) or is it some regression in kernel 2.6.25? > > Was there a 2.6.25? I tracked Intrepid since before the Alpha, and only > have 2.6.24-16, 2.6.24-18, and 2.6.26-2 installed, but I didn't update > every day. In any case, all these boot fine for me in Virtualbox 1.5.6 > OSE in Hardy. My bad, I thought it had 2.6.25 but I guess it's running some 2.6.26 RC. It seems your installation has started on 2.6.24 and then been upgraded. I there anyone who has done a successfull install & boot using alpha-1? Rgds Thomas -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Cannot boot alpha-1
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 16:29 +0100, John Levin wrote: > Xubuntu Ibex Alpha 1 on Vmware Fusion (OS X) works for me. > > Have either of you filed a bug report on your troubles? > > John There now is a bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/243933/ One change from the alpha-1 and the daily from today, the daily get's this error when booting from the CD. Alpha-1 had the problem after installing and booting the first time. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Feature Request: Better partitioning wizard
On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 14:28 +0300, Steve Goodman wrote: > So here's my request: The partitioning wizard that I was presented > with during installation gave me two options: automatic and manual. I > knew nothing about partitioning or about different Linux file systems > when I installed, so I just did automatic. Since then I have read that > a good practice is to have a partition for the OS + apps and a > separate partition for user data (HOME). So I request that you make > the partitioning wizard guide me through that. It doesn't make sense > that you only give the options of automatic or full manual without any > kind of explanation or guidance unless you make "automatic" conform to > best practices. I think something better would be to add an option > that is not full automatic, but provides me with guidance, unlike the > manual. Now I'm trying to figure out how to repartition my drive to > align with this practice, and I hope I won't have to reinstall > everything. (Any guidance on this subject would make me very > appreciative.) +1, I agree. When I do it manually I usually do one /boot, one / (root), one /home and a swap that is 2 x installed memory. > That would be one more step in the direction of making Ubuntu a good > replacement for Windows. Ubuntu is already a far better alternative than any Windows version :) -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Intrepid Ibex Alpha2: kernel panic in VirtualBox
On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 16:20 +0200, Christoph Korn wrote: > I tried to install Ubuntu 8.10 Intepid Ibex Alpha2 under VirtualBox > 1.6.2 (Ubuntu 7.10 as host). > > Just after selecting to install Ubuntu, I get this kernel panic. > This is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/246067/ -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
How well will OOo 3.0 be integrated with Gnome?
Hello I have two bugs opened on problems with OpenOffice not being well integrated with Gnome. Credentials saved accessing network shares with Nautilus are not used by OpenOffice: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/229839 Cannot open files from Nautilus that are on a SMB network share: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/242282 Is this something that will be addressed? Ps. When will OOo 3.0 be uploaded into Intrepid Ibex? Noticed that it's now at Beta 2 release. Rgds Thomas -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key ID CF62C14F http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Bugs marked incomplete
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 23:32 +0200, Wouter Stomp wrote: > Bugs that are marked incomplete and subsequently get a reply from the > original reporter often stay in the incomplete status. This means they > automatically get closed even though the needed info was provided. I > think it would be a good idea to automatically change the status to > new once a new comment is made on an incomplete bug. IIRC..Bugzilla does this nicely (might be the only thing it does nicely). When a bug is marked incomplete by a triager the original reporter gets a email notification (just as LP) but then when the reporter responds and presses submit, he gets a question which is something like "Did you give the developers what they needed?". That would be one way to solve it.. Ps. This is also almost how it works on LP Answers as well. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Bugs for NM 0.7
Hello I recall reading something about if you file bugs on NM 0.7 you should prefix the summary with NM 0.7. Is that correct? I have created 6 bugs for NM 0.7 but they are all untouched. NM 0.7 Regression from 0.6.6 using VPNC plugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262191 NM 0.7 Hard to fix if you have saved passwords for vpnc plugin (possible others) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262214 NM 0.7 GSM/3G signal strength is not reported by NM https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262232 NM 0.7 VPNC plugin is missing option DNSUpdate No https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262234 NM 0.7 Sony Ericsson P1i isn't recognized as a 3G modem https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/262399 NM 0.7 No option for connecting to L2TP IPSEC VPN https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/264691 Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Boot-time improvements
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 01:19 +0200, Morten Kjeldgaard wrote: > On 09/09/2008, at 20.31, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > > Is booting really relevant these days? Not for me. At work, the > servers and desktops run weeks and months without a reboot. My > personal laptop, an old Apple Powerbook, boots perhaps once a month. > It just sleeps when I close it and wake up right away when I open it. It shouldn't be but it IMO absolutely is. I reboot my work-laptop probably once a day on average. This is because suspend is buggy and unreliable. It is always nice with better boot time but I think it's more important to fix the various suspend bugs. Resuming from suspend is also very slow in Ubuntu. Also, one other problem is that you have one time period from power on to get the login screen. Then you have a second period from logging in to be able to use your desktop. This second is always important (and there improvements can be done). Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Boot-time improvements
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 08:05 +1000, Chris Jones wrote: > takes to boot. From GRUB boot to login screen, it was 36.72 secs. And > that is on a Celeron D with 512MB DDR RAM and booting from an old IDE > hard drive. I'd imagine that a more recent dual core setup with more ram > and a more recent sata hard drive would have better results. But my mere In my case, no. My boot time is 38 seconds (Intrepid) and then another 26 seconds after logging in from GDM. My system is a LOT faster than yours, P4 Core 2 Duo 2,2GHz, 2GB RAM and a 3 month old 750GB harddrive. In sessions I have disabled bluetooth, check for new hardware, evo alarm notifier, tracker but added parcellite. That's something to rant about IMO.. Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Input please on bug about Ubuntu app switching issue
Hello Just created a bug on lp[1] on a issue about that it's hard to distinguish between different applications in the bottom panel. Do you guys agree? I think this is a no brainer, it should be as easy as possible to differentiate between all your started apps to make it easy/fast to switch between them as possible. Also, maybe some people only have like 3-5 apps started but imagine if you normally have 10-15. I think when you use AWN[2] this is very easy and clear but unfortunately I cannot use it because of some bugs. 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/269934 2. https://launchpad.net/awn -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: F-spot 0.5.0.1 for Intrepid?
On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 10:24 -0400, Evan wrote: > The current version of F-spot in Intrepid was released back in May. A > new version was released in the middle of September. There is a PPA with F-spot 0.5.0.1 (currently). http://www.soccio.it/michelinux/en/ -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Midnight Commander in 8.10
I haven't used MC since late 1990's and I can't really say I miss it! I perform lots of file-managing tasks every day and I'm quite happy with Nautilus. So no, I don't think MC _needs_ to be anywhere. Rgds -Original Message- From: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Midnight Commander in 8.10 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:41:45 -0400 Mailer: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.17) Gecko/20080913 SeaMonkey/1.1.12 (PmW) On 2008/10/29 14:23 (GMT+0100) Markus Hitter composed: > Am 29.10.2008 um 14:10 schrieb Felix Miata: >> This isn't the first time here mc has been deemed dispensible. > This doesn't surprise me, as mc is a (intentionally old-fashioned) > file manager an Nautilus covers this functionality already. One What Nautilus covers isn't of much relevance to Kubuntu users, or users with broken X, and certainly little to none to mc-dependent users. > possible way of dealing with the situation is to add a Ubuntu > derivate, composed for DOS fans. MC isn't about DOS, nor about old-fashioned. It's about efficiently performing the panoply of tasks in the OFM repertoire. http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_file_manager#Orthodox_file_managers MC needs to be on every live Linux CD. -- "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry." James 1:19 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Ubuntu 8.10 released but...
...for example these[1,2] bugs never got fixed. Too bad, Firefox is probably the most commonly used program in Ubuntu and still it works poorly since you have to be on a above-average-user-level to open commonly used file formats, save stuff to gvfs-locatation[3,4] and it crashes[5] all the time (probably mostly when flash is involved). "Open With" dialog not user-friendly 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/18995 "Open with" dialog for unknown file type should be same as gnome's 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/58710 Firefox file selector should show remote shares 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/279193 Unable to upload files from GVFS sources 4. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/31471 651 results for "firefox crashed with" 5. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=firefox +crashed+with&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status% 3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status% 3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status% 3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status% 3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status% 3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package= (and add to those 651 all the bugs that are marked private, right?) I love seeing new features but It would be nice with perhaps one release per year instead of every six months to add some more stability. However, Ubuntu is still the best OS out there IMHO. Thanks a bunch! Rgds -- Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key: http://xyz.pp.se/~thnov/gpg.asc -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Upgrading with update-manager over remote GDM
(copying text from my LP bug[1]) Hello I was about to do a distribution upgrade from 8.10 latest to 9.04 alpha yesterday. I started it via a remote GDM session (which seems to run over SSH). I got a warning that the upgrade might fail and that a second sshd was started on port 9004. Well, probably nothings going to happen I thought. After downloading all packages and upgrading for maybe 5-10 minutes my GDM session froze. I was unable to contact the client that I was upgrading, didn't even respond to ping. When I was able to check the remote client out physically I noticed that my session previously active was still running. I couldn't use anything though, nothing was possible to start. I tried to restart X but it didn't start again. I could see lots of segfaults in dmesg and ifconfig showed that there was no eth0 any more. My suggestion: Make the warning a LOT more scary! It took me a while to repair the system and my upgrade probably isn't that good because it's done mostly via aptitude and not update-manager. 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/322482 Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
"Open With" dialog not user-friendly
This bug really needs some attention: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/18995 It should, AFAIK, be a high priority bug and a release stopper. It is not reasonable to expect that the average Ubuntu-user is able to find the correct helper application for the file that they are downloading and want to open. If you open a file from Nautilus and select Open With > Other Application that looks just great. Why not have the same dialog from Firefox? Thanks.. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: "Open With" dialog not user-friendly
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 08:12 +, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 08:58 +0100, Thomas Novin wrote: > > This bug really needs some attention: > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/18995 > > > > It should, AFAIK, be a high priority bug and a release stopper. It is > > not reasonable to expect that the average Ubuntu-user is able to find > > the correct helper application for the file that they are downloading > > and want to open. > > > > If you open a file from Nautilus and select Open With > Other > > Application that looks just great. Why not have the same dialog from > > Firefox? > > Probably something to do with the fact that Firefox isn't native. You'd > have to bother Mozilla about adopting proper GTK+/GNOME dialogs. While > you're at it, point out how annoying the Browse dialog (when you want to > upload a file to a website) is, though I'm sure they've heard it 50 > million times by now. Just pointing fingers at Mozilla doesn't resolve the problem. Firefox is in main and is the default web browser in Ubuntu. What can be done to fix this except just nagging in the Mozilla-bug? That bug is btw VERY old so I wouldn't keep my breath waiting for it to get fixed. From the bug: "Reported: 2000-10-14 14:13 PST by Stephen Moehle". Can't the Ubuntu-community write a fix and submit it to Firefox? The bug at Mozilla has a tag "helpwanted" so they seem to be open to suggestions/patches. Rgds//Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: "Open With" dialog not user-friendly
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 13:48 +0100, Remco wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Thomas Novin wrote: > > Can't the Ubuntu-community write a fix and submit it to Firefox? The bug > > at Mozilla has a tag "helpwanted" so they seem to be open to > > suggestions/patches. > > > > Rgds//Thomas Novin > > We're not allowed to, since we want to keep calling it "Firefox". If > we change things, we have to call it something else. > > Remco Why must the fix be a Ubuntu-specific fix and not a general upstream fix? When I check the Mozilla web-site, I get a different view of things. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Developing_Mozilla ..."find out how to get the source, build it, test it, create patches, get them checked into the tree" Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Evolution in Ubuntu
On 2011-01-22 07:16, Chris Jones wrote: I was definitely perplexed, then, to see that in Maverick, which is not by anyone's standards a long-term support release and is running Gnome 2.32, Evolution was left at version 2.30! And now I've heard (not officially) that Natty, which (as I understand it) will contain Gnome 3 as the base version, will ship with Evolution 2.32!! It's one thing to leave behind this package due to the confluence of LTS and a major amount of rewriting, but what is the justification for continuing to ship obsoleted versions of Evolution with every release of Ubuntu? Is this some sort of new policy decision, that Evolution will forever be left back in every release? Hi Paul. I can understand what you are saying, but is it really that important to you? I'm curious as to why it's bugging you this much. Does Evolution 2.32 have a particular feature that you require? If you're keen enough, you can probably sneak in the updated Evolution into your own system from a third party PPA or something. I'm sure the deb files are available from somewhere on the internet. It might be worth your while doing a Google search for them. IMHO Evolution is one of the buggier packages supplied as a default application in Ubuntu. I have used it pretty much every day since Feisty Fawn up until yesterday when I switched my last computer from Evolution to Thunderbird. I'm a big mail-user at work and and I use it pretty much privately also (so multiple accounts etc. I have experienced crashes from different parts of Evo pretty much once a week during these years. Sometimes the whole application, sometimes just the address-book, sometimes calendars. It's a shame, I like Evolution better than Thunderbird (GUI and feature-wise) but I'm fed up with the instability and the slowness, entering a big IMAP folder take ages compared to how it works in Thunderbird. Searching isn't indexed in a good way so it takes minutes to get search results for some queries. So I fully understand why you always want the latest version - there are always lots of bug fixed every new release. IMHO again, I think more work has to be put into Evolution or it should be replaced with another MTA. The Evo developers are doing a fine job but probably they are too few and they don't seem to use Ubuntu so therefore not a big priority to get new packages into Ubuntu. Rgds//T -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Tracker 0.10 in Ubuntu Natty
Hello I noticed that tracker is still at a very old version, 0.8.x in Natty. Debian has 0.10.x and there is a bug about this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/731067 Can this be included before Natty is released? Thanks //Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Disconnect via NetworkManager should send DHCPRELEASE when applicable
Hello I think NetworkManager should send a DHCPRELEASE when the user chooses disconnect on a DHCP-connection. This is important when using a service that only allows one IP, then the MAC/IP-combo is locked for whatever the DHCP lease-time is. Sending a DHCPRELEASE frees up the lease making the service available for another computer. Any reason why not to do this? Should I file a Launchpad bug? Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Xorg crashing every time I resume from suspend
Hello There is a bug that causes Xorg to crash just after resuming from suspend + logging in. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/956071 There are lots of desperate comments but no word from any developer. This is really my biggest concern with Ubuntu, bug almost never gets fixed in the same version, only the next (at least not the ones I've experienced). This is of course a big problem if you plan to stay at a LTS release. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Prevent deletion of file when it is being copied
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Nimit Shah wrote: > While copying a file from my computer to external disk, I by mistake > shift+deleted the file. But still the file transfer dialog showed that it > was continuing. At the end of the transfer it failed. > > Hence i request you to add a check for file transfer before deleting the > file. > > Hi Just restore the file from your backup and you will be right back where you started. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
Hello I had lots of problems (and lots of lost data) because of this bug in 12.04: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/xorg-server/+bug/956071 Even after that I've had an occasional Unity/Xorg crash. And it's very inconvenient every time since I always loose work when working in applications that can't auto-save etc. Now I had my first crash in 12.10 and it generated a crash-file in /var/crash: -rw-r- 1 root whoopsie 5718069 okt 22 16:14 _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my system had crashed and question about submitting. I then read here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker and changed under Privacy > Diagnostics, Send error reports to Canonical. This has no effect though, after logging out and then in again I get no question about submitting my crash. Now I entered this setting again and the option was unchecked! It seems that checking that option doesn't stick. Please advice, how should I handle/report my crashing Xorg/Unity.. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Thomas Novin wrote: > However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my system > had crashed and question about submitting. I then read here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker and changed under Privacy > > Diagnostics, Send error reports to Canonical. This has no effect though, > after logging out and then in again I get no question about submitting my > crash. > > Now I entered this setting again and the option was unchecked! It seems > that checking that option doesn't stick. > > By chance I found this in my syslog: Oct 23 08:32:07 thonov-ubuntu dbus[803]: [system] Activating service name='com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences' (using servicehelper) Oct 23 08:32:07 thonov-ubuntu dbus[803]: [system] Activated service 'com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences' failed: Cannot launch daemon, file not found or permissions invalid Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > On 23.10.2012 09:36, Thomas Novin wrote: > > However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my system > had > > crashed and question about submitting. I then read here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker and changed under Privacy > > > Diagnostics, Send error reports to Canonical. This has no effect though, > > after logging out and then in again I get no question about submitting my > > crash. > > > > Now I entered this setting again and the option was unchecked! It seems > > that checking that option doesn't stick. > > > > Please advice, how should I handle/report my crashing Xorg/Unity.. > > File a bug with 'apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash'. > > Ok, did that now. One thing is a bit buggy I think, it asks me twice "Your display manager log files may help developers diagnose the bug, but may contain sensitive information such as your hostname. Do you want to include these logs in your bug report?" and also "Would you be willing to do additional debugging work?" Now I think it's submitted. Although I got no confirmation or bug-id after it was done. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Thomas Novin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > >> On 23.10.2012 09:36, Thomas Novin wrote: >> > However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my system >> had >> > crashed and question about submitting. I then read here: >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker and changed under Privacy > >> > Diagnostics, Send error reports to Canonical. This has no effect though, >> > after logging out and then in again I get no question about submitting >> my >> > crash. >> > >> > Now I entered this setting again and the option was unchecked! It seems >> > that checking that option doesn't stick. >> > >> > Please advice, how should I handle/report my crashing Xorg/Unity.. >> >> File a bug with 'apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash'. >> >> > Ok, did that now. One thing is a bit buggy I think, it asks me twice "Your > display manager log files may help developers diagnose the bug, but may > contain sensitive information such as your hostname. Do you want to > include these logs in your bug report?" and also "Would you be willing to > do additional debugging work?" > > Now I think it's submitted. Although I got no confirmation or bug-id after > it was done. > > Rgds//Thomas > > -rw-r- 1 root whoopsie 8384540 okt 23 19:21 _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash -rw-r--r-- 1 root whoopsie 0 okt 23 19:21 _usr_bin_Xorg.0.upload -rw--- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 0 okt 23 19:21 _usr_bin_Xorg.0.uploaded Now it looks like this in /var/crash so there it looks like it has been uploaded. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > On 23.10.2012 20:33, Thomas Novin wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Thomas Novin wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Timo Aaltonen >wrote: > >> > >>> On 23.10.2012 09:36, Thomas Novin wrote: > >>>> However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my > system > >>> had > >>>> crashed and question about submitting. I then read here: > >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker and changed under Privacy > > >>>> Diagnostics, Send error reports to Canonical. This has no effect > though, > >>>> after logging out and then in again I get no question about submitting > >>> my > >>>> crash. > >>>> > >>>> Now I entered this setting again and the option was unchecked! It > seems > >>>> that checking that option doesn't stick. > >>>> > >>>> Please advice, how should I handle/report my crashing Xorg/Unity.. > >>> > >>> File a bug with 'apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash'. > >>> > >>> > >> Ok, did that now. One thing is a bit buggy I think, it asks me twice > "Your > >> display manager log files may help developers diagnose the bug, but may > >> contain sensitive information such as your hostname. Do you want to > >> include these logs in your bug report?" and also "Would you be willing > to > >> do additional debugging work?" > >> > >> Now I think it's submitted. Although I got no confirmation or bug-id > after > >> it was done. > >> > >> Rgds//Thomas > >> > >> > > -rw-r- 1 root whoopsie 8384540 okt 23 19:21 > _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root whoopsie 0 okt 23 19:21 > _usr_bin_Xorg.0.upload > > -rw--- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 0 okt 23 19:21 > > _usr_bin_Xorg.0.uploaded > > > > Now it looks like this in /var/crash so there it looks like it has been > > uploaded. > > Well, I guess it uploads it to errors.u.c, and doesn't actually file it > as a bug on launchpad.. sigh. > > File a new bug with 'ubuntu-bug xorg' and then attach the crash file there. > Ok, there we go then :) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1070487 IMHO, the automatic bug reporting should really be made easier without all those prompts and selections. In Android/Windows there is just one question, do you want to submit it, yes/no? That should be enough. So this + activated per default on all admin-accounts = more submitted bug reports = more stable Ubuntu-releases in the long run. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Crashes from Unity/Xorg continues with 12.10
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Evan Dandrea wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Thomas Novin wrote: > > Now I had my first crash in 12.10 and it generated a crash-file in > > /var/crash: > > > > -rw-r- 1 root whoopsie 5718069 okt 22 16:14 > _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash > > > However, after logging in, I didn't get any notification that my system > had > > crashed and question about submitting. > > Is update-notifier running (`ps aux | grep update-notifier | grep -v > grep`)? This is the process responsible for watching for changes to > the /var/crash directory. > Yes, it's running now at least. Not sure how it was then. I've had other crashes since and I have gotten those simple yes/no prompts. So I'm not sure why it didn't work the first time. Got a crash just now, nothing in /var/crash but can see some problems in /var/log/Xorg.0.old. It seems not every crash generates a file in /var/crash.. so some are missed. [ 32383.603] (EE) [ 32383.604] (EE) Backtrace: [ 32383.608] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0xb772dc79] [ 32383.608] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x1abb66) [0xb7731b66] [ 32383.608] (EE) 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb756340c] [ 32383.608] (EE) 3: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xb71c1000+0x139490) [0xb72fa490] [ 32383.609] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0xb6ef9000+0x1231c) [0xb6f0b31c] [ 32383.609] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0xb6ef9000+0x1431c) [0xb6f0d31c] [ 32383.609] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0xb6ef9000+0xf1745) [0xb6fea745] [ 32383.609] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0xb6ef9000+0xf74d3) [0xb6ff04d3] [ 32383.609] (EE) 8: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x128161) [0xb76ae161] [ 32383.609] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/X (CompositePicture+0x319) [0xb76a2579] [ 32383.609] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x120d3d) [0xb76a6d3d] [ 32383.609] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x11cc7e) [0xb76a2c7e] [ 32383.609] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x3cba5) [0xb75c2ba5] [ 32383.609] (EE) 13: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x2a10a) [0xb75b010a] [ 32383.609] (EE) 14: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb71da4d3] [ 32383.609] (EE) 15: /usr/bin/X (0xb7586000+0x2a4e9) [0xb75b04e9] [ 32383.609] (EE) [ 32383.609] (EE) Bus error at address 0xb058f000 [ 32383.609] Fatal server error: [ 32383.609] Caught signal 7 (Bus error). Server aborting [ 32383.609] [ 32383.610] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. My bug @ Launchpad is updated with this information. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1070487 Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus
Thanks for the tip. Updated to Raring today and wow, how is it possible to make something suck that bad (nautilus 3.6.3). nemo on the other hand was great. Delete to go one step up in the filesystem has been removed. No option to enable it, not even via gsettings (AFAIK).. I mean.. why? Rgds//Thomas On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Frank Cheung wrote: > Nemo (Nautilus fork by Linux Mint team) looks like a potential (interim) > solution... More info here: > http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html > > Cheers, Frank. > > On 29/03/13 22:35, Greg Williams wrote: > > man that's disappointing. We so need a new File Manager. Nautilus is rapidly > going down hill. I wish it could get forked to a version that keeps all the > good stuff like "Extra Pane" > >> From: clan...@googlemail.com >> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:22:06 + >> Subject: Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus >> To: mttbrns...@outlook.com >> CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> On 29 March 2013 22:12, Greg Williams wrote: >> > Why won't the Ubuntu-Developers switch to the Marlin File-Browser? Why >> > are >> > they continuing to use Nautilus with such a weakening feature base? >> >> I understand that the problem is that Nautilus also handles the >> desktop and other stuff. It is not just the file manager. There is >> nothing to stop you installing Marlin of course. When I tried it, >> however, it seemed rather deficient in some areas. I submitted some >> bugs but there has been little response. There does not seem to be a >> lot of activity on the source. >> >> Colin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
High priority bug (IMHO) that needs to be fixed before Raring Release?
I upgraded to Raring the other day (from 12.04.2 LTS). Used Skype and noticed that all notification sounds sounds very distorted. Like a blown-out speaker. Googled it and found a solution in a askubuntu.com-question. http://askubuntu.com/questions/157891/skype-and-vlc-sounds-sizzle-distorted-bad And then on launchpad also, don't know about VLC because I haven't used it https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/751265 But, the main thing is, should users really have to do this, edit config files manually to get a common app as Skype to work? I have no clue what this tsched=0 does but it works for me.. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Linux Mint lockscreen
Check out the lockscreen provided by Linux Mint (package cinnamon-screensaver). Looks really good, would be nice to have it in Ubuntu. Some notifications (keeping privacy in mind), current day/time would be great. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Linux Mint lockscreen
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Thomas Novin wrote: > Check out the lockscreen provided by Linux Mint (package > cinnamon-screensaver). Looks really good, would be nice to have it in > Ubuntu. > > Some notifications (keeping privacy in mind), current day/time would be > great. > > There are some screenshots here: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=261 Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Linux Mint lockscreen
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On 18 May 2013 09:50, Thomas Novin wrote: > > Check out the lockscreen provided by Linux Mint (package > > cinnamon-screensaver). Looks really good, would be nice to have it in > > Ubuntu. > > It's already available: > > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinnamon/ > > It could use people that care about it to make sure that it's > well-maintained in Ubuntu though. > > Jeremy > Available as a package but I meant it would be nice if it was a part of default Ubuntu. I've tested this package from http://ppa.launchpad.net/gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable but it's buggy, cannot resume from suspend sometimes because of it. Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Bug in some way but where? Where to file a bug?
Been using deja-dup for backups on my freshly installed Trusty Tahr installation. After every backup, it complains that it cannot backup ~/.cache/dconf and ~/.dbus. Adding these to Ignore (which takes folders as inputs) doesn't help. But, where is the problem? Is it in the filesystem, why are these folders owned by root? Or is it with deja-dup? I could not find any official documentation about it and only some askubuntu.com-questions with no good answers. $ sudo ls -la .cache/dconf total 12 drwx-- 2 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 . drwx-- 24 thnov thnov 4096 apr 4 22:45 .. -rw--- 1 root root 2 mar 28 18:06 user $ sudo ls -la .dbus total 12 drwx-- 3 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 . drwxr-xr-x 35 thnov thnov 4096 apr 4 22:47 .. drwx-- 2 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 session-bus Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Bug in some way but where? Where to file a bug?
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Thomas Novin [2014-04-04 23:20 +0200]: >> $ sudo ls -la .cache/dconf >> total 12 >> drwx-- 2 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 . >> drwx-- 24 thnov thnov 4096 apr 4 22:45 .. >> -rw--- 1 root root 2 mar 28 18:06 user >> >> $ sudo ls -la .dbus >> total 12 >> drwx-- 3 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 . >> drwxr-xr-x 35 thnov thnov 4096 apr 4 22:47 .. >> drwx-- 2 root root 4096 mar 28 18:06 session-bus > > You somehow managed to get root-owned files into your home directory. > In particular, the .cache/dconf/user file is rather worrying. If you > fix that with > > sudo chown -R thnov:thnov ~ > > it should be all fine again, and probably also fix a couple of other > misbehaviours. > Strange, I have not done anything manually to get these permissions, AFAIK. The system is installed ~ 10 days ago and it is pretty vanilla. If you do some Googling, there are lots of others with the same problem. http://askubuntu.com/questions/350633/what-is-dconf-and-gvfs-folders http://askubuntu.com/questions/346392/why-can-deja-dup-not-complete-the-backup-of-cache-dconf-and-gvfs http://askubuntu.com/questions/346392/why-can-deja-dup-not-complete-the-backup-of-cache-dconf-and-gvfs Rgds//Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Strange problems using laptop + ATI graphics adapter in Gutsy
Hello all I felt that Gutsy was working good on my workstation at home now so I decided to switch from Feisty also on my laptop (hp hc8430 + ati x1600). Big mistake :) I had very bad performance and saw very high CPU usage from the Xgl-process. This I reported as bug 146285[1]. I then discovered that I got the problem after disabling desktop effects. I tried to enable them and sure enough, the CPU usage got back to normal and the system felt fast again! Got some other graphic problems though which I eventually solved using my Feisty xorg.conf instead of the one Gutsy had generated. I think this will be something most users of the mobile ATI graphics card will see so it could be a big issue. Could other users with similar setup and non-tweaked xorg.conf's please respond to this to confirm if you experience the same problems or not? 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xgl/+bug/146285 Rgds, Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: You devs rock. Thanks for your work.
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 09:40 -0700, Dane Mutters wrote: > So, the essence of what I'd like to say is that the Ubuntu devs (and > those who contribute in any to the Ubuntu distro) are awesome and > deserve a lot of respect. You've done wonders for making this (IMHO) > the best distribution out there. > I have to agree. I am absolutely amazed on how good Ubuntu is. I have been using Linux since 1995 but never on the desktop side. I've tried a couple of times but always reverted back to Windows. Last February I got a new laptop at work and then I decided to try Feisty Fawn which IIRC was a beta back then. I pretty soon also switched my home PC to Ubuntu from Windows XP. I can't see that I ever will be switching back to Windows again. Now with Gutsy I'm more pleased than ever. I've been using it for maybe two months now and I haven't really run into any serious trouble (except when I tried to install it on my laptop which has a mobile ATI graphics card). The fast-user-switch-applet works really great. I couldn't imagine it any better. Before it was a nuisance because we are two users on my home PC and having to enter your password twice every time we switched got very boring. Big thanks to everyone who helped in the creation of this great OS! Rgds Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: vmware wireless
On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:05 -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > VMware doesn't work with bridged networking if you have wireless. > > Is it possible to create a virtual ethernet device which aliases to the > wireless device and make that bridge? And can this get rolled into the > start-up script for vmware-server . Use NAT and you're home free.. Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Crashed with signal 5
Hello There seems to have been an enormous number of users having (including me) problems with programs crashing with signal 5 after upgrades in the last 24 hours. Every time my installation starts I get 4-5 crashes. If I try to start/use Pidgin, Evolution I get crashes. If I try to unlock some administrative tool I get a crash etc. Is this known? They must all be related (from a spectators view). To workaround this problem you can start a program from the terminal OK if you unset the variable G_DEBUG first. This search finds "a few": https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=%22crashed+with +signal+5%22&orderby=-datecreated&search=Search&field.status% 3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status% 3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status% 3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status% 3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package= I could have submitted +5 more than the 4 I have reported today but I don't see the point. This must be a absolute showstopper for Alpha 4? Rgds, Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Minimal Hardy Alpha Images
On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 13:00 +0100, Peter Stahlir wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible to create minimal cd images of hardy alpha releases? > I think about an image that is less than 100MB and contains only the > absolute necessary packages to run the live cd. > Add a torrent for this image and testing alpha releases would be _much_ > easier. > Right now I have to download more than 600MB. > > I promise to test _every_ alpha release if you provide such an image. ;) Hello. For the average user, the 685MB takes about 10-20 minutes to download. Not really a big deal. I think there are more than enough beta testers already so I don't think you should hold your breath waiting for such an image :) I think it's amazing that it's _only_ 685MB. Ps. I'm not a developer. Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Speakers and sound configuration tool
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 16:37 +0100, Piotr Zaryk wrote: > What do you think about it? > Really nice idea and initiative! I went crazy trying to get SP/DIF working with my AC'97 sound card through asoundrc-configuration. I actually never got it working perfectly since I could only play from one source at a time. To be able to solve this via a simple gui would be heaven. Rgds, Thomas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Vinagre is confusing
Hello Today on Application > Internet I've got Remote Desktop Viewer and Terminal Server Client (on Hardy). As a user that knows he's is using Remote Desktop Protocol to connect to his Windows server, what do you think he will choose? I think the user will launch Remote Desktop Viewer/Vinagre and fail to connect to his RDP server. I think this should be renamed to avoid confusion. Why is this new VNC client added in the first place? Why not work with Terminal Server Client instead? Rgds -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Bad battery runtime in Ubuntu (on all laptops?)
Hello I couldn't find any discussion / bug about Ubuntus bad battery runtime so I added https://launchpad.net/bugs/195768. This is not mainly Ubuntus fault I think but there are definitely improvements that can be done. I've written two suggestions in the bug and I urge others for adding more. Please take this bug in consideration for Hardy+1, the Intrepid Ibex. Thanks for the attention! Rgds Thomas Novin -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
