Bug#974868:

2020-12-10 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
I was able to build and install a set of .debs including the above patch, thanks to Raphael Hertzog’s fine instructions [2]. However, unfortunately I still have the following error in the logs: [2020/12/10 22:25:23.078271, 0] ../source3/smbd/dfree.c:125(sys_disk_free) sys_disk_free: VFS disk_

Bug#974868: samba: can't serve size-limited Time Machine shares on i386

2020-11-15 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: samba Version: 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u1 Severity: important Tags: patch Hi, With the following line on a share in smb.conf: fruit:time machine max size = 640G authentication fails on my Mac when attempting to mount the share. This appears in the log: fruit_tmsize_do_dirent: tmsize o

Bug#695060: libgdal1: GeoTIFF file with +to_meter=1000000 interpreted incorrectly

2012-12-03 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: libgdal1 Version: 1.9.0-3.1 Severity: normal Hi, I have a GeoTIFF file (attached) created with python-gdal with the following spatial reference system (WKT): PROJCS["Miller_Mm", GEOGCS["WGS 84", DATUM["WGS_1984", SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.25722356

Bug#599660: Confusing error message when backend programs are disabled

2012-04-01 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
I think the essence of your report is for Debian to document dpkg-reconfigure and perhaps comment on the causes of some error messages. A README.Debian would be the place for this but its absence is not a bug. Hence reducing the severity of the report. I guess. I would put it more "cups emits er

Bug#664686: python-egenix-mxdatetime: mx.DateTime.DateTimeDelta.pytimedelta() segfaults

2012-03-19 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: python-egenix-mxdatetime Version: 3.2.1-1 Severity: normal Hi, An mx.DateTimeDelta object created with DateTimeDeltaFrom() crashes on pytimedelta() call. For example: $ python Python 2.7.2+ (default, Nov 30 2011, 19:22:03) [GCC 4.6.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "l

Bug#643977: workaround

2011-10-15 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
As a workaround, one can change the first line of /usr/sbin/checkrestart to "#!/usr/bin/python2.6". (You will need to have Python 2.6 installed, obviously.) IMO the severity of this bug should be at least "important", because it makes checkrestart useless while (I assume) having no effect on t

Bug#592723: wontfix?

2011-06-06 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Seriously - wontfix with no explanation? There's another critical security update out, and I can't install it because the checksums don't match. This plus the lack of automatic updates (that I assumed would happen because that's how the entire rest of Debian works) = uninstall. I'll go elsew

Bug#619757: udftools: Can't read more than 1073741312 bytes from DVD+{RW, R/DL} if packet driver is active

2011-03-26 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: udftools Version: 1.0.0b3-14 Severity: normal Steps to reproduce (reconstructed from memory): 1. Activate packet driver by adding Blu-Ray writer to DEVICES line in /etc/default/udftools and /etc/init.d/udftools restart. 2. Place a known-good DVD+R or DVD+RW containing more than 1 GB in

Bug#619074: libgphoto2-2: Cannot access Nikon D90 as normal user (regression)

2011-03-20 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: libgphoto2-2 Version: 2.4.10.1-5 Severity: important [I realize that there are already several related bugs. I couldn't figure out if there was a more appropriate one to add this info to. Please feel free to merge/re-severitize/etc. as you see fit.] Sometime in the past few weeks, the p

Bug#599660: cups: Confusing error message when backend programs are disabled

2010-10-09 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: cups Version: 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Severity: normal Summary: If the backend for a particular printer is turned off, adding printers of that interface type fail with a confusing error message and documentation suggesting fixes is apparently not available. Steps to reproduce: (Note that th

Bug#503439: smartmontools: self-tests get stuck if "SATA AHCI Mode" set to "AHCI" in BIOS

2009-09-29 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On 09/23/09 10:56, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: Reid Priedhorsky ha scritto: >> Yeah, I could look into that. Can you point me to some way to do so on Lenny that's not too disruptive? I don't want to do a full upgrade to testing. Are you using i386 or amd64? I'm runnin

Bug#503439: smartmontools: self-tests get stuck if "SATA AHCI Mode" set to "AHCI" in BIOS

2009-09-19 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On 09/16/09 04:24, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: Hi, Could you please check if the version in unstable/testing (5.38+svn2879-4) works? Yeah, I could look into that. Can you point me to some way to do so on Lenny that's not too disruptive? I don't want to do a full upgrade to testing. Thanks, R

Bug#238811: emacs21: inappropriately complains 'Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p'

2009-01-12 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Sven, I think maybe what I really want is for elisp to grow stronger typing, but this bug report is clearly the wrong place for that. I also believe that there's still a human-factors bug here, but I'm having a hard time articulating exactly what is wrong or what I would like to happen given

Bug#238811: emacs21: inappropriately complains 'Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p'

2009-01-08 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On 01/02/09 01:24, Sven Joachim wrote: It does happen with emacs -q (on my system emacs -> emacs21). I think you mean "it does _not_ happen" here? Correct. It also does not happen if I comment out the line noted in step #1 above from my regular .emacs. Good to know. As this line is bad

Bug#238811: emacs21: inappropriately complains 'Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p'

2009-01-01 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Sven, I'm triaging old Emacs bugs. Thanks for doing this! I'm sure with a package like Emacs it must be quite a task. Your e-mail prompted me to do some binary searching on my .emacs and finally make some progress on this very old annoyance. 1. When spell-checking using ispell. After

Bug#503439: smartmontools: self-tests get stuck if "SATA AHCI Mode" set to "AHCI" in BIOS

2008-11-30 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Guido Günther wrote: Sorry for the late reply. I don't have an idea what could be causing this problem but the output of "smartctl -a " (for both disks), lspci and "uname -a" will probably help to pin down the problem. Does the smartctl output differ in any way if you have ACHI turned on or off?

Bug#506888: mount gives up too soon when mounting a DVD-ROM

2008-11-25 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: mount Version: 2.13.1.1-1 Severity: minor On my newly-installed DVD writer, an LG GH22NS30 (a SATA device), mount won't mount a newly-inserted DVD until ~15 seconds after the disk is inserted. Attempts before this fail: 39 [~]$ while ! (mount /dev/cdrom); do date; sleep 1; done mount: I

Bug#503439: smartmontools: self-tests get stuck if "SATA AHCI Mode" set to "AHCI" in BIOS

2008-10-25 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: smartmontools Version: 5.38-2 Severity: normal I have a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L motherboard with two Seagate ST3320620AS disks attached to the build-in SATA controller, bound together usind mdadm RAID. If the BIOS option "SATA AHCI Mode" is set to "AHCI", then at least short (haven't trie

Bug#431036: no longer occurs in 1.3.5-1.1

2008-09-06 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
I just tried 1.3.5-1.1, and this problem no longer occurs for me. Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#472760: correct patch

2008-03-25 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
The original patch is bogus. Please find attached a better one. I think this one captures the author's intent, but I'm not a Perl hacker so careful review is warranted. Reid --- imgsize.orig2008-03-25 23:25:19.252868420 -0500 +++ imgsize 2008-03-25 23:52:51.0 -0500 @@ -121,7

Bug#472760: libimage-size-perl: imgsize command gives spurious warnings

2008-03-25 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: libimage-size-perl Version: 3.1.1-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Sir or Madam: Invoking the "imgsize" command produces warnings which are apparently spurious, e.g.: 10 [~/www/trips/2007-bwcaw]$ imgsize rp/img_1463.jpg Found = in conditional, should be == at /usr/bin/imgsize line 1

Bug#437506: evince: Window moves when "View -> Reload" is selected

2008-02-03 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 16:56 -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: It also happens under twm, though the jump is much smaller, perhaps 3-5 pixels. That's the only other WM I have installed currently, though I could install others if that would be helpful. Hi, Thank

Bug#437506: evince: Window moves when "View -> Reload" is selected

2008-01-12 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Sven Arvidsson wrote: Does this bug still exists in the version currently in testing, 2.20.2-1? Sven, Thanks for the followup! Sadly, it does. Also, choosing "View -> Reload" results in a couple of hundred copies of "cairo context error: NULL pointer" on the console -- not sure if this is

Bug#425790: icedove: Also seems to appear in 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.14b.dfsg1-0lenny1

2008-01-12 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: icedove Version: 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.14b.dfsg1-0lenny1 Followup-For: Bug #425790 Hi, This problem also seems to appear in 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.14b.dfsg1-0lenny1. The "noob" workaround Christopher passed on from Ryder Dain above works. Thanks for your hard work on Debian! Reid -- System Informat

Bug#460182: ud: Upgrading 0.7.1-20 to 0.7.1-21 fails

2008-01-10 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: ud Version: 0.7.1-20 Severity: important Hi, An upgraded ud came down the pipe, but the upgrade fails. dselect transcript: -- Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... D

Bug#437506: evince: Window moves when "View -> Reload" is selected

2007-08-12 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: evince Version: 0.8.3-1 Severity: normal Hi, When I choose the "View -> Reload" option from the menus, the window moves a couple of dozen pixels up and to the left. This happens regardless of whether I am in Best Fit or some other zoom level. It is probably relevant that I am running F

Bug#433422: exim4: complains inappropriately about DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF on upgrade

2007-07-17 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Marc Haber wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 09:30:08AM -0500, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: The point is that I think the check for DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF overreaches: all the DEBCONF strings under /etc/exim4 that I could see appeared in ~ or .dpkg-old files, none of which are config files. They

Bug#433422: exim4: complains inappropriately about DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF on upgrade

2007-07-16 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: exim4 Version: 4.67-5 Severity: normal On upgrade to 4.67-5, the following complaint appeared twice: DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF found in exim configuration. This is most probably caused by you upgrading to exim4 4.67-3 or later without accepting the suggested conffile changes. Please rea

Bug#431036: dumps core with: gpsbabel -t -w -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F /tmp/bar.gpx

2007-06-28 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: gpsbabel Version: 1.3.3-2 Severity: important Hi gpsbabel dumps core with the following command line: gpsbabel -t -w -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F /tmp/bar.gpx giving the following output: *** glibc detected *** gpsbabel: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x080ba194 *** === Backtr

Bug#428315: visitors: Google is not properly excluded from referers

2007-06-10 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: visitors Version: 0.7-1 Severity: normal Hi, images.google.com (and variants images.google.co.uk, etc.) aren't excluded from the "Referers by first time" section. I think they should be, because they pretty much overwhelm that section, for my site at least. Thanks! Reid -- System Inf

Bug#428313: visitors: Make list of image extensions configurable

2007-06-10 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: visitors Version: 0.7-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, I have a number of images in my website with non-standard extensions (.small, .medium, and .large). Currently, these hits appear in the "Requested pages" section, not "Requested images and CSS", where they belong. I'd love a command-line o

Bug#421558: gnome-commander: highlights multi-file selections incorrectly

2007-04-29 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: gnome-commander Version: 1.2.3-1 Severity: important Steps to reproduce: 1. Navigate to a directory that contains more than half a dozen or so files. 2. Click on a file. (It will be highlighted.) 3. Shift-click on a different file. Expected behavior: All files between the fi

Bug#412436: RFP: viking -- GPS data editor and map viewer

2007-02-25 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: viking Version : 0.1.2 Upstream Author : Guilhem Bonnefille and others <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://viking.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : GPS data editor and map v

Bug#412149: general: "usb:" stopped working in both gpsbabel and jpilot

2007-02-23 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: general Severity: normal A few days ago, jpilot stopped syncing my USB PalmPilot. I had been using libusb (i.e. "usb:" as the port). A reboot and a different cable didn't help, but un-blacklisting the visor module and changing the port to /dev/pilot -- i.e. using the kernel visor module

Bug#411414: linkchecker: --no-warnings is ignored

2007-02-18 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: linkchecker Version: 4.6-1 Severity: important Running linkchecker as: linkchecker --no-warnings --anchors http://reidster.net results in the following (truncated) output: LinkChecker 4.6 Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Bastian Kleineidam LinkChecker comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WA

Bug#406920: gnumeric: Can't export tab-separated files

2007-01-14 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.6.3-4 Severity: wishlist I couldn't figure out how to make ssconvert output in tab-separated (TSV) format. This would be very handy to me. Thanks, Reid -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i3

Bug#406919: gnumeric: ssconvert should work as a filter

2007-01-14 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.6.3-4 Severity: wishlist I think it would be very handy if ssconvert could work as a standard UNIX filter. I use it to convert spreadsheets to a simple text format on standard out, and it would be nice to be able to do this without a temporary file. Thanks, Reid -

Bug#405389: hugin: Please package updated version

2007-01-02 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: hugin Version: 0.6.1-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, I see that a new version of Hugin (0.7 beta 1) is available which contains some neat new features, so I'd be very grateful if the Debian package were updated. Many thanks for your hard work on this system. Reid -- System Information: Deb

Bug#328864: still occurs in 2.0.4-7

2006-12-11 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
found 328864 2.0.4-7 thanks Howdy, I just tested this, and it still happens in 2.0.4-7. Thanks, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#402534: udev: Upgrade to version 0.103-1 fails

2006-12-11 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
lilo -t 24 [~]$ lilo -t Fatal: Duplicate "disk =" definition for /dev/sdb cat /etc/lilo.conf 25 [~]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda1 compact lba32 install=menu map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=50 read-only append="hdc=ide-scsi" disk=/dev/sda inaccessible disk=/dev/sdb

Bug#402534: udev: Upgrade to version 0.103-1 fails

2006-12-11 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Hi Maks, Thanks for your help. dpkg -l initramfs-tools reidster:/tmp# dpkg -l initramfs-tools Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) |

Bug#402534: udev: Upgrade to version 0.103-1 fails

2006-12-11 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
maximilian attems wrote: which bootloader are you using lilo or grub? lilo, v. 1:22.6.1-9 cat /etc/kernel-img.conf reidster:/tmp# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf # Kernel Image management overrides # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details do_symlinks = Yes Thanks, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#243785: fixed in 8.5?

2006-12-11 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Hi, I now use gs-gpl, but gs-afpl is at version 8.53 and IIRC the 8.5 series fixed these problems. I suspect that this bug should now be closed. Thanks, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#400946: URL now http://waiterrant.net/wordpress2/?feed=rss2

2006-12-05 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
The URL moved to http://waiterrant.net/wordpress2/?feed=rss2, but the symptoms are still the same. Thanks, Reid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#400946: rss2email: Fails on http://waiterrant.net/wordpress/?feed=rss2

2006-11-29 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: rss2email Version: 1:2.60-1 Severity: normal Hi, r2e fails on http://waiterrant.net/wordpress/?feed=rss2 with the following error message: === SEND THE FOLLOWING TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] === E: could not parse http://waiterrant.net/wordpress/?feed=rss2 Traceback (most recent call last):

Bug#395927: xlbiff: Causes upgrade of x11-common to fail with "trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xlbiff"

2006-10-28 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: xlbiff Version: 4.1-3 Severity: normal Hi, New X11 packages recently migrated to testing. When xlbiff is installed, the upgrade of x11-common fails with the following error: Preparing to replace x11-common 1:7.0.22 (using .../x11-common_1%3a7.1.0-5_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement

Bug#347323: locales: locale en_US incorrectly starts week on Monday

2006-01-09 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: locales Version: 2.3.5-8 Severity: normal Dear maintainers, The locale en_US seems to think that weeks should start on Monday; in the US, weeks start on Sunday. Trimmed "locale -k -c LC_TIME" output on my machine: 5 [~]$ LC_ALL="en_US" locale -k -c LC_TIME week-1stday=19971201 week-1s

Bug#341484: jpilot: "File->Restore Handheld" can cause silent data loss

2005-12-13 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Ludovic Rousseau writes: > > I am just thinking about something. Can you do: > $ cd ~/palm/jpilot > $ df . > $ mount 61 [~]$ cd ~/palm/jpilot 62 [~/palm/jpilot]$ df . Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 7874528 3170040 4304472 43% /usr

Bug#341484: jpilot: "File->Restore Handheld" can cause silent data loss

2005-12-05 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Ludovic Rousseau writes: > I checked the code and your description is not what is supposed to happen. > During restore jpilot will use the latest modified file between > ~/.jpilot/foobar and ~/.jpilot/backup/foobar. > Are you sure jpilot behaved like you described and it is not a > misinterpreta

Bug#341484: jpilot: "File->Restore Handheld" can cause silent data loss

2005-11-30 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: jpilot Version: 0.99.8-2 Severity: critical Justification: causes serious data loss Steps to reproduce: 1. Click "Sync your palm to the desktop and then do a backup". 2. Use the Palm as normal -- add, remove, and modify data on both the Palm and the desktop, and sync to the de

Bug#334126: xbanner should not depend on x-window-system

2005-10-15 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: xbanner Version: 1.31-23 Severity: important xbanner 1.31-24 introduces a dependency on x-window-system. I do have X installed, but not the metapackage x-window-system; thus, to upgrade xbanner to 1.31-24 I must install x-window-system and a bunch of other packages which x-window-system,

Bug#330654: ripperx: Cursor moves inappropriately after pressing Backspace

2005-09-28 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: ripperx Version: 2.6.6-1 Severity: normal Steps to reproduce: 0. Start ripperx 1. Insert a CD 2. Click "Scan" 3. Click on the title of a track which is *not* selected, placing the cursor anywhere other than before the first character or after the last character. 4. Press Backspace E

Bug#328864: openoffice.org: curly quotes disappear when pasting into Emacs or Xterm

2005-09-17 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: normal Steps to reproduce: 1. Create or open a document and put some curly quotes in it. (I imported a Word document with curly quotes.) 2. Select a segment of text containing curly quotes. 3. Paste segment into Emacs or Xterm. Expec

Bug#328171: wx2.6-examples: demo.py fails to start

2005-09-14 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Ron, Thanks for your quick and helpful reply! > Please install 2.4.4.1.1 or later (from unstable if need be) > and let me know if this trouble still exists. I installed the following: libwxgtk2.4-1 2.4.4.1.1 python-wxgtk2.4 2.4.4.1.1 and removed the following: libwxgtk2.4

Bug#328171: wx2.6-examples: demo.py fails to start

2005-09-13 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: wx2.6-examples Version: 2.6.1.2 Severity: important I have both python-wxgtk2.6 and libwxgtk2.4 2.4.3.1 installed. Under this environment, the demo.py included with wx2.6-examples does not start: 252 [~/umn/r/refdb]$ pushd /usr/share/doc/wx2.6-examples/examples/wxPython/ 259 [/usr/share

Bug#317383: xscreensaver: webcollage flickers (each new image addition blanks and redraws whole screen)

2005-07-07 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: xscreensaver Version: 4.21-5 Severity: minor On my machine, each time webcollage adds an image to the collage, the entire screen is blanked (to black) and then the new collage is drawn in its entirety, causing a noticable flicker. The flicker does *not* occur: 1. When running webcoll

Bug#307128: /usr/share/doc/python2.3/TODO.Debian.gz is extremely out of date

2005-04-30 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: python2.3 Version: 2.3.5-1 Severity: minor This file bears the title "TODO list for the Debian Python 1.5 packages" and concludes with the note "Last change: 07/16/1999". Thanks much, Reid -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing')

Bug#306031: libwxgtk2.4-python: README.txt refers to demo.py without saying where to find it

2005-04-23 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: libwxgtk2.4-python Version: 2.4.2.6 Severity: minor Hello, /usr/share/doc/libwxgtk2.4-python/README.txt refers to a file "demo.py" which is not included with libwxgtk2.4-python and does not give any directions on how to find it. There should be a note saying something like "this file is

Bug#299658: "par2 create" dumps core with -q or -qq, but non-quiet mode works fine

2005-03-15 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Package: par2 Version: 0.4-2 Severity: normal Dear DDs, On a certain pair of files, "par2 create -q" and "par2create -qq" dump core. However, "par2 create" in non-quiet mode, i.e. without -q or -qq, works fine on the same input with otherwise identical options. To reproduce: 1. Create an empty