Bug#777628: x11-common: X crashes on https://s3.amazonaws.com/stormcenter.nationalgridus.com/external/sc_ma.html

2015-02-10 Thread Edward
Package: x11-common Version: 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, X crashes on the stated page below, when zooming into the map too quickly. Was able to repeat this multiple times. X crashes back to the login screen. Using the SeaMonkey browser suite for Debian Wheezy 64-bit. http

Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

2011-09-29 Thread Edward Welbourne
>> Bug: a failing run of dexconf should at least report this ! >> Reconfiguring xserver-xorg should, ideally, at least fail with $? set >> when dexconf fails. >> > Actually dexconf should stop existing. OK, and what will create my xorg.conf file ? Or what do I need to configure, instead, to tell t

Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

2011-09-29 Thread Edward Welbourne
Hi again Julien, and thanks for your assistance. > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "" > Option "Rotate" "left" > EndSection I take it you mean an xorg.conf containing *only* this section will suffice; any content in xorg.conf will be merged to what would have been used without it.

Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

2011-12-01 Thread Edward Welbourne
> This crash is fixed in the current upstream driver (as of 6.14.1), but > only by disallowing rotation when acceleration is disabled. ah. That is sad. >> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-amd64 x86_64 Debian > [...] >> (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 5450" (ChipID = 0x68f9) >

Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

2011-12-02 Thread Edward Welbourne
> There's 1:6.14.2-1~bpo60+1 (and a newer X stack) in squeeze-backports if > you want to try something. Thanks - I interpolate that this newer X stack exists in a more recent release of Debian. The given machine's /etc/issue reports Debian 6.0; which I see is squeeze, with wheezy in testing. I t

Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

2011-12-02 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Switching to testing would give you a more “recent” stack, but you could > drag a lot of breaka^Wfun with other packages and upgrade paths which > might not be well tested yet. ;-) I'll settle for the fun ;-) Eddy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Bug#676369: News?

2012-09-13 Thread Edward Ando'
I was wondering whether this bug has been confirmed elsewhere, since it is a) very annoying and b) endlessly recurring and c) introduced since the last version. I am happy to help debug this. Thanks, Edward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Can I get some feedback on my experimental pre-release, please?

2003-01-13 Thread Edward Betts
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well? > > It's been a few days, and I have received no reports of success or > failure in email. I am at work right now, so I can not get detailed logs and stuff, but when I upgraded my laptop Xv stopped working and DRI still does not work. I have an

Re: Can I get some feedback on my experimental pre-release, please?

2003-01-13 Thread Edward Betts
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well? > > It's been a few days, and I have received no reports of success or > failure in email. I am at work right now, so I can not get detailed logs and stuff, but when I upgraded my laptop Xv stopped working and DRI still does not work. I have an

Bug#296207: xserver-xfree86: Hard lock-up (no ssh) on running xanalogtv screensaver

2005-02-20 Thread Edward Miller
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Severity: normal When I run the xanalogtv screen hack of the xscreensaver package, I get a hard lock-up of my whole system. It is not even possible to ssh into it from another machine. This happens reliably although the time that elapses before sys

Bug#432847: /usr/bin/xload: xload needs a way to limit range of values it can display

2007-08-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Unfortunately, most tiny X programs like this one usually don't get much > maintenance. So you should probably try to come with a patch if you > really want this to be implemented :/ Fair enough. If I find the time ... Eddy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: xfree planned for sarge

2004-01-04 Thread Edward Betts
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:42:33AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 06:33:14PM +0100, Fabrice Lorrain (home) wrote: > > Out of curiosity, I would appreciate if someone could summup the current > > state of xfree86_4.3.0-0pre1v5 packages and what does prevent them to > > en

Bug#432847: /usr/bin/xload: xload needs a way to limit range of values it can display

2007-07-12 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: x11-apps Version: 0.1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/xload The vertical scale of xload adjusts to accommodate the highest load level. It has horizontal lines to indicate the vertical scale. A high enough load shall cause these lines to be so closely spaced that there is no space betw

Bug#432847: /usr/bin/xload: xload needs a way to limit range of values it can display

2007-07-12 Thread Edward Welbourne
> This could readilly enough be remedied by providing a command-line > option, --clip-at=n, to tell xload to not try to display any load > level above n. More fancy solutions are possible. closer inspection of the man page suggests this could be implemented as an optional second value for -scale:

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-10-04 Thread Edward Welbourne
Incidentally, this bug has become unreproducible since I switched from using the old CRT to using a shiny new flat screen. Eddy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#445104: xscreensaver: aborts X session if I let the log-back-in screen time out while switched to a virtual console

2007-10-04 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Thanks, I'm reassigning this bug to the X server. The complete log and > your xorg.conf would be useful. OK. X Window System Version 1.3.0 Release Date: 19 April 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3 Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12) Current Ope

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-10-05 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Strange, I am not sure what to do with this bug then. Understandable. > Will you have a chance to try the old CRT again? No - it's been junked (see below for why), that's why I replaced it. This might justify closing the bug as "hardware fault". > Are you sure the bug disappeared because you sw

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-05-09 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: xdm Version: 1:1.1.4-3 Severity: critical Tags: security Justification: breaks unrelated software When I start up xdm, the console starts to imagine that there are three more lines available than actually exist. The console actually has 25 lines; but the console ttys think it has 28 lin

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
>> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Intel 82915G/GV/910GL" >> Driver "vesa" >> BusID "PCI:0:2:0" >> EndSection >> > Did you try the "i810" driver instead of "vesa"? > Also, do you use a fb console? This is the point where I should point out that I am not a sy

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
Hi again Julien, Everone else went home, so I have a chance to break things^W^W experiment. Upon re-booting and actually checking what resize and $LINES say when the X server hasn't messed things up, I find that I've mis-described this bug. The normal state does in fact have 28 lines; when the X

Bug#423014: console's last three lines become inaccessible once xdm start up

2007-05-14 Thread Edward Welbourne
Interestingly, when aptitude fires up the console-graphical package configuration tool, during installation of new packages, it manages to put the OK selector where I *can* see it, even though aptitude itself fails to show me its last three lines. (For example, when asking me to hit return to cont

this patch in next X?

2002-06-16 Thread Edward Betts
Any chance of seeing this patch in the next X? http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2002-May/017542.html I am thinking it would fix the video overlay on my laptop. -- "Your life is lived with the kind of excitement that your forebears knew only in battle" -- Mark Helprin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: mouse pointer shift

2002-08-22 Thread Edward Betts
Russell Neches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another funky question for the group (sorry folks!). I've noticed that > occasionally the mouse pointer gets shifted 10 or 20 pixels to the > right of the mouse focus, and that the problem refuses to go away > until the system is rebooted. Google turned u

Bug#366695: xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends on unavailable xserver-xorg-core on etch.

2006-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: xserver-xorg-video-i810 Version: 1:1.5.1.0-2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Due to a power outage, I had to re-boot my etch box after some months, during which I'd updated it, so am now using the modern xserver-xorg-* package fragments, where I was using a more m

Re: Bug#366695: xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends on unavailable xserver-xorg-core on etch.

2006-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
> http://packages.debian.org/xserver-xorg-core Yes, I know that package is not available on testing. That's why I submitted the bug against xserver-xorg-video-i810, not against xserver-xorg-core. http://packages.debian.org/xserver-xorg-video-i810 says it's available on testing. It * appears to

Bug#366695: xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends on unavailable xserver-xorg-core on etch.

2006-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Remove the individual i810 driver package, it wouldn't install, so that was be a no-op ! > the xserver-xorg package in testing includes the driver you want. when I dpkg-reconfigure it, it starts by asking whether I want to let it autodetect: and says that it can't recognize what it finds. > I

Bug#366695: xserver-xorg-video-i810: Depends on unavailable xserver-xorg-core on etch.

2006-05-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
> This is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365134 >> It still failed, now saying that it couldn't make sense of the >> hardware ... Then I remembered that xorg had recently gone into >> many-package form, so went looking for a suitable >> xserver-xorg-video-* for the hardware repo

Bug#296207: xserver-xfree86: [Withdrawing] xanalogtv causes hard lock-ups

2005-02-25 Thread Edward Miller
Package: xserver-xfree86 Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Followup-For: Bug #296207 Further investigation has revealed that this problem can be solved by reducing my CPU and memory speed. I am running nforce2 with a Mobile Athlon XP. I had this at 10x193. So I backed it right down and, after much testing

Quick FAQ

2000-09-29 Thread Edward Betts
I am guessing this has been asked before, but hey. When I run X I get: Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing fro m list! There are no scalable fonts in X, only bitmap font

Re: Quick FAQ (some fonts not working)

2000-09-30 Thread Edward Betts
Ashley Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So any ideas? Have I done something dumb? > > Yes, you forgot to add the font modules to your XF86Config file > > Section "Module" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection Thanks. I thought it was something simple. -- Don't worry -- shop.

Bug#475534: x11-apps: oclock fails to show updated time, apparently because repainting hands in wrong colour

2008-04-11 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: x11-apps Version: 7.3+1 Severity: normal A power-cut just forced me to reboot into 2.6.24-1-686, having previously been on a 2.6.18. Most X-related things were restarted within the last two weeks when I did an /etc/init.d/xdm restart, but some have doubtless been updated since. After th

Bug#475534: x11-apps: oclock fails to show updated time, apparently because repainting hands in wrong colour

2008-04-14 Thread Edward Welbourne
Interesting. My X session tanked, forcing a re-start. My new oclock remained frozen in time until I switched to a virtual console and back, at which point the frozen hands went black, except for a triangle of yellow where one of them intersects the position it should be in. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#555647: x11-xserver-utils: xrandr -o left leaves xdm, after I logout, unresponsive, with no login prompt

2009-11-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: x11-xserver-utils Version: 7.4+2 Severity: normal I use xrandr -o left in my .xsession so that I can use my screen in portrait mode. However, after a recent upgrade, I find that when I log out (exit fvwm) I don't get the xdm login prompt I'm expecting. I have to restart xdm. Previously

Bug#555648: x11-xserver-utils: xrandr -o left: starts up with squished fonts; aspect ratio not adjusted ?

2009-11-10 Thread Edward Welbourne
Package: x11-xserver-utils Version: 7.4+2 Severity: normal In my .xsession, I run xrandr -o left which lets me use my screen in portrait mode. (Many modern flat screens, including the Dell one I'm using, have a pivot at the back that lets one turn them sideways.) Unfortunately, doing this gets

Bug#555648: x11-xserver-utils: xrandr -o left: starts up with squished fonts; aspect ratio not adjusted ?

2009-11-11 Thread Edward Welbourne
I've now added Option "Rotate" "left" to Section "Monitor" in my /etc/X11/xrdb.conf so that xrdb operates in portrait mode ab initio, which avoids the need to invoke xrandr -o left, hence avoids the problem. However, it would obviously be better if xrandr and the font infrastructure play

Bug#555647: x11-xserver-utils: xrandr -o left leaves xdm, after I logout, unresponsive, with no login prompt

2009-11-11 Thread Edward Welbourne
> I use xrandr -o left in my .xsession so that I can use my screen in > portrait mode. I'm now achieving the equivalent effect by adding Option "Rotate" "left" to Section "Monitor" of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf (which avoids the font problems I had with xrandr -o left) and now find that xdm al

Bug#475534: x11-apps: oclock fails to show updated time, apparently because repainting hands in wrong colour

2008-06-16 Thread Edward Welbourne
I've rotated my screen using xrandr -o left to use it in portrait mode and, to my pleasant surprise, the oclock now works as it always used to. There doesn't appear to have been an upgrade to x11-apps since I reported the bug, but it has been some weeks since I last rebooted or even restarted my X

Bug#592586: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Rendering issues: Detected a hung GPU, disabling acceleration

2010-08-11 Thread Edward Allcutt
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel Version: 2:2.12.0-1 Severity: important This seems to be triggered by apps using accelerated video or 3d. This time it was warzone2100 but I've seen it before with just a few terminals and a web browser. The first symptom is that the (fullscreen) display of the g

Re: Bug#595521: i915: system locks up when starting X

2010-09-05 Thread Edward Allcutt
ed to important by the forcemerge? -- Edward Allcutt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.2.00.1009051401560.4...@jago.allcutt.me.uk

Bug#555647: x11-xserver-utils: xrandr -o left leaves xdm, after I logout, unresponsive, with no login prompt

2011-03-15 Thread Edward Welbourne
> Sorry for the delay, in the mean time did this get fixed, in squeeze, > testing or unstable ? I'll need to log out to test, which would currently be rather disruptive - so there may be some delay ! But I'll try to find time for a test soon. Eddy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Bug#623723: remove Lock = Caps_Lock (from xmodmap) has no effect anymore

2011-05-07 Thread Edward Allcutt
Package: xorg Version: 1:7.6+6 Followup-For: Bug #623723 I am also having this problem. Here's the output of xmodmap and part of xev by way of illustration: = == xmodmap == = xmodmap: up to 5 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): shift Shift_L (0x32), Shif

Bug#410740: x11-common: please conflict with opera (<< 9.10-20061214.6)

2007-02-27 Thread Edward Welbourne
ve a more precise date on the correct release version. If it's a bug I didn't notice myself fixing, I may need to port it to newer branches of the packaging scripts ! Edward Welbourne, for the Opera packaging team. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#410740: x11-common: please conflict with opera (<< 9.10-20061214.6)

2007-02-27 Thread Edward Welbourne
ct conflict would be Conflicts: opera (<< 9.00-20060616) Let us know if you run into any similar problems in future, we're always eager to make our packages fit in better with distributions, Edward Welbourne, for the Opera packaging team. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Quick FAQ

2000-09-29 Thread Edward Betts
I am guessing this has been asked before, but hey. When I run X I get: Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing fro m list! There are no scalable fonts in X, only bitmap fon

Re: Quick FAQ (some fonts not working)

2000-09-29 Thread Edward Betts
Ashley Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So any ideas? Have I done something dumb? > > Yes, you forgot to add the font modules to your XF86Config file > > Section "Module" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection Thanks. I thought it was something simple. -- Don't worry -- shop.

check_symlinks_and_bomb ()

2001-08-30 Thread Edward C. Lang
R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt ] + maplink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt + echo /etc/X11/rgb.txt + readlink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt + [ /etc/X11/rgb.txt != /etc/X11/rgb.txt ] So, what conditions are necessary to cause that function to even be called? Regards, Edward. -- Edward C. Lang:

Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-20 Thread Edward C. Lang
e there any obvious, or not so obvious, errors in it? Any help is appreciated. Regards, Edward. -- http://www.tsumakin.net/ # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with cauti

Re: Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-20 Thread Edward C. Lang
ot; LeftOf "CoffeeScreen" > > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > Option "Xinerama" > > EndSection > So I make that change, and now I see: Fatal Server error: Requested Entity al

Re: Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-21 Thread Edward C. Lang
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 05:28:17PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-21 at 05:08, Edward C. Lang wrote: > > > So I make that change, and now I see: > > > > Fatal Server error: > > Requested Entity already in use! > > > > I assume that'

check_symlinks_and_bomb ()

2001-08-30 Thread Edward C. Lang
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt ] + maplink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt + echo /etc/X11/rgb.txt + readlink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt + [ /etc/X11/rgb.txt != /etc/X11/rgb.txt ] So, what conditions are necessary to cause that function to even be called? Regards, Edward. -- Edward C. Lang:

Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-19 Thread Edward C. Lang
e there any obvious, or not so obvious, errors in it? Any help is appreciated. Regards, Edward. -- http://www.tsumakin.net/ # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with

Re: Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-20 Thread Edward C. Lang
ot; LeftOf "CoffeeScreen" > > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > > Option "Xinerama" > > EndSection > So I make that change, and now I see: Fatal Server error: Requested Entity al

Re: Dualhead ATI Radeon VE

2001-10-21 Thread Edward C. Lang
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 05:28:17PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-21 at 05:08, Edward C. Lang wrote: > > > So I make that change, and now I see: > > > > Fatal Server error: > > Requested Entity already in use! > > > > I assume that'