[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1893952] [NEW] very long boot/log in with log in window upper left corner?

2020-09-02 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Public bug reported: Been having problems with my installation of 20.10 U-MATE . . . reported here earlier to little fanfare . . . but the issues with very slow boot times, and then when finally arriving at GUI log in window, the log in "tray" is positioned upper left corner of the display and it'

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1798450] Re: [snap] File dialogs show snap's home directory instead of user's

2020-02-18 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Just adding that this issue has recently affected my work flow trying to upload a file to social media site in hopes of generating actual deniro . . . but could not get my own files to show up in what I was hoping would be my /home directory . . . but was instead a "snap" "virtual home" directory,

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1857815] Re: cups-browsed assert failure: corrupted double-linked list

2020-01-22 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 3:16 AM Till Kamppeter <1857...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Now I have tried with creating a fresh VM with the daily snapshot of > Focal and tried to reproduce the crash. Both with all normal, the host > providing some remote printers for which the cups-browsed in the VM >

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures

2016-12-12 Thread Fritz Hudnut
For my PPC machines I'm thinking Xenial is the "final destination" . . . on my 933 MHz iBook, everything loads very slowly . . . not even thinking about non-LTS options for them. On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:36 AM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > Yes, Firefox is in Xenial's repository but not in Yakkety

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures

2016-12-12 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Just checked my iBook/Lu 16.04, and Powermac/U-MATE 16.04, both have FF 47.0+build3-Oubur "installed" and shown as "latest version" . . . in my MacPro/10.9 I have FF 50.0.2 "up to date." Usually PPC is a couple versions back, so, it looks like a tad bit more than that . . . it's fading awaayyy

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: Firefox > 44 is broken on all big-endian architectures

2016-12-12 Thread Fritz Hudnut
I just updated/graded my PPC units yesterday, didn't look too closely over the whole list, it was large, 60 packages plus a kernel. Obviously since this bug was posted FF was repaired, but, we know that the various ubuntu distros are phasing PPC out . . . the browser is what needs the most mainten

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-30 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 5:04 AM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > Glad to hear you finally got it working, somehow. ;-) Me too . . . must have been some "divine intervention" . . . as I was about to give up on it for the day. I believe it was the choice for "fbdev" driver that is the workhorse driver

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1607966] [NEW] X doesn't start with r128 driver with PM 3, 1 PPC ATI Rage

2016-07-29 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Public bug reported: I was working on bug #1541082 which was reporting "blotchy" graphics images on my PowerMac3,1 with Rage ATI Pro 128 card . . . and got the suggestion to try to add the "r128" driver, which I did. After that the display went black. After fiddling around with it, I removed the

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-29 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > But, I was thinking this morning I have some notes about the display > "modes" where I have used something like "1024 x 768@60-32" . . . > something like that, and ***that*** did make a difference on my iBook

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-29 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 10:24 AM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > Added the upstream bug to this tracker. Then I realized that strictly > speaking this bug "X doesn't start with r128 driver (ATI RAGE) > [powerpc]" has a different meaning from this one here "blotchy > graphics". I think it's best to crea

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-29 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:19 PM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > It would be a good idea to let the > upstream devs know that. xorg/driver/xf86-video-r128 is actively > maintained and still receives patches (last one 8 days ago). You could > file a bug against upstream: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/bu

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-28 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:19 PM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > In the meantime you could try to get one of the other drivers >> "modesetting", "fbdev", "fbdevhw" to work with 24 bit depth. You can use >> my xorg.conf as starting point and edit it manually. Just put it in >> /etc/X11. >> > > So, I trie

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-27 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:19 PM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > In the meantime you could try to get one of the other drivers > "modesetting", "fbdev", "fbdevhw" to work with 24 bit depth. You can use > my xorg.conf as starting point and edit it manually. Just put it in > /etc/X11. > @ernst: Thanks

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-26 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:40 PM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > Check your boot messages with "journalctl -k" and your > /var/log/Xorg.0.log then you will get a hint what went wrong with r128. > > On current Ubuntu versions there is no need for an xorg.conf, only if > you need to tune some specific par

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-26 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@ernst: I saw one of my problems, on the Xorg configure I didn't run "sudo service lightdm stop" first . . . maybe I'll try that later or tomorrow . . . still wondering why "r128" didn't show up in "lsmod" . . . . F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packa

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-26 Thread Fritz Hudnut
> > Just found out that the needed xserver-xorg-video-r128 package is no > longer installed by default in Yakkety. Maybe this is also the case in > Xenial. So the easy solution for you would be to "sudo apt-get install > xserver-xorg-video-r128" and reboot. Maybe you get an accelerated 24bpp > desk

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-25 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@ernst: Many, many thanks for the details . . . I can see numerous "errors" showing up as the OS loads, including something about the "r128" "failing," I think we've discussed some of these things before . . . but, since for the most part "things were working" I didn't mess with it. But, indeed,

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-25 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@ernsteiswuerfel: Thanks for the post. I believe that in the install of U-MATE on the 3,1 things ran so well that there is no xorg.conf. Most everything in he display resolution is great, and it was only the background image that was looking like the topo map. Since the dev had gotten back to m

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-05 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@CP: I took a screenshot, I think that should be pretty clear now. F On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fritz Hudnut, my eyes must not be refined enough to see the problem. > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fritz Hudnut, my eyes must not be refined enough to see the problem. It is very clear in the last photos, if you know what a topographic map looks like? Do you know what I'm refer

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < > christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Fritz Hudnut, I think your dist-upgrade to yakkety test is sufficient >> (i.e. no need to fresh install).

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: [PowerMac3, 1] Blotchy GUI graphics for images

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** Tags added: needs-picture Here are two of a number of shots, I was trying to keep the file size small, as the originals are approx 1.7 MBs . . . the Xu desktop photo #135 might be a little mo

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: blotchy GUI graphics for images in 16.04 PPC

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2) To see if this is already resolved, could you please test > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results? > @Christopher: I ran an update/upgrade just a few minutes

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: blotchy GUI graphics for images in 16.04 PPC

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
and make a usb flash drive of the daily . . . . I ***could*** do that, but, it will take some time, and, then, question is, has anything "changed" such that it won't be a time flush? : - 0 On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: blotchy GUI graphics for images in 16.04 PPC

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
This data was repeated numerous times at the end of the running of the "sudo apport-collect -p xorg 1541082" Don't know if it showed up elsewhere, this is just one "paragraph." Crash Annotation GraphicsCriticalError: |[0][GFX1]: Unknown image format 1 (t=19.9352) |[10606][GFX1]: Unknown image for

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] XorgLogOld.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "XorgLogOld.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695356/+files/XorgLogOld.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] GconfCompiz.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "GconfCompiz.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695348/+files/GconfCompiz.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] XorgLog.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "XorgLog.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695355/+files/XorgLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Dependencies.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695347/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] xdpyinfo.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "xdpyinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695358/+files/xdpyinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Xrandr.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "Xrandr.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695357/+files/Xrandr.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] UdevDb.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "UdevDb.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695354/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695351/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Lspci.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "Lspci.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695350/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] ProcInterrupts.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695352/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] ProcModules.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695353/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] JournalErrors.txt

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541082/+attachment/4695349/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: blotchy GUI graphics for images in 16.04 PPC

2016-07-04 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ubuntu xenial ** Description changed: Gents: Another issue I found on my recent install of U-MATE 16.04 PPC on my Powermac 3,1 . . . had some "kernel certificate" errors on booting the live DVD, which carried over to the install . . .

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: dist-upgrade & FF upgrade breaks FF & Midori 16.04 PPC

2016-06-18 Thread Fritz Hudnut
yep. Have so many bug reports out on stuff, didn't remember to post here about it . . . . On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 3:57 PM, ernsteiswuerfel wrote: > Firefox 47 works again. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: dist-upgrade & FF upgrade breaks FF & Midori 16.04 PPC

2016-05-28 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@elvisplatini: Thanks for the post, I was hoping that since this issue is "significant" . . . that it would have been patched by now . . . but apparently not. I did try to look in synaptic to see if the history of FF versions would be listed, but, nope . . . only the 46 . . . . In 16.04 I have be

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1583849] Re: dist-upgrade & FF upgrade breaks FF & Midori 16.04 PPC

2016-05-20 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@John: Thanks for the follow-up . . . appreciate the suggestion on downgrading; however it seemed that there was some problem with Midori as well . . . ??? Not a whole lot of options for browsers in PPC . . . hopefully FF will pull itself together. F On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 6:20 AM, John Paul A

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1541082] Re: blotchy GUI graphics for images in 16.04 PPC

2016-03-24 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@Martin: As I mentioned on the other bug report, the new xserver-xorg-video-ati has not eliminated the issue of blotchy low spec background images, in my PM 3,1 the blotchiness of pictures continues; even though words and icons are very crisp and clear, the backgrounds are not. F On Sun, Mar 20,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1400967] Re: Cannot open my session graphically in Lu 14.04 PPC

2014-12-10 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@Gunnar: Thanks kindly for the reply, looks like a bit before you posted here, Manfred H on "answers" offered what might be a similar suggestion . . . since he has patiently been working with me for awhile on this problem I tried it first, and it seems to have fixed the problem . . . I'm typing th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1400967] Re: Cannot open my session graphically in Lu 14.04 PPC

2014-12-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected trusty ** Description changed: I am having a problem on my iBook G4 running Lu 14.04.1 . . . after running a recent update/upgrade with only 3 or 4 items listed, "dbus" was one I remember . . . screen went black . . . tried to do something

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1400967] [NEW] Cannot open my session graphically in Lu 14.04 PPC

2014-12-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Public bug reported: I am having a problem on my iBook G4 running Lu 14.04.1 . . . after running a recent update/upgrade with only 3 or 4 items listed, "dbus" was one I remember . . . screen went black . . . tried to do something in TTY console to "restart" . . . then wound up shutting down. On re

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059254] Re: Lightdm fails to start session…

2014-12-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
OK, that seems to have "failed." I guess I will open a new bug report about this similar problem. F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059254 Title: Lightdm fails to st

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059254] Re: Lightdm fails to start session…

2014-12-09 Thread Fritz Hudnut
Pursuing this issue on the "questions" format has given me some things to try out, including creating a new user, which I can log into and "sudo" with . . . original user will not log into GUI, only TTY. I'm adding my "apport" data here as the problem continues . . . . F -- You received this bu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1059254] Re: Lightdm fails to start session…

2014-12-01 Thread Fritz Hudnut
I am having a problem with a "similar" issue as the OP on my iBook G4 running Lu 14.04 . . . after running a recent update/upgrade with only 3 or 4 items listed, "dbus" was one I remember . . . screen went black . . . tried to do something in TTY console to "restart" . . . then wound up shutting do

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1058641] Re: "No devices detected" radeon regression

2014-10-30 Thread Fritz Hudnut
I believe I'm dealing with this bug on my G4 iBook with radeon driver, I've got about 640 MB RAM??? Now trying to get 14.04 Lu running after having similar "screen freeze" issues with 14.10 . . . in 14.10 using agp.mode got me into a GUI, but then the screen would freeze . . . although mouse is mo