[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430230] Re: Log flooding with warning message when using linux-lowlatency kernel

2015-03-30 Thread James Brierley
This is a kernel bug, rather than anything else. See http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6c51d46f135b00c00373fcd029786ccef2b02b5b A workaround is to boot with ‘nothreadirqs’ in the kernel command line. ** Also affects: linux-meta-lowlatency (Ubuntu) Impor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1430230] Re: Log flooding with warning message when using linux-lowlatency kernel

2015-03-30 Thread James Brierley
Yes, it isn’t ideal and sort of defeats the ‘low latency’ object, but it’s better than having your SSD thwacked (one of these writes to the log per second also adds up in terms of CPU activity). As the patch is just a one-liner, which allows execution in both soft and hard interrupt contexts inste

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] [NEW] Pidgin crashes upon sending a Google Talk message

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: Fresh install of Xubuntu on a Mac mini G4. Pidgin starts up and allows adding of accounts and logging in fine. However, as soon as I send a message to one of my contacts it segfaults. The same issue occurs with Precise's version of Pidgin. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubun

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] Re: Pidgin crashes upon sending a Google Talk message

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
I am in the process of getting a stack trace as Apport did not add one, please bear with me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103554 Title: Pidgin crashes upon sending a

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] Re: Pidgin crashes upon sending a Google Talk message

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Fresh install of Xubuntu on a Mac mini G4. Pidgin starts up and allows adding of accounts and logging in fine. However, as soon as I send a message to one of my contacts it segfaults. The same issue occurs with Pr

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] ProcEnviron.txt

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103554/+attachment/3496806/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] Re: Pidgin crashes upon sending a Google Talk message

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
I eventually got a trace manually: (gdb) bt #0 0x4afeb34c in ?? () #1 0x1c58364c in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so #2 0x49401f90 in ?? () #3 0x1c579e70 in ?? () from /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstaudioconvert.so #4 0x1c57a8c8 in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1103554] Re: Pidgin crashes upon sending a Google Talk message

2013-01-23 Thread James Brierley
This was due to the correct audio drivers not being loaded. Marking as invalid. ** Changed in: pidgin (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pidgin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069694] Re: Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY

2013-04-28 Thread James Brierley
On 28/04/13 15:45, Igor Tarasov wrote: > @James Brierley, does it freeze when you switch to console TTY, or when > you switch back to GUI? > Oh my, I completely forgot about this bug! I've since changed the hardware that exhibited the problem, so unfortunately I can't do an

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1130857] [NEW] Some images have a blue tint

2013-02-20 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: Firefox 19.0 on Xubuntu 12.10 on a Late 2005 Apple Mac mini. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Firefox. 2. Navigate to an image-heavy website (Flickr, for instance). Note that some images have a blue tint. 3. If you already have enough of a browsing history, open a new tab and ob

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1130857] Re: Some images have a blue tint

2013-02-20 Thread James Brierley
Oops, I got to Launchpad after I had downgraded, to be extra clear: this bug refers to *the latest Firefox as of 20/2/13.* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130857 Title:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1130857] Re: Some images have a blue tint

2013-02-22 Thread James Brierley
David, here's the rather poor workaround I used: apt-get remove firefox cd /var/cache/apt/archives dpkg -i *firefox*18.02* Then pin Firefox at this version by pasting the following into /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox: Package: *firefox* Pin: version n=18.0.2 Pin-Priority: 999 apt-get update and

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1072161] [NEW] Corruption when moving Launcher icons around

2012-10-27 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: When clicking and dragging Launcher icons, the edges of the buttons and sometimes the backgrounds show corruption. It does not persist when they are dropped. Unfortunately unable to provide visual evidence as Print Screen doesn't work when clicking and dragging. ProblemType:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069702] Re: Apport cannot collect xorg information

2012-10-27 Thread James Brierley
This is no longer a problem as of a recent upgrade. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069702 Title: App

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1227149] Re: USB audio sound card not recognized after update to Linux 3.12-rc1-saucy

2014-05-13 Thread James Brierley
I have the same USB audio hardware as the OP. The kernel’s input subsystem seems to be wrongly detecting the device as a USB human interface device: [2.256727] usb 2-1.7.2: New USB device found, idVendor=08bb, idProduct=2902 [2.256729] usb 2-1.7.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1232783] [NEW] Appearance dialog crashes on Intel graphics hardware

2013-09-29 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: When launching the appearance dialog, it is unresponsive and quickly stalls, the window greys out and it requires a kill or 'force quit'. This appears to be specific to Intel graphics hardware (and possibly other brands) as another Ubuntu user I know who is using the propriet

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1232783] Dependencies.txt

2013-09-29 Thread James Brierley
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1232783/+attachment/3849272/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bu

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1232783] ProcEnviron.txt

2013-09-29 Thread James Brierley
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1232783/+attachment/3849273/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1232783] Re: Appearance dialog crashes on Intel graphics hardware

2013-09-29 Thread James Brierley
Thank you for your report! However, processing it in order to get sufficient information for the developers failed, since the report is ill-formed. Perhaps the report data got modified? need more than 1 value to unpack If you encounter the crash again, please file a new report. Thank you for

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181817] Re: 'Appearance' settings dialog crashes on launch

2013-06-19 Thread James Brierley
This is still an issue and apport-cli is still denying that launchpadlib is installed (though it is). I can't change my wallpaper and I can't update the bug where I'm reporting it. I'm attaching the crash file manually. It's the best I can do. ** Attachment added: "_usr_bin_gnome-control-center.10

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181817] [NEW] 'Appearance' settings dialog crashes on launch

2013-05-19 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: Running Unity. The Appearance dialog crashes on launch with the following dump. This occurs whether launching it from the desktop or System Settings menu item. (gnome-control-center:8016): gnome-control-center-unity-WARNING **: Could not load /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/index.

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181817] Re: 'Appearance' settings dialog crashes on launch

2013-05-25 Thread James Brierley
On 26/05/13 00:54, Tim wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a symbolic backtrace following the > instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload > the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug repor

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1181817] Re: 'Appearance' settings dialog crashes on launch

2013-05-26 Thread James Brierley
I've generated the required trace, but when trying to update the bug, this results: james@rainbowphoenix:~$ apport-cli -u 1181817 /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-control-center.1000.crash ERROR: The launchpadlib Python module is not installed. This functionality is not available. james@rainbowphoenix:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069694] [NEW] Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY

2012-10-22 Thread James Brierley
Public bug reported: Apport thinks this is a GPU hang. It's definitely only happened since I updated to Quantal. Nothing responds after this happens, I can't switch to other TTYs or back to Unity. Only REISUB does anything. It's also happened a couple of times upon ejecting a USB drive, although

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069694] Re: Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY

2012-10-22 Thread James Brierley
For some reason not much system information has been uploaded... my graphics hardware is an inbuilt ATI Radeon HD 4200. -- 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/1069694 Title: Free

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069694] Re: Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY

2012-10-22 Thread James Brierley
#1069702 is the reason that there isn't more debug information. -- 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/1069694 Title: Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY Status i

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1069694] Re: Freezes and scrambled screen when switching to TTY

2012-10-23 Thread James Brierley
The problem occurred again today shortly after my Bluetooth mouse lost its connection and I plugged in a USB mouse to reconnect it. Unsure of how this could have any effect on graphics, but noting it anyway. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which