Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minutes from the Lubuntu Team meeting on 2012-02-15

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
I notice a couple of comments about the auto-maximized windows but then it seems to be dropped. On anything larger than a small pocket device many of these auto-maximized windows are worse than annoying. What is our intention? Thanks in advance, Lance --- On Wed, 2/15/12, Julien Lavergne

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Full screen

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
debian-installer' to 'tasksel': https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tasksel/+bug/931237 I hope one of the devs picks up on that soon. I still have much more testing to do, but remember my goal for completion is not until Beta 1. That should give us time to tweak what I get

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install Problems

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
aightened out. Most importantly there is no real difference between Lubuntu's installer and Xubuntu's installer, just different artwork. The only thing I can think of that might cause someone to think things are going to blow up is this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquit

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minutes from the Lubuntu Team meeting on 2012-02-15

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
I'm using/testing the latest Precise. I particularly find it annoying that lxterminal opens full-screen. How often is a terminal used full-screen? Maybe once in a while with "cat" or "ls" ;^) Lance --- On Wed, 2/15/12, ∅ wrote: From: ∅ Subject: Re: Minutes from th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install Problems

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
exist - to have the installation just start when clicking on "Install alongside". The only difference is that the progression button changes from "continue" to "install now". IMHO it's still a bit unclear but I don't get to make design decisions. Lance

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install Problems

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
op it, as I don't think it's a common use case and users can always resort to the advanced partitioner. -Evan Dandrea 6/3/10 11:16 AM" That was wrong, but who do you think can convince the installer-team to totally rebuild ubiquity Lance --- On Wed, 2/15/12, Phill Whit

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Minutes from the Lubuntu Team meeting on 2012-02-15

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
ge should be under 700MB but it'll require loads and loads of updates: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/206/builds/11180/downloads It would have been Alpha 2 but the bosses decided not to delay the Alpah 2 release. Is that helpful or am I just confused? Lance --- On

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Full screen

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
No problem my good friend: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tasksel/+bug/931237 I wish we could get that assigned to a living, breathing person. Lance PS: remember I'm trying to track results here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1924455 --- On Wed, 2/15/12, Phill Whit

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Usage of mailinglists with two addresses

2012-02-15 Thread Lance
really aren't many members of Lubuntu qa, so I subscribed to the users list. I think we decided a long time ago that there was no need for a dev mailing list so "users" is kind of a catch-all, but I also feel I should send to qa in order to be in compliance with Ubuntu's

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Clean non-pae mini.iso install

2012-02-16 Thread Lance
tu Oneiric was official there should be an official upgrade path from Lubuntu Oneiric to Lubuntu Precise, and it should be tested .. if nothing else so we can address known issues in the release notes ;^) Yes, I know I can be a real pain, Lance --- On Thu, 2/16/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: F

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Installation of Lubuntu 12.04 ppc

2012-02-16 Thread Lance
IMHO it's always appropriate to ask questions, or post results at our mailing lists. As has been noted we're a small team but regardless we do strive to improve. These mailing lists help us all help each other. Lance --- On Thu, 2/16/12, UH wrote: From: UH Subject: Re: [

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Installation of Lubuntu 12.04 ppc

2012-02-17 Thread Lance
I can only address the multimedia issue, and since I'm not 100% sure that my approach is the best approach I posted it here at the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11695541&postcount=365 Typically it is NOT wise to mix Debian & Ubuntu repos! Lance --- On Thu, 2/16/

[Lubuntu-qa] Now no option at all to install 'lubuntu-desktop' using the mini.iso

2012-02-23 Thread Lance
p. But Xubuntu-desktop also disappeared. Refer to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/931237/comments/5 The 'tasksel' changelog shows nothing since Jan 20th. Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpa

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu precise-alternate 20120223 booting to command prompt

2012-02-24 Thread Lance
border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; }p, h1, h2, h3, li { color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart", "sudo service lightdm start", and "startx" all t

[Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu Wubi seems to work OK

2012-02-28 Thread Lance
board ;^) As always, thanks to everyone for everything they do, Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Still can't install from desktop or alternate .iso

2012-02-28 Thread Lance
I'm guessing it's eMac specific since I've had no problems in recent builds other than bad theming: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-artwork/+bug/938472 Lance --- On Tue, 2/28/12, Paul Gorski wrote: From: Paul Gorski Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Still can't ins

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Grey on Black Bug.

2012-03-01 Thread Lance
I'm also having trouble with the installer freezing at Keyboard layout. Hold on I'm checking some things, like I notice that both casper and ubiquity are upgradable on the 20120301 i386 live iso. I'm going as fast as I can, Lance --- On Thu, 3/1/12, Paul Gorski wrote: Fr

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Grey on Black Bug.

2012-03-01 Thread Lance
I filed a bug before seeing your reply: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/943837 Applying those ubiquity and casper updates appear to have done the trick. Lance --- On Thu, 3/1/12, Jean-Baptiste Lallement wrote: From: Jean-Baptiste Lallement Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa

[Lubuntu-qa] The 20120301.1 i386 image is good to go

2012-03-01 Thread Lance
heme issue, Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Grey on Black Bug.

2012-03-01 Thread Lance
x27;s difficult to read. Am I missing something?Lance--- On Thu, 3/1/12, 神癒礁湖 wrote:From: 神癒礁湖 Subject: Re: Grey on Black Bug.To: "Phill Whiteside" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net, "Ubuntu Mailing list" , lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.comDate: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 8:00 AM

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Non-pae testing

2012-03-02 Thread Lance
understand file paths, but much safer than using "dd" from CLI. So I contacted the UNetbootin dev and asked if they'd provide both standard and non-pae images in their available downloads. We'll have to be patient for a reply. What does everyone think so far? If you wish

[Lubuntu-qa] Fw: To post to this list, send your email to

2012-03-03 Thread Lance
This looks like phishing to me. What do you think? Lance --- On Sat, 3/3/12, Gerald Marquardt wrote: From: Gerald Marquardt Subject: To post to this list, send your email to To: lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7:40 AM geraldru...@gmail.com -- Sent by Ubuntu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Upgrade Testing

2012-03-03 Thread Lance
Great I'll subscribe to that test for Beta 2. Of course I'll test early to get a head start and then retest when official testing (and tracking) begins. Many thanks, Lance --- On Sat, 3/3/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Upgrade Testing T

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing

2012-03-04 Thread Lance
I've told SABDFL the same: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg08539.html No reply yet, but unless Ubuntu itself changes course we'll just have to tell a lot of Pentium users w/o wired access goodbye :^( Lance --- On Sun, 3/4/12, Chris wrote: From: Chris Subject: Re: [Lu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Can someone test something for me?

2012-03-05 Thread Lance
hould check. I'd be glad to perform any specific tests requested on either Oneiric or Precise. Just let me know exactly what you want tested and then give me a few days. AFAIK the lack of "python-software-properties" resulted in the inability to view or edit the software sources us

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Checksums for Desktop images

2012-03-05 Thread Lance
the "-live" but also be aware that a new image may not be available every day. Lance --- On Mon, 3/5/12, Lars Noodén wrote: From: Lars Noodén Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Checksums for Desktop images To: "Lubuntu QA" Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 2:08 PM There are MD5 checksums

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing

2012-03-15 Thread Lance
I'm also behind on testing. But we have time ;^) Things could still change, Lance --- On Thu, 3/15/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg Faith Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing To: "Phill Whiteside" Cc: "Lance" , "Chris" , lubuntu-q

[Lubuntu-qa] Xubuntu reverting to non-pae kernel?

2012-03-17 Thread Lance
I posted a couple of links here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11772755&postcount=1 If it's true I wonder if Lubuntu shouldn't do likewise. I personally think it makes sense since one of our target markets is low resource hardware. Maybe someone could ask Colin Watson's opinion? -- Ma

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Xubuntu reverting to non-pae kernel?

2012-03-17 Thread Lance
does know that 90% of my suggestions/requests are at least somewhat sound. Sadly the other 10% are generally insane ;^( Due to visual limitations I've never mastered IRC chat but maybe you could ask Colin, or the installer-team in general, and get an opinion. Lance --- On Sat, 3/17/12, J

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing

2012-03-17 Thread Lance
se I love doing it. Ubuntu, and now Lubuntu, have given me a reason to get up and keep going when I'd otherwise have just stayed in bed :^) Lance --- On Thu, 3/15/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg Faith Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing To: "Lance&qu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Xubuntu reverting to non-pae kernel?

2012-03-17 Thread Lance
they're under! I know on the testing level I feel stressed out ;^) Lance --- On Sat, 3/17/12, Paul Gorski wrote: From: Paul Gorski Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Xubuntu reverting to non-pae kernel? To: phi...@ubuntu.com, gi...@ubuntu.com Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net, lubuntu-us...@lists.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Ubiquity Installer Sprint

2012-03-19 Thread Lance
day the 22nd to start really testing the newest images, and I'd expect Beta 2 iso-testing to begin about the 26th. Lance --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Fwd: Ubiquity Installer Sprint To: lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Monday, March 19, 201

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] Non-pae testing

2012-03-19 Thread Lance
Wow, that was fast! I'm bushed ATM, just headed off to bed, but I'll do some testing tomorrow. I did test the new Xubuntu image today, then had to test the Xubuntu Beta 1 image for some comparisons. Kernel wise things seemed OK. Lance --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Greg Faith wrote: From:

[Lubuntu-qa] Possibly nonsensical crash reports

2012-03-24 Thread Lance
x27;m very impressed with our look and functionality, lxpanel is much better - particularly the fact that the clock font changes more appropriately. I'm lovin' it! Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://la

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu ISO testing schedule

2012-03-31 Thread Lance
up. Is this helpful at all? Do you have an account to file results at the QA tracker? I'm struggling with a number of issues ATM, some not at all computer related, but I'm trying my best ;^) Lance --- On Sat, 3/31/12, Lars Noodén wrote: From: Lars Noodén Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] L

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu ISO testing schedule

2012-03-31 Thread Lance
I've never had an imac so I'm clueless . when I see "cups" I think printing :^/ Sorry I can't be of any help, Lance --- On Sat, 3/31/12, Paul Gorski wrote: From: Paul Gorski Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu ISO testing schedule To: phi...@

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] pcmanfm testing (bug fixes inside !)

2012-04-02 Thread Lance
I think we're good to go on the i386 end. Detailed report here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11811683&postcount=98 We may want to address those two minor issues in documentation though. Many, many thanks for your hard work, Lance PS: If Greg Faith says we're good to go

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] pcmanfm testing (bug fixes inside !)

2012-04-02 Thread Lance
's all very minor stuff, nothing to lose sleep over. Lance --- On Mon, 4/2/12, Chris wrote: From: Chris Subject: Re: pcmanfm testing (bug fixes inside !) To: "Lance" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net, "lubuntu user list" , "Julien Lavergne" Date: Monday, Apri

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Just did a clean install Lubuntu Desktop mad64

2012-04-04 Thread Lance
s now easy, easy, easy to set up ... I just install 'hplip' and run the setup tool. And I've had no pcmanfm crash reports at all. Lance --- On Wed, 4/4/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg Faith Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Just did a clean install Lubuntu Desktop

[Lubuntu-qa] Update notifications in Precise

2012-04-05 Thread Lance
I'm in nit-picking mode here it's what I do ;^) I just wonder what the update notification plan is for Precise. I know we're still in development but I'm curious. How will we be notified of updates, particularly security updates? Lance PS: I really can't

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Update notifications in Precise

2012-04-05 Thread Lance
anually at least once a day, or at least I do. I just wanted to find out before release what the plan is. I'd personally think we should get some kind of notification of security updates within 24 hours of them hitting our chosen mirrors. Does that make sense? Lance --- On Thu, 4/5/12, Chri

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Update notifications in Precise

2012-04-05 Thread Lance
t. Believe it or not I'm trying to save you last minute work. Lance --- On Thu, 4/5/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: Re: Update notifications in Precise To: "Lance" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net, lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thursday, Apri

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] kernel bug

2012-04-05 Thread Lance
ting: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates In this case Steve Langasek already reported a problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/965090 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/972821 Lance --- On Thu, 4/5/12, karl anliot wrote: From: karl anliot Subject: Re: [Lubu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] 20120412 Lubuntu precise-desktop amd64 spin NO BUGS

2012-04-13 Thread Lance
of a continuation of my earlier complaint about update notifications. Not really sure I'd call that a bug though. I need to install an Lubuntu Oneiric very soon to prepare for upgrade testing and I'll compare behavior then. Lance --- On Fri, 4/13/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: [Bug 985358] Re: installation crash (migrating documents) none selected

2012-04-19 Thread Lance
;re marked private, and I have no access. There are also some bugs about our version of mplayer, and I don't use mplayer, I don't play DVD's and such so, do we need a sample play list of live media for testing purposes in the future (by future I mean 12.10 and beyond)? Lance

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far

2012-04-19 Thread Lance
I'll pull the ethernet cable on my test box and see if bug 985919 is reproducible on actual hardware. Lance --- On Thu, 4/19/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far

2012-04-19 Thread Lance
Without a bug number how can we check and/or add any info? Lance --- On Thu, 4/19/12, Karl Anliot wrote: From: Karl Anliot Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far To: "Julien Lavergne" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:32 PM I managed to r

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far

2012-04-19 Thread Lance
ryone is) has a comment to help clarify things. Lance --- On Thu, 4/19/12, Karl Anliot wrote: From: Karl Anliot Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing so far To: "Lance" Cc: "Julien Lavergne" , lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:54 PM I guess

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again

2012-04-21 Thread Lance
notes regarding "corner issues", maybe there is an easy work-around to this. Lance PS: I've been performing some atypical testing, like testing w/o an internet connection just to be on the safe side. I really think we look very, very good. --- On Sat, 4/21/12, Julien Lavergne

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again

2012-04-21 Thread Lance
No P4 here and I'm clueless about video players anyway :^( Lance PS: I see they just kicked loose the upgrade tests so I'm going to get on the OO -> PP Lubuntu upgrade ASAP. --- On Sat, 4/21/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught i

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again

2012-04-21 Thread Lance
ot just an mplayer bug? Is it truly related to Lubuntu alone? I wish I could be more helpful but I just don't use such apps :^( Lance --- On Sat, 4/21/12, Steve wrote: From: Steve Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Saturday, April

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [Lubuntu-wiki-docs] System Requirements

2012-04-21 Thread Lance
the live DE and install selecting "install" from the boot menu of the live CD. Beyond that I'm not sure how low we can go in specs. I'll bet I can still get that old PII to run Lubuntu but not nearly as well as some flavor of Puppy .. honesty is always the best poli

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again

2012-04-23 Thread Lance
be sure we're OK there. Lance --- On Mon, 4/23/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Caught in the Rebuild Again To: "Steve" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Monday, April 23, 2012, 5:45 PM Le 04/23/2012 09:27 PM, Steve a écrit :

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Stuff for 12.10

2012-04-23 Thread Lance
Another option is UNetbootin and it even works with mini.iso's. Lance --- On Mon, 4/23/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Stuff for 12.10 To: "Lars Noodén" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Monday, April 23, 2012, 6:01 PM Le 04/2

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] xcompmgr in 12.04

2012-04-24 Thread Lance
Just off the top of my head I think Julien needs to ask Colin Watson for some advice on this. Lance PS: I didn't encounter a problem like that with i386. --- On Tue, 4/24/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] xcompmgr in 12.04 To: "o jordan&quo

[Lubuntu-qa] Just started a Wubi test

2012-04-24 Thread Lance
many win 7 PC's now have three primary partitions. I'll report back on the outcome of the Wubi install when it's complete. Looks fine so far. Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Just started a Wubi test

2012-04-24 Thread Lance
Wubi test passed with flying colors ;^) Lance --- On Tue, 4/24/12, Lance wrote: From: Lance Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Just started a Wubi test To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 1:08 PM I began this by updating a Win XP that I hadn't used in weeks, restoring

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] pre-release

2012-04-25 Thread Lance
AFAIK I'm the only one that did Wubi testing this time and it's likely this will be the last time I do it. It simply requires too much maintenance to keep a Windows OS prepared for Wubi testing. I simply think my time is better spent since I don't use Windows ;^) Lance ---

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] an S.O.S. (again!)

2012-04-25 Thread Lance
ing images for final). I know many of us have put a lot of effort into testing but Greg really has gone above and beyond so I just wanted to recognize his efforts. Lance --- On Wed, 4/25/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] an S.O.S. (again!) To:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 12.04 is released

2012-04-27 Thread Lance
-using-wubi So Wubi is still available, you simply must just download the wubi.exe (aka: Windows installer) separately: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop I personally think the change was foolish, but who listens to me ;^) Lance --- On Thu, 4/26/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill

[Lubuntu-qa] About my health, top posting vs bottom posting, and Ubuntu forums

2012-04-28 Thread Lance
to the non-pae kernel because of the forums. Need I go on? IMHO the forums are far from "useless" and it does make me angry to have them referred to in that manner. Additionally Ali has done a lot of good for us with his one stop thread and other threads in Ubuntu + 1! Can&

[Lubuntu-qa] My one wish for 12.10 - improve copy/highlight

2012-04-28 Thread Lance
any document and/or script. Am I asking for the impossible? As previously mentioned I'd be loathe to even ask but the improvements in lxpanel tell me that anything is possible :^) Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

[Lubuntu-qa] Test

2012-07-13 Thread Lance
Just checking to see if I subscribed properly ;^) -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] About resubscribing to the Lubuntu qa list

2012-07-13 Thread Lance
Somehow I'm not seeing how to receive all posts to this list. I see I can post but I want to receive all posts w/o having to go to the archives. Lance PS: sorry to be dense --- On Fri, 7/13/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: About resubscribing to the Lubun

[Lubuntu-qa] Fw: Re: abiword revert script

2012-07-14 Thread Lance
Just realized that this didn't go to the whole Lubuntu qa list and others may have valuable input. Lance --- On Sat, 7/14/12, Lance wrote: From: Lance Subject: Re: abiword revert script To: "Jonathan Marsden" Cc: "Phill Whiteside" Date: Saturday, July 14

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fw: Re: abiword revert script

2012-07-14 Thread Lance
in a folder and then using "dpkg -i", but i386 and amd64 are different (not to mention the other builds) so I ended up taking the path of least resistance :^) Lance --- On Sat, 7/14/12, Jonathan Marsden wrote: From: Jonathan Marsden Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fw: Re: abiword r

[Lubuntu-qa] Potential abiword PPA

2012-07-15 Thread Lance
the repos and run: sudo apt-get install abiword But, I have not tested this at all! I fried my brain this morning over a bunch of questions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370&page=11 I've learned that when I'm fried it's time to walk away and rest ;^)

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Potential abiword PPA

2012-07-16 Thread Lance
This seems to work OK for me but more testing is welcome. I added a forum post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12106840&postcount=25 Feel free to either reply here or at the forums ;^) Lance --- On Sun, 7/15/12, Lance wrote: From: Lance Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] Potential abiword PP

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Should we test Desktop more and Alternates less

2012-07-22 Thread Lance
n." Seems scary to me, but the installer team tends to keep things "behind closed doors" and we mere mortals don't know what change has been made until the last shoe actually drops :^( Lance --- On Sun, 7/22/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne Subject: Re: [Lubu

[Lubuntu-qa] I'll be missing from this round of iso testing

2012-07-23 Thread Lance
Very minor medical stuff came up. I just need to have a partially collapsed stent replaced. All is well ;^) Maybe I'll end up getting more oxygen to my brain afterwards so watch out. No prayers or well wishes please! I'll be back when I get back. Lance -- Mailing list: https://lau

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] LXDE configuration files

2012-07-28 Thread Lance
Don't we now use 'lightdm' across the board? Or do some spins still use 'lxdm'? Just curious ;^) Lance --- On Sat, 7/28/12, Lars Noodén wrote: From: Lars Noodén Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] LXDE configuration files To: "Lubuntu QA" Date: Saturday, July 28,

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] LXDE configuration files

2012-07-29 Thread Lance
I have no answers ATM, just dumb questions. I was just a bit surprised to hear any talk about 'lxdm'. Lance --- On Sat, 7/28/12, Lars Noodén wrote: From: Lars Noodén Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] LXDE configuration files To: "Lance" Cc: "Lubuntu QA" Date: Saturda

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-02 Thread Lance
IMHO it should be mentioned that testing on actual hardware is preferable to testing in a VM. I believe a lot of ubiquity and xserver bugs are overlooked when testing in a VM. That said, any testing is preferable to no testing ;^) Lance --- On Thu, 8/2/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-03 Thread Lance
IMHO it's more a matter of recruiting new testers than training the testers. Different testers will focus on different things - because we're all different ;^) Lance --- On Fri, 8/3/12, Lars Noodén wrote: From: Lars Noodén Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast To:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-03 Thread Lance
ogies if I overlooked that last night. Lance --- On Fri, 8/3/12, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: From: Nicholas Skaggs Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 4:34 PM On 08/03/2012 02:13 PM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 08/03/

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-03 Thread Lance
a intro but the link is there for the survey. I love the effort :^) Lance PS: Sorry if I missed a previous notice of the survey here. --- On Fri, 8/3/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast To: "Ron Mitchell" Cc:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-03 Thread Lance
an the newest Nautilus or Thunar. It's all a matter of personal balance. Better to do one or two things right than to do ten things horribly. Lance --- On Fri, 8/3/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast To: "Lance"

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast

2012-08-04 Thread Lance
ar as trying to improve the whole testing experience. Lance --- On Fri, 8/3/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: ISO Testing Screencast To: "Lance" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Friday, August 3, 2012, 9:47 PM Thanks for finding th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing Cadence Week

2012-08-08 Thread Lance
never had less confidence in the effect of my effort :^( When testers feel they're no longer being listened to they will stop testing. Lance --- On Tue, 8/7/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing Cadence Week To: "Nicholas Skaggs" Cc:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing Cadence Week

2012-08-09 Thread Lance
e a 12.04.1 iso some changes in the Ubuntu 12.04.1 repos could effect Lubuntu, specifically Abiword ;^) How many brains have I fried besides my own? Lance PS: I feel much better with more oxygen getting to my brain :^) PPS: I just hope I'm not being too much of a pain in the nether re

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing Cadence Week

2012-08-10 Thread Lance
ly I see "cadence testing" to be just as flawed as Evan Dandrea's assumption that eliminating the "use continuous free space" from the live CD was a good idea :^( Testing every two weeks without factoring in various feature freezes and such is totally absurd! I'm qu

[Lubuntu-qa] How cadence weeks coincide with actual iso/upgrade testing

2012-08-13 Thread Lance
live and alternate images and testing multiple flavors ;^) I'd change to using only flash drives/live USB but one of my test machines has a funky BIOS that recognizes all flash drives as hard drives on boot so I have to enter BIOS and edit the hard drive boot order. That would be OK bu

[Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal?

2012-08-14 Thread Lance
arding stability so let's please discuss this. Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal?

2012-08-15 Thread Lance
and the various package maintainers? If it's no longer possible to include a working version of 'abiword' by default then I suppose we should look at other options, but I personally find that troubling because I've used 'abiword' since Win ME and Lindows - yes t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal?

2012-08-15 Thread Lance
Sorry, I'd not seen this before posting my last reply. What this really amounts to is disregarding the pkg maintainers advice so we'll ship a broken version of 'abiword' just out of principle. That makes no sense to me :^( Lance --- On Wed, 8/15/12, Nicholas Skaggs wr

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal?

2012-08-15 Thread Lance
m of course assuming that we'll have a 12.04.1 testing cycle for the other flavors :^) Lance --- On Wed, 8/15/12, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: From: Nicholas Skaggs Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal? To: "Lance" Cc: "Phill Whiteside" , lubu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] What can we do about abiword in Quantal?

2012-08-15 Thread Lance
iword/+bug/1019621/comments/11 As a tester I can only try to point out problems. The rest is not really my concern. Do as you wish. Lance PS: I'm Erick at that bug report and I feel that I've already added adequate info. --- On Wed, 8/15/12, Julien Lavergne wrote: From: Julien Lavergne S

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-17 Thread Lance
Too, too funny ;^) Laughed so hard I scared the dogs. Lance --- On Fri, 8/17/12, Karl Anliot wrote: From: Karl Anliot Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results To: "Phill Whiteside" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Friday, August 17, 2012, 4:04 AM I was just watching this

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] qa Tracker ahead of Spins?

2012-08-23 Thread Lance
litch???? Lance --- On Thu, 8/23/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg Faith Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] qa Tracker ahead of Spins? To: "Nicholas Skaggs" , "Ubuntu Mailing list" , lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 9:59 PM So I decided to do a few live session

[Lubuntu-qa] Call for testing abiword in Quantal

2012-08-25 Thread Lance
ouble buffering in order to prevent   crash on 'Paste Unformatted'.  -- Dmitry Smirnov   Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:08:23 +1000 So I'd appreciate everyone that is familiar with abiword to test the puddin' out of it over the next week or so ;^) It looks good to me but my use of a wo

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [U+1] Fwd: Proposal to drop Ubuntu alternate CDs for 12.10

2012-08-28 Thread Lance
rver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/1041625 If this is just the end of support for most hardware that's more than five years old then it needs to be said loudly and clearly. Lance --- On Mon, 8/27/12, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: From: a.gra...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [U+1] Fwd: Pro

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Reporting Bugs

2012-08-30 Thread Lance
ne knowledgeable enough to try and nail down the problem. I can't help but feel that posts like this are trying to scapegoat the testing community while the real problem lies with design and development :^( Lance --- On Thu, 8/30/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subj

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Reporting Bugs

2012-08-30 Thread Lance
I doubt it's plymouth. It almost surely has to do with the mechanism put in place when Ubuntu itself dropped unity-2d and metacity in favor of using compiz + llvmpipe. I can understand Ubuntu dropping support for 5 to 7 year old graphics chips, but not Lubuntu or Xubuntu ;^) Lance --- O

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] please bump this bug up to high priority

2012-09-08 Thread Lance
quest. Phill would know much more about that than I do. So I wonder if we've included Julien in this conversation yet? IMHO any bug that has a potential of resulting in data loss is critical so we need to give it the absolute highest priority. Lance --- On Sat, 9/8/12, Karl Anliot wrote:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] QA Beta 2/Still no Beta 2 testing notifications?

2012-09-26 Thread Lance
OTOH I notice the subscriptions now show up properly on the tracker ;^) Lance --- On Mon, 9/24/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: [Lubuntu-qa] QA Beta 2 To: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Cc: "Ubuntu Mailing list" Date: Monday, September 24, 2012, 9:13 PM H

[Lubuntu-qa] Two minor i386 upgrade bugs

2012-10-17 Thread Lance
g should display the appropriate upgrade message? That other initial boot error is nothing to really worry about but should it be mentioned in the release notes? Sorry to be a pain, Lance -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : h

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-10-17 Thread Lance
I'm just finishing up with i386 and unless something horrible happens I can jump on the amd64 images soon. Lance --- On Wed, 10/17/12, Greg Faith wrote: From: Greg Faith Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC To: "UH" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Wednesday, October 17

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-10-17 Thread Lance
Just thought to add: I may not have time to do the amd64 PP -> QQ upgrade test though. It'll be a back burner issue for me ;^( Lance PS, it's purely a time availability issue. --- On Wed, 10/17/12, Lance wrote: From: Lance Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC To: "UH" , &q

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-10-17 Thread Lance
o pull that off, Lance --- On Wed, 10/17/12, Phill Whiteside wrote: From: Phill Whiteside Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC To: "Greg Faith" Cc: lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 4:54 PM Hi Greg,  with all the respins, the table looks a bit barren. ppc-alter

[Lubuntu-qa] Slight change in strategy - order of testing

2012-10-17 Thread Lance
ot; so I end up with a blank screen. And It took three installs for me to figure out what was biting me in the butt ;^) I'm loath to file a bug against that behavior because it truly is a corner issue, I mean how many of of use a KVM switch? As Greg said, I'll test until my eyes close,

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