[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Our Cadence results

2012-08-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, I know we're not listed! I was going to work with Nicholas and manually get our stats together then we got distracted. I know that our 10 minute chats always become about 1 hour, well... we've just set a new record... 3 hours and still going! Regards, Phill. P.S. Nicholas also sends

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Community site downtime announcement

2012-08-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team -- <http://www.thesii.org> *Synthetic Intellect Institute* Mr. Phill Whiteside, Server Admin *One Vision, One Purpose* -- Home <http://www.thesii.org/> | Projects< http://www.thesii.org/projects.php> | Purpose <

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ISO Testing Feedback

2012-08-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nick, (you will have to tell me one day if you prefer nicholas over nick :) ) One thing that I pick up time and time again is 'red' bugs for ubiquity. Any system can make a 100% installable system, but if Ubiquity falls over, we are all . chooses polite word How about "Up the creek wit

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

2012-08-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lance, I'll add this to the agenda for the QA meeting on 15th August @ 14:00 UTC. As you correctly state, time is running out. Regards, Phill. On 14 August 2012 21:04, Lance wrote: > I'm just checking a bunch of stuff and preparing for Ubuntu and Xubuntu > 12.04.1 testing next week. I kno

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Boss, you vanished during my internet disconnection. I have created an fb group [1] I hope that will improve the presence of QA team (which was flagged up on the review you held) and hope it can be used to bring new people on-line as an area we do not currently use. It is still a 'beta' relea

[Lubuntu-qa] Facebook Page

2012-08-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys & gals, as a part of Nicholas's questionaire one thing that had been previously discussed was how does QA advertise itself. We have bounced a couple of ideas about. One of them has actually arrived, albeit in a beta version. [1] Nicholas will quite easily say that he is not a FaceBook per

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
ars out as being asked to be an admin on the FaceBook group :P On 17 August 2012 08:33, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 8/17/12 3:34 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote:> Hi Boss, > > > > you vanished during my internet disconnection. > > > > I have created an fb group [1] I hope t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Spat my beer out and it drivelled down my nostrils these emails should have a warning! Phill. On 17 August 2012 10:04, Karl Anliot wrote: > I was just watching this movie, and now I have an idea. What if we > raised children in an environment specifially programmed for producing > good te

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, We hit the 20 needed to change from a number, the link is now https://www.facebook.com/groups/UbuntuQA/ @ Rafael, when you get time can you make us a banner, thanks. (I'll make you an admin as soon as you join so you can add it). Regards, Phill. On 17 August 2012 17:55, Phill Whit

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Survey Results

2012-08-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
e do have right now? you > and me are admins on that group, Phill so what do you think? just a though! > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi Boss, >> >> you vanished during my internet disconnection. >> >> I have created an

[Lubuntu-qa] Server move

2012-08-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys and gals, over the weekend the "behind the scenes" team were busy. You may have found that you could not upload / zsync etc. Moving servers is not for the faint of heart, I still have the scars. Thank you to all those who did the server transfer to enable ubuntu testing and dev team to b

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Seeking some advice

2012-08-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Greg, After some questioning, this is the result... (12:29:44) phillw: Hi folks, could some one please advise as to against what this bug should be reported...http://pastebin.com/SRLnr5fB (12:30:21) tjaalton: the kernel (12:30:52) phillw: tjaalton: thanks! (12:31:41) tjaalton: although (12:32:

[Lubuntu-qa] gecko and PPC

2012-08-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, this was allocated to ubuntu, so I did not spot it. Can you be aware of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gecko-mediaplayer/+bug/1025815 Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launch

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: 12.04.1 ISO Testing

2012-08-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Thanks everyone! Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicholas Skaggs Date: 21 August 2012 17:15 Subject: Re: 12.04.1 ISO Testing To: ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com Thanks everyone who has already helped with the testing! I saw some great bugs being found and worked -- on

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: 12.04.1 ISO Testing

2012-08-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
August 2012 18:59, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 8/21/12 7:29 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Thanks everyone! > > > > Regards, > > > > Phill. > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: Nicholas Skaggs > > Date: 21 August 2012

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] LTSP terminal boot message - "saned disabled"

2012-08-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi John, now you have it clearer in your own mind, may I point you to this area [1]. It is vitally important that bug reports are raised, the clock is ticking and we really need the bug reports filed in a format that the devs can work with. This is even more important as you have a proposed fix.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, off the top of my head issue it to Ubiquity, that is the system that does the installs. The devs can always re-allocate it later. Does it try to make a bug report? If not, then I'd suggest using the bug-report function to get the data off the system. Thanks, Phill. On 25 August 20

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
just wanted to check if i was on the correct track to get the data you need. (19:13:05) phillw: it is not within the bounds of possibiliiity that it is the PAE/ non-PAE kernel etc. But I'd have expected it to complain long before that? (19:15:57) penguin42: yeh Regards, Phill. On 25 August

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
es are related to changes needed for > Ubuntu to eliminate the use of metacity and Unity-2D. > > --- On *Sat, 8/25/12, Phill Whiteside * wrote: > > > From: Phill Whiteside > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386 > To: "Lars Noodén" &g

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
an update, (19:16:40) penguin42: phillw: I'd get an lspci from it, and a cat /proc/cpuinfo if there is no way of getting the network and doing an ubuntu-bug from it cheers, Phill. On 25 August 2012 19:16, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Lars, > > #ubuntu+1 have confirmed my initial th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
/12 9:16 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Lars, > > > > #ubuntu+1 have confirmed my initial thoughts, please try to get terminal > > session up & ubuntu-bug ubiquity for them > > The apport-* series does not work, giving python errors: > > ERROR: The

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
For me? yeah the bug number! I had a reboot after major update & cannot find it! The guy from #ubuntu+1 I was chatting to is afk, so I cannot ask him but others may have a look. Thanks, Phill. On 26 August 2012 10:10, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 8/26/12 12:07 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, cancel that, i found it in my log file. I've now subscribed directly to it[1] Regards, Phill. 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1041625 On 26 August 2012 10:24, Phill Whiteside wrote: > For me? > > yeah the bug number! I had a reboot afte

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Font-config warning in lubuntu 12.10 i386

2012-08-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
On 26 August 2012 10:30, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi Lars, > > cancel that, i found it in my log file. I've now subscribed directly to > it[1] > > Regards, > > Phill. > 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1041625 > > > On 26

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Minutes from the Ubuntu Kernel Team meeting, 2012-08-28

2012-08-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
be at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-**team<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team> -- <http://www.thesii.org> *Synthetic Intellect Institute* Mr. Phill Whiteside, Server Admin *One Vision, One Purpose* -- Home <http:/

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Reporting Bugs

2012-08-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Guys, I know for some this is second nature; but for us mere mortals do take a read of the below. Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicholas Skaggs Date: 30 August 2012 16:56 Subject: Reporting Bugs To: Ubuntu QA I'm happy to report we're doing excellent work

[Lubuntu-qa] Beta 1 QA release

2012-09-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys & gals, maybe that should read 'lack of Beta 1 QA release'... Yes, something got very very broken. As it is an extended holiday in USA, it could not have fallen at a worse time. I'm a firm believer in Bad news first, followed by Good news :) Bad News: To give some idea as to how bad thi

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Beta 1 QA release

2012-09-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Phill. 1. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/232/builds On 3 September 2012 19:41, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi guys & gals, > > maybe that should read 'lack of Beta 1 QA release'... Yes, something got > very very broken. As it is an extended holiday in USA, i

[Lubuntu-qa] Private bugs

2012-09-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, recently a bug reported by a QA member was marked as a duplicate (no harm there), but the 'master' bug was set as 'private'. This meant that the person who registered it could not access it to view / update etc. I had a chat with the bug squad about this. If this happens they ask that y

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Private bugs

2012-09-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
3:18, C de-Avillez wrote: > On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:16:57 -0500 > C de-Avillez wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 18:35:58 +0100 > > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > recently a bug reported by a QA member was marked as a

[Lubuntu-qa] Beta 1 - QA

2012-09-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, I forgot to mention on my last email that the Quality Assurance testing of the Beta 1 is now being carried out [1]. The more people who test, the fuller the results. One very welcome change recently added is that bugs are carried over when an iso is re-spun (re made to fix a serious bug)

[Lubuntu-qa] re-spins and PPC

2012-09-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Yup, it happened. There was so many grumblings about various fixes for Ubiquity that the -release team have bitten the bullet and issued re-spins [1]. The ones that need testing are date stamped 20120905 (It does not affect Alternate etc). @ PPC users, I've had a good long chat with cjwatson and

[Lubuntu-qa] ppc - yaboot

2012-09-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, how do you interrupt a yaboot sequence to put in nomodeset? Thanks, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.laun

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1 Released.

2012-09-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, May I add to the general thanks to everyone. We didn't get ppc release owing to a couple of late breaking bugs. But it's still only Beta 1 and they are being chased actively. The other X-org related bug that affected some of the i386 testing should hopefully be resolved as the newer ver

[Lubuntu-qa] iso tracker

2012-09-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I asked that our beta 1 QA (and release) iso's be manually copied over to dailies[1] Whilst the bugs do not show on the tracker, each one has its bugs transferred over when you go into them. This ensures we have the up to date iso's instead of awaiting the cron to get them all rebuilt instead

[Lubuntu-qa] Revision and addition of test cases.

2012-09-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, this is a request from QA. Not everyone wants to be involved with direct editing of wiki pages etc. For 13.04 the QA team are looking to get test cases (re)written. If there is interest myself & Nicholas will post up / hold tutorial sessions for any people who want to help out. It know i

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] AMD64+mac desktop build Sept 7 2012 - Test case doesn't match

2012-09-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, as you find differences in test cases to what appears when you carry out the test, please do flag them up. What is needed is the current line(s), expected results along with what actually is happening. There is no need to worry about formatting it up, we can do that for you. Thanks for checki

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

2012-09-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, This bug was reported as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939794 and a fix released. It therefore looks like a regression. Regards, Phill. On 8 September 2012 18:43, Lance wrote: > Sorry I haven't had time to check out that bug :^( > > My ability to test during the QQ Beta 1 cycle st

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Any idea how to fix this?

2012-09-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, from what I understand you have installed lubuntu on top of an existing install? Have a read of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/UpgradeToLubuntu It includes a link to removing different flavours. Regards, Phill. On 8 September 2012 19:22, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] xorg.conf files for PPC Mac

2012-09-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ron, can some ppc testers please try this out so that we have something to help the devs with. thanks, Phill. On 9 September 2012 03:37, Ron Mitchell wrote: > Further to my previous, if anyone else is having video problems with a PPC > Mac, the solution might be here: > > http://mac.linux.

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] xorg.conf files for PPC Mac

2012-09-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
; I don't mind having a shot at it. I have used QEMU before and it might be > a thought to check that out. > > Or……… have I misunderstood you completely. At my age, it happens. > > > > Ron M > > > On 2012-09-09, at 2:48 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi Ron,

[Lubuntu-qa] ppc bugs - Desktop Beta 1

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, could you take a bit of time to reply to this thread with the current state of play on the PPC Desktop Beta 1. I'm going to start a separate one for alternate. It also does appear that at least one of the bugs cannot be replicated on a virtual machine set up. If this is indeed the case,

[Lubuntu-qa] PPC - Beta 1 Alternate

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, can you please update this thread with the current state of play for the PPC Beta 1 Alternate bugs. Please use the thread suffixed 'Desktop' for the desktop failure. Thanks, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubu

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ppc bugs - Desktop Beta 1

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
If the ppc team wish for an area specific for them, but linked back to L-QA I will gladly do that for you. You are the guys testing, I am here to help in any way I can. Regards, Phill. On 12 September 2012 21:12, ∅ wrote: > > > could you take a bit of time to reply to this thread with the cur

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ppc bugs - Desktop Beta 1

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
help them, for ppc specific stuff I know you will help. Regards, Phill. On 13 September 2012 00:09, ∅ wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:26:32 +0100 > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > could you take a bit of time to reply to this thread with the current > state > > of play o

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Grub Testing

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Thank you, Phill. On 13 September 2012 04:50, Greg Faith wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Nicholas Skaggs < > nicholas.ska...@canonical.com> wrote: > > Hello All! Colin Watson has requested some help on testing some sensitive > > grub changes. It of course is a delicate change as

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC - Beta 1 Alternate

2012-09-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
nd that I should use the one I downloaded > only as a last resort. After having tried a couple of arguements suggested > to me, (at yaboot) > > live nomodeset > live radeon.modeset=0 > > neither of which worked, I went back to my last resort. It may be > "garbage"

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] ppc bugs - Desktop Beta 1

2012-09-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Karl, if you can find one in France so that Julien has the kit, I'm up for a donation to buy one for him. Regards, Phill. On 13 September 2012 22:40, Karl Anliot wrote: > Maybe it's time to think about donating $ or hardware to the lubuntu devs. > For example, this Mac G4 for $49 > > htt

[Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-09-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, before I start, please do not shoot the messenger :) As PPC computers can be low on RAM etc, it has been suggested that we concentrate on the alternate install iso instead of the desktop one and push our resources into that. Again, can I state it is only a suggestion! (although I do se

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] A questionnaire on the papercuts project

2012-09-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, for your information. Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Chris Wilson Date: 17 September 2012 13:35 Subject: [ubuntu-uk] A questionnaire on the papercuts project To: Ubuntu UK List Hi there, I've recently taken over leadership of the hundred papercuts p

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx

2012-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
F.Y.I. Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Nicholas Skaggs Date: 18 September 2012 16:39 Subject: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx To: Ubuntu QA The technical board has decided to make some tweaks to how the nvidia/fglrx drivers work inside ubuntu in respo

[Lubuntu-qa] Test Cases and PPC

2012-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, as part of the update to the iso-tracker, the new format for Desktop & Alternate testing suites have been put on a short time ago onto the Quantal Daily section [1]. Next time you're doing the tests can you please follow through the test cases and email myself and Nicholas with typos / mi

[Lubuntu-qa] PPC - Major change

2012-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, some of you will know Adam who has been looking after a lot of ppc stuff (ojordan), he asked that I emplore you guys to read fully the links at the bottom of the ppc testing page[1]. As you will realise when you finish the below, this has now taken on a much greater importance. > Pleas

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC - Major change

2012-09-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
e in the world, there's a place where > Lubuntu isn't working so well. > > It's a confusing new world I've stepped into. The older I get, the more I > sound like a grumpy old Luddite. But in all, it's good to be part of > Lubuntu in some small way. You have a g

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] bug regression?

2012-09-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, we had a brief chat with one of the devs about oversized images a few hours ago. He has asked that I remind him tomorrow to get our iso's onto a diet. I ask that you be patient and allow him to do this as it will remove the need to manually shrink isos to get them to CD size. Things are a l

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PowerPC bugs

2012-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Colin, what else can I say, but WOW! thank-you ever so much for taking the time out to have a look at these issues. As soon as the rebuilds hit, do please poke the lubuntu-qa team so that the ppc testers can get onto them. @ Adam, as you know the 'X' issue and have access to kit would you be p

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Beta 2 Testing -- Unity and ISO Testing!

2012-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, The setting up of the QA-Beta 2 has once again gone over time (I must sound a stuck record). The truth is that the -release team have decided (correctly, IMHO) to hold back the QA version of Beta 2 and get the new kernel in that would cause a re-spin. @PPC, there has also been work done

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] lxkeymap

2012-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Karl, fix commited <> fix released, a subtle but yet important difference. Fix commited == Some one is going to fix it. Please read the bug module you have been given to get further details of bug status. Phill. On 24 September 2012 23:20, Karl Anliot wrote: > Hi Leszec. > I noticed that you m

[Lubuntu-qa] QA Beta 2

2012-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi testers, just for a change, the QA releases for a milestone release are delayed. There is very good reason for this. The -release team have stamped their feet and said that we, as QA, will get a release candidates for Beta 2 that will not need a respin even before they arrive. Yes, they would h

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Beta 2 Testing -- Unity and ISO Testing!

2012-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi komputes, are you using the latest VB? (Currently at 4.2.0-80737). I have in the past had issues with 'Guest Additions' fighting with my kernel. hopefully someone more familiar with VB can chip in and comment (I now use KVM[2]). Regards, Phill. 1. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloa

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, Colin Watson has said that it is not a ubiquity bug, which you confirm - the system installs. Just a blank screen. Can you use the workaround [1] to get it working? from my reading of the issue, it is a mix of kernel and X that is causing the issue. Trying to get one of the teams to not b

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Beta 2 Testing -- Unity and ISO Testing!

2012-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
/2.15 2. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=339 On 25 September 2012 21:05, komputes wrote: > On 09/25/2012 03:21 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > are you using the latest VB? (Currently at 4.2.0-80737). > > I am using virtualbox-4.1 from their website. 4.2 requires libc6

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install (auto-resize) in Lubuntu Desktop

2012-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Warren, as it is a required part of the test case [1], please report it as a bug 'fail'. (It should be raised against ubiquity). I've cc'd the mailing list so someone should be able to quickly confirm it. Regards, Phill. 1. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1301/info On 25 Septemb

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Install (auto-resize) in Lubuntu Desktop

2012-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Warren, I've just asked... you should only see that if you are on a laptop. We'll amend the test case. If you ARE using a laptop, then it is a valid bug. Regards, Phill. On 25 September 2012 22:11, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi Warren, > > as it is a required part

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

2012-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
he 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 >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Opinion Please

2012-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, you read my mind. I've had a crazy busy day - I just want to bounce a couple of ideas off nicholas as the best way forward. Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2012 20:17, Greg Faith wrote: > If I have to change the kernel mode to nomodeset or delete splash from > the boot line, should I f

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Opinion Please

2012-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
mean it can be on there within an hour or so of my receiving the instructions from you. Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2012 20:32, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hiyas, > > you read my mind. I've had a crazy busy day - I just want to bounce a > couple of ideas off nicholas as the

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
And now to chuck in a hand-grenade Are there any workarounds that can be put into the test cases (such as nosplash for Live CD, and possibly others). As the installer is know to work and the issues are x-org / kernel driven I need some working test cases to either go into the test cases or in

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Cancel the stuff on the new kernel! I asked the wrong question. It is now being considered. Regards, Phill. On 26 September 2012 22:43, Phill Whiteside wrote: > And now to chuck in a hand-grenade > > Are there any workarounds that can be put into the test cases (such as >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, it seems that b43 is not being installed. I've had it reported that it works fine in LiveCD mode (where we can see b43 there to be ;oaded) but not the actual installations. I'm waiting to have chat the person who looks after what does get installed to ask if this was an oversight which can

[Lubuntu-qa] Beta 2's

2012-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, the Beta 2s of Lubuntu have been released, with the exception of the PPC builds. They will all go back to daily builds on the next cron cycle. One bit of good news, the nvidea driver issue is now a 'fix-comitted' and the required kernel update will hopefully arrive soon (this affects more

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
based). And yes, the error msg indicates the liinuxwireless.org site > wherefrom should be downloaded the needed firmware. But the LiveCD is > hardly useable in the actual state. . . And moreover, as far as i know > b43 would be essential for nearly ANY ppc mac. > > Uli > > 20

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1974013&highlight=nm_geo > > I know it does not address the issue at hand. > > Greg nm_geo > > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi UH, Ron, et-all, >> >> I assure you guys that

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

2012-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
open source drivers for broadcom chipsets, in the same way as nouveau[2] is for nVidia chipsets. Regards, Phill. 1. http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/precise/multiverse/base/b43-fwcutter 2. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ On 27 September 2012 21:34, Phill Whiteside wrote: >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Call for testing : pcmanfm 1.0.1

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi UH, Yes, you can :) Follow the instructions at [1] and make sure you remove the staging ppa after grabbing the pcmanfm! Regards, Phill. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPA_Testing On 28 September 2012 19:01, UH wrote: > Would that go for 12.04 as well? No chance to get working 1

[Lubuntu-qa] nVidia fix

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, a new kernel release has been released [1], it will be included in tomorrows iso builds. One graphics card down, one to go :) Regards, Phill. 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1043518/comments/45 -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launch

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [ppc] old news on 20120926

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
We have two seperate video card issues, the nVidia case should be solved (a minority of PPC's) The Radeon one that is the bigger share will have to wait until Monday at which time I'll put on my best begging hat and see if I can get one of the kernel team to look at the couple of proposals that Ada

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [ppc] old news on 20120926

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
will necessarily have to be revised often. Testers can live with > some funkiness but if we forget to change the known issues and a user makes > use of it for reference, that might not be cool. > > Thoughts? > > wxl > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:01:50 +0100 > Phill Whi

[Lubuntu-qa] b43 (broadcom) WiFi

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Boss, so as to stop the restless natives :P It does certainly appear the b43 support is on the LiveCD but not on the install iso's. I did have a quick check with -release and they said that it is a flavour specific decision as to if it is included. I'd ask that as we have it on LiveCD image it

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] b43 (broadcom) WiFi

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
> > wxl > > [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx > [2] http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o > [3] http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:37:05 +0100 > Phill Whiteside wrote: >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] b43 (broadcom) WiFi

2012-09-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
; > wxl > > [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/lubuntu-qa/msg01346.html > [2] http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/b43-fwcutter.1.html > > On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:00:55 +0100 > Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > hiyas, > > > > So, maybe you could explain t

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: PPC at Beta 2

2012-09-29 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, can those with Radeon chipsets have a look at the bug & proposed fix (please mark 'affects me' where applicable). Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: o jordan Date: 29 September 2012 16:00 Subject: RE: PPC at Beta 2 To: phi...@ubuntu.com For your enjoyment

[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: lubuntu powerpc desktop 20120928 SUCCESS

2012-10-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
hiyas, Can you give a "test this" and confirm if it works. As you are more than aware, if I am to approach an up stream group then all the individual 'I got it to work for my computer' means exactly zero. What is required is a fix that works for all. PPC is running out of time, you have 'fixes' b

[Lubuntu-qa] Graphs

2012-10-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, next time anyone asks why I call Julien "Boss", have a look at the graph[1]... No, we cannot do everything but it is a good looking graph :) Thanks boss, you, the other devs, artwork, support, testers et all are the team that make up Lubuntu... All of you are amazing and is a pleasure to

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: lubuntu powerpc desktop 20120928 SUCCESS

2012-10-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
get a proposal that I put up stream, else there will not be a 12.10 release lose 12.10, then the chances of 13.04 are slightly less than zero. Regards, Phill. On 1 October 2012 23:59, Ron Mitchell wrote: > Yes, it works here. > > Ron Mitchell > > *From:* Phill Whiteside

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] lubuntu powerpc desktop 20120928 SUCCESS

2012-10-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jonathan, sorry for the long delay, it was weekend and Nicholas has been in meetings today. For server-ppc, what is needed is where the test cases are simply wrong (such as check the processor you have) etc. and which are applicable. Whilst I can try to do an install via qemu (and most certain

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] lubuntu powerpc desktop 20120928 SUCCESS

2012-10-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
On 2 October 2012 04:58, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 10/01/2012 07:16 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > For server-ppc, what is needed is where the test cases are simply > > wrong (such as check the processor you have) etc. and which are > > applicable. Whilst I can try t

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: lubuntu powerpc desktop 20120928 SUCCESS

2012-10-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
*UNLESS THERE IS A GENERIC > PROPOSAL TO THE PROBLEMS, THERE WILL BE NO FIX == NO 12.10 PPC Release.* > * > * > That's me on a quiet day I don't have a PPC computer, so you guys need > to herd together and get a proposal that I put up stream, else there will > not be

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Graphs

2012-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
01:07 AM, Phill Whiteside a écrit : > > > > next time anyone asks why I call Julien "Boss", have a look at the > > graph[1]... > This one is more interesting to follow : > > http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/group/topic-quantal-flavor-lubuntu.html >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] A preview of coming attractions

2012-10-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
And the video worked :) Looks really good. Hope you guys get these 'grunt work' items automated. Regards, Phill. On 5 October 2012 08:14, Sergio Zanchetta wrote: > 2012/10/4 Nicholas Skaggs : > > In celebration of the 24hr marathon for charity, I wanted to show off > > something I've been wor

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] blueman & bluetooth

2012-10-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas... Desktop, or the lubuntu-meta package? The removal of the meta package is expected behaviour. Regards, Phill. On 7 October 2012 00:05, UH wrote: > Ok, ok, i know, you don't like here so much bluetooth, but me and i > think a lot of other simple users need it on a daily base. Anyway .

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] blueman & bluetooth

2012-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ooooh, that does not seem normal behaviour! @ Julien: Any thoughts? Regards, Phill. On 7 October 2012 08:17, UH wrote: > lubuntu-desktop > > 2012/10/7 Phill Whiteside : > > Hiyas... > > > > Desktop, or the lubuntu-meta package? The removal of the meta packag

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] blueman & bluetooth

2012-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi UH, from the horses mouth, lubuntu-desktop is the meta package and can be safely accepted for removal. @ Karl, I did have a dig through L-FAQ, but couldn't find the section noting this ( it was there..) thanks, Phill. On 7 October 2012 14:37, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Ooooh, >

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PowerPC bugs

2012-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Adam and PPC guys, I'm going to give you the honest truth. We are now too late to sort the issues out. I know that some of these bugs go back a long while, some are recent. I cannot see any help in my complaining to SABDFL over what has occurred after the changes after A3. I propose that PPC

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PowerPC bugs

2012-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
gt; card. The result was a normal boot!. > > No YABOOT arguments were required. I just pressed return after "boot". > > The live disk itself required a YABOOT command line (Greg's). But the > resulting install was fine. > > Has somebody somewhere been work

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PowerPC bugs

2012-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Can you good people now concentrate on getting the PPC-FAQ area updated? That will be the required area for the release notes. Don't forget, Lubuntu are now in charge make a good job, else I'll be filing complaints! :D Regards, Phill. On 8 October 2012 04:17, Greg Faith wrote: > There are

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, the current topic is that we have a link pointing to PPCFAQ is the place they need to head. I'm not sure that https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC is the correct place for a set of release notes / wiki etiher? Maybe better at on the Doc FAQ area [1] ? The page has been created and b

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] PPC

2012-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
On 9 October 2012 00:15, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hiyas, > > the current topic is that we have a link pointing to PPCFAQ is the place > they need to head. I'm not sure that > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing/PPC is the correct place for a > set of release not

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] [PPC] need help to get 12.10 release!

2012-10-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Guys, the lubuntu-faq-ppc[1] page was simply thrown there as it has the template :) The entries on it need replacing with your own suggestions as to what newcomers to lubuntu 12.10 PPC will face to install it. It is NOT a replacement to PPCFAQ, just a quick guide as to how to get the 12.10 PPC

[Lubuntu-qa] PPC Support

2012-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, for those who did not catch the community-athon, in one the question and answer sessions PPC was discussed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5w-y7oYfvjM#t=5273s Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-

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