[Bug 1693715] Re: Laptop flat panel show blank screen after undocking with 2 DP displays on dock

2017-06-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1370720 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1370720 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1370720 unity-settings-daemon can deadlock if a modeset fails -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 1220426]

2015-02-06 Thread Aaron Plattner
// timers list gets corrupted here and timer-2 gets removed from list. Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86288 Signed-off-by: Nikhil Mahale Reviewed-by: Julien Cristau v2: Apply warning fixes from Keith Packard Reviewed-by: Aaron Plattner

[Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad

2014-12-22 Thread Aaron Plattner
Does it work if you use a path that doesn't have any spaces in it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad To manage notifications abo

[Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad

2014-12-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
Fixing the bug status again. I don't know why this keeps getting reopened as an nvidia-prime or graphics driver bug. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-346 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: nv

[Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad

2014-11-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
** Also affects: xorg-server Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-343 (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1370720] [NEW] unity-settings-daemon can deadlock if a modeset fails

2014-09-17 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: The system I used to reproduce this bug was a laptop with two display devices (one DisplayPort, one DVI) connected to a docking station. Dock the laptop. unity-settings-manager triggers a display change to extended mode. Then, undock the laptop. The following sequence of e

[Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-06-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
Ah, thanks for the clarification. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Title: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.la

[Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-06-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
Christopher, is there some actual discussion somewhere where licensing is called out as a problem, or are you just referring to Stephen's comment #325? I'll bet it just that no one who has permission to push updated packages has noticed this bug and I don't know how to attract the attention of som

[Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-05-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
Is there still some concern about accepting the patch? It was indeed authored by James Jones and signed off by him for public release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Title: Sc

[Bug 1292563] Re: nvidia driver fails to initialize on Haswell without upstream kernel patch

2014-03-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks Andy! I can confirm that your kernel fixes the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292563 Title: nvidia driver fails to initialize on Haswell without upstream kernel pa

[Bug 1292563] [NEW] nvidia driver fails to initialize on Haswell without upstream kernel patch

2014-03-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: I have a Haswell-based Optimus laptop. Trying to initialize the NVIDIA driver fails: [ 58.885456] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20130102 for :03:00.0 on minor 1 [ 58.885462] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 334.23 Sun Mar 9 21:06:05 PDT 2014 [

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-03-07 Thread Aaron Plattner
I'll wait for Jamie to chime in since he reported the bug, but Alex, your problem sounds like #269904. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI randomly fli

[Bug 1288747] Re: [334] Parts of the UI randomly flicker when moving the mouse

2014-03-07 Thread Aaron Plattner
The original report was against GNOME 3, which doesn't use Compiz. Jamie, are you using Compiz, or gnome-shell? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288747 Title: [334] Parts of the UI ran

Re: [Bug 967091] Re: Wrong tint in flash when it uses video acceleration

2012-10-24 Thread Aaron Plattner
On 10/23/2012 02:11 PM, Sebastian Boehm wrote: > Ok, just updated my bzr branch and the debdiff. > > Aaron, could you have a look at it? I tried to keep changes to the bare > minimum. Looks okay to me. --- This email

[Bug 967091] Re: Wrong tint in flash when it uses video acceleration

2012-10-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
Strange. The line in question is the one I mentioned in my reply to Stephen's original mail: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/vdpau/2012-September/23.html >> + >> +libvdpausysconfdir=$(sysconfdir) >> +libvdpausysconf_DATA = vdpau_wrapper.cfg > > This breaks distcheck: > > make[3]: *** No

[Bug 967091] Re: Wrong tint in flash when it uses video acceleration

2012-10-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
Hi Sebastian, It probably doesn't matter for the Debian build system, but Stephen's version of the change breaks distcheck. I'd suggest using the upstream version: git format-patch -1 ca9e637c61e80145f0625a590c91429db67d0a40 ** Patch added: "Upstream commit ca9e637c61e80145f0625a590c91429db67d0a

[Bug 1037896] Re: Starting Firefox kills xserver immediately when using 2D desktop

2012-08-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
As Daniel mentioned, the problem is in OpenGL. If you are willing to run without it, you can work around the problem for now by disabling the "glx" module in /etc/X11/xorg.conf by adding the following lines: Section "Module" Disable "glx" EndSection This issue was caused because the video dr

[Bug 316802] Re: Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2012-08-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
I stopped using Liferea ages ago. Closing as Invalid - Don't Care. ** Changed in: liferea (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316802 Title:

[Bug 733374] Re: X freeze, nvidia-current, Ubuntu 11.04 Maverick GeForce 9600GT

2012-03-11 Thread Aaron Plattner
No, the Xid messages are not documented, they're internal error codes to help us with debugging. In Anoop's case, all they really mean is that the driver stopped hearing from the graphics card suddenly and was unable to restore communications with it. -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 733374] Re: X freeze, nvidia-current, Ubuntu 11.04 Maverick GeForce 9600GT

2012-03-10 Thread Aaron Plattner
Anoop, these symptoms sound very much like a hardware problem that causes the GPU to sometimes lose contact with the rest of the system. Please make sure your case is free of dust and that the fans are unobstructed, that all connectors are seated firmly, and that your power supply has a sufficientl

[Bug 734325] Re: Natty: Users should be able to easily turn off (disable) global menu

2011-10-17 Thread Aaron Plattner
This menu-removing behavior also breaks the usability of multiple X screen configurations because the global menu bar is not present on the second screen, but the application menu bar is still removed, leaving no menu bar anywhere at all as a result. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks, Joakim. On the contrary, that's quite interesting. The first four bytes should never be all 0xff if the GPU is configured correctly by the kernel. If the kernel has misconfigured the GPU in such a way that it cannot respond to register reads, the driver has no hope of working. -- You r

[Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
I think that's the wrong resource0 file (for bus 0 device 2, rather than bus 2 device 0). Probably easier to use the symlinks: /sys/bus/pci/devices/:02:00.0/resource0 However, you can't call read() on those files, they can only be mmap'd. /dev/mem should work, though. I would recommend read

[Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
@TJ: The BAR configuration registers are in the PCI configuration space. I'm talking about the registeres accessed via memory read/write cycles to the addresses configured there. E.g., open /dev/mem and read at the offset that lspci reports for "Region 0" for your GPU. Alternatively, mmap /sys/de

[Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
TJ, that rm_is_supported_device function reads registers that it sounds like are reading back as 0x. You should be able to read the DWORD at BAR0 offset 0. If it reads as 0x, then the GPU is not configured correctly. You should be able to do that before even loading the NVIDIA RM

[Bug 768178] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in nux::IOpenGLShaderProgram::Begin()

2011-05-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
Jay, can you describe in more detail what criteria Unity uses to make this decision? Nothing should have changed in the driver between 173.14.28 and 173.14.30 that would have affected this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 703688] Re: [Natty] Need X-server 1.10-compatible nvidia driver (xorg-edgers ppa)

2011-02-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
xserver 1.10 doesn't exist yet, and the ABI it's going to use won't be frozen until 1.10 RC2 (a.k.a 1.9.99.902) is released. Until then, the NVIDIA driver can't assume that the ABI won't change in the future. I pinged the people responsible for releases, but didn't hear anything back. The offici

[Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick

2010-11-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please give 96.43.19 a try. It was just released, so it might be a while before somebody packages it for Ubuntu. -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2010-10-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
The GPU is not responding correctly to CPU accesses, hence the nouveau error message of, "Unsupported chipset 0x". This is not a driver bug: it could be a bug in the kernel, or a hardware problem. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Nvi

[Bug 652731] Re: Appearance settings do not work in Xubuntu 10.10 RC

2010-10-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
Crap, I didn't mean to add this. Marking invalid. ** Also affects: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: xfce4 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nvidia-graph

[Bug 652731] Re: Appearance settings do not work in Xubuntu 10.10 RC

2010-10-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
This doesn't sound at all like a graphics driver bug, but rather a communication problem between the various XFCE components. The driver does not control the appearance of fonts or icons, but simply processes the drawing requests sent to it by applications. Does the problem still occur with the "

Re: [Bug 626918] Re: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData

2010-10-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 11:38:49AM -0700, Aldo Maggi wrote: > a...@paperino:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-173 > > ii nvidia-173 173.14.27-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA > binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library > > should i uninstall it and get the 173.14.28 binary from nvidia site?

[Bug 626918] Re: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData

2010-10-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please try 173.14.28. -- /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubunt

[Bug 629910] Re: nvidia 256.53 xorg-server 1.9.0 performance regression with antialiased text

2010-09-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please try 260.19.06: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=155137 -- nvidia 256.53 xorg-server 1.9.0 performance regression with antialiased text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 616023] Re: nVidia card : X won't start since 1.9 update, no screens found

2010-09-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
"At least NVidias Aaron Plattner claims it is merely a regression in xserver 1.9." I didn't say that. All I said was that if an experiment shows that using the same driver, xserver 1.8 is fast and xserver 1.9 is slow, that it's not reasonable to immediately assume that t

[Bug 623399] Re: nvidia drivers fail to start in Maverick X11

2010-08-25 Thread Aaron Plattner
A driver with support for the new ABI should be out relatively soon, though I can't make any actual promises as to a release date. If scrolling using the same driver but a different X server shows different performance, it's highly likely that the regression is in the X server and not the driver.

[Bug 595845] Re: libcairo2 1.9.10 makes Ubuntu 10.10 slow

2010-08-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
P0per, when you say you are using "current" NVIDIA drivers, which version, exactly, are you using? The latest drivers accelerate gradients on all GeForce 8 series and up GPUs, and should be quite fast. -- libcairo2 1.9.10 makes Ubuntu 10.10 slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595845 You receive

[Bug 605979] Re: Buttons rendered wrong (with white background) with nvidia-current

2010-08-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
Hi Benjamin. This is the first I've heard of this bug, so I'll try to take a look at it as soon as I can. Please note that just checking for the NV-CONTROL extension is not sufficient, because some screens may be using the NVIDIA driver while others use different drivers. If the extension exists

[Bug 604525] Re: nvidia-settings "Configure Display Device" menu should be drop-down list instead of dialog box

2010-07-16 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks, Philip. I've attached Bert's patch to our internal bug for this, which is #357963. -- nvidia-settings "Configure Display Device" menu should be drop-down list instead of dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604525 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 278055] Re: nvidia-settings generates broken xorg.conf files

2010-06-25 Thread Aaron Plattner
Hi Tim. nvidia-settings hasn't generated an RgbPath line since 177.67. Can you please confirm that the problem does not occur with the latest version? ** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- nvidia-settings generates broken xorg.conf files https://bugs.laun

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
Right, the code was added for xserver 1.7.0, so Lucid should work since it ships a newer point release of the same server branch. You mentioned Karmic, which ships xserver 1.6.4: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic-updates/x11/xserver-common I would not expect that to work correctly with Vino+Compi

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
The code I added relies on a feature I added to xserver 1.7 to work correctly. It should still be broken in Karmic, since it ships xserver 1.6. -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 You receive

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
> while the screen updates under this setting, it was noticeably slower than having visual effects set to none (no compiz) This is expected. When no composite manager is running, the X server sends damage events only for the parts of the screen that changed. Because Compiz uses a much more comple

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-27 Thread Aaron Plattner
No, the legacy branches do not have the code to take advantage of the code I added to the X server, and are unlikely to get it because those branches are limited to support for new kernels and X servers, and critical bug fixes only. This is basically a new feature. The latest drivers do have code

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-27 Thread Aaron Plattner
Doug, the code to enable damage events for this sort of use case is only available in relatively recent driver releases. The code in the X server that allows it to work was only added in the xserver 1.7 timeframe. -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx

[Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-26 Thread Aaron Plattner
I looked into this today and found that the NVIDIA driver does not correctly generate damage events for a given window when the OpenGL rendering is actually happening to a child window. In this case, x11vnc is listening for damage events on the root, but Compiz is rendering to the Composite Overla

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
TiGR, please reinstall the 96.43.17 driver, try to start X again, run nvidia-bug-report.sh, and attach the resulting nvidia-bug-report.log.gz file here. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
This is fixed in a release candidate. Reassigning to Alberto to update the Ubuntu packages. ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.17/ ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/96.43.17/ ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Aaron Plattner

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Darrin, what fix are you referring to? The fix for this bug has not yet been released. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 532436] Re: nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
I should also mention that there's no indication in the log file that the NVIDIA driver is related. I don't think any of the usual suspects, like crashes (SEGV or BUS), unresolved symbols (ABRT), or divides by zero (FPE), can be blamed here. I would guess that some external program is sending SIG

[Bug 532436] Re: nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please subscribe Daniel Dadap to NVIDIA bugs instead of me. He's our support engineer now. -- nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 516520] Re: pam_unix(gdm:auth): conversation failed

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
NoOp unsubscribed, so the point is mostly moot, but the original report is not the same symptom, it describes a black screen and an X server restart *after* logging in. Bug #553200 is a hang or crash as soon as the password prompt is displayed. In addition, Saša's report confirming the original s

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
It should affect any card using the 96.43.* drivers. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 516520] Re: pam_unix(gdm:auth): conversation failed

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 553200 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 NoOp, I already mentioned in the other bug that I don't think electhor's original problem is related. Electhor was using a GeForce 8600 GT, which is not supported by the 96.43.* legacy driver, so can't have b

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
disco_stew: I don't know when an updated driver will be released. Once a driver is released, I'll reassign this bug to Alberto to handle the Ubuntu nvidia-96 package update. Presumably this bug would be an SRU candidate, if it turns out that's necessary. You ought to be able to work around this

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
NoOp, it looks like that bug got hijacked. This problem sounds unrelated to the problem originally reported in that bug. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
This should be fixed in the next legacy driver release. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I managed to track down the cause of this problem. I'll try to get it fixed soon. It is indeed a bug in the NVIDIA X driver. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Daniel Dadap (ddadap) => Aaron Plattner (aplattner) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Aaron Plattner (aplattner) => Daniel Dadap (ddadap) -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I can't reproduce this problem. I used the default Ubuntu GDM setup, and I also tried installing xubuntu-gdm-theme. I don't think the latter worked correctly, though because I get a boring purple background and a little terminal picture at the top of the login prompt. Hopefully the xubuntu theme

[Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I'll try to take a look at this soon. It's suspicious that it started occurring with a GDM update, but it'll take some digging to figure out what's going wrong. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Aaron Plattner (aplattner)

[Bug 534881] Re: PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it

2010-03-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
... or figure out how to make this bug apply to the Pidgin package. ** Also affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534881 You received this bug no

[Bug 534881] Re: PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it

2010-03-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks Daniel. I'll file a bug against Pidgin. -- PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 534881] [NEW] PulseAudio's Pidgin volume control slider keeps disappearing before I can adjust it

2010-03-08 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Compared to my music player application, Pidgin is ridiculously loud. Normally, I would adjust its volume in the per-application volume tab, but the slider for it appears only while the sound is actually playing. I have to have a friend constan

[Bug 431239] Re: initctl: output better errors than D-Bus (e.g. for permission denied)

2010-01-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Scott, how did you determine from that message that it was a permission error? -- initctl: output better errors than D-Bus (e.g. for permission denied) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks Mario. I just made an 0.3 release with these changes: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg- announce/2009-November/001200.html It now builds the documentation too, so you'll probably want a libvdpau- doc package at some point. -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvd

[Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
> The library will look for drivers in /usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_.so I'm sorry, that should have read /usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_.so.1 (i.e. versioned in case we ever change the libvdpau <-> driver interface) -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
Mario, does this layout look okay to you? I'd like to make an 0.3 release tonight. Yet-to-be-released NVIDIA drivers will install: /usr/lib/libvdpau.so -> libvdpau.so.1 /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1 -> libvdpau.so.190.NN /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.190.NN /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so -> vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.s

[Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-17 Thread Aaron Plattner
I just pushed a change that should address the concerns. Please let me know if this is sufficient or if additional changes are necessary. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/libvdpau/commit/?id=0537b13e292bc772e984872a3986e41fb51f9258 -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau

[Bug 446002] [NEW] The "Stupid Tricks Sampler" shouldn't be in top's man page

2009-10-07 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: procps The "STUPID TRICKS Sampler" section does not belong in a man page -- maybe as a post on a blog somewhere, but not in technical documentation for a core system utility. Notable gems include, "Bouncing Windows" and "The Big Bird Window". I doubt an

[Bug 431076] [NEW] The "Original size" option fails to take the size of the side panel into account

2009-09-16 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: vinagre Start Vinagre, then connect to a VNC session. Open the side panel by clicking View -> Side Panel, and then click View -> Original Size. The window is scaled to a size that would closely fit the image *if the side panel were not enabled*. The pr

[Bug 15495] Re: "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive" is

2009-07-28 Thread Aaron Plattner
If we're looking for synonyms, how about "bundle"? From dict.org: bundle n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package}, {packet}, {parcel}] 2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing [syn: {sheaf}] [...]

[Bug 200868] Re: nvidia-settings doesn't have permissions to write xorg.conf

2009-06-24 Thread Aaron Plattner
lewmur, .nvidia-settings-rc is not an executable, it's a configuration file that nvidia-settings uses to save user preferences for the server configuration. Wearing my "Ubuntu user" hat, I would personally prefer not having it save things like my brightness and contrast settings in root's home dir

[Bug 316802] Re: Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2009-06-17 Thread Aaron Plattner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 290666 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290666 Emilio, what is your rationale for marking this bug a duplicate of bug 290666? In that bug, liferea is slow to start due to an excessive number of fsyncs. In this bug, the system is completely idle and lifer

[Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-06-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
It's a kernel parameter. The README entry I was referring to is this one: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/185.18.14/README/chapter-09.html#kva_exhaustion It appears that the message changed, but I believe this is the same problem. The "RmInitAdaptor failed" messages are a direct resu

[Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-06-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
Here's the problem: [ 30.912314] vmap allocation failed: use vmalloc= to increase size. Please see the section in the README about this error. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly https://b

[Bug 374141] Re: resizing window leaves garbage on screen

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
How large is your cursor? This looks like typical corruption that is caused by a fundamental incompatibility between GLX and the X server's software cursor code. If it's larger than 64x64, please try using a smaller cursor. It doesn't look that big from the screenshot, but it could have a lot of

[Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Whenever you see the message, "Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device," you need to check your kernel log to see why the kernel module couldn't be initialized. Your best bet is to reproduce the problem, run nvidia-bug-report.sh, and then attach the resulting log. ** Changed in: nvidia-gr

[Bug 353098] Re: Cursor behaves oddly during logon (using Xinerama)

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
This is not a bug in the graphics driver -- the X server tells the driver which screens' cursors to display, what they should look like, and where to place them. If the cursor is appearing in the wrong place or on the wrong screen, then the bug is almost certainly in the X server itself. -- Curs

[Bug 231697] Re: Composite extension not working with dual screens using Xinerama

2009-05-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
This is an X server limitation, not a driver limitation. ** Also affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid

[Bug 368081] Re: X crashes during browsing internet

2009-04-29 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please try 180.51: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1985816 One of the release highlights was a fix for an X server crash visiting certain web pages. -- X crashes during browsing internet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368081 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 325115] Re: nvidia-settings no longer changes screen mode

2009-04-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
Fixed in xserver 1.6. ** Changed in: xorg-server Status: New => Fix Released -- nvidia-settings no longer changes screen mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325115 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 317703] Re: Add hook scripts to be run by nvidia-installer

2009-04-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 12:51:53PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > c. If your bug still remains, please simply reply to this email > indicating so. This is an enhancement request for Ubuntu to use these hooks to allow .run packages and dpkgs to interact correctly. -- Add hook scripts to

[Bug 335879] Re: nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4

2009-03-06 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please give 180.37 a try. -- nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mail

[Bug 337654] Re: Error applying Dynamic TwinView in Jaunty

2009-03-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 325115 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325115 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 325115 nvidia-settings no longer changes screen mode -- Error applying Dynamic TwinView in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337654 You received this bu

[Bug 325115] Re: nvidia-settings no longer changes screen mode

2009-02-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Fixed upstream: commit 660c2a7d4c6cb52fd0992e9d2008a24805dc8c02 Author: Aaron Plattner Date: Thu Feb 12 18:27:48 2009 -0800 Query the DDX in ProcRRGetScreenInfo. This is the RandR 1.1 version of GetScreenResources and needs to re-query the DDX to see if the mode pool changed

Re: [Bug 326344] Re: compiz/kwin freezes on login as of xorg-server 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu2

2009-02-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 06:19:48AM -0800, Albert Damen wrote: > Bisecting patches 157 - 160 blames patch 158_raise_maxclients.patch. > > Without this patch compiz works fine again on jaunty / nvidia-glx-180. MAXCLIENTS is defined in resource.h, which is part of the server's ABI. You can't just cha

[Bug 326344] Re: compiz/kwin freezes on login as of xorg-server 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu2

2009-02-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
Oh yeah, and I forgot to correct the text: MAXCLIENTS is actually defined in misc.h, not resource.h, but it's still part of the ABI. -- compiz/kwin freezes on login as of xorg-server 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326344 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 326344] Re: compiz/kwin freezes on login as of xorg-server 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu2

2009-02-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
My email update from over an hour ago hasn't shown up yet, so reposting through the web interface: On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 06:19:48AM -0800, Albert Damen wrote: > Bisecting patches 157 - 160 blames patch 158_raise_maxclients.patch. > > Without this patch compiz works fine again on jaunty / nvidia-

[Bug 325115] Re: nvidia-settings no longer changes screen mode

2009-02-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks for reporting this. I tracked this down to a regression in the X server caused by commit 56f6fb [randr: Avoid re-querying the configuration on everything but GetScreenResources]. The problem is that the DIX and DDX get out of sync with respect to the mode pool, so the DDX knows about the ne

[Bug 316802] Re: Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2009-01-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
** Attachment added: "strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21588630/strace.log -- Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316802 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 316802] Re: Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2009-01-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
This happened again, so I managed to grab a backtrace and strace. The strace, including all 23 of those fdatasync calls, only spans a couple of seconds. ** Attachment added: "Backtrace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21588621/backtrace.txt -- Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant

[Bug 308410] Re: Latest Xorg removes nvidia driver ... conflicting xserver-xorg-video-4

2009-01-21 Thread Aaron Plattner
I got word from the X.org folks that ABI 5 is frozen, so the next round of driver releases will no longer require -ignoreABI. I *believe* there were no breakages between the version 180.22 was complied against and the frozen version, but I haven't verified that. I still don't recommend disabling

[Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia on intrepid

2009-01-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please everybody, click the "This bug doesn't affect me (change)" link at the top of the bug instead of posting a "me too" comment. The problem here is understood and additional confirmation comments only add clutter to the bug. -- Screen refresh problems with nvidia on intrepid https://bugs.lau

[Bug 317703] Re: Add hook scripts to be run by nvidia-installer

2009-01-16 Thread Aaron Plattner
Attached is a patch against the 180.22 tag from git://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/nvidia-installer/ (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/nvidia-installer/) You can test it by extracting the .run file with the -x option, changing to the unpacked directory, replacing the nvidia-installer wi

[Bug 317703] Re: Add hook scripts to be run by nvidia-installer

2009-01-16 Thread Aaron Plattner
Dear Bryce Harrington's automated script: This is a wishlist bug, but I can't change the importance because I'm not a project maintainer or a bug supervisor. Changing status back to New. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Add hook scripts to

[Bug 317703] [NEW] Add hook scripts to be run by nvidia-installer

2009-01-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: Sorry this didn't make it into 180.22, Alberto. I finally got around to implementing the hook script code we talked about, and the next round of releases will include it. Here's the relevant new section in the manpage: DISTRIBUTION HOOK SCRIPTS Because the NVIDIA ins

[Bug 316802] Re: Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2009-01-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
** Description changed: Binary package hint: liferea On a number of different occasions, I've woken up or arrived home to find my hard drive clicking very rapidly. Moving the mouse to deactivate the screensaver makes it stop. Today, I logged in remotely and iotop revealed the culpri

[Bug 316802] [NEW] Liferea tries to kill my hard drive with constant seeking after long idle periods / screen saver use

2009-01-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: liferea On a number of different occasions, I've woken up or arrived home to find my hard drive clicking very rapidly. Moving the mouse to deactivate the screensaver makes it stop. Today, I logged in remotely and iotop revealed the culprit to be liferea

[Bug 34659] Re: Color Balance settings have no effect on the output

2008-12-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
The Xv texture adaptor doesn't have color controls on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs. For GPUs that also have an overlay adaptor, that has color controls but is disabled when the Composite extension is enabled, which is by default. If there's a bug here, it's that Totem presents the color control UI

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