[Bug 662840]

2022-04-21 Thread Ben-bucksch
I often even mix multiple languages in the same text, for various reasons. In a multi-language context, this is quite common. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662840 Title: Spell checki

[Bug 662840]

2022-04-21 Thread Ben-bucksch
When I wrote "can type", I meant of course with the spellchecker working in the language, assuming I have the right dictionary installed, without the spellchecker trying to tell me that **all** my _words_ are _wrong_ and _everything_ has a _red_ _underline_, which is _quite_ _annoying_. (Underline

[Bug 662840]

2022-04-21 Thread Ben-bucksch
> element or document language ... is ... en-US ..., we'll only enable the en-US dictionary So, if Gmail or Yahoo or RoundCube document was set to "en-US", that means I can only type English emails? Doesn't that counter the purpose of this bug? -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 1955870] [NEW] random_device: rdrand failed when using libsass 3.6.3 on some AMD Ryzen CPUs

2021-12-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: https://github.com/sass/libsass/issues/3151 When using an application that uses libsass, the application crashes (segfaults) with `random_device: rdrand failed`. ## Reproduction 1. Start an application that uses libsass, e.g. simply run `hugo` or `npm install node-sass`

[Bug 849416]

2021-12-23 Thread Ben-bucksch
Makes sense. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/849416 Title: text/calendar attachments are not shown at all To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/seam

[Bug 849416]

2021-12-23 Thread Ben-bucksch
REOPENing. In all fairness, while it might work for developers who know what's happening, it doesn't work for end users as-is. Even strictly speaking, the original problem "calendar (VCal) [content] is not visible" is not fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1853007]

2020-12-30 Thread Ben-bucksch
I also see a large number of ns* temporary files that Thunderbird leaves behind in `/tmp/`. This is quite annoying. I've currently got almost 1000 ns* files there: ``` /tmp/nsemail-328.eml /tmp/nsemail-622.eml /tmp/nsmail-2.pdf /tmp/nsemail-329.eml /tmp/nsemail-623.eml /tmp/nsmail-2.png /tmp/n

[Bug 849416]

2020-09-22 Thread Ben-bucksch
> the ancient early-1990s legacy ... Exchange I bet even today's Microsoft engineers fear that code. > violation of the MIME standard in the calendar function of Microsoft Exchange that sends these messages Right. "Microsoft doesn't respect Internet standards" isn't new. Thunderbird always had

[Bug 684982]

2020-03-30 Thread Ben-bucksch
VERIFIED FIXED on Ubuntu 20.04 beta with Gnome 3 classic and an old X11 Window Manager. THANK YOU SO MUCH ヽ(•‿•)ノ I've seen it in the trunk builds I made, and I was so happy. Just last week I thought "Ression restore considering virtual desktops would be my biggest wish for Firefox ri

[Bug 490935]

2020-01-28 Thread Com-ben-bucksch-bugmail
(In reply to Johannes Reiff from comment #95) > hasn't there just been any volunteer to implement the feature? Yes > I have another use-case for this feature: Many scanners nowadays can send > emails with the scan attached. By default, though, these mails have a very > generic subject. Being ab

[Bug 1845010] Re: GnuCash broken, update to 3.7 required due to banking regulation

2019-09-23 Thread Ben Bucksch
https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/kmymoney-aqbanking-gnucash-und- psd2/#post-9096350 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845010 Title: GnuCash broken, update to 3.7 required due to banki

[Bug 1845010] Re: GnuCash broken, update to 3.7 required due to banking regulation

2019-09-23 Thread Ben Bucksch
** Tags added: high-impact ** Also affects: libaqbanking (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: The PSD2 banking regulation requires a 2-factor authentication to access my bank account. This took effect on Sept 14 (2019-09-14). Since then, users using

[Bug 1845010] [NEW] GnuCash broken, update to 3.7 required due to banking regulation

2019-09-23 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: The PSD2 banking regulation requires a 2-factor authentication to access my bank account. This took effect on Sept 14 (2019-09-14). Since then, users using HCBI with the affected mechanisms cannot use HBCI anymore. *** I am locked out of by bank account *** GnuCash 3.7 and t

[Bug 583797]

2019-01-02 Thread Ben-bucksch
Yay, thanks so much! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583797 Title: "Warn on closing with multiple tabs open" not honored To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1509562] Re: no icons for menu, folders, directories, files

2016-08-26 Thread Ben Bucksch
I saw this bug in Kate and in Gwenview (and probably other KDE apps). Most buttons had no icons at all for me. I had used Menta from MATE as icon theme. The last comment fixed it. Particularly, selecting "Oxygen" as theme in "KDE system settings" (step 3 above) helped. Ubuntu: Please fix this. G

Re: [Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-05-21 Thread Ben Bucksch
Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote on 06.05.2015 20:01: > ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu Precise) > Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released Fix tested and confirmed in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. Before, I reproducibly ran into this bug when saving a data: URL from a Firefox-based webapp to a local file u

Re: [Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-04-21 Thread Ben Bucksch
Monsta wrote on 21.04.2015 12:47: > ** Attachment added: "debdiff with the fix for Precise" > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/517021/+attachment/4380477/+files/gvfs-precise-debdiff Thank you! :-) What's the process of getting this into the release distro? -- You recei

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-04-20 Thread Ben Bucksch
> The Bug 637095 is no longer available, where should we find a patch? Not the one here, but on gnome. >From comment #49: > apply mentioned patch from upstream Bug 637095 to fix problems with metadata: > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637095 --- This must be backported to Precise

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-24 Thread Ben-bucksch
> So, top of the dropdown then? No, the bottom is fine. We don't want this to be prominent. Furthermore, the end makes sense, because this should only be used when none of the other From addresses are OK. It's kind of a "more" option. *All* the options in the dropdown change the textfield value.

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-22 Thread Ben-bucksch
Last but not least, we should probably add a one-time warning dialog, like proposed in comment 142. Aside from this (and reviews of course), this works very well, it's good UI, and I think it's ready to land. The UI interaction is fairly natural and very intuitive. -- You received this bug notif

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-22 Thread Ben-bucksch
Created attachment 8581305 Screenshot of normal dropdown (Linux) This shows the dropdown when it's not yet editable. I can select identities like before. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-22 Thread Ben-bucksch
When I select an identity, click "Customize From Address", and edit it, I then can still select other identities, and they will apply. That's good. But when I select the same identity that I originally selected, I do not return to the original From address, but my edited one stays. That's odd. I'

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-22 Thread Ben-bucksch
Created attachment 8581307 Screenshot of editable field (Linux) After clicking on the last entry of the dropdown, labeled "Customize >From Address", the field is editable (it's now a combobox). When changing the value, it continues to use the identity that was selected before, but uses the entere

Re: [Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-03-08 Thread Ben Bucksch
Philip, when I said "Please make noise", I didn't meant that you should make 100 comments in the bug. I meant to raise awareness of the bug at the Ubuntu maintainers who decide which hotfixes to include in a LTS release. I don't know how that works. Ben Philip J Reilly wrote, On 08.03.2015 18:59

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-03-07 Thread Ben Bucksch
Philip, the reproduction using Firefox has been investigated and confirmed to be a gvfs bug (not Firefox bug), and has already been FIXED (!) in the GNOME bug that I've been linking above. This is just Ubuntu being inactive in shipping the fix. -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-03-07 Thread Ben Bucksch
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gvfs - My disk space was really full at one moment, no byte left free. People say, that does corrupt the files in the ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata folder, so the gvfsd-metadata can't read it without being screwed up. - Workaround: run "rm -rf ~/.

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2015-03-07 Thread Ben Bucksch
See the "remote bug watches" on the right here. It links to gnome-bugs #637095 , which is FIXED. Given that this bug can trash SSDs on hardware level, by making so many writes that the lifespan is considerably reduced, by doing billions of write

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-05 Thread Ben-bucksch
Comment on attachment 8572084 Possible patch Review of attachment 8572084: - Options menu is the wrong place for this. If a checkbox, it should be in Account Settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-05 Thread Ben-bucksch
> Given the questioning about the nature of this, why is this being promoted as > a > core feature instead of as an addon? It seems to me this is exactly why we > have addons. Please. You have to stop questioning features *after* they are implemented. This bug is almost 14 years (!) old, and Moz

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-05 Thread Ben-bucksch
(In reply to Ben Bucksch from comment #129) > > * If you really want to pref this feature away, I think the best way would > > be a checkbox in "Account Settings..." | "Manage Identities...". > So, the presence of the "customize" option would depend

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-05 Thread Ben-bucksch
FWIW, this is why I financed this patch and paid Neil to implement it, in core TB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357864 Title: Editing the "From" field for the current email only (as

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-01 Thread Ben-bucksch
(In reply to Josiah Bruner [:JosiahOne] (needinfo > CC) from comment #125) > UI-Review: > - "Customize From Address" is confusing. “Enter a custom address” perhaps? Agreed. > - What if users try to use it as a separate address and they don’t actually > have the account added to TB. Any replies to

[Bug 357864]

2015-03-01 Thread Ben-bucksch
> that's when we're all whacking our heads on our desks This could be solved with a one-time (i.e.: "[ ] Show this again") message dialog explaining the feature with a simple 4-line text. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 357864]

2014-12-09 Thread Ben-bucksch
Josiah, sorry, I mis-attributed. I agree with your comment 102. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357864 Title: Editing the "From" field for the current email only (as text, not dropdo

[Bug 357864]

2014-12-09 Thread Ben-bucksch
josiah: Ping -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357864 Title: Editing the "From" field for the current email only (as text, not dropdown) To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 357864]

2014-12-09 Thread Ben-bucksch
As for UX, I agree with Neil: Most common action would be to select from the dropdown, so that should be the big click target (most of the widget), and the free edit should be an smaller "Edit" button. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 105088]

2014-08-26 Thread Ben-bucksch
xref bug 1058177 - gvfs within firefox process using 100% disk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105088 Title: Thunderbird does not honor gnome-vfs paths To manage notifications about

[Bug 539226]

2014-08-26 Thread Ben-bucksch
xref bug 1058177 - gvfs within firefox process using 100% disk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539226 Title: firefox(-gnome-support) should be compiled with Gio support instead Gnom

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2014-08-25 Thread Ben Bucksch
** Tags added: private ** Tags added: freeze hang ** Tags removed: private ** Tags added: privacy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517021 Title: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

[Bug 517021] Re: gvfsd-metadata causes 100% CPU usage

2014-08-25 Thread Ben Bucksch
Because some people here apparently treat silence as "I guess this is fixed", I'll spam here and say this keeps happening for me regularly as well. I've tried various things, killing the process, killing the directory IIRC, but it keeps coming back with 100%, maybe once a week or so, but it's irreg

[Bug 490935]

2013-12-11 Thread Ben-bucksch
Previous headers should be recorded as "X-Original-", e.g.: X-Original-Subject: Re: How are you? Subject: Appointment to discuss Bla project If X-Original-Foo already exists, it is *not* overwritten. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 490935]

2013-12-10 Thread Ben-bucksch
Why this is important: 1. You personally may not, but many users have fax->email services. For them, this feature is absolutely necessary. For a long time, I didn't realize that there was an extension that allows it and works well, the lack of which causing me a lot of pain. 2. If people set bad

[Bug 1051559]

2013-06-25 Thread Ben-bucksch
Agreed, MPEG TS is definitely needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051559 Title: Build Firefox with GStreamer support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.la

[Bug 1051559]

2013-06-24 Thread Ben-bucksch
Correction: Testcase MPEG2 video, mimetype video/mpeg: http://www.bucksch.org/xfer/montee.mpg Testcase MPEG4 video, mimetype video/mp4: http://www.bucksch.org/xfer/walter-roehrl-short.mp4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1051559]

2013-06-24 Thread Ben-bucksch
VERIFIED FIXED Clicking on a link which URL goes directly to an MPEG4 file (mimetype video/mp4) plays the video. Clicking on an MPEG2 file (mimetype video/mpeg) does not work, it shows the download "Save as..." dialog. This is unfortunate, but unfortunately intended (comment 5). -- You received

[Bug 1051559]

2013-06-24 Thread Ben-bucksch
Testcase (MP4 video): http://www.bucksch.org/xfer/montee.mpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051559 Title: Build Firefox with GStreamer support To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1051559]

2013-06-23 Thread Ben-bucksch
Thanks, guys! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051559 Title: Build Firefox with GStreamer support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug

[Bug 1057851] Re: package cyrus-common-2.4 2.4.12-2 failed with error code 2 during do-release-upgrade

2012-09-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1057851 Title: package cyrus-common-2.4 2.4.12-2 failed with error code 2 during do- release-upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: htt

[Bug 1057851] [NEW] package cyrus-common-2.4 2.4.12-2 failed with error code 2 during do-release-upgrade

2012-09-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: dovecot-pop3d is also installed ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cyrus-common-2.4 2.4.12-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-23.75-server Uname: Linux 2.6.31-23-server x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 28 02:44:

[Bug 748874]

2012-01-06 Thread Ben-bucksch
need more info. this feature does work in general (see bug 401014, where it actually matches too often). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748874 Title: plaintext domain gets HTML mail

[Bug 748874]

2012-01-06 Thread Ben-bucksch
no, not the same bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748874 Title: plaintext domain gets HTML mail To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbir

[Bug 22199]

2011-11-04 Thread Ben-bucksch
confirmed. WORKSFORME, too, on Ubuntu with Gnome 2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22199 Title: Firefox steals Alt-Tab whilst in URL completion drop-down To manage notificati

[Bug 748874]

2011-10-31 Thread Ben-bucksch
4918 recipient.mPreferFormat = nsIAbPreferMailFormat::plaintext; > > 4919 else > > 4920 if (CaseInsensitiveFindInReadable(domain, htmlDomains)) > > 4921 recipient.mPreferFormat = nsIAbPreferMailFormat::html; > > 4922 } &

[Bug 748874]

2011-10-31 Thread Ben-bucksch
(and before string comparison, add a dot before both domains, to avoid matching "@nopaypal.com" when "paypal.com" is configured.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748874 Title: plaintex

[Bug 748874]

2011-10-31 Thread Ben-bucksch
*** Bug 698262 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748874 Title: plaintext domain gets HTML mail To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 465654] Re: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2011-08-04 Thread Ben Bucksch
Confirming. Thanks for finally fixing this. As the bug reporter, I confirm that it's fixed. I now have a plain link (a href="") where I can do "Copy Link Location", and paste the URL in a terminal for wget/curl, and thus download on a different machine or with a different download program. era, w

[Bug 66332]

2011-06-02 Thread Ben-bucksch
wsmwk, bug 401014 has nothing to do with this bug here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66332 Title: HTML Preference does not apply itself to newsgroups -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 136252] Re: [->UUIDudev] mdadm.conf w/o ARRAY lines but udev/mdadm not assembling arrays. (boot & hotplug fails)

2011-05-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
Again I ran into this. System was an Ubuntu 8.10 with an 8-disk md array plus separate system disk. Given that 8.10 is not supported anymore, I needed to upgrade to 10.04. All I did was change sources.list to lucid and apt-get dist-upgrade, reboot, and I am left without my array. * mdadm.conf is

[Bug 465654] Re: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2011-05-11 Thread Ben Bucksch
Not fixed. I see no change on the download page . Bug as described in initial description still exists. ** Changed in: ubuntu-website-content Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 310999]

2011-03-23 Thread Ben-bucksch
I stand by my comment 72. A CA must not be allowed to outsource central functions of the CA, including key signing, verification and server administration. All entities who can, technically or organizationally, perform these functions, must be included in the audits, being checked physically. We MU

[Bug 310999]

2011-03-23 Thread Ben-bucksch
The relevant Mozilla bug to that incident is bug 642395. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310999 Title: comodo seen issuing certificates unwisely -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 465654] Re: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2011-01-18 Thread Ben Bucksch
I don't know why this was changed from Confirmed to Invalid, but the bug still exists and is annoying. The page does not give a download link, it starts immediately, and even then doesn't give a download link. When installing a new VM on a server, I had to jump to hoops to get the URL to be able t

[Bug 465654] Re: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2011-01-18 Thread Ben Bucksch
** Changed in: ubuntu-website-content Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465654 Title: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 490935]

2010-11-24 Thread Ben-bucksch
*** Bug 532153 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- it is not possible to modify email subject https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490935 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 412647] Re: Firefox is not able to play mp4 tags

2010-01-22 Thread Ben Bucksch
Also see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541286 (I can't find how to add a remote bug watch) ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #541286 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=541286 -- Firefox is not able to play mp4 tags https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412647 You receiv

[Bug 465654] Re: Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Bucksch
Workaround, in Firefox: Allow it to download (including selecting a download location in your filesystem), open Download-Manager, Right- Click on entry, "Copy Download Link". -- Website: Download-Page gives no download URL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465654 You received this bug notification

[Bug 465654] [NEW] Website: Download-Page gives no download URL

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: Reproduction: 1. Go to 2. Select a version and location. 3. Try to find the download URL, to download the ISO on another machine (the server) Actual result: No download URL anywhere to be found Only a big green button "Begin

[Bug 25619] Re: eog doesn't ask whether to save changes

2009-09-12 Thread Ben Bucksch
Please only save automatically, if it's lossless (only metadata changed). If the JPEG itself is altered when rotating (which would be lossy), saving automatically would be a several bug IMHO (this is an image *viewer*, and I don't expect it to alter my files, much less in a damaging way, just beca

[Bug 376984] [NEW] md sw raid5 not detected on boot [jaunty regression]

2009-05-15 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm Reproduction: 1. # mdadm --create /dev/md0 -l 5 -n8 /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf /dev/sdg /dev/sdh 2. # cat /proc/mdstat 3. # reboot 4. # cat /proc/mdstat Actual result: In step 2: All is fine, md0 is shown as active (and

[Bug 225348] Re: USB install guide should point to hd-media, not just netboot

2009-04-21 Thread Ben Bucksch
If it's fairly common problems (I would count your MBR problem as that), I think they should get a FAQ section at the end. > Is this intended for a new audience or people with experience? I think the audience should be all Ubuntu users. Using USB sticks instead of CD-ROMs will be very common for

[Bug 225348] Re: USB install guide should point to hd-media, not just netboot

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Bucksch
js84, thanks for the response. Can you make sure this is fixed in the 9.04 documentation at the time of 9.04 release, given that many people will try to install it at that time? The risk here is that people are led on wrong trails and have serious problems installing from USB stick - which proba

[Bug 248268] Re: Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-installed for easy removal

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Bucksch
Workaround: For packages where I want to keep the deps, do "apt-get build-dep Foo", abort, copy&paste the packages listed as NEW install into a "apt-get install" commandline. -- Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-installed for easy removal https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 248268] Re: Packages installed with apt-get build-dep should be set to auto-installed for easy removal

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Bucksch
I was just about to file the behaviour that was added here as bug. I think Jeremy-list's suggestion on 2008-12-05 is very good and would suit both the needs of the original bug filer as well as ours, without the need for a pref. Here's the use-case: I am a developer. I want to install all packag

[Bug 158178] Re: Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
Please note that the start comment does not give an "[OK]". (This is not a paste error.) cron start does give an [OK]. Maybe that's why invoke- rc.d fails? -- Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158178 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 158178] Re: Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
Workaround: 1. Delete last line from /var/lib/dpkg/info/at.postinst 2. apt-get -f install -- Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158178 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 220977] Re: Example for "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting" is dangerous

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
** Summary changed: - Wording for "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting" + Example for "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting" is dangerous ** Summary changed: - Example for "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting" is dangerous + Example command for "Preparing Files for USB

[Bug 158178] Re: Cannot install at_3.1.10ubuntu4_amd64.deb

2009-01-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
I had the same problem when upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 (via changing sources.list and apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade). The problem is diagnosed nicely on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=366806 . Basically: "/etc/init.d/atd start" works, but "invoke-rc.d atd" start does not (as

[Bug 275654] Re: "Unparseable date"

2008-09-28 Thread Ben Bucksch
Works with sun-java6-jre: It works when I remove openjdk-6-jre-headless and use the Sun Java 6 in Ubuntu. So, this is clearly an openJDK problem. -- "Unparseable date" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275654 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 275654] [NEW] "Unparseable date"

2008-09-28 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: import java.util.*; DateFormat dp = new SimpleDateFormat("MMddHHmmss z"); Date start = dp.parse("20081001175000 CET"); returns "Unparseable date" on OpenJDK 6 on Ubuntu 8.04.1 server, but works with Sub Java 6 on Gentoo. I suspect it doesn't understand the timezone "CET"

[Bug 225402] [NEW] Increase FAT size for hd-media/boot.img.gz

2008-05-01 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/boot-usb-files.html Actual result: The installer image for USB sticks, which can use a local ISO to install from - hd-media/boot.img.gz - has a fairly small FAT size of 256MB. This means if I put the image directly on an

[Bug 225348] [NEW] USB install guide should point to hd-media, not just netboot

2008-05-01 Thread Ben Bucksch
Public bug reported: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/boot-usb-files.html Actual result: The guide is not clear that I should use a different boot.img.gz for network-based install and ISO-based install, esp. when quickly skimming over it. "Copying the files — the easy way Th