[Bug 741979] Re: cron ignores group-writable crontab, with obscure message

2011-05-03 Thread DaveF
This seems to be intentional behaviour by cron. It checks if /etc/crontab is either group- or other- writeable, and if so, skips the file. The comment in the source is: /* Check to make sure that the crontab is writable only by root */ from database.c, line 429: /* Check

[Bug 367671] Re: PulseAudio gets killed mysteriously

2010-05-08 Thread DaveF
I'm still encountering this issue, exactly as described by Josh, after my upgrade to Ubuntu 10.4. I'm running kernel linux-image-2.6.31-10-rt. -- PulseAudio gets killed mysteriously https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 187963] Re: pulseaudio[...]: sap.c: sendmsg() failed: Invalid argument

2009-12-19 Thread DaveF
I'm also running Ubuntu 9.10 and have a similar log, flooded with pulseaudio errors. It looks like a fix was released for pulseaudio 0.9.14, but I'm now running version 0.9.19, so it doesn't look like it worked :( I'll try the workaround from V for Vortex, but would like to see this re-investigate

[Bug 375952] Re: alarm-clock preferences page doesn't scale with font dpi

2009-07-17 Thread DaveF
1-line change to glade xml file fixes this. Patch attached. ** Attachment added: "375952-prefsdialog-scaling-bug.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29178823/375952-prefsdialog-scaling-bug.patch -- alarm-clock preferences page doesn't scale with font dpi https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3759

[Bug 61237] Re: Drag 'n Drop in list view doesn't work

2009-06-16 Thread DaveF
i completely agree with Mat. This issue has been one of my biggest pet peeves and I don't see why this problem is any more difficult than the current "high priority" paper cuts. Many of the confirmed paper cuts are hardly trivial fixes either. Thanks for your time. -- Drag 'n Drop in list view do

[Bug 107950] Re: x-session manager eats 100% CPU, nautilus won't start, applications won't start

2009-03-11 Thread DaveF
i stopped using amarok 2 for about a week, and the problem went away (used banshee as a replacement). then i started up amarok 2 again just to see what would happen...about a day later the symptoms for this bug started again. I'm going to drop amarok 2 until an update is made :( -- x-session man

[Bug 107950] Re: x-session manager eats 100% CPU, nautilus won't start, applications won't start

2009-02-27 Thread DaveF
I also have this problem. x-session-manager eating ~75% of my CPU, and no new programs launching :( i have amarok 2 installed on ubuntu 8.10. -- x-session manager eats 100% CPU, nautilus won't start, applications won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107950 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 250265] Re: Simplifying transfer to Musicbrainz for a new release

2008-12-10 Thread DaveF
I think you should re-open this bug. The original submitter was very clear in the description of the issue: 1) You insert a CD that is not in MB and get a message stating that fact and calling the user to action with the prompt to enter the data into MB. 2) The User types in all the artist, title

[Bug 209215] Re: Not obvious how to enable MP3 output format option

2008-08-13 Thread DaveF
@Sebastien Bacher: done. -- Not obvious how to enable MP3 output format option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209215 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://list

[Bug 209215] Re: Not obvious how to enable MP3 output format option

2008-08-13 Thread DaveF
this bug has been forwarded to GNOME as suggested by Pedro Villavicencio. you can track it here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547625 -- Not obvious how to enable MP3 output format option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209215 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 254298] Re: ATI graphics card not detected with 2.6.24-19 kernel

2008-08-06 Thread DaveF
I already do have linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic installed (see attached screenshot) i also tried running xfix from recovery mode, but nothing changed ** Attachment added: "fglrx.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16603915/fglrx.png -- ATI graphics card not detected with 2.6.24-1

[Bug 254298] [NEW] ATI graphics card not detected with 2.6.24-19 kernel

2008-08-02 Thread DaveF
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fglrx-kernel-source running ubuntu 8.04 with ATI Mobility Radeon X300. My card used to be automatically recognized by ubuntu and could use the fglrx driver by going to System > Administration > Hardware drivers. This worked up until the latest kernel rel

[Bug 221488] Re: unknown video plays in slow motion in full screen

2008-06-03 Thread DaveF
i forgot to add, that the same video(s) that have a problem in totem, play just fine using VLC -- unknown video plays in slow motion in full screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221488 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 221488] Re: unknown video plays in slow motion in full screen

2008-06-03 Thread DaveF
i have this problem as well. Linux laptop 2.6.24-17-generic #1 SMP Thu May 1 14:31:33 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux fglrx driver. Totem Movie Player 2.22.1 (gstreamer) ubuntu 8.04 this problem did not occur when i was using gutsy. example video file: http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/ 854

[Bug 229961] [NEW] sound juicer doesnt know its missing an encoder codec

2008-05-13 Thread DaveF
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sound-juicer I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.04. When I went to rip music CD of mine to my computer in MP3 format in Sound Juicer, I was not given the MP3 option in the drop down box in preferences > output format (where I expected it to be) Ther

[Bug 216544] Re: [hardy] notebook freezes with kismet

2008-04-13 Thread DaveF
marked package as 'kismet' ** Changed in: kismet (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: linux => kismet -- [hardy] notebook freezes with kismet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 216682] Re: can't use USB 2.0 external storeage device

2008-04-13 Thread DaveF
what is the output of these 2 commands after plugging the device in: lsusb #list USB devices found sudo fdisk -l#list storage devices found -- can't use USB 2.0 external storeage device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216682 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 176386] Re: irda-setup (irda-utils) does not detect irda chipset on Dell Latidude D820

2008-04-04 Thread DaveF
Here's some other output: $ sudo findchip -d -v Probing for FDC37C669 ... Wrong chip id=0xff Wrong chip id=0xff Probing for FDC37C669FR ... Wrong chip id=0xff Wrong chip id=0xff Probing for FDC37N869 ... Wrong chip id=0xff Wrong chip id=0xff Probing for FDC37C93xFR ... Wrong chip id=0xff Wrong chi

Re: [Bug 176386] Re: irda-setup (irda-utils) does not detect irda chipset on Dell Latidude D820

2008-04-02 Thread DaveF
The latest... I still get no joy with the lspnp command. When I try to boot with the acpi=off parameter, the system flashes a message saying something about an unknown interrupt and then freezes half-way into the boot process and I have to power down to recover. I tried various other combinations

Re: [Bug 176386] Re: irda-setup (irda-utils) does not detect irda chipset on Dell Latidude D820

2008-04-02 Thread DaveF
Well, after realising what you were asking (sorry), I was able to get to here: /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/kernel/drivers/net/irda$ for i in *.ko; do modprobe -v `echo $1 | sed "s/\(.*\)\.ko/\1/g"`; done Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-Q] [-b] [-o ] [parameters...]

Re: [Bug 176386] Re: irda-setup (irda-utils) does not detect irda chipset on Dell Latidude D820

2008-04-01 Thread DaveF
On Tue, 2008-01-04 at 23:06 +, Pik Master wrote: > DaveF, can you send your result for lspnp command? > > If you have problems with finding the correct device, try to load all > the modules for irda that you find in your > /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ird

[Bug 176386] Re: irda-setup (irda-utils) does not detect irda chipset on Dell Latidude D820

2008-03-28 Thread DaveF
I have the very same issue, in every respect, on a Dell Latitude D520 running feisty. The patch gives no joy: after patching, an equivalent error message appears upon running /etc/init.d/irda-setup, namely "FATAL: Error inserting nsc_ircc2 (/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/irda/nsc