[Bug 290326] Re: NetworkManager hangs system after select mobile broadband

2008-11-11 Thread HDave
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 268667 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268667 I can 100% confirm what Mike Holland just wrote. Had this problem (totaly system freeze) after upgrading, problem now gone with clean install. Do not believe it is a dup. -- NetworkManager hangs system aft

[Bug 210219] Re: remove tsclient from hardy as it duplicates the functionnality of vinagre

2008-11-09 Thread HDave
Vinagre support for RDP was supposed to be in 2.24 of Gnome I think. According to the Gnome roadmap it should come in 2.26. http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap -- remove tsclient from hardy as it duplicates the functionnality of vinagre https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210219 You received this bug noti

[Bug 151168] Re: Memory leak in nvidia-glx-new's GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap

2008-11-09 Thread HDave
This bug is gone in Intrepid. I am running with version 177 of the nvidia driver and my compiz-real process rarely gets about 100MB. It used to take about 3 hours to get to 400MB. No more lock-ups...I am completely thrilled. I have a GE Force Go 7400. -- Memory leak in nvidia-glx-new's GL_EXT

[Bug 176589] Re: compiz randomly freezes X

2008-11-09 Thread HDave
I have been running Intrepid now for a couple weeks and can report the problem is gone. The huge memory leak I was seeing in compiz-real is also gone. Been running compiz solid with no lock-ups. I am thrilled beyond words -- compiz randomly freezes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176589

[Bug 99508] Re: Titlebar incorrectly drawn with geforce 5/6/7, compiz and human-theme

2008-10-31 Thread HDave
The workaround suggested by garnettxd works fairly well for me. Not perfect, but is 80% better...still a great improvement. I get a decent improvement if I set the transparency to 99% even. -- Titlebar incorrectly drawn with geforce 5/6/7, compiz and human-theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 290024] Re: Cruft Remover removed most of the installed packages

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
I think its a good idea to drop this unless this bug is fixed. I just tried it and it cleans nothing (that I could see) except packages installed from .deb files without the repository. It just deleted skype, picasa, crossover, phun, and google desktop from my machine -- losing all the settings

[Bug 108951] Re: Gnome drawer applet delays and unresponsiveness

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
Can confirm this bug in Intrepid -- very annoying 2-3 second delay before opening. We're coming up on its 18 month anniversary -- Gnome drawer applet delays and unresponsiveness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108951 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 290855] [NEW] Tracker indexing tooltip show wrong folder count

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tracker If I am doing my first indexing and tracker starts its thing, the tooltip in the system tray will read "Indexing 23 of 725 Folders". If I then mount a partition that is in the search path (say with an extra 500 directories), tracker will search t

[Bug 262571] Re: wishlist: Should provide a "foreground indexing" and a live status dialog

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
Would love to add my 2 cents to this. Been waiting for 4 hours for my first indexing to complete. Wish I could tell it to use the full power of both CPUs until its completed. -- wishlist: Should provide a "foreground indexing" and a live status dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262571 You

[Bug 262575] Re: 0.7 3G: PPP tab of Mobile Broadband connection editor forgets changes

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
I can confirm this as well. And it doesn't just "forget" the setting it does nothing with it. If echo is uncheck then the /etc/ppp/options file (to me) should be updated to set lcp-echo-failure and interval to zero (see bug #268667), but it does not. Seems to have no affect actually. -- 0.7 3

[Bug 268667] Re: CDMA (cellular modem) connection drops often with network-manager

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
I have this problem as well with a verizon EVDO modem. The problem is that, with my service, I do not get responses back from echo commands. Therefore commenting out either the lcp-echo-failure (or setting it to zero) and/or set the lcp-echo-interval to zero will stop the echo commands and therefo

[Bug 251617] Re: Firefox opens without window decoration with Compiz

2008-10-29 Thread HDave
Me too -- Same here, on Intrepid + Firefox 3.0.3 -- F11 twice DOES work for me. This didn't start happening after I upgraded. Took about 3-4 more days before it broke. -- Firefox opens without window decoration with Compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251617 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 289845] Re: WL and B44 Not Properly Configured

2008-10-27 Thread HDave
I'd consider my "workaround" to be a complete hack (it's not even mine - it was provided by a helpful forum user). I'd love to see a better and more permanent solution...so much work has gone into jockey, it'd be a shame to see it not work for an entire class of popular laptops. I'd be happy t

[Bug 99508] Re: Titlebar incorrectly drawn with geforce 5/6/7, compiz and human-theme

2008-10-27 Thread HDave
I can confirm this bug on the latest version of Intrepid with the version 177 driver. I have an nVidia GeForce Go 7400. My reason for posting is that I get this behavior with Human and the Human Clearlooks themes however. -- Titlebar incorrectly drawn with geforce 5/6/7, compiz and human-theme

[Bug 289845] [NEW] WL and B44 Not Properly Configured

2008-10-27 Thread HDave
Public bug reported: I originally reported this issue as part of bug #263097, but was asked to file a new bug. I am using the latest Intrepid on a Dell XPS M1210 laptop with a Broadcom BCM4328 wifi. In my case, B44 was being loaded (and thus ssd) prior to jockey attempting to utilize "wl". B44

[Bug 263097] Re: wl vs. b43 are not properly configured

2008-10-26 Thread HDave
I am using the latest Intrepid on a laptop with a Broadcom BCM4328 and this still isn't working for me. In my case, B44 was being loaded (and thus ssd) prior to jockey attempting to utilize "wl". Therefore my wireless networking adapter (wlan0) never show up. I had to work around this problem b

[Bug 176589] Re: compiz randomly freezes X

2008-10-20 Thread HDave
I should clarify that I still had the problem with Hardy, and still have it with Hardy proposed and backports on. Am hoping it goes away with Intrepid, but do not expect it will. -- compiz randomly freezes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176589 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 176589] Re: compiz randomly freezes X

2008-10-17 Thread HDave
I have been experiencing compiz related lock-ups since Gutsy. I have an nVidia GEForce Go 7600 on a Dell XPS M1210 laptop. I am unwilling to disable acpi and apm due to negative side effects. I have noticed that while running compiz, the process compiz.real can get to over 500MB in size within a

[Bug 173522] Re: Conky Staying On Top of All Windows

2008-09-11 Thread HDave
@ lessfield -- what was your delay...I had 10 seconds and it didn't make a difference? -- Conky Staying On Top of All Windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173522 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 182165] Re: Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work

2008-07-28 Thread HDave
I am on Hardy proposed...and no longer get this issue. I should also add that part of my problem was due to a bug in VMWare where using VMWare disabled Alt/Ctrl and other keys sometimes. Running the command "setxkbmap" fixed it. -- Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work https:

[Bug 40872] Re: Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly

2008-07-14 Thread HDave
Forgot URL:http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/3272/ -- Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 40872] Re: Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly

2008-07-14 Thread HDave
There is also a Brainstorm idea related to this...as of July, 2008 it has over 300 votes. Come on, lets get this fixed! -- Desktop icons are allowed to overlap horribly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a

[Bug 227174] Re: Gpaint crashes if "fill" button clicked

2008-06-27 Thread HDave
Not sure what happened, but problem is now gone. I enabled Hardy Proposed repo, but I am not sure if/when gpaint or a dependent library was updated. Either way, I can no longer reproduce. I am marking as invalid as I do not know root cause. ** Changed in: gpaint (Ubuntu) Status: New => I

[Bug 157396] Re: Copyng a file to a NTFS drive change the date and the time of the file

2008-06-22 Thread HDave
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 215499 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215499 Confirming that this bug is fixed in Hardy Proposed repo. My many thanks to those addressed this!! @Drew -- Did you enabled the "proposed" repository? In synaptic pick Settings|Repositories then go to the

[Bug 157396] Re: Copyng a file to a NTFS drive change the date and the time of the file

2008-06-13 Thread HDave
I think the idea that this is not a bug is totally wrong. This bug OP does not want Linux to work differently than the UNIX spec. He wants Linux to work according to the NTFS spec when writing to an NTFS file system. NTFS tracks a creation date and a modified date. We all understand that ext3 d

[Bug 151168] Re: Memory leak in nvidia-glx-new's GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap

2008-06-05 Thread HDave
173.14 has been released by nVidia http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=113919 No mentioned of having fixed a memory leak. Anyone know when it will show up in the repos anywhere? -- Memory leak in nvidia-glx-new's GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151168 Yo

[Bug 195982] Re: Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare

2008-05-16 Thread HDave
Have this problem on Hardy, but didn't on Gutsy. The Ctrl and Alt keys (possibly) others stop working outside the VM -- but do work inside the VM. The setxkbmap workaround fixes the problem. Does not happen without running VMWare. I use VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build-59824 and in case it matte

[Bug 195982] Re: Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare

2008-05-16 Thread HDave
I figured out how to reproduce this error. I run compiz and frequently switch workspaces by doing an Ctrl-Alt-LeftMouse action. This works if I click on the VMware title bar or the vmware menu bar. However, if I accidently click INSIDE the console on the titlebar of a maximized windows applicati

[Bug 176589] Re: compiz randomly freezes X

2008-05-15 Thread HDave
Can likewise confirm this on Hardy with a GeForce Go 7400. When my system freezes, I cannot move the mouse at all. However, Alt-PrtScrn RSEIUB does perform a reboot. -- compiz randomly freezes X https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176589 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 173522] Re: Conky Staying On Top of All Windows

2008-05-14 Thread HDave
I can re-confirm this behavior on Hardy. -- Conky Staying On Top of All Windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173522 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 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2008-05-09 Thread HDave
Apparently, fixing this issue is on the Gnome 2.24 roadmap. Check it out: http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2008-05-06 Thread HDave
My right justified panel applets are always in the wrong place whenever I reboot with a different screen resolution. Was happening with Gutsy, still happening with Hardy. Will try leaving a little space in between them, but I doubt it will help. -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparen

[Bug 156289] Re: system freeze on gutsy with compiz-fusion

2008-05-06 Thread HDave
I had this problem with Gutsy and still have it with Hardy. My graphics card in an nVida GeForce Go 7400. On the advice of the nVidia forums, I edited my modprobe options file to set the graphics card at maximum frequency (i.e. disable throttling). This has reduced locks up from every couple of

[Bug 227174] [NEW] Gpaint crashes if "fill" button clicked

2008-05-05 Thread HDave
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gpaint To reproduce: 1) Start gpaint (v 0.3.3) 2) Click on the "fill" button 3) Watch as a "segmentation fault" ends the program I am running Hardy, having recently upgraded from Gutsy. I could not find a crash log in /var/crash. It doesn't matter wh

[Bug 192623] Re: "Hardware Information" (hal-device-manager) crashes when started

2008-05-03 Thread HDave
I recently upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy and found that hal-device- manager was crashing for me too. Attached is the crash report. After reading the helpful post above, I installed gnome-device-manager (it was not installed as part of the upgrade) and it works fine. ** Attachment added: "_usr_bin

[Bug 160264] Re: [nvidia] compiz displays white screen when locked

2008-05-02 Thread HDave
Can confirm the fix works on Hardy with an nVidia GE Force Go 7400. The bug I was seeing was the white screen while using fast user switching. Thank you very much!!! -- [nvidia] compiz displays white screen when locked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160264 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 72979] Re: Please remove nvidia-settings from hardy

2008-04-29 Thread HDave
I just upgraded to Hardy Final and nvidia-settings is still to be found in Synaptic. -- Please remove nvidia-settings from hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72979 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 224028] [NEW] Open scripts folder confuses Nautilus if hidden fIles aren't shown

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus To reproduce this bug do the following. 1. Start Nautilus 2. Hide hidden files 3. Navigate to a directory with files in it. 4. RIght click on a file and select "scripts->open scripts folder" You will notice that the left hand tree pane still h

[Bug 50214] Re: can't connect to hidden network

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I can confirm this bug on Hardy with wireless device is a Broadcom BCM4328 (Vendor = 0x14E4, Product = 0x4328). I am using ndiswrapper still...is this correct? -- can't connect to hidden network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50214 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 26633] Re: Cannot move cross-filesystem symlinks to Trash

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I just tried this in Hardy final and it seems to be fixed with the new version of GVS. Can somebody else confirm? -- Cannot move cross-filesystem symlinks to Trash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26633 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct

[Bug 182165] Re: Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I also upgraded from Gutsy and lost my play/pause/stop/fdw/bkwd buttons. The volume/mute/find/email buttons all still work. -- Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 182165] Re: Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I also upgraded from Gutsy and lost my play/pause/stop/fdw/bkwd buttons. The volume/mute/find/email buttons all still work. -- Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 182165] Re: Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I should add that the keybinding in the system->preferences->keyboard shortcuts are correct. Num Lock is not on, and everything worked find with Gutsy. -- Hardy - gnome-keybinding-properties shortcuts don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182165 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 160264] Re: [nvidia] compiz displays white screen when locked

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
Can confirm this with Hardy final and an nVidia GEForce Go 7400. -- [nvidia] compiz displays white screen when locked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 220497] Re: network-manager doesn't handle ppp connections.

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
I also can confirm this in Hardy Final. It uses NM 0.6.6 and even after I use the applet to successfully connect via ppp0 (via evdo verizon wireless) it still reports I am offline. Does anyone know when NM 0.7 will be generally available (Gnome 2.24 in October?). Is there a development build we

[Bug 203874] Re: Compiz settings lost during upgrade

2008-04-28 Thread HDave
It is really frustrating to have lost all of compiz settings made in an advanced GUI, only to find out that they are preserved only by installed a lightweight GUI that I will never use. C'mon... -- Compiz settings lost during upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203874 You received this bug n

[Bug 112518] Re: Switch User freezes at blank screen

2008-04-25 Thread HDave
Can confirm the white screen nvidia/compiz version of this bug on the released version of Hardy. -- Switch User freezes at blank screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 213884] Re: hardy upgrade: /dev/disk/by-uuid non existant at boot; dropping to a shell (with "386" kernel)

2008-04-25 Thread HDave
I can confirm this issues. In my particular case I found out what the problem was and fixed it. Perhaps my problem is only one way to reproduce this bug, but in any event...here's the issue/fix: The hard drive UUID in my GRUB menu.lst was wrong. I had swapped out my hard drive when my machine w

[Bug 133568] Re: fn+f8 (crt/lcd switch) does nothing

2008-03-07 Thread HDave
fn-f8 does not work on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop. I have an nVidia Geforce go 7400 gpu. -- fn+f8 (crt/lcd switch) does nothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133568 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 101943] Re: braid screensaver crashes system with compiz activated

2008-03-07 Thread HDave
I can confirm this bug on Gutsy with an nVidia Geforce Go 7400. I upgraded to 169 of the nVidia driver...no difference. Upgraded to Hardy kernel (2.6.24), no difference. -- braid screensaver crashes system with compiz activated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/101943 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 131711] Re: [gutsy] no sound: Failed to construct test pipeline in sound recording

2008-01-10 Thread HDave
I too get the Failed to construct test pipeline for 'gconfaudiosrc ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=chat' error when testing sound capture, but I can he the recording. I am using a USB webcam microphone on a Dell XMS M1210. I have tested the mic with Skype echo and it wor

[Bug 156289] Re: system freeze on gutsy with compiz-fusion

2008-01-10 Thread HDave
I have a Dell XPS M1210 laptop with an nVidia Geforce Go 7400 GPU running the restricted drivers on Gutsy. I have been running Gutsy for a couple months now, and have been experiencing freezes about every 2 hour during heavy usage. After significant experimentation with different applications tu

[Bug 112518] Re: Switch User freezes at blank screen

2008-01-04 Thread HDave
I can comfirm the "white screen" issue here on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop. I have an nVidia geforce go 7400 GPU and I have compiz running. -- Switch User freezes at blank screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 145112] Re: Random NVidia Proprietary Driver Lock-Ups with dual core + 7300

2008-01-03 Thread HDave
I also get this behavior on a Dell XPS M1210, but with the NVidia Geforce Go 7400 card. Anyone else with this card seeing problems? -- Random NVidia Proprietary Driver Lock-Ups with dual core + 7300 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145112 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 103400] Re: compiz freezes x server after screensaver kicks in

2008-01-03 Thread HDave
I can also confirm this. Running Gutsy on a Dell XPS M1210 laptop with an Nvidia GEForce 7400. If the screen saver is on less than 10 minutes I am fine. If more than 4 hours...the system will be frozen when I get back every single time. -- compiz freezes x server after screensaver kicks in htt

[Bug 84262] Re: Gnome desktop icons are shifted when the file is edited

2008-01-01 Thread HDave
Same problem here on Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 -- Gnome desktop icons are shifted when the file is edited https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 173522] Re: Conky Staying On Top of All Windows

2007-12-21 Thread HDave
I can confirm this behavior on Gutsy when conky uses "own_window_type override". The window looks fine until after a reboot at which time the conky window is above all others. If you kill conky and restart it behaves properly. I wrote a script to start conky after a 10 second delay and it had no