[Bug 1754777] Re: bionic casper nfsboot not reaching desktop env, failure to mount various kernel filesystems and /tmp

2018-04-28 Thread Jeff Sereno
Same issue here. Using a combo of the OP's and mabes' info, I was able to successfully PXE boot using the following kernel line: kernel path/to/tftp/bionic/vmlinuz systemd.mask=dev-hugepages.mount systemd.mask=dev-mqueue.mount systemd.mask=sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount systemd.mask=sys-kernel-conf

[Bug 1550852] Re: apt-mirror does not reflect dep11/Components-* and dep11/icons-*

2016-04-25 Thread Jeff Sereno
I installed the Xenial package manually (dpkg -i apt- mirror_0.5.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb downloaded directly from http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/a/apt-mirror/apt- mirror_0.5.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb) into my Trusty server and Apt-Mirror is working quite happily again for me. I can confirm t

[Bug 1257186] Re: memory leakage messages (no talloc stackframe)

2014-11-10 Thread Jeff Sereno
I've had this error since installing the Beta of 14.04 Server, upgrading it periodically to current release. Using Thomas' suggestion, I ran "sudo pam-auth-update" and unchecked "SMB Password Synchronization". Did a test and found the problem disappeared. Good stuff. I then decided to re-run "su

[Bug 936310] Re: Some applications don't 'auto-show' onboard

2012-11-27 Thread Jeff Sereno
I've just observed that OnBoard does not auto-show on any textbox within the Chrome or Chromium web browser (except for the URL text box), but appears to (so far) work perfectly within all text boxes in Firefox. Also OnBoard does not auto-show for any text box inside Virtualbox's frontend (Obvious

[Bug 452350] Re: Unknown LVM metadata header

2012-04-30 Thread Jeff Sereno
I just did a fresh install (not upgrade) of Precise Server 64-bit on a six 1.5TB RAID5 setup and I'm getting the same errors again. $ sudo pvck /dev/md0 Found label on /dev/md0, sector 1, type=LVM2 001 Found text metadata area: offset=4096, size=2617344 $ sudo vgck -v HTPC Using volume g

[Bug 550100] Re: white noise or no sound after seeking when using PULSEAUDIO:default

2010-05-16 Thread Jeff Sereno
This is a relatively old bug now, yet until I upgraded last night to 2:0.24.0~trunk-24634-0ubuntu1, I never had this issue on my Lucid box, and now I do. I notice that is seems to impact anything related to the internal player, eg: Live/Pre-recorded TV and MythVideo. For me, the simplest solution

[Bug 454270] Re: "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied".

2010-04-28 Thread Jeff Sereno
Using Nautilus 2.30 in Lucid RC, the bug is still there. Simply right- click any file or folder and choose "Copy" from the menu. The message in the status bar at the bottom of the window says " will be moved if you select the Paste command". I'll add a comment in the upstream bug report. -- "Cop

[Bug 348934] Re: MythTV doesn't go full screen without desktop visual effects off

2010-04-26 Thread Jeff Sereno
Did my own test with a fresh install of Lucid RC with MythTV Frontend 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 and also found that I still had to do the workaround. My other desktop with Ubuntu Karmic and MythTV Frontend 2:0.24.0~trunk-24111-0ubuntu1 (latest Trunk release) is also still suffering the same issue

[Bug 563878] Re: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI graphics driver

2010-04-21 Thread Jeff Sereno
Given that Lucid's total boot times have decreased to 9-15 seconds on the average modern system, that the splash screen is only on screen for a fraction of this time, and that the end-user will ultimately spend more time indulging the eye-candy of the desktop, I think this is a very low priority is

[Bug 454270] Re: "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied".

2009-11-11 Thread Jeff Sereno
I should add that the "menu hover" message correctly states "will be copied". When you actually select the Copy command (thus closing the menu), the "will be moved" message appears in place of it. -- "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied". https://

[Bug 454270] Re: "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied".

2009-11-11 Thread Jeff Sereno
Hi Nigel, 1. Right-mouse-click any single file or folder in Nautilus. A menu appears. 2. Choose "Copy" from the menu. 3. Now look at the message in the status bar (bottom of the Nautilus window). It says the file/folder "will be MOVED if you select the Paste command" instead of "copied". Repeat

[Bug 237562] Re: nautilus draws black background when scrolled

2009-10-28 Thread Jeff Sereno
Actually, the problem DOES occur with the stock Nautilus patterns as well - make the window size SMALLER than the dimensions of the stock background tile image, close and re-open the Nautilus window and you will see the rendering issue. I noted this on my EeePC701 with its diminutive screen dimensi

[Bug 414490] Re: [ubuntu karmic] mythtv regression - no audio in frontend

2009-10-24 Thread Jeff Sereno
Ignore my last comment - I found that MythTV 0.22 deliberately suspends the PulseAudio server when it runs and then resumes PA when MythTV quits. To get around it, all I had to do was add "export EXPERIMENTALLY_ALLOW_PULSE_AUDIO=1" to the end of my ~/.profile file, log out and back in and now Myth

[Bug 389888] Re: crashes when using dnd from file-roller to a directory

2009-10-22 Thread Jeff Sereno
I can now confirm the following package versions have fixed the Nautilus crashing issue on my end. Cheers. $ apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installed: 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au karmic/main P

[Bug 389888] Re: crashes when using dnd from file-roller to a directory

2009-10-22 Thread Jeff Sereno
@Artur Rona: My apologies - I misread the version number of the Nautilus package. Will update and re-test. -- crashes when using dnd from file-roller to a directory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389888 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 389888] Re: crashes when using dnd from file-roller to a directory

2009-10-22 Thread Jeff Sereno
I'm now using 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu7 and Nautilus still crashes when you drag a file from File Roller over the Places pane in the Nautilus window. If you drag AROUND the Places pane, Nautilus will not crash. Attached is a screenshot illustrating my point. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot showing how

[Bug 456727] Re: File Roller crashes Nautilus when dragging files to extract over the "Places" pane

2009-10-20 Thread Jeff Sereno
** Attachment added: "Snapshot demonstrating where Nautilus will and won't crash depending on drag path from File Roller." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34076148/FileRollerNautilusCrash.jpg ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34076150/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 456727] [NEW] File Roller crashes Nautilus when dragging files to extract over the "Places" pane

2009-10-20 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file-roller Problem: If dragging & dropping files from within an archive opened using File Roller, if you drag those files to extract to a Nautilus window while passing over the "Places" pane in Nautilus, Nautilus will instantly crash, taking all desktop

[Bug 414490] Re: [ubuntu karmic] mythtv regression - no audio in frontend

2009-10-18 Thread Jeff Sereno
I concur that with MythTV 0.21, changing the output device to "ALSA:front" (didn't need to do the rest) works fine, but the audio from the rest of the system halts as previously described. MythTV 0.22 works with "ALSA:default" as the output device, but audio from the rest of the system is still fr

[Bug 454270] Re: "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied".

2009-10-17 Thread Jeff Sereno
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33850094/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33850095/XsessionErrors.txt ** Attachment added: "usr_lib_nautilus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33850096/usr_lib_

[Bug 454270] [NEW] "Copy" command information message in Nautilus says file will be "moved", not "copied".

2009-10-17 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Purely cosmetic this one. I only noticed this now in the Ubuntu Karmic Beta, but have since observed it in Ubuntu Jaunty too. When you elect to move a SINGLE file or directory in Nautilus using either the Edit->Cut menu or CTRL+X shortcut, a mes

[Bug 452350] Re: Unknown LVM metadata header

2009-10-16 Thread Jeff Sereno
I have this "unknown LVM metadata header" error as well. Installed Karmic Beta (using the Alternate installer) onto a brand new software RAID5 setup - entire RAID volume used for LVM. Fully up to date with the current updates. I sometimes (not always) see the error just as GRUB loads and before th

[Bug 450813] Re: Ubuntu One emblem ticks are everywhere after recent Ubuntu One client updates

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Sereno
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 450112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450112 Ah, sorry about that - missed that one in the search. Cheers. -- Ubuntu One emblem ticks are everywhere after recent Ubuntu One client updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450813 You received this bug not

[Bug 450813] [NEW] Ubuntu One emblem ticks are everywhere after recent Ubuntu One client updates

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus After the Tuesday October 13th updates to the Ubuntu Karmic Beta, which I believe a number of Ubuntu One client updates came through, ALL icons in Nautilus from every source (except for the default Home directory icons) all contain the new "synch

[Bug 450813] Re: Ubuntu One emblem ticks are everywhere after recent Ubuntu One client updates

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Sereno
** Attachment added: "Snapshot illustrating the rampant Ubuntu One ticks outside of the Ubuntu One folder." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33623810/UbuntuOneTicks.jpg ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33623811/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcM

[Bug 402017] Re: GDM login theme change when using accessibility features

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Sereno
I can confirm this on a native machine installation as well. The Ubuntu logo in the GDM display changes to the GNOME monitor icon and never changes back after you uncheck the "enhance contrast" option too (although the colours changed back, but only after a reboot). -- GDM login theme change when

[Bug 175233] Re: Evolution hangs with "Formatting Message" after several hours

2009-09-04 Thread Jeff Sereno
This problem seems to be getting worse for me. Sometimes it will hang within minutes of launching Evolution or may last several hours without a problem, but I'm now guaranteed a minimum of four lockups a day, requiring me to kill the evolution-data-server task each time. I now have a cron job setu

[Bug 417265] [NEW] Nautilus background image patterns corrupt if background bitmap image is larger than the Nautilus window dimensions

2009-08-22 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Nautilus has the ability to show a bitmap image as a background of the main body area of a Nautilus window where all your file and directory icons are shown instead of just a plain boring colour. Nautilus includes a number of sample tiled pattern

[Bug 246996] Re: Audio device cannot be accessed by Ekiga when certain sound events are enabled in GNOME Sound Prefs

2009-08-08 Thread Jeff Sereno
Yannick, this no longer appears to be a problem in Jaunty. I conducted the following test: - Vanilla installation of Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 64-bit with all updates to today installed. - Went to System->Preferences->Sound and then clicked on the Sounds tab. - Enabled the "Play sound effects when butto

[Bug 348934] Re: MythTV doesn't go full screen without desktop visual effects off

2009-04-25 Thread Jeff Sereno
I can confirm Joe's Legacy Full-Screen fix works perfectly for me. Myth now opens on the second screen full-screen without an issue now. -- MythTV doesn't go full screen without desktop visual effects off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348934 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 175233] Re: Evolution hangs with "Formatting Message" after several hours

2009-04-22 Thread Jeff Sereno
Just upgraded (well, fresh install - not upgrade from Intrepid) to Jaunty RC a week ago myself (and updated to Final today) and I'm experiencing this issue as well with my POP3 mailbox. When Evolution has been running for at least an hour, when I click on any new message, it comes up with "Formatti

[Bug 331564] Re: sometimes notification flickers when fading in

2009-04-21 Thread Jeff Sereno
I had this flicker problem when the bubble faded OUT, never in. As suggested, I checked my Jaunty RC Compiz fade settings and noticed that an exception for notify-osd was in the Open category for the Compiz Animations plugin, but not for the Close category, so I copied and pasted the exclusion and

[Bug 279282] Re: preferences dialog shows wrong look in evolution

2009-04-18 Thread Jeff Sereno
This cosmetic bug is still present under Ubuntu 9.04. The Mail Preferences option in the preferences is the only part of the whole preferences dialog to use completely different colours for the text. Attached is how I see it using the New Wave colour theme. Choose any other area of the preference

[Bug 355393] Re: Poor quality video output from hauppauge 350

2009-04-18 Thread Jeff Sereno
Take a recording from MythTV and then play it back in Windows. Does the quality still look poor? If not, then I'd say it's a gfx card driver issue on the Ubuntu side. What gfx card are you using? I'm using an NVidia GeForce 8800GT with the official NVidia drivers from the Restricted repository and

[Bug 348934] Re: MythTV doesn't go full screen without desktop visual effects off

2009-04-17 Thread Jeff Sereno
I've just upgraded to Jaunty 64-bit from Intrepid 64-bit and can confirm this bug. I'm running the exact same kernel version as the OP. I use two 1920x1080 monitors run by an NVidia 8800GT gfx card using TwinView (effective screen size 3840x1080) and usually have MythTV running on the second displ

[Bug 285007] Re: bluetooth mouse does not reconnect on wake from suspend

2009-02-09 Thread Jeff Sereno
If you let the mouse go to sleep, you will should find it won't reconnect in Intrepid until you configure the BT adapter to run pscan. -- bluetooth mouse does not reconnect on wake from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 285007] Re: bluetooth mouse does not reconnect on wake from suspend

2009-02-08 Thread Jeff Sereno
I should add that my Bluetooth Preferences are set to "Hidden". -- bluetooth mouse does not reconnect on wake from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing lis

[Bug 285007] Re: bluetooth mouse does not reconnect on wake from suspend

2009-02-08 Thread Jeff Sereno
My Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook 5000 mouse also exhibited the same reconnect issues until I added "sudo hciconfig hci0 pscan" to my /etc/rc.local file (before the "exit 0" line) - now the mouse reconnects quite happily whenever I switch it on and off, but doesn't always work from suspend and never

[Bug 249448] Re: Bluetooth mouse does not re-establish connection after reboot

2008-12-26 Thread Jeff Sereno
I concur with Cedric's workaround fix - works great, however I notice that on reboot if the Bluetooth device (such as my mouse) already had a "connected" status, Intrepid won't RE-connect to that device until I power-cycle it, then Intrepid picks it up a few seconds later no issues and without need

[Bug 246996] [NEW] Audio device cannot be accessed by Ekiga when certain sound events are enabled in GNOME Sound Prefs

2008-07-09 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: When you have the "Select check box" and "Click on command button" sound events in GNOME assigned to anything other than "No sound" in System->Preferences->Sound->Sounds, Ekiga cannot access the audio device and fails with the following error: "Failed to open device. Impossibl

[Bug 243651] [NEW] Multiple "Safe to disconnect" messages for usb storage devices

2008-06-27 Thread Jeff Sereno
Public bug reported: When you connect a USB storage device such as external hard-drive or flash key, after unmounting, you usually get a message in the corner of the screen saying to the effect that it is now safe to disconnect the device (GNOME desktop). Unfortunately if you have a device such a

[Bug 232170] Re: EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy

2008-06-27 Thread Jeff Sereno
I note that for some reason, even with the eee-osd fix to get the hotkeys going, Ubuntu Hardy on my EeePC 701 does not save the volume level upon a reboot, and starts up again with the volume at 100%. This is probably unrelated to the hotkeys themselves, however. -- EeePC Volume and Wireless Hotk