[Bug 2067918] Re: cups-browsed high-cpu usage

2024-09-05 Thread Richard Elkins
I have a networked Epson ET-2850 printer that sometimes takes a nap. My hokey work-around that is effective for me: sudo systemctl stop cups-browsed sudo systemctl start cups-browsed My system: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS up-to-date Kernel 6.8.0-40-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jul 5 10:34:

[Bug 1777285]

2020-12-16 Thread Richard Elkins
Since there seems to be no interest nor resource to fix the source code where I indicated in comment 9, just forget it. My work-around works fine. I marked this report as RESOLVED and WONTFIX. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1276544] Re: Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases

2020-10-12 Thread Richard Elkins
wont Fix works for me, Julian. At the time, I was running 2 Xubuntus because I had my personal stable and a non-virtual QA image. It would have been nice to have the boot menu state which is which by a more friendly name but I always guessed right by kernel version (QA was always higher). -- Yo

[Bug 1276544] Re: Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases

2020-10-12 Thread Richard Elkins
This is 6 years old. We need a "timed out" status! (-: Seriously, there is probably no interest as the world has moved on. I don't mind a "Wont Fix" status applied by whoever can do this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 1175882] Re: Hangs while modifying document (after completion of paste from Wep Page with Multiple Images)

2020-10-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Current libreoffice-writer version: 1:7.0.2~rc2-0ubuntu1 amd64 The issue is no longer present. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 1777285] Re: [upstream] Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2020-10-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Since there clearly no interest or resources to fix this, I am withdrawing this bug report. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1867540] Re: Version 10.0 out of date and doesn't support HTML5 nor Javascript projects

2020-10-12 Thread Richard Elkins
** Changed in: netbeans (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867540 Title: Version 10.0 out of date and doesn't support HTML5 nor Javascript projec

[Bug 1891684] Re: [amdgpu] Screen flickers after resuming from suspend

2020-09-28 Thread Richard Elkins
This could very well be an issue with the amdgpu kernel module or the kernel itself. 20.04 uses kernel 5.4 I fixed my situation (similar) by upgrading to 20.10 (beta) which uses 5.8 packages. Now, my power management and suspend/resume actually work. My laptop (different than the nitro): Acer A

[Bug 1895197] Re: amdgpu fails to load

2020-09-28 Thread Richard Elkins
If you can somehow do an upgrade to 20.10 beta which has kernel 5.8, I think that your issues have a good chance of being fixed. I have an Acer Aspire 5 4700U octacore APU, graphics included on-board. I was unhappy with 20.04. The upgrade to 20.10 fixed my issues: * Kernel 5.8 succeeds (where k

[Bug 1888097] Re: bootloader install failed, installer crashed

2020-09-28 Thread Richard Elkins
I have an Acer Aspire 5 4700U octacore APU, graphics included on-board. My installation did not crash per se. It froze at the point where it was going to begin writing to disk, displaying something wild about finding a lot of disk partitions. The mouse, touchpad, and keyboard were inoperative.

[Bug 1777285] Re: [upstream] Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2020-06-19 Thread Richard Elkins
@xiscofauli In message #18, I did indicate that I tried the latest download at that time (2019-06-26). The source code still has the #ifdef LINUX logic which causes this timing issue. All one has to do is read the code and you can see the issue. Maybe that #ifdef made sense some time in the pas

[Bug 1866999] Re: gnome-calendar does not sync with Google Calendar

2020-06-10 Thread Richard Elkins
It happened to me too. Then, I discovered that my login to my google acct had "expired" (how does that happen?). I logged in again and then created a test event which got synced within one minute. If you are looking at an Android phone/tablet that is not receiving the event that you created on G

[Bug 1867540] Re: Version 10.0 out of date and doesn't support HTML5 nor Javascript projects

2020-03-15 Thread Richard Elkins
Okay, I installed it the wrong way by using `apt`. This gave me netbeans version 11.3: sudo snap install netbeans --classic Now, I can create HTML5/Javascript projects. But, how is one supposed to know and why do `apt` and `snap` produce inconsistent versions? ** Description changed: - Version

[Bug 1867540] [NEW] Version 10.0 out of date and doesn't support HTML5 nor Javascript projects

2020-03-15 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: Version 10.0 is out of date and doesn't support HTML5 nor Javascript projects. I tried installing the plugins en mass and one-by-one followed by restarting. No help. Apparently, the HTML and Javasript plugin installations fail silently in spite of stating "success". The ins

[Bug 1777285]

2020-01-20 Thread Richard Elkins
@Xisco FaulĂ­ - Are you asking me to download and build LibreOffice for that one source change? I wouldn't know where to begin. I am a developer but up to my eyeballs in Astrophysics projects at the moment. Is there anyone on the development or testing team who already has the source downloaded a

[Bug 1175882] Re: Hangs while modifying document (after completion of paste from Wep Page with Multiple Images)

2019-09-22 Thread Richard Elkins
I just tested the same scenario on Ubuntu MATE. It doesn't occur here. It must have something to do with Xfce or the interface libraries. To re-cap, I have these symptoms using the Xfce 4 desktop that is part of Xubuntu 18.04.3 up-to-date. But, I do not have these symptoms on a Mac (High Sierra)

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2019-09-22 Thread Richard Elkins
I just tested the same scenario (#22) on Ubuntu MATE. It doesn't occur here. It must have something to do with Xfce or the interface libraries. To re-cap, I have these symptoms using the Xfce 4 desktop that is part of Xubuntu 18.04.3 up-to-date. But, I do not have these symptoms on a Mac (High

[Bug 1175882] Re: Hangs while modifying document (after completion of paste from Wep Page with Multiple Images)

2019-09-19 Thread Richard Elkins
This report might be related to this one which I had forgotten about: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1655398 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1175882 Title:

[Bug 1175882] Re: Hangs while modifying document (after completion of paste from Wep Page with Multiple Images)

2019-09-19 Thread Richard Elkins
I've had a similar issue with multiple versions of libreoffice-writer for at least 2 years. Currently, I am on Xubuntu 18.04.3.up-to-date; libreoffice-writer 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.9. My process: * I use xfce4-screenshooter (1.8.2-2, currently) to copy a portion of a chrome screen from a Courser

[Bug 551637] Re: debconf seems to require a controlling TTY even when no interaction is required

2019-09-19 Thread Richard Elkins
I found a fix that works for me: `export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive` I execute that just prior to any debconf steps. E.g. I use this on my headless systems around my home: export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y update apt-get -y dist-upgrade apt-get -y autoclean apt-get -y autorem

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2019-09-19 Thread Richard Elkins
No longer an issue but nobody updated this bug report. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754072 Titl

[Bug 1772746] Re: 18.04 has old version of pip and installing pip from pip creates a mess

2019-09-19 Thread Richard Elkins
I tried `pip3` again and it seems fine in *buntu 18.04.3.up-to-date. I do not know about `pip` (Python 2). I no longer use Python 2 because it is deprecated. ** Changed in: python-pip (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1777285]

2019-06-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Yes, I have tried this with the latest download. This is an off-the- shelf Xubuntu 18.04.latest LTS desktop that I use primarily for Libreoffice, browsing, and Python development. I tend to stay with Ubuntu's packages including Libreoffice. Please see comment #9. The current source code has spe

[Bug 1777285]

2019-06-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Seriously, I am not trying to make work for anyone. We are all busy and I do not want to be a pest. If the #ifdef LINUX for Linux and Unix in shellexec.cxx has a purpose, I'd like to know. I can live with my `sleep` logic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 1777285]

2019-06-26 Thread Richard Elkins
The command (OString cmd) is executed in background through a pipe no matter what. The difference is that in Mac and Windows, the foreground process waits (blocked) while in Linux and Unix, the foreground process continues to the exit. Pardon my misuse of terminology. -- You received this bug n

[Bug 1777285] Re: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2019-06-24 Thread Richard Elkins
I reopened https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117731 since it seems to be an issue in the central Libreoffice code. ** Bug watch added: Document Foundation Bugzilla #117731 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117731 -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 1777285] Re: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2019-06-24 Thread Richard Elkins
The file /usr/bin/libreoffice is a soft link to soffice, a Bourne shell script. Inside the script, the soffice.bin executable is invoked. The source code indicates that soffice.bin is the one starting a background process that does not finish before soffice.bin exits. See: https://github.com/Lib

[Bug 1777285] Re: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2019-06-23 Thread Richard Elkins
Done today: https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/198713/executed- from-linux-command-line-convert-to-is-unexpectedly-asynchronous/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777285 Title: Bat

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2019-06-23 Thread Richard Elkins
It fails when pasting the clipboard contents into libreoffice Writer too. Steps to reproduce: * Open the attached libreoffice Writer document (texadactyl.odt). * In your favorite browser, go to URL https://www.coursera.org/specializations/gis-mapping-spatial-analysis * Launch/invoke the xfce4-scr

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2019-06-23 Thread Richard Elkins
I should add that I first reported this bug with the Libreoffice team (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125785). Following these steps, 2 responders stated that they were unable to reproduce this anomaly in other desktop environments. -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 1779188] [NEW] Pop-up of "Failed to eject" regarding a portable USB drive

2018-06-28 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: Since I upgraded Xubuntu from 17.10 to 18.04, I have consistently experienced USB drive eject failures after requesting an eject. Here is the sequence: 1. Plug in my WD Elements USB drive. 2. I see the automount pop-up message and, yes, the contents are available for all acc

[Bug 1777285] [NEW] Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2018-06-16 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: Command-line: libreoffice --convert-to odt:writer8 myfile.txt The returned status code ($?) is zero. So far, so good. But, when I try to access the ODT file (E.g. copy it), it doesn't yet exist. Adding `sync; sync; sync` right after the libreoffice batch execution did not

[Bug 1777285] Re: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers no way to wait for document completion

2018-06-16 Thread Richard Elkins
Not urgent. I am not stuck. The sleep for a few seconds is a consistently successful work-around. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777285 Title: Batch libreoffice --convert-to offers

[Bug 1772746] Re: After upgrade to 18.04, all pip and pip3 commands fail

2018-05-23 Thread Richard Elkins
Another verified work-around that needs no alteration to the PATH: 1. sudo apt-get purge python-pip python3-pip 2. Delete all of the pip/pip3 stuff under .local including the packages. 3. sudo apt-get install python-pip python3-pip 4. Using pip and/or pip3, reinstall needed Python packages. -- Yo

[Bug 1772746] [NEW] After upgrade to 18.04, all pip and pip3 commands fail

2018-05-22 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: Both pip and pip3 seem to be broken in 18.04. So, this bug report applies to python3-pip too. E.g. pip list Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pip", line 9, in from pip import main ImportError: cannot import name main Work-around: export PATH="${HOME}/.

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-09 Thread Richard Elkins
** Description changed: - QA suspend test: - * Needed 10 minutes to get to unlock prompt. - * After unlocking, 2 minutes passed before desktop was visible. + Observations from using the Xubuntu bionic beta-1 (2018-03-06) + installation image on a USB stick. - I use the nouveau driver under 16.0

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-09 Thread Richard Elkins
The attachment is the 1st screen when video detection fails. ** Attachment added: "video_detection_not_ok.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1754072/+attachment/5074510/+files/video_detection_not_ok.jpg -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-09 Thread Richard Elkins
The attachment is what I see when video detection succeeds. ** Attachment added: "video_detection_ok.mp4" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1754072/+attachment/5074509/+files/video_detection_ok.mp4 -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-09 Thread Richard Elkins
I think that the slowness and the alternate screen sequence is related. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754072 Title: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-09 Thread Richard Elkins
This was a Live Session without VM. The OEM screen report (#1754150) and this one are probably related. Sometimes when I boot that machine with the installation USB stick, the video hardware is detected correctly and I see your mp4 sequence of screens. Other times when I boot the same machine wi

[Bug 1754072] Re: Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-07 Thread Richard Elkins
** Summary changed: - Very poor xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session + Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1754072] [NEW] Very poor xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

2018-03-07 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: QA suspend test: * Needed 10 minutes to get to unlock prompt. * After unlocking, 2 minutes passed before desktop was visible. I use the nouveau driver under 16.04 on the same machine and suspend- return performance can be measured in seconds. Of course, that is a native buil

[Bug 551637] Re: debconf seems to require a controlling TTY even when no interaction is required

2018-03-03 Thread Richard Elkins
This bug is almost 8 year old. Any interest in fixing it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551637 Title: debconf seems to require a controlling TTY even when no interaction is requir

[Bug 1723450] Re: Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba"

2018-03-03 Thread Richard Elkins
Symptoms gone in 17.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723450 Title: Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1581569] Re: Thunderbird & Firefox crash randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2018-03-03 Thread Richard Elkins
I upgraded for different reasons to Xubuntu 17.10. These symptoms are gone in 17.10, at least, for me (author of this bug report). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581569 Title: Thund

[Bug 1276544] Re: Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases

2018-03-03 Thread Richard Elkins
This bug is over 4 years old. Is there any interest in fixing it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276544 Title: Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases To manage notificatio

[Bug 1723450] Re: Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba"

2017-10-13 Thread Richard Elkins
Yes, this was a fresh install of 17.10 Beta 2 followed by an apt upgrade of packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723450 Title: Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba" To mana

[Bug 1723450] [NEW] Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba"

2017-10-13 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: I installed the samba server packages plus system-config-samba. Next, I attempted to run the Samba configuration applet from the "System" section of the "Settings" menu item. The results is as follows: Error Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba" Failed to execute child

[Bug 1723450] Re: Unable to start "gksu system-config-samba"

2017-10-13 Thread Richard Elkins
Some system logs which might help are are inside the tar.gz file. ** Attachment added: "system-config-samba.tar.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-samba/+bug/1723450/+attachment/4970081/+files/system-config-samba.tar.gz -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 1605887] Re: Can't change Firefox home page in Ubuntu MATE

2017-04-11 Thread Richard Elkins
Easy work-around for a single user system: sudo vi /usr/lib/firefox/ubuntumate.cfg Set the pref value (2nd string) to the desired home page. For me, the result was this: pref("browser.startup.homepage", "file:///home/elkins/www/html/index.html"); -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 1607535] Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

2017-01-01 Thread Richard Elkins
Automated work-around (no failures, no re-runs, no manual edits), 3 steps: sudo apt-get -y remove --purge ttf-mscorefonts-installer wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/m/msttcorefonts/ttf-mscorefonts-installer_3.6_all.deb -P ~/Downloads sudo apt install ~/Downloads/ttf-mscorefonts-

[Bug 1581569] Re: Thunderbird & Firefox crash randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2016-11-01 Thread Richard Elkins
Now using Firefox 49.0.2 and Thunderbird 1:45.4.0 in Ubuntu Mate 16.04. Thunderbird does not crash at all any more. Firefox crashes at idle 2-3 times per month. This is a big improvement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-06-30 Thread Richard Elkins
Same as #78 (good!) with an Epson XP-410 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536353 Title: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore To man

[Bug 771857] Re: Realtek 8168B (r8169) interface not working following suspend

2016-05-30 Thread Richard Elkins
Sorry, Christopher. I misread a May 2015 date comment (#16) as May 2016. There are still laptop people who have this same issue with kernel module r8169 (Realtek Ethernet chipset or plug-in board). I don't. I was offering two distinct work-arounds (upstart and systemd) that I have used in the p

[Bug 771857] Re: Realtek 8168B (r8169) interface not working following suspend

2016-05-30 Thread Richard Elkins
A couple of automated work-arounds follows, depending on which version of the Ubuntu core you are using. == BEFORE systemd (earlier than Ubuntu 15.04) == Create the following executable Bourne shell script in /etc/pm/

[Bug 1581569] Re: Thunderbird & Firefox crash randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2016-05-28 Thread Richard Elkins
** Summary changed: - Thunderbird crashes randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial) + Thunderbird & Firefox crash randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1581569] Re: Thunderbird crashes randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2016-05-28 Thread Richard Elkins
I should have said earlier that the same is true for Firefox. Version = 46.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581569 Title: Thunderbird crashes randomly while

[Bug 1581569] Re: Thunderbird crashes randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2016-05-13 Thread Richard Elkins
Machines where this is currently occurring: 1. Xubuntu Xenial (16.04) - Assembled 2016-05-04 - Mini-ITX enclosure: Thermaltake Cube V1 - Biostar NM70I-1037U Mini-ITX motherboard * Intel Celeron Processor 1037U (Dual Core 1.8 GHz) * Intel HD Graphics 2500 * Chipset NM70

[Bug 1581569] [NEW] Thunderbird crashes randomly while busy or idle (Xubuntu Xenial)

2016-05-13 Thread Richard Elkins
Public bug reported: Since I have been using Thunderbird version 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 on Xenial, I can observe it crashing (seemingly) randomly while idle or while busy, resulting in the platform-independent Mozilla crash dialogue window. I don't know if this is related to Xenial or t

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Thanks for your efforts, Till. Sounds reasonable to me. Can I assume that someone has or will have it on their list to reintegrate lsb into 16.10? Until I am contacted during the 16.04 Stable Release Update (SRU) process, I will go back to using Trusty for the lsb modules: -

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Arup, All I did was add Ubuntu Trusty as a last-gasp APT repository in the list. That is how I was able to install the 14.04 lsb etc. when they did not exist in 16.04. Till is going to: 1 - Migrate the latest pre-16.04 lsb etc. to 16.04. 2 - Make sure that lsb_release.py reverts to reporting lsb

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
sudo apt install lsb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package lsb is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Packa

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
If you want to experiment on me, I can get rid of my 14.04 APT references, uninstall lsb, and start over to verify your fix. I can actually do that on two different machines. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bug

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Till, I currently have the 14.04 lsb modules installed. I saved /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py as /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py.HOLD and replaced it with lsb_release-with-package-checks.py, renamed as lsb_release.py. Before: `lsb_release` No LSB modules are available. After: `lsb_rel

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-12 Thread Richard Elkins
Arup, are you sure that you haven't mixed the effects of #35 (openprinting forums) with the other work-arounds? #34 is essentially like the 14.04 environment as far as lsb is concerned. It worked perfectly based on a clean install of 16.04 then adding 'deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trus

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-10 Thread Richard Elkins
Work-around for everyone, I believe. I uninstalled my suggestion of message #16 and followed this myself. 1. Append the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (E.g. sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list): deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main 2. sudo apt update; sudo apt instal

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-09 Thread Richard Elkins
I cannot understand why Xenial (16.04) dropped lsb in the first place given how much dependency exists. However, I have tried two of the suggested solutions and the printer-driver-escpr package provides basic printing functions for my Epson XP-410 (I lucked out). I'll try to summarize this unhapp

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-05-08 Thread Richard Elkins
See message #16. Does this work for those still trying to find a usable Epson printer driver? It worked fine for a few of us. No need for "lsb". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536353

[Bug 1307616] Re: On x64, hardinfo routinely displays "/lib/libc.so.6: not found"

2016-04-27 Thread Richard Elkins
In Xubuntu 16.04 (released), this is still an issue. Version = 0.5.1-1.4ubuntu1 Diagnostics visible when running `sudo hardinfo -r`: sh: 1: /lib/libc.so.6: not found sh: 0: -c requires an argument ** Changed in: hardinfo (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-23 Thread Richard Elkins
Two different Epson printers are working with the printer-driver-escpr package. ** Project changed: lsb => epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-23 Thread Richard Elkins
After re-installing Xubuntu 16.04 this morning, I was able to find a suitable driver for my Epson XP-410 printer by adding the package, printer-driver-escpr. There was no requirement for lsb as a prerequisite. dpkg -L printer-driver-escpr /. /usr /usr/lib /usr/lib/printer-driver-escpr /usr/lib/pr

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-16 Thread Richard Elkins
Sorry, Till. The laptop can no longer access the Epson XP-410 printer. The laptop needs printer access. So, I installed Linux Mint which has the lsb package. No issues anymore for the user of this laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-16 Thread Richard Elkins
If I could change the "fix released" to "confirmed", I would but I cannot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536353 Title: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Christopher, First of all, I am pleased that I no longer need work-arounds for this issue and the mouse-cursor disappearing. Apparently, both issues were addressed during or prior to 16.04. I always try to minimize the time spent by investigators to extract information that I supply. As a devel

Re: [Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
I know that. See my comment about the command line using the tar utility in the back 1/2 of the same paragraph. On 03/26/2016 01:05 PM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: > Richard Elkins: >> "Do not gzip tar files? Every file manager..." > Not everyone uses a file m

[Bug 1498692] Re: Network Manager wired Ethernet stuck in "getting IP config" after resume from suspend

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Issue is gone in Xubuntu 16.04.Beta-2: pm-utils 1.4.1-16, network- manager 1.0.4-0ubuntu10, and kernel version 4.4.0-15-generic. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 1307616] Re: On x64, hardinfo routinely displays "/lib/libc.so.6: not found"

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Issue still in HardInfo version 0.5.1 of Xubuntu 16.04.Beta-2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307616 Title: On x64, hardinfo routinely displays "/lib/libc.so.6: not found" To manage

[Bug 1332623] Re: Thunar behaves inconsistently with USB flash drive FAT32 partitions

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
Using Thunar 1.6.10 and a FAT32 USB-drive which is automatically-mounted in Xubuntu 16.04.Beta-2: I can now paste to the USB drive, both files and folders. With files and folders, I can still delete or move to Trash. And, I can still edit files. Finally, the automatically-mounted FAT32 USB-driv

[Bug 1559597] Re: [HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend in Xubuntu 14.04.04

2016-03-26 Thread Richard Elkins
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559597 Title: [HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop] Invisible cursor after resume fro

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-25 Thread Richard Elkins
Comment #31 was in error. Finished my project. Upgraded same laptop (HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop) to 16.04 Beta-2. This issue is no longer present. I can only guess that this was not a kernel issue but in upstart/pm or elsewhere because I previously tried the upstream 4.5 kernel in a 14.04.04 e

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-25 Thread Richard Elkins
lsmod shows that r8169 is still in use: r8169 81920 0 mii16384 1 r8169 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676 Title: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko canno

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-25 Thread Richard Elkins
Finished my project. Upgraded same laptop (HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop) to 16.04 Beta-2. Issue still present. uname -a: Linux hplaptop 4.4.0-15-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 19:08:31 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1559597] Re: [HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend in Xubuntu 14.04.04

2016-03-25 Thread Richard Elkins
Finished my project. Upgraded same laptop (HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop) to 16.04 Beta-2. Can no longer reproduce this anomaly in 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559597 Title:

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-23 Thread Richard Elkins
Do not gzip tar files? Every file manager on every desktop automatically opens the folder for you- just double-click on the tar.gz file in the file manager. Using a command line, tar xvfz (added the 'z' for zipped) extracts the folder. Adding the 'z' is hard? But, if that is what you want, I wil

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-21 Thread Richard Elkins
I just noticed that this failed make was for the "Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source" (bcmwl). So, maybe this failure is irrelevant since the anomaly I reported concerns wired Ethernet. Please advise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-21 Thread Richard Elkins
Please note that if a build has an issue installing 100%, then the reporter should not proceed with a test. I thought that I observed a totally successful install of the 4.5 kernel image and headers yesterday but I missed seeing that the make of bcmwl failed to make even though the installation wa

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-20 Thread Richard Elkins
In my previous attempt with 4.5, I downloaded the wrong header file. I should have grabbed the "all" one. Successfully installed 4.5. Symptom of this report exists in the 4.5 kernel. ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-4.5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-20 Thread Richard Elkins
Successfully installed 4.4.6. Symptom of this report exists in the 4.4.6 kernel. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-20 Thread Richard Elkins
Went to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D Selected: v4.5-wily/14-Mar-2016 06:30 Downloaded: linux-headers-4.5.0-040500-generic_4.5.0-040500.201603140130_amd64.deb linux-image-4.5.0-040500-generic_4.5.0-040500.201603140130_amd64.deb Executed the normal instal

[Bug 1559597] Re: [HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend in Xubuntu 14.04.04

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
You want me to upgrade from 14.04.04 to 16.04? That I cannot do at the moment because I am in the middle of a development project that needs a stable Intel/AMD workstation which has lsb packages. Using the lsb API was not my idea (long story) and I warned my partner that lsb would be gone in Ubun

[Bug 1297144] Re: [Lenovo ThinkPad X230] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
Hopefully, xorg or xfce4 folks won't complain about a "duplicate report" [(-:]. I did file a separate report referencing my laptop hardware against xorg. Time will tell if it is xorg or xfce. I am tempted to try to reproduce this anomaly with a completely different 14.04.04 desktop (E.g. KDE) on

[Bug 1559597] Re: [HP Pavilion dv3-1075us Laptop] Invisible cursor after resume from suspend in Xubuntu 14.04.04

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
I just discovered a much better work-around than logout-login: 1. Resume from a long-term suspend. Note the disappeared mouse cursor. 2. Ctrl-Alt-F1 ===> getty 3. Ctrl-Alt-F7 ===> back to desktop My mouse cursor is restored after step 3. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1556676] Re: In 14.04.04, r8169.ko cannot recover wired Ethernet connection after resume from suspend

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
Christopher, I always use `ubuntu-bug` to create a report. However, until I saw your mail, I did not have the python-apport package installed. Maybe, since it is not very big, it should always be installed as part of *buntu base in case it is needed. Please let me know if anything else is neede

[Bug 1556676] ProcInterrupts.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcInterrupts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605030/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155

[Bug 1556676] BootDmesg.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605022/+files/BootDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676 Titl

[Bug 1556676] ProcModules.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcModules.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605031/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676

[Bug 1556676] IwConfig.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "IwConfig.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605025/+files/IwConfig.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676 Title:

[Bug 1556676] ProcEnviron.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcEnviron.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605029/+files/ProcEnviron.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676

[Bug 1556676] CurrentDmesg.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605024/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676

[Bug 1556676] PulseList.txt

2016-03-19 Thread Richard Elkins
apport information ** Attachment added: "PulseList.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676/+attachment/4605032/+files/PulseList.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556676 Titl

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