[Bug 404987] Re: Wifi network speed decreased after hibernation

2009-09-06 Thread Tom Kirby
I get what looks like a very similar problem on Karmic. I've found a workaround that works at the moment is to unload and reload the wireless driver like this: sudo modprobe -r ath9k sudo modprobe ath9k Obviously, save your work before you try it in case it crashes your computer. -- Wifi networ

[Bug 411898] Re: No option to keep conversations off the record

2009-08-14 Thread Tom Kirby
This bug was marked as a duplicate of #567858 in the GNOME bugzilla. I have therefore updated this bug to refer to #567858. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #567858 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567858 ** Changed in: empathy Status: Invalid => Unknown ** Changed in: em

[Bug 411898] Re: No option to keep conversations off the record

2009-08-13 Thread Tom Kirby
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #591675 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591675 ** Also affects: empathy via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591675 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- No option to keep conversations off the record https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 411898] [NEW] No option to keep conversations off the record

2009-08-11 Thread Tom Kirby
Public bug reported: I think it's a serious problem with Empathy that there is no option to prevent conversations being logged, as there is in Pidgin. It would be good to have: 1) A general option to turn off logging altogether on the user's own computer 1a) An option to keep the current conversa

[Bug 353826] Re: Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-22 Thread Tom Kirby
Phil, thank you so much! That solves the problem for me too. I can't understand why, because it was happening with photos imported since I upgraded to Jaunty. I still get the problem that when I set a rotated photo as a desktop background, it shows up wrongly oriented. This happens even for a fres

[Bug 353826] Re: Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-21 Thread Tom Kirby
What might it be under? I can't find anything under applicat...@x-jpeg or im...@jpeg... -- Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353826 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 353826] Re: Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-21 Thread Tom Kirby
OK, so now it turns out (using current Jaunty) that the problem doesn't occur if I create a brand new user and test with the same image. Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this without taking the risk of wiping out my entire GNOME config? -- Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

[Bug 353826] Re: [Jaunty] Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "A photo with which the problem occurs" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24699046/IMG_6913.JPG -- [Jaunty] Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353826 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 353826] Re: [Jaunty] Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "Screenshot showing the problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24697756/nautilus_thumbnails.png -- [Jaunty] Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353826 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 353826] [NEW] [Jaunty] Thumbnails in Nautilus have the wrong orientation

2009-04-02 Thread Tom Kirby
Public bug reported: When I import photos from my Canon EOS 400D (I think this is a Digital Rebel XTi in the US), the ones taken with a "portrait" orientation appear rotated through 90 degrees. The camera is of the type that automatically "senses" what orientation you took the photos at - I think

[Bug 261512] Re: Random segmentation faults Ubuntu Server 8.04.1

2009-02-12 Thread Tom Kirby
I seem to be getting more or less the same thing. I'm running Intrepid on a 2.6.27 kernel. I know it's not a memory issue, as I've run a full memtest86+ and smartctl health check on my hard drive. I attach /var/log/dmesg. ** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22574788/dmesg

[Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

2008-10-08 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm getting this problem in Intrepid with NM 0.7. This might be because I have the following setup: eth0: wired Ethernet, always connected eth1: used for a wireless device that is currently unplugged Will this be fixed before Intrepid comes out? -- [MASTER] [WORKAROUND] "Offline Mode" feature f

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-08-29 Thread Tom Kirby
Hi Leann, Thank you for all your help with this issue. I'm sorry to say that I've upgraded my hard-drive since I reported the bug, and I'm no longer experiencing any problems with it. I'm now using the old hard-drive mounted in an external enclosure, connected via USB, and this setup doesn't show

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-06-18 Thread Tom Kirby
Looks like 2.6.24-19 fixes the hibernate issue for me. Thanks so much for all your hard work, Ubuntu devs and bug reporters! I'm still having issues with suspend-to-RAM, which I plan to look into next. -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-06-04 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm still getting this problem with the -18 kernel. -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 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://lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "acpi.tar.bz2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14866907/acpi.tar.bz2 -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14866890/lspci-vvnn.log -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "kern.log.0" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14867062/kern.log.0 -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 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

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
Here are the various files requested... ** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14866884/uname-a.log -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14866904/dmidecode.log -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 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 236246] Re: can't resume

2008-05-31 Thread Tom Kirby
I seem to be having the same problem. I'll attach some more information when I get round to it... -- can't resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-05-20 Thread Tom Kirby
Hi Leann, I added the "kernel-ppa.list" file as you described, with the appropriate entries in it, and then ran "sudo apt-get update". I then ran "sudo apt-get upgrade -s", but the only thing it would offer to upgrade was "linux-libc-dev", not "linux-image-2.6.25". I'm quite willing to help with t

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
Thanks, Leann, the 'all_generic_ide' option fixes it for me. My HD still shows up as /dev/sda rather than /dev/hda (which isn't a problem in itself), but a 'cat /dev/urandom > ~/test' no longer clogs up the system. I'm attaching the dmesg that I get after I've booted with 'all_generic_ide', in case

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13364125/lspci-vvnn.log -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13364119/dmesg.log -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "version.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13364108/version.log -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
Sorry, I mean a SCSI device. The HD is SATA. Under 2.6.22-14, it shows up as /dev/hda, but on 2.6.24-12 and onwards it becomes /dev/sda. -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-11 Thread Tom Kirby
Confirming that this problem shows up in 2.6.24-12 and onwards. I don't get the same problem with 2.6.22-14. I'm pretty sure it's to do with treating my HD as a SATA device. -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notific

[Bug 213745] Re: PDF pages appear extremely small in evince

2008-04-09 Thread Tom Kirby
I tried doing the following: mv /home/tom/.gnome2/evince/ev-metadata.xml /home/tom/.gnome2/evince/ev- metadata.xml.old and then opening a document in evince, closing it, and opening it again. Now it seems to work fine. -- PDF pages appear extremely small in evince https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 213745] Re: PDF pages appear extremely small in evince

2008-04-09 Thread Tom Kirby
And my Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13277172/Xorg.0.log -- PDF pages appear extremely small in evince https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 213745] Re: PDF pages appear extremely small in evince

2008-04-09 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm having this problem too. Here's my xpdpyinfo. ** Attachment added: "xdpyinfo.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13277152/xdpyinfo.log -- PDF pages appear extremely small in evince https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-05 Thread Tom Kirby
I don't get this problem if I boot with the "2.6.20-12-generic" kernel. It could be connected with libata (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibAtaForAtaDisks), as under 2.6.20-12 my SATA hd shows up as /dev/hda rather than /dev/sda like it does under 2.6.24-15. -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-04-05 Thread Tom Kirby
I think I'm correct in assigning this to "linux"... ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => linux -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 205945] Re: [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-03-24 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm now pretty sure this is a disk access thing (it gets especially bad when I'm running a script that backs up my whole home directory with rsync), but fiddling with the script's i/o priority with 'ionice' doesn't really seem to help. -- [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve https:/

[Bug 205945] [NEW] [Hardy] Heavy I/O causes other processes to starve

2008-03-24 Thread Tom Kirby
Public bug reported: After a while of using Hardy, I've found that unlike Gutsy, heavy disk usage by any one process (caused by things like launching Firefox or Openoffice, or installing packages), causes other processes to be starved of CPU time. On a machine running Hardy, try: cat /dev/urando

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-24 Thread Tom Kirby
Here's a copy of my kern.log: as you can see, I tried to hibernate the computer at about 11.10 on March 23rd, and resumed it this morning (March 24th). ** Attachment added: "kern.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12837246/kern.log -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 htt

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-24 Thread Tom Kirby
It turns out that my machine (which is an ASUS Pundit-R, by the way, not a Fujitsu-Siemens) actually does hibernate in the end if left long enough. It takes a lot longer than it used to (so isn't really any quicker than shutting down and starting up anymore), and although it does resume from hibern

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-19 Thread Tom Kirby
Sorry to pester, but is there anything that I or anyone can do to help get this fixed soon? It's causing me a big headache -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "uname.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689725/uname.log -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "lspci.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689723/lspci.log -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "kern.log.0" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689722/kern.log.0 -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Kirby
** Attachment added: "dmidecode.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12689721/dmidecode.log -- Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 201044] Re: Suspend+Hibernate fails on Fujitsu-Seimens Amilo M1405

2008-03-15 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm having what looks like a pretty similar problem. When I select "hibernate", the screen goes black and then prints some text that looks rather like this: [ 847.068788] drm_sysfs_suspend [ 858.779243] i8042 kbd 00:09:activation failed If I press ctrl+alt+f1, I get a text-based login console, bu

[Bug 186345] Re: histogram disappears in gimp's curves tool

2008-02-04 Thread Tom Kirby
Looks like I've found out what's going on. Basically, the colour of the graph and its background are linked to colours in the current theme. Looking at the "Colours" tab in the "Customize Theme" box from the Appearance preferences, it seems that the graph itself is set to the "Windows" colour, whi

[Bug 186345] [NEW] histogram disappears in gimp's curves tool

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Kirby
hen the package manager updated gimp from the release candidate version that came with Gutsy to the full 2.4.2 release. It's a really annoying bug, because it prevents me from adjusting the curves on an image properly, so help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Tom Kirby ** A

[Bug 109579] Re: thumbnail problems with relative soft-links

2007-05-07 Thread Tom Kirby
Sorry if I didn't make this clear: all of the directories concerned are on the same filesystem, which is a local filesystem mounted on "/home". -- thumbnail problems with relative soft-links https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109579 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 109579] Re: thumbnail problems with relative soft-links

2007-05-07 Thread Tom Kirby
I can't get thumbnails in symlinked directories either. "/home/tom/Desktop/2007-05/" is a symlink pointing to "/home/tom/pictures/photos_archive/2007-05/". If I open "~/Desktop/2007-05/" in Nautilus, and then double-click one of the photos to open it with gthumb, then go to the "browser" view, no

[Bug 46217] Re: totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin gives an error in a page

2006-12-17 Thread Tom Kirby
I'm no longer getting the same specific problem on the same specific page. This could be due to the fact that I'm now on Edgy, or that the page has changed, or I might have installed some different firefox/gstreamer plugin since the problem first occurred. Will try to report back with more info lat

[Bug 46217] Re: totem-gstreamer-firefox-plugin gives an error in a page

2006-08-23 Thread Tom Kirby
I am experiencing rather irritating problems visiting http://www.timesonline.co.uk/uk/ I don't just get one error message, but hundreds. They just keep coming, which is a far worse bug than a missing codec, as it means I have to quit Firefox to stop the messages clogging up my system. In fact, I'd