[Bug 1332931] Re: "Display configure screen settings and layout" window opens automatically every view seconds

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
a new instance of xfce4-display is being launched every 5 seconds an infinite number of instances of xfce4-display are being launched this makes the computer UNUSABLE this started happening on my computer after a recent upgrade, prior to that it did not happen. See bug 1375020 for details (

[Bug 512670] Re: Enable creation of out-of-order partition tables to make Windows-interoperable USB disks

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
this occured with windows 2000, and I am pretty sure that it happened exactly as described, but that was awhile ago I might have misremembered something. It probably also depends on the specific sequence of the partitions. Windows 2000 has a very finicky file system. These days winows 2000 is a

[Bug 1375020] [NEW] new instance of xfce4-display is being launched every 5 seconds after upgrade

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Every 5 seconds a new instance of xfce4-display is being launched, this makes the computer unusable. This started happening after a recent upgrade/update. Prior to that upgrade/update the xfce4-display program was being launched every time that power was added or removed fro

[Bug 1292438] Re: Can't connect to PulseAudio server

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
@alberto: so audio is considered to be non-essential in a consumer computer??? I could see that being the case for servers, but computers with gui interfaces ought to consider audio to be essential to that experience, see for instance PC-98 spec. I did eventually find a work-around for this

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
sorry, turns out this bug is invalid. The problem is that the PNY USB Flash drives are terrible, don't buy them, they are dog slow. This works fine when I use a different brand of Flash Drive. ** Changed in: live-build (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
okay, that is indeed very sophisticated, but I'm still trying to figure out why I ended up with an unbootable system. In that scenario I was doing a downgrade from a newer/updated version of the beta. I note that /boot was not deleted. one possibility that comes to mind is that the newer kern

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
hmm, that's interesting/confusing, it is doing some amount of deleting... just not complete. Before the install, I did this: sudo su touch /home/test/this-should-be-deleted touch /bin/this-should-be-deleted touch /boot/this-should-be-deleted touch /etc/this-should-be-deleted touch /lib/this-shoul

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
I used virtualbox to confirm the following 1) installer formats the disk = permissions are set correctly 2) install to an existing disk = it does not change the permissions for that disk. okay, so I guess it's not really a bug... but it is not the behavior that I would expect when doing an INST

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
yes, it is doing exactly what I suspected it was doing... instead of ERASING everything the way that it is supposed to do it attempts to do a RESTORE instead. I think the number of partitions that you have is irrelevant. But for this repro I had 4 linux partitions and one swap partition. Only

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-04-02 Thread codeslinger
@Peter, for help with installing, please go and try the interactive chat at irc.freenode.net see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation --- @Phillip sorry for the delay, I ran out of time, will try to get

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-03-31 Thread codeslinger
well, it was an uncontroled situation... I did an install, installed a bunch of upgrades, made some other changes, and decided I needed to start over. so then I reinstalled from the iso, and decided to take the quick way out and not reformat or erase the existing, but just to install over the top

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-31 Thread codeslinger
okay, give me a few hours... and I will do another repro using vbox. But I have already reprod this 3 times using a real hard disk partition. basically I have a multiboot system with about a dozen partitions... but I'm sure you don't need anywhere near that many to repro this. to install

[Bug 1218702] Re: ubiquity resizes partition even when not asked to.

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
comment copied from "dup" bug 1164783 The only proper way to decide if a resize is needed is to compare the original value that was placed into the Change dialog, to the value that was returned from the dialog. This comparision must be preformed on the numeric value so as to avoid getting confuse

[Bug 1218702] Re: ubiquity resizes partition even when not asked to.

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
@psusi in general it is customary to mark the newer bug as a dup of the older bug, not the other way around. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218702 Title: ubiquity resizes partiti

[Bug 1299930] [NEW] CONFIG dialog should be App Modal

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: I believe that the actual bug is that the CONFIG dialogs which popup are not App Modal. the specific problem I encountered is that the CONFIG dialog ends up underneath something else (assuming you are doing other things will the upgrade runs in the background) therefore you

[Bug 1299930] Re: CONFIG dialog should be App Modal

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
oh yes, this occured in UbuntuStudio 14.01 BETA 1 while installing the latest (3/30) updates -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299930 Title: CONFIG dialog should be App Modal To manag

[Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => 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/741377 Title: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: pulseaudio (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/1292438 Title: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server To manage notific

[Bug 1299362] Re: apt-get commands don't work in trusty due to broken krita-data dependency

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
this breaks the 14.04 BETA after installing the latest 3/28/2014 round of updates, prior to that krita was fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299362 Title: apt-get commands don't

[Bug 1255824] Re: VLC looks for /dev/dvd which does not exist

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
related/dup bugs bug #1084855 udev is creating symlinks for optical drives incorrectly bug #1098323 Parole failes to play DVD bug #237874kaffeine refers to "/dev/dvd bug #1248194 Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd bug #1295561 /dev/dvd doesn't

[Bug 1098323] Re: Parole failes to play DVD

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
see bug #1255824 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098323 Title: Parole failes to play DVD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parol

[Bug 1248194] Re: Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) -- Ubuntu Saucy

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
see bug #1255824 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248194 Title: Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) -- Ubuntu

[Bug 1255824] Re: VLC looks for /dev/dvd which does not exist

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
I didn't have this problem in 12.05... so, /dev/dvd is considered obsolete??? and is now removed?!?!? Well, somebody forgot to tell that to all the app developers. In BETA 14.04 the following are broken due to this *feature* xine, gxine, (totem) Videos I didn't test VLC but this bug was or

[Bug 1296071] [NEW] install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: when you do a manual install and choose a partition which already has an os on it. then you get warned that the os will be erased... good that is what I want... but then it does not actually erase the old os instead it adds files to it and the result is unbootable. steps t

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
why is this marked incomplete? I provided the info you requested. why do you keep talking about HDMI?? what does that have to do with audio? HDMI is not enabled because it's not hooked up. Yes, I do use an external tv sometimes, when I want to watch a video. But that has nothing to do with th

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
@mic make sure that you install *all* the updates, not just the latest kernel. 14.04 is still in BETA, it won't be released until april. I'm not convinced that your bug with not seeing an android phone is at all related to my bug of not being able to mount a WD usb disk -- which was visible in t

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-16 Thread codeslinger
Hi Raymond -- thank you very much for taking the time to look at this. after many hours of fiddling and reading... I finally Uninstalled PulseAudio ... and now sound works great! not really the correct answer, but at least I finally have a usable system. >> do the stereo HDMI codec really nee

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
when installing software I'm seeing a lot of errors that look like this, perhaps this is the reason the audio stopped working? (gconftool-2:2854): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send

[Bug 1292438] [NEW] BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 1) Install Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 Beta 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 2) reboot etc result: Sound system works properly 3) Install all the latest updates as of Mar 14, 3.13.0-17-lowlatency kernel 4) reboot etc result: Sound System no longer works anything that tries to connect

[Bug 512670] Re: Enable creation of out-of-order partition tables to make Windows-interoperable USB disks

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
an interesting concept... apparently in the one very specific scenario that you describe, this works ok. However, beware, that I once had a disk with multiple partitions on it with a mixture of windows and linux. due to splitting one partition into two, I ended up with an out of order partition

[Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
yes, this bug has been fixed. it works pretty well in 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741377 Title: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch To manage notifica

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
I just remembered one important difference in the install, I did not format the disk I used an existing empty partition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290393 Title: WARN: / is worl

[Bug 1292373] [NEW] BETA 14.04 xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in xfce_desktop_refresh()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: boot from LiveDVD once the desktop appears you immediatly get this crash notice. Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xfdesktop4 4.11.3-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-lowlatency 3.13.4 Un

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Sorry, I'm just guessing at the Project/Package The problem is that the BETA 14.04 Live DVD works okay but the Live USB Flash is NOT usable, very slow/short hangs ** Package changed: casper (Ubuntu) => live-build (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 779739] Re: btscanner assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: btscanner terminated

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
my bluetooth hardware seems to not be enabled or configured properly running an inquery scan instead does not crash, but also does not detect anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
ok, got it 3.13.0-12-lowlatencyfails 3.13.0-16-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-17-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-12 does not see the partitions, but it is now seeing the SMART looks like this bug is already fixed ** Attachment added: "udisk output connect WD USB and partitions not found" https

[Bug 1292054] [NEW] BETA 14.04 -- thunar crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_free1()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: UbuntuStudio 64 bit, 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 + Updates mount and unmount external usb disks several times and then close thunar I'm guessing it's trying to free an already freeed resource ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu3 Pro

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
hmmm... that is interesting last night I installed that latest round of updates including a new kernel and now the problem is not reproducable. I'm attaching the udisk output anyway ** Attachment added: "udisk output mount WD and it worked" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Hi madbiologist, thank you very much for your persistance.(somehow launchpad no longer shows this bug in my list...) I did try some of your suggestions above, but nothing really seemed to help. I am happy to report that UbubtuStudio 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) AMD64 is greatly improved compared to

[Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
I deactivated the duplicate laptop entry in Display Settings and rebooted now it does not crash any more -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIG

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290393 Title: WARN: / is world writable! To manage notifications about this bug go to: http

[Bug 700403] Re: Toshiba L645-D4058 Fan shuts off when Temp Critical

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
is that 106 degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius??? because if it is Fahrenheit than your computer is actually running very cool and you have no problem. but if it is Celsius than your computer is about to self-destruct. So is it F or C? it makes all the difference. In either case give 14.04 beta a

[Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise() To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1291919] Re: BETA 14.04 plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 927636 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927636 also in the display settings, I see two identical entries for laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1266608] Re: apport-gtk crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
this was not happening to me until after I installed updates and or used an external monitor. after a fresh install I was not seeing this. also in the display settings, I see two identical entries for laptop. see bug 1291927 UbuntuStudio 14.04 amd64 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 -- You received this

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
apport keeps complaining about "Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon" but it won't let me file this bug because gnome-vfs is not a package... so here is the info copied from another bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-lowlatency 3.1

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
ah yes drwxrwxrwx 23 root root 4096 Mar 10 12:44 / thanks!!! ** Changed in: ubiquity (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/1290393 Titl

[Bug 1290678] [NEW] 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: UbuntuStudio 14.04 AMD64 BETA 1 (Alpha) This works fine on 12.04 bug only exists on the BETA. I have a Western Digital MyBook 4TB USB disk drive. The drive has two partitions. When I plug it in after logging in, the partitions are not detected. Furthermore Disk Utility s

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
the only clear pattern is that the first time you try to do something such as "man less" it took about 30 seconds to load but after that it loads from memory cache and is fast. on the other hand, firefox continues to stall with every page load even on pages that have already been loaded

[Bug 1290457] [NEW] boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: used the Startup Disk Creator to create a bootable flash disk with UbuntuStudio 14.04 AMD64 Beta 1 (Alpha) Booted from flash drive. Boot Menu appears very quickly Verify Disk and Memory test behave normally [Try Ubuntu Without Installing] takes 10 to 15 minutes to bring u

[Bug 1290393] [NEW] WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: after installing UbuntuStudio 14.04 Beta 1 (Feb 24) 64 bit from DVD The root directory '/' is world writable expected: this is a file permissions problem, should only be writable by the root user ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubiquity (not instal

[Bug 768752] Re: Microphone Input has no sound - cant record

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
sorry for the slow response, apparently I missed seeing the email... anyway, please mark this bug as a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/741825 I don't seem to be able to set the status to "duplicate" thanks -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 768729] Re: no video without nomodeset

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
thank you for your time. this bug can be closed, it does not reproduce with a recent version of ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768729 Title: no video without nomodeset To ma

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-16 Thread codeslinger
apparently I am still not doing a very good job of explaining the situation... let me try again. on 10.10 the best case idle temp is 51C on 12.04 the best case idle temp is about 57C on 13.04 the best case idle temp is 75C (that is at idle! and more typically it is low 80's) under full load: th

[Bug 1164783] Re: during manual partitioning, the size is off-by-one, this causes unexpected resizing

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
perhaps it helps to know that this bug does NOT exist in 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1164783 Title: during manual partitioning, the size is off-by-one, this causes unexpect

[Bug 1164787] Re: Partition Summary Silder Bar does not display the last partition

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
hmmm... it's even more subtle than that... all you have to do is to click anywhere in the partition list box and the slider gets redrawen correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116

[Bug 1164787] Re: Partition Summary Silder Bar does not display the last partition

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
I just found that this bug also exists in 12.04 64 bits. it's not the sort of thing you are likely to notice unless you are looking for it. my disk has 14 partitons on it that may be a factor. I now know what the difference is between when it works and when it does not work. When you first en

[Bug 349469] Re: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
I just hit this bug while installing 12.04 from a flashdrive basically it was a simple case of user error, however it is also a program error too, because it is not effective for a program to crash as a means to tell the user that they did something wrong. if a program has a choice between crashi

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
P.S. it was not a totally apples to apples comparision because in the process of installing the kernel I ended up switching the video driver from the amd to the xorg. but the results should be pretty close given that in previous tests on 12.10 I so no significant difference in temperature between

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
very curious... per irc with Kaj... on 12.04 64 bit UbuntuStudio installed 3.8.0-18-generic kernel which was backported for testing purposes. see: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/r-lts-backport over-all result is that this kernel is running about 6 degress hotter than 12.04 with

[Bug 999742] Re: Partitions displayed as removable devices

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
yes, this is a pain, especially when you have a lot of partitions, you desktop becomes very cluttered. it is a bad design decision for the primary disk to have it's partitions displayed on the desktop. it is probably ok for secondary drives to do it though... the work-around is to add all of you

[Bug 416101] Re: Ubuntu's switch to pulseaudio broke accessibility for the blind.

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
this bug is probably fixed now. try 13.04, after a very long wait, the audio system now *finally* works for me. why was this bug left to sit and rot never assigned in 4 years -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-13 Thread codeslinger
I used lm-sensors to get the temperature data, unfortunately lm-sensors can't read the radeon's temp in the older oses. ** Summary changed: - temperature overheating probably radeon + temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-13 Thread codeslinger
ubuntu 10.10 generic 32 bit idle to max and then back to idle note it took several minutes of fumbling around to get a consistant high load... my usual technique is to open severel virtualboxes and then have each one play a video, but on this os, I have not used it in so long that the software

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-13 Thread codeslinger
ubuntu 10.10 generic 32 bit here is the data for 10.10, it's actually closer to 12.04 then I thought it was. The chief difference is that with 12.04 I am always aware of the fan noise even at idle, but with 10.10 at idle the fan is effectivly silent. I had to wait until the computer was cold to

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
13.04 beta 2 Generic 64 bit - idle to max to idle - temperature and cpu log general impression is that teh generic might be slightly cooler than low latency, but not a significant difference. again. once it hit the 90's I shut down the load. also I did some prolonged idleing at the start because

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
2 further thoughts... on 12.10 I also tried the 32 bit low latency kernel with similar high temperatures. on 13.04 during prolonged idle I noticed an interesting behavior; when starting from cool... and running at idle, it heats up to 79c at which point the fan kicks into high gear, it then coo

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
13.04 beta 2 low latency 64 bit idle to max load and back to idle note: It did not reach it's max peak temperature, I shut down the load once it reached the 90's ** Attachment added: "13.04 beta 2 lowlat -- idle to max and back to idle - temperature and cpu log" https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
13.04 beta 2 low latency 64 bit prolonged idle trying to find the lowest possible temperature this was from before installing updates, but after installing updates I saw no difference. ** Attachment added: "13.04 beta 2 lowlat -- idle to find lowest temperature log" https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
12.04 low latency 64 bit idle to max load and back to idle max temp was 79c ** Attachment added: "12.04 temperature and cpu load log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1166916/+attachment/3642723/+files/12.04-lowlat-temperature-idle-to-max-to-idle.log -- You

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
okay, here is the data you have been waiting for... but first thing to know is that I have put my laptop on a stand to increase airflow, thus it's over-all temperature is now about 3 degrees cooler than the above observations. none-the-less even with better airflow it still hit 96c and climbing,

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
P.S. deleting random pieces of the script/program in the hopes that it will bypass the problem -- without taking the time to fully understand exactly what the impact will be -- has got to be one of the worst ideas ever you might just as well start deleting random files from /etc or /boot to

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-12 Thread codeslinger
further thoughts... now that I have done half-a-dozen full installs plus many tests... I think some of the reports above of failures are actually false positives. What many people probably do not realize is that partman is very slow... I have not benchmarked it for the exact timing, but it's on

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-10 Thread codeslinger
So, I guess you are saying don't buy AMD??? ;-o on 10.10 the temperature is usually in the mid 50's and seldom hits 70. also the fan hardly ever comes on. 12.04 is usually in the 60's(c) and under high load hits about 78c, the fan is on but it's usually quiet. on 12.10 & 13.04 the temperature

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "lshw & ps" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1166916/+attachment/3635250/+files/ps-lshw.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166916

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "lm-sensors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1166916/+attachment/3635249/+files/output-of-lm-sensors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
the above data is from running on the flash drive, but I also get similar results from Beta 1 installed with all updates. also, on 12.10 I got similar results when running the generic kernel. have not yet tried the generic kernel on 13.04 but would expect it will behave the same based on experienc

[Bug 1166916] [NEW] temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Ubuntustudio 64 bit under moderate load temperature is around 81c under high load (playing video inside a virtualbox) temperature hit 94c at which point I turned it off I have tested this with all 3 of the radeon drivers, with no significant difference. The rade

[Bug 1165259] Re: 13.04 Beta1 -- symlink missing for Linux Headers /usr/src

2013-04-06 Thread codeslinger
** Description changed: - Ubuntustudio Beta 1 + Ubuntustudio Beta 1 64 bit This bug prevents adding anything that uses the headers, such as virtualbox. Therefore this should be considered a Blocking bug for the 13.04 release. - - all the links in "/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-14-low

[Bug 1164783] Re: during manual partitioning, the size is off-by-one, this causes unexpected resizing

2013-04-06 Thread codeslinger
** Description changed: - 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio - + 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio 64 bit Run the Installer and choose "Something Else" on the manual partitioning "Installation Type" screen, choose a partiton and click the [Change] button. a dialog will open with the current size

[Bug 1164787] Re: Partition Summary Silder Bar does not display the last partition

2013-04-06 Thread codeslinger
I actually saw it once where the sliderbar was correct, it had all the partitions. but majority of time it does not. not sure what accounts for the difference, but sometimes it does actually work. ** Description changed: - 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio - + 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio 64 bit on

[Bug 1164789] Re: partman hangs if laptop not plugged into power

2013-04-06 Thread codeslinger
** Description changed: - 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio + 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio 64 bit on a laptop that is not plugged in to the power: Run the Installer When you get to the "Preparing to Install..." screen it says, "For best results, please ensure that this computer: [x] Is

[Bug 1164792] Re: feature request: tool-tip needed on partman dialog

2013-04-06 Thread codeslinger
** Description changed: - 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio + 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio 64 bit this is a followup to a discussion on irc with cjwatson. on the manual partition dialog there are [+][-] buttons for adding and removing partitions. However, these buttons are unmarked and their

[Bug 582600] Re: Ubuntu Lucid / PulseAudio Alsa-Plugin : 2 sec delay

2013-04-05 Thread codeslinger
I belive that this bug has been fixed in the 13.04... at least for me, my audio finally works now, after being unusable for a long time and I was seeing same/similar behavior to what you saw. so give the newest version a try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1165259] [NEW] 13.04 Beta1 -- symlink missing for Linux Headers /usr/src

2013-04-05 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Ubuntustudio Beta 1 This bug prevents adding anything that uses the headers, such as virtualbox. Therefore this should be considered a Blocking bug for the 13.04 release. all the links in "/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-14-lowlatency/" are broken... they are pointing to

[Bug 1164592] Re: Ubiquity freezes in Install Alongside screen

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
was your swap partition (auto) mounted when you attempted the install? if so, then this is most likely a dup of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1050595] Re: Ubuntu Server installation with 128M ram hangs

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
for what it's worth... yes, there are real-world cases where there is only 128 megs available. Quite a few hosting companies that offer VPS packages, have low end virtual hosts with as little as 64 megs of memory, with 128 megs being a common entry point. I know that OpenVZ is not exactly the sa

[Bug 1164792] [NEW] feature request: tool-tip needed on partman dialog

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio this is a followup to a discussion on irc with cjwatson. on the manual partition dialog there are [+][-] buttons for adding and removing partitions. However, these buttons are unmarked and their purpose is not apparent to inexpereienced users. Col

[Bug 1164789] [NEW] partman hangs if laptop not plugged into power

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio on a laptop that is not plugged in to the power: Run the Installer When you get to the "Preparing to Install..." screen it says, "For best results, please ensure that this computer: [x] Is plugged in to a power source click [Continue] Result: p

[Bug 1164787] [NEW] Partition Summary Silder Bar does not display the last partition

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio once you get partman working Choose "Something Else" [continue] On the "Installation type" screen Look at the disk partition summary slider bar (not sure what you call it) scroll as needed... bug: the last partition is missing from the summa

[Bug 1164783] [NEW] during manual partitioning, the size is off-by-one, this causes unexpected resizing

2013-04-04 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Beta1 UbuntuStudio Run the Installer and choose "Something Else" on the manual partitioning "Installation Type" screen, choose a partiton and click the [Change] button. a dialog will open with the current size of the partition and the ability to change that size. B

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-03 Thread codeslinger
calrification: if the user asks partman to unmount the partitions, it is possible for partman to fail. This will happen if a file is in use on the partition to be unmounted. If partman should fail in it's attempt to unmount the partition, then it will hang. -- You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-03 Thread codeslinger
partman log of run #3 Success, after manually turning off the swap file and also killing the hung partman process. ** Attachment added: "partman log success" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3619722/+files/partman.success.r3.txt -- You received t

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-03 Thread codeslinger
syslog ** Attachment added: "syslog for run #2 of failed partman" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3619696/+files/syslog.failed.r2.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-04-03 Thread codeslinger
the follwoing is a follow up to a discussion with cjwatson on #ubuntu-installer fresh boot from flash drive or DVD swap is mounted no other partitions are mounted partman is not running/hung Start Install select English [continue] [x] Install this t

[Bug 743266] Re: Recording with internal mic gets cut off

2011-04-21 Thread codeslinger
I have now tried natty 10.04 64 bit which is supposed to be the latest and greatest and it totally does not work. at least with 10.10 I could actually record sound even if it does get cut off, but with 11.04 I can't even do that, I have no sound input at all. I have also fiddled considerabl

[Bug 768734] Re: natty manual install from LiveCD fails to prepare disk

2011-04-21 Thread codeslinger
Ubiquity 2.6.6 /usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py:938: GtkWarning: IA__gtk_widget_realize: assertion `GTK_WIDGET_ANCHORED (widget) || GTK_IS_INVISIBLE (widget)' failed widget.realize() update_release_notes_label() update_release_notes_label() update_release_notes_label() WARNING: Cou

[Bug 768729] Re: no video without nomodeset

2011-04-21 Thread codeslinger
here is the xorg log... the is an HP dv7-4270 laptop for the rest of the hardware details, see bug #768752 ** Attachment added: "xorg log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/768729/+attachment/2081332/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 664526] Re: setting nomodeset in grub, if live session was started with nomodeset

2011-04-21 Thread codeslinger
"ubiquity interface" er uh, I meant to say "Unity interface" Sure we care, but Canonical is calling all the shots, and lately for some inexplicable reason they have been heading in the wrong direction at a rapid gallop. On the subject of Paper Cuts: trying to target an os to the unski

[Bug 768752] Re: Microphone Input has no sound - cant record

2011-04-21 Thread codeslinger
also, when I run the gnome-sound recorder and ask it to record, it does nothing at all. "Stream contains no data" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768752 Title: Microphone Input has n

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