[Bug 604847] Re: Firefox menu bar does not respond at all

2010-10-18 Thread gwi
I had the same problem, starting today. What also didn't work was searching in the bookmarks while typing in the address bar, the Options button in the NoScript message bar, ctrl-D to add this page to my bookmarks. Rebooting did not solve the problem, until after a reboot starting Firefox first

[Bug 160738] Re: context menu positioned next to mouse pointer when using keyboard in stead of next to keyboard position (nautilus, gnome menus, ...)

2009-04-22 Thread gwi
Just reported the bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579872 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #579872 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579872 -- context menu positioned next to mouse pointer when using keyboard in stead of next to keyboard position (nautilus, gnome m

[Bug 160738] Re: context menu positioned next to mouse pointer when using keyboard in stead of next to keyboard position (nautilus, gnome menus, ...)

2008-11-27 Thread gwi
In Intrepid, which also has Gnome 2.24.1, it does NOT work as requested. As Marcos reported the menu still appears at the mouse pointer's location, not at the related object's location. And this is the same for the context menu key and for shift-F10. -- context menu positioned next to mouse point

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-10-12 Thread gwi
Sorry for the delay, but finally I can report usbnet is working with my Motorola A780. (Still booting the livecd with all_generic_ide, no idea what went wrong last time.) -- usbnet no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162003 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 225361] Re: Superuser cannot access ~/.gvfs folder when mounted

2008-10-12 Thread gwi
That ("user others than the one who mounted the fs can't access it, including root") is not completely true. I have two systems (not connected to eachother), both running Ubuntu 8.04. On one of them I have one user, created during install, and member of sudoers. On this system I use a script that

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-09-15 Thread gwi
Almost working here (booted the live cd with the parameter all_generic_ide). I get to the point where I have to start telnet, and it does not get a connection. usb0 is configured with the address 192.168.1.1, the UsbMode application on the A780 is in USBLAN mode, and reports "Connected IP: 192.16

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-09-14 Thread gwi
I tried installing 8.10a5 in a VirtualBox 2.0.2 VM. That went ok (VM boots), up to where I had to install the guest additions, to enable USB in the VM. Then I tried the same in a VMware Server 1.0.7 VM. That also went ok (VM boots), but installing the VMware Tools failed. I then burned the iso on

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-09-09 Thread gwi
I will give it a try Thursday. -- usbnet no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162003 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/mailman/

[Bug 217057] Re: I can't use accents in guests installed on VirtualBox (Hardy)

2008-08-05 Thread gwi
With the right Ctrl key (the default 'host key' as VirtualBox calls it) you are just switching between capturing and not capturing the keyboard inside the virtual machine. VirtualBox's keyboard handling is buggy, and the dead keys problem is just one of them. Another one: not capturing the keybo

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

2008-05-18 Thread gwi
Same problem here. Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic. VMware server 1,0.5 build 80187 setxkbmap brings back the function of the ctrl, shift and capslock keys, but now the alt-tab key combination no longer works (it works like a tab). Other alt-combinations work (like alt-F to activate the Fil

[Bug 227424] Re: Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy

2008-05-14 Thread gwi
Apparantly the option "AlwaysCore" in the ServerLayout section is no longer needed. This option was the cause of the problems. AFAIK this bug can be closed ("Fixed Invalid" as we call cases like this here). -- Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227424 You r

[Bug 227424] Re: Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread gwi
I tried downgrading xserver-xorg-input-wacom and wacom-tools to their Gutsy versions. This didn't result in the tablet behaving the way it did under Gutsy. Additional information: When the mouse pointer is frozen, the yellow led in the tablet is on (as normal), and when tapping with the pen, the

[Bug 227424] Re: Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy

2008-05-06 Thread gwi
Additional information ** Attachment added: "Wacom messages in /var/log/messages" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14262339/messages -- Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 227424] Re: Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy

2008-05-06 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "Wacom settings in xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14262319/xorg.conf -- Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 227424] [NEW] Wacom Graphire 1 no longer works in Hardy

2008-05-06 Thread gwi
Public bug reported: I have a Wacom Graphire 1, which worked perfectly well with Dapper, Edgy, Feisty and Gutsy. After upgrading to Hardy it doesn't anymore. After every time I log in, or switch to tty1-tty6 and back to tty7, the mouse pointer is frozen. I then have to unplug and reconnect the

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working

2008-04-06 Thread gwi
Nice, how about fixing it? -- usbnet no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162003 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/mailman/list

[Bug 160738] Re: context menu positioned next to mouse pointer when using keyboard in stead of next to keyboard position (nautilus, gnome menus, ...)

2008-02-18 Thread gwi
I would also like to see this fixed. The menu location should logically (IMO) be tied to the object it will act upon (where the focus of the user's attention is), not to the (arbitrary position of the) mouse pointer. If the context menu is activated by using the right mouse key, both locations a

[Bug 181731] Dutch translation of "df" output misaligned

2008-01-10 Thread gwi
Public bug reported: Sample df output (should be viewed with a fixed-width font): Bestandssysteem 1K-blokken Gebruikt Beschikbr Geb% Aangekoppeld op /dev/sda2 4127108569396 3389996 15% / varrun 1553544 240 1553304 1% /var/run varlock

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2008-01-07 Thread gwi
Since I replaced the SATA cable by a "SATA II" cable, I haven't seen the ata errors anymore. So AFAIK this bug can be closed. -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact f

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-12-16 Thread gwi
Bought a new cable last monday. It was sold as a "SATA II cable". It did not look any different than the cables I already tried, except the connector on the motherboard side has a metal clip on it, to secure the connector to the board. To my surprise I haven't had any more ata errors since. Still

[Bug 129910] Re: Blank ttys when using vesafb (vga=xxx)

2007-12-12 Thread gwi
@Jonas Bygdén > What's probably most frustrating is the complete and utter silence from the > responsible teams. I completely agree with that (and not only for this bug, but for others as well). @Felix Miata > or install some gfxcard other than Intel. If you do, don't install an nVidia card. I

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-12-09 Thread gwi
[quote]My guess is the ata errors will slowly come back after a few weeks[/quote] Wrong assumption: the day of the reinstall I have used the system for over 8 hours, without a problem. Used VMware server to install three more servers in the virtual network, made backup copied of the virtual syst

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-12-09 Thread gwi
No, even worse. The frequency of the errors was so high that it was again impossible to do work on the computer. I decided to try Hardy Heron Alpha 1, to see if a newer kernel would solve the problem. (I read somewhere that 2.6.23 might do that.) I tried the upgrade twice, and twice the ata erro

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-12-07 Thread gwi
Steps for connecting A780: 1. modprobe usbnet 2. modprobe cdc-acm 3. connect the phone in modem mode 4. on the phone switch to usblan mode 5. on the pc: ifconfig usb0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 900 6. telnet 192.168.1.2 Thanks for looking into this problem. ** Attachment added: "/var/l

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-12-07 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "Output of lsusb with Motorola A780 connected" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10781092/lsusb.log -- usbnet no longer working in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-12-06 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "3. Output of sudo lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10770962/lspci-vvnn.log -- usbnet no longer working in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubunt

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-12-06 Thread gwi
1. Output of uname -a: Linux saturnus 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux 2. Output of dmesg: see attachment ** Attachment added: "Output of dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10770958/dmesg.log -- usbnet no longer working in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-11-23 Thread gwi
Some response or acknowledgment from offical Ubuntu side would be nice. -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 162003] Re: usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-11-13 Thread gwi
Just tried it with the Feisty live cd. usbnet is working with Feisty, it is no longer working with Gutsy. In http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3714204 it is confirmed by another user that usbnet in Gutsy is broken. -- usbnet no longer working in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16200

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-11-13 Thread gwi
Same here, I needed to include nvidiafb (with a PCX5300 card). -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread gwi
I don't know who John Yates is (I don't see a posting with that name here), but what's the use of step 4? You already added fbcon to /etc /initramfs-tools/modules in step 1. -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 162003] usbnet no longer working in Gutsy

2007-11-11 Thread gwi
Public bug reported: I have a Motorola A780, that I could telnet to from Ubuntu, using usbnet and cdc-acm modules. When following the instructions on the OpenEZX wiki (http://wiki.openezx.org/Get_a_shell#Linux) I get the first two of the three expected lines of output, but the third line: usb0:

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-11-05 Thread gwi
@caravel Did the same on the Intel system, with intelfb instead of nvidiafb. Everything seemed to be ok, until I tried to switch back from tty1 to tty7. tty7 was just black. It did work however, because the key sequence alt-F1, S, A, alt-H restarted the system (keys are for the Dutch locale). Retu

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-11-05 Thread gwi
@caravel Just tried your solution on the nVidia system. It works. Not without the vesafb. In that case the monitor and video card are not recognised, and I get the Gnome window at 800x600 in the center of my 1280x1024 monitor. tty1-6 looked ok, but could not switch back to tty7 (just a flashing

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-11-05 Thread gwi
Sounds nice. Will try it when I get home tonight. But what about non-nVidia systems? I am having the same problems on an Intel system (with a 82915G video chip). -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-11-01 Thread gwi
I am having the problem with a SATA-disk (the only harddisk in my system). Does ide-generic handle SATA as well as IDE? -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubun

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-31 Thread gwi
Can anyone tell me why this bug has been linked to initramfs-tools? -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-31 Thread gwi
Helloohhho, Ubuntu team, anybody there? Again several reboots needed to get the system up and running. And even then several errors, as the attachment shows. When is someone going to take a look at this, and decide whether or not to do anything about it? This is a critical bug! Solve it!

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-29 Thread gwi
Best results I got so far: - used startupmanager to set resolution to 1280x1024 (could do this manually, but wanted to try this way); - manually removed vga=794 setting from boot parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst; - no changes to the default modules list or blacklists. I now have a proper startup

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-29 Thread gwi
Tonight had to reboot 5 times before I could login. The other 4 times the system froze before that point. I would classify this bug as critical (if I could). The past 6 months I spent more time recovering from these freezes, reinstalling Ubuntu, than I spent doing real work (and that's what I have

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "lspci -vvn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10183872/lspci-vvn -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "messages" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10183867/messages -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "syslog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10183868/syslog -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10183862/dmesg -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b

[Bug 157650] Re: ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
** Attachment added: "kern.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10183866/kern.log -- ATA port freezes randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 157650] ATA port freezes randomly

2007-10-27 Thread gwi
Public bug reported: My system has random freezes, sometimes during boot, sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after a few hours. Everytime there are ata port errors like "ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1c0 action 0x2 frozen" (see logs). I had this with Feisty, but even af

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-24 Thread gwi
Tried to change the resolution to 1280x1024 by editing usplash.conf and adding vga=794 to the kernel boot parameters, and generating a new initrd image. During boot the Ubuntu logo screen disappeared, and was replaced by a black screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left corner. After a whil

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-23 Thread gwi
I did a fresh install of Gutsy on my AMD/nVidia system. I can access tty1-6 now, but the font is huge. I am using the nvidia-glx-new restricted drivers, which were installed via the Restricted Manager. I will try to change the resolution to get a smaller font in the tty's, and see if that causes

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-23 Thread gwi
I am experiencing the problem on two different systems: one (AMD Athlon64 X2) with nVidia restricted drivers, and one (Intel Pentium IV) with the i810 non-restricted drivers. So the restricted drivers are not the (only) cause of this bug. -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https:

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-23 Thread gwi
ardchoille, Sorry for the accusation. You're not to blaim, I overreacted in the heat of the moment. Real problem here is that "just users" are the ones that respond here. Nothing from the official Ubuntu side. Why can't they at least inform us about the status of the bug? Workarounds reported h

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-22 Thread gwi
Thanks ardchoille, this: sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx && sudo nvidia-glx-config enable && sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg really fucked up my system. Ended with a message that my config was corrupt and I should recheck the MD5sum? Result: display adapter: no longer recognised, monitor: no

[Bug 109403] Re: ICH4 controller software suspend broken in Feisty (Thinkpad T40p)

2007-09-26 Thread gwi
I tried adding the piix driver (without explicitly removing the ata_piix, should I have done that as well?), on one of the two previous boards, it didn't solve the problem. Also tried things like noapic, acpi=off, without result. I thought the piix driver is for Intel systems? I am using AMD with

[Bug 109403] Re: ICH4 controller software suspend broken in Feisty (Thinkpad T40p)

2007-09-26 Thread gwi
Output of 'lspci -vv | grep 00:1f.1' is empty. Attached is output of 'lspci -vv'. Why did you specifically ask for 00:1f.1? The problem also occurs if I connect the harddisk to the SiI3124 controller, instead of the nForce590 (both are onboard controllers). Doesn't that rule out the chipset? **

[Bug 109403] Re: IBM T41p & upgrade to Feisty breaks suspend

2007-09-25 Thread gwi
The bug is not suspend specific, or even laptop specific. I am having the same "rejecting I/O to dead device" problems on my desktop. -- IBM T41p & upgrade to Feisty breaks suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 93454] Re: in Feisty hddtemp not showing temp's say "S.M.A.R.T. not available"

2007-04-23 Thread gwi
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 88045 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/88045 After upgrading to Feisty, I get: $ uname -a Linux saturnus 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux $ hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: ST3300831AS �: drive is

[Bug 51207] Incomplete and incorrect Dutch translations in passwd

2006-06-28 Thread gwi
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: passwd I have set my locale to Dutch. passwd however asks for 'Enter new UNIX password:' and 'Retype new UNIX password:', which isn't Dutch. And it ends with 'passwd: wachtwoord is mes succes aangepast'. This is Dutch, but it is incorrect. It should rea