[Bug 1574667] Re: Mouse pointer occasionally jumps to the bottom-left corner

2018-01-19 Thread jpvrlaone
I had the same problem on my desktop with Ubuntu 16.04 but #32 worked for me. It too was driving me crazy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574667 Title: Mouse pointer occasionally ju

[Bug 1207812] Re: iOS 7, Trust Prompt Looping

2014-02-22 Thread jpvrlaone
After installing the latest libimobildevice updates most of the trust issues were resolved. But now I have a new irksome problem where each time I connect my iphone via usb VLC gets mount errors(See below). I googled exhaustively around and could not find any clues as to fixing the problem. Most re

[Bug 1207812] Re: iOS 7, Trust Prompt Looping

2014-02-19 Thread jpvrlaone
I followed the installation package procedure but the original problem remained for the most part. The lockdown directory was created and had its permission changed also. Only after I created the mount point (MyName123) as listed in the following error message did I make progress: Una

[Bug 1266600] [NEW] iphone 5 with IOS 7.0.4 requests passcode and to be trusted

2014-01-06 Thread jpvrlaone
Public bug reported: same exact problem as 1215098 but for 12.04 LTS current kernel 3.2.0-58-generic but booting to older kernel 3.2.0-54-generic incurred same issue Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) 3.2.0-58-generic (#88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:37:58 UTC 2

[Bug 1215098] Re: iPhone with iOS 7 does not work on Ubuntu

2014-01-06 Thread jpvrlaone
Not sure if this should be listed here but I have 12.04 LTS Ubuntu OS and I have the exact same problem as defined in this bug. IOS 7.0.4. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215098 Title

[Bug 119183] Re: Underscore character is appended to mount directory name of USB disc after hibernation

2012-09-20 Thread jpvrlaone
Upon further investigation I found an explanation from the SuperUser forum and it corrected the problem. Look through your /media folder. My guess is that even when no drive is plugged in, its mountpoint exists. remove this (empty) directory (with the drive unplugged, just to be safe), with sudo

[Bug 119183] Re: Underscore character is appended to mount directory name of USB disc after hibernation

2012-09-20 Thread jpvrlaone
I just encountered this appending of an underscore while trying to rename a usb flash drive. Using gparted my first attempt placed the underscore as /media/_flash and the second as /media/flash_. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux xx 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86

Re: [Bug 999207] Re: what is the operative readlink command?

2012-05-15 Thread jpvrlaone
I agree that the expanded install script w(use of set -vx) worked with the readlink command. But somehow things got fuzzy and I hate to reinstall the running software monitoring tool to reenact the crime since I hate for you and me to spend more time on this. I made a closing entry in the bug abo

Re: [Bug 999207] Re: what is the operative readlink command?

2012-05-14 Thread jpvrlaone
Sorry but I don't understand what I am not being clear about other than I appear to not beĀ  following the problem reporting protocol. I probably stems from a misunderstanding of the readlink command's syntax as used in a script that was failing---readlink -f "$0". When I tested it outside the scr

[Bug 999207] Re: what is the operative readlink command?

2012-05-14 Thread jpvrlaone
Reuested info follows plus error messages listed when ran as root and user. Maybe # readlink --version readlink (GNU coreutils) 8.13 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are fre

[Bug 999207] [NEW] what is the operative readlink command?

2012-05-14 Thread jpvrlaone
Public bug reported: I stumlbed accross a problem where a script kept failing when running the readlink command. It did not like the use of the -f flag which is supported in the man page. I got past the problem using /usr/lib/klibc/bin/readlink found through a search of the system. More

[Bug 993393] Re: Screensaver, Brightness and Lock --- settings ignored?

2012-05-03 Thread jpvrlaone
or xscreensaver package ** Package changed: ubuntu => gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993393 Title: Screensaver, Brightness and Lock --- settings ignored?

[Bug 993393] [NEW] Screensaver, Brightness and Lock --- settings ignored?

2012-05-02 Thread jpvrlaone
Public bug reported: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 I upgraded to 12.04 it seems that I have no control over screen timeouts (which are blank). Also, on occasion and overnight the system seems to lock with a frozen desktop requiring a reboot. I