[Bug 121082] Re: permission problems for sane devices

2009-12-07 Thread Akkana Peck
Thanks, hedgefighter! Adding both udev rules, in the two different files as you describe, worked for me too. (And wow, is this scanner crappy. I think I'll keep my old Epson running.) I guess the key is that the rule has to be in /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules, not in /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsa

[Bug 554178] Re: /usr/share/acpi-support depends on nonexistent /var/lib/acpi-support files

2010-04-02 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42911957/Dependencies.txt -- /usr/share/acpi-support depends on nonexistent /var/lib/acpi-support files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554178 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 554178] [NEW] /usr/share/acpi-support depends on nonexistent /var/lib/acpi-support files

2010-04-02 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support Running /etc/acpi/sleep.sh (or presumably other /etc/acpi scripts) prints error messages: cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-manufacturer: No such file or directory cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-product-name: No such file or directory cat

[Bug 553648] Re: ureadahead-other main process (801) terminated with status 4

2010-04-03 Thread Akkana Peck
I see the same message. init: ureadahead-other main process (621) terminated with status 4 then the same message repeated with a different pid, 669 then 5 repetitions of: could not write bytes: Broken pipe with line feeds but not carriage returns between them. These are all on virtual console 7,

[Bug 503372] Re: Evince doesn't retain settings in Lucid

2010-04-22 Thread Akkana Peck
Another metoo, worked in karmic until recently, failed in lucid, but: - I don't use gnome, and I notice stderr has a message: ** (evince:5984): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name - Karmic's e

[Bug 491483] Re: Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used. (low graphics mode error)

2010-04-23 Thread Akkana Peck
I don't use gdm, and hit this bug. I was able to make the dialog go away by moving these files out of /etc/init: gdm.conf failsafe-x.conf plymouth* usplash.conf I'm sure I didn't need to eliminate all of those, but just failsafe-x.conf alone didn't do it so I cast a wider net. -- Since failsafe

[Bug 517349] [NEW] Installer, /boot: "File system has an incompatible feature enabled"

2010-02-04 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: parted Lucid alpha 2 live installer ("Try Ubuntu" then doubleclick on the "Install Ubuntu 10.04" icon) on a disk that already has a /boot and several other partitions from previous installs. I use manual partitioning because I want to re-use one of the e

[Bug 517349] Re: Installer, /boot: "File system has an incompatible feature enabled"

2010-02-04 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "/var/log/partman" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38774349/partman -- Installer, /boot: "File system has an incompatible feature enabled" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517349 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 517349] Re: Installer, /boot: "File system has an incompatible feature enabled"

2010-02-04 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38774356/syslog -- Installer, /boot: "File system has an incompatible feature enabled" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517349 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 387326] Re: "you need to load the kernel first"

2010-02-08 Thread Akkana Peck
I see this error trying to boot autogenerated entries in the grub2 menu, using grub2 from karmic. For entries I make myself in 40_custom, the kernel loads and then says it can't mount the root filesystem, regardless of whether I use root=sda5 or root=UUID=... -- "you need to load the kernel first

[Bug 12016] Re: RFE: Replace Bitstream Vera with DejaVu

2009-10-04 Thread Akkana Peck
I just upgraded to karmic beta, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to use dejavu instead of vera for my terminal font. I had XTerm*font: -bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-bold-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-c-*-iso10646-1 (I know that encoding probably wasn't ideal, but it was working) but it's not

[Bug 442800] [NEW] not seeing atime properly, keeps revisiting unmodified mailboxes

2009-10-04 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mutt In jaunty beta, mutt isn't reading atime properly and keeps wanting to go back to mailboxes I've just checked. My default mailbox is ~/Msgs/in/Inbox. I start there, type c then choose another folder, read mail in that other folder, and mutt tells m

[Bug 442800] Re: not seeing atime properly, keeps revisiting unmodified mailboxes

2009-10-04 Thread Akkana Peck
Eek -- that first line should have read "In karmic beta". Sorry for the confusion! Jaunty's mutt works, Karmic's doesn't. Launchpad doesn't seem to have a way to let me specify which Ubuntu release this affects. mutt is version 1.5.20-4ubuntu. -- not seeing atime properly, keeps revisiting unmod

[Bug 442810] Re: netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag

2009-10-04 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "netsurf.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33012518/netsurf.jpg -- netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 442810] [NEW] netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag

2009-10-04 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apport On karmic beta, when I try to file a new bug with ubuntu-bug packagename, it collects the system information then brings up a small window with a lot of blank space and no labels (will attach a screenshot). In the terminal where I ran ubuntu-bug, I

[Bug 442810] Re: netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag

2009-10-06 Thread Akkana Peck
Indeed, that was at least part of the problem. The output was: /usr/local/firefox-3.5/firefox "%s" So I ran: gconftool --unset /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command and now it's a more reasonable firefox %s. But now, if I run ubuntu-bug, after it collects the information it says, on stdout, Er

[Bug 442810] Re: netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag

2009-10-07 Thread Akkana Peck
That path was left over from when I had a mozilla.org firefox installed, or maybe one built from source. I hope Ubuntu doesn't forbid ever installing non-Ubuntu software! I have no idea why gnome decided to use it, though. Or why apport is still printing that error message even though I've removed

[Bug 442810] Re: netsurf doesn't work: misplaced tag

2009-10-07 Thread Akkana Peck
In case this is relevant: I noticed all the x-www-browser references in the original error messages, and got to wondering if that was why it called netsurf. But /usr/bin/x-www-browser -> /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser -> /usr/bin/firefox-3.5 (unless that got reset by gconftool --unset /desktop/g

[Bug 445402] Re: emacs default font is huge

2009-10-12 Thread Akkana Peck
I saw this too; and in the same update, emacs also lost the ability to see this X font specifiers in xrdb: Emacs*font: -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 I was able to get that font back by switching to this syntax: Emacs.font: fixed-10:bold -- emacs default font is huge https

[Bug 456537] [NEW] please remove obsolete language packages for firefox

2009-10-20 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: language-pack-en-base When I switch to Karmic's firefox from another version (using the same profile), or when I display the add-ons window from within karmic's firefox, it has complaints about three obsolete add-ons: Firefox(en-GB) 3.5.2 Xulrunner (en-

[Bug 456537] Re: please remove obsolete language packages for firefox

2009-10-20 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34065494/Dependencies.txt -- please remove obsolete language packages for firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 447961] Re: Printer autoconfigured, but LPR prints with to wide font/cpi setting

2010-01-13 Thread Akkana Peck
I have the same problem. The CUPS documentation says the default cpi is 10, but it looks like the cpi scaling is off. If I print with lpr using default settings, I get 6 characters per inch. If I print with lp -o cpi=10, I get 6.25 characters per inch. If I print with lpr -o cpi=17, I get 10 chara

[Bug 482443] Re: jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick

2009-11-13 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "Original (large) camera image" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35669890/vertsav.jpg -- jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482443 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 482443] [NEW] jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick

2009-11-13 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Starting with a photo from a Canon camera that has orientation "rotate 90" according to jhead, or "right - top" according to exif. Scale it smaller with imagemagick's "convert". Check that jhead and exif still think the orientation is the same. Now try to view or remove the

[Bug 482443] Re: jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick

2009-11-13 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35669837/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35669838/XsessionErrors.txt -- jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4824

[Bug 482443] Re: jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick

2009-11-13 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "image resized with convert, where jpegexiforient fails" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35671496/vert.jpg -- jpegexiforient fails on files scaled with imagemagick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482443 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1914555] Re: cal should report today

2021-05-04 Thread Akkana Peck
The cal man page says it highlights unless -h is specified, but it turns out that only applies to ncal, not cal, since -h isn't in the Synopsis lines for plain cal, and cal -h is an error. Highlighting was apparently turned off deliberately: see upstream https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.c

[Bug 1914555] Re: cal should report today

2021-05-04 Thread Akkana Peck
Never mind that comment about apt source: turns out I was pulling from an earlier repository. The ubuntu commit is at https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsdmainutils/tree/debian/patches/cal_highlight.diff?h=ubuntu/groovy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1864215] [NEW] Please add webp loader to gdk-pixbuf

2020-02-21 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Attempting to load a webp image -- for instance, https://images.theweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/tw_image_9_4/public/FKK78W.jpg.webp or https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2YtWB5zH7sPycyc0FYv3JSB6SFw=/60x0:1140x720/920x613/filters:focal(60x0:1140x720):format(webp)/cdn

[Bug 1865056] [NEW] Fritzing wrapper ignores command-line arguments

2020-02-27 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Fritzing is implemented as a wrapper that does: cd /usr/share/fritzing/parts exec /usr/bin/fritzing.real That means that any arguments, like -h, are ignored. It would be better if the second line was: exec /usr/bin/fritzing.real $@ (or $* or whatever your preference is). A

[Bug 290867]

2020-01-27 Thread Akkana Peck
Three years later, apparently this has changed again, and neither file:// nor file:/// unblocks popups for file URLs. I've also tried file:///* and file:///path/to/directory/ which is really what I want, but the only thing that actually works is a full file:///path/to/directory/filename.html (for e

[Bug 290867]

2020-01-29 Thread Akkana Peck
Nope, privacy.file_unique_origin=false doesn't help, even after a restart (in 72.0.1 from ubuntu). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290867 Title: Can´t authorize local application to op

[Bug 290867]

2020-02-01 Thread Akkana Peck
Filed bug 1612453. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290867 Title: Can´t authorize local application to open pop-ups To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 1833229] Re: `--extra-index-url` not working for PIP

2019-12-16 Thread Akkana Peck
This might be a simpler way to reproduce it. I uploaded a package to test.pypi and wanted to use --extra-index-url to verify that its dependencies are pulled in (it has dependencies that are in pypi but not in test.pypi). Here are my steps to reproduce it: python3 -m venv /tmp/test3env source /tmp

[Bug 1853879] [NEW] Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-11-25 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Dell E310dw printer which worked well on 19.04 has problems in 19.10: First, I went through the CUPS web interface to add the printer. The interface gave me a choice of two entries with the same name plus one with "driverless" added. I chose the first entry (not driverless) a

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-11-25 Thread Akkana Peck
Just verified that 2-sided portrait (long edge) printing does indeed work on this printer in 19.04, so this is a regression. I'm not sure which of the three drivers it's using. Let me know if you want me to attach any files from 19.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "Dell PPD from eoan" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309162/+files/Dell_Printer_E310dw.ppd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "second Dell PPD from eoan" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309163/+files/Dell_Printer_E310dw.ppd.O -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "attrs.txt from eoan, ipptool -tvipp://DELL316BAA.local:631/ipp/print get-printer-attributes.test" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309164/+files/attrs.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "eoan debug mode error log (collates wrong)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309165/+files/eoan-debug-error_log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "disco Dell PPD #2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309170/+files/Dell_Printer_E310dw.ppd.O -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "disco debug-level error log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309171/+files/disco_error_log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 1853879] Re: Dell E310dw: Default driver doesn't work, driverless fails on sides=two-sided-long-edge

2019-12-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "disco Dell PPD #1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1853879/+attachment/5309169/+files/Dell_Printer_E310dw.ppd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 1849587] [NEW] apt-file doesn't find anything

2019-10-23 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: On eoan, apt-file never finds anything. For instance: - sudo apt-file update~/src/scripts Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease [79.

[Bug 1849587] Re: apt-file doesn't find anything

2019-10-28 Thread Akkana Peck
** Description changed: On eoan, apt-file never finds anything. For instance: - - sudo apt-file update ~/src/scripts - Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease - Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-upd

[Bug 1849587] Re: apt-file doesn't find anything

2019-10-28 Thread Akkana Peck
Someone on #ubuntu suggested it might be due to the lack of a Contents- amd64.gz in the eoan release, mentioned in https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2019-October/040832.html If true, might that explain why it works for some searches and not for other? Is the Contents file perhaps diff

[Bug 1848768] Re: 19.10: cache is empty. You need to run "apt-file update" first.

2019-10-30 Thread Akkana Peck
Thanks! I was hit by this bug too (I filed 1849587, marked as a dup) and can report that after an update, apt-file is now working again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848768 Title:

[Bug 1912677] [NEW] autogenerated entries for other Ubuntu systems use wrong root filesystem, unbootable

2021-01-21 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: On my disk I have two partitions that are root filesystems for two releases, Focal and Groovy: Groovy 20.10 is on /dev/nvme0n1p33ac2446d-ae7c-4975-b736-44b1084266de Focal 20.04 is on /dev/nvme0n1p44ff7a630-0e7e-4427-aa9e-513bcae849c3 If I run update-grub2 from Groov

[Bug 1912677] Re: autogenerated entries for other Ubuntu systems use wrong root filesystem, unbootable

2021-01-21 Thread Akkana Peck
Wow, really? But if multiple Linux partitions (common since the days of LILO) are discouraged now, why is os-prober searching for Linux distros on unmounted partitions and adding them to grub.cfg? If it's just for Windows and anything else isn't supported, maybe it should only add Windows installs.

[Bug 1833229] Re: `--extra-index-url` not working for PIP

2020-04-13 Thread Akkana Peck
When I use the python3-pip from ppa:ci-train-ppa-service/3690 and run: /usr/bin/pip3 install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple metapho in a virtualenv that's brand new except that I've installed wheel, I get: Looking in indexes: https://test.pypi.

[Bug 1852016] Re: Applications delayed on launch

2020-05-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Two other apps that show the problem: pavucontrol and cheese. I'm using the openbox window manager. I assume the apps are looking for some sort of reply that a gnome desktop would give them. In strace, it's waiting on: poll([{fd=15, events=POLLIN}], 1, 25000) (the fd 15 for cheese, 11 for pavuco

[Bug 1852016] Re: Applications delayed on launch

2020-05-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Found it after modifying the web search a little. I had to start openbox with: /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox --startup $HOME/.config/openbox/autostart The dbus-launch --exit-with-session apparently starts some service that gnome apps now insist on. This apparently works with ot

[Bug 1864215] Re: Please add webp loader to gdk-pixbuf

2020-05-25 Thread Akkana Peck
See also bug #1407644 (libwebp) and bug #1318327 (eog). Still a problem in focal fossa. ** Tags added: focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864215 Title: Please add webp loader to g

[Bug 1776873] Re: Whitelisted allowedURLschemes breaks some desktop apps

2020-06-15 Thread Akkana Peck
I'm puzzled by all the people tying this to chromium for zoom. I use firefox and it doesn't work any better there, especially with the zoom- client from snap where it doesn't work at all. Using the snap zoom-client, typing xdg-open 'zoommtg://zoom.us/join?action=join&... (using URL I got by making

[Bug 1876212] [NEW] audacity (with libwxgtk3.0-gtk3) doesn't draw on non-gnome systems

2020-04-30 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Audacity doesn't work here on either focal or eoan, because the main section of the window (where the waveform should show up and where you click to make selections) doesn't draw at all, as if it's never getting expose events. I'm using the Openbox window manager, not the Gno

[Bug 1876212] Re: audacity (with libwxgtk3.0-gtk3) doesn't draw on non-gnome systems

2020-04-30 Thread Akkana Peck
** Description changed: Audacity doesn't work here on either focal or eoan, because the main section of the window (where the waveform should show up and where you click to make selections) doesn't draw at all, as if it's never getting expose events. I'm using the Openbox window manag

[Bug 1876212] Re: audacity (with libwxgtk3.0-gtk3) doesn't draw on non-gnome systems

2020-05-12 Thread Akkana Peck
Yes! I had GTK_IM_MODULE=xim. If I unset that, audacity works, both the one from apt and the self- built one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876212 Title: audacity (with libwxgtk3.0

[Bug 990258] [NEW] extlinux-update ignores EXTLINUX_UPDATE="false"

2012-04-27 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: I have EXTLINUX_UPDATE="false" in /etc/default/extlinux, so that I can maintain my own /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf. In Oneiric this worked fine. But on my newly installed Precise Pangolin, I just did an apt-get dist-upgrade, got a new kernel, and lost my extlinux.conf fil

[Bug 990258] Re: extlinux-update ignores EXTLINUX_UPDATE="false"

2012-04-27 Thread Akkana Peck
Additionally, a request: it would be lovely if extlinux-update would make a backup copy of files it replaces, so anyone hit by an issue like this (or who just doesn't know yet about /etc/default/extlinux) can recover their work more easily. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 990258] Re: extlinux-update ignores EXTLINUX_UPDATE="false"

2012-04-27 Thread Akkana Peck
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990258 Title: extlinux-update ignores EXTLINUX_UPDATE="false" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sy

[Bug 816531] Re: hp-clean can't find a printer, gives Qt errors

2011-09-22 Thread Akkana Peck
-i doesn't work here either. Is it just that hp-clean doesn't support the Deskjet F4280 model? hp-clean -i -g says debug: Device URI usb://HP/Deskjet%20F4200%20series?serial=CN98Q5Z1XF05BR is invalid/unknown (I didn't give it that device-uri -- hp-clean found it, either from CUPS or from queryi

[Bug 1029103] Re: checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil

2012-09-24 Thread Akkana Peck
Sorry, I didn't answer because I never got the notification for the question somehow. I typically use a minimal (e.g. server) install then add only the desktop stuff I need, so it's not really any of those variants nor is it a stock gnome install. Presumably when you install a whole desktop, you ge

[Bug 1029103] Re: checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil

2012-09-24 Thread Akkana Peck
** Changed in: checkbox (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029103 Title: checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil To manage notifications a

[Bug 1029113] Re: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-09-30 Thread Akkana Peck
Sorry, I never got the mail from launchpad, so I didn't know you'd requested info, and unfortunately I don't have access to the machine I was using then. I'm pretty sure it had dbus, but probably not hal and other related services, and definitely no automount. I just tried it on a different machin

[Bug 1029113] Re: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-09-30 Thread Akkana Peck
Oh, and that I couldn't view the results: Error: no "view" mailcap rules found for type "application/xml" /usr/bin/xdg-open: 461: /usr/bin/xdg-open: x-www-browser: not found. I guess I need to make some symlinks or something. That message is never shown in the gui, btw, only on stdout ... and if

[Bug 1029113] Re: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-09-30 Thread Akkana Peck
One last comment then I promise I'll stop. :-) Somehow it loaded the final report into my running firefox despite /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser pointing to a nonexistent place. On this system (which I think is an upgrade ->ocelot->pangolin of the same system I was using for the original natty

[Bug 1029113] Re: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-10-01 Thread Akkana Peck
Understood -- I know it's a lot more work to develop careful error correction. Though it might be fairly easy and worthwhile to throw a specific exception when packages aren't installed, and if that exception happens, mark those tests skipped rather than failed. In the UI, it would be helpful to t

[Bug 1029103] Re: checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil

2012-07-25 Thread Akkana Peck
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029103 Title: checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/c

[Bug 1029103] [NEW] checkbox-qt needs dependency on python-dateutil

2012-07-25 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: I was able to install checkbox-qt on my pangolin system using apt-get, but when I tried to run it, it bombed out because it needs the python dateutil module. That should probably be added as a package dependency. The error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/shar

[Bug 1029113] [NEW] checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-07-25 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: I'm not sure if ubuntu-friendly cares about collecting information from systems that aren't running the standard Unity/Gnome desktop, but in case you do, I encountered some minor problems trying to run it on my relatively lightweight Openbox setup: - Missing package dependenc

[Bug 1029113] Re: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops

2012-07-25 Thread Akkana Peck
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029113 Title: checkbox-qt issues running on nonstandard desktops To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc

[Bug 662766] Re: does not reconnect after suspend/resume

2012-09-08 Thread Akkana Peck
This might not be specific to empathy: I see the same issue in xchat and weechat. There's something else affecting it, though: from home on the wired net, xchat always reconnects right away when I resume from suspend, but when I'm traveling and using wifi, neither xchat nor weechat will reconnect a

[Bug 900550] Re: mtp-probe missing from libmtp build for Natty (1.0.6-2)

2012-08-11 Thread Akkana Peck
There's still a deprendency problem, though. I've always gotten three "/lib/udev/mtp-probe ... no such file or directory" messages at boot time, and still do. apt-file says /lib/udev/mtp-probe is part of libmtp-runtime, which I do not have installed; but apparently I do have whatever package is qu

[Bug 1010263] [NEW] gnumeric Save button doesn't save

2012-06-07 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: - Open file.xls (originally created with gnumeric). - Make a change or two. - Click the Save button. Maybe even click it twice. - Click the window manager 'x' button to close the app. Get a dialog saying the workbook needs to be saved. Huh? But I clicked the Save button twice

[Bug 1010263] Re: gnumeric Save button doesn't save

2012-06-07 Thread Akkana Peck
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010263 Title: gnumeric Save button doesn't save To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnumeric/+bug/1

[Bug 1010263] Re: gnumeric Save button doesn't save

2012-06-08 Thread Akkana Peck
Correction: it's not clicking 4 times that it needs. I tried clicking 6 times this time, and it still prompted me. It seems like what it needs is to show the "workbook needs to be saved" dialog; once the dialog has been shown, clicking the Save button a couple of times does the trick. It seems that

[Bug 1003562] [NEW] xchat can't run perl scripts

2012-05-23 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: An xchat perl plugin (xchat-inputcount) that I've been using for quite a while now stopped working when I upgraded to Precise Pangolin -- Xchat.pm no longer exists. apt-file search Xchat.pm doesn't find it anywhere. Is there a workaround that will make perl plugins work again

[Bug 1003562] Re: xchat can't run perl scripts

2012-05-23 Thread Akkana Peck
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1003562 Title: xchat can't run perl scripts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+bug/1003562/+

[Bug 1003562] Re: xchat can't run perl scripts

2012-05-23 Thread Akkana Peck
Actually with recent ubuntu updates it seems to be running again. I had to load the plugin explicitly once, but now it's auto-loading again. So I think this is fixed -- sorry for the bug spam. How do I mark this as fixed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 1117499] Re: killall -9 firefox fails to work in raring

2013-05-09 Thread Akkana Peck
I just upgraded to ringtail (from pangolin, not quetzal) and I'm seeing frequent firefox hard freezes, where I have to kill the process. (It is killable, though.) It's not related to youtube or flash; most often it happens when I'm visiting a new page. The problem isn't part of Ubuntu's firefox bui

[Bug 1090864] Re: crash firefox stops responding.

2013-05-09 Thread Akkana Peck
I see this under raring ringtail with firefox 20.0 from mozilla.org. I was using the exact same mozilla build under pangolin with no problems, but under raring the browser will lock up after maybe half an hour of browsing, while loading a page or loading ajax data. -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 1099113] Re: Browsers hang after a few minutes max

2013-05-09 Thread Akkana Peck
I'm seeing the same thing with firefox 20.0 from mozilla.org. Fine under pangolin, locks up under ringtail, though I can usually go 20-30 minutes between freezes. Same strace result as you saw. gdb isn't any help either: (gdb) where #0 0xb771c424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb76f084b in pthread

[Bug 1070622] Re: "Save As" Dialog Not Coming Up

2012-11-15 Thread Akkana Peck
We had this problem at a local Ubuntu Hour tonight -- a new user showed up who was trying to figure out how to export a spreadsheet from LibreOffice to XLS format. In LibreOffice Calc he brought up Export (the dialog appeared), didn't see an XLS option, cancelled the dialog, then tried Save as and

[Bug 1010263] Re: gnumeric Save button doesn't save

2012-11-24 Thread Akkana Peck
Sorry for the delay - launchpad didn't send me email about your question so I just now saw it. Open file.xls: titlebar shows "file.xls - Gnumeric". Make a change (e.g. add a row); titlebar shows "*File.xls - Gnumeric" (it added a star to show it was modified). Click on the Save button once: title

[Bug 1010263] Re: gnumeric Save button doesn't save

2012-12-31 Thread Akkana Peck
It happens with multiple .xls files, and still happens if I save to .gnumeric, quit, open file.gnumeric, change one cell, click Save, then click the x to close the window. So it doesn't seem related to format. In fact, you don't even need a file. Run gnumeric with no arguments. Enter a in cell a1,

[Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2011-11-12 Thread Akkana Peck
Not fixed here. I upgraded the Vaio to Oneiric yesterday and am seeing font corruption after running it for about 2.5 hours this morning with several suspends. I'm also seeing the i915 module loaded in oneiric. I can't test what module it used in natty (replaced that partition in the upgrade) but

[Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2011-11-12 Thread Akkana Peck
I see the problem almost (but not quite) exclusively in browsers (both firefox and webkit-based, though I don't run chrome on that machine); never in simple apps like xterm or emacs, or in gimp. Once it starts manifesting, its form will persist (e.g. if two lines of pixels are missing from lowerca

[Bug 765422] [NEW] apps started fullscreen in unity can never unfullscreen

2011-04-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity If you run an application under Unity that starts as fullscreen, you're stuck in fullscreen mode forever. The app can call gtk_window_unfullscreen() but it doesn't do any good -- unity on natty beta ignores it. I'm attaching a simple C GTK test pro

[Bug 765422] Re: apps started fullscreen in unity can never unfullscreen

2011-04-18 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "C program to demonstrate the fullscreen problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765422/+attachment/2064618/+files/fullscreentest.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 765422] Re: apps started fullscreen in unity can never unfullscreen

2011-04-18 Thread Akkana Peck
Changing package to compiz. This bug also occurs under Gnome2 Classic under natty -- but not under the earlier gnome2 under lucid. Some folks I talked to suggested this was more likely a regression in natty's version of compiz, and not specific to unity. ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => compi

[Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2011-06-24 Thread Akkana Peck
I have a theory that this may be related to heat. I almost never see bad fonts immediately after booting, but after a long session where the fan has been on a lot, the fonts will get worse and worse. If I suspend for a while, sometimes they get better, but I have seen corrupted fonts immediately up

[Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2011-07-16 Thread Akkana Peck
Ignore that comment about heat. After more experimentation, I do occasionally see the problem right after booting, and it almost always persists through a suspend cycle. Exiting/restarting X doesn't cure it, but rebooting (even with no appreciable time for cooldown) does. -- You received this bug

[Bug 776736] Re: font corruption in firefox and gnome-terminal after suspend

2011-07-16 Thread Akkana Peck
See also bug 782855, same issue except it happens on its own without any need for suspend/resume. Driving me crazy. I'll try Tiling false. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/776736 Title:

[Bug 776736] Re: font corruption in firefox and gnome-terminal after suspend

2011-07-17 Thread Akkana Peck
Here too -- Option "Tiling" "False" doesn't help. I also tried "AccelMethod" "XAA" which I'd seen recommended elsewhere, but it caused a lot of other rendering errors. BTW, this is a Vaio TX650, X log says "Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller rev 3". -- You recei

[Bug 783109] Re: epdfview crashed with SIGSEGV in __strlen_sse42()

2011-06-07 Thread Akkana Peck
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 744101 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/744101 This has been made a duplicate of another private bug. Any chance someone can make bug #744101 public, so folks affected by the crash can find out when it gets fixed and help test the fix? Thanks! -- You rec

[Bug 816531] Re: hp-clean can't find a printer, gives Qt errors

2011-08-01 Thread Akkana Peck
The first time, hp-check told me I wasn't in the lp group (I was in lpadmin). So I added myself, logged out and back in and tried again. Here's the result. BTW, dbus is present and running (two dbus-daemons and one dbus-launch), but there's no hp-systray installed. ** Attachment added: "script out

[Bug 816531] Re: hp-clean can't find a printer, gives Qt errors

2011-08-01 Thread Akkana Peck
** Attachment added: "script output from hp-clean -i -g and related commands" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/816531/+attachment/2247371/+files/hp-clean.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 377812] Re: Printer maintenance functions unsupported

2011-07-26 Thread Akkana Peck
I'm seeing the same error message from the CUPS web interface in Natty, with an HP Deskjet F4280, so it's not just Epsons. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377812 Title: Printer mainten

[Bug 428065] Re: clean print heads / print self test fails

2011-07-26 Thread Akkana Peck
Still a problem on Natty, and not limited to Epsons -- I'm seeing "Unsupported format 'application/vnd.cups-command'!" when I try to clean the print heads from the CUPS web interface on an HP Deskjet F4280. Is there any other way to clean the heads on an HP, something like escputil for epsons? --

[Bug 816531] [NEW] hp-clean can't find a printer, gives Qt errors

2011-07-26 Thread Akkana Peck
Public bug reported: I need to clean my printer heads, and CUPS can't do it (see bug 428065 and bug 377812), so I'm trying hp-clean, part of the hplip package. The documentation doesn't say what it expects as a printer or device specifier, so I'm trying hp-clean -pHP_Deskjet_F4200_series (the n

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