[Bug 320828] [NEW] DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: GtkTextView / Pango / fontconfig are rendering DejaVu Serif 10pt strangely. Characters in this font should go nicely beside DejaVu Sans 10pt and DejaVu Sans Mono 10pt quite nicely on the same line, but the Serif is rendering funny. Only at 10pt. These three fonts at 12pt are

[Bug 320828] Re: DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Program demonstrating problem with 10pt font" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21594908/DejaVu-10pt_Screenshot.png -- DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320828 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 320828] Re: DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of program demonstrating correct rendering with 12 pt font" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21594933/DejaVu-12pt_Screenshot.png -- DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320828 You received thi

[Bug 320828] Re: DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of program demonstrating 10pt font working on a Gentoo system belonging to a Turkish developer" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21595020/ekrangoruntusujavafm1.png -- DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 380446] Re: New upstream version (4.0.12)

2009-08-13 Thread Andrew Cowie
So, Guillaume did a lovely 4.0.12 package in his PPA. Can you use that? https://launchpad.net/~respawneral/+archive/ppa/+build/1131323 It'd be nice to link to an offical package rather than this, but his is up-to-date, so that's what we're promoting http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/4.0/get/ubunt

[Bug 70113] java-gnome packages are wrong versions across the board

2006-11-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
I would have titled this "inconsistent java-gnome versions in ubuntu" or something to that effect. See the URL that reporter noted. That is the definitive list. 2.16.1 will be out shortly. At the moment it looks like there will be bumps to libgtk-java (fix crasher) and cosmetic things for a few of

[Bug 70113] Re: java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect

2006-11-06 Thread Andrew Cowie
Changed the bug title to something a little more direct. doko, I'm not sure who the person is who did the Ubuntu packages, nor am I sure where they kept their dsc files. It would be great if who-ever is going to mind bumping the 2.x java- gnome packages for Ubuntu would stop by #java-gnome on gim

[Bug 70113] Re: java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect and need to be updated to 2.16.1

2007-08-15 Thread Andrew Cowie
This bug should be closed. java-gnome 2.x is now completely deprecated, unsupported, and abandoned. It has been replaced by the new java-gnome 4.0 AfC -- java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect and need to be updated to 2.16.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70113 You received this bug not

[Bug 133083] Re: TS-H552L DVD drive light blinks constantly

2007-08-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
Two points, although this is all on a Gentoo Linux system, not an Ubuntu one: 1) you may need to run `hal-disable-polling` on the optical device. Read the man page carefully first, though - it discusses what polling is all about, but if you can turn it off, it will have positive impact on your pow

[Bug 70113] Re: java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect and need to be updated to 2.16.1

2006-11-27 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Summary changed: - java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect + java-gnome packages in Edgy are all incorrect and need to be updated to 2.16.1 ** Description changed: GNOME release team got a bit out of sync with the java-gnome hackers, and as a result what someone at Ubuntu packaged u

[Bug 518697] Re: DejaVu Serif 12 pt not rendering number characters correctly

2010-02-08 Thread Andrew Cowie
I tried the dejavu 2.30 packages from Debian unstable, and that didn't fix the problem unfortunately. So it's probably not the font itself. Working with RAOF and Ankh in #gnome-hackers, they likewise noted that with medium or full hinting the problem goes away, but with slight hinting (which is th

[Bug 446872] Re: gnome-panel keeps disappearing

2010-02-09 Thread Andrew Cowie
Still occuring. New machine, fresh install, nothing copied across. Same applet family in this single panel : Menu, Workspace Switcher, Window List, Weather Report, Notification Area, Clock, Window Selector. Still disappearing periodically. AfC -- gnome-panel keeps disappearing https://bugs.lau

[Bug 572082] [NEW] evolution not at current release

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution in Lucid isn't at 2.30, which is the release that goes with the rest of GNOME 2.30. AfC ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: evolution 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33

[Bug 572082] Re: evolution not at current release

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46507150/Dependencies.txt -- evolution not at current release https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 546871] Re: System freeze induced by Chrome while using ath5k

2010-04-30 Thread Andrew Cowie
I am experiencing the same issue (system freeze while running google chrome) on Thinkpad X60s, Ubuntu 10.04 - I'm also running ath5k, lspci shows an "03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)". Is there anything I can do to help? -- System freeze induc

[Bug 573424] [NEW] Bluetooth menu items not aligned

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: indicator-applet If you pop up the bluetooth menu from indicator applet, the icons inthe menu are not aligned, which looks somewhat sub optimal. See screenshot attached. AfC ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: indicator-applet 0.3.6-0

[Bug 573424] Re: Bluetooth menu items not aligned

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47124043/Dependencies.txt -- Bluetooth menu items not aligned https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 573424] Re: Bluetooth menu items not aligned

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Cropped screenshot of bluetooth menu, showing items not being aligned." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47128319/Screenshot.png -- Bluetooth menu items not aligned https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 570017] Re: indicator-applet-session uses too much space

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Could you add a preference (a gconf key would be fine) to allow you to merge it all into a panel item just one icon wide? Taking 10% of the horizontal space of the desktop to tell me my username (which I'm already aware of, I believe) is a much. Of course, Fedora is worse, writing your entire name

[Bug 573433] [NEW] With Humanity theme, indicator-applet-session should show green colour "available" rather than just blank filled monochrome bubble (which looks awfully like offline)

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: indicator-applet Having indicator-applet-session on the panel to allow user to select availability for IM clients is nice, but it looks out of place: with Humanity theme, indicator-applet-session should show green colour "available" rather than just blank

[Bug 573433] Re: With Humanity theme, indicator-applet-session should show green colour "available" rather than just blank filled monochrome bubble (which looks awfully like offline)

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47132663/Dependencies.txt -- With Humanity theme, indicator-applet-session should show green colour "available" rather than just blank filled monochrome bubble (which looks awfully like offline) https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 573433] Re: With Humanity theme, indicator-applet-session should show green colour "available" rather than just blank filled monochrome bubble (which looks awfully like offline)

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Cropped screenshot of a selection of desktop showing indicator-applet- session, and its menu popped up. Note colours. AfC ** Attachment added: "Screenshot showing poor representation of status" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47133367/Screenshot.png -- With Humanity theme, indicator-applet-ses

[Bug 572082] Re: evolution not at current release

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Hm. So we found https://launchpad.net/~francesco-marella/+archive/unstable- evolution which of course isn't unstable. It's the latest upstream release, and since anyone who has a problem with Evo is going to be told to upgrade to stable 2.30, we're going to get a huge number of people *long before

[Bug 531719] Re: Eclipse crashes using content assist with libcairo2 1.8.10

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Removing xulrunner-1.9.1 along the lines as suggested in comment #36 fixed the problem here. Upgrading to eclipse 3.5.2-2 did *not*. AfC -- Eclipse crashes using content assist with libcairo2 1.8.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531719 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 528324] Re: eclipse crashes due to xulrunner

2010-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Eclipse 3.5.2-2 did NOT fix this issue. Removing xulrunner-1.9.1 did, which I found hinted by bug #531719 AfC -- eclipse crashes due to xulrunner https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 384579] Re: Linux thinks there’s a fl oppy drive when there’s not. Probing slows down bootup by almost a minute.

2010-05-02 Thread Andrew Cowie
I installed the April 29th lucid 10.04 release and was affected by this on a Thinkpad T43. The bios fix of disabling legacy floppy drives worked for me. The bug also caused constantly on hard drive i/o light, and constant probing of (non-existent) fd0 after boot - this is fixed with the bios fix.

[Bug 546871] Re: System freeze induced by Chrome while using ath5k

2010-05-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
After removing ath5k using: sudo modprobe -r ath5k Chrome runs without system freezes. -- System freeze induced by Chrome while using ath5k https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546871 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 574524] Re: package kvm-pxe 5.4.4-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/share/kvm/pxe-e1000.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory

2010-05-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
I'm running with lucid-proposed enabled; the error I'm getting is the same: unable to open '/usr/share/kvm/pxe-e1000.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory Incidentally, I don't know why this is filed against "etherboot"; I'm triyng to install "kvm-pxe" in order that KVM virtual machines have n

[Bug 44100] Re: [needs-packaging] Package myspell-en-ca for OOo spellcheck

2010-02-18 Thread Andrew Cowie
There's still no en_CA dictionary in Ubuntu Karmic, at least not as seen by OpenOffice. What do can we do to help get this packaged? Canadian English is neither American or British, and dictionaries for it do exist. Seeing as how myspell-en-au exists, perhaps we can get myspell- en-ca done up? ht

[Bug 435214] Re: network manager not writing resolv.conf

2010-01-31 Thread Andrew Cowie
For what it's worth, I gave up on the Canonical package and am using the packages from the network-manager PPA. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/network-manager/trunk/ubuntu karmic main Although the problems I encountered were 3G USB device specific, it turned out to be necessary for us to do this fo

[Bug 477615] Re: SIGSEGV error in OpenJDK

2009-11-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
I'm getting this from java-gnome programs (using GTK and Pango directly, nothing to do with AWT or Swing) as well as underneath Eclipse (which has its own SWT binding of Pango, so ditto). So I'm not sure it's a openjdk bug. In fact, I'm seriously doubting it. AfC -- SIGSEGV error in OpenJDK http

[Bug 273142] Re: screensaver won't release with mouse movement

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew Cowie
Upgrading from another distro with a fully working GNOME 2.26 installation, now running Ubuntu 'K' with it's 2.27 (about to be 2.28 packages), I am experiencing this problem. This hardware & GNOME & different distro, the cosmos screensaver deactivated on mouse movement, but now on Ubuntu (same har

[Bug 433792] [NEW] Plug in 3G mobile broadband USB device and nm-applet zooms to 100% CPU

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Running Ubuntu Karmic. an update to either HAL, NetworkManager, or nm- applet in the last 48 hours has caused network manager to flail when a 3G mobile broadband USB device is inserted. The behaviour is very strange. Sometimes it works when first plugged in after a fresh boot

[Bug 433792] Re: Plug in 3G mobile broadband USB device and nm-applet zooms to 100% CPU

2009-09-22 Thread Andrew Cowie
It is possible that this is related to the "Available to all users" checkbox in the Edit Connections... -> Mobile Broadband -> Edit $connection dialog. When that was first checked, I had to escallate to root priviledges, (presumably so the NetworkManager demon could be instructed); susequent attem

[Bug 435106] [NEW] Can't remove software-store from main menu

2009-09-23 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: I'm trying to remove "Ubuntu Software Store" from my main menu. No idea what it's doing there, but it is certainly unwanted. I attempted to use Right Click -> Edit Menus to get rid of it, but alacarte doesn't show it as something that can be removed. This might be a problem

[Bug 435214] [NEW] network manager not writing resolv.conf

2009-09-23 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager When establishing a connection with NetworkManager & nm-applet, /etc/resolv.conf is not being written with any nameservers, and so although a connection is fully established, I have to manually edit the resolver file to add a known public

[Bug 435106] Re: Can't remove software-store from main menu

2009-09-23 Thread Andrew Cowie
Huh? I'm running Karmic. That's where the problem is. Or, are you saying that the solution is to tell people to uninstall this "software-store" package? AfC -- Can't remove software-store from main menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435106 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 435214] Re: network manager not writing resolv.conf

2009-11-29 Thread Andrew Cowie
This problem is still extant on my machine. Every time I connect to the net I have to do $ sudo cp resolv.conf-manually-saved /etc/resolv.conf Which is not very much fun. AfC -- network manager not writing resolv.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435214 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 555002] [NEW] youtube-dl no longer able to download videos

2010-04-04 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: youtube-dl The youtube-dl in Karmic is no longer able to download videos from YouTube. Upstream has a newer release, so presumably you'll want to backport that to make Karmic usable again. AfC ** Affects: youtube-dl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 458061] Re: openntpd no longer installs -/etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf: Permission denied

2010-06-12 Thread Andrew Cowie
Still present in lucid{,-proposed}. AfC -- openntpd no longer installs -/etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf: Permission denied https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/458061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 546871] Re: System freeze induced by Chrome while using ath5k

2010-05-13 Thread Andrew Cowie
Turning off sync bookmarks in Chrome also cures the system freezes I was experiencing. I am now running Chrome successfully - n.b. I haven't had any problems with Firefox. Thanks Jan. -- System freeze induced by Chrome while using ath5k https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546871 You received this bug

[Bug 564106] Re: Resolution not set in PDF files

2010-05-29 Thread Andrew Cowie
This was a problem with me for the current lucid build - scanned A4 documents did not print correctly on A4 paper. I have installed simple- scan v1.0.3 from the i386 build of 1.0.3-0ubuntu1 and this works fine. Thanks! -- Resolution not set in PDF files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564106 You

[Bug 574524] Re: package kvm-pxe 5.4.4-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open '/usr/share/kvm/pxe-e1000.bin.dpkg-new': No such file or directory / deferred fsync failed due to non-existent

2010-05-09 Thread Andrew Cowie
Ok, this is weird: the package just installed on a lucid-server system AND installed on a fresh lucid-desktop system, but won't install (with the above noise) on my upgraded from karmic-desktop lucid-desktop system. AfC -- package kvm-pxe 5.4.4-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to open

[Bug 245779] Re: Server 8.04 LTS: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 11s! [bond1:3795] - bond - bond0

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew Cowie
We're hitting a similar problem; hard to say whether it's related to bug #556919 or bug #540378 but we get    CPU#1 stuck for 66s type stuff too. This is in a Lucid server host & guest, with lucid- propsed enabled. AfC -- Server 8.04 LTS: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 11s! [bond1:3795] - bond

[Bug 556919] Re: running KVM almost always hard-freezes the host

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew Cowie
We just hit this, in the form of: CPU#1 stuck for 66s! in dmesg. What's interesting is that the host pygtk virt-manager's "CPU graph" freezes (along with the rest of the UI). Not sure if it's the same bug, but it was a brand new lucid-server install as guest in a brand new lucid-server as host

[Bug 518697] [NEW] DejaVu Serif 12 pt not rendering number characters correctly

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ttf-dejavu The DejaVu family is a wonderful set of screen fonts. I have recently switched to a new machine and am running into a problem with certain characters. Since it's the numerals, it's quite noticeable. It does not manifest at 11pt nor at 14pt. Bu

[Bug 518697] Re: DejaVu Serif 12 pt not rendering number characters correctly

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38880849/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38880850/XsessionErrors.txt ** Attachment removed: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38880850/Xsession

[Bug 518697] Re: DejaVu Serif 12 pt not rendering number characters correctly

2010-02-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
Screenshot made with `gnome-specimen` showing the numeral characters being misrendered in Deja Vu Serif (but not Sans or Sans Mono). AfC ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of problem rendering" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38880873/DejaVuSerif_MisrenderingNumbers_Screenshot.png -- DejaVu Ser

[Bug 437574] Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030

2009-10-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
Yes, this has been crashing constantly. I'd file more bugs, but this was very difficult to actually submit since for some reason apport needs a network connection which is pretty useless when it is the network stack that is crashing. AfC -- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference a

[Bug 446070] [NEW] [Karmic] Double clicking on an SVG file should result in Inkscape opening it

2009-10-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: inkscape When using Nautilus, double clicking on an .svg file should result in Inkscape running and opening that file. At the moment it opens in GEdit. This is clearly wrong. Worse, Inkscape isn't even in the "Open With..." list provided by right clickin

[Bug 446070] Re: [Karmic] Double clicking on an SVG file should result in Inkscape opening it

2009-10-07 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33283651/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33283652/XsessionErrors.txt -- [Karmic] Double clicking on an SVG file should result in Inkscape opening it https://bugs.

[Bug 446872] [NEW] gnome-panel keeps disappearing

2009-10-08 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Periodically, the gnome-panel vanishes. The allocation space on the desktop remains (windows don't grow larger as they do if you're doing panel hiding) but the panel itself is gone and the background image shows through. As far as I can tell,

[Bug 446872] Re: gnome-panel keeps disappearing

2009-10-08 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/5681/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "GConfNonDefault.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/5682/GConfNonDefault.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/5683/Xsession

Re: [Bug 446872] Re: gnome-panel keeps disappearing

2009-10-09 Thread Andrew Cowie
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 08:08 +, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Thank you for your bug report, do you use compiz? do you get the issue > without it? No. Running Metacity. AfC -- gnome-panel keeps disappearing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446872 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 447820] [NEW] [Karmic] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_closure_invoke()

2009-10-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager Just resumed from suspend when this bug appeared. AfC ProblemType: Crash Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 10 17:56:30 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package:

[Bug 447820] Re: gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_closure_invoke()

2009-10-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33393991/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "DevkitPower.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33393992/DevkitPower.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33393993/Disassembly.txt **

[Bug 454396] Re: [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root

2009-10-27 Thread Andrew Cowie
It just happened again. After ~5 days with no upgrades, the largish upgrade stack that just landed resulted in there suddenly being two gnome-power-managers running, one of which was owned by root. AfC -- [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root https://bugs.l

[Bug 454396] Re: [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root

2009-10-27 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 380446] Re: New upstream version (4.0.12)

2009-08-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
> Split the binary package into two separate packages for java and jni files Hm. That sounds strange, but I only see one .deb and that's right. Just to be clear, though, to avoid potential future misunderstandings: The Java (.jar) and C (.so) parts of java-gnome are 100% tightly coupled. They ar

[Bug 380446] Re: New upstream version (4.0.12)

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
There is no guarantee that the .jar produced by our project is architecture independent. If it happens to be the case now then that is a coincidence and not a commitment. I'll say it one more time: the .jar and the .so are completely coupled. There is NO point whatsoever in separating them. You'r

[Bug 437985] [NEW] [Karmic] general protection fault: 0000 [#2] SMP

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: No idea what led to this one, but I had inserted my 3G mobile broadband USB device, not recognized (tailing /var/log/messages). After a bit, I gave up, and removed it. And around then (but not necessarily correlated) got this crash report. Subsequently (like 10 seconds later)

[Bug 437985] Re: [Karmic] general protection fault: 0000 [#2] SMP

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32582859/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32582860/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "ArecordDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32582861/ArecordDevices.t

[Bug 436530] Re: [Karmic] After boot, stuck at blank screen; need to press Alt+F7 to get X to begin starting

2009-09-29 Thread Andrew Cowie
This problem is still extant. The fix packaged at bug #434361 did not avert the situation. AfC ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 434361 gdm sometimes fails to switch to VT7 after new upstart merge -- [Karmic] After boot, stuck at blank screen; need to press Alt+F7 to get X to beg

[Bug 411724] Re: NetworkManager crashes when trying to connect via 3g modem, leaves system messed up

2009-10-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
In addition to periodic crashes (which *may* have subsided, can't be sure, but I haven't seen one in about 2 days), I get the loop described by David above quite a bit. And, yet another variation, sometimes it connects, but then NetworkManager doesn't get around to writing any nameservers into the

[Bug 435106] Re: Can't remove software-store from main menu

2009-09-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
Ok, I figured out what I was missing: Alacarte showed the "Software Store", but over on the right hand side, after Applications (ie not in any of Applications's immediate subcategories). Because it was showing in the main menu as a top level (between "System Tools" and "Places") I had been looking

[Bug 436316] [NEW] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030

2009-09-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: This happens right after I log in. AfC ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: andrew 2059 F pulseaudio CRD

[Bug 436316] Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030

2009-09-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32413060/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32413061/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "ArecordDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32413062/ArecordDevices.t

[Bug 436061] Re: MASTER nm-applet assert failure: ERROR:applet.c:537:applet_menu_add_items_top_and_fold_sorted_helper: assertion failed: (items)

2009-09-24 Thread Andrew Cowie
So, I just had an apport crash report. It had the same title as this bug, although reading the comments I'm not sure if it's the same problem. I clicked "it's my bug too" anyway. But should I have done that, or should I have sent in my full stack trace anyway and let you dupe it if indeed it is a d

[Bug 436530] [NEW] [Karmic] After boot, stuck at blank screen; need to press Alt+F7 to get X to begin starting

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: When booting Karmic, it grinds away for a bit, then suddenly stops with a completely blank screen. Pressing any key shows (what I would guess to be vt01) a console. I need to manually press Alt+F7, at which point the X server suddenly starts doing it's thing, I get the Ubuntu

[Bug 436528] [NEW] [Karmic] background wrong on login

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: When logging in this tan (Ubuntu artwork?) patterned image fades in. Very nice, except it is not the user's specified background image, which is what should be fading in instead. Worse, after about 6 seconds there is a jarring snap as the user's set background image slams into

[Bug 436567] Re: [Karmic] run crashed with OSError in makedirs()

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32429827/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32429828/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32429829/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 436469] Re: usb-creator-gtk crashed with NameError in pixbuf_data_func()

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Visibility changed to: Public ** Summary changed: - usb-creator-gtk crashed with NameError in pixbuf_data_func() + [Karmic] usb-creator-gtk crashed with NameError in pixbuf_data_func() -- [Karmic] usb-creator-gtk crashed with NameError in pixbuf_data_func() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43

[Bug 437574] [NEW] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030

2009-09-27 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: Seems to have happened after I removed a 3G mobile broadband USB device. AfC ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0:

[Bug 437574] Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000030

2009-09-27 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32516243/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32516244/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "ArecordDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32516245/ArecordDevices.t

[Bug 436528] Re: [Karmic] background wrong on login

2009-10-02 Thread Andrew Cowie
xorg.conf, nothing special: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" DefaultDepth24 EndSection Section "Module" Load"glx" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Come to think of it, I don

[Bug 24280] Re: applications run through gksu cannot use themes in ~/.themes

2009-10-02 Thread Andrew Cowie
The present behaviour is NOT a good feature. There is no value whatsoever in having the user experience go from smooth to crap just because the distro has decided to escallate a program to root prividledges. The fact that in Ubuntu you have to [graphically or otherwise] provide [sudo] your password

[Bug 380446] Re: New upstream version (4.0.12)

2009-08-28 Thread Andrew Cowie
Haven't seen you online IRC, and I'm not sure if you're (yet) on our mailing lists (and I'm not sure if Launchpad tells you these things automatically now) so this once only: java-gnome 4.0.13 was released Thursday 27 August 2009. [in time for your version "k" feature freeze, at least, that was th

[Bug 454396] [NEW] [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root

2009-10-17 Thread Andrew Cowie
*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager It seems that after a package upgrade, suddenly a second gnome-power- manager is run (resulting in two GtkStatusIcons in the NotificationArea applet tray) which is wong. This is b

Re: [Bug 454396] Re: [Karmic] when upgrading, gnome-power-manager should not be restarted as root

2009-10-19 Thread Andrew Cowie
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 23:41 +, Kees Cook wrote: > I have not been able to reproduce this. Did you take any unusual steps > during your upgrade? No. Nothing unusual at all. But it's been happening a lot (I tested a number of permutations of logouts, reboots, etc just to make sure I wasn't doin

[Bug 344878] Re: file name too long when creating new file (ecryptfs_lookup: lookup_one_len() returned [-36] on lower_dentry)

2012-04-29 Thread Andrew Cowie
This is still affecting Precise. Fresh install on both sides, and rsync can't cope with ecryptfs filenames in .Private AfC ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 546871] Re: ath5k system freeze induced by Chrome bookmark sync

2010-10-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Hi, I had one freeze (with inoperative caps lock) with the new setup, when the computer was using bittorrent and experiencing very high network activity. I'd say since I upgraded to the backports distributions I have experienced one freeze for every 2-3 gb of data moved. However the rate of freezin

[Bug 640018] Re: empathy throws untrusted certificate warning on google chat services using google apps (non-google domains)

2010-11-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
It's not a Google specific problem. We use a perfectly sound CAcert certificate and suddenly, on upgrade to Maverick, this warning started appearing. Really annoying. As stated above, "ignore SSL errors" is not ideal; there's nothing wrong with the cert. So, maybe there's a problem with the root ce

[Bug 631664] Re: Clock / calendar / locations applet opens on wrong position of screen

2010-12-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Bug still entent on Maverick. Shouldn't need to be doing window placement workaournds; Last time I checked the clock applet is GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DOCK and if so, Compiz is in error by repositioning it to the middle of the right-hand side. It should be docked on the panel. AfC -- You received t

[Bug 982831] [NEW] Evolution can't create meeting, reports no backend for VEVENT

2012-04-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: I can no longer create meetings or appointments from Evolution! This was happening in Oneiric, and now that I've upgraded to Precise it's still broken. An error is reported in the GtkInfoBar it pops up saying No backend factory for 'file' of 'VEVENT' This is moderately

[Bug 982831] Re: Evolution can't create meeting, reports no backend for VEVENT

2012-04-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982831 Title: Evolution can't create meeting, reports no backend for VEVENT To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu

[Bug 993706] [NEW] apparmor preventing lxc-execute from running

2012-05-02 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: On a Precise system, LXC is no longer working: # lxc-execute -n foo /bin/bash lxc-execute: Permission denied - failed to change apparmor profile to lxc-container-default lxc-execute: invalid sequence number 1. expected 2 lxc-execute: failed to spawn 'foo' # At a minimum, I'

[Bug 993706] Re: apparmor preventing lxc-execute from running

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 981955 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981955 Thanks for that. But shouldn't the fix (vice workaround) be adding an entry for lxc-execute to /etc/apparmor.d/ ? AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 981955] Re: lxc-execute without config does not seem to work in precise

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
Is lxc 0.8.0 going to be updated into Precise? This bug is pretty annoying; and while I appreciate there is a workaround, it seems adding an extra config entry to lxc-excute invocation just to avoid an apparmor failure is a bit much to ask of users. AfC -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 834725] Re: Powertop fails to report number of wakeups/events

2011-11-19 Thread Andrew Cowie
Still happening in Oneiric with powertop 1.97; can you tell us which kernel version you committed the fix to? AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834725 Title: Powertop fails to repor

[Bug 604390] Re: Upgrade Eclipse to 3.7.0

2011-09-28 Thread Andrew Cowie
I would note in passing that this bug started as "It would be nice to have Eclipse 3.6 in Maverick" which was filed over a year ago when all Ubuntu had was an outdated 3.5.2 package. We never did get a 3.6 package, so everyone I know has been downloading binaries from eclipse.org - which is obvious

[Bug 427046] Re: 3G modem not seen by NM after boot

2012-05-31 Thread Andrew Cowie
I'm experiencing this on Precise. It also applies to resuming from suspend. Having to remember NOT to plug in your modem before turning on your computer is tedious. AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.laun

[Bug 990740] Re: upgrading from lucid to precise fails

2012-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
Using `do-release-upgrade` failed with this error, as did a subsequent `apt-get dist-upgrade`. We have hit this on 11 machines both servers and desktops, none of which have been able to upgrade from Lucid to Precise. AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 990740] Re: upgrading from lucid to precise fails

2012-05-01 Thread Andrew Cowie
> Is anyone here seeing this bug when running do-release-upgrade / update-manager *before* trying to dist-upgrade by hand? Yes, that was how we first encountered the problem. # apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-Configure=false -f apt python-minimal # apt-get dist-upgrade This *succeeded*

[Bug 320828] Re: DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font

2012-09-10 Thread Andrew Cowie
Still occurring on Ubuntu Precise. AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320828 Title: DejaVu / Pango / fontconfig problem with hinting of DejaVu Serif 10pt font To manage notificati

[Bug 1037469] Re: GTK 3.4.2 crashes in GtkEntry gtk_entry_get_icon_pixbuf()

2012-08-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #679537 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679537 ** Also affects: gtk via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679537 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1037469] [NEW] GTK 3.4.2 crashes in GtkEntry gtk_entry_get_icon_pixbuf()

2012-08-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: The java-gnome test suite crashes with the currently shipping Ubuntu 3.4.2 libgtk-3-0 package. This is a regression. I reported it upstream as GNOME #679537 and it was fixed and also applied to the 3.4 branch. I'd like to ask if you can see about getting this backported to our

[Bug 903422] Re: Mount / Provide access to Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS) MTP devices

2012-06-17 Thread Andrew Cowie
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and despite a fully up to date Precise system, MTP support is not working. AfC -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903422 Title: Mount / Provide access to

[Bug 911202] [NEW] Pidgin CPU usage goes to 100% when someone says your name in channel

2012-01-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
Public bug reported: When someone says my nick in an IRC channel, Pidgin goes into a tight loop and CPU usage zooms to 100%. Using strace on the process shows it constantly trying to writev to fd 6, which /proc says is a socket. Bit of a dead end, though if I knew what socket it was I might be ab

[Bug 911202] Re: Pidgin CPU usage goes to 100% when someone says your name in channel

2012-01-03 Thread Andrew Cowie
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/911202 Title: Pidgin CPU usage goes to 100% when someone says your name in channel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 993706] Re: Fix lxc-execute without rootfs failing apparmor transitions

2012-05-16 Thread Andrew Cowie
Pleased to report that the fix to lxc reached us through our mirror today (!) and that lxc-execute is working now. Nicely done. AfC ** Changed in: lxc (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

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