Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-27 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
Just to be sure, you guys did run that script in singe user mode, right (boot in "recovery mode", then choose root shell)? Thunderbird asked for the nvclock -D to be run before X is started. (All of the other dumps can be gotten normally, but the nvclock -D is special) -- No Screen Backlight C

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-28 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
On 01/28/2009 11:29 AM, Thunderbird wrote: > What might be useful is the following on a fresh boot of your system > without using the nvidia driver and also without a framebuffer driver > (a framebuffer driver could prevent an image restore). > > Does Ubuntu have a kernel that doesn't have a fr

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-28 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
t; might not get restored and then you would need to guess when to > reboot. I would wait lets say 2 minutes when doing it this method and > then reboot (just by typing it into another VT) > > Quoting Bem Jones-Bey: > > >> On 01/28/2009 11:29 AM, Thunderbird wrote: >>

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-31 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
com/~ajani/nvidia/8510w-logfile-deloopd.bz2 http://testing.pyen.com/~ajani/nvidia/8510w-io-logfile.bz2 http://testing.pyen.com/~ajani/nvidia/8510w.rom Hope that does end up being useful. -- Bem Jones-Bey (b...@jones-bey.org) -- No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsun

[Bug 105736] Re: mutt - TLS packet with unexpected length

2009-06-30 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I can confirm that this bug affects me on Jaunty 64bit. After compiling mutt from source and linking with openssl instead of gnutls, the problem goes away. So it's definitely a bug in gnutls. -- mutt - TLS packet with unexpected length https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105736 You received this bug

[Bug 246793] Re: no audio from banshee after playing video from democracynow.org

2008-07-21 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I have this problem as well. It is not specific to democracynow.org: I have the problem with any flash content I attempt to view in Firefox when I have started Banshee first. I have to quit Banshee and restart Firefox to get sound back in Firefox. I am using Hardy and Banshee 1.0 from the Banshee

[Bug 246793] Re: no audio from banshee after playing video from democracynow.org

2008-07-22 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
One more note: if I start up Firefox first, watch a video or something, and then close the tab with that video, if I then start up Banshee, then it has sound. (I'm guessing Banshee is doing something bad here, but I don't know what that is.) -- no audio from banshee after playing video from demo

[Bug 246793] Re: no audio from banshee after playing video from democracynow.org

2008-07-24 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I followed the instructions at that forum post, except I didn't install the patched version of SDL, and it seems to work like a charm. I even have sound in winecfg (without using padsp!), but I haven't tried running any of the games I have installed under Wine yet. I assume if sound works in winecf

[Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-24 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
First off thanks to everyone contributing to this bug, I've found the information very helpful, especially to Shawe since without those scripts, I wouldn't even have had the foggiest idea how to get the hotkeys working. =] My laptop is a HP 8510w, so Shawe's scripts don't work out of the box for m

[Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-24 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
@Shawe All of the scripts in my tarball are based on yours. I'm not sure why you have trouble opening it, I can open it fine with tar on the command line and with Archive Manager. I did remake it and reuploaded it, just in case. I've also made just a tar: http://testing.pyen.com/~ajani/nvidia8-fnk

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-25 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
(string) pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci:00/:00:01.0/:01:00.0' (string) pci.subsys_vendor = 'Hewlett-Packard Company' (string) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_40c' (string) pci.product_id = 1036 (0x40c) (int) linux.hotplug_type = 2

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-26 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
through the standard kernel interfaces? (If so, do you have a way we could do that? I'm not much of a hardware hacker, I'm afraid.) -- Bem Jones-Bey (b...@jones-bey.org) -- No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/G

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-26 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
On 01/26/2009 11:45 AM, Thunderbird wrote: > Only the following three lines are needed: > >> Device ID: pci.product_id = 1062 (0x426) (int) => Geforce 8400M >> Vendor ID: pci.vendor_id = 4318 (0x10de) (int) => Nvidia >> Subsys Vendor ID: pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4173 (0x

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-01-26 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
On 01/26/2009 12:09 PM, Thunderbird wrote: > Further I'd like some additional info. Could you some people try to > run nvclock -D BEFORE the nvidia kernel module and X are loaded, so > directly after logging into a VT? I'm interested in the line which > contains 'NV_PDISPLAY_SOR0_REGS_BRIGHTNESS'.

[Bug 309434] [NEW] Caps Lock stops being a Control key with an external keyboard

2008-12-18 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
Public bug reported: I have Caps Lock remapped to Control using the Gnome keyboard preferences. When I plug in an external keyboard, (in this case, a Microsoft Natural Keyboard), the mapping no longer works, and caps lock on the external keyboard works as a caps lock key, not as a control key. If

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-02-21 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
want support on your laptop contact the author.' While hald does claim to be running as root, I don't know what privileges it runs the scripts with. If I put the old smartdimmer 0.8b4 (without the detection logic), my brightness keys work fine. -- Bem Jones-Bey (b...@jones-bey.org)

Re: [Bug 95444] Re: No Screen Backlight Control; Notebooks (Vaio, Macbook, HP/Compaq, Samsung, Zepto et al.) with Nvidia Geforce8/Geforce9/Quadro series graphics

2009-02-22 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
r: GPU Internal Sensor GPU temperature: 71C It does indeed look like it's missing BIOS info. Interestingly enough, I get the same behavior if I use the 0.8b4 version of nvclock, but its smartdimmer works from hald because it ignores the fact that it can't look it up. -- Bem Jones-Bey (

[Bug 288093] Re: Can't play sound because of pulseaudio hang

2009-02-22 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
Since I didn't want to deal with a bunch of libs other than pulse audio being upgraded, I downloaded the Jaunty source for 0.9.14, and built my own packages. I don't know how to get them into a PPA, but I did put them up here: http://testing.pyen.com/~ajani/pa/ (Sorry, it's not an APT source, eit

Re: [Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2010-05-06 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
On May 6, 2010, at 13:51, timurek wrote: > Maybe the problem is caused by using b/g card with b/g/n router? I have a b/g router and I see the problem regularly, so it's not that. However, it might have something to do with certain router models. I have a Netgear WGR614v8 (WGR614L). -- Intel Wi

[Bug 439440] Re: [Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530w] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2010-02-26 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I am currently running Karmic, and I no longer have this problem. So I'll mark the bug as "Fix Released". ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- [Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530w] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4394

Re: [Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2010-05-20 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/4965agn/sb/CS-025643.htm > > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Bem Jones-Bey wrote: >> >> On May 6, 2010, at 13:51, timurek wrote: >> >>> Maybe the problem is caused by using b/g card with b/g/n router? >> >> I have a b/

[Bug 392922] Re: Update manager starts when the apt download lock isn't yet released

2010-02-05 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I see this same problem on 9.10, and the apt-get is running in the background as well. When the apt-get finishes, update manager will install the updates with no problems, no restart is necessary. -- Update manager starts when the apt download lock isn't yet released https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-10-28 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Karmic) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352228 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-10-28 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I'm reopening as requested by Andy, since this is happening to me with the latest Karmic kernels. rmmod iwlagn and then modprobeing it doesn't seem to solve the problem. Neither does suspend and resume or hibernate and resume. The only way I've found to get my wireless back after it happens is to r

[Bug 439440] [NEW] [Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530w] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-09-30 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
Public bug reported: I attempted to suspend it before going to sleep for the night. When I came back to it this morning, there was a blinking text mode cursor in the upper right of the screen, but nothing else. ctrl-alt-f1 gave me a virtual terminal, but then hitting ctrl-alt-f7 to get back to X

[Bug 439440] Re: [Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8530w] suspend/resume failure [non-free: nvidia]

2009-09-30 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32750716/BootDmesg.gz ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32750717/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32750719/Dependencies.txt ** Att

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-10-30 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
It just happened to me again, and 'sudo service network-manager restart' worked like a charm. I swear I tried that before, but maybe it was with an earlier kernel. -- Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352228 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 709216] Re: clicking on a link dont open the page

2011-07-22 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I had this problem with Firefox in Natty as well (after upgrading from 10.10). After reading this bug and looking at what gets set in gconf when I change the browser to Chrome, I noticed that the setting for Chrome had %U (note the capital U) after the command in gconf. And when I looked at the Pro

[Bug 709216] Re: clicking on a link dont open the page

2011-07-22 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I forgot to mention that when testing it, I was clicking on the link in Pidgin, not Thunderbird, but I did have this problem in Thunderbird as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709216

Re: [Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2010-07-31 Thread Bem Jones-Bey
I can confirm that for me, using TKIP causes the problem. Sadly, I had to switch back to TKIP from AES, since my router's performance with AES is abysmal. On Jul 31, 2010 11:11, sl0n <352...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: Looks like I've just encountered the bug for the first time. I have dell lati