[Bug 235990] Re: pulseaudio hangs

2008-12-10 Thread Dan McGuirk
Happens to me as well, however for me it only seemed to start happening when I upgraded to Intrepid. pulseaudio hangs every 12-24 hours or so. Hardware is a Dell e1405 notebook. Sound devices: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

[Bug 267339] Re: wireless (atheros) doesn't work after suspend

2008-11-13 Thread Dan McGuirk
An alternative to Trampas's fix is to create a file called /etc/pm/config.d/madwifi-fix (exact filename doesn't matter), with the following contents: SUSPEND_MODULES="$SUSPEND_MODULES ath_pci" pm-utils already provides you with this SUSPEND_MODULES variable, to deal with exactly this kind of thin

[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k giving frequent, intermittent wireless dropouts on EeePC 900

2009-05-05 Thread Dan McGuirk
I've tried the current Jaunty, and the problem is not resolved. It's exactly the same as before. As far as Sitsofe's report, for all we know he may not have seen the problem on Intrepid either. It's not really good evidence that anything has been resolved. I believe the problem is related to th

[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs

2009-05-05 Thread Dan McGuirk
Changed the title to more accurately reflect the original problem being reported here. Remember, just because your WiFi is working under Jaunty, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're confirming a fix of this problem. You have to be on a network with multiple roamable APs in order to test this.

[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs

2009-05-06 Thread Dan McGuirk
Well, the reason I suggest that this is related to roaming is that when the dropouts occur, I clearly see messages in the log showing that NetworkManager is attempting to roam (see the original bug description). In fact, it roams onto a network with an SSID of '(none)' and then back again. With th

[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs

2009-05-06 Thread Dan McGuirk
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 291760 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291760 Alright, reading through the comments here I see the reference to bug #291760, and I think the remaining behavior I'm seeing is just what's described in that bug. So I went ahead and marked this as a duplicat

[Bug 278800] Re: ath5k: frequent, intermittent dropouts when roaming between APs

2009-05-06 Thread Dan McGuirk
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 291760 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291760 My intention is to keep this bug focused to the actual problem I was originally reporting (as the person who opened it). Since that problem seems to be completely described by bug #291760, I marked this as a

[Bug 23092] Re: madwifi wireles not working after software suspend

2008-10-08 Thread Dan McGuirk
I have the same problem, but I was able to work around it by creating a file called /etc/pm/config.d/madwifi-wix (filename doesn't matter), with the following contents: SUSPEND_MODULES="$SUSPEND_MODULES ath_pci" This makes pm-utils unload and reload the module on suspend/resume. I am on Intrepid

[Bug 278800] [NEW] ath5k giving frequent, intermittent wireless dropouts on EeePC 900

2008-10-05 Thread Dan McGuirk
Public bug reported: Running Intrepid on an Eee PC 900, kernel linux-image-2.6.27-4-generic using the ath5k wireless driver. lspci shows: 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) I'm getting frequent dropouts on the wireless

[Bug 144323] Re: No Sound After Hibernation U205-S5067

2008-10-06 Thread Dan McGuirk
I should also say, bug #194903 seemed like a closer match to me, but it was marked as a dup of this one. -- No Sound After Hibernation U205-S5067 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 144323] Re: No Sound After Hibernation U205-S5067

2008-10-06 Thread Dan McGuirk
I seem to have the same problem, although using suspend instead of hibernate, on my EeePC 900. I'm using the latest Intrepid kernel. I find that if any sound is playing when I suspend, when I come back from the suspend the sound no longer works. If no sound is playing when I suspend, then everyt

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
It seems there still needs to be an official fix for the problem that Valentin Neacsu's workaround solves. Should this bug be reopened, or would it be better to open a new one? -- power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89269 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
I find it strange that so many people say there is no possible workaround for their system. If you can stop the problem by applying hdparm -B 255 (or 254) yourself, then the only remaining problem is to make sure that is always applied (particularly after a suspend). If that is the problem, then

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
Dennis, I agree with what you're saying; I'm just trying to make sure everyone knows that the problem with not restoring the setting after suspend is described in bug 89269, which also includes a workaround. That bug needs to be reopened or a new bug opened to provide an official fix. -- High fre

[Bug 229693] [NEW] power.sh must reapply laptop-mode settings after suspend

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
Public bug reported: If ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE is set, power.sh applies hdparm settings when the power source is changed. The problem is, these settings do not stick across a suspend, and hence need to be reapplied after a suspend _even if the power source is the same_. There is a workaround for the

[Bug 229693] Re: power.sh must reapply laptop-mode settings after suspend

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
Well, remember, those only take effect if ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE=true in /etc/default/acpi-support. I don't really know whether the hdparm settings should be made from acpi-support or pm-utils, but either way, it seems someone needs to figure out once and for all where the settings should be made, and

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
I opened bug 229693 to describe the remaining unsolved problem in bug 89269. I believe a proper fix here would solve this problem for most users (as long as they set the ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE flag in /etc/default /acpi-support). -- High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
I opened bug 229693 to describe the remaining problem. If that is not appropriate, I'm sure someone can correct. Thanks... -- power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 229693] Re: power.sh must reapply laptop-mode settings after suspend

2008-05-12 Thread Dan McGuirk
Well, /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/laptop-tools currently only sets settings in /proc/sys/vm, not the hdparm settings. Those settings will stick across a suspend, so there's really no bug there currently. It may be that the hdparm calls should be moved from power.sh into pm- utils/power.d/laptop-too

[Bug 229693] Re: power.sh must reapply laptop-mode settings after suspend

2008-05-13 Thread Dan McGuirk
A setting that goes into /proc/sys/vm is just going into system memory, which of course is retained across a suspend. But the hdparm setting is only retained by the hard drive itself, and the hard drives that I'm familiar with seem to clear the setting when they wake from suspend. I haven't tried

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

2008-12-27 Thread Dan McGuirk
As others are saying, it seems to me that this is some kind of interaction between the newer Flash, ALSA, and the Intel audio drivers. I've tried running without pulseaudio for a few days. What happens is that after several hours, about the amount of time it would take pulseaudio to hang, the aud

[Bug 235990] Re: pulseaudio hangs

2008-12-15 Thread Dan McGuirk
I might have a small extra clue here. I just watched pulseaudio hang in the middle of playback (leaving it looping a few milliseconds of sound over and over). In the syslog I caught this message: Dec 15 10:04:48 inspiron pulseaudio[6157]: protocol-native.c: Failed to push data into queue Dec 15

[Bug 235990] Re: pulseaudio hangs

2008-12-15 Thread Dan McGuirk
Bug 288093 (already mentioned as a possible dup above) may be the same thing with more detail. -- pulseaudio hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 208579] Re: VLC not using PulseAudio by default

2008-04-16 Thread Dan McGuirk
I had been removing vlc-plugin-pulse as a workaround for bug 190754. VLC going through pulse can't even play a 128k mp3 under zero load without skipping on my system. Now that's impossible. Of course, I can just run 'vlc --aout ALSA'. But this is bringing me closer to just removing pulse entirely

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-04-17 Thread Dan McGuirk
I wonder if these changes are expected to fix this: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/pulse-glitch-free.html -- Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190754 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 214787] Re: Intermittent monitor flicker after screen blanking in Hardy

2008-04-18 Thread Dan McGuirk
Hello, I found the following upstream bugs that seem to be the same problem. Apparently turning off the FramebufferCompression option is a workaround, but I haven't verified this myself yet. http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13326 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463382

[Bug 41411] Re: Fonts are mapped to ugly fonts (which also causes problems with OOo)

2008-04-07 Thread Dan McGuirk
Has something changed here between Gutsy and Hardy? In Gutsy, I seemed to have all DejaVu fonts in Firefox. In Hardy, I'm getting the Nimbus fonts for the fonts mentioned (Times, Helvetica, Courier), which look pretty bad. Strangely, even if I copy my Gutsy /etc/fonts back over, it still wants t

[Bug 214787] [NEW] Intermittent monitor flicker after screen blanking in Hardy

2008-04-09 Thread Dan McGuirk
Public bug reported: Setup: Dell Inspiron e1405 notebook w/ Intel 945GM graphics Internal monitor: 1440x900 LCD External monitor: 1650x1080 Samsung 22" LCD, connected by VGA cable Power management set to blank screen after 5 minutes Both monitors available via xrandr, but internal monitor is turn

[Bug 214787] Re: Intermittent monitor flicker after screen blanking in Hardy

2008-04-09 Thread Dan McGuirk
Yes, I am able to observe the same issue at resolution 1280x1024. The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 220WM. Attached is the Xorg.0.log. Thanks for your help. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13300377/Xorg.0.log -- Intermittent monitor flicker after screen b

[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-02 Thread Dan McGuirk
I would recommend taking a look at bug 89269. The real problem, at least for me, is that the hdparm settings that are supposed to take place in power.sh when you have LAPTOP_MODE_ENABLED actually only take place when you change power sources, not when you resume from a suspend. See Valentin Neacsu

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-05-02 Thread Dan McGuirk
All I did was follow Valentin's exact steps above. Then I made sure that ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE was set to 'true' in /etc/default/acpi-support. That was all that was needed for me. The hdparm commands are already in /etc/acpi/power.sh; they were just not being executed at the needed time, for me. If

[Bug 78103] Re: VLC crashes when seeking in a mkv file

2008-05-03 Thread Dan McGuirk
I seem to have the same problem, although I see a slightly different assertion failure: vlc: /build/buildd/libmatroska-0.8.1/make/linux/../../matroska/KaxCluster.h:131: uint64 libmatroska::KaxCluster::GlobalTimecodeScale() const: Assertion `bTimecodeScaleIsSet' failed. Aborted Any news here?

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-24 Thread Dan McGuirk
Sorry, I'm not really up to speed on the issues here, but I have the same problem Valentin Neacsu mentions above: the 'hdparm -B 255' command is not run when waking up from suspend, which is necessary on my machine. My previous workaround solution to this problem was to put a script in /etc/acpi/r

[Bug 80777] Re: anacron is not executed with typical laptop usage

2008-04-27 Thread Dan McGuirk
I have the same problem. For whatever reason, as of Hardy, the scripts sleep.sh and resume.sh never seem to be run. Under my normal usage (always plugged into AC, occasionally suspending), only power.sh and lid.sh are run. Anacron only runs if the machine is on at 7:30 am or if I deliberately un

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-27 Thread Dan McGuirk
Hmm, that workaround still does not make the hdparm settings take effect for me. My solution for that is just to hardcode the hdparm calls at the beginning of power.sh (since I always want it this way anyway). It does make anacron run when it normally wouldn't, though. -- power.sh: wrong laptop

[Bug 80777] Re: anacron is not executed with typical laptop usage

2008-04-27 Thread Dan McGuirk
By the way, the workaround by Valentin Neacsu in bug 89269 fixes this for me. -- anacron is not executed with typical laptop usage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/80777 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-27 Thread Dan McGuirk
Oops, never mind, I forgot to reenable ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE. With that, the posted workaround works. Thanks for the help. -- power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 426239] Re: grub-pc hangs while package is configured

2010-09-09 Thread Dan McGuirk
This happens to me, reproducibly (as long as usb_storage is loaded), when upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10. It results in an unusable system that I wasn't even able to fix via chrooting. As mentioned earlier, making sure the usb_storage module is not loaded works as a workaround. -- grub-pc hangs