[Bug 261711] [NEW] portmap does not honor preseeded debconf value

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: portmap Version: 6.0-4 (Ubuntu 8.04.1) I am making use of debconf preseeding, via debconf-get-selections(1) + debconf-set-selections(1). Among the selections specified this way is portmap's "bind to loopback address" setting, which I want to set to YES w

[Bug 262089] [NEW] Preseeded debconf value for fontconfig/subpixel_rendering is not honored

2008-08-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fontconfig-config Version: 2.5.0-2ubuntu3 I am using debconf-get-selections(1) + debconf-set-selections(1) to preseed configuration settings on a newly-installed Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 system (starting with ubuntu-standard, preseeding, and then installing a

[Bug 302272] Re: Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:

2008-12-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
"cups-driver-gutenprint" should also be downgraded to Recommends:, as it itself Depends: on "cups". -- Downgrade "cups" to Recommends: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu.

[Bug 306054] [NEW] Not using LDAP for auth, please downgrade libpam-ldap to Recommends:

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ldap-auth-client Looking at ldap-auth-client 0.5.2 in Intrepid. I am using LDAP in conjunction with Kerberos authentication and AFS. (This is much like what MIT does on their campus network, except that they use Hesiod instead of LDAP.) In this setup, t

[Bug 294840] Re: F6 menu behaviour is confusing

2008-11-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Well, "standard widgets" in the sense of following a common GUI idiom; the implementation's a whole 'nuther matter! Even now, there's the little X's that appear next to selected options in the F6*2 menu, so it would be an elaboration of that. (A unified menu, on the other hand, does seem a tad over

[Bug 236830] Re: cifs does not support kerberos authentication

2008-11-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Unfortunately, CIFS with Kerberos auth is broken in Intrepid, due to bug 298208. Has anyone here gotten the upcall business to work in 8.10? -- cifs does not support kerberos authentication https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236830 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 299749] [NEW] Installer unconditionally asks for PCMCIA options in expert mode

2008-11-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Installing Intrepid on a desktop machine in expert mode. At various points during the install (e.g. detecting and mounting the CD-ROM), the following exchange takes place: 1. Installer asks "Start PC card services?" 2. I say "No." 3. I

[Bug 300221] [NEW] Add "Recommends: keyutils" to smbfs

2008-11-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: smbfs Looking at smbfs 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 in Intrepid. Samba's CIFS kernel module (as invoked via mount.cifs(8), in smbfs) makes use of the kernel's new request-key infrastructure, but there is nothing at the package-description level to indicate the criti

[Bug 305281] Re: log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing

2008-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Patch against /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20213329/lsb-base-logging.sh.patch -- log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 305281] [NEW] log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing

2008-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lsb-base This report concerns the /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh file, in lsb-base 3.2-14ubuntu2 in Intrepid. The log_to_console() function in this file breaks when there is no /proc filesystem, and "set -e" is in effect. (Note how it does "readlink /proc/self

[Bug 301202] [NEW] Description for ldap-auth-config/pam_password is incorrect

2008-11-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ldap-auth-config Looking at ldap-auth-config 0.5.2 in Intrepid. More of a "fit-and-finish" issue, but compare the Default: value below, and the blurb for the "crypt" option: Template: ldap-auth-config/pam_password Type: select Choices: clear, crypt, nds

[Bug 302272] [NEW] Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated weight) installed on the

[Bug 302278] [NEW] Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xubuntu-desktop Echo of bug 302272. When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated we

[Bug 302283] [NEW] Downgrade "cups" to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop Echo of bug 302272. When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated we

[Bug 297929] [NEW] Allow forwarding to multiple "root" recipients

2008-11-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ssmtp I use sSMTP in a corporate environment, thanks to the feature of rewriting/forwarding mail that would go to system users to an external address instead. This is much simpler than configuring all the various daemons, etc. with the appropriate mail a

[Bug 297929] Re: Allow forwarding to multiple "root" recipients

2008-11-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Patch against ssmtp-2.62" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19633974/ssmtp-multiple-root.patch -- Allow forwarding to multiple "root" recipients https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 298208] [NEW] keyutils is broken (keyctl segfaults trivially)

2008-11-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: keyutils On a Debian Lenny (beta2) system: # keyctl request2 user debug:hello xyzzy 281487143 On an Ubuntu Intrepid system (keyutils 1.2-7): # keyctl request2 user debug:hello xyzzy Segmentation fault I'm running into problems mounting

[Bug 389639] [NEW] Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI

2009-06-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose This concerns virtualbox-ose 2.1.4-dfsg-1ubuntu3 in Ubuntu Jaunty. When the GUI presents a dialog with a text entry, the flashing cursor causes strange graphical glitches, usually appearing as a small, mostly- black square at the cursor's

[Bug 389639] Re: Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI

2009-06-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of the "Create New Virtual Machine" dialog, showing a typical example of the glitching in question" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28122516/vbox-gui-bug.png -- Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389639 You rece

[Bug 382475] Re: Two "Screensaver" items in Applications > Settings menu

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This is starting from a command-line system, and doing "apt-get install xubuntu-desktop". I am currently working around this by using "apt-get install xubuntu- desktop gnome-screensaver-", going with XScreenSaver (though I don't know if that is supposed to be the favored one). -- Two "Screensave

[Bug 208267] Re: openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Jaunty. Does anyone have an objection to adding java-6-openjdk to the java_home file? -- openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 208267] Re: openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Well, yes, there's ways to *work around* this bug, but the idea is to actually *fix* it. You can't set JAVA_HOME if you're launching Eclipse from the GUI menu, and while Netbeans is fine and good, what if you want to use Eclipse? -- openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 130030] Re: Installation of the plugin asks twice for local copy

2009-05-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in the "flashplugin-installer" binary package in Ubuntu Jaunty. Anyone...? -- Installation of the plugin asks twice for local copy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 381517] [NEW] Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config

2009-05-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kbd This concerns kbd 1.14.1-4ubuntu4 in Ubuntu Jaunty. I am setting up a text-mode-only server that will normally run headless. I want to disable console blanking, so that in the event of a kernel panic, I can attach a monitor and read the stack trace.

[Bug 334795] Re: cannot change password

2009-05-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Same problem here. My scenario is even simpler: Ubuntu Jaunty, libpam- krb5, no LDAP. Kerberos and Unix authentication profiles activated via pam-auth-update. As root: # passwd passwd: Permission denied passwd: password unchanged Lo and behold, the *root user* cannot change its own password. Russ

[Bug 382061] [NEW] Does not start up with debconf-configured default URL

2009-05-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lynx-cur This concerns lynx-cur 2.8.7dev11-2 in Ubuntu Jaunty. I configure lynx-cur to use a site-specific URL as the default startup page, via debconf (lynx-cur/defaulturl selection). When I start up lynx, it goes to http://lynx.isc.org/. What gives? *

[Bug 382475] [NEW] Two "Screensaver" items in Applications > Settings menu

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: xubuntu-meta on Jaunty pulls in both gnome-screensaver and xscreensaver, each of which adds a "Screensaver" item to the Applications > Settings menu. See /usr/share/applications/gnome-screensaver-preferences.desktop /usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-properties.desk

[Bug 382535] [NEW] Postinst script invokes nonexistent /dev/MAKEDEV (was /sbin/MAKEDEV intended?)

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm This concerns mdadm 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8 in Ubuntu Jaunty. In the course of installing mdadm, I see >8 Setting up mdadm (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8) ... Generating array device nodes... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst: 170: /dev/MAKEDEV: not found fa

[Bug 382615] [NEW] Hangs at "Starting kernel log daemon..." with LDAP

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysklogd This is similar to bug #218320, but occurs in a different context. The failure mode here is a bit complicated, so bear with me as I describe it. Ubuntu Jaunty system. sysklogd and klogd packages at version 1.5-5ubuntu3. passwd and group lookups

[Bug 382832] [NEW] Need comment for line added to /etc/ldap.conf by nssldap-update-ignoreusers(8)

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libnss-ldap (This is an issue as of libnss-ldap 261-2.1ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Jaunty.) The nss_initgroups_ignoreusers line added by nssldap-update- ignoreusers(8) to the end of /etc/ldap.conf needs a comment at least indicating what added it. For those who ke

[Bug 382615] Re: Hangs at "Starting kernel log daemon..." with LDAP

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A couple points worth noting: 1. The deadlock is somewhat timing-dependent. It happens every time on a bare-metal PC, but I am unable to reproduce it on a slower Xen guest system. 2. For whatever reason, this deadlock never happened on Intrepid, all other circumstances being equal (same PC, same

[Bug 343798] Re: Consider adding GlobalSign CA certificate

2009-07-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hi Shannon, Here is a page that discusses intermediate certificates a bit: http://support.discountasp.net/KB/a134/ssl-certificates- intermediate-certificates-browser.aspx I can't find a better treatment at the moment, but if I understand Steve correctly, it likely comes down to how IE can wo

[Bug 369964] [NEW] "krb5" pam-auth-update profile priority is greater than "unix" profile

2009-04-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpam-krb5 Looking at libpam-krb5 version 3.13-2ubuntu1 in Jaunty. The "unix" profile has a priority of 256; "krb5" has a priority of 704. When pam-auth-update collates the profiles into a PAM configuration, the Kerberos lines thus precede the Unix line

[Bug 295441] Re: pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file

2009-04-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Martin, I have libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.5 on Intrepid here. My report from 2009-03-25 still stands. Can you please fix those Perl warnings? -- pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295441 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 364665] [NEW] pam-auth-update spews Perl warnings while processing a valid profile file

2009-04-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpam-runtime This bug report is an offshoot of bug #295441. pam-auth-update (from libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.5 in Intrepid) no longer generates an invalid PAM config file, but it is still producing copious Perl warnings while processing the attached

[Bug 295441] Re: pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file

2009-04-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bug #364665 created: "pam-auth-update spews Perl warnings while processing a valid profile file" -- pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 366293] Re: Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover

2009-04-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hmm... I don't think this is the same bug. Given the "Connection reset by peer" errors in the Debian bug, and the maintainer's trouble in reproducing it, it looks like more of a network-fault kind of issue. This bug is getting at a problem with the program's behavior as intended. -- Non-existent

[Bug 369575] [NEW] Why is /usr/share/pam-configs/krb5 specifying minimum_uid= ?

2009-04-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpam-krb5 I'm looking at libpam-krb5 version 3.13-2ubuntu1, in Jaunty. The pam-auth-update profile file /usr/share/pam-configs/krb5 has invocations of pam_krb5.so with the hardcoded option minimum_uid=1000. Presumably, this is to exclude system users (

[Bug 369575] Re: Why is /usr/share/pam-configs/krb5 specifying minimum_uid= ?

2009-04-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
minimum_uid in krb5.conf, and ignore_root in .../pam-configs/krb5 sounds like a good way to go. For sites that distribute a global krb5.conf, they can always add the minimum_uid option if they like---if it's not already there, the distribution is likely passing that in as a PAM module option anyway

[Bug 366293] [NEW] Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover

2009-04-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-cacher I have an apt-cacher setup in which the main path_map element lists two servers, in the following order: ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu I.e. a random mirror server, and the official Ubuntu US archive server.

[Bug 284181] [NEW] "m-a -t" uses tput(1) and terminal escape sequences incorrectly

2008-10-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: module-assistant This is module-assistant 0.10.11ubuntu1 in hardy. module-assistant, in --text-mode, typically uses terminal escape sequences to highlight certain lines in its output (e.g. the "dpkg -Ei ..." invocation). However, it does two things incor

[Bug 284548] [NEW] Typo causes invocation of "apt-get-y" instead of "apt-get -y"

2008-10-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: module-assistant This concerns module-assistant 0.10.11ubuntu1, in hardy. A type in the module-assistant script causes a nonexistent program "apt- get-y" to be invoked (when the --non-inter option is given), instead of "apt-get -y" (note the space before

[Bug 293313] [NEW] CLI install pulls in xauth (and other X11 deps)

2008-11-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer I am installing Intrepid with an "F6 - Other options" command line of file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed priority=low initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet -- to install only the ubuntu-standard base system. After the install is finished, the

[Bug 293944] [NEW] Need better support for adding site-local certificates

2008-11-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ca-certificates A wishlist item for ca-certificates 20080514-0ubuntu1 in intrepid: I'm putting together a system image for a small corporate site. I am placing files under /usr/local/, and occasionally symlinking these into /etc, /usr, etc. as necessary

[Bug 294840] Re: F6 menu behaviour is confusing

2008-11-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Huh! First time I've ever seen that F6*2 menu. I use expert mode so that I can... * select a 104-key PC keyboard model, instead of an international 105-key (I don't know why it defaults to the latter) * enable login as root, and not create a normal user account (for a system that will have remot

[Bug 294840] Re: F6 menu behaviour is confusing

2008-11-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
On the more general point of a confusing F6*2 menu, I'd like to point out that the F4 ("Modes") menu is not all that unrelated, in that both address variations of the normal install process. Might it help to unify these two? The F4 menu is a choice of one out of four options, whereas F6*2 is a set

[Bug 254472] Re: Hardy alternate CD does not support "cli" or "cli-expert" boot methods

2008-11-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bug persists in the Intrepid alternate install CD. -- Hardy alternate CD does not support "cli" or "cli-expert" boot methods https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254472 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 270512] Re: openssh-client could suggest xauth rather than recommend it

2008-11-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bug 51774 is about silent-failure behavior when forwarding X11 without xauth(1) on the remote side, which is a separate issue. Colin, you yourself said that a package dependency doesn't address that, and I agree. I also agree with Thierry's premise that those X11-related packages should not be pul

[Bug 295441] [NEW] pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file

2008-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpam-runtime Working with libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5 in intrepid. I've put together a profile for pam-auth-update to use. For some reason, it doesn't like the session-related fields I have, despite them appearing to be well-formed. Attached is a (so

[Bug 295441] Re: pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file

2008-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "pam-auth-update input file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19481610/bug -- pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 295444] [NEW] "dpkg-reconfigure libpam-runtime" does not respect debconf frontend

2008-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpam-runtime This concerns libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5 in intrepid. Run "dpkg-reconfigure -f editor libpam-runtime". Why does the dialog interface come up when we explicitly asked otherwise? ** Affects: pam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 295444] Re: "dpkg-reconfigure libpam-runtime" does not respect debconf frontend

2008-11-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Reassigning to debconf. ** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: pam => debconf Status: Invalid => New -- "dpkg-reconfigure libpam-runtime" does not respect debconf frontend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295444 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 295871] [NEW] Does not accept first-entered debconf value for hesiod/rhs

2008-11-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libhesiod0 Concerning libhesiod0 3.0.2-18.2 in intrepid. This is likely related to bug 277223. When installing libhesiod0, the first time that its debconf dialog comes up, whatever value you enter as the Hesiod domain for searches is discarded---rhs is s

[Bug 287342] [NEW] Development package does not include libxslt.m4

2008-10-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: This report concerns libxslt1-dev 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.2 in hardy. An install tree of libxslt normally includes the file $(PREFIX)/share/aclocal/libxslt.m4. The Ubuntu libxslt1-dev package does not, even though the closely related libxml2-dev package does: $ dpkg -L libxml2-dev |

[Bug 277223] [NEW] Does not use preseeded debconf value for hesiod/rhs

2008-10-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hesiod This is in Ubuntu hardy, libhesiod0 version 3.0.2-18.1. Preseeding the debconf database with a value for hesiod/rhs does not work. When the package is installed, it unconditionally uses the system's domain (as given by the "search" directive in /e

[Bug 130030] Re: Installation of the plugin asks twice for local copy

2008-10-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I can confirm that this bug is still present in hardy. I apt-get-install, say, ubuntu-restricted-extras, which pulls in flashplugin-nonfree. The pair of questions come up first at the "Preconfiguring packages" stage, and again at the "Setting up flashplugin-nonfree" stage. This is on a clean syst

[Bug 254472] [NEW] Hardy alternate CD does not support "cli" or "cli-expert" boot methods

2008-08-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: [Note: I am not sure that this bug is filed under the correct package. Please correct if needed.] The Hardy alternate install CD has an ISOLINUX boot menu that initially lists the following boot methods: install expert cli cli-expert The "cli" and "cli-exper

[Bug 184852] Re: "dpkg-reconfigure --all" invokes update-initramfs(8) multiple times

2008-08-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bug persists in Hardy. In an ubuntu-minimal install, "dpkg-reconfigure --all" invokes update- initramfs(8) six times, with the first three instances seemingly occurring one right after the other. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg-reconfigure --all * Stopping ACPI services...

[Bug 309784] Re: [iQ35] Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- [iQ35] Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309784 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 309163] [NEW] Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

2008-12-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nedit This concerns nedit 1:5.5-2ubuntu3 in Intrepid. I open Nedit, hit Ctrl+O to open a new file, click on a filename in the horrid Motif "Open File" dialog, and press OK. Instead of opening the new file, an error window pops up over the dialog: "Please

[Bug 309784] [NEW] Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel This concerns xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10 in Intrepid. I have a bog-standard Dell Optiplex 755 corporate PC with Intel onboard video. When I start a full-screen OpenGL application, such as Openarena or Kobo Deluxe

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Output of "lspci -vvnn"" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20581326/lspci-vvnn-output.txt -- Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309784 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The program was started right before the "Error in I830WaitLpRing()" line. ** Attachment added: "X server log file, running Kobo Deluxe" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20581352/Xorg.0.log.kobodl.txt -- Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launch

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Again, look for the "Error in I830WaitLpRing()" line. ** Attachment added: "X server log file, running Openarena" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20581366/Xorg.0.log.openarena.txt -- Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309784

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "The error dialog observed after killing Xorg with SIGQUIT" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20581399/x-error-dialog.png -- Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309784 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This time, the server at least behaved. This log file is not truncated. ** Attachment added: "X server log file containing the error quoted in the above dialog" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20581524/Xorg.0.log.restart.txt -- Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenG

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A few more details that may be of interest: * All the above results were obtained without a desktop environment, or even a window manager. Programs were invoked from a lone XTerm, launched from a bare-bones ~/.xsession script. * The OpenGL programs start without a problem in the first X11 session

[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, I pulled the following packages from the PPA: libdrm2 (2.4.1-0ubuntu7~intrepid) libdrm-intel1 (2.4.1-0ubuntu7~intrepid) xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.5.1-1ubuntu5~intrepid) Bug is CONFIRMED in these newer packages. Console unresponsiveness is still observed, although I'm not seeing the X se

[Bug 307044] [NEW] USB HDD automounts fine when connected, but not after reboot

2008-12-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal I have an external USB hard drive, and an Ubuntu Intrepid system with hal 0.5.11-4ubuntu4. When I connect the drive to the system, it is picked up as /dev/sdb, and correctly mounted under /media/fslabel/. All is well. After I reboot the system, howe

[Bug 308341] [NEW] @reboot in system crontab ignores (some) valid sh command syntax

2008-12-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cron This concerns cron 3.0pl1-104+ubuntu5 in Intrepid. /etc/cron.d/blah: SHELL = /bin/sh @reboot roota=/tmp/cron1.out; echo foo >$a @reboot roottrue; a=/tmp/cron2.out; echo foo >$a For some reason---when the

[Bug 343798] [NEW] Consider adding GlobalSign CA certificate

2009-03-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ca-certificates The Adobe Open Source site has an SVN-via-HTTPS server up and running at https://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/ On an up-to-date Ubuntu Intrepid system, connecting to this server with the svn(1) client yields Error va

[Bug 208267] Re: openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

2009-03-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Intrepid, and modifying /etc/eclipse/java_home still works around it. -- openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 309163] Re: Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

2009-03-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Paul, I can't reproduce the problem with this new build, but... it's linked against Lesstif, instead of the OpenMotif library. That changes things completely---and the upstream doesn't seem too fond of the idea, as the program prints nedit: WARNING: This version of NEdit is built incorrectly,

[Bug 325827] Re: raid array wont work after Hostname change

2009-02-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This is not a bug. Please review the --homehost= option in the mdadm(8) man page. In a nutshell: Your RAID devices store the hostname in the superblock, so that when "mdadm --assemble" is called, it only assembles RAID devices that belong to the running host. (The rationale is that if you, for som

[Bug 330399] [NEW] "HOMEHOST " does not work inside initrd

2009-02-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm This concerns mdadm 2.6.7-3ubuntu8 in Intrepid. I have a system with "/" on a RAID1 device. /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf specifies "HOMEHOST ", and no information on the structure of the RAID1 device. (The intent, of course, is to have mdadm auto-assembl

[Bug 325827] Re: raid array wont work after Hostname change

2009-02-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Good luck with your RAID setup, and !saludos desde Boston! Closing this bug as Invalid, to keep things nice and organized. ** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- raid array wont work after Hostname change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325827 You received this bug notif

[Bug 280414] Re: Installing mdadm also installs citadel-common, etc.

2009-02-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
You can avoid pulling in any of the mail stuff by passing --no-install- recommends to apt-get(8). -- Installing mdadm also installs citadel-common, etc. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280414 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 309163] Re: Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

2009-02-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> Daniel, do you also get the error when you can normally open the file? So far, no. The error messages, and being able to open the file normally, are mutually exclusive. -- Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309163 You r

[Bug 331251] [NEW] Enable and document support for AutoConfig/MCD

2009-02-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Mozilla Firefox provides a mechanism allowing centralized auto- configuration known as AutoConfig, or "Mission Control Desktop." Some references: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/MCD,_Mission_Control_Desktop_AKA_AutoConfig http://mit.

[Bug 331443] [NEW] "/etc/init.d/gdm reload" fails when gdm is not running

2009-02-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm The gdm init script "reload" action is invoked when installing other packages that affect the configuration. However, if gdm is not running, the script does not behave in a very graceful manner. Observe: # /etc/init.d/gdm reload * Reloading GNOME Di

[Bug 331812] [NEW] Group-owned static interfaces do not work

2009-02-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose This concerns virtualbox-ose 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Intrepid. VBoxAddIF allows you to create an interface for use by a group (as opposed to a single user) with the -g option. This creates an entry in /etc/vbox/interfaces like the fo

[Bug 309163] Re: Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

2009-02-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hi Paul, Attached is a screenshot more or less illustrating the error. NEdit was invoked from the terminal (the errors are too numerous to fit even in that tall window), and gives an error dialog attempting to open start.html. Note that the X/Motif errors begin as soon as you hit Ctrl+O, and then

[Bug 328929] [NEW] Initial blank line in debian/control confuses "pyversions -r"

2009-02-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: python-minimal This report concerns python-minimal 2.5.2-1ubuntu1 in Intrepid. I have a Debian package source tree. The debian/control file has the following layout: begin Source: Section: Priority: Maintainer: Build-Depends: Standards-Version:

[Bug 270043] Re: intrepid - rm: cannot remove `md0-': Read-only file system

2009-02-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The libsensors4 package has a similar problem. See bug #329792. -- intrepid - rm: cannot remove `md0-': Read-only file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 329792] [NEW] "Read-only file system" errors during install

2009-02-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libsensors4 This concerns libsensors4 version 1:3.0.2-1ubuntu2 in Intrepid. On installing libsensors4 for the first time, I see the following (excerpted) in the output of apt-get: begin Setting up libsensors4 (1:3.0.2-1ubuntu2) ... udev active,

[Bug 295441] Re: pam-auth-update does not correctly process a valid profile file

2009-03-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
pam-auth-update(8) from intrepid-proposed is no longer generating invalid PAM config files, but it still prints a spew of Perl warnings when invoked: # /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update Use of uninitialized value $3 in split at /usr/sbin/pam-auth-update line 607, line 27. Use of uninitialized value $cu

[Bug 314637] Re: debian/{config, postinst} are both broken for dpkg-reconfigure

2009-03-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Installing this package with a specified "location to the local file" is broken. This is needed for installations where HTTP access is restricted. This was working in Intrepid. Can we get a fix for this in before Jaunty goes gold? -- debian/{config,postinst} are both broken for dpkg-reconfigure

[Bug 184908] Re: updmap-sys fails on install due to missing dvips35.map file

2009-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug no longer occurs on Jaunty, nor on (I think) Intrepid, so I'm closing it. Please reopen if it is observed again. ** Changed in: lmodern (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- updmap-sys fails on install due to missing dvips35.map file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184908 You

[Bug 351288] [NEW] mdadm.postinst fails because /dev/MAKEDEV is not present

2009-03-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm In the course of installing mdadm on the Jaunty beta, I see this: Setting up mdadm (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8) ... Generating array device nodes... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst:170: /dev/MAKEDEV: not found failed. Generating mdadm.conf... done. Remov

[Bug 381517] Re: Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config

2009-07-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A couple of points I neglected to mention in the original report: 1. Setting BLANK_TIME=0 in /etc/console-tools/config in Debian Lenny successfully disables blanking, so this problem is specific to Ubuntu. 2. For now, I've worked around this bug by invoking setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -p

[Bug 229137] Re: The user cannot select sound card

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This remains an issue on Jaunty. I have much the same setup as the original reporter: via82xx onboard audio, and a separate SBLive card. I want to use the latter, ALSA defaults to the latter, Pulseaudio insists on using the former. pavucontrol(1), as Andreas suggested, mostly straightened the probl

[Bug 411795] [NEW] No sound from aplay(1) due to improper default device selection

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: alsa-utils (Regarding alsa-utils 1.0.18-1ubuntu11 in Jaunty) This does not give me sound: $ aplay blah.wav This does: $ aplay -D front:CARD=Live,DEV=0 blah.wav The argument to -D comes from the output of $ aplay -L front:CARD=Live,DEV=0 SBLive!

[Bug 411806] [NEW] Per-user pulseaudio daemons are not terminated upon logout

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio This concerns pulseaudio 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 in Jaunty. After logging out of an X11 session (with the Xubuntu/Xfce desktop over here), I see that the Pulseaudio daemons are still hanging around: $ ps auxww | grep pulse user17782 0.6 0.

[Bug 229137] Re: The user cannot select sound card

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The combination of on-board sound hardware, and a more full-featured sound card, isn't that unusual. It's not in the same "only a gearhead" category as, say, having two distinct (non-SLI) video cards. (And even then there's on-board video...) Hundredpapercuts is looking very apropos. (Oh, and Ari

[Bug 411795] Re: No sound from aplay(1) due to improper default device selection

2009-08-11 Thread Daniel Richard G.
My system has no /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc* file. Without any such configuration, I would expect aplay(1) to default to the first ALSA device (i.e. /proc/asound/card0, or the first entry in /proc/asound/modules, both correctly indicating the SBLive). -- No sound from aplay(1) due to imprope

[Bug 400776] [NEW] ssh-keyscan(1) hangs if broken server does partial handshake

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openssh-client This concerns openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Jaunty. I use ssh-keyscan(1) at a company site to create a global ssh_known_hosts file. I've found, however, that the program comes to a halt when it scans one particular system, an a

[Bug 386048] Re: apt-cacher causes apt-get update to fail signature verification

2009-08-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Good timing, I've been hacking on apt-cacher today. I'm afraid I can't reproduce this bug. It's possible that this was fixed in 1.6.8. Would you feel up to building a new apt-cacher package from source, and giving it a go? The .dsc and .diff.gz files are available from http://packages.debian.org/s

[Bug 416820] [NEW] Fails with "RGB database /etc/X11/rgb.txt is missing."

2009-08-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sng This concerns sng 1.0.2-5 in Ubuntu Jaunty. $ sng foo.png RGB database /etc/X11/rgb.txt is missing. $ cat foo.sng #SNG: from foo.png IHDR { width: 100; height: 100; bitdepth: 1; using color palette; } gAMA {0.45455} (Note that the .sng fil

[Bug 366293] Re: Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover

2009-07-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Revisiting this problem again, I'm now seeing the same error as in the Debian bug report: (This is with apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6 and apt-cacher 1.6.8) 8< # apt-get update Hit http://ubuntu.apt-cacher.local jaunty Release.gpg Ign http://ubuntu.apt-cacher.local jaunty/main Translation-en

[Bug 413862] [NEW] "wget -nv" prints incorrect total stats

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wget This concerns wget 1.11.4-2ubuntu1 in Jaunty. "uris.txt" is a file containing lots and lots of URLs. $ wget -nv -O /dev/null `cat uris.txt` [...] 2009-08-14 01:53:40 URL:http://ubuntu.mirror.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-modaliases_

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