[Bug 219095] Re: apt-cacher: keep getting 400 No Request Recieved

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A similar investigation on the Debian side, plus a smaller patch; http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540691#10 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #540691 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540691 -- apt-cacher: keep getting 400 No Request Recieved https://

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

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've managed to track down the bug, and have put together a (preliminary) patch fix. Details at the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517761#69 -- Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366293 You received this bug

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

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Was this a transient issue, or are you still seeing signature- verification failures? -- apt-cacher causes apt-get update to fail signature verification https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386048 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 413872] [NEW] "Browse..." file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 This concerns firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 in Jaunty. I hit the "Attach file" button in a Web-mail page, which brings up a file-selection dialog. Normally, this works fine, but here, the window comes up, everything but the act

[Bug 413872] Re: "Browse..." file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "firefox-bork.strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30346774/firefox-bork.strace -- "Browse..." file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 334374] Re: libnss-ldap should not depend on libpam-ldap

2009-08-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug report needs a visual aid. ** Attachment added: "Current dependency graph (black edge = Depends, red edge = Recommends)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30386089/depgraph.png -- libnss-ldap should not depend on libpam-ldap https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334374 You received this bug n

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

2009-08-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I see that cups-driver-gutenprint has been moved to desktop-recommends-* in xubuntu-meta, but what about "cups" (the server component) itself? The whole point of this bug report is to get away from installing the server. -- Downgrade "cups" to Recommends: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272 Yo

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

2009-07-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Bug has been observed in the Arora Web browser (package "arora"). It's not a VirtualBox issue, it's a Qt4 issue. ** Package changed: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) => qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI

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

2009-07-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Argh, it was supposed to be the original bug against virtualbox-ose that was invalid >_< ** Changed in: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389639 You received this bug notification because you are

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

2009-07-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Strike my prior comment about "no other GUI application." The Arora Web browser is based on Qt4, and exhibits the same sort of cursor-glitching as seen in VirtualBox. I'm attaching a screenshot with a typical example. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of the Arora preferences dialog, with cursor g

[Bug 26814] This issue should have been solved long ago

2006-09-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
My system is a Dell 2350 with a PCI graphics board. The onboard Intel AGP video is unused. The Dell BIOS is buggy: when the system boots via PCI video, it leaves the onboard AGP video in a semi-catatonic state. Subsequently, if Linux attempts to load the intel-agp kernel module (or was it intel-mc

[Bug 26814] Re: hangs on "starting hotplug subsystems" when pci video is on

2006-10-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The dapper live-CD still hangs the system during startup. I haven't tried a prerelease edgy live-CD, but haven't seen anything to suggest that the problem's fixed there. -- hangs on "starting hotplug subsystems" when pci video is on https://launchpad.net/bugs/26814 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 49538] Re: Edit -> Setup -> Other Options: instant segfault on amd64

2008-04-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
xmbdfed has been superseded upstream by gbdfed, and is no longer even in the Ubuntu package repository (it is now a dummy package depending on gbdfed). This bug report is therefore moot. ** Changed in: xmbdfed (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- Edit -> Setup -> Other Options: insta

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

2008-01-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools On a minimal text-mode-only install of Gutsy (i.e. ubuntu-minimal + ubuntu-standard), "dpkg-reconfigure --all" causes update-initramfs(8) to be invoked no less than 10 times. Moreover, this was running on a fairly old (Pentium II) system,

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

2008-01-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lmodern On an Ubuntu Gutsy system, installing a full TeX/LaTeX suite in one go: BEGIN TERMINAL SESSION apt-get install lmodern tetex-doc-nonfree tetex-extra texlive-generic-extra texpower [...] Setting up lmodern (1.010x-3) ... warning: /usr/li

[Bug 49538] Re: Edit -> Setup -> Other Options: instant segfault on amd64

2007-03-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
At the time, I was using Breezy. Xmbdfed has since been superseded by gbdfed, however, so this bug report probably remains interesting only for the potential libXt issue. -- Edit -> Setup -> Other Options: instant segfault on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49538 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 558673] Re: hypertorus crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2010-04-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
With an up-to-date Lucid system, I am no longer able to reproduce this bug. Confirmed both in VirtualBox and on Nvidia metal (using the open driver). Will reopen if it shows its face again. ** Changed in: xscreensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- hypertorus crashed with SIGS

[Bug 465120] Re: "Choose language" dialog to select additional locales has two "#" locales

2010-03-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug persists in the Lucid Beta 1 alternate/netboot installer. -- "Choose language" dialog to select additional locales has two "#" locales https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

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

2010-02-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #569066 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569066 ** Also affects: libxslt (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569066 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Development package does not include libxslt

[Bug 509373] Re: ubuntu-logo theme doesn't wrap long messages

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Is this only a particular theme that isn't doing the wrapping, as opposed to plymouth itself? This is affecting the default Lucid startup screen when it asks "F to attempt to fix the errors..." See the attached screenshot, taken in a small-ish VirtualBox window. ** Attachment added: "for-manual-w

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

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in (fully up-to-date) Lucid. Does no one run headless servers on Ubuntu? (Luke: Naturally you have to reboot the system for the workaround to take effect; /etc/rc.local is run on boot-up! :-) -- Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 577144] [NEW] "http://" prefix, slash in proxy server setting causes trouble

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Installing from the 10.04/Lucid (official release) CD, I bring up the "Advanced..." dialog, and for "HTTP proxy," I enter the following: http://proxy.example.com/ Once I reboot into the newly-installed system, I open a terminal, get a root

[Bug 500696] Re: Target FAT32 filesystem has fsck errors after install

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Still seeing this bug on an up-to-date Lucid system. Is there a way to test this outside of usb-creator? I'm not familiar with how the boot sector in a DOS filesystem is modified, let alone what the "proper" way of doing it (that would update the backup as well) would be. But if usb-creator is wri

[Bug 577232] [NEW] swapon/swapoff not as described in man page

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mount This concerns mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Lucid. If I do "man swapoff", one of the options I see is -e, --ifexists Silently skip devices that do not exist. Which leaves me a bit confused when I then see this: # swapoff -

[Bug 368986] Re: install fails missing obsolete /dev/MAKEDEV

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Rick, please attach your report as a plain ASCII text file. There is no need for a word-processor-format document, and people here don't appreciate the extra effort needed to view it. (That said, it's perfectly acceptable to submit a photograph of the screen with the error messages, rather than tr

[Bug 577232] Re: swapon/swapoff not as described in man page

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Firas, I see what you mean. The lack of mention of long options in the usage summary and man-page synopsis threw me off the trail. My use case was to pass in a laundry list of devices on the command line, and have swapoff(8) do its thing while ignoring invalid-device errors (rather than stick a "2

[Bug 577232] Re: swapon/swapoff help summary unclear on long options

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
David, I agree; can you mark as wishlist? A better man page would be a nice-to-have, but it's bad form for the --help text to omit the long options. ** Summary changed: - swapon/swapoff not as described in man page + swapon/swapoff help summary unclear on long options -- swapon/swapoff help sum

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

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Looks like there's a re-opened bug on that issue in xscreensaver: Bug #21960 -- Two "Screensaver" items in Applications > Settings menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 21960] Re: xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver conflict in Preferences menu

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Also affects: gnome-screensaver Importance: Undecided Status: New -- xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver conflict in Preferences menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21960 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ub

[Bug 21960] Re: xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver conflict in Preferences menu

2010-05-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm coming here from Bug #382475. Can these two packages be made to conflict with each other? I don't see a good reason why anyone would want both installed, and I don't think the Design Team is keen on having menu entries like "XScreenSaver" and "GNOME Screensaver". (arrgh... how do I mark this a

[Bug 562452] Re: swell-foop fails to start with drm errors

2010-05-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 557266 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557266 This isn't a gnome-games bug; this is an issue with the OpenGL driver. I'm seeing the same error with openarena, gltron, etc. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 557266 [Radeon kernel module] dr

[Bug 557266] Re: [Radeon kernel module] drmRadeonCmdBuffer: -22. Kernel failed to parse or rejected command stream

2010-05-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm seeing this as well. I have an ATI FireGL 8800 (r200), and the error I see in dmesg is [drm:r100_cs_track_texture_check] *ERROR* No texture bound to unit 1 [drm:radeon_cs_ioctl] *ERROR* Invalid command stream ! glxgears works, but openarena fails, gltron fails -- [Radeon kernel module]

[Bug 571574] Re: Networking doesn't work because modprobe vboxnetflt fails

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Felix, please reconsider making v-o-dkms and v-o-guest-dkms conflict with each other. At my site, we have a standard Ubuntu image that can be "ghosted" onto a system via a PXE-booted utility. The image not only contains the VirtualBox application, it is downloaded onto VirtualBox machines as often

[Bug 576590] Re: Pigs out on CPU and memory with overlong input

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "c-n-f-bug.sh" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47954710/c-n-f-bug.sh -- Pigs out on CPU and memory with overlong input https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576590 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 576590] [NEW] Pigs out on CPU and memory with overlong input

2010-05-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: command-not-found This concerns command-not-found 0.2.40ubuntu5 in Ubuntu Lucid. Once upon a time, I was working on my shiny new Lucid system, when things suddenly became very slow. I ran top(1) to check what was going on, and saw this: top - 13:34:17 u

[Bug 452461] Re: Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config

2009-10-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Sorry for not following up sooner. I want to set up my /etc/krb5.conf file via debconf, as is currently implemented, but I want to do things a little differently from what the scripts have been written to do. Normally, you'd specify something like this in debconf: krb5-config/kerberos_server

[Bug 452461] Re: Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config

2009-10-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Please let me know if any further information is needed. ** Changed in: kerberos-configs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452461 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 487845] Re: Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete

2010-01-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Subscribed Matthias Klose, from Bug #293944. Matthias, this issue needs a bit more work. Please have a look at the package's debconf script. -- Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487845 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 443330] Re: USB Creator does not warn or ask user to confirm before formatting disks

2010-01-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Not only should the labels be shown, however; the dialog should also indicate that each one is a "label" (perhaps even being more specific with "filesystem label"). It wasn't clear what the identifiers were in dialog 2---especially "Kingston", which struck me as a USB device name. -- USB Creator

[Bug 485449] [NEW] [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xubuntu-default-settings This concerns xubuntu-default-settings 0.67 in Karmic. The Xfce panel config file /etc/xdg/xubuntu/xfce4/panel/panels.xml specifies two panels: one at the top (app menu, places menu, a few launcher buttons, system tray, mixer, cl

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "The Xubuntu default desktop, in practice" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35861666/frankenpanel.jpg -- [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485449 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This is on a system where Xubuntu was installed by running "apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" on a minimal installation, along with some other customizations (but very few of which touch Xfce). I'll double- check that these aren't confounding the issue. xubuntu-default-settings is definitely instal

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, after much digging around, I've encountered a twist that indicates a different sort of bug. The system in question is using "gdm-2.20" instead of plain "gdm". If the user has no previous config, and I select a session of type "Last" (i.e. "default"), then I get the messed-up Xfce panels. If

[Bug 443330] Re: USB Creator does not warn or ask user to confirm before formatting disks

2010-01-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
If there's a separate dialog, it could give the warning/confirmation people have been asking for, in addition to the widget for entering the new label. Two birds with one stone. -- USB Creator does not warn or ask user to confirm before formatting disks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443330 You

[Bug 443330] Re: USB Creator does not warn or ask user to confirm before formatting disks

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
So, you're thinking of a wizard-type approach. I think dialogs 1 and 2 should be merged; having them separate seems like just an excuse to require another click. I like dialog 3b better than 3a, but then that means you're combining the format and install operations (which wouldn't be a bad idea, j

[Bug 515755] Re: Multiple \r characters throw off side-by-side alignment

2010-02-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "tkdiff-bug.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38637034/tkdiff-bug.tar.gz -- Multiple \r characters throw off side-by-side alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515755 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 515755] [NEW] Multiple \r characters throw off side-by-side alignment

2010-02-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tkdiff This concerns tkdiff 4.1.4 in Karmic. Multiple sequential \r characters (as in DOS files with lines ending in \r\r\n) in an input file to Tkdiff cause the alignment of the left vs. right file to become increasingly disjoint. See the attached tarb

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

2010-03-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'm still seeing this on Karmic (3.0pl1-106ubuntu3), and in a user crontab to boot. -- @reboot in system crontab ignores (some) valid sh command syntax https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308341 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 422677] [NEW] SIGSEGV in IA__g_type_check_instance_cast()

2009-09-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal This is with xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2.1 in Jaunty. I've encountered this crash repeatedly. (Note: The following GDB session is with a debug-enabled binary built from the .deb source) $ gdb ./Terminal GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C

[Bug 487309] [NEW] Incorrect desktop setup if xfce4-session is invoked directly instead of startxfce4

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-session This concerns xfce4-session 4.6.1-1ubuntu2 in Karmic. This is a second try at reporting the behavior described in Bug #485449. I have a Xubuntu desktop system with much of GNOME taken out, installed with apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

[Bug 487309] Re: Incorrect desktop setup if xfce4-session is invoked directly instead of startxfce4

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Never mind. Someone brought to my attention the distinction between /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/panels.xml (one panel) and /etc/xdg/xubuntu/xfce4/panel/panels.xml (two panels). No merging is going on, and thus there is no bug. ** Changed in: xfce4-session (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Incor

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Another batchbuffer dump tarball from the same system. This one has "lspci -vvnn" in the bundle. ** Attachment added: "dri_debug-20091124.tgz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36003955/dri_debug-20091124.tgz -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launc

[Bug 487845] [NEW] Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ca-certificates This concerns ca-certificates 20090814 in Ubuntu Karmic. Bug #293944 requested better support for adding site-local certificates, and this was implemented by making /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ the place to add these. Code was added

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

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
As of Jaunty, the fontconfig-config package no longer uses debconf, thereby making this bug moot. ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Preseeded debconf value for fontconfig/subpixel_rendering is not honored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262089 You received this

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

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Thank goodness we now have vboxnetflt (as of VirtualBox's version in Jaunty) and don't have to deal with static virtual interfaces anymore. ** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Group-owned static interfaces do not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331812 You

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

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Karmic. -- Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381517 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
It seems to use i915, but then, the [i845G] tag was assigned by Geir, whom I presume has more in-depth knowledge of the hardware and driver. -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-12-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Jonathan, here's my take on these questions: (a) I wasn't thinking along the lines of the system being "aware" of whether it was properly shut down or not, although I believe the infrastructure is already in place for this to be possible (i.e. "Ubuntu recorded a successful boot" on startup, and ho

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The blueprint looks good, pretty ambitious. Integrating with Plymouth will make it about as slick as it can get. I would tweak the spec by noting that the root filesystem is a special case (can't ignore that one, not least since the usual Ubuntu setup puts everything on one partition), so it has t

[Bug 434448] [NEW] Repeatedly/annoyingly creates ./botlib.log file

2009-09-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openarena This concerns openarena 0.8.1-1 in Jaunty. I play single-player games against computer opponents regularly, and one thing I've noticed is that after exiting the game, I'll find a newly- created file "botlib.log" in the current directory ($HOME

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-12-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The system has been running with the xorg-edgers PPA drivers for a few days. So far, none of the same GPU hangs have been encountered. However, I'm now seeing intermittent crashes during use of the system, e.g. Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x8133dbb] 1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+

[Bug 489474] [NEW] Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall A month or so ago, I installed Ubuntu Karmic on my father's laptop in Florida. I then flew back home to Boston. He was running Windows in VirtualBox, and closed the laptop lid (i.e. ACPI suspend). When he opened it, the system did not come up pr

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Just for giggles, this is a screenshot taken by my father (with a camera, natch) of the output of the fsck(8) command he typed in. Embarrassing, isn't it? ** Attachment added: "The horror! The horror!" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36190710/scary.jpg -- Need newbie-friendly alternative to mai

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
jtniehof, I am not suggesting a "significant design effort" (please re- read the report) and this bug/wishlist item concerns an existing, basic usability failure rather than posit a new "would be nice to have" idea. If this should be filed against another package, then say so. Otherwise, please all

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Another batchbuffer dump. Is this enough to go on, or the more the merrier? ** Attachment added: "dri_debug-20091128.tgz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36213676/dri_debug-20091128.tgz -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, some updates. I wrote a cron script for this system that would automatically record a batchbuffer dump and reboot if and when a GPU crash was detected. This worked well... a little too well. The crash was now occurring before GDM could even auto-login the user, and once I got thirteen dumps

[Bug 480404] [NEW] Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gqview This concerns gqview 2.0.4-5 in Jaunty, amd64 platform. I am attaching two Targa image files bundled with a commercial CAD package. They represent an image (8peop17l.tga) and bitmap mask (8peop17o.tga) of a man, standing in place. If thumbnails ar

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot: Incorrectly displaying a Targa image file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505533/screenshot.png -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Targa image file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505605/8peop17l.tga -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "Targa image file (mask)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505613/8peop17o.tga -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 483928] [NEW] ssh-keyscan(1) exits prematurely on some non-fatal errors

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openssh-client This concerns openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5ubuntu1 in Karmic. I am using ssh-keyscan(1) for its intended purpose: building an ssh_known_hosts file for a large network. Most of the hosts on this network are well-maintained systems, with properly

[Bug 484020] [NEW] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel This bug report concerns xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 on Karmic. It was originally reported as a comment to bug #469820, and is probably a duplicate thereof, but at the request of Geir Ove Myhr I have filed it as a se

[Bug 469820] Re: [GM45] system locks up at random intervals, except mouse

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Geir, I have filed a separate report as bug #484020. I will not be able to use PPA packages on the system in question (it is now remote for me, and used as a family Internet terminal), but I hope to reproduce the bug on another, more easily-accessible machine. -- [GM45] system locks up at random

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Geir, please examine the tarball; Xorg.0.log and dmesg(1) output are in there. Attaching the output of "lspci -vvnn". (This command would be good to add to the script on the "Troubleshooting X freezes" wiki page.) ** Attachment added: "Output of "lspci -vvnn" on the GX260 in question" http://l

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Let me know if there is anything more you need. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 561694] [NEW] Does not use preseeded debconf value for apparmor/homedirs

2010-04-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apparmor This concerns apparmor 2.5-0ubuntu3 in Ubuntu Lucid beta1. I am preseeding the debconf database of an Ubuntu install with a custom value for the apparmor/homedirs selection. When I then go to configure the package, however, the preseeded value i

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

2010-04-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
TJ, do you get this error if apt-get accesses the repository directly, without going through apt-cacher? Sometimes, you'll get intermittent BADSIG errors as an archive is in the process of updating; they go away after a little while. I'd be surprised if the problem here is due to apt-cacher, after

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

2010-04-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> But I suppose that's what NEWS.Debian is for. You could also stick in a debconf notice, like what x11-common had for a while ("Major possible upgrade issues"). > Right -- if you're already distributing a krb5.conf with this setting, surely the same mechanism could be used to override the PAM co

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

2010-04-12 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> I guess I'm a bit baffled by why fixing your PAM configuration is a workaround but installing a custom krb5.conf is a desired configuration step. krb5.conf is a config file under /etc. That's the ideal place to make configuration changes. As it is, right now, adding the minimum_uid bit involves

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

2010-04-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> They may want to, but I don't think the added complexity of debconf solely for what I believe is a rarely-used option makes sense. [...] I don't think debconf offers much benefit here. Fair enough, though I hope you're not suggesting direct modification of the /etc/pam.d/common-* files as a prac

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

2010-04-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> No, it's persistent unless you disable pam_krb5 entirely. Have you tried it? Yeah, where pam-auth-update asks you "Override local changes to /etc/pam.d/common-*?" I see the man page says something about preserving module options, but if I add an option to (say) common-auth, and re-run p-a-u, the

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

2010-04-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
> Er, how is it silent when pam-auth-update asks you a question? Silent, in the sense that when you run p-a-u, it doesn't indicate that the common-* files have been modified in any way; it just presents you with the same checkbox-list of profiles. You leave everything as-is, hit OK, look at the fi

[Bug 531740] Re: Endless fsck/poweroff cycle if mountall-reboot.conf doesn't work correctly

2010-04-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Thanks, Scott. I will have full access to the laptop in question by early June, and should be able to test that this issue has been addressed. -- Endless fsck/poweroff cycle if mountall-reboot.conf doesn't work correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531740 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 564117] Re: package ttf-indic-fonts-core 1:0.5.8ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127

2010-04-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Yup. Here's what I saw, in the course of upgrading with apt-get: Preparing to replace ttf-indic-fonts-core 1:0.5.4ubuntu2 (using .../ttf-indic-fonts-core_1%3a0.5.8ubuntu1_all.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 19: rm_conffile: not found dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ttf-indi

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

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Isn't it possible to use debconf to change around the enabled profiles, via the libpam-runtime/profiles selection? Steve: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "automatically apply ... by the same mechanism." I can set minimum_uid in krb5.conf, but I also have to toss the minimum_uid= options

[Bug 557818] [NEW] cups-client does not create /etc/cups directory, let alone client.conf

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cups-client This concerns cups-client 1.4.2-10 in Lucid beta1. When you install the cups-client package, there is no sign whatsoever of the all-important /etc/cups/client.conf file; even the /etc/cups directory is not present. The package should install

[Bug 558765] [NEW] [PATCH] Don't put X11 auth file in $HOME

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lxdm This concerns lxdm 0.2.0~svn2307+git20100209-0ubuntu2 in Ubuntu Lucid beta1. When you log in via lxdm, the X authorization file is in its default location of ~/.Xauthority. Which is fine, unless you are on a system where home directories are served

[Bug 558765] Re: [PATCH] Don't put X11 auth file in $HOME

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: "xauth-in-tmp.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43476319/xauth-in-tmp.patch -- [PATCH] Don't put X11 auth file in $HOME https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558765 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 550308] Re: Please remove from the archive

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Xubuntu sorely needs a better option for x-display-manager. gdm-2.20 was tremendously helpful to have, simply because the alternatives are awful: gdm - heavy GNOME dependencies post-2.20 kdm - heavy KDE dependencies lxdm - pretty, lightweight deps, but hard-codes xauth to ~/.Xauthority (*) slim -

[Bug 558823] [NEW] Add /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh as an alternative for x-session-manager

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xubuntu-default-settings This concerns xubuntu-default-settings 10.04.5 in Ubuntu Lucid beta1. The proper way of starting a Xubuntu session is by invoking /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh. Which is a problem if you use, say, a less-intelligent display manag

[Bug 558823] Re: Add /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh as an alternative for x-session-manager

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
These are two completely orthogonal issues. x-display-manager != x -session-manager. ** Changed in: xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Add /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh as an alternative for x-session-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558823 You received

[Bug 558823] Re: Add /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh as an alternative for x-session-manager

2010-04-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
xfce4-session is the real session manager, but you're not supposed to invoke it directly (like e.g. gnome-session); you're supposed to call it via startxfce4. And the point of having an x-session-manager alternative is to invoke it directly, which is what /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11 -common_determine

[Bug 455153] Re: depend on an editor instead of hard-wiring vim

2010-04-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
While I agree with the idea of allowing some flexibility in -meta package choices, vim isn't a good example on which to stake a case. Rolf, what you really want to do is install the editor of your choice, and then modify the /usr/bin/editor alternative to point to it; that, more than anything else,

[Bug 552858] Re: Allow choice of display manager

2010-04-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Lionel, I don't mean to argue here against the principle of -meta packages being inflexible/opinionated (even though I don't like it). The change I'm requesting is intended to be a temporary workaround for the awkward situation caused by the current gdm package. The same effect could be achieved by

[Bug 553777] [NEW] Confusing debconf questions (at low priority)

2010-04-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: checkbox Lucid beta1 system with debconf set to low-priority threshold. Installing checkbox 0.9 gives me the following series of bewildering debconf questions: 1. Default enabled state. Default Enabled 2. Default package if none i

[Bug 553786] [NEW] *** glibc detected *** sudo: double free or corruption

2010-04-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sudo Lucid beta1, sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu4. I added a file with incorrect permissions under /etc/sudoers.d/, and while that needed fixing, sudo(8) certainly shouldn't react like this: $ sudo bash sudo: /etc/sudoers.d/admin is mode 0644, should be 0440 >>> /

[Bug 477703] Re: grub2 is unresponsive, i.e. no input, no output

2010-04-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Summary changed: - grub2 is autistic, i.e. no input, no output + grub2 is unresponsive, i.e. no input, no output -- grub2 is unresponsive, i.e. no input, no output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 477703] Re: grub2 is unresponsive, i.e. no input, no output

2010-04-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Please be more judicious in your use of the term "autistic." I'm not so fond of the "silent" GRUB at startup either, but as Colin said, the design team pulls rank on this one. That only affects the default install, however. What you can do is edit /etc/default/grub, change the settings for GRUB_H

[Bug 564853] [NEW] Spurious conffile prompts for /etc/default/grub

2010-04-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub-pc This concerns grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu5 in Lucid beta1 (upgrading from 1.98-1ubuntu4). I have a locally modified /etc/default/grub file. When I upgraded to this version of grub-pc, I got the "A new version of configuration file /etc/default/grub is a

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

2010-04-18 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #578241 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578241 ** Also affects: hesiod (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578241 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Does not use preseeded debconf value for hesi

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