[Bug 245519] [NEW] Live installer hangs at 82% and fills the squashfs

2008-07-04 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity-casper I have set up a PC as a netboot (bootpd), tftp and nfs server. I have tried to install the unpacked Hardy desktop CD iso onto 2 PCs, and both fail late in the installation process. I have monitored the processes and kept almost all logs. K

[Bug 245519] Re: Live install via nfs fails filling the squashfs

2008-07-04 Thread David Tangye
** Summary changed: - Live installer hangs at 82% and fills the squashfs + Live install via nfs fails filling the squashfs -- Live install via nfs fails filling the squashfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 260648] Re: Hangs while updating locales

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
Duplicate of bug 259956. See also discussion at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865679 ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Hangs while updating locales https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260648 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 260648] Re: Hangs while updating locales

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 256653 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256653 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 259956 package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error

[Bug 260648] Re: Hangs while updating locales

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 256653 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256653 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 259956 package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error co

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 256653 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256653 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 256653 package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error

[Bug 260648] Re: Hangs while updating locales

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 249340 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 256653 package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error co

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 249340 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 256653 package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error co

[Bug 256653] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-23 Thread David Tangye
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 249340 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 249340 Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef -- package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E

[Bug 33212] Re: deleting files across file systems

2008-08-26 Thread David Tangye
I have a similar problem. I always keep all my data on a separate partition, mounted to say /mnt/sdaN. I have a directory there for each user and the user can build whatever subdirectories from there he wants, each with links to his home, eg ln -s /mnt/sda6/fred/workStuff /home/fred ln -s /mnt/sda

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-05-16 Thread David Tangye
Here is my xorg.conf. It shows the sis driver and all its possible options. Perhaps one of them would fix the problem. However, as also shown, I switched out the sis driver and switched in the vesa driver, to make the laptop's graphics work properly. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://laun

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-05-16 Thread David Tangye
The problem must be in this driver/package. ** Package changed: ubuntu => xserver-xorg-video-sis (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-sis (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287475 You received t

[Bug 155640] Re: cups-pdf will not output to symlinked folder

2008-09-11 Thread David Tangye
Well that's understandable. I guess it would be an enhancement request that root ought to be able to set AppArmor to respect symbolic links. Then again, for home users, simply setting it to 'complain mode', or 'off mode' or whatever, or perhaps even removing the package is an option. Not that I l

[Bug 259956] [NEW] package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-20 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Attempting what I thought would be a simple distro upgrade from a perfectly working and stable gutsy to hardy. I ow have a corrupted machine. The upgrade stuck at : 'Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8...' The process looping seemed to be

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-20 Thread David Tangye
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16973743/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16973744/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz" http://launchpadlibra

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-21 Thread David Tangye
Also see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865679 for similar reports. This bug should be marked critical or severe or whatever for very urgent attention. -- package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dp

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-21 Thread David Tangye
The problem appears to be only in the latest version of gutsy, ie 2.6.22-15-generic. Others on the forum report 2.6.22-14 being ok to recover and complete a dist upgrade by running 'dpkg --configure -a' from a recovery boot (init 1 ie 'single'), and I have just run 'dpkg --configure -a' using har

[Bug 259956] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-08-21 Thread David Tangye
Further to my previous message, here is the output of the 'dpkg --configure -a' command (run as root, init level 1). I think that it shows the packages that failed in the dist upgrade now being correctly upgraded. ** Attachment added: "dpkgReconfigure.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/1697755

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-04-12 Thread David Tangye
This is still a bug with Intrepid. See my comments at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1114822 & http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1055979 -- ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287475 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 155640] Re: cups-pdf will not output to symlinked folder

2008-09-09 Thread David Tangye
"This is an AppArmor configuration issue". I agree - as a workaround. However this seems to recognise that AppArmor does not respect symbolic links. For the past 20 years I could treat symbolic links pretty much as if they were real files/directories, in that once defined, their existence was tran

[Bug 64147] Re: ubuntu logo stretched up on widescreen

2006-11-09 Thread David Tangye
I have the same problem with an Asus notebook. My fix was: 1. changed /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768, which fixed the shutdown splash. 2. removed vga=771 from /boot/grub/menu.lst, which allowed the entry in /etc/usplash.conf to be used at bootup. -- ubuntu logo stretched up on widescreen https:

[Bug 71102] Re: network-admin not launching from menu as root

2006-11-14 Thread David Tangye
This is my experience as well. It also affects System->Administration->Services & Shared Folders. -- network-admin not launching from menu as root https://launchpad.net/bugs/71102 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 155640] Gutsy version of cups-pdf will not output to a link

2007-10-21 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cupsys If $HOME/PDF is a link to a directory the print job prints to ? (/dev/null?) ** Affects: cupsys (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Gutsy version of cups-pdf will not output to a link https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15564

[Bug 181411] Snapshots the entire screen badly.

2008-01-08 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-screenshooter-plugin I add the Screenshooter to the bottom panel. If there are no windows open it snapshots the desktop correctly, but does not include the panel. If any windows are open the snapshot is a mess. ** Affects: xfce4-screenshooter-plu

[Bug 181411] Re: Snapshots the entire screen badly.

2008-01-08 Thread David Tangye
The above happens when the Preference 'Always take shot of the whole screen' is not selected, ie for window mode, and you then select (click) on the desktop. The screenshooter should either do nothing, else snapshot the entire screen as if 'Always take shot of the whole screen' were selected. (BTW,

Re: [Bug 181411] Re: Snapshots the entire screen badly if in "Windows" mode.

2008-01-09 Thread David Tangye
gutsy On Jan 9, 2008 2:34 PM, Gauvain Pocentek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which version of Ubuntu do you use? > > I can confirm the bug on feisty. > > ** Changed in: xfce4-screenshooter-plugin (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > Snapshots the entire screen badly if in "Windows"

[Bug 91250] Re: [edgy-backports] Error in libgphoto2 udev rules

2007-04-18 Thread David Tangye
larini, and anyone with Edgy still not getting photos found in gthumb: Try running "sudo gthumb". If it imports photos (like it does for me), change ownership of the jpg files and copy them to your normal user file area. -- [edgy-backports] Error in libgphoto2 udev rules https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 94747] Firefox often hogs CPU then crashes

2007-03-22 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox To reproduce: 1. Start firefox 2. Open a few web pages Sooner or later cpu and memory go ballistic, the computer freezes and or hopefully firefox crashes and I can get control of the PC back. This Pc has 384mb RAM, with Ubuntu, gnome, some appl

[Bug 94747] Re: Firefox often hogs CPU then crashes

2007-03-22 Thread David Tangye
** Attachment added: "Crash report" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6898371/_usr_lib_firefox_firefox-bin.1000.crash -- Firefox often hogs CPU then crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/94747 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

[Bug 72013] Nautilus show incorrect 'other' file permissions through Samba shares

2006-11-15 Thread David Tangye
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus I created a file with 'other' having no permissions. In Nautilus via a Samba share, the file shows that 'other' has read access. It seems to show the permissions for 'owner' and 'group' correctly, also it correctly shows the permission for 'Other

[Bug 72184] Re: gftp should be removed from ubuntu main and filezilla ftp client could be in the main

2006-11-17 Thread David Tangye
This is not a bug report: its someone's opinion. This sort of thing should not be allowed to clog up a bug reporting system. I suggest delete this out of the system. -- gftp should be removed from ubuntu main and filezilla ftp client could be in the main https://launchpad.net/bugs/72184 -- ubu

[Bug 926726] Re: Unity greeter no longer shows user backgrounds, worked 2 weeks ago

2012-05-03 Thread David Tangye
I had the file defined in /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf as background=/boot/grub/2011-0716-lgf-1280x1024.jpg This used to work fine in 11.10. It is ignored in 12.04 and I get a standard-looking purple background. One wonders how such a basic thing like this could get wrecked, and get right th