[Bug 368788] [NEW] difficult download location

2009-04-28 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xchat-gnome Not sure why the default download folder is hidden away in /home/user/.xchat/downloads This can't have been given a lot of thought. How about /home/user , /home/user/Desktop /home/user/Documents... Anything, but a subfolder of a hidden fold

[Bug 368788] Re: difficult download location

2009-04-29 Thread Jack Wasey
the default download folder is /home/user/.xchat/downloads - yes it is reproducible. specific steps above. -- difficult download location https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368788 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 339822] [NEW] project selection combo box too narrow for text

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: boinc-manager See attached image. ** Affects: boinc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- project selection combo box too narrow for text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339822 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 339822] Re: project selection combo box too narrow for text

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-BOINC Manager.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23626698/Screenshot-BOINC%20Manager.png -- project selection combo box too narrow for text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
sadly I can't code C for toffee, but at least there is now an infrastructure for others to make more sophisticated changes without having to reinvent the wheel with dkms config. -- Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153727 You received thi

[Bug 339870] [NEW] sharing an ad-hoc wireless connection only works initially

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager "Create wireless network" correctly allows another computer to share an internet connection over a wireless interface. (If dnsmasq-base is installed) However if a client disconnects, e.g. my mac laptop goes to stand-by, it is unable to rec

[Bug 340100] Re: [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
Same here. Definitely a regression. Applies to all sounds coming out of the computer. ** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23676645/lspci.txt -- [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340100 You received this bug noti

[Bug 340100] Re: [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
Same here. Definitely a regression. Applies to all sounds coming out of the computer. ** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23676687/lspci.txt -- [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340100 You received this bug noti

[Bug 340100] Re: [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects

2009-03-09 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment removed: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23676687/lspci.txt -- [jaunty] very choppy sound with "normal" visual effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340100 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-10 Thread Jack Wasey
I see an error just before the prompt: exec of program '/sbin/' failed I also noticed a /var/lock does not exist error, but it seemed to be there by the time the prompt came up (although var wasn't mounted due to the prior errors). I have also noticed the following: Before reboot: md0 = sd[abc]

[Bug 282308] Re: tracker-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2009-03-12 Thread Jack Wasey
I just had this pop up in post-alpha 5 updated jaunty. i had previously not had tracker installed. first setting of prefs and it crashed on the way out with all default choices. -- tracker-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282308 You received this b

[Bug 46594] Re: [Upstream] [hardy] file recovery never ever gives up after failure

2009-03-12 Thread Jack Wasey
this bug still exists post alpha-5 jaunty -- [Upstream] [hardy] file recovery never ever gives up after failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46594 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 332875] Re: Multiple CD icons on desktop - (Jaunty 9.04 alpha.4)

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Wasey
(jaunty alpha6 +updates to today) -- Multiple CD icons on desktop - (Jaunty 9.04 alpha.4) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332875 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

[Bug 332875] Re: Multiple CD icons on desktop - (Jaunty 9.04 alpha.4)

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Wasey
I have the same with repeated insertions of the same audio CD. Only one entry appears in Nautilus places, but each iterations adds another desktop icon. All the desktop icons for the CD disappear when I eject it. -- Multiple CD icons on desktop - (Jaunty 9.04 alpha.4) https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Wasey
I have just noticed that blkid does not mention the UUID of my dodgy /dev/md3 device. Three other functioning /dev/md devices are shown fine. vol_id produces normal output, stating the UUID, but this doesn't feature in the blkid output. I notice also that mdadm --detail /dev/md3 shows the the arr

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Wasey
the same ?kernel bug exists with 2.6.29-rc8 which I got from the mainline ppa repository. at the moment, this seems to be a raid 10 assembly bug. possibly only for three disk raid10, but raid 0 and raid 10 work for me in this setup. -- Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-15 Thread Jack Wasey
live Fedora 11 alpha CD: no problems with my raid 10 (although a different array is marked inactive...) [liveu...@localhost ~]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29-0.66.rc3.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 14:44:32 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [liveu...@localhost ~]$ [liveu...@lo

[Bug 344829] [NEW] extract zip with absolute path fails

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: file-roller fails, but unzip on CLI works okay if -d flag is used. attached file fails in my up-to-date jaunty installation. (n.b. the file is a GPS trace destined for openstreetmap generated by an android app called andnav2) ** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance

[Bug 344829] Re: extract zip with absolute path fails

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "2009-03-18_Wednesday_12-39-12.gpx.zip" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24047323/2009-03-18_Wednesday_12-39-12.gpx.zip -- extract zip with absolute path fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344829 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 344829] Re: extract zip with absolute path fails

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
oh, right. Well, I'd strongly suggest that doing this automatically instead of throwing an indecipherable error message would be the desired behaviour. this doesn't seem like a dangerous default. At least, could it say "this folder was intended to be unzipped somehwere else (), do you really want t

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
with jaunty kernel 2.6.28-10, the raid is no longer assembled at all. The array can be created with mdadm --create --assume-clean, as before, apparently without any problems. this sounds okay if nothing has been written to the array yet, and since it isn't assembled, this should be fine. Unless the

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316670 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 344907] [NEW] installer should not ask about proxy if not needed

2009-03-18 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Installing jaunty alpha 6 alternative, CLI only, the otherwise uninterrupted installation process waits for user input to confirm whether a proxy is needed. expected behaviour: internet connection is tested; failure results in dialogue to establish proxy/internet settings. a

[Bug 339499] Re: firefox-3.1 crashed with SIGSEGV in __tls_get_addr()

2009-03-19 Thread Jack Wasey
same here - i was syncing a zotero database at the time, but otherwise just on launchpad, reporting another bug... -- firefox-3.1 crashed with SIGSEGV in __tls_get_addr() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339499 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is su

[Bug 148207] Re: Thunderbird and Kmail indexing has been disabled

2009-03-19 Thread Jack Wasey
tracker appears to have the slowest development process in the world. it's still beta level as far as i can tell. the last code drop added no new features (despite several years of "planned features" on the web site), just a refactoring and a few of many needed bug fixes. unless things pick up qu

[Bug 337468] [NEW] Cannot move panels in dual-head non-compiz gnome desktop

2009-03-03 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Dual head, two flat panels of different pixel sizes side-by-side. One on VGA, one on DVI. The gnome panels do not have lock or unlock option, and can apparently only be positioned on the VGA monitor. In Intrepid, I could move panels between monitors by dragging. ** Affects:

[Bug 337468] Re: Cannot move panels in dual-head non-compiz gnome desktop

2009-03-04 Thread Jack Wasey
I'm afraid I still can't move panels to the right-hand monitor, but thanks for the Alt tip. So this bug stands, although in slightly different form. This may be related to it always booting into Mirrored mode, and I have to change it manually each time. the panels may therefore not "know" about the

[Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

2009-03-04 Thread Jack Wasey
There appears to be absolutely no forcedeth development going on, or concern about this bug. As a horrible work-around, which lets NetworkManager consistently recognise the device as being the same (and may or may not fix suspend-resume) I wrote a dkms based patch for forcedeth which is in my ppa.

[Bug 339624] Re: Cannot extract to initial location in dialogue

2009-03-08 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23611950/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23611951/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23611953/ProcStatus.txt -- Cannot

[Bug 339624] [NEW] Cannot extract to initial location in dialogue

2009-03-08 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file-roller 1) open archive 2) extract... 3) select okay in file dialogue without changing location 4 expected) = extracted 4 actual) = no response from dialogue But, if you navigate away from Desktop and back to it, extraction to that location is th

[Bug 339644] [NEW] Create wireless network causes 2nd card to connect to it

2009-03-08 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: One computer with two wireless cards. Running updated Jaunty alpha5. Using linux-modules-backports, but the same behaviour was also seen with the straight ubuntu modules. Create a wireless network of any kind on one card (rl8187 in my case) The other card (my b43) sporadica

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-08 Thread Jack Wasey
I have exactly the same problem. The only quirk is that it is a three disk raid 10. The same disks (750, 500 and 250G) also hold a raid 0 array which works absolutely fine. The /dev/mdadm/mdadm.conf file had an incorrect UUID after I'd had to rebuild the arrays. I have fixed this using mdadm --det

[Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

2009-03-21 Thread Jack Wasey
is VIA Rhine II the network chip??? could you post lspci -vvv ? the logic related to detecting and fixing/breaking reversed or invalid mac addresses has changed, so this could well be a regression. -- Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15

[Bug 43784] Re: Firestarter can't start DHCP-server

2009-03-21 Thread Jack Wasey
network manager, for all its flaws, can now replace firestarter, if you don't want the firewall part. n.b. you must also install dnsmasq-base otherwise the connection sharing doesn't work. if you also want firewall, try ufw, and it's gui sibling. -- Firestarter can't start DHCP-server https://bu

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-21 Thread Jack Wasey
exactly the same bug on a completely different set-up. dmesg attached. n.b. SEGFAULTS in the middle. this is a serious bug! raid10 is an installation option, not an obscure corner case, and it results in a non-booting system. no idea if this bug is also corrupting data silently. ** Attachment ad

[Bug 346710] [NEW] sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sudo with "nopasswd: all" in your sudoers file, or if authentication has already been performed during previous recent sudo commands, then using TAB should acquire root privileges in order to autocomplete paths. A classic example is /dev/my-volume-gro

[Bug 346711] [NEW] gksudo does not autocomplete

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gksu Unlike sudo, gksudo does not autocomplete anything when TAB is pressed. ** Affects: gksu (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gksudo does not autocomplete https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346711 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 346713] [NEW] grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gksu straightforward jaunty install (with RAID10 and LVM). immediate upgrade to grub-pc chainload grub2 and ALL of my old grub lines fails with error 15. this is due to an extra line: "root" followed by the correct UUID. removing this line allows bootin

[Bug 346713] Re: grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24206447/dmesg.txt -- grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 346713] Re: grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24206451/lspci.txt -- grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 346713] Re: grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "grub.cfg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24206459/grub.cfg -- grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 346713] Re: grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "menu.lst_backup_by_grub2_postinst" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24206462/menu.lst_backup_by_grub2_postinst -- grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346713 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 346713] Re: grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
looks like the grub2 upgrade replaced all my "uuid UUIDUUIDUUID" lines with "root UUIDUUIDUUID..." lines in the grub 1 conf. ** Attachment added: "menu.lst" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24206502/menu.lst -- grub adds "root UUID" line which causes error 15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3467

[Bug 346715] [NEW] apt, synaptic, aptitude should make prominent the last changelog entry date

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic (wishlist) In order to sift through the large number of applications that do similar things, the ability to display and/or sort by the most recent date in the changelog would be very useful. of course, what would be better is a traffic light, s

[Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
i wasn't aware that this chip was associated with this bug. can you post your "dmesg" output, or just the bit which may or may not say that you have an invalid mac address. please also post "ifconfig" output, so we can see what your MAC address(es) are right now. also try the forcedeth module i

[Bug 38171] Re: Partitioner insists on formatting swap unnecessarily

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
surely this bug is simple to fix? just do not reformat swap! i'm assuming this happens because swap is autodetected and assigned to be used. any assignments to the partition table, normally allocating partitions to paths, result in a format being necessary AT THE END. why swap needs to be reform

[Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
I can't find a place to tell whether your MAC address is valid for your chip. forcedeth makes one up in a certain valid sub-range not associated with any hardware. it looks like a valid MAC for some chip. the forcedeth ones all begin with an unusual 00:00 before the random hex, but this is probably

[Bug 346710] Re: sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
hi- here is the example in more detail. i haven't messed with the auto completion ever, and i'm working on a new jaunty installation. do the following, where = hit the tab key. j...@albans:~$ cd /tmp j...@albans:/tmp$ mkdir test j...@albans:/tmp$ sudo chown root test j...@albans:/tmp$ sudo chmod

[Bug 129488] Re: very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
n.b. readahead is only half of the problem. my 4 disk RAID10 array is 2/3 of the speed of my disk disk RAID0 array for big sequential reads. this is complete madness, as there are twice as many disks to read from in the RAID10 case. ANyway, not strictly related to this bug, but the interaction o

[Bug 129488] Re: very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM

2009-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
lvchange -r 8192 your-lv seems to be safe and permanent, but does OS ignore this value (as suggested by the original poster)? -- very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129488 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 346710] Re: sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated

2009-03-23 Thread Jack Wasey
good work - guess we can call it an enhancement, but it does seem like expected behaviour is not met. -- sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 269963] Re: [intrepid] network-manager should recommend or suggest dnsmasq

2009-03-23 Thread Jack Wasey
has anyone had trouble with running dnsmasq service, AND letting network manager try to run individual dnsmasq processes? this affected me in intrepid. this might change the dependency requirement, and/or be another bug. -- [intrepid] network-manager should recommend or suggest dnsmasq https://b

[Bug 148207] Re: Thunderbird and Kmail indexing has been disabled

2009-03-23 Thread Jack Wasey
i do appreciate the work, and want to help. however, i just can't deal with the many usability and stability problems right now on my main desktop. is there a way i can activate thunderbird indexing for testing? is there a log output of problem files which either caused tracker or helper apps to

[Bug 208405] Re: [needs-packaging] iscan

2009-03-23 Thread Jack Wasey
there is a (broken) debian folder to build a deb in the source code download from the japanese epson site. i'm trying to build it now. all I want is the scanner support, so I can use flegita or xsane. is this now GPL? -- [needs-packaging] iscan https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208405 You receive

[Bug 346710] Re: sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated

2009-03-23 Thread Jack Wasey
this is exactly it. not an easy way to summarise in a line - i did my best already! the security problem might be limited to elevating privileges to read- only superuser access. no idea how this is done. -- sudo should autocomplete all file paths if already authenticated https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 239952] Re: firefox - the associated helper application does not exist

2009-03-25 Thread Jack Wasey
I get this bug for about one third of all downloads. It may be a server side error, but it seems that it would be worth handling it better in the browser, since it is so common. -- firefox - the associated helper application does not exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239952 You received this

[Bug 116503] Re: Inconsistency between Copy and Move while Drag and Droping

2009-03-25 Thread Jack Wasey
This is very much still a bug in Jaunty, post alpha 6 Drag on it's own copies (which I think is incorrect - it should MOVE by default - who wants to duplicate menu items?) Drag-ctrl removes the +, indicating it is going to copy, but this is not allowed. (The focus moves to the destination folder

[Bug 348561] [NEW] linux-crashdump should allow use of grub2

2009-03-25 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: linux-crashdump depends on grub, but doesn't allow the "Provides grub" from grub-pc. Is there a good reason for this? If not, it would be useful to report my hourly kernel crashes as more new bugs. ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status:

[Bug 129488] Re: very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM

2009-03-25 Thread Jack Wasey
sudo blockdev --report sudo blockdev --setra 16384 sd[abcd] i've tried a few read-ahead amounts, and they all seem to show similar performance. E.g. a raid 1 rebuild jumped from ~46 to ~52 MiB/s after command. -- very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setti

[Bug 129488] Re: very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM

2009-03-25 Thread Jack Wasey
(I meant when increasing ra from 256 to a large number) -- very sub-optimal default readahead settings on device and unused readahead setting in LVM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129488 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 203111] Re: telepathy-butterfly crashed with AttributeError in process_response()

2009-03-26 Thread Jack Wasey
still there in jaunty -- telepathy-butterfly crashed with AttributeError in process_response() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203111 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.c

[Bug 231821] Re: Default file handlers can't be normally changed.

2009-03-26 Thread Jack Wasey
I am using FF 3.1, and downloading zip files from http://www.dafont.com I choose open with file-roller, and NOT to ask again. It asks me again every time. -- Default file handlers can't be normally changed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231821 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-26 Thread Jack Wasey
bad idea if there really is a degraded array... needs fix or disable raid 10 (which is drastic). easier to fix than audit the many possible causes of data loss this might bring about if we left the bug in there. I don't understand why fedora kernels boot Ubuntu without this problem. Maybe someone

[Bug 349793] [NEW] key asked over and over again for WEP ad-hoc shared connection

2009-03-27 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager 1) Create a new wireless network. (I am sharing a wired connection over wireless) 2) set WEP 5 character encryption key 3) connect to network (in this case with either a mobile phone or another ubuntu computer) 4) do some stuff Then, sp

[Bug 339870] Re: sharing an ad-hoc wireless connection only works initially

2009-03-27 Thread Jack Wasey
Possibly related to: #349793 -- sharing an ad-hoc wireless connection only works initially https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339870 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 269963] Re: [intrepid] network-manager should recommend or suggest dnsmasq

2009-03-27 Thread Jack Wasey
dnsmasq provides dbus methods network manager ignores whether dnsmasq service is running, and tries to instantiate new listeners on the interfaces it has brought up. network manager therefore CONFLICTS with "dnsmasq" and this should be marked, so people don't install dnsmasq (which should be Depe

[Bug 350329] [NEW] gnome-session-properties dialog is far too small

2009-03-28 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session Admittedly it can be resized, but why does the default opening size need to be so small, forcing almost every user on a monitor bigger than 640x480 to have to open it up. Proposed solution: use maximum height of monitor, or 75% of it, but l

[Bug 350329] Re: gnome-session-properties dialog is far too small

2009-03-28 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-Startup Applications Preferences.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24452625/Screenshot-Startup%20Applications%20Preferences.png -- gnome-session-properties dialog is far too small https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350329 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 341898] Re: Mythtv frontend does not display any fonts

2009-04-02 Thread Jack Wasey
I have this problem: 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 0x3e50 [Radeon X600] direct rendering is on - not sure how to turn it off in jaunty with the empty xorg.conf thing. i've updated to the ppa mesa packages exactly the same bug, as far as i can tell. please let me

[Bug 341898] Re: Mythtv frontend does not display any fonts

2009-04-02 Thread Jack Wasey
I have now got mythtv-setup to run partly, but now every time. However, the problem is a different/new bug, with a segfault just after touching the joystick rc file (but this is not the cause). I can run mythfrontend, and sometimes, after running it, I can run mythtv-setup.real I also the setup

[Bug 298234] Re: Gnome panel appears over maximized window when using multiple monitors

2009-04-07 Thread Jack Wasey
I have an above-below setup, running compiz. If a panel is moved to a new monitor without logoff-logon, maximizing windows on that monitor puts them underneath the moved panels. Is this the same bug? -- Gnome panel appears over maximized window when using multiple monitors https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 356990] [NEW] can only configure one device at a time

2009-04-07 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gpodder two phones and two ipods are regularly connected to my ubuntu (jaunty beta) PC. Each has a different mount point, but gpodder can only deal with a single device and a single mount point. (wishlist) multi-device support please. ** Affects: gpodd

[Bug 357023] [NEW] partitioner not intelligent with filing system config on top of RAID

2009-04-07 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: If any RAID level is configured, there are some simple and important optimisations which should be done when a file system is created on them. If LVM is used in between, this also needs additional settings. I am personally not clear on the details - I was out of my depth when

[Bug 298234] Re: Gnome panel appears over maximized window when using multiple monitors

2009-04-07 Thread Jack Wasey
example of vanilla jaunty beta install move a panel with alt-drag open a terminal maximise -> result = screenshot attached should maximise to current maximum area, not the max area on login. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24946360/Screenshot.png -- Gnome

[Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2009-04-07 Thread Jack Wasey
give us the ppa and we will test -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 355242] Re: mythfrontend.real crashed with SIGSEGV in QGLWidget::resizeEvent()

2009-04-14 Thread Jack Wasey
also affects ATI Technologies Inc RV380 0x3e50 [Radeon X600] -- mythfrontend.real crashed with SIGSEGV in QGLWidget::resizeEvent() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355242 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 290813] Re: Epson Perfection 3170 Photo Scanner is not recognized by XSane

2009-04-16 Thread Jack Wasey
hardy, intrepid, jaunty - clearly no support for this printer. worse still, there are not even any closed source 64 bit drivers on the japanese download site. ** Changed in: sane-backends (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Epson Perfection 3170 Photo Scanner is not recognized by XSane

[Bug 362443] [NEW] changelogs are often not available with updates

2009-04-16 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: aptitude Upgrading jaunty, but I have seen this in all releases of Ubuntu. 90% of available updates fail to retrieve a changelog when "C" is pressed. They exist, since I can read them in /usr/share/doc after installation. It is important to know what cha

[Bug 340601] Re: applet.py crashed with ImportError in ()

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Wasey
that command runs without problems with this version (jaunty today) apt-cache policy python-cups python-cups: Installed: 1.9.45-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.9.45-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.9.45-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/st

[Bug 342548] Re: Gdm does not allow user to enter user/pass

2009-04-05 Thread Jack Wasey
same issue for me: automatic login works, but ctrl-alt-backspace restarts X to an "authentication failure" error on the gdm login screen preventing progress. The system boots into the desktop fine. Same critical error in syslog. I had added: @include common-pamkeyring to /etc/pam.d/gdm about t

[Bug 356366] [NEW] syncing to gmail corrupts inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: imapsync I am syncing a lot of folders to a gmail account. I have tried various combinations of settings, but I have always translated the folder name to add a prefix, so my original gmail labels/folders would not be affected. However, I see that the en

[Bug 356366] Re: syncing to gmail corrupts inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
Sorry, that was a hasty submission. The gmail web view is fine, but thunderbird's IMAP view of the target gmail folders is corrupted (and remains so over a reboot). I will try to clear the thunderbird cache, and failing that, I guess it might be a t-bird bug. -- syncing to gmail corrupts inbox ht

[Bug 356366] Re: syncing to gmail corrupts inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
deleting all the .msf files in my profile under ImapMail fixed the problem. -- syncing to gmail corrupts inbox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356366 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 356366] Re: imapsync syncing to gmail corrupts thunderbird view of gmail inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
** Summary changed: - syncing to gmail corrupts inbox + imapsync syncing to gmail corrupts thunderbird view of gmail inbox -- imapsync syncing to gmail corrupts thunderbird view of gmail inbox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356366 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 356366] Re: syncing to gmail corrupts inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
I do have the ?corrupted .msf file, but I don't want to post a load of personal emails to this site. Please let me know if it would help, and I can make other arrangements. am having trouble replicating (in my jaunty beta system) i've set up a test folder, filled it with junk, and synced it over

[Bug 356366] Re: imapsync syncing to gmail corrupts thunderbird view of gmail inbox

2009-04-06 Thread Jack Wasey
incidentally, imapsync with those flags fails to copy over some or all unread and forwarded flags, instead it sends the whole email again every time. -- imapsync syncing to gmail corrupts thunderbird view of gmail inbox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356366 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-29 Thread Jack Wasey
great - works for me, BUT i had to update the UUID (mdadm --detail, not vol_id /dev/md...) in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf for it to assemble on boot, because I had had to recreate it each time I booted. This won't of course affect people who go straight to the fixed mdadm from intrepid. -- Raid10 array

[Bug 316670] Re: Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare

2009-03-29 Thread Jack Wasey
i should have said: works for me with three disk raid10. Why isn't the very simple regression test described done automatically? -- Raid10 array not assembled at boot, all disks are marked as spare https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316670 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 269963] Re: [intrepid] network-manager should recommend or suggest dnsmasq

2009-03-29 Thread Jack Wasey
to run dnsmasq as invoked automatically by network manager (since it doesn't use the dbus methods in the ubuntu build), you have to configure dnsmasq to only listen on interfaces which network manager will not need. Typiclly, this means that you can set dnsmasq.conf to only listen on your wired co

[Bug 349793] Re: key asked over and over again for WEP ad-hoc shared connection

2009-03-31 Thread Jack Wasey
Not ralink related - same issue with my broadcom bcm4306. I fixed/worked around by adding: @include common-pamkeyring to /etc/pam.d.gdm My login and keyrind passwords have always been the same. -- key asked over and over again for WEP ad-hoc shared connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3

[Bug 338963] Re: Totem: loading "Coherence DLNA/UPnP Client" results in: "ImportError: No module named coherence.ui.av_widgets"

2009-03-31 Thread Jack Wasey
n.b. this is marked LOW priority, but it is one of the headline updates for Jaunty - people will look out for this feature. same for me, even with the following workaround in place: /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.Coherence.service [DBUS Service] Name=org.Coherence Exec=/usr/bin/coherence -o use_

[Bug 403922] [NEW] screensaver does not blank screen if no activity since (auto) login

2009-07-24 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver I am using karmic up to date today (24th July). I have auto-login configured, and haven't changed the default screensaver settings. If I boot the computer and leave it, the auto-login works, and the screensaver activates. However, the

[Bug 522167] Re: adding second monitor changes colors/colours in first monitor

2010-02-17 Thread Jack Wasey
yes, xrandr lets me change xgamma for each monitor - thanks for the tip - BUT this doesn't help with firefox sometimes thinking it needs to make a colour correction and sometimes not. I do not think this is a firefox bug. After running the xrandr gamma commands, firefox began rendering purplish bl

[Bug 202873] Re: alacarte crashed with IOError in on_edit_properties_activate()

2010-02-17 Thread Jack Wasey
invalid? still happens. I was editing the Wine submenu. -- alacarte crashed with IOError in on_edit_properties_activate() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202873 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 523633] Re: facebook account revealed private email address as alias

2010-02-20 Thread Jack Wasey
i'm afraid I disagree - facebook legitimately provides information about the user who logs in. Empathy then displays this private information to all my contacts. If Empathy cannot tell whether the email address associated with a facebook account is private, it should not use it! how is the bug inc

[Bug 523633] Re: facebook account revealed private email address as alias

2010-02-20 Thread Jack Wasey
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610518 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #610518 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610518 -- facebook account revealed private email address as alias https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523633 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 522167] [NEW] adding second monitor changes colors/colours in first monitor

2010-02-15 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg I have two ViewSonic monitors a VA1912W (connected via a VGA cable) and a VX2260WM connected by DVI. With both monitors connected, the DVI monitor shows purple blues. I cannot adjust the colors with any tools I have tried. Notably xgamma only change

[Bug 522167] Re: adding second monitor changes colors/colours in first monitor

2010-02-15 Thread Jack Wasey
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39216547/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39216548/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39216549/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 522167] Re: adding second monitor changes colors/colours in first monitor

2010-02-15 Thread Jack Wasey
I've hotplugged the VGA monitor and the colours in the DVI monitor are now displayed correctly in both monitors. xgamma still only changes the VGA monitor. Will see if the colors are correct after reboot. -- adding second monitor changes colors/colours in first monitor https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 544450] [NEW] drill down + symbols on main screen are on the wrong side

2010-03-22 Thread Jack Wasey
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox Why does rhythmbox think that, unlike every other GUI application for linux, mac or windows, it is a good idea to put the "+" mini icons to drill down the left side pane on the right-hand side? Everyone else does it on the left. Please be consis

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