[Bug 1389275] [NEW] Updating from 14.04 to 14.10 created a snapshot, but it did so AFTER updating the sources.

2014-11-04 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Using BTRFS to allow snapshot rollback from version updates actually worked... I updated from 14.04 to 14.10 on Nov 1st, and encountered a problem, I saw that update-manager had taken a snapshot before completing the update, but after rollback I found that the snapshot was tak

[Bug 1389275] Re: Updating from 14.04 to 14.10 created a snapshot, but it did so AFTER updating the sources.

2014-11-04 Thread James Lewis
I cannot provide the output of apport since the issue occurred before the upgrade process which is now complete... however I think it's fairly obvious, this is a procedural issue, not a crash... the BTRFS snapshot needs to happen before it starts making changes to perform the update. ** Changed in

[Bug 1320752] Re: MAC Spoofing / Cloning for WiFi is broken in Trusty 14.04 / 14.10 and all others including Mint 17

2014-12-12 Thread James Lewis
Just encountered this on a Lenovo laptop with the built in Intel WiFi, before I found this bug I discovered that if you bring the interface down change the mac address and bring it back up again before network manager starts, and then restart network manager some time after the user logs in, it wil

[Bug 1317253] Re: UI scaling and font scaling sometime get confused/change at random.

2014-06-04 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1310316 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310316 I confirm what pabouk said in #8, I did not install unity-tweak-tool until after I had the issue and had re-installed from scratch and encountered the issue for a second time. I have also encountered this i

[Bug 1316262] Re: 3rd party sources block OS updates.

2014-06-04 Thread James Lewis
Yes, it prevented all updates from being applied until I removed this source, or changed to an IP address where the file returned by google was not an HTML error message. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Bug 1316262] Re: 3rd party sources block OS updates.

2014-06-04 Thread James Lewis
In reply to the comment that 3rd party sources are in control of your computer... indeed this is certainly true, and I agree that changing this is well outside the scope of a bug... but it should not be the case that a mistake by a 3rd party source (or indeed simply traveling to a location where th

[Bug 1317253] [NEW] UI scaling and font scaling sometime get confused/change at random.

2014-05-07 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, with a 13.3" screen running at 3200x1800 pixels... I bought this partly to test out the UI scaling in Unity!... and I have to say it's very awesome (both the screen and the UI scaling)... however I have encountered a strange problem. Seemingly at r

[Bug 1294079] Re: New Lock Screen in 14.04 disables power management

2014-04-07 Thread James Lewis
This is actually a more serious usability issue than it might first appear as it caused an issue at my office where since the lock screen shows my backdrop, and it never turns the screen off... I have to use the corporate backdrop until it's fixed. Is there a way to make the lock screen show an im

[Bug 1257880] Re: Runaway init --user consuming CPU and RAM

2014-08-18 Thread James Lewis
I appear to have this problem, or one very similar on the desktop... jlewis4689 0.2 48.6 3133972 2917960 ? Ss Aug15 10:12 init --user I'm not sure what it's doing, but it's using half my RAM and CPU... it appears to reliably leak memory over time, since I don't have a problem after l

[Bug 1254529] Re: init memory leak (550MB in two weeks)

2014-08-05 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1235649 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649 Something like this appears to be happening to me on 14.04, I've tried bumping the kernel to 3.16, and various other things, but I'm still seeing this kind of thing:- PID USER PR NIVIRTRES

[Bug 1254529] Re: init memory leak (550MB in two weeks)

2014-08-05 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1235649 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1235649 Correction, please ignore #3 above this a desktop init owned by lightdm.. rather than "init". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 1304651] Re: Heartbleed Bug

2014-04-15 Thread James Lewis
14.04 is released in 2 days but this fix does not seem to be applied... the USN notification lists only up to 13.10, but as of today:- james@trinity:~$ openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 james@trinity:~$ date Tue Apr 15 16:56:45 BST 2014 james@trinity:~$ more /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=

[Bug 1304651] Re: Heartbleed Bug

2014-04-15 Thread James Lewis
OK, apt-get changelog openssl shows that there is a backported fix (I hate backported fixes because it makes it very hard to know if you have a vulnerable version or not)... I imagine having your version labeled 1.0.1f and dated in January will probably generate more than a few support calls I thi

[Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-06 Thread James Lewis
Thomas, can you help us understand what the functionality issue is, my interpretation of the OP's description is that it's a packaging issue which simply needs a flag changed in the package. What have I missed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1294074] [NEW] php5-gd package missing functions (imagerotate etc.)

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: There appears to be several people online reporting issues with php5-gd in Debian & Ubuntu which are complaining about missing functions. I felt that it was worth captuing as this may be a packaging issue, I've tested on 14.04 latest and I can replicate the issue... it is fin

[Bug 1294079] [NEW] New Lock Screen in 14.04 disables power management

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: It appears that there are some power management issues related to the new lock screen in 14.04... To me, it appears that the screen never goes to sleep while displaying the lock screen, yet when I unlock it the screen often immediately goes to sleep and is then woken back up

[Bug 1294074] Re: php5-gd package missing functions (imagerotate etc.)

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
Cut/paste fail... clearly you don't need rpm or mc installed to replicate this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294074 Title: php5-gd package missing functions (imagerotate etc.) To

[Bug 1294074] Re: php5-gd package missing functions (imagerotate etc.)

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 74647 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74647 ** Description changed: There appears to be several people online reporting issues with php5-gd in Debian & Ubuntu which are complaining about missing functions. I felt that it was worth captuing as this

[Bug 74647] Re: php5-gd not using bundled GD library

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
Also appears to affect Trusty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74647 Title: php5-gd not using bundled GD library To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 74647] Re: php5-gd not using bundled GD library

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
I've just noticed that comment in the following :- https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/issue/115/backports-php-internal- functions-to-libgd Seems like there's a chance of a solution in the medium term, although I guess it's probably a bit late to get this into 14.04... -- You received this bug

[Bug 74647] Re: php5-gd not using bundled GD library

2014-03-18 Thread James Lewis
I stand corrected on 14.04, it seems that as per the link in my previous post, only imageantialias is still missing, the rest have been backported! $ php -r "var_dump(function_exists('imagerotate'));" bool(true) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1294079] Re: New Lock Screen in 14.04 disables power management

2014-03-20 Thread James Lewis
Update:- This does not appear to affect a different machine using Intel graphics, while this machine using AMD/ATI graphics and the open source driver is affected. I'll try installing the proprietary driver to see if it makes a difference. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1294079] Re: New Lock Screen in 14.04 disables power management

2014-03-21 Thread James Lewis
I switched to the Proprietary AMD/ATI driver and the X server locked up after I unlocked the screen... at the point where it would have powered off & back on with the Open Source driver. I have not been able to replicate this on a freshly installed machine so I believe it must be a side effect of

[Bug 1252032] [NEW] hard hang when using l2tpd/pppd with IPv6

2013-11-17 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I'm not completely sure how to summarise this bug, but it's obviously potentially fatal and related to the kernel components of either xl2tpd, pppd or IPv6. I have an IPv6 connection using xl2tpd to make a ppp connection and then route IPv6 over that... this works fine, but i

[Bug 1285087] [NEW] Lower window feature no-longer works after update.

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: In 14.04, I believe after the update adding "Locally Integrated Menus" (Which I love!)... the ability to lower (and raise) a window (which defaults to middle mouse button) is removed, I believe this is an un- intended regression. The option for lowering a window still remains

[Bug 498579] Re: Can not insert search text in Miro

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
I believe that this can safely be discarded since it is reported in Lucid which is no-longer supported on the desktop, and the fix was confirmed by upstream release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
Still faulty in Trusty... although gnome-media is no-longer installed by default and is not in the main repo... so probably this will not be an issue in future... I hear romours of a shiny new sound recorder? ** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 774502] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
This is fixed in the oldest supported release, so I would set it to "Won't Fix", but I don't have that option, so "Invalid" it is. ** Changed in: btrfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 868239] Re: gpg encryption does not work any longer in 11.10

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
Version now un-supported. ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868239 Title: gpg encryption does not work any longer in 11

[Bug 487175] Re: nm_applet connects randomly when multiple AP's are available.

2014-02-26 Thread James Lewis
I'm still wishing.. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487175 Title: nm_applet connects randomly when multiple AP's are available. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https:

[Bug 1287280] [NEW] Unity UI lost middle mouse click in title bar function

2014-03-03 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: As of the Locally Integrated Menu's release, Unity is no-longer honouring a middle click in the title bar... unless the window is maximised. This appears to be a regressions since it has worked up until this release, and indeed still works for maximised windows... ProblemTyp

[Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Also confirmed in 14.04 as of 1 March 2014. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1185771 Title: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign" To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1185771] Re: Mark libwebkitgtk-1.0-common as "Multi-Arch: foreign"

2014-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Note that this prevents the installation of the Citrix receiver client on Ubuntu since Citrix have not seen fit to grace us with a real 64 bit pacakge, and so their software requires the package described above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 977178] Re: After upgrading to 12.04, flash doesn't seem to be installed to Firefox even though the package is.

2014-09-30 Thread James Lewis
At least one of the issues mentioned above appears still to affect me in 14.04.1. I completed a fresh install, and then set up a system wide proxy using the system settings dialog, I was then able to update and install new packages via apt, and the software centre, but I keep getting the popup att

[Bug 1375674] [NEW] Network proxy settings GUI does not have "no proxy for"

2014-09-30 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: When configuring the network proxy settings in Unity, from the System Settings dialog, there is no way to configure the "no proxy for" field even tho the under-lying infrastructure supports this field. Any corporate environment using a proxy will require multiple local server

[Bug 1389275] Re: Updating from 14.04 to 14.10 created a snapshot, but it did so AFTER updating the sources.

2014-11-06 Thread James Lewis
+Tim Gardner I completely agree, I could swear I put update-manager in the bug originally... I guess it's not a "published" feature that update- manager takes a snapshot before upgrading, and there's clearly no GUI way to roll back, but this is a truely great feature, it saved my bacon so I'm gl

[Bug 1386339] [NEW] cryptswap can fail if random data matches a filesystem magic number

2014-10-27 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I noticed that my encrypted swap was not working, and I found that the randomly generated encrypted filesystem had randomly generated data that had the magic number of a filesystem type, and hence ever more it refused to start... Eg:- root@hardline:/etc# more /etc/crypttab c

[Bug 1103105] Re: [raring] kazam does not work: crashed with RuntimeError in __getattr__(): Unable to register enum 'GstState'

2013-01-26 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1099942 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1099942 Tested on 2 machines, can't record the desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103105 Title:

[Bug 1060507] Re: Opaque error message "Installing packages by files isn't supported"

2013-01-19 Thread James Lewis
I've seen this error message when trying to do colour calibration on my screen... what does it mean? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060507 Title: Opaque error message "Installing pac

[Bug 1102434] [NEW] "System settings -> Colour", fails due to missing "gnome-color-manager" package.

2013-01-21 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I've been testing stuff on 13.04, and on several machines including a freshly installed 13.04 I could not calibrate my screen due to the package "gnome-color-manager" not being installed. Trying to calibrate the screen causes some really cryptic error messages with this packa

[Bug 1134915] [NEW] 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-02-27 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Not completely sure if this is pulseaudio or the underlying ALSA... but I have 3 working USB audio devices, when I plug in the 4th it is not possible to record from it. You can play back to any of the 4 devices, but, whichever is plugged in last cannot be recorded from, and s

[Bug 1100155] Re: usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV

2013-02-04 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 915626 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915626 I've updated both my machines to 13.04, but now cannot create a bootable USB any more as I get a segfault after/during the "installing bootloader" stage. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1100155] Re: usb-creator-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV

2013-02-12 Thread James Lewis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 915626 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915626 One of my colleagues tried on 12.04, writing 12.04.1 and 13.04 daily... both failed. I'm at a loss now, if one of my boxes dies I might be in trouble! -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1141550] [NEW] Sound recorder appears unresponsive in 13.04

2013-03-02 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Cannon select anything, or start/stop recording. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-media 3.4.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-9.18-generic 3.8.1 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9-0ubuntu2

[Bug 1134915] Re: 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-03-05 Thread James Lewis
Yeah, Raymond... I completely missed that... you are correct it does say that there is "not enough bandwidth"... but, I swapped the port with my webcam and now it works... and I can still stream 720p video from my camera... so I'm not exactly clear what bandwidth it's talking about! -- You rece

[Bug 1071345] Re: empathy contacts list compact mode is missing in 3.6

2013-03-10 Thread James Lewis
Still an issue with 13.04, I think this is another issue with Gnome dumbing everything down, rather than Canonical deliberately changing it, the same as with the file manager... but Canonical really need to get a handle on this it's a huge pain. -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 868239] [NEW] gpg encryption does not work any longer in 11.10

2011-10-05 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: In 11.04 the mail client (evolution) works with keys added via seahorse, and I am able to send/receive pgp signed/encrypted messages without any additional configuration. In Thunderbird, you can still select sign/encrypt on a message, but it drops you into a dialog asking you

[Bug 1043798] Re: telepathy-indicator crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()

2012-10-02 Thread James Lewis
Just crashed randomly, I wasn't doing anything specific when this error was reported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1043798 Title: telepathy-indicator crashed with SIGABRT in g_asser

[Bug 1051448] [NEW] Empathy cannot correctly use IPv6 Local Link addressing.

2012-09-15 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Avahi provides presence information using IPv6 local link (FE80) addressing, and the remote machine can be seen in "People Nearby"... but trying to send a message returns an error. Connecting with "telnet" shows that the service is available. My guess is that it doesn't hand

[Bug 1051448] Re: Empathy cannot correctly use IPv6 Local Link addressing.

2012-09-15 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "You can clearly see presence, both in Empathy and Avahi Browser, but Empathy cannot talk." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051448/+attachment/3317623/+files/ipv6-ll-nearby.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 977239] Re: Error saving contact in Thunderbird Ubuntu One addres book

2012-05-28 Thread James Lewis
Ubuntu One support told me that there have been some delays implementing a new architecture (migrating the backend from couchdb to their replacement u1db I assume)... and that currently contact sync is disabled in 12.04 but it will return once the issues have been addressed. I'm a little worried t

[Bug 220654] Re: file-roller will not open 256 AES zip files

2012-01-23 Thread James Lewis
I would say that any normal user would just /assume/ that these files were not support and revert to Windows for this task... I found this bug after doing just that in Oneiric. I don't think it's reasonable to close it just becuase you can install a different backend and have it work... it may not

[Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-03-20 Thread James Lewis
I have the same issue, seen in the video here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDTw3Q4mTmQ Other applications can record using pulseaudio, I regularly use pulseaudio to manage 4 or 5 possible input sources and several outputs depending on the application. This appears to be an issue specificall

[Bug 1157654] Re: Sound recorder does not work

2013-03-20 Thread James Lewis
Also, note that the original poster observed:- * recording is fine in audacity This seems to confirm that this is the same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157654 Title: Sound

[Bug 674138] Re: "Global" appmenu breaks sloppy focus

2013-03-22 Thread James Lewis
The "dwell" solution mentioned in #42 seems like it would work fine, although there is another bug requesting the option to turn off global menu in a window that isn't maximised... this would solve the issue also there are about 700 people requesting that. -- You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 931245] Re: Finish the implementation of the locally integrated menubars

2013-03-12 Thread James Lewis
Really hoping to have this in soon. Global menu is a good idea on a 1366x768 laptop, or when fullscreen... but on a 30" screen I have to cross 2 other applications to reach the menu for the application I'm using! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1134915] Re: 4th USB audio device cannot record.

2013-03-15 Thread James Lewis
I'm going to mark this as invalid since it's clearly not an issue with pulseaudio, I don't understand why it has enough bandwidth for HD video, but not for a single audio channel... but that requires more research and a different bug, perhaps the USB system pools USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 bandwidth separ

[Bug 936447] [NEW] Unity 5.4 in Precise Alpha 2 binds "ALT", this interferes with other apps.

2012-02-19 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: I noticed that I can't press ALT + another key in some apps and games any more, this is quite anoying, and it seems to be because the HUD binds this key... While the Super key (or Windows key) is fair game IMO, it seems that ALT is used in too many places for this to be a sen

[Bug 721546] Re: BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable.

2012-02-20 Thread James Lewis
This was fixed before 11.10 was released... closing. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721546 Title: BTRFS install l

[Bug 936447] Re: Unity 5.4 in Precise Alpha 2 binds "ALT", this interferes with other apps.

2012-02-22 Thread James Lewis
That's actually interesting, because I can verify that at least the native application which I tested does still work, but it no-longer works in games running under Wine... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 936447] Re: Unity 5.4 in Precise Alpha 2 binds "ALT", this interferes with other apps.

2012-02-22 Thread James Lewis
Disabling the HUD in CCSM does restore the expected behaviour BTW... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936447 Title: Unity 5.4 in Precise Alpha 2 binds "ALT", this interferes with other

[Bug 1188721] [NEW] Settings -> Power "When the lid is closed" has no effect in 13.10

2013-06-07 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: The current build of 13.10 (for the last 6 weeks at least) has broken the dialog specifying what to do when the lid is closed... it now always suspends regardless of the setting. This is anoying when on mains power or when deliberately disabling suspend while playing music or

[Bug 1171578] Re: Unable to Play DVD's in Ubuntu 13.04

2013-05-29 Thread James Lewis
Verified in 13.04 fully updated as of 28 May... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171578 Title: Unable to Play DVD's in Ubuntu 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: "System policy prevents installing the bootloader"

2013-06-22 Thread James Lewis
I'm still getting this failure on 13.10 as of June 22... When it happens I get this logged:- ==> syslog <== Jun 22 19:00:14 trinity kernel: [169553.030872] usb-creator-gtk[27266]: segfault at 4 ip 7f11ebc67db0 sp 7fff2a69a4e8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.7.3[7f11ebc44000+44000] -- You re

[Bug 1095368] Re: usb-creator-gtk segfault error in libdbus-1.so.3.7.2 on Quantal

2013-06-22 Thread James Lewis
Still happens on 13.10 as of today.. I havent been able to make a bootable USB for months... what is going on? Jun 22 19:00:14 trinity kernel: [169553.030872] usb-creator-gtk[27266]: segfault at 4 ip 7f11ebc67db0 sp 7fff2a69a4e8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.7.3[7f11ebc44000+44000] -- You re

[Bug 875758] Re: cannot create bootable pendrive for Ubuntu 11.10 i386

2013-06-22 Thread James Lewis
Still happening usb-creator-gtk[27266]: segfault at 4 ip 7f11ebc67db0 sp 7fff2a69a4e8 error 6 in libdbus-1.so.3.7.3[7f11ebc44000+44000] # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch) Release:13.10

[Bug 891996] Re: Message preview window frozen on Evolution startup

2011-12-05 Thread James Lewis
I'm seeing this in a fresh 11.10 install, and I've also seen it happen in Fedora. It's almost as if it thinks the message has been displayed when infact it has not. The message is also not displayed in a new window. This is a real shame, because in virtually every way, Evolution is the superior

[Bug 891996] Re: Message preview window frozen on Evolution startup

2011-12-05 Thread James Lewis
It's also worth noting that not all messages are affected, and not the most complex messages either... it seems as though messages received after the client was running (possibly after it was installed?) are ok, but this may be speculation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 712897] Re: [SandyBridge] Fails to boot livecd when both hd and cd are on SATA III ports

2011-06-11 Thread James Lewis
I have a fully installed and patched Natty at June 11, 2011, and while the BIOS can see my CDROM drive, the OS doesn't recognise it. Doesn't seem to be just a LiveCD issue. Will investigate plugging it into different port. Note, the install was done via USB, so I didn't encounter this problem du

[Bug 381587] Re: You can not select audio hardware in Empathy for sip/ekiga calls

2011-03-04 Thread James Lewis
You can specify the default sound device in sound preferences... what if you want your VoIP calls to be on a device other than the default. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381587 Title:

[Bug 381587] Re: You can not select audio hardware in Empathy for sip/ekiga calls

2011-03-04 Thread James Lewis
I just tried to find a way to achieve this in Natty, and I can't... I have an on-board sound card connected to speakers, and a separate USB headset used for Skype/SIP and various other VoIP software like Mumble... You can change the input device for an application once it's running using Pulse Audi

[Bug 381587] Re: You can not select audio hardware in Empathy for sip/ekiga calls

2011-03-04 Thread James Lewis
** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381587 Title: You can not select audio hardware in Empathy for sip/ekiga calls -- ubuntu

[Bug 634900] Re: "oom never" makes ssh upstart job fail to start in OpenVZ container

2011-07-25 Thread James Lewis
Up until a few minutes ago, I had not found this bug, and had been starting sshd from the init.d script instead of upstart... but as of the last patch, the init.d script was modified to use upstart to start sshd, so I had to find the solution... commenting oom_never solved the problem, but now I ne

[Bug 601299] Re: btrfs slow install

2011-01-28 Thread James Lewis
Verified that the issue still occurs with 2.6.38rc2 (By updating a 10.10 install to the mainline 2.6.38rc2 kernel, and then attempting to update to natty)... It currently says that it will take 11 hours to complete the update (This may be somewhat worse than the estimated time for 2.6.35, althoug

[Bug 601299] Re: maverick btrfs slow install

2011-01-13 Thread James Lewis
If this is as a result of dpkg calling "fsync" a lot, un-necessarily... then perhaps we should consider this partly an issue with dpkg as well as with btrfs?... I might even go so far as to say that it could be described as a bug in other filesystems which are not honouring the fsync call? I welco

[Bug 721544] [NEW] Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: After a fresh install of Alpha2, I performed an update and the system would no longer boot... so after a fresh install, I tried the update with synaptic to see what it proposed to do. To my surprise it removed grub-efi, and replaced it with grub-pc. It seems pretty obvious t

[Bug 721544] Re: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721544 Title: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu

[Bug 721546] [NEW] BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable.

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity I installed to BTRFS, and ubiquity created 2 subvolumes "@" & "@home" to mount the filesystems... this is GREAT, I am so pleased you did this, but it left the permissions of "@" as 700, so when the system started up, it could not do anything, no

[Bug 721546] Re: BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable.

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721546 Title: BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 721576] [NEW] natty's 2.6.38 kernel panics on reboot with EFI

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Call trace seems to show this is related to EFI, it happens every time on reboot with 2.6.38-1 and 2.6.38-4 see attached images. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image (not installed) Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6

[Bug 721576] Re: natty's 2.6.38 kernel panics on reboot with EFI

2011-02-18 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "Panic on reboot with EFI on 2.6.38." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721576/+attachment/1858852/+files/IMG_20110218_041000.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72

[Bug 721546] Re: BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable.

2011-02-19 Thread James Lewis
Should have added that this is 11.04 Alpha2 installer... I would have tried with the daily build also, but for some reason the keyboard stops working in the installer... I'm pretty sure the EFI bios in this machine is to blame for that tho. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 721546] Re: BTRFS install left 700 permissions on /, system unusable.

2011-02-22 Thread James Lewis
A new, related issue happened as I upgraded around 01:00 on the 22nd... after upgrading on reboot, the system failed to start becuase it could not find init. This was because it mounted subvolume 0 as the root filesystem (in the initrd?) I set the default subvolume to @, and the system then boote

[Bug 774502] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem

2011-05-03 Thread James Lewis
Does anyone here know if the Ubuntu initrd includes the necessary components, or perhaps I can help by testing something, this makes using BTRFS under Ubuntu significantly less useful if I cannot add more storage. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 774502] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem

2011-05-31 Thread James Lewis
Could you add more details regarding what you see as wrong with the grub or fstab configuration?... my system seems to stop inside the initrd environment, so it cannot yet read the fstab from the main system, I don't understand how the validity of the UUID would change when I added a second device

[Bug 774502] [NEW] Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem

2011-04-30 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: After adding second disk to BTRFS volume, Ubuntu 11.04 will no-longer boot. See response from the BTRFS development list. On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:42:39PM +0100, A. James Lewis wrote: > > After completing an installation of Ubuntu 11.04 with a separate /boot >

[Bug 774502] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem

2011-04-30 Thread James Lewis
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774502 Title: Ubuntu 11.04 initrd fails to boot mult-volume BTRFS filesystem -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

[Bug 601299] Re: btrfs slow install

2011-01-25 Thread James Lewis
>Other filesystems *are* honouring the fsync call (you can check by >preloading libeatmydata); btrfs is just desperately slow when something >fsyncs a lot. Fair point... BUT, does this perhaps present an opportunity?... during initial install, a power failure will probably not result in a bootabl

[Bug 721544] Re: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.

2011-02-23 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "Notice Synaptic attempting to remove EFI bootloader and replace with BIOS bootloader!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/721544/+attachment/1868079/+files/Grub_Issue.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 721544] Re: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.

2011-02-23 Thread James Lewis
Still appears to be an issue with latest patch, not just base Alpha2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721544 Title: Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure. -- ubu

[Bug 601299] Re: btrfs slow install

2011-02-07 Thread James Lewis
It seems that this issue is only "worse" on BTRFS (OK, much worse)... but it is a sufficient issue even on ext4 that there is a bug report requesting a "no fsync" option for dpkg/apt in Debian's bug tracker! http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588254 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug t

[Bug 124315] Re: remember window position of applications

2010-06-24 Thread James Lewis
This is definitely expected behaviour for Windows users... but although I agree that it is somthing which should be addressed... I use a more cluttered approach to managing desktop windows, and I much prefer the current behavior of placing a new window in the least occupied area of the screen... so

[Bug 612174] [NEW] Inconsistent theme support in nautilus

2010-07-31 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution It seems that the preview pane in nautilus does not honor the theme, although if you open the message in a separate window it does... see attached screenshot, also here:- http://www.fsck.co.uk/Bug/incon-theme.png ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease

[Bug 612174] Re: Inconsistent theme support in nautilus

2010-07-31 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "Theme not applied to preview pane in nautilus." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52803006/incon-theme.png ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52802804/Dependencies.txt -- Inconsistent theme support in nautilus https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 612174] Re: Inconsistent theme support in nautilus

2010-08-01 Thread James Lewis
After some more testing & using it for several hours, at one point it suddenly picked up the theme... and now remains correct... strange! -- Inconsistent theme support in nautilus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 625983] [NEW] "monitor of" input in pulseaudio not working in Maverick

2010-08-28 Thread James Lewis
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio I've noticed that I can no-longer record the output of an existing audio device by selecting the input to be Eg. "Monitor of internal audio"... the device still appears available, but it is always silent... This is with Maverick Alpha 3, with

[Bug 625983] Re: "monitor of" input in pulseaudio not working in Maverick

2010-08-28 Thread James Lewis
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625983/+attachment/1525750/+files/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625983/+attachment/1525751/+files/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" htt

[Bug 625983] Re: "monitor of" input in pulseaudio not working in Maverick

2010-08-30 Thread James Lewis
I opened "Sound Recorder", "Pulseaudio Volume Control" (from the package pavucontrol) and "Rhythmbox" (to provide a sound source). It's actually somthing I should have put in papercuts that I don't see a way to select the input device from within "Sound Recorder", but none the less... Start recor

[Bug 625983] Re: "monitor of" input in pulseaudio not working in Maverick

2010-08-30 Thread James Lewis
OK, I'll give it a re-install - and try again... watch this space.. -- "monitor of" input in pulseaudio not working in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625983 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-07-23 Thread James Lewis
I can't say that I initially liked the buttons on the left... and it irritated me that I couldn't move them back, however thanks to this thread I know how to move them, and knowing that I can... I haven't... I think that's a worthwhile lesson TBH, force a change and it will upset people, but if the

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