[Bug 240948] Re: [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Lord
Mmm.. Just tried it now with 8.10, and the bug is still there. More difficult to trigger (doesn't happen every time, it seems), but still locks up KDE. Cheers -- [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240948 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 240948] Re: [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE

2008-07-24 Thread Mark Lord
Ahh.. good thinking. Yes, it works (no failure) fine from the Kubuntu LiveCD. So I just now played with it more, and discovered that we have ALT-M defined as a keyboard shortcut in KDE->Settings, to do a "Move Window" function. This appears to be what triggers the failure in open office. You c

[Bug 240948] Re: [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE

2008-07-24 Thread Mark Lord
Okay, so nix the ALT-O-M sequence, and now instead just use ALT-O- anything predefined in KDE keyboard shortcuts. Eg. from the LiveCD, do this: (Left)ALT-O-F5 (keep the ALT key down throughout the sequence). Crash! -- [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE https://bugs.

[Bug 240948] Re: [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE

2008-07-24 Thread Mark Lord
Note that that is 'O' ("oh"), not '0' (zero). Cheers -- [kubuntu] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M under KDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 240948] Re: openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M

2008-06-18 Thread Mark Lord
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15410912/Dependencies.txt -- openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240948 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 240948] [NEW] openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M

2008-06-18 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org *Very* simple to reproduce: 1. Start OpenOffice, and open a new spreadsheet document (or just run scalc directly). 2. Hold down the left-ALT key, and (without releasing it) press O, release O, press M, release M. 3. Release the ALT key.

[Bug 240948] Re: openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M

2008-06-18 Thread Mark Lord
Yes, the problem is still there with the new OO.org today. It locks up every machine we have ever tried it on (several, different), and all Kubuntu versions from gutsy to hardy. Ahh.. yes, KDE, not GNOME. Cheers -- openoffice scalc locks up X11 on ALT-O-M https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240948

[Bug 239292] [NEW] Unquoted amphersand in /usr/share/gnome/help/blackjack/el/blackjack.xml

2008-06-11 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-games-data This causes synaptic to choke (in the "apply changes in terminal window" view on all subsequent updates until fixed. Attaching a simple patch to fix it. ** Affects: gnome-games (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -

[Bug 239292] Re: Unquoted amphersand in /usr/share/gnome/help/blackjack/el/blackjack.xml

2008-06-11 Thread Mark Lord
** Attachment added: "blackjack_xml.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15208877/blackjack_xml.patch -- Unquoted amphersand in /usr/share/gnome/help/blackjack/el/blackjack.xml https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 68070] Edgy: install to USB drive leaves system unbootable

2006-10-24 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Installed Edgy Kubuntu from RC CD, to a USB hard drive. All went well, until installing the bootloader. Edgy installer did NOT ask my permission to rewrite MBR on the internal hard drive (rather than the USB drive??? bug!), and totally messed up the booting. Now the system

[Bug 23011] Re: USB ports dead after resume

2006-10-09 Thread Mark Lord
>Hi, ist this still a problem with dapper or edgy? Dunno. Bug report was for Breezy. Nowadays I run Dapper plus latest kernel.org kernel, and custom suspend/resume script, and all is well. No idea if it works "out of the box" or not. Cheers -- USB ports dead after resume https://launchpad.ne

[Bug 43295] kubuntu does not know about i9300 media buttons

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Kubuntu dapper beta2 (plus updates as of 05-may-2006) does not "know about" the front panel media buttons on the Dell Inspiron 9300. But Ubuntu dapper *does* know about and fully support those same buttons. (volume/mute controls, plus others). Also, neither Ubuntu nor Kubun

[Bug 43296] Re: Kubuntu dapper beta2: bad hibernate resume message

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lord
Well.. Edgy just plain doesn't say anything in this situation. That's certainly one way to fix it. -- Kubuntu dapper beta2: bad hibernate resume message https://launchpad.net/bugs/43296 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bu

[Bug 43295] Re: kubuntu does not know about i9300 media buttons

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lord
I think this is now FIXED, if one is clever enough to (1) find, and (2) enable the "Laptop/notebook Dell Inspiron 6xxx/8xxx" keyboard model, somewhere inside the System Settings tool. Note that the same keyboard model also works for other Dell machines, not just the Inspiron 6xxx/8xxx lines. Chee

[Bug 43295] Re: kubuntu does not know about i9300 media buttons

2006-11-02 Thread Mark Lord
>Is that the one in Systemsettings -> Regional & Language -> >Keyboard Layout -> Layout -> Keyboard model ? That's correct for Edgy. On Dapper, the second entry was called "Regional & Accessibility". Same setup works well on Dell Lattitude X1, by the way. Cheers -- kubuntu does not know a

[Bug 70105] Missing dependency: desktop-file-utils

2006-11-03 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: openoffice.org-common *needs* desktop-file-utils for the "update- desktop-database" command. This is not currently given as a package dependency, which causes oo.org upgrades to fail on Kubunutu (where desktop-file-utils is not normally present anyway). Cheers ** Affects: l

[Bug 106238] Re: Feisty: Install to RAID fails to boot after install

2007-04-13 Thread Mark Lord
Tried again, this time removing the "splash quiet" boot parameters from the grub command line, and added "init=/bin/sh" in place of them. System booted to a bash prompt on the RAID1 rootfs. I then typed "exec /sbin/init", and system appears to now be up and running normally, until the next reboot

[Bug 106238] Feisty: Install to RAID fails to boot after install

2007-04-13 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Used 11-April-2007 daily build of feisty-alternate-i386 installer CD. Partitioned four SATA drives using "manual", each with a 4GB RAID1 partition for the root filesystem. Completed the install normally. On reboot, nothing useful on the screen, just a "(initramfs)" shell prom

[Bug 106238] Re: Feisty: Install to RAID fails to boot after install

2007-04-13 Thread Mark Lord
Hmmm.. After manually booting the system with init=/bin/sh etc.. (as per above comment), I then upgraded everything new from the past two days. It now boots on it's own, so the but in initramfs-tools (or whereever) seems to have been fixed recently. Close this, I'll reopen if I see it again. Ch

[Bug 106264] postrm hook script: don't call /sbin/update-grub ...

2007-04-13 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.20-14-generic Did daily update today for Feisty. Saw this message scroll by on the console: ... Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.20-14-generic ... Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub. You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. P

[Bug 96511] Re: Feisty beta1 raid is broken

2007-04-13 Thread Mark Lord
I had very similar problems (bug 106238). These were "cured" when I force booted with "init=/bin/sh" and then ran "/sbin/init" from the bash prompt. After Gnome came up, I then did apt-get update/upgrade, and the installation of the newest initramfs-tools update fixed my RAID boot issues. But I

Re: [Bug 67810] Re: bad hard disk noise on shutdown

2007-04-19 Thread Mark Lord
Francesco Pretto wrote: >> please try this immediately and report back? > > Which version of the kernel this patch apply? Anything from about 2.6.18 onwards. Cheers -- Mark Lord Real-Time Remedies Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- bad hard disk noise on shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.ne

Re: [Bug 67810] Re: bad hard disk noise on shutdown

2007-04-19 Thread Mark Lord
Mark Lord wrote: > Francesco Pretto wrote: >>> please try this immediately and report back? >> Which version of the kernel this patch apply? > > Anything from about 2.6.18 onwards. Early reports indicate that this patch likely does NOT solve the problem. Cheers -- Mark

[Bug 67810] Re: bad hard disk noise on shutdown

2007-04-18 Thread Mark Lord
We (libata kernel dudes) are working on a simpler kernel level fix for this now, which may not require any immediate changes to scripts. If anyone here can patch/rebuild kernels, then I have some code that needs testing before we queue it into 2.6.21, and then make it available for the Ubuntu kern

[Bug 67810] Re: bad hard disk noise on shutdown

2007-04-18 Thread Mark Lord
Oh, forgot we can do attachments here (duh!). This is one patch that's being considered, which should get rid of the pop. Can anyone here who has the problem please try this immediately and report back? Thanks ** Attachment added: "xx_libata_sync_cache_fix.patch" http://librarian.launchpad.ne

[Bug 43292] Re: Kubuntu live install doesn't set date/time

2007-04-08 Thread Mark Lord
Well, that's certainly one way to completely discourage bug reports: just ignore it for two complete releases and then "reject" it. Yuh, right. -- Kubuntu live install doesn't set date/time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 49864] Re: Synpatic exhibits flakey behaviour after clicking "Reload" button

2006-10-25 Thread Mark Lord
Retested today with latest Kubuntu Egdy (as of Oct-25-2006), and it is still as flakey as ever. Opened synaptic, clicked on "reload", waited for it to finish, then clicked on "Mark All Upgrades", and it responded with "fix broken packages first". There are NO broken packages. Quit synaptic, star

[Bug 68070] Re: Edgy: install to USB drive leaves system unbootable

2006-10-28 Thread Mark Lord
No, actually the "File not found" error in this instance is due to the installer using the wrong device.map parameters. Nothing at run time could recover from this (I know Grub inside and out), short of redoing grub-install with a fixed device.map. The Edgy installer put grub onto the wrong (inte

[Bug 68070] Re: Edgy: install to USB drive leaves system unbootable

2006-10-28 Thread Mark Lord
Oh, I should add though, that apart from this one rather serious kink with the installer, everything else is fantastic on the external drive! Edge can suspend to RAM, hibernate, resume etc.. all just perfectly, without me having to tweak anything else (other than fixing the GRUB install). Very we

[Bug 43296] Re: Kubuntu dapper beta2: bad hibernate resume message

2007-03-01 Thread Mark Lord
No. Just close it. If I notice anything strange with a newer release, then I'll open a new bug for that. Cheers -- Kubuntu dapper beta2: bad hibernate resume message https://launchpad.net/bugs/43296 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

[Bug 21449] Re: USB mass-storage install fails

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Lord
It was working (aka. "fixed") in Dapper flight-7. Have not retested since. Go ahead and close this. -- USB mass-storage install fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/21449 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 95321] suspend/resume (RAM) fails for usb rootfs

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Kubuntu Feisty Fawn beta1, installed to external USB hard drive. Suspend/Resume (to/from RAM) fails on resume because USB drive has been "removed" in software. Console filled with errors such as "rejecting I/O to dead device". This used to work in previous Kubuntu releases.

[Bug 23011] Re: USB ports dead after resume

2007-02-07 Thread Mark Lord
Works out of the box in Dapper & Edgy now. Where's the "close bug report" button Cheers -- USB ports dead after resume https://launchpad.net/bugs/23011 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 49864] Re: Synpatic exhibits flakey behaviour after clicking "Reload" button

2006-12-23 Thread Mark Lord
>Is the latest test on a clean install, or on an upgrade? Fresh install. Ditto for latest Edgy with all current updates. -- Synpatic exhibits flakey behaviour after clicking "Reload" button https://launchpad.net/bugs/49864 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists

[Bug 49493] PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed

2006-06-12 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdeprint When adding new printers via Kubuntu-Dapper System-Settings --> printers panel, these messages appear in ~/.xsession-errors: --- ScimInputContextPlugin() perl: warning: Setting locale f

[Bug 49493] Re: PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed

2006-06-12 Thread Mark Lord
This is Kubuntu-Dapper, with the KDE-3.5.3 update. -- PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed https://launchpad.net/bugs/49493 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 49493] Re: PPD syntax error, PPD parse failed

2006-06-12 Thread Mark Lord
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42965 *** >Does running "sudo foomatic-cleanupdrivers" fix it for you? Yes, thanks! I've now told launchpad to mark this as a dup of 42965. Time to get this fixed in the dapper packages! Cheers ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 42965 Can't ad

[Bug 42965] Re: Can't add a printer in KDE: parser error?

2006-06-12 Thread Mark Lord
** Bug 49493 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- Can't add a printer in KDE: parser error? https://launchpad.net/bugs/42965 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs

[Bug 49859] egg_desktop_entries_add_group: assertion failed: bad autostart.desktop file

2006-06-15 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kcontrol-autostart ** (process:14704): CRITICAL **: egg_desktop_entries_add_group: assertion `egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (entries, group_name) == NULL' failed These messages appear in abundance during upgrades now. The cause on my Dapper Kubuntu

[Bug 49864] Synpatic exhibits flakey behaviour after clicking "Reload" button

2006-06-15 Thread Mark Lord
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic This is on Dapper Kubuntu, on three different systems here (two differend Centrino notebooks, and an AMD64 desktop). Yes, Kubuntu, not Ubuntu. Happens about half the time: Run synaptic as root, click on "Reload" to update the package lists. A

[Bug 1503310] Re: window content doesn't refresh, only if window is moved

2015-10-08 Thread Mark Lord
No such problems with Chrome on the same system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503310 Title: window content doesn't refresh, only if window is moved To manage notifications about t

[Bug 640100] Re: Maverick fails to wake up on Samsung N150

2010-11-06 Thread Mark Lord
Same issues on N210 netbook with stock 2.6.36 kernel as well as with Maverick kernel, on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop edition. -ml -- Maverick fails to wake up on Samsung N150 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/640100 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 574250] Re: SAMSUNG N150 Laptop : Brightness issue

2010-11-03 Thread Mark Lord
The stupid part of all of this, is that initially the VOLUME keys *do* work in 10.04, after the initial install. But after "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade", they STOP working. Something's seriously b0rked there for these netbooks. I'm going to try the third-party PPA workarounds now. -- SAMS

[Bug 574250] Re: SAMSUNG N150 Laptop : Brightness issue

2010-11-03 Thread Mark Lord
Okay, rebooted with the third-party PPA addons. The BACKLIGHT keys now work, but the other keys still don't since the initial upgrade. Oh well. I'll just hack them back in. -- SAMSUNG N150 Laptop : Brightness issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574250 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 532047] Re: Plymouth text-mode splash causes X to crash on first run due to shared tty7

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
Still borked here, as of latest Lucid, long after "final" release. WTF is going on -- Plymouth text-mode splash causes X to crash on first run due to shared tty7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 538213] Re: Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
Still broken in fully released Lucid -- this is now August 2010. Is there a known workaround that actually stops my system from crashing, other than re-installing Hardy in place of Lucid ??? -- Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin https://bugs.

[Bug 538213] Re: Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
Speaking of which. How the fsck can we get RID of this blasted plymouth bugfest entirely? It appears to have a about a zillion packages that are dependent on it, so synaptic won't ditch it without tossing most of Lucid. What a screw- up. I'm thinking something along the lines of this: updat

[Bug 538213] Re: Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538213 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 538213] Re: Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
There are already a zillion entries in launchpad for this bug. Adding yet another one, fragmenting the reports even further, won't help. Oh well. No wonder Ubuntu gets such bad press. I don't agree with the bad press, but really.. this is a critical bug, and shouldn't be swept away like that. Ch

[Bug 538213] Re: Key presses (such as Enter) can kill the X server after a boot with the text plugin

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Lord
Ahh.. found the answer to my question. Here's how to get rid of most of plymouth, and thereby get rid of most of the problems it causes, including this launchpad entried and numerous others: dpkg --get-selections| awk '/^plymouth-theme/{print $1}' | xargs sudo apt-get purge Cheers -- Key press