[Bug 1066324] Re: core.img too large for embedding with msdos partition style (possibly only when boot is on LVM or other complex partition type?)

2012-10-18 Thread Max Bowsher
LVM is useful on the desktop as well as the server! Can we get this release-noted for Ubuntu Desktop too? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066324 Title: core.img too large for embeddin

[Bug 930004] Re: update-manager assert failure: python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:273: poll_for_event: Assertion `!xcb_xlib_threads_sequence_lost' failed.

2012-10-12 Thread Max Bowsher
The two machines I've upgraded from precise to quantal (yesterday & today) have both experienced this bug, resulting in the release-upgrader being killed, and requiring manual editing of files within /var/lib/dpkg/ and use of aptitude to complete the upgrade. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1060438] Re: wireshark crashes with "ERROR:capture_dlg.c:408:capture_filter_check_syntax_cb: code should not be reached" when typing a character in the capture interface field

2012-10-12 Thread Max Bowsher
The mention of pipes is just because use of pipes is pretty much the only situation when you want to type a string into the interface selection box. I concur that the upstream commit you found sounds relevant. I cannot think of any explanation why I suddenly started experiencing this problem. Un

[Bug 1069929] [NEW] Launcher edge-reveal does not work after disabling any plugin in CCSM

2012-10-22 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: 1. Have Compiz configured for launcher auto-hide 2. Run CCSM, deactivate any plugin 3. After compiz reloads in response to the de-activation, launcher will not reveal in response to mouse actions 4. After running 'unity --replace &' in a gnome-terminal, launcher functionalit

[Bug 819775] Re: Broadcasting input across multiple terminator windows repeats keypresses many times

2012-10-26 Thread Max Bowsher
Oh, *right*, so that's why the problem disappeared for me. I remember purging ibus from my system at one point, since I never use it at all. ** Changed in: terminator (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 553827] Re: Subdownloader: LookupError: unknown encoding: utf_8_valencia

2012-10-30 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - Subdowloader: LookupError: unknown encoding: utf_8_valencia + Subdownloader: LookupError: unknown encoding: utf_8_valencia -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553827 T

[Bug 1073369] [NEW] Ubuntu patch unconditionally breaks three-finger tap

2012-10-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The Ubuntu gnome-settings-daemon package contains a patch disable_three_touch_tap.patch which unconditionally disables three- finger tap. This is annoying. I want to tap with three fingers to paste. There's a comment mentioning some kind of gestures, but whatever they are, n

[Bug 819775] Re: Broadcasting input across multiple terminator windows repeats keypresses many times

2012-09-26 Thread Max Bowsher
I can't even reproduce it in precise - assuming it got fixed in either oneiric or precise and closing bug. ** Changed in: terminator (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1060438] Re: wireshark crashes with "ERROR:capture_dlg.c:408:capture_filter_check_syntax_cb: code should not be reached" when typing a character in the capture interface field

2012-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1060438 Title: wireshark crashes with "ERROR:capture_dlg.c:408:capture_filter_check_syntax_cb: code should not be reached" when typing a character in

[Bug 1060438] [NEW] wireshark crashes with "ERROR:capture_dlg.c:408:capture_filter_check_syntax_cb: code should not be reached" when typing a character in the capture interface field

2012-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Environment: Precise, latest updates This is a precise-specific bug, the dialog in question has significantly changed in the version of wireshark in quantal Steps performed: 1) Start wireshark 2) Click the capture options (picture of a NIC with a spanner overlaid) button 3)

[Bug 1048223] Re: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build

2012-09-09 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1048142 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048142 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1048142 fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1048173] Re: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build

2012-09-09 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1048142 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048142 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1048142 fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 1048142] Re: fglrx-updates 2:8.982-0ubuntu0.1: fglrx-updates kernel module failed to build

2012-09-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Error output from dpkg run: Loading new fglrx-updates-8.982 DKMS files... Building for 3.2.0-30-generic and 3.2.0-31-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 3.2.0-30-generic Error! Application of patch fix-build-issue-on-i386-where-TS_USEDFPU-is-no-longe.patch failed.

[Bug 980519] Re: Random log off in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2012-06-26 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 973096 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973096 Reversed spurious security designation by zero-karma user. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1009657] Re: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/hardy/apport/ubuntu is a branch of 'hal', not 'apport'

2012-06-26 Thread Max Bowsher
It would be best to just delete the lp:~ubuntu-core- dev/ubuntu/hardy/apport/ubuntu completely, if the revisions stored in it are also in a proper hal branch somewhere else. apport isn't using imported branches at all currently - it's a weird special case because it makes use of merging from upstr

[Bug 1018633] [NEW] Should build-depend on python-all-dbg, not python-dbg

2012-06-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: subversion 1.7.5-1ubuntu1 build-depends on python-all-dev, but python- dbg. This is incorrect, it should build-dep on python-all-dbg instead of python-dbg. This causes a FTBFS if the package is rebuilt in a series with more than 1 supported python version. ** Affects: subver

[Bug 1009657] Re: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/hardy/apport/ubuntu is a branch of 'hal', not 'apport'

2012-06-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Whoops! I should have logged out of the package importer's identity and logged in as myself before filing this :-) I've assigned this bug to Martin Pitt, because as the creator and last committer to the branch in question, he's best placed to figure out what to do. -- You received this bug not

[Bug 973014] Re: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, (libgstvideoparsersbad.so), causes a failure to decode many common video files encoded as AVC 1 Baseline - L2.1, Baseline - L1.1 & others

2012-05-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Doug: You appear to be discounting doing a proper Stable Release Update for 12.04. Why? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973014 Title: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, (libgstvideoparsersbad

[Bug 916279] [NEW] "three squares" broadcast state indicator does not update when broadcast state is changed with a keybinding

2012-01-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Terminator uses a "three squares" indicator in the top left of each terminal to display the broadcast off/group/all status. This updates to show one, two or all three squares coloured when the broadcast state is changed using the mouse and menus. However, when the broadcast s

[Bug 916279] Re: "three squares" broadcast state indicator does not update when broadcast state is changed with a keybinding

2012-01-13 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/916279 Title: "three squares" broadcast state indicator does not update when broadcast state is changed with a keybinding To manage notifications abou

[Bug 921239] [NEW] software-center causes apt-xapian-index cronjob to produce unhelpful message

2012-01-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Recently, my machine started sending me cron emails from the apt-xapian- index cronjob. These contained the single line: No handlers could be found for logger "softwarecenter.distro.Ubuntu" Some investigation reveals that the underlying message attempting to be logged here i

[Bug 921239] Re: software-center causes apt-xapian-index cronjob to produce unhelpful message

2012-01-24 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921239 Title: software-center causes apt-xapian-index cronjob to produce unhelpful message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.

[Bug 905995] [NEW] Resume from suspend regression in 3.0.0-15

2011-12-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: There is a regression in resuming from suspend in linux 3.0.0-15.24 (vs. 3.0.0-14.23) on the Dell Studio XPS 16 When booted into -15, on resuming from suspend, the screen never turns back on. It appears based on behaviour of fans, etc., that the CPU probably isn't resuming pr

[Bug 905995] Re: Resume from suspend regression in 3.0.0-15

2011-12-18 Thread Max Bowsher
** Tags added: regression-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905995 Title: Resume from suspend regression in 3.0.0-15 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.

[Bug 905995] Re: Resume from suspend regression in 3.0.0-15

2011-12-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Tagged regression-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905995 Title: Resume from suspend regression in 3.0.0-15 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 903188] Re: linux: 3.0.0-15.24 -proposed tracker

2011-12-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Please note bug 905995, resume-from-suspend regression caused by this update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/903188 Title: linux: 3.0.0-15.24 -proposed tracker To manage notification

[Bug 869444] Re: Preconfigures packages multiple times

2012-01-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Multiple preconfiguration of packages also occurs during a normal update-manager upgrade within oneiric. ** Summary changed: - release-upgrader preconfigures packages 4 times! + Preconfigures packages multiple times -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 869444] Re: Preconfigures packages multiple times

2012-01-02 Thread Max Bowsher
hishek kumar singh (abhishekkumarsingh-cse) => Max Bowsher (maxb) ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Assignee: Max Bowsher (maxb) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1158594] [NEW] Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Some video files play in totem in raring appearing far too bright and yellowish - the appearance is similar to an excessively strong application of a gamma transform. To reproduce: 1) Download this video from youtube (~15MB): youtube-dl -f 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r

[Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
It looks like this may be a totem bug specifically, as if I launch the same file playing simultaneously through totem, gst-launch-0.10 and gst- launch-1.0 by executing the following in a terminal: totem rUgAgfO-16s.mp4 & gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///home/maxb /rUgAgfO-16s.mp4 & gst-launch-0.

[Bug 916279] Re: "three squares" broadcast state indicator does not update when broadcast state is changed with a keybinding

2013-03-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Sorry for taking so long to respond to the above - I missed it amongst all the other email that Launchpad sends me. I am now running raring. The bug persists, and nothing is printed to stdout/err having run terminator from gnome-terminal before testing the bug. -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1167622] [NEW] Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression)

2013-04-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Hardware: Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A Runing quantal, I can set boot parameters using efibootmgr as expected. Running raring, any attempt to write EFI vars fails. dmesg says: [ 248.382221] efivars: set_variable() failed: status=8009 strace of efibootmgr says: wri

[Bug 1167622] Re: Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression)

2013-04-10 Thread Max Bowsher
The bug also occurs with upstream 3.9-rc6 from the kernel-ppa -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1167622 Title: Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression) To manage

[Bug 1167934] [NEW] gnome-disks crashed with SIGSEGV in udisks_drive_ata_get_smart_updated()

2013-04-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I am seeing a repeatable crash in gnome-disks when unplugging a SATA HD whilst the "SMART Data" window for the HD in question is open. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.

[Bug 1165789] [NEW] Wifi indicator shows "disconnected" in between "connecting" and "connected" (raring regression)

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: In quantal, the network-manager indicator progressed straight from "connecting" (pulsing/rippling wifi symbol) to "connected" (static wifi signal level indicator) when successfully connected. In raring, it shows the "disconnected" (outlined empty lack of wifi symbol) symbol f

[Bug 1024405] Re: Port to udisks2

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
It should be noted that this isn't just a backend issue. There are a couple of user visible weirdnesses as a result: 1) USB sticks mounted by usb-creator show up at /media/ not /media// like removable media generally does in raring 2) Attempting to unmount via the Unity launcher shows a spurious

[Bug 1114545] Re: Startup Disk Creator fails when erasing disk

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 689593 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689593 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 689593 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1090663] Re: erase disk results in error message + 100% CPU hang

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 689593 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689593 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 689593 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 689593] Re: 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when setting bootable flag in palimpsest + 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1167622] Re: Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression)

2013-04-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Hi. Sorry for taking so long to get back on this one. I failed to see the emails due to some mail rules filing things into folders too aggressively, which I've now fixed. I've bisected, and come up with a hopefully useful result: the regression occurred between 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 ! -- You received

[Bug 1167622] Re: Cannot change EFI variables using efibootmgr (raring regression)

2013-04-18 Thread Max Bowsher
It would appear that 9f677cf27341b7a53915ad0e018912dc022a2a24 is almost certainly the issue (based on examining the efi commits between 3.8.2 and 3.8.3). To quote its commit message: efi: be more paranoid about available space when creating variables commit 68d929862e29a8b52a7f2f2f86a

[Bug 1160966] [NEW] PMTU discovery no longer works in Linux 3.6+ with routers that do not send next hop MTU information

2013-03-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: After upgrading to raring, I found that path MTU discovery no longer worked correctly for accessing some devices on the other side of an IPsec tunnel. Bisection revealed the problems started with 3.6 and are still present in 3.9-rc4 (latest available at time of reporting). S

[Bug 1160966] Re: PMTU discovery no longer works in Linux 3.6+ with routers that do not send next hop MTU information

2013-03-27 Thread Max Bowsher
I bisected only as far as I could using already built packages in the mainline kernel-ppa. The rest of the detail, and locating that specific commit were done by inspecting the source and git logs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1162389] [NEW] Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The menu option to open the Totem Preferences UI appears to have gone missing. There's evidence in the source code that there's supposed to be a preferences UI, and the online help states there should be an "Edit > Preferences" menu item, but it does not appear. ProblemType:

[Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Actually, on digging around in the glade file totem.ui, it would appear that the whole menu with id 'appmenu' is missing from the UI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1162389 Title: Pre

[Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
I think I've discovered mostly what had gone wrong - somehow in the process of going quantal->raring, either the various colour balance settings in totem got changed, or it changed how it interpreted the numerical values in dconf. When I dug around in dconf-editor, I found various colour-related se

[Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1131754 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1131754 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1131754 [raring] Totem is missing the GNOME AppMenu functions: Open, Preferences, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2013-04-01 Thread Max Bowsher
The other option for people on Quantal is to upgrade to Raring. There's still no fglrx, but the open source radeon driver has improved a *lot*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Ti

[Bug 1156206] [NEW] Add quantal and raring to selectable Ubuntu releases

2013-03-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: unetbootin currently doesn't list quantal and raring in its selectable options for Ubuntu. I'm attaching the requisite trivial debdiff. The raring options clearly won't work yet, since it's not released (indeed, it behaves weirdly and starts downloading hardy instead) but if

[Bug 1156294] [NEW] Bogus config control file included in .deb

2013-03-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: root@zenbook:~# dpkg-reconfigure compiz /var/lib/dpkg/info/compiz.config: 1: /var/lib/dpkg/info/compiz.config: [general]: not found /var/lib/dpkg/info/compiz.config: 2: /var/lib/dpkg/info/compiz.config: backend: not found /var/lib/dpkg/info/compiz.config: 3: /var/lib/dpkg/in

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
My FirePro V5700 ceased to work with the fglrx driver with the exact same update, in the exact same way, as described here, and has the same underlying chip as Radeon HDs known to be affected. The AMD website is hardly a shining example of consistency - there's an 8.982 Linux driver offered for th

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
lspci has this to say about it: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730 [FirePro V5700] The balance of evidence regarding the FirePro V5700 seems to be support was dropped in 8.982, and the AMD website is just getting it wrong when it offers 8.982.x for the F

[Bug 945450] Re: Responsiveness: LightDM in ubuntu 12.04 very slow

2012-11-01 Thread Max Bowsher
** Tags removed: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945450 Title: Responsiveness: LightDM in ubuntu 12.04 very slow To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1005642] Re: Garbage written to state file, causing slow UI

2012-11-01 Thread Max Bowsher
This bug does not appear to related to light-themes, marking bugtask Invalid. ** Tags removed: patch ** Changed in: light-themes Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: gtk Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@Christopher Penalver: Your comment-less removal of a useful part of the bug description after the confrontations already occurred in this bug is frankly rude. I shall add it back with additional notes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers. + + NO

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers. NO

[Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@ Christopher Penalver: Why are you so very determined to make this bug's description LESS useful for users? I have a FirePro V5700 [RV730] which is affected by this. The nomenclature "HD2000-4000" doesn't identify this card at all. The chip information is vastly more useful in identifying whethe

[Bug 1185838] Re: Mouse pointer corruption, radeon, dual-head

2013-06-10 Thread Max Bowsher
I have spent some time trying to better quantify how often the problem reproduces in daily use with the raring kernel, and ironically I only experienced the problem a couple of times in a week now that I'm actually trying to reproduce it. I have now switched to the 3.10-rc5 mainline build, and wil

[Bug 1185838] Re: Mouse pointer corruption, radeon, dual-head

2013-06-14 Thread Max Bowsher
I have just experienced the same manner of pointer corruption using the upstream 3.10-rc5 kernel ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1185838] [NEW] Mouse pointer corruption, radeon, dual-head

2013-05-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Since upgrading from quantal to raring, I am experiencing corruption of my mouse pointer around once per day. I am using a dual-head setup on an ATI RV730 GL [FirePro V3750]. When corruption occurs, the mouse pointer is usually some garbled rearrangement of the pointer's pix

[Bug 1188036] [NEW] debian-keyring is a rather heavyweight Recommends for ubuntu-dev-tools, perhaps demote to Suggests?

2013-06-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: debian-keyring was promoted from a Suggests to a Recommends as a result of a user report in bug 717245. However, either behaviours of tools have changed since then, or there was confusion between errors and warnings - if I use pull-debian-source without having debian-keyring

[Bug 1170958] Re: [Regression] Panel shadow dropped on full screen windows after notification

2013-05-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Should the Ubuntu bugtask really be marked "Fix Committed" when it looks like the fix has only landed into Unity upstream branches at present? Also, when might this reach raring-proposed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 831768] Re: aptitude cannot handle conflicts with multiarch enabled

2011-11-08 Thread Max Bowsher
No need to move back to natty, if you can survive without 32 bit libraries on oneiric. Just comment out the single line in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch (as hinted in #14) Personally I've decided I need aptitude more than I need multiarch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 869170] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
I think it is still a problem. I was definitely able, on current oneiric, to cause unity to exit by switching the settings in ccsm as described before. Unfortunately the upgrade to release version had turned off apport, so no crash was captured. I'll try to retrigger it. -- You received this bu

[Bug 886017] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886017 Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu

[Bug 886017] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
This bug is filed off an attempt to reproduce bug 869170 on current oneiric. It may or may not be the same crash. Waiting to see what the retracer says. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/88

[Bug 886017] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
This crash occurred when disabling "Static Application Switcher" is ccsm, after enabling it, then activating the switcher once. This sequence of operations seems fairly successful at reproducing it on demand. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 886019] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886019 Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu

[Bug 886019] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
This crash occurred after the same sequence of events as detailed in bug 869170, and is filed just to get a fresh retrace on current oneiric. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886019 Title

[Bug 869170] Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc()

2011-11-04 Thread Max Bowsher
I've filed bug 886017 (slightly different trigger conditions) and bug 886019 (exactly the same triggering conditions) to get fresh retraces against current oneiric. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 803749] [NEW] grub-install fails during d-i installation when /boot/grub is located on md raid device

2011-06-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I have experienced a failure to install Ubuntu natty, using the d-i (alternate, not ubiquity) installer. The actual failure occurs when the installer executes grub-install. Debugging a bit shows that the actual failing command is "grub-probe -t fs /boot/grub". Debugging a bit

[Bug 530683] Re: xchat crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_set_valist()

2011-06-13 Thread Max Bowsher
The xchat manifestation is no longer an issue, because the source of the warning message is gone. However, there is still a real issue in pygobject, that it can cause PyErr_WarnEx to be called outside of there being a valid Python threadstate. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 681396] Re: auto url=autoserver fetches wrong preseed file (squeeze, not maverick/natty/oneiric)

2011-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
I talked to cjwatson on IRC and apparently it is feasible to have the d-i bits updated, so I've prepared branches with the necessary changes. No merge proposals, though, because there do not exist ~ubuntu-core-dev preseed branches for released series. Resubscribing sponsors for the maverick and n

[Bug 805456] Re: pipeline plugin in beta PPA needs update for 2.4

2011-07-05 Thread Max Bowsher
I started preparing an update but got blocked on "bzr merge-upstream --snapshot" doing silly things, that I've not yet debugged in detail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805456 Title:

[Bug 579572] Re: Lucid: Gave up waiting for root device (mptsas) resolved by rootdelay

2011-06-16 Thread Max Bowsher
** Branch unlinked: lp:~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/stable -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579572 Title: Lucid: Gave up waiting for root device (mptsas) resolved by rootdelay To manage no

[Bug 805456] Re: pipeline plugin in beta PPA needs update for 2.4

2011-07-19 Thread Max Bowsher
Now fixed. ** Changed in: bzr (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => 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/805456 Title: pipeline plugin in beta PPA needs update for 2.4 To ma

[Bug 805456] Re: pipeline plugin in beta PPA needs update for 2.4

2011-07-17 Thread Max Bowsher
** Changed in: bzr (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Max Bowsher (maxb) ** Changed in: bzr (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805456

[Bug 681396] Re: auto url=autoserver fetches wrong preseed file (squeeze, not maverick/natty/oneiric)

2011-06-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Colin Watson sponsored my change into oneiric per comment #7 There is no point fixing this in a maverick or natty SRU, since the fix would need a d-i image respin to take effect, which AFAIK only happens at initial release, and LTS point releases. -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 794611] Re: indicator-weather crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2011-06-08 Thread Max Bowsher
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794611 Title: indicator-weather crashed with SIGABRT in raise() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.

[Bug 729091] Re: 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by attaching hostname to localhost

2011-03-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Indeed, there was a 127.0.1.1 entry back in the day after the initial installation. My impression is that that is only a placeholder, and I replaced it with my machine's statically assigned rfc1918 address. Setting my fqdn and short name on 127.0.1.1 is not a sensible configuration for a machine wh

[Bug 600914] [NEW] Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main).

2010-07-01 Thread Max Bowsher
Assignee: Max Bowsher (maxb) Status: In Progress -- Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600914 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 600914] Re: Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main).

2010-07-01 Thread Max Bowsher
** Changed in: subversion (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Max Bowsher (maxb) ** Changed in: subversion (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600914 You received th

[Bug 600914] Re: Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main).

2010-07-01 Thread Max Bowsher
** Patch added: "Debian->Ubuntu debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51273383/debian-vs-ubuntu.debdiff -- Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600914 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 600914] Re: Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main).

2010-07-01 Thread Max Bowsher
** Patch added: "Old->New Ubuntu version debdiff, filtered to the debian/ directory only" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51273429/ubuntu-old-to-new.debdiff -- Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600914 You received this bug notific

[Bug 600914] Re: Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main).

2010-07-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Test build completed. Relevant upstreamable change forwarded to http://bugs.debian.org/587853 Ready for sponsor. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #587853 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=587853 -- Merge subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main). https:

[Bug 729091] Re: 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by attaching hostname to localhost

2011-03-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Sorry for taking so long to revisit this. Fortunately I use etckeeper, so I have the history of my /etc/hosts file tracked back over the last 15 months, back to what looks like initial installation of the system. (I don't remember exactly when I installed) Looking back over it in detail, it confi

[Bug 729091] [NEW] 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by attaching hostname to localhost

2011-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager 0.8.1+git.20100810t184654.ab580f4-0ubuntu2.1 breaks my /etc/hosts by attaching my local host's hostname to localhost It is my understanding that a machine's local host name should NOT be associated with the 127.0.0.1 or ::1 IP addresses,

[Bug 668764] Re: Add Natty to the list of known distros

2011-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Changed in: bzr-builddeb Milestone: None => 2.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668764 Title: Add Natty to the list of known distros -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

[Bug 659585] Re: AssertionError: Should pass previous_version as str not

2011-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Changed in: bzr-builddeb Milestone: None => 2.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659585 Title: AssertionError: Should pass previous_version as str not -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 627507] Re: bzr crashed with AttributeError in run()

2011-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Changed in: bzr-builddeb Milestone: None => 2.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627507 Title: bzr crashed with AttributeError in run() -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 676606] Re: import-upstream stack traces without upstream repository

2011-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 627507 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627507 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 627507 bzr crashed with AttributeError in run() * You can subscribe to bug 627507 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr-build

[Bug 819775] [NEW] Broadcasting input across multiple terminator windows repeats keypresses many times

2011-08-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: To reproduce: Start terminator Create a new window (Shift-Ctrl-I in default keybindings) Select "Broadcast all" mode (via the top-left terminator dropdown) Type anything The keypress is repeated very many times. The following output is emitted on the stderr of the terminato

[Bug 819775] Re: Broadcasting input across multiple terminator windows repeats keypresses many times

2011-08-02 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819775 Title: Broadcasting input across multiple terminator windows repeats keypresses many times To manage notifications about this bug go to: https:

[Bug 333269] Re: leave message uses an ugly and confusing dialog

2011-01-28 Thread Max Bowsher
I believe that what we should do under the remit of *this* bug is to fix the content of the dialog box, and nothing more. By "fix" I mean: 1) It has both an OK and a Cancel button which both just dismiss the dialog. 2) The content of the dialog is just "[Time] [User Message]" - if a user has not

[Bug 616878] Re: bzr commit error because of no identity

2010-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
I think considering the machine's mailname is perhaps not necessary. As I see it, there are two significant divisions of use-cases here: 1) The ones that bug 549310 was filed about, where users are committing revisions to be shared with the world, and the email address really really ought to be a

[Bug 659590] Re: sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded

2010-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
Retarget to bzr source package. ** Package changed: dput (Ubuntu) => bzr (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: bzr (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Max Bowsher (maxb) -- sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659590 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 659590] Re: dput sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded

2010-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded + dput sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded -- dput sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659590 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 659590] Re: dput sftp upload hangs after all files successfully uploaded

2010-11-25 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: dput + Nature of problem: I am experiencing sftp uploads to ppa.launchpad.net reliably failing to terminate. The dput process appears to be waiting for the ssh (sftp) subprocess to terminate, but it never does. When killed, the upload has a

[Bug 664829] Re: package alsa-utils 1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-10-21 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 664645 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/664645 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 664821 package alsa-utils 1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 * You can s

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