[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

2008-09-14 Thread Max Rabkin
I'd just like to +1 the following: * Keeping EULAs out of Ubuntu. EULAs are usability bugs: not only are they horrible, but one is obliged to either read them or risk breaking the law. By using Ubuntu, I know I am legally on safe ground. Obviously packages in multiverse may have to show EULAs, but

[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

2008-09-15 Thread Max Rabkin
Mark: By putting forward "Iceweasel", I certainly never meant that Mozilla was doing anything weaselly, and I don't see any evidence that this was the original intention of the name. It's simply that ice is not fire and a weasel is not a fox. I believe that Mozilla even *suggested* this as a name f

[Bug 144075] Re: Menu entry to turn device off completly

2008-06-18 Thread Max Rabkin
I have a radio killswitch (on my Thinkpad Z60m). But I need it on for WiFi. Powertop says my bluetooth device is the biggest cause of wakeups, but I've used it once in three years. So I would like a way to switch off bluetooth without the killswitch (and preferably without having to reboot to reen

[Bug 241577] [NEW] No easy way to navigate to search results

2008-06-20 Thread Max Rabkin
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnomesword I'm using Gnome Sword (2.2.3-1build2) under Hardy. When searching, you get the results in the "Verse list", but there is no way (that I can find) to view those verses besides manually navigating to them. I expect to be able to open a verse by d

[Bug 205667] Re: Inkscape crashes when using 3d box after attempting to render latex, gears, tree, barcode, maybe others.

2008-05-29 Thread Max Rabkin
I get this too, in Hardy. -- Inkscape crashes when using 3d box after attempting to render latex, gears, tree, barcode, maybe others. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 115616] Re: Device-mapper errors: dm-linear, lookup failed

2007-10-28 Thread Max Rabkin
I upgraded about a week before release, using update-manager -d, and agreed for packages to be removed. I checked the list, and don't remember evms being on it. --Max On 29/10/2007, Cimmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, ATTENTION ATTENTION to all people that had this bug: > - please describe whi

[Bug 115616] Re: Device-mapper errors: dm-linear, lookup failed

2007-10-17 Thread Max Rabkin
Upgraded to Gutsy with `update-manager -d` on Monday 15th (two days ago) and I'm getting this. EVMS was not removed, but AFAIK I don't use it. I'm booting fine with my Feisty kernel. I've upgraded all the way from Breezy or Hoary, but I may have skipped a release somewhere (I know this is a BAD thi

[Bug 51537] Re: Wrong handling of volume buttons on IBM Thinkpad notebooks

2007-10-17 Thread Max Rabkin
I get this in Gutsy on a ThinkPad Z60m, running Kubuntu. -- Wrong handling of volume buttons on IBM Thinkpad notebooks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 121672] Re: [gutsy] udev infinitely has errors, keeps CPU at 99%

2007-10-18 Thread Max Rabkin
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 115616 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115616 Bill, there is a fix at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.22/+bug/115616 : if you aren't using EVMS (and if you don't think you're using it, you probably aren't) then remove package e

[Bug 120803] Re: Adding ctrl:swapcaps to xorg.conf has no effect

2008-01-12 Thread Max Rabkin
Heh, if you look at the date this was filed, it was long before Hardy was in alpha, and before Gutsy was released. It was in Feisty. It's supposed to swap the capslock and control keys. And, as of Gutsy, it does so. -- Adding ctrl:swapcaps to xorg.conf has no effect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 120803] Re: Adding ctrl:swapcaps to xorg.conf has no effect

2008-01-12 Thread Max Rabkin
And whaddya know, I even said it was in Feisty. I'd forgotten about this by the time I upgraded to Gutsy. -- Adding ctrl:swapcaps to xorg.conf has no effect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact

[Bug 69643] also for me

2007-05-19 Thread Max Rabkin
Just upgraded to Feisty (from Dapper). In dapper I could connect using knetworkmanager, but not with wpa_supplicant directly. Now it is the other way around. When I boot, I get the "KNetworkManager is connected" pop-up, and it shows the wired connection icon (I do /not/ have a wired connection). W

[Bug 120803] Adding ctrl:swapcaps to xorg.conf has no effect

2007-06-17 Thread Max Rabkin
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Adding Option "XkbOptions""ctrl:swapcaps" to /etc/X11/xorg.conf has no effect. I think this might have something to do with it. $ xkbcomp :0 Warning: Could not load keyboard geometry for :0 BadName (name

[Bug 52778] Re: Some folders on fat32 filesystem not writable

2007-04-21 Thread Max Rabkin
I want to confirm that this happens LOCALLY. Not sure what package it's in, though. Looks like it might be a kernel thing, though (who else modifies/sets permissions on mounted drives) Any workarounds, please? This is really irritating! -- Some folders on fat32 filesystem not writable https://bu

[Bug 830277] [NEW] ntpdate manpage is inconsistent about threshold

2011-08-20 Thread Max Rabkin
Public bug reported: from `man ntpdate`: Time adjustments are made by ntpdate in one of two ways. If ntpdate determines the clock is in error more than 0.5 second it will sim‐ ply step the time by calling the system settimeofday() routine. If the error is less than 0.5 seconds, it

[Bug 336452] Re: if you add file or directory in include tab, after having changed some of the entries, you have to save and the reload sbackup

2011-03-31 Thread Max Rabkin
I'm still experiencing this in Lucid, and it makes sbackup *extremely* annoying to use (it happens in the "exclude" tab too) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336452 Title: if you add fi