[Bug 251976] Re: Copy disc sometimes fails, sometimes works

2008-07-26 Thread Neil Woolford
I am trying to copy a data CD. This is a normally formatted, once written CDR that I now need another exact copy of. (I should have made two to start with, perhaps...) I put the CD with my data on it into the drive. After a few seconds it automatically mounts and up comes a nautilus browser win

[Bug 251976] Re: Copy disc sometimes fails, sometimes works

2008-07-26 Thread Neil Woolford
In condition two, (failure to burn) I find that .xsession-errors has the single line ** (nautilus-cd-burner:6318): WARNING **: Unable to prepare tracks for burning appended to the end. -- Copy disc sometimes fails, sometimes works https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251976 You received this bug not

[Bug 287811] Re: Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder'

2008-12-09 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm still stuck with a deleted items folder that cannot be emptied, causing the Summary and folder mismatch error. I first tried removing all the ev-summary files, which don't get recreated, confirming MiiJaySung's suggestion that they are now outdated and unused with the move to a different datab

[Bug 287811] Re: Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder'

2008-12-09 Thread Neil Woolford
Mark, it does indeed have a variety of folders, and also some vfolders (search folders). I thought I'd been through them all, but I was working manually so could easily have missed something. A quick play with the desktop search tool revealed cmeta files for the vfolders although no index or inde

[Bug 287811] Re: Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder'

2008-12-10 Thread Neil Woolford
It's only the vfolders (~/.evolution/mail/vfolder/...) that have no index files, just cmeta files. The normal folders (~/.evolution/mail/local/...) have both index files and cmeta files. -- Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287811 You receiv

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-13 Thread Neil Woolford
Problem persists for me in the released version of Jaunty. I'd be happy to provide more information or do more tests (maybe even lend the tablet) if anyone wants to work on this. -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "lsusb.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26722587/lsusb.txt -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
Ok Martin. I've tried to use apport to capture a crash report, but it just isn't happening... What appears to be a crash to me, the instant ending of my x session on unplugging the tablet isn't appearing as a crash to apport. I have run "lsusb -v" and "dmesg" as you have asked and am uploading t

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
I'll run the backtraces in a bit, when I can get to a machine to ssh in from. Neil ** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26726658/lspci.txt -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
After crash and restart, not trying backtrace yet. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26727182/Xorg.0.log.old -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
After crash and restart, not trying backtrace yet. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26727189/Xorg.0.log -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
The backtrace ** Attachment added: "bactrace_full.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26728565/bactrace_full.txt -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 355021] Re: Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-05-14 Thread Neil Woolford
Backtrace with more debugging symbols available... ** Attachment added: "backtrace_full_02.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26733344/backtrace_full_02.txt -- Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/355021 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 382866] [NEW] No menu item installed in Jaunty

2009-06-02 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gscan2pdf I have just installed gscan2pdf on my system running Jaunty. The program works fine if I start it from the command line, but I cannot find a menu item for it. I would expect a menu item to be automatically installed. I believe one should be i

[Bug 382866] Re: No menu item installed in Jaunty

2009-06-02 Thread Neil Woolford
I've uninstalled and reinstalled on my workstation, but still have no (automatic) menu item. I've also installed on my laptop, also running Jaunty. In that case the menu item does appear automatically as expected. So the problem is peculiar to one of my systems. Of course that is the one I actu

[Bug 287811] Re: Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder'

2009-04-20 Thread Neil Woolford
In my case the problem persists in Jaunty release candidate. The workaround that previously worked for me (briefly, removing files matching "*ibex*" in /mail/local) has not worked for me for a month or more now... Bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550414 appears at first sight to refe

[Bug 349314] Re: Slow performance and tiling issues on i915

2009-04-28 Thread Neil Woolford
Yet another another confirmation that the lp349315apw5 kernel solves the problem on an EeePC 701. Thanks from me too! -- Slow performance and tiling issues on i915 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349314 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 350772] Re: playing MMS / .ASX with totem needs manual install of codec package

2009-04-28 Thread Neil Woolford
I also had a failure to automatically install when first using the bbc live radio player (streaming iplayer). Same experience as Tenoch, adding gstreamer ugly plugins via synaptic did not work for me. However, using Applications=>Add/Remove (set to show "All available applications), selecting the

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2008-06-03 Thread Neil Woolford
The problem has been intermittent, and I haven't been able to find a trigger for it, so it is difficult for me to test properly. However, it hasn't happened to me for the last week or so; I do have hardy-proposed enabled and am therefore now updated to 3.0 rc1. I would cautiously say that, for m

[Bug 30739] Re: "Move to Trash" option misleading

2008-07-25 Thread Neil Woolford
Reported upstream in 2004. I've just noticed the same problem still exists in an up to date copy of Ubuntu Hardy Heron. So here's a little 'me too' bump for the bug. -- "Move to Trash" option misleading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30739 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 47889] Re: Label is write instead of copy

2008-07-25 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm being the 'me too' man today. Loic's right about this, and it's still here two years later. Little bump? -- Label is write instead of copy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubu

[Bug 251976] [NEW] Copy disc sometimes fails, sometimes works

2008-07-25 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus-cd-burner If I wish to use nautilus to copy an existing data CD I place it in the single drive on my machine. It automatically mounts, opening a browser window and appearing as an icon on the desktop. If I close the browser window, I can right

[Bug 223660] Re: openoffice 2.4 spreadsheet grid lines missing

2008-05-17 Thread Neil Woolford
Thank you for that; it is of course only a workaround, as it doesn't work in conjunction with background colours. There does appear to still be a bug here which exists in the Ubuntu 2.4 version and not in the 2.4 version direct from OpenOffice.org. For me, not using colour in my spreadsheets the

[Bug 223660] Re: openoffice 2.4 spreadsheet grid lines missing

2008-05-17 Thread Neil Woolford
Sanitised page from my backup of one of my affected sheets attached. ** Attachment added: "grid_lines_problem.ods" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14575180/grid_lines_problem.ods -- openoffice 2.4 spreadsheet grid lines missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223660 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2008-05-19 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm confused. I have *exactly* the issue described by the initial poster, it is happening for me with Firefox 3 Beta 5 in a fresh upgrade to Hardy Heron. Firefox sometimes greys out and then returns to colour to continue, as it should. Sometimes it stays gray but works normally otherwise when i

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2008-05-20 Thread Neil Woolford
Firefox 3 beta 5, as installed by my upgrade to Hardy from Gutsy. Yes, compiz is in use. Will test with and without. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 8.04 Release:8.04 Codename: hardy I'm using a Lenovo

[Bug 223660] Re: openoffice 2.4 spreadsheet grid lines missing

2008-05-15 Thread Neil Woolford
Me too. I have sheets created in earlier versions of OpenOffice calc which now display with grid lines missing in some areas of the sheets. For me, this appears to be related to cell formatting; if I select a block of affected cells and delete just the formatting (using the Delete key and select

[Bug 223660] Re: openoffice 2.4 spreadsheet grid lines missing

2008-05-15 Thread Neil Woolford
I've now found a better fix: Step one; highlight the area where the grid lines are missing. (Or the whole sheet, should you wish. Start by testing on a spare sheet or an area... ) Step two; right click on the area and select "Format Cells" from the popup menu. Step three; select the "Backgr

[Bug 249340] Re: Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef

2008-08-06 Thread Neil Woolford
Me too, twice. I've now seen this problem on two upgrades from Gutsy to Hardy. In both cases the Gutsy machines were updated to the latest kernel (2.3.22-15). Following the general advice to kill the locale generating processes (several times) to reach the end of the upgrade process, accepting t

[Bug 287811] Re: Emptying Trash Fails with 'Error while expunging folder'

2009-01-18 Thread Neil Woolford
Still getting this problem occasionally. The method of removing the index files in post #6 works for me, though with a long startup time for evolution after doing it while the index files are reinstated. Evolution only appears on screen when this is finished. The fundamental problem of indexes ge

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2009-01-22 Thread Neil Woolford
Problem not noticed here for quite a while, using 8.10 (Intrepid), compiz and Firefox 3.05. So as far as I'm concerned the bug is no longer present. I will have a try with 9.04 when it comes into beta testing. -- Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2008-06-11 Thread Neil Woolford
I downloaded the latest Firefox from the 'proposed' repository today, I assume it would be rc2 now as it is freshly updated. (3.0+nobinonly- 0ubuntu0.8.04.1). I've just seen my first instance of the greyed out but responding symptom for a couple of weeks... This time I played with it for a minut

[Bug 124581] Re: Firefox greyed out, even though it's responding

2008-06-11 Thread Neil Woolford
It's happening again for me right now, so I'm investigating more; The greyed out characteristic affects just one window in Firefox; if I open a link in another window that is in normal colour. Opening the link in another tab in the greyed out window stays monochrome. Staying in the monochrome w

[Bug 352711] Re: Package does not include .fdi file needed for full function (Jaunty/Intrepid)

2009-03-31 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "10-aiptek.fdi" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24592329/10-aiptek.fdi -- Package does not include .fdi file needed for full function (Jaunty/Intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/352711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 352711] [NEW] Package does not include .fdi file needed for full function (Jaunty/Intrepid)

2009-03-31 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-aiptek I am using the beta release of Jaunty/9.04 updated as of 31st March. The xserver-xorg-input-aiptek package now installs via Synaptic without errors. However when I try to use my pen and tablet I find that I can move the cursor

[Bug 355021] [NEW] Unplugging USB tablet crashes xserver (Jaunty)

2009-04-04 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-aiptek I am using Jaunty beta, updated to 4th of April. For several days now my Aiptek tablet has been working, but with a persistent bug. If I unplug the tablet, the xserver crashes, giving a few moments of screen garbage followed by

[Bug 355340] Re: [FFe] Please allow a new version of wacom-tools

2009-04-07 Thread Neil Woolford
I can confirm the correct operation of the ppa version (1:0.8.2.2-0ubuntu0.2) with my elderly USB Wacom Graphire ET-0405-U A6 size tablet, under Jaunty beta updated to 7th April. Hotplugging is fine, both plug in and unplug, and the eraser and stylus are reported separately and can be configured w

[Bug 351076] [NEW] Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta)

2009-03-29 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-aiptek I am running Jaunty Jackalope Beta (currently within a VirtaulBox machine). When I attempt to install the xserver-xorg-input-aiptek package using Synaptic, I first see a long list of packages to be removed, starting with ubuntu-

[Bug 351076] Re: Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta)

2009-03-29 Thread Neil Woolford
My /var/log/dist-upgrade/ directory is empty. There don't appear to even be any hidden files there other than . and .. -- Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351076 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 351076] Re: Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta)

2009-03-29 Thread Neil Woolford
Only term.log appears to exist on the system, in /var/log/apt I attach a copy, although it doesn't appear to contain any references to "aiptek". Neil ** Attachment added: "term.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24494205/term.log -- Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty

[Bug 351076] Re: Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta)

2009-03-30 Thread Neil Woolford
Jon, I notice you've now tagged this with "packaging", which I think is correct. (The program itself installed and worked fine on Intrepid.) The dependencies reported by Synaptic include removing xserver-xorg and replacing it with xserver-xorg-core, which apparently isn't happening. Possibly a ma

[Bug 351076] Re: Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta)

2009-03-31 Thread Neil Woolford
I can confirm that the package is now installable on Jaunty beta. Thanks to all involved for fixing this very fast. As a result I can now consider moving one of my workstations to Jaunty beta for further testing soon. Neil -- Package xserver-xorg-input-aiptek does not install (Januty beta) htt

[Bug 50226] Re: pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it.

2006-08-08 Thread Neil Woolford
Without whitelisting active... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc$ pmount -d /dev/hde1 resolved /dev/hde1 to device /dev/hde1 mount point to be used: /media/hde1 no iocharset given, current locale encoding is UTF-8 locale encoding uses UTF-8, setting iocharset to 'utf8' Cleaning lock directory /var/lock/pmoun

[Bug 50226] pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it.

2006-06-18 Thread Neil Woolford
Public bug reported: I use a digital camera with a CF II form factor microdrive. If I insert this card into a PCMCIA (PC card) adaptor and put it in a PCMCIA slot on my laptop, the microdrive shows as a disc in the Places->Computer gui file manager (Nautilus). It is however not mounted. If I tr

[Bug 50226] Re: pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it.

2006-06-20 Thread Neil Woolford
pmount appears to just be following the information given by (presumably) hal about the device. So pmount is not at fault here, it is being told by other parts of the system that the drive is not removable. ** Changed in: pmount (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: pmount => hal -- pmount sees a microdr

[Bug 50226] Re: pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it.

2006-07-12 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "Output of lshal" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3388913/hal.txt ** Attachment added: "Output of ls -l /sys/block/*/device" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3389401/ls_device.txt -- pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it. https://launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 50226] Re: pmount sees a microdrive as non-removable, so won't mount it.

2006-07-12 Thread Neil Woolford
For information, I posted this on the mailing list before filing a bug. Two other users have subsequently posted (from the forums) that they have the same problem. Florian Diesch suggested a workaround of adding the device name ( eg in my case /dev/hde1 ) in the /etc/pmount.allow file. This work

[Bug 52551] Re: Mounting an external USB hard disk doesn't work in 6.06.

2006-07-14 Thread Neil Woolford
Something very similar happening for me too with a Kingston U3 1MB usb drive. I found that the drive does mount correctly if it is plugged in before the computer is started, but that plugging in to a running system only occasionally (about one in five attempts or less) leads to a mounted device, s

[Bug 40850] Re: Mounting my USB drive take long

2006-09-01 Thread Neil Woolford
Very similar problem here, automounting a 1GB Kingston DataTraveller U3usb flash drive. (Other generic USB flash drives automount instantly.) Dmesg shows long loops of 'new device' before the device is finally correctly identified and added after a couple of minutes wait. I'll attach dmesg tail,

[Bug 40850] Re: Mounting my USB drive take long

2006-09-02 Thread Neil Woolford
I've now tried out the DataTraveler on two other machines running Ubuntu, one 5.10 and another 6.06. The problem occurs on both machines, though the one running 5.10 seems to be rather quicker to recognise the device as automountable. Typically it takes 45 seconds to a minute or two to get round

[Bug 140460] Re: Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server

2007-10-22 Thread Neil Woolford
I've just used my system on a network configured manually, *without* Network-Manager and note that the symptom of repeated asking for password didn't occur. Could others in this bug check whether they are using network manager and whether *not* using it alleviates the symptom? (I have seen it sug

[Bug 140460] Re: Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server

2007-10-22 Thread Neil Woolford
Just to clarify my previous post; I'm away from any network that I have access to, so turned off network manager (using the gui) and then used a dialup modem via GnomePPP to get on to the net. Under these conditions Evolution seems inclined to start in offline mode. When put online it contacts t

[Bug 140460] Re: Evolution : On startup unable to connect to POP server

2007-10-24 Thread Neil Woolford
I've now had another look at the possible interaction with Network- Manager. Basically I removed Network-Manager from my system and manually configured the (wireless ethernet) connection to the internet. The symptom of asking for for the password and then looping continued to exist. So it looks

[Bug 113514] Re: Not possible to choose selected panel resolution

2007-10-27 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm also having similar trouble. What I'm trying to do is to set up the internal panel of my laptop as the default (primary) display at its native 1280 by 800 (widescreen) and the external display connector to 1024 by 768, the native resolution of the projector I wish to use with it. The secondar

[Bug 113514] Re: Not possible to choose selected panel resolution

2007-10-27 Thread Neil Woolford
Checking things out further, I have to add that of course Gutsy's OpenOffice Impress is a version that now supports multiple displays for presentations and it is actually better to using an extended display over two monitors (one the internal panel, the other the projector); OpenOffice Impress now

[Bug 146290] Re: gimp "open from url" doesn't work

2007-10-29 Thread Neil Woolford
This is also a problem for those of us who wish to edit files stored on other machines on a local network. I just spent around five hundred pounds on a network attached storage appliance and was not best pleased when I couldn't open files or save to it from the Gimp... Then I remembered that I've

[Bug 136287] Re: thinkpad volume keys control microphone - gutsy

2007-10-13 Thread Neil Woolford
I can confirm Roger Binns' observation. Same symptoms and fix on a Lenovo 3000 N100. Setting "Master" to be controlled by keyboard is fix, otherwise the keys (both dedicated and function shifted f1 f2) call up the volume graphic but do nothing. Shipping with preset default would presumably fix t

[Bug 90267] Re: network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces

2007-10-14 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm afraid that the problem has persisted for me right through to using Gutsy updated to release candidate plus today's updates. That's network-manager 0.6.5-0ubuntu15 -- network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90267 You received this bug not

[Bug 90267] Re: network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces

2007-10-15 Thread Neil Woolford
Attaching daemon.log for 15th October. Complete with successful restart of ntp at tail end. ** Attachment added: "daemon_trimmed.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10032143/daemon_trimmed.log -- network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902

[Bug 147943] Re: [MASTER] broken initial stacking (was: compiz hides quick loading windows at login)

2007-10-09 Thread Neil Woolford
This bug persists for me too with latest version (1:0.6.0+git20071006-0ubuntu2) on a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop with Intel 945 integrated graphics. Unsetting and resetting Compiz followed by a cold reboot didn't fix the problem. I always have to click on the desktop to see the lower panel after star

[Bug 147943] Re: [MASTER] broken initial stacking (was: compiz hides quick loading windows at login)

2007-10-11 Thread Neil Woolford
New version of fix works fine here. Thanks very much to Michael Vogt and any others involved. Now I can enjoy terminal window transparency without the annoying side effects... -- [MASTER] broken initial stacking (was: compiz hides quick loading windows at login) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 149964] Re: evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work

2007-10-20 Thread Neil Woolford
There's now a proposed patch for this problem. (Milan Crha 18/10). Any chance of testing this and getting it adopted quickly if it works? This is exactly the kind of bug that is confusing and disturbing to 'average users' but too easy for geeks to say "Just edit the html tag out in the address ba

[Bug 149964] Re: evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work

2007-10-20 Thread Neil Woolford
Nobody accused of it either! It is only an annoyance, but one that will occur for anyone using the eBay notification email service, which is probably a very common case. I think my point was meant to be that it will affect many users, not all of whom will consider it to be trivial to work around.

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "main_pre_req.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13506730/main_pre_req.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubun

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13506726/main.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
Still a problem for me even after today's updates to the update-manager (core?). Can't check versions as the stalled update has the lock... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -e | grep hardy 7427 ?00:00:01 hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pstree 7427 -a hardy /tmp/tmp_e0CMd/hardy ├─http ├─http └─ht

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
I don't seem to have an updated system here... Looks and smells like a Gutsy Gibbon still! When started under strace the program appears to exit (vanishes) rather than hanging. Strace output attached. ** Attachment added: "strace-update-manager" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13527235/strace-

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/sudo -rwsr-xr-x 2 root root 91776 2007-06-15 13:49 /usr/bin/sudo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/bin/sudo is highlighted as (white text on) red background in my console. -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
Ok. downloaded release-upgrader-0.87.26-debu ran sudo ./hardy It hung as before. I waited about half a minute and then tried to stop it with ctrl-c in the terminal. This didn't stop the process. I then tried the Gnome Panel "Force misbehaving application to quit" utility; this removed the fro

Re: [Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 12:39 +, Michael Vogt wrote: > Thanks a lot for running the test release-ugprader. I'm still searching > what might cause it and did another version with even more debug output > :) Could you please run the following one in the same manner as the > previous one? And attac

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14045978/main.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "apt.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14045989/apt.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
Same freeze, I'm afraid. Neil ** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14047655/main.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
Ok, version four... I'm afraid still freezing as before. The system on which it is giving trouble is a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop, with a Centrino duo processor. Gutsy backports repository is turned on, as is the 'Partners' one. Folding at home is installed and running, but I'm stopping it before

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-04-30 Thread Neil Woolford
Still behaving the same way I'm sorry to say. Neil ** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14053587/main.log -- "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186465 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-05-03 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm currently using the default 'Human' theme, so wouldn't put that very high up the list of possible triggers. (I'm happy to try others of course). Compiz is installed on the machine; I did turn off the effects for my last round of testing, though not before. Compiz is still installed even th

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-05-07 Thread Neil Woolford
It looks much better. Certainly the process runs without the freeze right at the start. Unfortunately my system hasn't got quite enough room on / for the upgrade process, so it did stop later on. (As it should.) After this stop, the gui window greyed out and had to be killed again. But that is

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-05-07 Thread Neil Woolford
Ok. Looking good. (I still can't complete the upgrade because I don't have enough free space on / yet, I need to repartition so it isn't trivial on a production machine.) However, when I run 0.87.27-test2 from the command line the process starts properly and runs on to the point where it tells m

[Bug 186465] Re: "distribution upgrade" hangs during update to hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Neil Woolford
Test case seems to be working fine here; I'm using the Lenovo 3000 laptop which this bug was preventing me upgrading. update-manager --proposed started up an instance of the Update Manager that offered me a button to upgrade to 8:04. Upon pressing that button I was asked for a password, taken th

[Bug 205990] Re: [hardy] splash screen disappears after a few seconds

2008-05-11 Thread Neil Woolford
I had this problem with an upgrade to Hardy Heron, but only with the latest kernel. Reverting kernel to the previous one worked fine. The fix given at the top of this bug worked for me; the UUID for the swap file was correct in /etc/fstab but wrong in /etc/initramfs- tools/conf.d/resume. Editin

[Bug 90267] Re: network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces

2007-07-10 Thread Neil Woolford
Today's full daemon.log as requested. I've not trimmed it at all, just in case... The problem is still present on the system, with NTP not running properly ("No association IDs returned") At 19:34:10 I manually restarted ntp, just for completenes. It works fine, as you can see at the end of the

[Bug 149964] I couldn't agree more...

2007-12-23 Thread Neil Woolford
This is not merely annoying, it means I can't upgrade several machines that I look after for other users because they would simply, and rightly, conclude that I'd broken their ebay search result emails. (I know it isn't exactly what is happening, but it is what appears to be happening from the poi

[Bug 94194] Re: Nikon digital camera does not work anymore with libgphoto2 2.3.0

2007-05-19 Thread Neil Woolford
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 91250 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/91250 Me too. Nikon Coolpix 990 used to connect (albeit with a very long wait to load the camera driver) on Dapper/6.10. Now, using Feisty/7.04 it fails outright. This appears to be a genuine regression. Camera Im

[Bug 91250] Re: [edgy-backports] Error in libgphoto2 udev rules

2007-05-19 Thread Neil Woolford
Regression problem with my Nikon Coolpix 990, which works under Dapper (with a long wait for the camera driver to load). Now doesn't work at all under 7.04/Feisty release. Camera Import starts as soon as the camera is plugged in to the USB port but I get an error message in the Import Photos wi

[Bug 206452] Re: Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes

2008-04-01 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "main_pre_req.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13017050/main_pre_req.log -- Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206452 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 206452] Re: Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes

2008-04-01 Thread Neil Woolford
** Attachment added: "main.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13017042/main.log -- Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206452 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 206452] Re: Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes

2008-04-01 Thread Neil Woolford
The freeze is totally reproducible on my system ;( /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log didn't grow at all in ten minutes on my system, it just stayed at the original size. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ ls -l total 80 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68144 2008-04-01 13:00 apt.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root roo

[Bug 149964] Re: evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work

2008-03-07 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm glad to say that the issue appears fixed for me too in Hardy today. My test condition was sending myself an eBay "You might like to look at this item" automated email. This time, the ampersands were not mangled into html markup on arrival in the local Evolution, neither in the displayed strin

[Bug 206452] Re: Gutsy to Hardy upgrade freezes

2008-03-26 Thread Neil Woolford
Same happening here. I have a little terminal output; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ update-manager -d extracting '/tmp/tmpiyGVkL/hardy.tar.gz' authenticate '/tmp/tmpiyGVkL/hardy.tar.gz' against '/tmp/tmpiyGVkL/hardy.tar.gz.gpg' Then the Distribution Upgrade window greys out and nothing more happens. A

[Bug 149964] Re: evolution: URLs with ampersand ("&") don't work

2008-03-07 Thread Neil Woolford
The version of Evolution (and dependencies) currently available in the normal Gutsy (7.10) repositories, including Gutsy Proposed and Gutsy Backports still displays the problem discussed here. The fix has not made it to Gutsy yet. I intend to check Hardy Alpha 6 for the problem/fix this weekend a

[Bug 90267] Re: network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces

2007-06-18 Thread Neil Woolford
Also a "me to". Exactly the same as Joey Stanford. My (one) wireless laptop with 7.04 and Network-Manager needs 'sudo /etc/intit.d/ntp restart' to get ntp running. The cabled workstation, also with 7.04 and Network-Manager works fine after normal booting. Happy to test fixes, provide logs etc i

[Bug 90267] Re: network-manager stops and restarts already ifup'ed interfaces

2007-06-19 Thread Neil Woolford
Result of /var/log/daemon.log | grep ntp | less, last seven lines are after a restart of ntpd. My wireless connection is on eth1. Jun 19 10:19:47 neilw-laptop ntpd[5345]: ntpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 7 20:43:30 UTC 2007 (1) Jun 19 10:19:47 neilw-laptop ntpd[5346]: precision = 1.000 usec Jun 1

[Bug 40850] Re: Mounting my USB drive take long

2007-04-16 Thread Neil Woolford
Seems not to be a problem any more with Feisty beta. -- Mounting my USB drive take long https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40850 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 40473] Re: wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom

2007-04-06 Thread Neil Woolford
I've just been trying to test the recent modifications and fixes, by running the Feisty daily build CD from yesterday (Thursday 5th of April). It still has the old 1:0.7.2-0ubuntu7 versions of wacom-tools and the xserver-xorg-input-wacom and the the xorg.conf file still has /dev/wacom rather than

[Bug 40473] Re: wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom

2007-04-08 Thread Neil Woolford
I'm glad to say that today's Feisty daily build disc works 'out of the box' with my Wacom Graphire tablet, both in Live CD and installed modes. No need to edit or download anything, it just works as it should. Thanks to Timo and others for this. Neil -- wacom-tools udev scripts should point to

[Bug 40473] Re: wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/wacom instead of /dev/input/wacom

2007-04-01 Thread Neil Woolford
I have installed a clean copy of Feisty beta (with updates) on a machine. I then installed Timo's packages wacom-tools_0.7.6.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb and xserver-xorg-input-wacom_0.7.6.4-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (with gdebi). Now what happens is that /dev/input/wacom and /dev/input/tablet-graphire are create

[Bug 40473] Re: wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/wacom instead of /dev/input/wacom

2007-04-02 Thread Neil Woolford
Works for me now with 1:0.7.7-0ubuntu1 under feistly beta, though I still appear to need to edit xorg.conf. I also note that while things are fine with Gimp and extended input devices if the system is booted with the tablet attached, hotplugging a tablet after boot still doesn't seem to make it a

Re: [Bug 40473] Re: wacom-tools udev scripts should point to /dev/wacom instead of /dev/input/wacom

2007-04-02 Thread Neil Woolford
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 21:56 +, Timo Aaltonen wrote: > Maybe your config had /dev/wacom instead of the new /dev/input/wacom? Yes, exactly what it had. > There was a xorg update soon after wacom-tools was updated, so it should > be fixed by now. That's what I was hoping. I'll maybe do another

[Bug 70856] Re: ZyXEL G-220 wireless network USB adapter not detected

2006-11-15 Thread Neil Woolford
Me too. Edgy on an AMD Sempron system. Could save me a lot of cabling if this is fixed in the next week or two ;) -- ZyXEL G-220 wireless network USB adapter not detected https://launchpad.net/bugs/70856 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[Bug 572550] Re: Panel utilities not shown on startup

2010-05-03 Thread Neil Woolford
You are not alone... I've just experienced this bug on a new installation of Lucid final release on an old PIII machine with a matrox video card running a 5:4 ratio flat panel (not native 1024x768). The panels would show correctly after any change to their properties, but be incomplete again at t

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