[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
This is the Debian etch Xorg.0.log file, from the system actually running on this Averatec laptop. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from successful Debian etch installation" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19525269/Xorg.0.log -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
This is the Debian etch xorg.conf file, from the system actually running on this Averatec laptop. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf file from Debian etch running on this Averaatec laptop." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19525296/xorg.conf -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
This is the generic xorg.conf file generated during the installation attempt. Nothing exciting here! ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf file from intrepid install attempt on Averatec" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19525198/xorg.conf -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https:

[Bug 186103] Re: Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 296142 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 296142 Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 296142] [NEW] Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome An attempt to install or run Intrepid 8.10 from the desktop CD fails while the system is trying to identify the display hardware. System: Averatec 3280 laptop Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL rev 39 (see Xor

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-09 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from attempt to install intrepid on Averatec 3280" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19525011/Xorg.0.log -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I sent the 8.04 Feisty xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files on 2008-11-08 - see above. I can send hardy 8.04 files if that will help - that's a case where I had to overwrite the xorg.conf with the Feisty version. I'll see what I can do regarding 8.10 files. I didn't get very far into the live boot or i

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I also have the xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files from Hardy 8.04.1 attached above. I'll make another attempt to get the files from the failed attempts to boot or to start installing 8.10. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I finally succeeded in getting a log file from an attempt to boot the 8.10 disk. Also I was able to get the screen to start in a 1024x768 mode. I was able to get into a console after identification of the display failed. At that point, I was able to save the Xorg.0.log file, as before. it is alrea

[Bug 297927] [NEW] [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg After upgrading online from 8.04.1 to 8.10 (Intrepid), and starting the new system, keyboard and mouse input to the X server are frozen. However, if I switch to a console and restart X either by killing the Xorg process explicitly or executing '/etc

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "dmesg output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19633964/dmesg.txt -- [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
This happens each time I reboot, but not when I restart X with ctrl-alt- BS. I've enclosed the last bit of my /var/log/daemon.log, covering the installation. What other files would be useful? ** Attachment added: "var/log/daemon.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19634232/daemon.log -- [int

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-14 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg After upgrading online from 8.04.1 to 8.10 (Intrepid), and starting the new system, keyboard and mouse input to the X server are frozen. However, if I switch to a console and restart X either by killing the Xorg process explicitly or

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-14 Thread Peter Belew
Possible solution: I may have found a fix to this problem - in /etc/rc2.d, I changed the symlink S13gdm to S90gdm to delay startup of gdm. ( S90gdm -> ../init.d/gdm) I have only rebooted once since changing this, so more testing is necessary. Some concerns are that whatever the race condition i

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2008-11-16 Thread Peter Belew
I upgraded another system with the same type of motherboard, chipset, and cpu. In this case, I used the alternate install CD as the primary source of new files, allowing access to the Internet for additional upgrades. In this case, the symlink for starting gdm in /etc/rc2.d turned out to be S30gdm

[Bug 371410] Re: package libsox-fmt-base 14.2.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: Versuche, ?/usr/lib/sox/libsox_fmt_sndfile.so? zu ?berschreiben, welches auch in Paket libsox-fmt-sndfile ist

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Belew
In my case, the installation halted from time to time, indicating that some part of the installation crashed. Sometimes I tried using apt-get to continue the update, and finally I clicked on the orange install- error icon to finish. I started the upgrade by mounting the ISO image for the alternat

Re: [Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-06-17 Thread Peter Belew
For the Averatec laptop, it's 1024x768. When fed at a higher resolution, the image is cropped to 1024x768. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Bartosz wrote: > What is corect resolution of your monitor? > > -- > [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280) > https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398494/Dependencies.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18

[Bug 186103] apport-collect data

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 ProcVersion:

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "LsHal.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398496/LsHal.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You recei

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "LsMod.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398497/LsMod.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You recei

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "XorgConf.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398499/XorgConf.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "LsPci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398498/LsPci.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You recei

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "XorgLog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398500/XorgLog.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You r

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "XorgLogOld.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398509/XorgLogOld.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103

[Bug 186103]

2009-06-01 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353208 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353208 ** Attachment added: "system.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27398510/system.txt -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You rec

[Bug 371516] [NEW] Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox While playing music on rhythmbox, I can't get the current music title etc. to show up on Pidgin. The versions are the current ones in Ubuntu 9.09 as of 3 May 2009. pidgin: Installed: 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8 Candidate: 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8 Version t

[Bug 371516] Re: Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26301030/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26301031/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26301032/ProcStatus.txt -- Rhythm

[Bug 345742] Re: Music tracker plugin not working with VLC media player

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
I just submitted a similar report against rhythmbox - # 371516. Possibly this is the same problem. -- Music tracker plugin not working with VLC media player https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345742 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 371516] Re: Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
This seems to be the same problem reported in bug #345742 with VLC and pidgin, possibly the cause is the same. I'm not sure yet it's a duplicate. -- Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371516 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 345742] Re: Music tracker plugin not working with VLC media player

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
But this report is against 8.04 - different Ubuntu version ... in the case of rhythmbox, it worked for 8.10 and earlier, stopped working after upgrading to 9.04. -- Music tracker plugin not working with VLC media player https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345742 You received this bug notification bec

Re: [Bug 371516] Re: Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin

2009-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
This is the Music Tracker plugin for Pidgin. On my 8.10 system, the Pidgin is version 2.5.2. Rhythmbox is 0.11.6 This works on the 8.10 system. For the version(s) on the 9.04 version of Ubuntu, this does NOT work. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > there is no such opti

Re: [Bug 371516] Re: Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin

2009-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
It's a Pidgin plugin, actually. So the bug should probably be transferred to Pidgin. A similar bug was reported on Pidgin under 8.04, but the music player was VLC. That person is upgrading to 9.04 now, and will update his bug report. It was suggested that I report this directly to Pidgin developer

[Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-18 Thread Peter Belew
I have now tried this with the Ubuntu 9.04 rc live disk: I have attached an xorg.conf file which sets the following screen resolutions, after switching to a console and executing sudo service gdm restart 1024x768 (new) 800x600 640x480 512x384 (new) 400x300 320x240 ** Attachment added: "xorg.c

[Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-18 Thread Peter Belew
This also works with the Kubuntu 9.04 rc live disk. The only difference is that sudo service kdm restart restarts X, enabling the new xorg.conf file. -- BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2009-04-19 Thread Peter Belew
Guillaume - That's the default xorg.conf file generated by recent versions of X in Linux. Apparently the driver and display resolution is determined without regard to that xorg.conf file. However if settings for display resolution and the driver are put into xorg.conf by editing it or using an ea

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Belew
On trying to run Ubuntu 9.04, Xubuntu 9.04, and Kubuntu 9.04, Beta and RC versions from live CDs, I have these observations: The initial screen resolution is something like 1600 x 1200, but the display only shows the top left 1024x768 portion of this. This is barely acceptable in Ubuntu and Xubuntu

Re: [Bug 192252] Re: Editing /etc/network/interfaces causes Gutsy 7.10 to crash

2008-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
I have no idea. I subsequently installed Debian on that laptop, and haven't tried Ubuntu on it since (though I have hardy on four desktop systems, including a Dell PowerEdge 400SC, with no serious problems). Peter On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Belew
On my gBox computer with a S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] display controller, connected to a Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT display, mentioned above, the hack in the previous comment does not work. The reason is that X won't even start in low-graphics mode, and it doesn't seem to be possible

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Belew
Also, I experience a similar problem on my Averatec 3280 laptop, which has a VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter (rev 01). Again, the output of the S3 adapter appears never to be right for the display, even trying low-graphics mode. (I'm typing this report on the same computer, run

[Bug 186103] Re: Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Belew
I just tried booting an Intrepid 8.10 desktop disk as a live CD on this laptop. Again, I am unable to get the display to work even in low res mode, and am unable to get to a console to copy the xorg.conf file. I added some comments about this to bug report # 212510. Note that this laptop and the gB

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Belew
For comparison, I tried booting a Fedora 9 live CD in all 3 systems I mentioned above (the Dell server, the gBox with an S3 display controller, and the Averatec laptop with an S3 display controller. I was unable to complete booting the 2 systems with S3 controllers - the system hung completely aft

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
Note that the CD, when booted as a live CD, *appears* to have the correct drivers. However, the drivers for the S3 cards seem unable to determine a workable screen resolution for the Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT display, or for the Averatec display. I have not found a way to try to install a modifie

[Bug 294899] [NEW] No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-savage This occurs on trying to boot the intrepid 8.10 CD as a live CD on a gBox computer Display controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] Display: Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT While trying to boot the CD, eventually the dis

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "This is the xorg.conf file which works under hardy, generated by booting a 7.04 CD. lspci shows VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19441069/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
I have reported the problem with the gBox computer with the savage display controller as a separate bug now, #294894. -- [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
Correction: I have reported the problem with the gBox computer with the savage display controller as a separate bug now, #294899. -- [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 186103] Re: Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
The behavior when trying to boot intrepid on this Averatec laptop is quite similar to the behavior described in bug #294899 and 212510 when trying to boot on a gBox computer with a ProSavage8 display controller and Samsung SyncMaster 570S display, except that the laptop's display does not have the

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-07 Thread Peter Belew
That would be from hardy, since I can't boot intrepid and get at a shell. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi peterbe, > > > Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your > /var/log/Xorg.0.log? > > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-07 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log In this case, I went through the motions of an actual install, rather than a live boot. The boot failed, without installing anything, but ended up in a shell, so that I could copy the log file to the hard disk. A quick glance at the file tells me there is useful in

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from booting Feisty 7.04. The display was initialized properly in 1024x768 resolution, the maximum supported byt the Samsung display. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - feisty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19496191/Xorg.0.log -- No signal with Samsung SyncMas

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the xorg.conf file generated by booting feisty as a live CD. This file may be used to solve resolution problems under Hardy as well. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf on feisty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19496270/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 htt

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is an Xorg.0.log file generated from installing hardy on the same system, using the alternate CD. An attempt to boot from the live CD (desktop CD) failed. I wasn't able to save the log file from that failed attempt. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from alternate install of hardy 8.04.1"

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf file from alternate install of hardy 8.04.1 The maximum screen resolution with this file was 800x600. I was able to get 1024x768 resolution by replacing this with the xorg.conf from Feisty 7.04 (see above). ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from hardy alternate install" http://launchp

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
This is marked as 'incomplete'. What is needed? -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212510 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 1. The duplicate status is inappropriate, even though the linked report(s) is/are very similar. Each display controller/display combination behaves a bit differently from the others. 2. This is an update for

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212510 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 Here is the corresponding xorg.conf file, generated when booting the 8.10 desktop CD on this system. With this xorg.conf file, the system will have a maximum resolution of 800x600. With the 7.04 version of the

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-29 Thread Peter Belew
I hope to try this on Intrepid within a few days after its release (that is possibly tomorrow?) -- [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-10-30 Thread Peter Belew
This bug is NOT fixed with Intrepid 8.10 for my gBox computer with a S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] display controller, connected to a Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT display. (see above). I downloaded the 8.10 desktop ISO, and booted that on this system as a live CD. The system was unable to

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-30 Thread Peter Belew
This bug is NOT fixed with Intrepid 8.10 for my gBox computer with a S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] display controller, connected to a Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT display. (see bug #217004). I downloaded the 8.10 desktop ISO, and booted that on this system as a live CD. The system was una

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-10-30 Thread Peter Belew
This is also still NOT fixed on my Dell PowerEdge 400SC with the same Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT display, and an ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) vga controller. I booted the desktop 8.10 Intrepid CD, as a live CD, and in this case the system booted completely and displayed in 800x600 low-r

[Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-09-26 Thread Peter Belew
Starting over, so to speak: This is an accessibility problem. The issue is that default fonts on many web pages are too small for many people with minor vision problems, or people who are simply over the age of 40, to read. I suppose one could require such people to buy 30-inch displays, but that

[Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-09-26 Thread Peter Belew
This is of course an upstream issue for the Mozilla project developers. -- CSS works improperly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257408 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu

[Bug 255561] [NEW] dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-all The system is a Dell PowerEdge 400SC. It has been running properly with a 14" generic CRT monitor. A few days ago, I plugged in a Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT 15" flat screen monitor, which initially worked well without a change in

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
I just submitted another bug (# 255561) regarding a similar problem with the same Samsung monitor on another system (Dell PowerEdge 400SC), where Ubuntu fails to set up xorg.conf properly, but Knoppix does. -- [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset https://bu

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf generated when running Knoppix 5.1.1" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16603997/xorg.conf.knoppix -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255561 You received this bug noti

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "most recent xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16603984/xorg.conf.20080806113049 -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255561 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
I've tried essentially the same thing - copying and pasting from the Knoppix xorg.conf - that hasn't been too successful so far. But I'll try some more, given time - I won't have much time till the 12th of August. -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsun

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
This page has the specs of the Samsung monitor: http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/samsung-syncmaster- 570s/4507-3174_7-1589730.html -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255561 You received this bug

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
I was able to boot the Gentoo 2006 live CD (but not the 2007 version, which failed to identify the display). The generated xorg.conf is attached. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from running gentoo 2006" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16605221/xorg.conf.gentoo -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
Here is /var/log/Xorg.0.log - there is an explanation of why the higher resolutions weren't used - but I don't quite understand that. Look at the man pages for xrandr, dexconf, xorg.conf, etc. Ubuntu started using a new version of xorg software very recently. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log at

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-07 Thread Peter Belew
This problem is in fact a severe usability problem - basically it makes Ubuntu essentially unusable for all but skilled computer geeks on the affected systems. I can spend hours upon hours tracking this bug down, trying to see if my hand-edited xorg.conf file's directives will be overridden by the

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-07 Thread Peter Belew
I have attached Xorg.0.log for the system *I* have been reporting on in this bug report. It shows the reason the system rejected the 1024x768 screen mode - "(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)" This is the same reason shown in the log for my system

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-07 Thread Peter Belew
This is identical to my submissions to Bug report #217004, as is shown by the Xorg.0.log files I have attached in both bug reports. The 1024x768 mode is rejected on both systems for the same reason - "(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)" There reall

Re: [Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
Trying this again ... I made sure the Style setting is as below. I am now letting the page set font settings from both Windows and Linux versions of the Firefox browser. Both chose a sans-serif font. For all font sizes, Windows places the bottom links and the graphics in question properly (with o

Re: [Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Belew
Excellent! I was able to duplicate this. I tried 'none', 10pt, and 11pt settings (before the minimum was at 12 or 14pt.) From 'none' up to 10pt. the layout was correct. However, on my 1024x768 15-inch TFT screen, the fonts were too tiny to read, and I had to magnify the font size. The positioning

Re: [Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-09-24 Thread Peter Belew
If that's true with the BFCU website, it's also true with many sites. By the way, the behavior is the same with the Windows version - I just tried setting the minimum point size to 11 and larger sizes, and see the same problem. MS IE considers this kind of setting to be an accessibility issue - a

[Bug 257408] [NEW] CSS works improperly

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 The web page http://www.bayfed.com/ has an improperly positioned image near the bottom of the screen ("Equal Housing Lender" "NCUA", and so on), and also the links nearby are in the wrong place. The MS-Windows version of Firefox 3.0 works pro

[Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Screenshot near bottom of page" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16731470/Screenshot-Bay%20Federal%20Credit%20Union%20-%20Mozilla%20Firefox.png ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16731471/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Extensio

[Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
I tried the above instructions regarding zoom settings on 3 different computers, with different displays, running different display resolutions. I was unable to zoom to a state where the bug does not appear, trying all possible zoom settings, using the menu, Ctrl+0, Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, etc. With any

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
I suggest porting the old 6.06 LTS configurator to 8.04.1 LTS for cases like this; allowing the user to use that when the auto-conf fails to satisfy the user, or fails to work at all. -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s https://bugs

[Bug 257408] Re: CSS works improperly

2008-08-13 Thread Peter Belew
This is the same page seen with MS-Windows Firefox, on Windows XP Professional, for reference: Firefox version 3.0.1: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;U;Windows NT 5.1;en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1 I tried zooming in and out using this MS-Windows version - the links and the graphics imag

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
This seems to be very similar to Bug #212510, which is reported fixed in 'intrepid'. Hopefully it will be also fixed in 8.04 LTS. -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255561 You received this bug notif

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
Regarding the Samsung SyncMaster, this seems to be the same problem as in my reported bug #255561. I'll try and see if generating an xorg.conf as above will work. (Using a floppy won't be necessary, I could just mount the partition with my /home directories and copy it there, probably as root after

[Bug 212510] Re: [gutsy] [hardy]No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
I followed the advice of JacobS to boot an earlier Live CD - in particular, I booted a 7.04 live CD, which worked, mounted my original /home volume on a mount point I created, and saved the xorg.conf generated by 7.04 into my old home directory. Then I rebooted into 8.04.1, and copied the 7.04 xorg

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
In my case, the issue is the Samsung SyncMaster 570S TFT monitor not being recognized by automatic configuration. The workaround I used was to boot a 7.04 live CD, save the xorg.conf file generated by that, and then to copy that to /etc/X11 after rebooting to 8.04.1. After that I reboot to make th

[Bug 186103] Re: Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2008-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
To fill in what's happened in the last few months: After failing to install Hardy alpha6, I gave up and installed Debian 4.0 on my Averatec laptop, so I failed to follow this up on the laptop. However I did eventually install 8.04.1 on four desktop systems. This went well, until I replaced a tube

[Bug 138491] Re: gcursor doesn't change mouse cursor

2008-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
I find the new way of selecting cursors not too user-friendly. It's associated with themes - either you go through the themes-setting menus, or go through the screen background dialog. Neither makes much sense to me. It's sufficienly obscure that I had to go find this bug report to find out how to

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Belew
I am having a similar problem with a gBox system with a S3 ProSavageDDR display chip and VIA chipset on the motherboard. I have Ubuntu 8.04.1 installed. Here's some lspci info: # lscpi 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] # lspci -n 01:00.0 0300: 5333:8d04

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf running Knoppix - works at 1024x768" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16540440/xorg.conf.knoppix -- [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217004 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf running Mandriva live CD" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16540447/xorg.conf.mandriva -- [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217004 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf running feisty - 800x600" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16540454/xorg.conf.feisty -- [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217004 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 217004] Re: [hardy beta] install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Belew
Also I was able to run successfully at 1024x768 using a Gentoo live CD, version 1.6.14. I have attached the xorg.conf file from that. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from Gentoo live CD" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16542895/xorg.conf.gentoo-2006 -- [hardy beta] install failure (regression)

[Bug 45334] Re: Crystalcursors package doesn't appear to install any cursors

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
A related problem is that under Gnome in hardy, the mouse setting dialog has had cursor selection removed - it's part of theme setting now (System -> Appearance). Also the gcursor program doesn't affect the cursors, even though it shows the cursors that are installed. -- Crystalcursors package do

[Bug 259195] [NEW] Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center Selection of the mouse pointer has changed radically under hardy and Gnome 2.22.3 - finding how to do this is un-obvious and obscure. Also, pointer selection can crash Firefox. That happened to me while I was attempting to file this

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
The second current way to get to theme (and thus mouse pointer) selection, is to right-click on the screen background, bringing up a menu which allows one to select "Appearance Preferences" in addition to 'Background' - one of these choices is "Theme" which works as above. -- Mouse pointer selec

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
This shows the 'hardy' mouse preferences dialog - with the pointer selection tab removed. ** Attachment added: "Mouse Preferences in 'hardy'" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16910377/MousePreferencesUbuntu8.04.1.png -- Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
This is a mouse preferences dialog from Debian 4.0 - with Gnome 2.14.3. This is similar to the dialog in earlier releases of Ubuntu. ** Attachment added: "Mouse preferences with pointer tab" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16910414/MousePreferencesDebian40.png -- Mouse pointer selection has be

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
This is a screenshot of the Xcursor program from the gcursor package. It displays the right stuff, but doesn't actually set the cursor, as mentioned above and in Bug #138491. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of Xcursor" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16910492/Screenshot-Xcursor%20Selector.png -

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
I just confirmed that the same behavior occurs with Fedora 8, with the same version of Gnome. So this is a Gnome 2.22.3 issue. -- Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259195 You received this bug notification because you are a

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