[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
>From comments to bug 217004: >From Tormod Volden: Peter, I updated the Hardy xserver-xorg-video-savage package on https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa to the latest version, so you can try it (I haven't tested it myself). >From me to Tormod Volden: Tormod - installing your savage dri

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

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
I finally submitted this problem with the vesa driver as bug 414330 half an hour ago, using the ubuntu-bug program. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Peter Belew wrote: > I've been unable to report the bug on the vesa driver - Launchpad > won't let me report any new bugs! > &

Re: [Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I'm downloading the Karmic alpha 4 ISO right now. Also I downloaded and installed the new vesa driver - r...@billy:/home/peter/crash# dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.2.1-1ubuntu1~hardy_i386.deb (Reading database ... 112177 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xserver

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I just booted the Karmic CD with no special settings, and it came up with the Savage driver running at 800x600. I've enclosed the I'll try the safe-mode "text" boot next ... ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - running savage driver" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30397835/Xorg.0.log -- When u

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
When I put 'text' in the command line (after selecting safe mode with the menu) I eventually get a login prompt. How do I log in at that point? -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I booted the Karmic alpha 4 CD in safe mode, and X came up eventually in 800x600 resolution, apparently using the savage driver, after trying vesa first. The log is interesting ... a lot of tests resulted in a useable mode selection. I would certainly appreciate the revival of the old boot-time sc

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, I was able to insert the xorg.conf file while running from the CD. I mounted the disk partition with /etc/X11 on it, and copied xorg.conf into the live CD's /etc/X11, switched to a text console, and restarted X with 'service gdm restart'. The Gnome screen came up with half a dozen possibl

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here's xrandr.log In this case, I renamed the xorg.conf file to xorg0.log, to disable it, switched to a text console, shut down X with 'service gdm stop', and ran the command xinit -e 'sh -c "xrandr --verbose > xrandr.log" ' ** Attachment added: "xrandr.log after performing this procedure."

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

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Karmic Koala 9.10 live CD: I have just tried the 9.10 Karmic alpha 4 live/desktop cd on this Averatec laptop. As before, it boots properly and starts the X server, but with too high a screen resolution. The maximum resolution of the screen is 1024x768. It is necessary to put an xorg.conf file int

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

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I created a minimal xorg.conf file (attached), and placed it in the livecd's /etc/X11/ directory (in RAM). I then ran 'sudo gdm restart'. When gdm had restarted, and Gnome stuff appeared, the resolution was then 1024x768. You can see the various resolution settings which I could select, in the Xorg

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

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log generated starting gdm without the xorg.conf in place. Note the several allowed screen resolutions greater than 1024x768, which this display cannot handle (except by cropping the display to 1024x768. Either: 1) the system has to determine the maximum screen resolution automatically, o

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

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the Xorg.0.log file generated when restarting gdm with the above xorg.conf file in place. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after starting with xorg.conf in place" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30406199/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280) https://bug

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

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
Thank you - since I'm away today, I may not get to this until tomorrow. I assume this means I'll have to download the rest of the source and build and install the driver . On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Bartosz wrote: > If it easier for you please replace the "/src/via_driver.c" file to file

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

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, I have no idea where to get the rest of the sources (configuration and makefiles etc) to build this. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Peter Belew wrote: > Thank you - since I'm away today, I may not get to this until tomorrow. > > I assume this means I'll have to d

Re: [Bug 271138] Re: mouse and keyboard unresponsive when gdm first runs

2009-07-24 Thread Peter Belew
I have not, either, so I assume it is no longer a bug. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Martin Pool wrote: > I have not seen this on either of my machines for months, so it > probably has been fixed. > > > -- > Martin > > -- > mouse and keyboard unresponsive when gdm f

[Bug 53207] Re: Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB

2006-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of 6 Aug 2006 with the -26 kernel - Peter -- Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB https://launchpad.net/bugs/53207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 52649] Re: After installing the latest Linux kernel with Update Manager, Gnome start not normal.

2006-08-06 Thread Peter Belew
So far I see the problem I reported (Bug #53207) with the -26 kernel but not with the -25 kernel. - Peter - Sun Aug 6 -- After installing the latest Linux kernel with Update Manager, Gnome start not normal. https://launchpad.net/bugs/52649 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 51318] Sound doesn't turn on when Dapper boots on Averatec laptop

2006-06-29 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: (Already reported on bugzilla.gnome.org as bug #346138 but this is probably a sound driver problem.) I run Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (dapper) on a Averatec 3280 laptop with VIA 8235 sound. Most of the time when I boot directly into Linux (Ubuntu) the sound is muted, and I can not unmut

[Bug 51318] Re: Sound doesn't turn on when Dapper boots on Averatec laptop

2006-07-15 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening on this system as of 15 July 2006. Sound is rarely if ever enabled when the laptop is booted directly into Linux when turned on. However if XP is run first, it is enabled. All that is necessary is to turn the system on, select XP in the Grub boot menu, and reboot from the XP

[Bug 50096] Re: snd-intel-hda / Conexant id 31: Sound Problem

2006-07-17 Thread Peter Belew
Have you tried booting first into Windows, then rebooting into Linux without turning off the power? That works on one of my systems (see bug 51318). If that happens, it might be a clue to both problems. Peter -- snd-intel-hda / Conexant id 31: Sound Problem https://launchpad.net/bugs/50096 -- u

[Bug 51318] Re: Sound doesn't turn on when Dapper boots on Averatec laptop

2006-07-18 Thread Peter Belew
There is no improvement in this problem with the 17 July 2006 build of the 2.6.15-26-386 kernel, which I just installed. I still have to boot into Windows XP first to turn on sound. -- Sound doesn't turn on when Dapper boots on Averatec laptop https://launchpad.net/bugs/51318 -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 53207] Re: Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB

2006-07-18 Thread Peter Belew
I just installed the 17 July 2006 build of the kernel 2.6.15-26-386 - this made no difference in this problem. Again, I had to revert to the 2.6.15-25-386 kernel. -- Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB https://launchpad.net/bugs/53207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 52649] Re: After installing the latest Linux kernel with Update Manager, Gnome start not normal.

2006-07-30 Thread Peter Belew
This indeed looks like a duplicate to bug#53207. I'm using a Jetway 625EMP800 motherboard on the system I have the problem with. Disabling sound for a particular user by taking that user out of the audio group keeps the repeated sound (and any sound!) from happening, but the drumming or repeated so

[Bug 53207] Re: Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB

2006-07-31 Thread Peter Belew
Also Bug #53163 appears to be similar. - Peter -- Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB https://launchpad.net/bugs/53207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51318] Re: Sound doesn't turn on when Dapper boots on Averatec laptop

2006-07-31 Thread Peter Belew
I just updated this system with apt-get (31 July 2006) and this problem seems to have been solved. The packages updated today were gnome-games and gnome-games-data. I've rebooted (cold boots, power off) 3 or 4 times, and each time sound turns on. I'll keep watching for this problem to re-occur and

[Bug 52649] Re: VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices

2006-09-11 Thread Peter Belew
I just tried adding "acpi=off" to the grub stanza for the 2.6.15.26 kernel and that seems to be a successful workaround for the problem. I'll post dmesg etc. later in the day when I'm back on that system. -- VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices https://launchpad.n

[Bug 53207] Re: Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB

2006-09-11 Thread Peter Belew
Adding "acpi=off" to the grub boot stanza for this kernel stops this from happening. See Bug #52649 . -- Sound misfunctions with kernel 2.6.15-26-386 on Jetway MB https://launchpad.net/bugs/53207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

[Bug 52649] Re: VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices

2006-09-11 Thread Peter Belew
Here are the above-mentioned diagnostic outputs, in the files 52649-failed and 52649-working. ** Attachment added: "Sound bug occurs when acpi is enabled." http://librarian.launchpad.net/4226501/52649-failed -- VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices https://laun

[Bug 52649] Re: VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices

2006-09-11 Thread Peter Belew
- "dmesg" - "lspci -n" (if not already posted) - "cat /proc/interrupts" with acpi=off ** Attachment added: "Sound works when acpi is disabled." http://librarian.launchpad.net/4226503/52649-working -- VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices https://launchpad.net

[Bug 60461] Failure to obtain IP with DHCP on Averatec laptop with rt2500

2006-09-14 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rt2500 I am unable to connect to an access point (AP) and obtain and IP on an Averatec 3200-series laptop with a built-in RaLink RA2500 wireless card. A file is attached with configuration information and logs. ** Affects: rt2500 (Ubuntu) Importance

[Bug 60461] Re: Failure to obtain IP with DHCP on Averatec laptop with rt2500

2006-09-14 Thread Peter Belew
The attached file contains output from uname -a, lspci, lsmod, portion of /etc/network/interfaces, screen and log output while trying to obtain IP through DHCP (executing ifup ra0), cpu and interrupt information. I am unable even to scan for APs with this card. The RT2500 card works fine from Win

[Bug 60461] Re: Failure to obtain IP with DHCP on Averatec laptop with rt2500

2006-09-18 Thread Peter Belew
A friend is having the same problem with an rt2500 in a slightly different model of Averatec laptop. Also, I rebuilt the rt2500 driver from the source package, and there is no improvi]ement. -- Failure to obtain IP with DHCP on Averatec laptop with rt2500 https://launchpad.net/bugs/60461 -- ub

[Bug 65217] mysqldump --opt --compatible=mysql40 fails to preserve auto_increment

2006-10-10 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mysql-client-5.0 I have a database on a Dapper system with a table with the following structure: mysql> show columns from grmn; +---+--+--+-+-++ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra

[Bug 65217] Re: mysqldump --opt --compatible=mysql40 fails to preserve auto_increment

2006-10-10 Thread Peter Belew
Correction to sentence in next-to-last paragraph above: I saw that the 'serial' field IN THE restored database did not have the auto_increment property. -- mysqldump --opt --compatible=mysql40 fails to preserve auto_increment https://launchpad.net/bugs/65217 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

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

2008-02-16 Thread Peter Belew
I think this may be related to Bug #129183, which I reported earlier - in that case, I was trying to enable a different wireless card on the same laptop, but with the same result - blank screen. In any event, for this bug, either it doesn't happen or happens less frequently if I shut down the wire

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

2008-02-16 Thread Peter Belew
This problem did not occur under Feisty on the same laptop. Also, it does not occur on my desktop system, running 6.06 LTS (Dapper) on a Dell PowerEdge 400SC, with two Ethernet NICs. It appears to be new with Gutsy, from my limited testing. -- Editing /etc/network/interfaces causes Gutsy 7.10 t

[Bug 174310] Re: Graphics or blank area obscures text in Firefox, Galeon, and Epiphany

2008-05-10 Thread Peter Belew
The site the problem appeared on has changed since last December, so I would not be able to reproduce this and can not right now either. I don't expect to have a more recent version of Ubuntu that 6.06 LTS running on anything in the near future, either, though I do have Debian 4.0 running on one sy

[Bug 190528] Re: wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting

2008-02-09 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Screenshot-Error.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11849246/Screenshot-Error.png -- wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 190528] [NEW] wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting

2008-02-09 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wlassistant Ubuntu and kernel version information DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10" Linux cupid 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 1 04:59:50 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux This may have the same under

[Bug 190528] Re: wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting

2008-02-09 Thread Peter Belew
The file path string in the error popup changes somewhat randomly. This looks suspiciously like an uninitialized variable problem in the construction of the file path, and could be either in wlassistant or in one of the kde-to-gnome 'glue' packages it calls. -- wlassistant reports "Could not laun

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

2008-02-15 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Ubuntu and kernel version information DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10" Linux cupid 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux I have Gutsy 7.10 installed in a Averatec 3280 laptop, and ha

[Bug 129183] Re: [Gutsy] System freeze when bringing up rt2500pci interface

2008-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
I installed 7.10 on an Averatec 3280 laptop with a built-in rt2500 card two days ago. The laptop previously had had Windows XP and an earlier release of Gutsy, and the card was working well on networks with WEP or no protection. After reinstalling and updating (over an eth0 connection), the card f

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

2008-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Previous Ubuntu alternate install disks have successively recognized the video devices. -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug cont

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

2008-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Ubuntu and kernel version information DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10" Linux cupid 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux I have updated the sys

[Bug 44196] Re: gnome-cups-icon uses 100% CPU

2007-11-05 Thread Peter Belew
I observed this on one of my 6.06 LTS systems a few days ago - running top showed that gnome-cups-icon was using 100% or nearly 100% of the CPU. While there is a known workaround (deleting or renaming gnome-cups- icon), I feel that this should be fixed in this LTS release ASAP, since this IS an LT

[Bug 190528] Re: wlassistant reports "Could not launch menu item" when starting

2008-03-07 Thread Peter Belew
I have also found the same problem in Debian Etch 4.0, now installed on the same system. Clearly this problem is not specific to the Ubuntu port. For that Debian distro, I'm now using NetworkManager 0.6.4 quite successfully, instead of wlassistant, for wi-fi connections. - Peter -- wlassistant

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

2008-03-07 Thread Peter Belew
I am downloading Hardy Alpha6 tonight and will try it this weekend. -- Gutsy alternate installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

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

2008-03-08 Thread Peter Belew
I tried Hardy alpha6 last night, using the live/desktop version. After I booted, and got a splash screen, the screen for choosing running live, installing, etc, came up, superimposed with a request for which language I wanted to use. After choosing English, the system went into a restricted debug s

Re: [Bug 52649] Re: VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices

2007-03-17 Thread Peter Belew
This should be closed. Peter Belew On 3/17/07, Timo Aaltonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guess it's in the archive by now, so can this be closed? > > -- > VIA IRQ quirk changes in 2.6.15-26.44 have broken various VIA devices > https://launchpad.net/bugs/52649 > &g

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-20 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - I'm using the 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP kernel, dated Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC - I update with apt-get more or less daily. On the live CD, it's whatever came on the Apr 17 live CD - probably the same, but I didn't check. I looked at Bug #471646, where some similar boot or login

[Bug 538893] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623, boot problems

2010-04-20 Thread Peter Belew
I'm updating this system right now - it hadn't been updated for a few days. I believe blacklisting the viafb solved the problem, and I believe that's the default now - to blacklist viafb. I'll check again when the update is complete. I have another system with the same kind of motherboard. that ha

[Bug 538893] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623, boot problems

2010-04-20 Thread Peter Belew
After today's update, this system is running Linux lightning 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux viafb is in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf - this is now the default situation. -- [CLE266] Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623

[Bug 517920] Re: gnome-appearance-properties no longer provides tooltips about background image names

2010-04-21 Thread Peter Belew
This works correctly on Lucid. However there are serious display and live-cd bugs in Lucid which keeps me from installing it in several systems, so it would be really nice to port the changes back to Karmic. -- gnome-appearance-properties no longer provides tooltips about background image names

[Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-04-21 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - I'm not seeing the 'clouded image' problem (#17) any more, but the problems noted in Bug #495553 still remain. This includes the startup problem with the recent daily-build live CDs - where the system tries to auto-login and keeps failing and showing the login dialog. -- Lucid freque

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-21 Thread Peter Belew
I downloaded the 19 April daily build live CD, and it still won't allow logging in. -- [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notifi

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
When I boot with the 2.6.31-20-generic #58 kernel (see above) I get the following messages when I first boot: mount: Mounting none on /dev failed: no such ... chroot: Cannot execute /etc/apparmor/initramfs: No such file or directory init: Plymouth main process (283) terminated with status 69 mount

[Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
While looking at Bug #495553 on a laptop I have with another UniChrome display, someone suggested I try booting with a kernel from Karmic. (see comments on that bug after about #100). So I copied the 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC kernel from that system, and the associat

[Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome - This is regarding Lucid alpha-3 as updated to today, a few days before - the beta release. + This is still happening with Lucid beta-1 as updated to 2019-03-27. See + comment #6 - there is some kernel dependency, as

[Bug 520021] [NEW] update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update

2010-02-10 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools Serious problem during apt-get dist-upgrade after apt-get update: The file /lib/udev/firmware.sh is apparently deleted during some part of an update. This file is essential to update-initramfs. It is almost impossible to continue any upda

[Bug 520021] Re: update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update

2010-02-10 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "/var/log/dpkg.log for today" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39022820/dpkg-error-20100210.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39022838/Dependencies.txt -- update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update ht

[Bug 520021] Re: update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update

2010-02-10 Thread Peter Belew
I am also attaching a copy of the missing script /lib/udev/firmware.sh - from the previous upgrade, copied from another system. ** Attachment added: "/lib/udev/firmware.sh - backed up from previous upgrade" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39022978/firmware.sh-20100210 -- update-initramfs fails

[Bug 520021] Re: update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update

2010-02-10 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks, Mikael Gerdin and Drutten2 and Gerry C.! I'll put in the symlink for the time being. -- update-initramfs fails due to loss of /lib/udev/firmware.sh during update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

Re: [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-11 Thread Peter Belew
The latest version of compiz is in fact installed on my Averatec laptop. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Erik wrote: > Somehow installing compiz "solved" the weird startup behaviour. > I know, this is not a real solution, but I guess compiz changed the startup > order in a way. > > I did not y

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-27 Thread Peter Belew
If I boot with Karmic kernel: 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Then some Lucid 'features' are suppressed during startup, and I can switch into text consoles with ctrl-alt-F1 through ...F6 properly. The display driver is still xserver-xorg-video-openchr

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-27 Thread Peter Belew
Early after booting (as in #131) I see the message chroot: cannot execute /etc/apparmor/initramfs This might be relevant or not. -- [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid https://bugs.launchp

Re: [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-24 Thread Peter Belew
I tried to install that; here are the errors that are reported: # dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1_i386.deb dpkg: warning: downgrading xserver-xorg-video-openchrome from 1:0.2.904+svn827-1 to 1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1. dpkg: regarding xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.2.

Re: [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-04-25 Thread Peter Belew
This still does not work. The make suggests some changes to configure.ac and to Makefile.am - I did the first and the second refers to something that's in Makefile.in (I think) but isn't clear. In any event, the make fails. On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Bartosz wrote: > try to compile the sour

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Beta-2 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-05-02 Thread Peter Belew
Apparmor is not the problem. The Lucid final-release live cd still will not boot on this system, that is, it's impossible to log in. It's still impossible to use the console text screens when Lucid is installed on this system. Contrary to the 'Fix released' status at the top, this is NOT fixed.

[Bug 439448] Re: visual corruption affecting several panel applets

2010-05-03 Thread Peter Belew
I must say I sympathize with the previous comment. Having said that, this is still happening. on various systems of mine, with different display drivers: I don't think it's a display driver issue. Some have noted that this happens or persists after a system upgrade where the home directory is pre

[Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
This is not fixed still - I just tried it again - see my comment on #545367. -- Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
Actually the behavior is not quite as originally described above. The system gets past the Welcome screen, where the user can select a language and either do a live test or install the system. If I click on the 'try ubuntu' choice, it tries to log in - the screen goes blank, then the colored login

Re: [Bug 545367] Re: LiveCD boot hangs before desktop is shown

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 508456 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 In my case, the live CD boots the the point where the Welcome screen appears. I then click on the 'Try Ubuntu' button, and the system tries to log in (as 'ubuntu') and fails - then a log in dialog appears. If

[Bug 531173] Re: New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
I just subscribed to this bug because I just noticed the behavior in the keyboard indicator - it no longer displays different icons for variants of the same country layout, as for USA, USA1, USA2. This change must have occurred in the past few weeks, as I have been using alternate US layouts for di

[Bug 531173] Re: New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
Note that I just observed this today, in the released Lucid, updated up to today, both on systems which had been installed during the alpha and beta stages and on one which was installed afresh on 3 May 2010. -- New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout https://bugs.lau

[Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
The AntSpotlight still freezes this Averatec 3280 laptop, running Lucid 10.04, updated to 4 May 2010. The display controller is: VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800/K8N800/K8N800A [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) The video driver is xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/lucid uptodate

[Bug 531173] Re: New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout

2010-05-04 Thread Peter Belew
Karmic, up through any current updates, uses icons with numeric subscripts indicating variants of the basic keyboards for a language. Eliminating that feature (actually in a redesigned program) is a definite regression. By the way, I designed the original US-International layout for Windows 2.11 i

[Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2010-05-05 Thread Peter Belew
It turns out this does NOT happen if I use a Karmic kernel with Lucid: Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS" Linux eros 2.6.31-21-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 24 07:28:56 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux mo

[Bug 531173] Re: New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout

2010-05-05 Thread Peter Belew
Thank you, Sebastien, I just subscribed to bug #546240 -- New Lucid keyboard layout indicator does not indicate current layout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531173 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

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

2010-05-05 Thread Peter Belew
I just tried booting this system (which normally still runs Jaunty) from the 10.04 desktop CD. On selecting the 'Try Ubuntu' option, the system will start up in 800x600 mode. So the situation is as in comment #27 for the Jaunty live CD. -- dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400

[Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2010-05-05 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening - the system locks up - with the kernel in today's update: 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux -- [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455954 You received this bug n

[Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-18 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of Thu Feb 18 07:44:20 PST 2010 (Thu Feb 18 15:44:17 UTC 2010) -- Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Belew
Still happening as of Fri Feb 19 17:49:20 UTC 2010 (Fri Feb 19 09:49:21 PST 2010), after update. Screen origin is still offset (with wraparound of video), tty screens are still blank (black), screen is still obscured during boot with cloudy image. I'm attaching list of packages as of this update.

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Belew
Also attaching Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log as of latest update" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39410593/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-05 Thread Peter Belew
No change as of Tue Jan 5 18:32:37 PST 2010. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 504381] [NEW] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome I installed the Xubuntu Lucid alpha-1 on this Averatec 3280, then was able to update it with apt-get up through today. With the kernel shown below, the login screen appears shifted over 1/2 the screen width, so the X-axis ori

[Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "apport file when running latest kernel for xubuntu" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37560918/apport.xserver-xorg-video-openchrome.uTvd8B.apport -- Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504381 You r

[Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
Running the 2.6.32-7-generic #10-Ubuntu SMP kernel instead, the symptoms are the same except that the screen is NOT offset . The tiny text window appears on the actual upper-left of the screen, with the rest of the screen filled with the normal Xfce blue screen background image. Again, trying to

[Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome I installed the Xubuntu Lucid alpha-1 on this Averatec 3280, then was able to update it with apt-get up through today. With the kernel shown below, the login screen appears shifted over 1/2 the screen width, so

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
I have filed a separate bug #504381 regarding related but worse behavior when trying to run Xubuntu beta1, with updates, on the same computer. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.la

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-08 Thread Peter Belew
A difference between this bug and the behavior reported on bug #504381 is that this bug behaves the same way whether kernel 2.6.32-9-generic or 2.6.32-7-generic (the one on the install CD) is running, while for bug #504381 it is different. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-08 Thread Peter Belew
As of Fri Jan 8 11:00:45 PST 2010, there has been no apparent change in the behavior described in this bug report. The X screen is still split, and ttys still don't work. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with open

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
I was unable to patch: pe...@eros:~/openchrome/src$ patch -p0 < vbeEDID.patch patching file src/via_driver.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 1566. Hunk #2 FAILED at 1620. 2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/via_driver.c.rej patching file src/via_dri.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 267. 1 out of 1 hunk FAI

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Trying the patch again resulted in some errors. I am attaching a .tgz file with the files produced in openchrome/src/src/ Next, I'll attach a .tgz file containing Xorg.0.log files. ** Attachment added: "files from openchrome/src/src showing patch problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38284369

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
This contains Xorg.0.log, etc. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old, ..." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38284428/user.log.2.gz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.la

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
When I try to boot with the driver I just created, the system hangs after the mouse cursor first appears, in a manner similar to that described in Bug #508456: At the point at which the system freezes, the initial rotating cursor has appeared, and then has just turned into a pointer. This is sligh

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
I reinstalled the current binary driver, and now the system hangs before showing a cursor at all - I just get a blank screen. However, in recovery mode, I can always start up fine, executing this script after logging in as root: #!/bin/sh echo start some services like the ssh daemon and apache se

[Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
This still happens with Lucid alpha-2 updated through today, but not always. I think that this may not be a problem with the driver itself, but with timing related to the upstart scripts in /etc/init/ . If I start the system in recovery mode, log in as root, and run the script #!/bin/sh echo s

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Note my comment #2 in Bug #508456 - that I think there is a problem with 'upstart' when the screen freezes on startup. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553

Re: [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Again, applying the patch gives the error messages: pe...@eros:~/openchrome/src$ patch -p0 < vbeEDID.patch patching file src/via_driver.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 1566. Hunk #2 FAILED at 1620. 2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/via_driver.c.rej patching file src/via_dri.c Hunk #1 FAILE

[Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
This system' OS has been upgraded to Lucid ... and now uses different drivers (viafb and vt8623bf) instead of openchrome. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics (rev 03) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apol

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