[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-17 Thread Peter Belew
I did (1) then (2): root@cupid:~# apt-get autoremove --purge gnome-do Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package gnome-do is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4* gir1.2-unity-

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Lucid 10.04 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-09-26 Thread Peter Belew
(See comment #142 for current version and boot problem information). I am able to boot from the live CD in text mode, and eventually get X to start, as follows: Boot live CD Hit ESC when the first welcome screen appears When a screen with boot choices appears, first select the language (English)

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Lucid 10.04 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-06-29 Thread Peter Belew
The situation with Lucid on this Averatec laptop is unchanged. However today I tried booting the Fedora 13 i686 live CD. As before, with Fedora and Ubuntu, Linux started up in a 1600x1200 mode, with only the upper- left 1024x768 corner of the screen showing, but I was able to use the System>Prefere

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Lucid 10.04 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-06-29 Thread Peter Belew
Kernel information while running Fedora 13: [liveu...@localhost bug555]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 6 18:44:12 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- [K8M800] Lucid 10.04 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN scr

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-11 Thread Peter Belew
I just performed the test in comment #7, after renaming gnome- do.desktop (The file produced I've called Upgrade5, since I did some upgrades in between). No upgrades were made this time - various upgrades were held back. The output file shows this. ** Attachment added: "apt-get upgrade output f

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-11 Thread Peter Belew
Actually I get the same error when I run update-manager. Here's my sources.list file. ** Attachment added: "sources.list" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/730775/+attachment/1902184/+files/sources.list -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Belew
"Are you getting the error about gnome-do every time you try to update/upgrade the system?" -- Yes, I am. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730775 Title: update-manager fails due to held

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-12 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, that's with apt-get dist-upgrade -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730775 Title: update-manager fails due to held packages -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 730775] [NEW] update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-07 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager 'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.' I can't update this system either with the GUI update-manager or with apt-get from the command line. Linux distro/version and kernel version No

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-07 Thread Peter Belew
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[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-07 Thread Peter Belew
Errors from running apt-get: # apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Failed The following packages have unmet dependencies: libcanberra-gtk0 : Breaks: libcanberra-gtk3-0 (< 0.28-0ubuntu1) but 0.

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-08 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks, RedSingularity! Before reading comment #3, I tried updating both wiith update-manager and apt-get, with the same errors as before. Tnen, after I read those instructions, I ran the two commands. Here's ~/Desktop/Update1 ** Attachment added: "apt-get update output" https://bugs.launch

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the apt-get upgrade output. Note the following error: 2011-03-08 08:48:01,892 - softwarecenter.db.update - WARNING - The file: '/usr/share/app-install/desktop/gnome-do.desktop' could not be read correctly. The application associated with this file will not be included in the software catal

[Bug 730775] Re: update-manager fails due to held packages

2011-03-08 Thread Peter Belew
After running the 2 commands specified in #3, and rebooting, I tried running update-manager - and again got the error message in a popup: Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package an

[Bug 747069] [NEW] [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau I tried booting the Natty 11.04 beta-1 live cd (32-bit) on a compaq presario with an nVidia chipset. The system took a long time to boot, possibly because of fairly low RAM and possibly because the hard disk is currently only fo

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, lspci lsmod uname -a outputs" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069/+attachment/1962688/+files/bug.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title:

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Bug #707755 is against the same computer with an earlier build of Natty 11.04, as of 2011-01-252011-01-25. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes o

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
The date in #2 is 2011-01-25 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Here is some information regarding the FreeBSD installation on the same machine, which works using the vesa driver: [peter@compaq /etc/X11]$ uname -a FreeBSD compaq.belew 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENE

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
My next experiment will be to boot in text mode, add an xorg.conf file based on the one originally generated by the PC-BSD live CD, and see if that works with the vesa driver. The problem is clearly with the driver for the nVidia chipset, which is apparently essentially the same as in Fedora 14. -

[Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
This is a Compaq Presario SR1000 system (System Number EX325-AA-ABA) (originally sold as "Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title:

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
See Bug #747069 for natty beta-1 ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVid

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-07-21 Thread Peter Belew
Today I tried the 20 Jul 2011 daily build of 10.04.3 LTS. Again, after selecting the "try Ubuntu" option at boot, the screen goes blank, the disk runs for a couple of minutes, and action stops. After some experimentation, I found I was able to ping the system from another host on my LAN at a dhcp-a

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-07-21 Thread Peter Belew
After some research, I was able to run the 10.04.3 live CD on this system as follows: When booting the live CD, bring up the boot options by hitting ESC, select the language, then hit F6 to bring up some options. Select 'nomodeset' and continue. Eventually the system came up in text mode, as it wa

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-07-22 Thread Peter Belew
I was able to get the 2011-07-20 build of 10.04.3 to boot, using roughly the same tricks that I used for another system described in bug#707755, on a Compaq system. For the live-CD boot line, I hit F6 and selected 'nomode' set. For the rest of the command line, I removed 'quiet' and 'splash' and a

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-07-22 Thread Peter Belew
I'm not sure that the 'nomode' boot line setting was necessary for this Openchrome display - I had used that (see previous comment) for a system with an nVidia display. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-07-22 Thread Peter Belew
At any rate, even if the repaired driver isn't added to the .3 or .4 release of 10.04 LTS, this provides a workaround to allow someone to install this LTS version in a system like this. It's a little beyond what a newbie can be expected to do, though! -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-07-24 Thread Peter Belew
Status today: I was also able to get through booting the 11.04.3 64-bit version. So I tried to install it. The problem with the boot sector mentioned in the original description surfaced again. After getting the 11.04.3 64-bit live cd to run, I tried installing the system. The install finished cor

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-07-24 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Note: This also affects the upcoming 10.04.3 update - see #9. + Note: A problem with writing the MBR from the installer has resurfaced - see #12 I have installed the alpha-1 version of 'natty' 11.04 on a Compaq Presario SR1000 system (System Number EX325-AA-ABA) (

[Bug 459647] Re: Cannot change mouse cursor theme when compiz is enabled

2011-07-29 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 86184 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86184 Note - the above comment should probably be moved to bug #86184. Also, I totally concur with the comments in #140. There has been too much emphasis in Ubuntu on adding flashy new features that end users really

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-08-11 Thread Peter Belew
I have just installed 64-bit 11.04 Natty on this system, and will not make any further changes until the next LTS release comes out, assuming that release is acceptable. This is a system I am relying on, so I really can't afford to experiment any more on it. Note that I was unable to run the syste

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-08-11 Thread Peter Belew
Also, I don't think I was able to get the system going as far as described in #13 - the system simply could not identify the monitor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title: Xorg

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
The machine won't boot from a USB stick. It does have a network boot option, but I don't know how to utilize that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title: Xorg usually won't star

[Bug 707685] Re: indicator-application-service crashed with signal 5 in g_variant_new_va()

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
This just happened 2 or 3 times on my Avaratec 3280 laptop. Linux distro/version and kernel version No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu natty (development branch) Release:11.04 Codename: natty Linux cupid 2.6.37-12-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Wed Ja

[Bug 707755] [NEW] Xorg usually won't start on HP system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: I have installed the alpha-1 version of 'natty' 11.04 on a Hewlett- Packard system originally sold as "Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005", and updated the Ubuntu software up to this morning. Often it will not complete startup of Xorg - in this case, the screen is

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on HP system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "tar with Xorg.0.log and other files" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755/+attachment/1807181/+files/hpbug.tar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title:

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on HP system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
A while after, I rebooted, and this time the Gnome display came up. I have attached the Xorg.0.log showing this. Whether the X display starts is somewhat random. Sometimes I have to try several times, or I can't get it to start at all. I would be happy to use the free driver on this system, sinc

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on HP system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
This system is exhibiting some disk drive errors, which may account for these problems. Sometimes the swap partition was failing to mount, also; but I added a swap file and commented-out the swap partition in /etc/fstab. That didn't fix the display problem though. I'm doing a RAM check now (it has

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: - I have installed the alpha-1 version of 'natty' 11.04 on a Compaq system - originally sold as "Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005", and - updated the Ubuntu software up to this morning. Often it will not - complete startup of Xorg - in this case, the screen is

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
I plan to replace the hard drive, re-install Ubuntu 11.04 alpha, and retest -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corpora

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2011-01-28 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I have installed 11.04 'natty narwhal' beta-1 on my Averatec 3280 - notebook, and have updated it daily through this morning. + notebook, and have updated it daily through this morning. (2010-12-12). This has a Unichrome display

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2011-01-28 Thread Peter Belew
This problem seems to have gone for some time now in the mode I normally use. (This is 2011-01-28). I normally use "Ubuntu Classic Desktop (No effect). HOWEVER, if I choose just "Ubuntu Classic Desktop", I get no panels at all (I only tried that once - it's possible that panels will appear at rand

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

2010-10-20 Thread Peter Belew
This works properly in Ubuntu 10.10 -- Rhythmbox music status not shown by Pidgin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371516 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.com https://li

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

2010-10-20 Thread Peter Belew
This appears to still be the case with vlc in Maverick 10.10. Previously I had reported this not working with Rhythmbox and Pidgin (bug #371516 - see comment no. 2 above) but it does now work with Rhythmbox. Versions: vlc/maverick uptodate 1.1.4-1ubuntu1 rhythmbox/maverick uptodate 0.13.1-0ubuntu

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

2010-10-20 Thread Peter Belew
System used for test in comment #6 - Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook: Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10" Linux mini 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:36:48 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux model

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2011-01-03 Thread Peter Belew
Top & bottom panels still don't appear on this system except in safe mode, as of an upgrade this morning. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels fail to appear on Gnome s

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2011-01-30 Thread Peter Belew
On choosing just "Ubuntu Classic Desktop", I get either no panels at all or just one panel. So that aspect of the bug still stands. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels

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

2011-02-01 Thread Peter Belew
As of today, there has been a regression: in the absence of an xorg.conf file, the initial resolution is again set to 1600x1200. It's possible to use the Monitors dialog to set the res. to 1024x768, but before that is done, the login screen's bottom panel is inaccessible, so that the GUI mode can't

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

2011-02-01 Thread Peter Belew
This problem has popped up over and over again with almost every Ubuntu release. It largely affects people who deal with a number of languages using the Latin character set, but are used to the US keyboard. I think there may be other variant keyboards for which subscripts would be useful, but I'm n

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

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Belew
As of 11.04 "Natty" Ubuntu, the remaining problem is that the initial display is set at 1600x1200. For Ubuntu with Gnome, the System/Preference/Monitors dialog is accessible, and the screen res can be changed to 1024x768 (see last few comments in bug #495553). For the unichrome display, only Gnome

[Bug 689377] [NEW] Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I have installed 11.04 'natty narwhal' beta-1 on my Averatec 3280 notebook, and have updated it daily through this morning. This has a Unichrome display which only supports Gnome in 11.04. This display has had a number of problems with previo

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "current apt-show-versions output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377/+attachment/1763969/+files/versions2010-12-12.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68937

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
I tried a brief test of Safe Mode instead of Classic mode. The panels appear properly in Safe Mode, but not (necessarily) in Classic (Gnome) mode. I just tried 3 times: Safe Mode: Panels ok Classic Mode: only bottom panel Safe Mode: Panels ok. Just logging out between tests, not rebooting. --

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
A new bug appeared yesterday: frequently the top and bottom panels don't appear after login. I just filed this bug separately as #689377. This happens most of the time in Classic Mode (Gnome), but not in Gnome Safe Mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
The behavior is the same as in comment #2 after rebooting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alph

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Belew
The behavior is the same as in comment #2 after rebooting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alph

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Belew
Some new issues: When I boot in safe mode. I can't use the wifi interface (configured with network-manager), but the eth0 interface works (configured in /etc/network/interfaces). Apparently network-manager is disabled in safe mode. When booting into the normal Gnome mode, the previously-configure

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Belew
Note that further comments were added to Bug #689377 today, as further problems appeared. I don't think these problem were due to the display driver, but they do affect testing of display problems somewhat, and vice versa. For example, if the xorg.conf file is removed, it's not possible to go into

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I built and installed the driver, and rebooted a couple of times. I've added an archive containing Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. There was no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. The main change was that the login screen was no longer at 1600x1200. The grub2 screen and the final Gnome screen appeared to b

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I built and installed the driver, and rebooted a couple of times. I've added an archive containing Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. There was no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. The main change was that the login screen was no longer at 1600x1200. The grub2 screen and the final Gnome screen appeared to b

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, the remaining problem regarding the initial screen resolution is covered by Bug #186103 - other issues on THIS bug seem to have been resolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
Comment #53 is an accidental duplicate of #52. Oops! This bug report contains the remaining issue in Bug #495553. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 Title: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
The problem with the initial screen res of 1600x1200 is now covered by Bug #186103. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec not

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
How can one disable compiz on this system? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689377 Title: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1 -- ubuntu-b

[Bug 689377] Re: Panels fail to appear on Gnome startup on Averatec notebook running 11.04 alpha1

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
If the bottom panel does appear (this is kind of random), one can create another panel after right-clicking on it. Such a panel will appear first on the side of the screen, rather than the top. If one right-clicks on the new panel, and tries to move it to the top, using the Properties selection, it

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I haven't applied the patch (#56) yet, but switching to text console and back works fine, and hibernation seems to also. Now I'll try the patch ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I applied the patch. It went well with via_mode.c, but there were some errors with via_driver.c - here is via_driver.c.rej --- via_driver.c(wersja 886) +++ via_driver.c(kopia robocza) @@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ break; case VIA_K8M800: pVia->DRIIrqEnable

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
I tried doing that. Running svn update from the src dir did nothing. I then tried svn update http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome from /root (openchrome is in /root/openchrome). Skipped 'http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk' Uopenchrome/ChangeLog Uopenchrome/src/via_mode.c Uo

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
After restarting with xorg.conf in place, the screen comes up as 1024x768, with just the bottom panel (but that's another bug). I think I'll try checking out the sources again from scratch and rebuild, later today. Or perhaps there was some error in my use of svn. -- You received this bug notific

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
Now - svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome ... Checked out revision 888. I then tried to apply the patches. Again they seem to fail. I didn't try to build. Please send me fully patched .c files - I don't seem to be doing the patches right, or the patch file is bad. -- Yo

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

2010-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
Ok - I re-checked-out and rebuilt the driver, with no patches, and the native resolution is now 1024x768! Many thanks, Bartosz! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 Title: [K8M800]

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

2010-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
And thanks to the developers upstream! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 Title: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

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

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Running 10.10 maverick with updates through today, there is a problem that I can't switch to text console - the screen is full of big blocks of color. I have to use alt-F8 or alt-F9 to switch back to the X display. Show Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DIST

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

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Clarification - #22 is with the lastest 'savage' driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 Title: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] cra

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

2011-01-18 Thread Peter Belew
I'm not sure - My report was regarding Ubuntu 9.04, which I've replaced with 10.04 or 10.10 on my computers. For example on this 10.04 LTS system, the current Pidgin is 2.6.6, with the MusicTracker plugin v. 0.4.19 - this seems to work with RhythmBox. Anyhow this report is pretty old now. -- You

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

2011-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
This plugin is in Ubuntu's 'universe' repository - for example, for 'natty' it's in natty/universe. So yes, support has to come from elsewhere. It needs to be installed with apt-get or Synaptic, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 707755] Re: Xorg usually won't start on Compaq system with nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] and nVidia chipset

2011-02-14 Thread Peter Belew
I ended up buying a new hard drive and installing Fedora 14. I'll try a later alpha or beta of 11.04 though, as a live CD. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707755 Title: Xorg usually wo

[Bug 722937] Re: nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV

2011-02-21 Thread Peter Belew
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722937 Title: nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-13 Thread Peter Belew
My problem was with the live CD (I have FreeBSD taking up the whole disk drive, and don't want to install Ubuntu in this system). There doesn't seem to be an easy way to choose the desktop, since the system auto-logins to Gnome when it starts up, without showing a login screen (unless there is a p

[Bug 546240] Re: keyboard indicator doesn't use number to differenciate variants

2011-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
I just noticed today that this bug has come back in 11.04 natty (alpha1 with updates through today). I sometimes use as many as 4 alternate US layouts, so this is a real inconvenience. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 724594] [NEW] network-manager fails to bring up eth0

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager I updated my 11.04 installation a couple of hours ago on my Averatec 3280 laptop, and neither eth0 nor my wifi interface came up. Also the nm-applet does not appear in the notification area. I finally had to configure eth0 manually to make

[Bug 724594] Re: network-manager fails to bring up eth0

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
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[Bug 724556] Re: [Natty] isc-dhcp update breaks network connection

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, networking works, but network-manager etc aren't working, so you don't get an IP or netmask or default gateway. See bug #724594 - manually set the network up, for example: ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.43 netmask 255.255.255.0 route add default gw 192.168.2.2 This works for an Ethernet port.

[Bug 724556] Re: [Natty] isc-dhcp update breaks network connection

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
The duplicate Bug #724594, which I created, seems to have been fixed, both for Ethernet and wi-fi. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/724556 Title: [Natty] isc-dhcp update breaks network

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

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - Oops! I didn't see your last update until just now. However, the fix seems to have been checked in; when I updated this morning, the resolution seemed to be correct, 1024x768. Thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

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

2011-02-25 Thread Peter Belew
I don't particularly like the concept of the indicator applet OR the "notification area" - similar concepts, lumping together several applets; I'd rather just add these things individually and arrange them individually. BUT: this bug is about the keyboard indicator specifically, which has lost a c

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

2011-02-26 Thread Peter Belew
At any rate, this appears to be fixed in Lucid, Karmic, and the current Natty alpha version. I can see the various USA keyboard versions indicated, like USA, USA1 USA2 etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 656609] [NEW] package initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-10-07 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools I just started up Ubuntu 10.10 RC build 2010-10-07 (Live USB) on a Dell netbook from a USB stick. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] ProcVersionSig

[Bug 656609] Re: package initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 [modified: usr/sbin/update-initramfs] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-10-07 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656609/+attachment/1678098/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Df.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656609/+attachment/1678099/+files/Df.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 649631] Re: 10.10 BETA grub2 can't boot FreeBSD 8.1

2010-10-15 Thread Peter Belew
I have the same problem after upgrading Ubuntu 10.04 to the released version of 10.10. My 40_custom file looks like: #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to chan

[Bug 649631] Re: 10.10 BETA grub2 can't boot FreeBSD 8.1

2010-10-15 Thread Peter Belew
Adding to comment #4 - I have been able to boot from grub2 on this system since Ubuntu 9.04. See my Bug #432254. -- 10.10 BETA grub2 can't boot FreeBSD 8.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/649631 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 649631] Re: 10.10 BETA grub2 can't boot FreeBSD 8.1

2010-10-16 Thread Peter Belew
Ahavatar: Thank you! That works for me, too - in my case it's menuentry "FreeBSD 8.1" { set root=(hd0,3) chainloader +1 } Apparently the new grub2 doesn't know about the FreeBSD partition letters, but can now find BSD boot partitions within the (hd0,3) "slice". Maybe this is documented somewher

[Bug 662960] [NEW] "Add Wallpaper" dialog in the Change Desktop Background shows files in reverse order (LUCID and MAVERICK)

2010-10-18 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center When I try to add a background image, the Add Wallpaper dialog shows files and directories in reverse alphabetical order - "Z" before "A" for example. I have noticed this since installing Lucid on my Dell netbook, and the problem pers

[Bug 662960] Re: "Add Wallpaper" dialog in the Change Desktop Background shows files in reverse order (LUCID and MAVERICK)

2010-10-18 Thread Peter Belew
-- "Add Wallpaper" dialog in the Change Desktop Background shows files in reverse order (LUCID and MAVERICK) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662960 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 662960] Re: "Add Wallpaper" dialog in the Change Desktop Background shows files in reverse order (LUCID and MAVERICK)

2010-10-18 Thread Peter Belew
I've attached a screenshot. While attaching the screenshot, I just noticed that the dialog for attaching a file to this bug report (viewed in Firefox) has the same problem! So the problem is not confined to this package ... ** Attachment added: "Screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/

[Bug 662960] Re: "Add Wallpaper" dialog in the Change Desktop Background shows files in reverse order (LUCID and MAVERICK)

2010-10-18 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks - I never noticed that you can reverse the sort order by clicking on 'name'. That solved the problem! Not a bug! It's odd that that came up that way through my installation of Lucid through the upgrade to Maverick! :) Not a bug, just embarrassing user dumbness! -- "Add Wallpaper" dialog i

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-10-09 Thread Peter Belew
This problem persists with the post-RC 07-oct-2010 build. Linux distro/version and kernel version Ubuntu 10.10 Linux ubuntu 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux model name : Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ cpu MHz : 800.000 If I just boo

[Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Lucid 10.04 live-CD login failure, Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-09-20 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg-server + + [ Comments added for Maveric beta versions ] It is now impossible to boot and log in on this system from the beta-2 live CD - see comment #111. THIS NOW SEEMS TO BE 'CURED' by running kernels from Karmic - see comments p

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

2010-06-18 Thread Peter Belew
There seems to be some confusion in the comments between the Indicator Applet 0.3.7 and the Notification Area 2.30.0, both of which appear in my panels, showing different applets. Is this problem occurring in both container applets, or just one? -- visual corruption affecting several panel applet

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

2010-07-10 Thread Peter Belew
Note for upstream: The screen resolution is not properly recognized either on Fedora 13 and on CentOS 5.5 - in all cases the system tries to start up in 1600x1200 mode, but in a Gnome system it's possible to set the res. manually, then later install an xorg.conf file. On KDE systems it's much more

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