[Bug 155415] Re: Thunderbird freezes on dual core system

2008-11-19 Thread Rich Wales
Hi, John -- Thanks for your comments. I tried changing the way I launch Thunderbird. Instead of invoking the executable directly, I am now exec'ing it from a shell script that captures any output into a log file. After I did this, Thunderbird courteously obliged by freezing :-}, and I got the fo

[Bug 287714] Re: caps lock as additional control broken on intrepid

2008-11-30 Thread Rich Wales
This appears to be the same problem as bug #173721. The workaround described in http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Swap_Caps_Lock_and_Ctrl appears to fix it for me -- though, of course, this doesn't explain the strange bug with the preferences control panel option not working. -- caps lock as a

[Bug 287714] Re: caps lock as additional control broken on intrepid

2008-11-30 Thread Rich Wales
I believe the relevant file with the settings from the keyboard preferences control panel is: $HOME/.gconf/desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd/%gconf.xml Here's what it looks like on my freshly installed 8.04.01 system (where the caps lock -> control setting in the control panel is not effecti

[Bug 201211] Re: VMware Server ignores interval before raising window on mouse-over

2008-12-01 Thread Rich Wales
I'm still seeing this problem on a regular basis with Ubuntu 8.04 / VMware 1.0.8. I'm not able, at this time, to say whether the problem exists in 8.10 or 9.04. -- VMware Server ignores interval before raising window on mouse-over https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201211 You received this bug noti

[Bug 137247] Re: libpam-keyring broken on autologins

2008-12-01 Thread Rich Wales
Not for me, it doesn't. I upgraded a new Hardy system to Intrepid today, and it's started demanding "Enter login password to unlock keyring" after doing an autologin. It wasn't doing that in 8.04.1 before I did the upgrade. This new system was going to be for my mother, who is not very computer-

[Bug 137247] Re: libpam-keyring broken on autologins

2008-12-01 Thread Rich Wales
And the "pam-keyring-tool" workaround didn't work for me either. I was still being prompted for the login password. However, it looks like I was finally able to get rid of the "unlock keyring" prompt by using "pam-keyring-tool -c" and entering an empty password (just hit ENTER) for the new passwo

[Bug 287714] Re: caps lock as additional control broken on intrepid

2008-11-29 Thread Rich Wales
I'm seeing this same problem today, on a freshly installed, patched-up- to-date 8.04.1 desktop system. -- caps lock as additional control broken on intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 187313] Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item

2009-06-12 Thread Rich Wales
I updated to the just-released Firefox 3.0.11 -- and uninstalled the Mouse Gestures Redox add-on -- and I am no longer seeing the right-click bug. -- [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187313 You received this bug notif

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-06-29 Thread Rich Wales
I installed camera.app on a Jaunty system (via a command line, using "aptitude"), and even after a restart, this "-60" error still happens when a camera is connected. -- Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331681 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-06-29 Thread Rich Wales
As best I can tell, what you installed is absolutely identical to what I installed. Here is my output from "aptitude show camera.app": Package: camera.app State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 0.8.0-8build1 Priority: optional Section: universe/graphics Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Deve

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-05-29 Thread Rich Wales
I assume the above is an extremely temporary workaround which won't survive a reboot. Is the right solution going to involve adding something to /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules or some other /lib/udev/rules.d/* file? -- Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device https://bu

[Bug 363462] Re: vmware 1.0.9 won't install in Jaunty

2009-04-18 Thread Rich Wales
** Attachment added: "vmmon-compile-error.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25710419/vmmon-compile-error.txt -- vmware 1.0.9 won't install in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 363462] [NEW] vmware 1.0.9 won't install in Jaunty

2009-04-18 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: After upgrading to 9.04 (desktop) RC, I attempted to install VMware Server 1.0.9 (VMware-server-1.0.9-156507.tar.gz). The installation failed while attempting to compile the required "vmmon" module. See the attached output. uname -a output for my system: Linux liberation 2.

[Bug 74179] Re: Ubuntu kernel doesn't support >=4GB memory

2009-04-19 Thread Rich Wales
This problem still exists in the Jaunty RC kernel (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux). IMHO, the default 32-bit desktop kernel should support 4GB (by enabling PAE) -- or if enabling PAE creates inefficiencies when it's not needed, then a separate PAE-enab

[Bug 189269] Re: CONFIG_HIMEM4G does not allow 4gb of ram in kernel

2009-04-19 Thread Rich Wales
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 74179 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/74179 I'm commenting here in case what I say might have an impact on whether this bug is a duplicate of bug 74179 or not. I'm running the Jaunty RC (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686

[Bug 74179] Re: Ubuntu kernel doesn't support >=4GB memory

2009-04-19 Thread Rich Wales
Again, I'm running the Jaunty RC (2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux) on a desktop with 4 GB. The BIOS reports 4GB on startup, but /proc/meminfo says it sees only 2838352 kB (2.75 GB). I tried the Grub patch suggested in bug 189269 (http://www.howtoforge.

[Bug 367934] Re: boot failure with raid1 array on jaunty

2009-05-17 Thread Rich Wales
I think I may be having the same (or a related) problem. I'm trying to convert a Jaunty server (2.6.28-11-server) to use RAID 1 using mdadm. I believe mdadm is working because I have several RAID partitions which get mounted out of /etc/fstab after the system has successfully booted. But when I t

[Bug 155415] Re: Thunderbird freezes on dual core system

2008-11-08 Thread Rich Wales
I don't know if it's reproducible in 8.10. My work desktop has been running 8.04 (2.6.24-21-generic) for some time, and Thunderbird (now 2.0.0.17) still freezes regularly. I can't upgrade to 8.10 yet because this is a production machine which I depend on at work, and I don't have any other simila

[Bug 163482] Re: Xinerama cursor problem in second monitor

2008-10-23 Thread Rich Wales
No, I haven't been having this problem for several months now. I'm currently running 8.04 (2.6.24-21-generic) -- same video card and monitors, still Xinerama -- and the cursor works just fine on both monitors. I don't remember exactly when the problem went away, but I think it would probably have

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-16 Thread Rich Wales
As best I can tell, this "kbdrate" command DOES NOT WORK AT ALL on my system (Intrepid, 2.6.27-11-generic). I have a Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard (configured in Keyboard Preferences as a "Generic 105-key (Intl) PC" model), which I've tried connecting to my desktop both via its native USB c

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-16 Thread Rich Wales
I wasn't talking about trying to use the command to display current values. When I said "this 'kbdrate' command", I was referring generically to the command (with an appropriate, but unspecified argument list). And I'm not sure why "kbdrate -r 4 -d 750" works for you, because (as I said) it's not

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-16 Thread Rich Wales
And for reasons I can't explain, when I tried "kbdrate -r 4 -d 750" again just now, it WORKED. No idea why it worked this time, but not earlier. -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-17 Thread Rich Wales
And everyone should note that this issue also applies to desktops, since most keyboards nowadays use USB (and may or may not come with one of those purple USB-to-PS/2 keyboard adapters). Once I read here that the problem was specifically affecting USB keyboards, I knew enough to try using the PS/2

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-17 Thread Rich Wales
Gumby, the builtin keyboard on a laptop is hooked up (internally) to the computer the same way as an external PS/2-style keyboard would be. This explains why the workaround (with a "kbdrate" command) fixes your laptop's internal keyboard. Wolfwitch, when you say that the "kbdrate" workaround work

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-19 Thread Rich Wales
Jeff, will your patch work on intrepid? I would really like a fix to this problem ASAP, but I depend on my machine being stable and really can't upgrade to jaunty while it's still pre-release. -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You rece

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-19 Thread Rich Wales
Thanks. I installed the patch in intrepid just now. It seems to work fine, EXCEPT that the "left" and "down" arrow keys do not repeat AT ALL (no matter how long I hold them down). -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You received this bu

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-19 Thread Rich Wales
OK, understood. Could you remind me (and others) how to safely uninstall your patched package and revert to the regular version of same? -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-04-05 Thread Rich Wales
Intending no disrespect here to the developers, I am less than happy about the apparent decision not to try to fix this bug in Intrepid. It was my understanding that Intrepid was supposed to be supported for another year. Also, the conflicting reports regarding the nature and extent of this bug -

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-07-19 Thread Rich Wales
I managed to work around this bug by adding user accounts to the "root" group in /etc/group. Yes, I do know this is a nasty, odiferous kludge, with so many horrible security implications that I can't even count them, but my elderly mom (who really doesn't understand the difference between Windows

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-07-24 Thread Rich Wales
The fact that changing group membership of a user account (see my comment #18 above) sidesteps the problem suggests to me that the preferred solution would be to add the right "udev" rules (in /lib/udev/rules.d or /etc/udev/rules.d) to create the camera's USB device with the correct group membershi

[Bug 157646] Can't use vncviewer if not logged in

2007-10-27 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: Is there any way to configure a Gutsy desktop so people can connect to its screen even if no one is logged in on the screen? I can't do this with vncviewer; it only lets me connect if someone who permits remote desktop access is already logged in locally. I need some way of

[Bug 155415] Thunderbird freezes on dual core system

2007-10-21 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on a dual-core Dell box at work. I'm using Thunderbird 2 (installed from the distribution on www.getthunderbird.com -- NOT the version distributed as part of Ubuntu). On a fairly regular basis, Thunderbird 2 freezes up and has to be force- quit and re

Re: [Bug 33325] Re: Seeking through mpg videos doesn't work properly

2007-09-07 Thread Rich Wales
ou running amd64? I am NOT running amd64. My machine is an amd64, but I'm running 32-bit: Linux liberation 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:55:27 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux -- Rich Wales === Palo Alto, CA, USA === [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.richw.org ==

[Bug 133087] Romanian letters: Compose+comma+t doesn't work (but Compose+comma+s does work)

2007-08-16 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: I'm using Feisty (7.04) and am trying to type text in Romanian using dead-key combinations on the standard US keyboard, via the "Compose" key (right Window key). Most of the expected combinations work -- Compose + left paren + a => ă Compose + ^ + a => â Compose + ^ + i => î

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2007-04-10 Thread Rich Wales
Alexander Sack asked: > So what font settings do you have to choose to make firefox detect it properly? I didn't have to make any changes at all to Firefox's default settings to have Hebrew text show up. If, by "properly", you mean settings that would cause vowel-pointed text to show up properly

[Bug 89162] Re: Gnome NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 reports "no network connection" (connection is working)

2007-04-11 Thread Rich Wales
I saw this problem when I first installed Feisty in early March. It went away (i.e., NetworkManager started working OK) a little after that, but the problem returned today after I installed the newest batch of updates. On my system, the network interface (wired, builtin to the motherboard) IS UP,

[Bug 106005] Xerox WorkCentre Pro C2636 printer -- no driver?

2007-04-12 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-cups-manager My office just got a Xerox WorkCentre Pro C2636. I tried to add this printer to a Feisty workstation, but there doesn't appear to be a driver. "Add a Printer" shows drivers for numerous Xerox printers -- including four "WorkCentre" mo

[Bug 89162] Re: Gnome NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 reports "no network connection" (connection is working)

2007-04-12 Thread Rich Wales
network-admin (System -> Administration -> Network in the main menu) works just fine. So the problem would appear to be only in the NetworkManager applet. -- Gnome NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 reports "no network connection" (connection is working) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89162 You recei

[Bug 89162] Re: Gnome NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 reports "no network connection" (connection is working)

2007-04-13 Thread Rich Wales
The problem with the NetworkManager Applet seems to have gone away with the latest batch of updates. If I left-click on the panel icon, I now see an item called "Manual Configuration", which I can click to launch network-admin. -- Gnome NetworkManager Applet 0.6.4 reports "no network connection"

[Bug 70223] Re: Internal data flow error.

2007-04-13 Thread Rich Wales
I get an "internal data flow error" if I drag the progress bar (e.g., to skip commercials). I'm running Feisty, i386, and trying to play an MPEG file that was produced by "tivodecode". If I just sit back and let the file play without interruption, it works fine. This happens on many MPEG files,

[Bug 156600] Re: Crash at kernel initialization when booting Xen on AMD Athlon X2

2008-01-14 Thread Rich Wales
I'm seeing this same bug on my Xen system (same versions of xen- hypervisor-3.1 and linux-image-2.6.22-14-xen). In my case, the system generally comes up, but domU's and/or the dom0 will crash sporadically with a kernel bug at the location described in the original report. I'm seeing two other pr

[Bug 156600] Re: Crash at kernel initialization when booting Xen on AMD Athlon X2

2008-01-15 Thread Rich Wales
I should probably have mentioned that my hardware is an Athlon XP 2700+. So the bug is evidently not specific to the Athlon X2. -- Crash at kernel initialization when booting Xen on AMD Athlon X2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156600 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 112334] Re: Closed connections shown in "Active connections"

2007-11-01 Thread Rich Wales
I just installed Firestarter on a 7.04 system at home and have started to see this problem. This morning, several "active connections", originating on my home system and going to weird high-numbered ports on a target system I had never heard of before, were being reported by Firestarter. "netstat

Re: [Bug 133087] Re: Romanian letters: Compose+comma+t doesn't work (but Compose+comma+s does work)

2007-12-08 Thread Rich Wales
(but "compose + comma + s" creates the ş character as expected). I can work around this bug by specifying an alternate keyboard layout to be activated by holding down my right "Alt" key, but this is less desirable to me than being able to use the "compose" function wo

[Bug 163482] Xinerama cursor problem in second monitor

2007-11-17 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: I'm running Feisty on a Dell Optiplex GX280. I recently upgraded the video system with a dual-head Radeon card and two 1680x1050 monitors, and it's almost working fine using Xinerama. The only problem is that the mouse pointer isn't updating its appearance properly when I'm

[Bug 163482] Re: Xinerama cursor problem in second monitor

2007-11-20 Thread Rich Wales
As an aside, can anyone confirm if Big-Desktop does in fact impose a maximum combined screen resolution of 2048x768? Or does this sound like a problem with my Xorg configuration when I was trying to use Big-Desktop -- in which case perhaps I should go back and try Big-Desktop again and see if the

[Bug 201211] [NEW] VMware Server ignores interval before raising window on mouse-over

2008-03-11 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 and VMware Server Console 1.0.4 build-56528. In "Window Preferences", I say to "select windows when the mouse moves over them", with an interval before raising of 0.7 seconds. For the most part, this setting works just fine. However, the VMware Serve

[Bug 72506] Re: Epson CX5900 scanner/printer scanner part not detected

2007-06-04 Thread Rich Wales
I got my Epson Stylus CX7800 to scan after doing "sudo aptitude install libsane-extras". It's now recognized as a "Stylus CX7700/CX7800". My system is a Ubuntu 7.04, in case it matters. -- Epson CX5900 scanner/printer scanner part not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72506 You received

[Bug 105420] Re: both iwlwifi and ipw3945 are unable to turn off rf_kill

2007-04-19 Thread Rich Wales
I think I'm seeing this same problem on a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577, running the just-released Feisty. The Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG in this laptop is detected during boot, but I get the "Radio Frequence Kill Switch is On" message, and the wireless interface is NOT shown in "ifconfig -a". Wir

[Bug 70223] Re: Internal data flow error.

2007-05-04 Thread Rich Wales
Please forgive my denseness, Hadriw, but I'm really not sure I understand what you were trying to say. It sounded like you were saying a solution to this problem can be found by googling for the words "totem ubuntu stream flow", but when I looked for those words (without the quotes), I got a bunch

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2007-04-08 Thread Rich Wales
Here's a sample of Hebrew text from the same WIkipedia article ("Mezuzah") -- as seen in Firefox in Windows. This is what Hebrew with "vowel points" is supposed to look like. Again, note that the vowel points are positioned under, over, or in the middle of the letters -- which is NOT the way they

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2007-04-08 Thread Rich Wales
OK, here's the same Hebrew text sample as before, as viewed in Konqueror on my Ubuntu Feisty system. Most of the vowel points are in their correct places, but a few are shown in separate boxes instead of being merged into the preceding letter (i.e., the character to the right of the box). This is

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2007-03-12 Thread Rich Wales
I've noticed some problems with the placement of "vowel points" when Hebrew text is displayed in Firefox. For example, in the Wikipedia article "Keturah", the dot that indicates the "u" vowel is showing up to the right of the letter "vav" (vertical line), whereas it ought to be positioned to the l

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2007-03-12 Thread Rich Wales
Here's another example -- again from Wikipedia (article "Mezuzah"), but using a different font. The vowel points are positioned completely wrong -- appearing after (i.e., to the left of) the letters, whereas most vowel points should appear under or over the letters. (See attached screen shot.) I

[Bug 64815] Re: Hebrew fonts bad in firefox

2007-03-12 Thread Rich Wales
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 23267 *** I just reported some problems with the placement of vowel points in Hebrew text in Firefox, with screen shots (see bug #23267). -- Hebrew fonts bad in firefox https://launchpad.net/bugs/64815 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 99578] Can't get aptitude to access universe

2007-03-31 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: I installed 6.10 Server and need to get at some packages in "universe". I uncommented the relevant lines in /etc/apt/sources.list to add the "universe" repository, but even after doing this, I still can't get "aptitude" to see any of the "universe" packages. Any suggestions?

[Bug 99578] Re: Can't get aptitude to access universe

2007-03-31 Thread Rich Wales
Sure. Here's the "sources.list" file from my 6.10 Server system that's having the problem. ** Attachment added: "sources.list file from my 6.10 server" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7097122/border.sources.list -- Can't get aptitude to access universe https://launchpad.net/bugs/99578 -- ub

[Bug 83934] Re: 1280x1024 resolution on 1680x1050 monitor

2007-03-29 Thread Rich Wales
Yes, I do still have my Dell 1680x1050 monitor. With the latest Feisty code (and after restarting the computer), I am still seeing exactly the same problem -- namely, when I go to 1680x1050 (with the help of 915resolution), the left and right edges of the 1680x1050 screen display are chopped off a

[Bug 99578] Re: Can't get aptitude to access universe

2007-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
After doing "sudo apt-get update", everything is suddenly visible -- including the "kstreamripper" package Brian suggested I search for as an example. Thanks. I'm wondering, though, if there might still be a bug here -- should I have had to do that "update" manually, or should I have known that t

[Bug 99578] Re: Can't get aptitude to access universe

2007-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
It would not be unreasonable, I would propose, to insert a comment into /etc/apt/sources.list, cautioning the user that if changes are made to this file, "apt-get update" should be run to cause those changes to take effect. And/or a comment to this effect in the "sources.list" manual page. -- Ca

[Bug 83934] Re: 1280x1024 resolution on 1680x1050 monitor

2007-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
Here's my Xorg.0.log file. What should I do to "make sure not to use 915resolution before starting X"? I'm running 915resolution out of /etc/rc2.d/S12915resolution (so it's run automatically during startup). ** Attachment added: "My Xorg.0.log file" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7044582/Xorg

[Bug 83934] Re: 1280x1024 resolution on 1680x1050 monitor

2007-04-05 Thread Rich Wales
I'm running on a Dell OptiPlex GX280, with a builtin Intel 915G-based video adapter. I suppose it's possible here that my report is not relevant to this particular bug after all, since I'm not using an Nvidia display adapter on this machine. My original comment about setting the "wide mode" on th

[Bug 72506] Re: Epson CX5900 scanner/printer scanner part not detected

2007-03-20 Thread Rich Wales
Similar problem with the Epson Stylus CX7800 all-in-one -- SANE simply doesn't seem to know it's there. Adding a line to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules (vendor = 04b8, product = 081f), however, did NOT fix this problem for me, even after a system restart. -- Epson CX5900 scanner/printer scan

[Bug 83934] Re: 1280x1024 resolution on 1680x1050 monitor

2007-03-21 Thread Rich Wales
The "really stretched out" part of Johan's report can probably be addressed via a setting in the monitor. (I assume Johan has one of those new Dell monitors, like the one I have.) Go to the "display settings" and set the "wide mode" to "1:1". That will give you the proper aspect ratio (and will

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-10-31 Thread Rich Wales
I have some more info about this bug. Apparently, it is not simply a device *permissions* problem (as I had previously supposed). Rather, there seems to be a device *locking* problem involving the gphoto2 volume monitor -- i.e., gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor is grabbing the camera device and preven

[Bug 497623] Re: Karmic - "Enable Wireless" button greyed out and won't enable

2010-01-08 Thread Rich Wales
Also happening to me on a Dell Latitude D620. The wifi sometimes works -- but if I disable it with the switch on the side of the machine (e.g., if I'm on a hard-wired network connection and don't want to go wireless), it won't come back if I use the switch to reenable it -- even if I suspend/resum

[Bug 486361] [NEW] raid1 filesystems "cannot yet be mounted" after karmic upgrade

2009-11-21 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall I upgraded a server from Jaunty (9.04) to Karmic (9.10) last night. After the upgrade, the server will no longer finish booting on its own. It appears to hang forever in mountall (version 1.0), saying "One or more of the mounts listed in /etc/fst

[Bug 486361] Re: raid1 filesystems "cannot yet be mounted" after karmic upgrade

2009-11-22 Thread Rich Wales
I think I may have found the solution (or, at least, a workaround). I replaced all instances of device names of the form /dev/md_dX with corresponding names of the form /dev/mdX (e.g., /dev/md_d1 -> /dev/md1). This involved editing /boot/grub/menu.lst, /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf, and /etc/fstab, and th

[Bug 430542] Re: lvm volumes fail to mount when specified as /dev/vg-name/volume

2009-11-22 Thread Rich Wales
A similar fix might be needed to allow booting of a system with RAID devices identified by names of the form /dev/md_dX (instead of /dev/mdX). See bug #486361. -- lvm volumes fail to mount when specified as /dev/vg-name/volume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430542 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2009-12-14 Thread Rich Wales
The vowel-pointed Hebrew text in the "Keturah" and "Mezuzah" articles in the English Wikipedia look OK using Firefox 3.5.5 on Ubuntu 9.10. -- Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 23267] Re: Default Hebrew fonts in Firefox are unreadable, ugly

2009-12-14 Thread Rich Wales
Minor correction: I did see one small flaw in the pointing of the word "קִדְּשַׁנוּ" (kideshanu = "sanctified us") in the "Mezuzah" article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezuzah) -- the schwa under the daled is shifted to the right (instead of being directly lined up with the vertical stroke). Th

[Bug 430542] Re: lvm volumes fail to mount when specified as /dev/vg-name/volume

2009-11-23 Thread Rich Wales
Regarding RAID devices, I noticed just now that the /dev/md_dX names don't even exist any more on my system. They were definitely there before I upgraded from Jaunty to Karmic over the weekend. See the "DEVICE NAMES" section of mdadm(8) for evidence that device file names of the form /dev/md_dNN

[Bug 486361] Re: raid1 filesystems "cannot yet be mounted" after karmic upgrade

2009-11-23 Thread Rich Wales
The /dev/md_dNN series of device names are mentioned near the end of the mdadm(8) man-page, in the "DEVICE NAMES" section. As it turns out, these devices aren't there now -- but they did exist on my server before I upgraded it from Jaunty to Karmic. (You'll just have to take my word for this -- I

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-12 Thread Rich Wales
Unfortunately, Mark Shuttleworth has said (see comment #564) that this decision is final and that no complaints or "negative votes" would make any difference. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532633 You received this bug notification bec

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-14 Thread Rich Wales
Let's all PLEASE keep it civil. We can disagree on technical or policy issues without engaging in personal attacks (or perpetuating a toxic atmosphere by responding in kind to what we may perceive as personal attacks by others). Thanks. -- [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignme

[Bug 314545] Re: gnome-screensaver bad password timeout

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Wales
I've been seeing this bug in Karmic for some time now. -- gnome-screensaver bad password timeout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314545 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 181065] Re: Unable to unlock the screensaver

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Wales
I've been seeing this bug in Karmic for a long time. Ctrl-alt-backspace does NOT kill X. Ctrl-alt-delete does NOT reboot. -- Unable to unlock the screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 181065] Re: Unable to unlock the screensaver

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Wales
This bug (or a very similar bug) is alleged to have been fixed for Lucid (bug #524860). -- Unable to unlock the screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181065 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing li

[Bug 314545] Re: gnome-screensaver bad password timeout

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Wales
This bug (or a very similar bug) is alleged to have been fixed for Lucid (bug #524860). -- gnome-screensaver bad password timeout https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314545 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-04-01 Thread Rich Wales
I still say that placement of the buttons on the left is wrong. But if you absolutely insist on doing this, there needs to be a user- visible option in the preferences GUI to allow someone to reposition the buttons via a check-box. Expecting people to launch gconf-editor from the "Run Application

[Bug 503174] Re: PulseAudio ALSA plugin opens and closes the PulseAudio sink when recovering from underrun

2010-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
Is there any way to get a fix for this bug in Karmic? -- PulseAudio ALSA plugin opens and closes the PulseAudio sink when recovering from underrun https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 503174] Re: PulseAudio ALSA plugin opens and closes the PulseAudio sink when recovering from underrun

2010-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
FWIW, there's a related bug (#539932) in Karmic Backports: "Please backport libasound2-plugins (source alsa-plugins)". -- PulseAudio ALSA plugin opens and closes the PulseAudio sink when recovering from underrun https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503174 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 462729] Re: system freezes upon handling large files

2009-10-29 Thread Rich Wales
I, too, have had several crashes on a 9.04 server (32-bit) running the 2.6.28-16 kernel. I've gone back to 2.6.28-15; too early so far to tell whether this will fix the problem. There have been other recent reports from people having crashes with 2.6.28-16; see, for example, the tail end of the f

[Bug 367934] Re: boot failure with raid1 array on jaunty

2009-09-29 Thread Rich Wales
I also managed to get rid of this problem, though it wasn't trivial. After updating to 2.6.28-15, I edited /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf with ARRAY statements listing all my arrays (including the array for my root file system). Then, I did "dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools" to recreate the RAM disk image

[Bug 331681] Re: Error initializing camera: -60: Could not lock the device

2009-10-11 Thread Rich Wales
See my earlier comment #19 above. The problem appears to be a device permissions problem; the solution is probably to update the "udev" rules. Temporarily putting the user account in the "root" group (see my comment #18) should confirm whether it really is a device permissions problem or not. --

[Bug 217707] Re: gfax.exe crashed with SIGSEGV on exit

2009-12-21 Thread Rich Wales
Gfax.exe is crashing with a SIGSEGV for me on a 9.10 system. -- gfax.exe crashed with SIGSEGV on exit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217707 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.u

[Bug 454220] Re: Nvidia fail with DKMS on linux-generic-pae - needs depends on -pae kernel header file package

2009-12-27 Thread Rich Wales
I, too, had a similar problem (with nvidia-glx-195 on a Karmic box), and the problem cleared up after I installed linux-headers-generic-pae. I'm now successfully running 2.6.31-16-generic-pae and nvidia-glx-195 and seeing all 4 GB of RAM in my system. -- Nvidia fail with DKMS on linux-generic-pa

[Bug 412242] Re: ntp FTBFS: error: 'MOD_NANO' undeclared

2009-10-23 Thread Rich Wales
Has this bug really been fixed? I have a system running karmic, and I just upgraded everything, and /usr/include/sys/timex.h (dated 2009-10-07, with "definitions from linux/timex.h as of 2.6.30") still does not contain a definition of MOD_NANO. -- ntp FTBFS: error: 'MOD_NANO' undeclared https://

[Bug 462729] Re: system freezes upon handling large files

2009-11-01 Thread Rich Wales
My problem may not have been a 2.6.28-16 kernel problem after all. I had another crash after going back to 2.6.28-15 (!!); then, I went into the BIOS setup options and lowered the RAM speed, booted up with 2.6.28-16, and the machine has been running stably for the past three days. This doesn't me

[Bug 1008197] Re: Cinnamon desktop freeze - no mouse actions, keyboard atl, ctrl, del works

2020-04-04 Thread Rich Wales
It happened to me again just now. I ssh'ed to the computer and did a reboot, but even after the ssh service had shut down, the computer was still hung with a frozen screen saver, and I still had to do a hardware reset in order to get it going again. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1854589] [NEW] Windows move to different monitor when multiple monitors turned off and back on

2019-11-30 Thread Rich Wales
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 19.10, gdm3 3.34.1-1ubuntu1, cinnamon 4.0.10-2, cinnamon- screensaver 4.0.3-1, nvidia-driver 435.21-0ubuntu2. I have a TV set connected to my computer as a second monitor (for displaying YouTube videos, etc.). When I turn off both my main monitor and the TV for the ni

[Bug 1854589] Re: Windows move to different monitor when multiple monitors turned off and back on

2019-11-30 Thread Rich Wales
I note this bug has been classified as affecting Compiz. However, as best I can tell, Compiz is not running on my computer. /etc/X11 /default-display-manager on my computer contains the value "/usr/sbin/gdm3". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1854589] Re: Windows move to different monitor when multiple monitors turned off and back on

2019-11-30 Thread Rich Wales
I don't think Compiz is relevant here. My computer isn't running Compiz — its display manager is GDM3 as best I can tell. (ri...@richw.org, the original reporter of this bug) ** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => gdm3 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1666166] Re: openafs-modules-dkms 1.6.15-1ubuntu1: openafs kernel module failed to build

2018-02-03 Thread Rich Wales
The ppa:openafs/stable workaround restored AFS client service to my machine (which had been lost after I switched to the HWE kernel in early January 2018). Currently running openafs-client 1.6.22-3~ppa0~ubuntu16.04.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1284043] Re: udev renaming the same hardware network i/f to different name, breaks networking and firewall

2016-10-07 Thread Rich Wales
The first answer (from Sebastian Marsching) on this page worked for me: https://askubuntu.com/questions/767786/changing-network-interfaces-name-ubuntu-16-04 In brief, he recommended removing the KERNEL=="eth*" parameter from each line in the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file. I am ru

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

2010-10-01 Thread Rich Wales
I installed a set of flag icons (us.png, etc.) in ~/.icons/flags, and I enabled /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/indicator/showFlags in gconf-editor, but this did no good — in fact, it made the static "keyboard" icon go away entirely (replaced with a generic "I can't find any icon to display her

[Bug 625793] Re: Keyboard layout automatically changes + 100% CPU usage [updated]

2010-10-01 Thread Rich Wales
If this bug report is "invalid" w/r/t the indicator application, please advise what needs to be done in order for the problem to be addressed. It would (IMO) by a very bad thing if this problem were to be neglected, and if Maverick were to be released without anything being done, on account of the

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

2010-10-03 Thread Rich Wales
Just on a wild guess, I launched "Add to Panel" and added the "Indicator Applet" — and a US flag (corresponding to my currently active keyboard layout) showed up in the panel along the top of the screen. Although (re-)adding the indicator applet seems to have fixed the problem, there is still the

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

2010-10-04 Thread Rich Wales
>From the perspective of a naive (or not-so-naive) Ubuntu user who is probably not aware of exactly which software component is doing which keyboard layout-related task, all they will notice is that the indicator icon breaks when they "upgrade" to Maverick. If there is some reason why the Lucid in

[Bug 515386] Re: No attachment when thunderbird 3 is set as default client.

2010-11-27 Thread Rich Wales
I believe I am still being affected by this bug. On an up-to-date Maverick, I cannot e-mail photos from Picasa 2.7 to Thunderbird 3.1.6; Picasa says "An error occurred while creating a message compose window. Please try again." The version of xdg-utils installed on this box is "1.0.2+cvs20100307-

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