[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2009-01-26 Thread Tim Frost
I just did test installs of 8.04.2 and 9.04 alpha 3, using the i386 alternate ISO in each case. I answered the question about the hostname by supplying the FQDN in each case. Immediately on completion of each install, I checked the various files. For the jaunty alpha, the domain was correctly spl

[Bug 344669] [NEW] 64-bit icedtea plugin doesn't handle applets that sun6 plugin handles

2009-03-17 Thread Tim Frost
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: icedtea6-plugin http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/daily-jigsaw applet frame loads, with controls at left (including a small version of the image that represents the current/selected puzzle), and message "The puzzle is loading" at the right.

[Bug 344669] Re: 64-bit icedtea plugin doesn't handle applets that sun6 plugin handles

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Frost
Reproducible after upgrade to jaunty alpha 6 t...@zaphod:~$ apt-cache policy icedtea6-plugin icedtea6-plugin: Installed: 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/

[Bug 344669] Re: 64-bit icedtea plugin doesn't handle applets that sun6 plugin handles

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Frost
Yes it does. I have installed the Sun java6 software (bin, jre, jdk and plugin version 6-12-0ubuntu1) , and run sudo update-java-alternatives --set java-6-sun When I then started firefox, I confirmed that the sun plugin was being used, then that the jigzone applet worked correctly. -- 64-

[Bug 344705] Re: IcedTea Plugin Doesnt Work

2009-03-22 Thread Tim Frost
A possibly aggravating factor is that with both the Sun and IcedTea plugins installed, BOTH plugins are loaded. This appears to be because xulrunner is loading plugins from two locations: * /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins (or /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.7/plugins, which is a symlink) * AND /usr

[Bug 354567] Re: tracker-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2009-04-06 Thread Tim Frost
Apport has just reported an occurrence of this crash on my system. Jaunty/AMD64. I note a duplicate entry in my full stack trace: g-closure_invoke is on stack at # 1 and #5, both at the same address. I am uploading the apport report, and will link to this bug when it completes -- tracker-inde

[Bug 354567] Re: tracker-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2009-04-06 Thread Tim Frost
Just before tracker crashed on my sytem, I had a file system hit 99% used, as I was copying files to it from a USB stick: t...@zaphod:~$ df -h /vol/archives/ FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VG0-vg0--archives 99G 93G 1.4G 99% /vol/archi

[Bug 354567] Re: tracker-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2009-04-06 Thread Tim Frost
New bug # 356097 created by apport, which has attacghed its files to that bug. I have explicitly marked that as a duplicate of this bug. -- tracker-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354567 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 356097] Re: tracker-indexer crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke()

2009-04-06 Thread Tim Frost
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 354567 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354567 ** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24855582/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24855584/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment adde

[Bug 344705] Re: IcedTea Plugin Doesnt Work

2009-04-12 Thread Tim Frost
I can confirm that after the update to 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu6, and purging sun-java6-plugin, my test cases work: * http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml * http://java.sun.com/applets/other/Bubbles/index.html works * http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/daily-jigsaw works If I then install sun-java6

[Bug 413885] [NEW] apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Frost
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-notifier Discussion on ubuntu-users from post https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives /ubuntu-users/2009-August/193694.html shows a situation where a set of security patches were released and available in both jaunty-security and jaunty-updates. After t

[Bug 413885] Re: apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Frost
** Attachment added: "Patch for karmic." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30349430/apt-check-dup-vers.diff-0.87 -- apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413885 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 413885] Re: apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Frost
I just reviewed the patch. It cpompares the versions using '<=', but should probably be an explicit '==' as the critical condition is where the same version appears in both places -- apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41388

[Bug 413885] Re: apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security

2009-08-15 Thread Tim Frost
** Attachment removed: "Patch for karmic." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30349430/apt-check-dup-vers.diff-0.87 -- apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413885 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 413885] Re: apt-check.py counts security updates twice if pkg in -updates and -security

2009-08-15 Thread Tim Frost
I removed my original patch, as I realised that one of the changes between versions 0.76.8 and 0.87 of update-notifier is that this bug has been fixed in 0.87 (if the candidate version of the current package is itself a security update,it does a 'continue', to process the next package, and doesn't

[Bug 85488] Re: some usb_devices fault if usb_suspend enabled

2007-05-21 Thread Tim Frost
Attributing the problem to sane, rather than the kernel USB drivers, does *NOT* explain the fault that I have with VMware under feisty - i.e. that a Windows XP VM running under edgy as host OS found my scanner, and successfully scanned images, but that it failed when running with feisty as the host

[Bug 108153] Re: Scanning with Canon Lide 25 doesn't work

2007-04-25 Thread Tim Frost
I have a LiDE 25 scanner that works fine in edgy with xsane. I run Windows XP in a VMware virtual machine on the Ubuntu host. Software running on the windows VM is also able to access the scanner. When I upgraded to feisty, the scanner failed for both xsane and the windows VM. lsusb reports th

[Bug 21582] Re: evolution randomly crashes

2007-03-08 Thread Tim Frost
I am on edgy, with evolution 2.8.1-0ubuntu4. I encounter crashes occassionally. These crashes mostly seem to occur just as it is opening a new window to display a message (usually the first message in a new folder that I have just switched to). The crashes started happening recently, possibly af

[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2007-01-04 Thread Tim Frost
I have a system that started as breezy, and has been updated to dapper then edgy. My hostname is 'marvin'. By default, the first entry in /etc/hosts read 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost marvin A later entry reads 192.168.13.2 marvin.chile.gen.nz marvin If I move the localhost entry

[Bug 570084] Re: dist-upgrade LVM on RAID: boot failure

2010-06-11 Thread Tim Frost
Is this actually a duplicate of #561390? -- dist-upgrade LVM on RAID: boot failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570084 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://l

[Bug 409456] Re: upstream compiled binaries built without stack flags

2009-08-31 Thread Tim Frost
nvidia-173 fails with DKMS errors on 64-bit: Setting up nvidia-173-kernel-source (173.14.16-0ubuntu2~kees2) ... Removing all DKMS Modules Done. Adding Module to DKMS build system driver version= 173.14.16 Doing initial module build Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.31-8-gen

[Bug 953740] Re: gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_signal_emit_valist()

2012-03-12 Thread Tim Frost
** 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/953740 Title: gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in g_signal_emit_valist() To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 950791] Re: : 'Transaction' object has no attribute 'pktrans'

2012-03-14 Thread Tim Frost
I applied updates as detected this morning NZ time using update-manager, then refreshed the lists and applied a second set of updates. aptdaemon crashed during post-processing after instalation of the second set of updates. /var/cache/apt/archives has two sets of files for aptdaemon: tim@zaphod:

[Bug 1050165] Re: xpdf.real crashed with SIGSEGV in CMapCache::getCMap()

2013-02-02 Thread Tim Frost
Still an issue. Running 12.10 64-bit, the attached file causes xpdf to crash, but acroread 9 is happy tim@zaphod:~$ apt-cache policy xpdf xpdf: Installed: 3.03-9ubuntu5 Candidate: 3.03-9ubuntu5 Version table: *** 3.03-9ubuntu5 0 500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/unive

[Bug 1050165] Re: xpdf.real crashed with SIGSEGV in CMapCache::getCMap()

2013-02-02 Thread Tim Frost
Crash file for latest attempt to openm PDF that causes crash ** Attachment added: "_usr_bin_xpdf.real.1000.crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xpdf/+bug/1050165/+attachment/3512929/+files/_usr_bin_xpdf.real.1000.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-22 Thread Tim Frost
This now appears to be caused by a failed upgrade leaving a reference to the CD in /etc/apt/sources.list. My preferred mirror appears to be missing some packages that the upgrade was trying to fetch. This caused a failed upgrade last night. I then switched mirrors and updated/upgraded natty, usi

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-23 Thread Tim Frost
I am now confused: - my 64-bit server upgraded from a CD burnt from the 20110915 daily 64-bit server ISO, with no problems - upgrade of a 64-bit VM which has no additional software succeeds using the 64-bit alternate ISO 20110920.5 - attempts to upgrade my main PC, running 64-bit natty, fail wit

[Bug 848659] [NEW] Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-12 Thread Tim Frost
Public bug reported: System is running 64-bit natty. When I insert a CD burnt from image ubuntu-11.10-beta1-alternate-amd64.iso, the upgrade process runs until it is attempting to process the i386 Packages files. At that step, the upgrade process stops with error 'W:Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubun

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-12 Thread Tim Frost
** Attachment added: "tar archive of contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848659/+attachment/2395627/+files/dist-upgrade-files.tar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-23 Thread Tim Frost
Further testing and research: I used the server CD that successfully upgraded my server from natty to oneiric, and it failed at the same stage. On the server, main.log showed repositories being disabled, then 'running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)' On the workstation, at the same stage in th

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-24 Thread Tim Frost
Doing the natty->oneiric upgrade in a 32-bit VM offers a clue: the ISO is mounted as '/media/Ubuntu 11.10 i386', rather than as /media/cdrom or /media/cdrom0. main.log shows: 2011-09-24 20:19:34,554 DEBUG AptCdrom.add() called with '/media/Ubuntu 11.10 i386' 2011-09-24 20:19:34,645 INFO ignoring

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-24 Thread Tim Frost
This time, the upgrade succeeded. Looking at main.log, I note that this time I also said 'NO' to the question about use of the network to fetch the latest updates. I note that AptCdrom.add() was called successfully during both attempts. Running 'md5sum -c md5sum.txt | grep -v OK' on the bad disk

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-26 Thread Tim Frost
Unfortunately, I have already removed references to the CD, so there are no files matching /var/lib/apt/lists/*Ubuntu* at all . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848659 Title: Upgrade fr

[Bug 946758] Re: Format string overflow in Monitor.c:check_array

2012-07-04 Thread Tim Frost
80 bytes may not be enough on a server running in 64-bit mode with a large disk/array, given that the format string is 41 bytes lonmg - including 2 '%d' variables . How many digits could there be in the longest possible number of mis-matches on a system that has a raid partition of maximum support

[Bug 960867] [NEW] package python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-03-20 Thread Tim Frost
Public bug reported: $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release:12.04 Extract from output of 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade': Preparing to replace python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 (using .../python-uno_1%3a3.5.1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... ERROR: unopkg cannot be

[Bug 960867] Re: package python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-03-20 Thread Tim Frost
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/960867 Title: package python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 To ma

[Bug 960867] Re: package python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-03-20 Thread Tim Frost
I ran apt-get dist-upgrade in a terminal, because update manager warned that a partial upgrade needed to be run. After running apt-get -f install, update-manager popped up again, with 71 packages to upgrade. No archives were fetched ('Need to get 0 B/40.8 MB of archives.') which indicates that tho

[Bug 960867] Re: package python-uno 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-03-20 Thread Tim Frost
** Attachment added: "Terminal session log for upgrade" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/960867/+attachment/2907845/+files/bug-960897-upgrade.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bug

[Bug 1050165] Re: xpdf.real crashed with SIGSEGV in CMapCache::getCMap()

2013-06-15 Thread Tim Frost
Possible upstream site http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html indicates no recent development : >From the home page: Current version: 3.03 (2011-aug-15) Xpdf 3.03 supports PDF 1.7. Is this a bug in xpdf or in libpoppler (as the version of xpdf that is used by ubuntu links against libpoppler): t

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd (I/O error while reading CD)

2011-10-03 Thread Tim Frost
Agreed. It *should* be fixed, but it only affects users if: 1: they are upgrading using a CD/DVD AND 2: the media is bad (and they have used that media without verifying that the file checksums are good) Unfortunately, this will be hard to test, as it depends on having media (such as a CD-RW dis

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-15 Thread Tim Frost
Using the daily build ISO http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/20110915 /oneiric-alternate-amd64.iso appeared to work in a 64-bit virtual machine. With internet access available, it also downloaded packages files for the 32-bit architecture. However, the actual upgrade aborted part-way through. The

[Bug 848659] Re: Upgrade from natty fails with 64-bit oneiric beta cd

2011-09-15 Thread Tim Frost
** Attachment added: "tar archive of /var/log/dist-upgrade after attempt using daily build from 2011-09-15" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/848659/+attachment/2410881/+files/dist-upgrade-2011-09-15-daily.tar -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 742041] Re: bash doesn't provide auto-completion more

2011-04-12 Thread Tim Frost
In natty, if the type characters match a singe directory entry, pressing the TAB key results in the matching entry, with: 1: A space following 2: No escaping of embedded spaces or special characters This is NOT related to unity - it appears for the classic desktop as well In previous releases, b

[Bug 769866] Re: tab completion no longer escapes filenames

2011-04-25 Thread Tim Frost
Tab completion for directory name completion (appending a trailing '/'), and of handling embedded spaces in a file/directory name (by escaping the space as '\ ') appears to be fixed, (at least for the 'gedit', 'ls', 'cd' and 'mv' commands), with tim@zaphod:~/Documents$ apt-cache policy bash bash-