[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-07-26 Thread codeslinger
short answer: Because after installing some packages, my system was malfunctioning with substantial breakage of the printing system, I used the synaptic package manager to uninstall both Samba and CUPS, then I manually deleted/moved the /etc/samba folder to ensure that the configs would be rec

[Bug 255085] Re: [needs-packaging] php-ssh2

2008-11-20 Thread codeslinger
yes I agree that php-ssh2 is buggy and a lot of it's functionality does not work properly. But it is possible to work around these issues. I don't see how the bugs in ssh2 affect the ability to create a package for it. I do use php-ssh2 extensively with the php-cli on MS Windows. Since my php a

[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-11-20 Thread codeslinger
I am disappointed by the lack of response to this bug. But I am happy to report that after several months of automatic updates, I happened to notice that samba had finally and mysteriously started to work... with no changes on my part. So somebody somewhere fixed something. And for that I am gr

[Bug 251469] [NEW] samba nightmare

2008-07-24 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Ubuntu 8.0.4 Hardy Heron Desktop I have spent *DAYS* trying to get this to work!!! now my ubuntu system is so badly hosed it looks like I will have to restore from backup. all I did was uninstall samba and cups and then attempt to reinstall them.

[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-07-24 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "currently installed synaptic packages -- broken system" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16279541/synaptic_pkgs_final_total_disaster.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16279542/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.

[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-07-24 Thread codeslinger
attached is the synaptic package list after installing the additional packages that broke the printer config system. ** Attachment added: "synaptic package - broken printing" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16279605/printer-krap-very-broken.txt -- samba nightmare https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-07-24 Thread codeslinger
for comparison, attached is my synaptic config when everything still basically worked, this was after a successful install (by hand) of vmware. of course at this point, file and printer sharing is *NOT* working... and I have not yet attempted to install samba in order to get it to work. ** At

[Bug 251469] Re: samba nightmare

2008-07-24 Thread codeslinger
by the way, I am a computer consultant / sysadmin for several different companies. I would like nothing better than to convert those companies to using ubuntu and to avoid Vista altogether. My samba nightmare is that in one of those companies, their main computer died and I foolishly decided to r

[Bug 249189] Re: Hard lockup when playing video file in Totem

2008-08-08 Thread codeslinger
the same thing happens to me whenever I try to play this quicktime movie http://www.edflix.org/Video%20Files/Gatto/11%20The%20Psychopathic%20School.mov repros 100% Why do you have the bug priority set to low? this is a huge problem, I can not play most quicktime movies without crashing. How

[Bug 249189] Re: Hard lockup when playing video file in Totem

2008-08-08 Thread codeslinger
Xorg.0.log after crash ** Attachment added: "codeslingers Xorg.0.log after crash" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16646747/Xorg.0.log -- Hard lockup when playing video file in Totem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 249189] Re: Hard lockup when playing video file in Totem

2008-08-08 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "codeslingers .xsession-errors after crash" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16646769/.xsession-errors -- Hard lockup when playing video file in Totem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 238038] Re: [needs-packaging] php-gnupg

2008-08-08 Thread codeslinger
Home page for *this* package is here: http://pecl.php.net/package/gnupg License is: "BSD, revised" Please do add this package and the other PECL packages too. According to various surveys ( http://www.qwkblink.com?phpsurvey ) PHP is a lot more popular than other languages such as Python and PER

[Bug 215105] Re: [needs-packaging] ext3grep: a tool to recover deleted files from ext3 filesystems

2008-08-08 Thread codeslinger
it would be great to have this tool as part of the Ubuntu rescue disk -- [needs-packaging] ext3grep: a tool to recover deleted files from ext3 filesystems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215105 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 153326] Re: [needs-packaging] vmware-server-console

2008-08-09 Thread codeslinger
a search of synaptic does not turn up any packages at all for vmware. What am I missing? is this in a special repo somewhere? a search of the docs gave lots of mostly out of date/obsolete instructions for installing vmware by hand. But I did not recall seeing anything about a package. Note that

[Bug 252843] Re: hardy php5 max execution time

2008-08-10 Thread codeslinger
I could not reproduce this problem. I also checked http://bugs.php.net/ and could not find any indications of a problem with max_execution_time. I used the following program: #!/usr/bin/php it ran until I stopped it. === Things to be aware of. There are two different php.ini files.

[Bug 252843] Re: hardy php5 max execution time

2008-08-10 Thread codeslinger
if you want to pursue this bug further -- first try the set_time_limit(0) solution -- and then please give specific repro steps, it is not clear enough from your description what you are doing. also try phpinfo(); and find out exactly which php.ini file is being used and look for the possibility

[Bug 239282] Re: php5-mcrypt/hardy doesn't install mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/conf.d

2008-08-10 Thread codeslinger
well, what has happened is that it has incorrectly added extension=mcrypt.so to the end of the /etc/php5/cli/php.ini file, instead of creating an entry in /etc/php5/conf.d -- php5-mcrypt/hardy doesn't install mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/conf.d https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239282 You received t

[Bug 93603] Re: RFE: Add more php5 extensions (like php5-gmp)

2008-08-11 Thread codeslinger
FYI: Most of the php PECL packages (including readline) have already been added. The following packages do have separate bugs opened for them but they have not yet been added/updated. These are the requests that I found after an extensive search, some of them have been inactive for a long time.

[Bug 244682] Re: [needs packaging] vmware workstation

2008-08-11 Thread codeslinger
by the way I was pleasantly surprised to find that the free (as in beer) Vmware Console Server 1.06 provides full functionality, it does everything that Vmware Workstation does and more. There is already a "needs packaging" request for the Server. see this link for instructions on how to instal

[Bug 153326] Re: [needs-packaging] vmware-server-console

2008-08-11 Thread codeslinger
for those who are trying to find out how to install it manually, here is the most current set of instructions that I have found. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934 -- [needs-packaging] vmware-server-console https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153326 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2008-08-11 Thread codeslinger
This is a very good bug report with plenty of repros. However there are some related causes which have been overlooked. The reason that people use XP is because "it just works" out of the box. The reason that people don't want Vista is because it does not work, there is much that is broken with

[Bug 257380] [NEW] [upgrade-request] Dev Files for ImageMagick ver 10

2008-08-12 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: imagemagick recently ImageMagick was upgraded to Ubuntu version 10 (6.3.5-9) see Bug 144425 this package is listed in Synaptic as "Libmagick" However the corresponding dev package was not created/upgraded. I am trying to install MagicWand and need th

[Bug 257389] [NEW] [needs-packaging] php-magickwand

2008-08-12 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: imagemagick There are actually two different interfaces for php to ImageMagick The newest interface is called imagick -- it is an object oriented interface, it is already available in Hardy. However the original interface for php is called MagickWand, i

[Bug 239282] Re: php5-mcrypt/hardy doesn't install mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/conf.d

2008-08-12 Thread codeslinger
I confirm that in Hardy 8.04 the package does not create the expected ini file in /etc/php5/conf.d however it does append an entry to both the /etc/php5/cli and the /etc/php5/apache2 php.ini file so it should load/run as is. The fact that it appends to the end of the php.ini instead of putting

[Bug 115132] Re: gjots2 side toolbar doesn't have all icons

2008-08-14 Thread codeslinger
In Hardy 8.04 with gjots2 version 2.3.4 I have 3 icons missing. and the suggested work-around does not work as described above. Instead what works is to display the icon text and then hide the icon text, But without exiting the program. The icons are visible immediately. Once you exit and rest

[Bug 257842] [NEW] [upgrade request] gjots2 is missing user manual

2008-08-14 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gjots2 this is for Hardy 8.04 with gjots 2.3.4 Problem: User Manual is missing Steps to Reproduce: 1) Install gjots2 using synaptic 2) run gjots2 (Applications/Accessories) 3) click on Help menu 4) click on "Read Manual" Result: Nothing happens Exp

[Bug 207043] Re: gjots2 crashed with SIGSEGV in PyEval_EvalFrameEx()

2008-08-14 Thread codeslinger
this does not repro for me in Hardy 8.04 gjots2 version 2.3.4 Python 2.5.2 -- gjots2 crashed with SIGSEGV in PyEval_EvalFrameEx() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 207043] Re: gjots2 crashed with SIGSEGV in PyEval_EvalFrameEx()

2008-08-14 Thread codeslinger
I now have a repeatable way to cause a crash that is probably the same as the one reported here. but the steps are a little but different than above Hardy 8.04 gjots2 version 2.3.4 Python 2.5.2 Summary: if you have a nested child of a nested child and then you delete it's title you

[Bug 152433] Re: No internet in wine after feisty to gusty upgrade in kubuntu

2008-07-15 Thread codeslinger
no, wine networking does not really work yet. but the status seems to change constantly. it is probably more appropriate to close this bug and refer people to the wine bug that is *very* activly tracking this issue. see http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9787 and by the way, contrary to

[Bug 255085] [NEW] [needs-packaging] php-ssh2

2008-08-05 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: affects php5.2.x in Ubuntu 8.04 (and possibly other versions) The ssh2 module for php5 is not available. This is a very valuable and important module for php. Please add it to the package manager. It was a major pain to install it by hand due to a bug in the php module. I

[Bug 255085] Re: [needs-packaging] php-ssh2

2008-08-05 Thread codeslinger
this is a standard PECL extension under the php license the source is here: http://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2 -- [needs-packaging] php-ssh2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 94761] Re: [needs-packaging] PDT Php Developement Tools (Eclipse plugin)

2008-08-05 Thread codeslinger
would be nice to have Eclipse updated to Version: 3.4.0 I did the install by hand and it works fine. should this be a seperate bug/request? -- [needs-packaging] PDT Php Developement Tools (Eclipse plugin) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94761 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 244682] Re: [needs packaging] vmware workstation

2008-08-05 Thread codeslinger
vmware Workstation is a commercial $ product and not available on a free basis except as a 30 day trial. use the vmware Player or the vmware Console Server instead, those are free. ** Changed in: vmware-package (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- [needs packaging] vmware worksta

[Bug 216990] Re: error in auth.log when switch user -- pam_smbpass.so

2009-04-09 Thread codeslinger
so here we are, many months later, and the problem is still not solved even though it should be trivial to fix. I recently installed Ubuntu Server and the default install does not include samba which is good but my log files are being flooded with this bogus error msg which is very bad. DoS anyo

[Bug 191408] Re: Hardware drivers show Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless doesn't show in Network Manager

2009-08-04 Thread codeslinger
I had a similar problem. and simply reinstalling the driver did not work for me. what I had to do was to completely uninstall the driver. and then install the driver. and after that it worked. see: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/4835 toshiba laptop Satellite R15 using a dynex

[Bug 191408] Re: Hardware drivers show Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless doesn't show in Network Manager

2009-08-04 Thread codeslinger
oh yes, my os for the above is Ubuntu Desktop 8.04 with all the updates as of 2009-08-04 at one point, when I installed one of the upgrade cycles, it did break the Broadcom Wireless. Since I don't use it much I can't tell you which specific upgrade broke it. But that is what forced me to reins

[Bug 409135] [NEW] When I turn off internal wireless the pcmcia b43 is also disabled

2009-08-04 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: My laptop has two wireless cards. the internal intel card and the external pcmcia Dynex (Broadcom) card. There is a power switch to turn off the internal wireless card to save the battery. But when I turn off the internal card the network manager is also disabling the pcmci

[Bug 409135] Re: When I turn off internal wireless the pcmcia b43 is also disabled

2009-08-04 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "lspci and other details" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29913243/lspci.txt -- When I turn off internal wireless the pcmcia b43 is also disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

Re: [Bug 409135] Re: When I turn off internal wireless the pcmcia b43 is also disabled

2010-02-02 Thread codeslinger
Hi Pepe, I'm sorry, but it's going to be awhile before I can get to this... The fact that I have to install a new os to test this, is big enough... but the fact that I don't have enough free disk space to install an additional os on this laptop is what is really killing me. As much as I want to

[Bug 234681] Re: Cannot open msc files

2010-02-04 Thread codeslinger
it's been two years. what does it take to get this deployed? I can not believe that there are only two musicians in this entire world who happen to be using ubuntu hardy and mscore and have auto-updates turned on. also, was a bug report for qt 4.4 ever opened?? that's where the real bug is. th

[Bug 234681] Re: Cannot open msc files

2010-02-04 Thread codeslinger
I was not able to locate a qt bug about this issue, but surely this must be a well known problem. So I have asked about it here: https://answers.launchpad.net/qt/+question/99921 -- Cannot open msc files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234681 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 257389] Re: [needs-packaging] php-magickwand

2010-02-14 Thread codeslinger
how do I install/test this package what versions of ubuntu does it work on? -- [needs-packaging] php-magickwand https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257389 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 257842] Re: [upgrade request] gjots2 is missing user manual

2009-10-26 Thread codeslinger
this bug and several others much more serious, caused me to give up on gJots a long time ago. I did have some brief email correspondence with the author a long time ago. I believe this one-man project has been abandoned due to the lack of time on his part and a lack of volunteers to take it over

[Bug 1255824] Re: VLC looks for /dev/dvd which does not exist

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
I didn't have this problem in 12.05... so, /dev/dvd is considered obsolete??? and is now removed?!?!? Well, somebody forgot to tell that to all the app developers. In BETA 14.04 the following are broken due to this *feature* xine, gxine, (totem) Videos I didn't test VLC but this bug was or

[Bug 1248194] Re: Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) -- Ubuntu Saucy

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
see bug #1255824 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248194 Title: Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd (No such file or directory) -- Ubuntu

[Bug 1098323] Re: Parole failes to play DVD

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
see bug #1255824 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098323 Title: Parole failes to play DVD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/parol

[Bug 1255824] Re: VLC looks for /dev/dvd which does not exist

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
related/dup bugs bug #1084855 udev is creating symlinks for optical drives incorrectly bug #1098323 Parole failes to play DVD bug #237874kaffeine refers to "/dev/dvd bug #1248194 Gnome-Mplayer cannot play commercial videos: Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd bug #1295561 /dev/dvd doesn't

[Bug 1299362] Re: apt-get commands don't work in trusty due to broken krita-data dependency

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
this breaks the 14.04 BETA after installing the latest 3/28/2014 round of updates, prior to that krita was fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299362 Title: apt-get commands don't

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292438 Title: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server To manage notific

[Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741377 Title: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and

[Bug 1299930] [NEW] CONFIG dialog should be App Modal

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: I believe that the actual bug is that the CONFIG dialogs which popup are not App Modal. the specific problem I encountered is that the CONFIG dialog ends up underneath something else (assuming you are doing other things will the upgrade runs in the background) therefore you

[Bug 1299930] Re: CONFIG dialog should be App Modal

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
oh yes, this occured in UbuntuStudio 14.01 BETA 1 while installing the latest (3/30) updates -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299930 Title: CONFIG dialog should be App Modal To manag

[Bug 1218702] Re: ubiquity resizes partition even when not asked to.

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
@psusi in general it is customary to mark the newer bug as a dup of the older bug, not the other way around. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218702 Title: ubiquity resizes partiti

[Bug 1218702] Re: ubiquity resizes partition even when not asked to.

2014-03-30 Thread codeslinger
comment copied from "dup" bug 1164783 The only proper way to decide if a resize is needed is to compare the original value that was placed into the Change dialog, to the value that was returned from the dialog. This comparision must be preformed on the numeric value so as to avoid getting confuse

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-31 Thread codeslinger
okay, give me a few hours... and I will do another repro using vbox. But I have already reprod this 3 times using a real hard disk partition. basically I have a multiboot system with about a dozen partitions... but I'm sure you don't need anywhere near that many to repro this. to install

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-03-31 Thread codeslinger
well, it was an uncontroled situation... I did an install, installed a bunch of upgrades, made some other changes, and decided I needed to start over. so then I reinstalled from the iso, and decided to take the quick way out and not reformat or erase the existing, but just to install over the top

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-04-02 Thread codeslinger
@Peter, for help with installing, please go and try the interactive chat at irc.freenode.net see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/IRC also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation --- @Phillip sorry for the delay, I ran out of time, will try to get

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
yes, it is doing exactly what I suspected it was doing... instead of ERASING everything the way that it is supposed to do it attempts to do a RESTORE instead. I think the number of partitions that you have is irrelevant. But for this repro I had 4 linux partitions and one swap partition. Only

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
I used virtualbox to confirm the following 1) installer formats the disk = permissions are set correctly 2) install to an existing disk = it does not change the permissions for that disk. okay, so I guess it's not really a bug... but it is not the behavior that I would expect when doing an INST

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
hmm, that's interesting/confusing, it is doing some amount of deleting... just not complete. Before the install, I did this: sudo su touch /home/test/this-should-be-deleted touch /bin/this-should-be-deleted touch /boot/this-should-be-deleted touch /etc/this-should-be-deleted touch /lib/this-shoul

[Bug 1296071] Re: install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-04-03 Thread codeslinger
okay, that is indeed very sophisticated, but I'm still trying to figure out why I ended up with an unbootable system. In that scenario I was doing a downgrade from a newer/updated version of the beta. I note that /boot was not deleted. one possibility that comes to mind is that the newer kern

[Bug 1290393] [NEW] WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: after installing UbuntuStudio 14.04 Beta 1 (Feb 24) 64 bit from DVD The root directory '/' is world writable expected: this is a file permissions problem, should only be writable by the root user ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubiquity (not instal

[Bug 1290457] [NEW] boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: used the Startup Disk Creator to create a bootable flash disk with UbuntuStudio 14.04 AMD64 Beta 1 (Alpha) Booted from flash drive. Boot Menu appears very quickly Verify Disk and Memory test behave normally [Try Ubuntu Without Installing] takes 10 to 15 minutes to bring u

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
the only clear pattern is that the first time you try to do something such as "man less" it took about 30 seconds to load but after that it loads from memory cache and is fast. on the other hand, firefox continues to stall with every page load even on pages that have already been loaded

[Bug 1290678] [NEW] 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: UbuntuStudio 14.04 AMD64 BETA 1 (Alpha) This works fine on 12.04 bug only exists on the BETA. I have a Western Digital MyBook 4TB USB disk drive. The drive has two partitions. When I plug it in after logging in, the partitions are not detected. Furthermore Disk Utility s

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
ah yes drwxrwxrwx 23 root root 4096 Mar 10 12:44 / thanks!!! ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290393 Titl

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
apport keeps complaining about "Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon" but it won't let me file this bug because gnome-vfs is not a package... so here is the info copied from another bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-lowlatency 3.1

[Bug 1266608] Re: apport-gtk crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
this was not happening to me until after I installed updates and or used an external monitor. after a fresh install I was not seeing this. also in the display settings, I see two identical entries for laptop. see bug 1291927 UbuntuStudio 14.04 amd64 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 -- You received this

[Bug 1291919] Re: BETA 14.04 plymouthd crashed with SIGSEGV in script_obj_deref_direct()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 927636 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/927636 also in the display settings, I see two identical entries for laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
** Information type changed from Private 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/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise() To manage notifications about th

[Bug 700403] Re: Toshiba L645-D4058 Fan shuts off when Temp Critical

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
is that 106 degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius??? because if it is Fahrenheit than your computer is actually running very cool and you have no problem. but if it is Celsius than your computer is about to self-destruct. So is it F or C? it makes all the difference. In either case give 14.04 beta a

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290393 Title: WARN: / is world writable! To manage notifications about this bug go to: http

[Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
I deactivated the duplicate laptop entry in Display Settings and rebooted now it does not crash any more -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIG

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Hi madbiologist, thank you very much for your persistance.(somehow launchpad no longer shows this bug in my list...) I did try some of your suggestions above, but nothing really seemed to help. I am happy to report that UbubtuStudio 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) AMD64 is greatly improved compared to

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
hmmm... that is interesting last night I installed that latest round of updates including a new kernel and now the problem is not reproducable. I'm attaching the udisk output anyway ** Attachment added: "udisk output mount WD and it worked" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks

[Bug 1292054] [NEW] BETA 14.04 -- thunar crashed with SIGSEGV in g_slice_free1()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: UbuntuStudio 64 bit, 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 + Updates mount and unmount external usb disks several times and then close thunar I'm guessing it's trying to free an already freeed resource ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: thunar 1.6.3-1ubuntu3 Pro

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
ok, got it 3.13.0-12-lowlatencyfails 3.13.0-16-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-17-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-12 does not see the partitions, but it is now seeing the SMART looks like this bug is already fixed ** Attachment added: "udisk output connect WD USB and partitions not found" https

[Bug 779739] Re: btscanner assert failure: *** buffer overflow detected ***: btscanner terminated

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
my bluetooth hardware seems to not be enabled or configured properly running an inquery scan instead does not crash, but also does not detect anything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Sorry, I'm just guessing at the Project/Package The problem is that the BETA 14.04 Live DVD works okay but the Live USB Flash is NOT usable, very slow/short hangs ** Package changed: casper (Ubuntu) => live-build (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1292373] [NEW] BETA 14.04 xfdesktop crashed with SIGSEGV in xfce_desktop_refresh()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: boot from LiveDVD once the desktop appears you immediatly get this crash notice. Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xfdesktop4 4.11.3-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-lowlatency 3.13.4 Un

[Bug 1290393] Re: WARN: / is world writable!

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
I just remembered one important difference in the install, I did not format the disk I used an existing empty partition. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290393 Title: WARN: / is worl

[Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
yes, this bug has been fixed. it works pretty well in 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741377 Title: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch To manage notifica

[Bug 512670] Re: Enable creation of out-of-order partition tables to make Windows-interoperable USB disks

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
an interesting concept... apparently in the one very specific scenario that you describe, this works ok. However, beware, that I once had a disk with multiple partitions on it with a mixture of windows and linux. due to splitting one partition into two, I ended up with an out of order partition

[Bug 1292438] [NEW] BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 1) Install Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 Beta 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 2) reboot etc result: Sound system works properly 3) Install all the latest updates as of Mar 14, 3.13.0-17-lowlatency kernel 4) reboot etc result: Sound System no longer works anything that tries to connect

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
when installing software I'm seeing a lot of errors that look like this, perhaps this is the reason the audio stopped working? (gconftool-2:2854): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-16 Thread codeslinger
Hi Raymond -- thank you very much for taking the time to look at this. after many hours of fiddling and reading... I finally Uninstalled PulseAudio ... and now sound works great! not really the correct answer, but at least I finally have a usable system. >> do the stereo HDMI codec really nee

[Bug 768729] Re: no video without nomodeset

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
thank you for your time. this bug can be closed, it does not reproduce with a recent version of ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768729 Title: no video without nomodeset To ma

[Bug 768752] Re: Microphone Input has no sound - cant record

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
sorry for the slow response, apparently I missed seeing the email... anyway, please mark this bug as a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/741825 I don't seem to be able to set the status to "duplicate" thanks -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
@mic make sure that you install *all* the updates, not just the latest kernel. 14.04 is still in BETA, it won't be released until april. I'm not convinced that your bug with not seeing an android phone is at all related to my bug of not being able to mount a WD usb disk -- which was visible in t

[Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
why is this marked incomplete? I provided the info you requested. why do you keep talking about HDMI?? what does that have to do with audio? HDMI is not enabled because it's not hooked up. Yes, I do use an external tv sometimes, when I want to watch a video. But that has nothing to do with th

[Bug 1296071] [NEW] install over existing does not delete old - result in corrupt install

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: when you do a manual install and choose a partition which already has an os on it. then you get warned that the os will be erased... good that is what I want... but then it does not actually erase the old os instead it adds files to it and the result is unbootable. steps t

[Bug 1290457] Re: boot from usb flash drive takes 10+ mins and runs slow

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
sorry, turns out this bug is invalid. The problem is that the PNY USB Flash drives are terrible, don't buy them, they are dog slow. This works fine when I use a different brand of Flash Drive. ** Changed in: live-build (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notificat

[Bug 1292438] Re: Can't connect to PulseAudio server

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
@alberto: so audio is considered to be non-essential in a consumer computer??? I could see that being the case for servers, but computers with gui interfaces ought to consider audio to be essential to that experience, see for instance PC-98 spec. I did eventually find a work-around for this

[Bug 1375020] [NEW] new instance of xfce4-display is being launched every 5 seconds after upgrade

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: Every 5 seconds a new instance of xfce4-display is being launched, this makes the computer unusable. This started happening after a recent upgrade/update. Prior to that upgrade/update the xfce4-display program was being launched every time that power was added or removed fro

[Bug 512670] Re: Enable creation of out-of-order partition tables to make Windows-interoperable USB disks

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
this occured with windows 2000, and I am pretty sure that it happened exactly as described, but that was awhile ago I might have misremembered something. It probably also depends on the specific sequence of the partitions. Windows 2000 has a very finicky file system. These days winows 2000 is a

[Bug 1332931] Re: "Display configure screen settings and layout" window opens automatically every view seconds

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
a new instance of xfce4-display is being launched every 5 seconds an infinite number of instances of xfce4-display are being launched this makes the computer UNUSABLE this started happening on my computer after a recent upgrade, prior to that it did not happen. See bug 1375020 for details (

[Bug 1166916] [NEW] temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 13.04 Ubuntustudio 64 bit under moderate load temperature is around 81c under high load (playing video inside a virtualbox) temperature hit 94c at which point I turned it off I have tested this with all 3 of the radeon drivers, with no significant difference. The rade

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "lshw & ps" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1166916/+attachment/3635250/+files/ps-lshw.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166916

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
** Attachment added: "lm-sensors" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1166916/+attachment/3635249/+files/output-of-lm-sensors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating probably radeon

2013-04-09 Thread codeslinger
the above data is from running on the flash drive, but I also get similar results from Beta 1 installed with all updates. also, on 12.10 I got similar results when running the generic kernel. have not yet tried the generic kernel on 13.04 but would expect it will behave the same based on experienc

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