[Bug 15027] Re: gdm: Suppresses X logging with "Too much output"

2007-11-16 Thread era
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #459293 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459293 ** Also affects: gdm via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459293 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gdm: Suppresses X logging with "Too much output" https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 156845] Re: profilemanager - stange behaviour in gutsy

2007-11-18 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 31746 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31746 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 31746 Impossible to use multiple profiles at the same time -- profilemanager - stange behaviour in gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156845 You received th

[Bug 162976] Re: Fills up .xsession-errors with "GetValue variable 1 (1)"

2007-11-18 Thread era
Actually the regression in LP #31746 may prevent the repro steps from working in Gutsy. The machine where I'm writing this is on Feisty still. -- Fills up .xsession-errors with "GetValue variable 1 (1)" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162976 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 163657] Duplicate pt_BR translation in desktop file

2007-11-18 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Just noticed the following text appears on two successive lines in /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador Web GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador Web I don't know if it creates any problems, but I guess it's surely not int

[Bug 163656] Launch default profile from desktop / menu icon

2007-11-18 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox If you have multiple profiles (such as if you ran firefox -ProfileManager and created one or more profiles in addition to the "default" profile which is created when you first launch Firefox), the current behavior of the application launcher is to

[Bug 163656] Re: Launch default profile from desktop / menu icon

2007-11-18 Thread era
Note that LP bug #31746 seems to block this. -- Launch default profile from desktop / menu icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163656 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 108476] Re: "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL

2007-11-18 Thread era
quot;Problem loading page" error message and the URL file:///home/era/%22https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+filebug/lZegKa5BypJ6QLwTkrjCGRlUoco?%22 in the location box. The instance on pts/0 is where I'm writing this, and where I selected the "Report a Bug ..." menu

[Bug 108476] Re: "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL

2007-11-18 Thread era
** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox - Help -> Report A Bug... + Help -> Report a Bug... - Error: File can't find + File not found - The file + Firefox can't find the file at /home/daniel/"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+filebug/"; - can't be find. P

[Bug 111754] Re: Arabic text is not intelligble in Firefox

2007-11-18 Thread era
I have a fairly plain-Jane Westerner Feisty install and I get proper Arabic glyphs (I'm not able to read Arabic, but they certainly do not render as question marks, as in Emily's screenshot). I'm guessing missing fonts ...? -- Arabic text is not intelligble in Firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Bug 15027] Re: gdm: Suppresses X logging with "Too much output"

2007-11-18 Thread era
Thanks -- gdm: Suppresses X logging with "Too much output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15027 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

[Bug 57099] Re: [Edgy] Sawfish not usable

2007-11-18 Thread era
OK, I think I can shed some light here. Like I suspected, it seems that these people did not get what they expected (a useful session sorta kinda like Gnome) but Sawfish works as designed: you do get a menu on the middle mouse button, but nothing much else. The proper way to use Sawfish under Gno

[Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2007-11-18 Thread era
Are your screens different size? http://www.nabble.com/Sawfish-Gnome- Xinerama-dropping-windows-t4652994.html seems to be about this problem, too; alas, no actual fix in sight yet. If the windows are simply placed outside the screen (a plausible hypothesis given the symptoms), can you use sawfish

[Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2007-11-19 Thread era
KDE? Ugh, I feel for you. I posted some quick Lisp snippets to http://tinyurl.com/ypoju2 in case you or somebody else wants to try them out. -- Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49740 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 146918] Re: poor descriptions for some startup programs

2007-11-20 Thread era
The "Visual" thing in particular is extremely opaque. I was about to file a bug about that, but let me instead just chime in here. Searching for "visual" in yelp suggested that "AT" might stand for "assistive technologies" (but did not unambiguously resolve the issue for me); still, it's not clea

[Bug 146918] Re: poor descriptions for some startup programs

2007-11-20 Thread era
Launchpad bug #121525 (confirmed, priority low) is about the Visual problem specifically. I think it's more grave than the rest of this report, so maybe the corresponding part of this bug could be marked as "invalid" (I'm sure Sebastien Bacher is eager to bite ... sorry, couldn't resist). -- poo

[Bug 121525] Re: Session entry refers to "the preferred AT" (the what?)

2007-11-20 Thread era
This is also reported in bug #146918 as part of a bigger bug report generally about the usability of the Sessions preferences. I have a couple of comments on this particular problem there. I would respectfully suggest that the priority of this bug should perhaps be raised, seeing as clear, unders

[Bug 108476] Re: "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL

2007-11-20 Thread era
The previous comment was on a Feisty machine. On Gutsy, it seems I can no longer repro. -- "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 108476] Re: "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL

2007-11-20 Thread era
I'm guessing this would have been refactored and perhaps fixed in 2.0.0.3+3-0ubuntu1 ubuntu-look-and-feel-report-a-bug-menuitem.patch -- "Report a Bug ..." attempts to go to invalid URL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 111754] Re: Arabic text is not intelligble in Firefox

2007-11-20 Thread era
On a Gutsy Live USB stick where I don't think I have any non-default fonts installed, www.alarabiya.net seems to render correctly in Firefox. vnix$ cd /var/lib/dpkg/info vnix$ ls ttf-*.list *font*.list fontconfig-config.list ttf-gentium.list ttf-unfonts-core.list fontconfig.list

[Bug 164181] Manual page typos

2007-11-20 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cryptsetup /usr/share/man/man5/crypttab.5.gz: s/eg./e.g./g s/ie./i.e. s/dvd/DVD s/inidicated/indicated s/nondefault/non-default s/mountpoints/mount points Also the lines in this file are incredibly long, but I guess that's a fault of the software which g

[Bug 164181] Re: Manual page typos

2007-11-20 Thread era
Also s/This options/this option/ in cryptsetup (duh, that was the typo which caused me to run aspell on it in the first place). -- Manual page typos https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164181 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubun

[Bug 164184] dmsetup: boneheaded errors when invoked with insufficient privileges

2007-11-20 Thread era
Public bug reported: Invoking dmsetup with insufficient privileges produces a large number of error messages, some of them somewhat disturbing: vnix$ dmsetup ls /dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver. /dev/mapper/control: open f

[Bug 164189] uuidgen manual page inconsistency

2007-11-20 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: e2fsprogs The uuidgen manual page seems to be scrambled here: Otherwise, it will chose a time-based UUID. It is possible to force the generation of one of these two UUID types by using the A UUID of the form 1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-8

[Bug 150872] Re: Permanent fstab line for removable CDROM clashes with flash drives.

2007-12-12 Thread era
I'm the submitter of duplicate bug #175165. I would respectfully like to nominate alternative (b) as the preferred fix, and put that in the title of this bug. If there are objections, please raise them here. Thanks. -- Permanent fstab line for removable CDROM clashes with flash drives. https://

Re: [Bug 175161] Re: No support for LUKS volumes

2007-12-13 Thread era
t-cache policy gparted Sorry, I repurposed the USB stick I was using while installing, but it was whatever ships on the Ubuntu 7.10 installer. /* era */ -- If this were a real .signature, it would suck less. Well, maybe not. ** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New

[Bug 157183] Re: stemming language setting problematic

2007-12-15 Thread era
Thanks for the pointer to the upstream bug; I added some comments there. -- stemming language setting problematic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 125131] Re: Need to be updated for new stable version (9, 0, 48, 0)

2007-12-15 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 125986 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125986 David: there is a separate bug for Gutsy, and also this one is classified as a duplicate. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=636397 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173890 -- Need to be updated

[Bug 175716] Re: Why "automatically" resize window when a new video is loaded?

2007-12-15 Thread era
** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Why "automatically" resize window when a new video is loaded? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 176603] Re: Resizing audio to "1:1" causes sidebar to shrink too small

2007-12-15 Thread era
Here's a screenshot to illustrate the situation. ** Attachment added: "Screen shot just after pressing "1"" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10916937/Totem.screenshot.png -- Resizing audio to "1:1" causes sidebar to shrink too small https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176603 You received this bug no

[Bug 176603] Resizing audio to "1:1" causes sidebar to shrink too small

2007-12-15 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: totem Before visiting Launchpad bug #84757 I was not even aware that you could resize audio. But when I do, it also shrinks the playlist in the sidebar, so narrow I cannot see what I'm listening to, That's not right. Probably it should simply keep the

[Bug 128690] Re: Disable automatic resizing by default

2007-12-15 Thread era
I would like to know who those "several other people" are, too. In the meantime, I posted a different suggestion as a new upstream bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503775 -- Disable automatic resizing by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128690 You received this bug notific

[Bug 176753] Please check integrity of downloaded files

2007-12-16 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-file I installed apt-file yesterday, and would have expected it to work by today (the computer has been running for all this time). However, it doesn't, mostly. vnix$ time apt-file search nosuchfile gzip: /var/cache/apt/apt-file/fi.archive.ubuntu.c

[Bug 176757] postrm fails if first source is cdrom

2007-12-16 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-file While investigating bug #176753 I inspected the postrm file in the apt- file package. That was not the cause for my problem, but it seems that it would fail to fetch the update if the first source in the file is a cdrom: location, as typically i

[Bug 176753] Re: Please check integrity of downloaded files

2007-12-16 Thread era
See also bug #176754 for the problem with the Funet mirror. -- Please check integrity of downloaded files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176753 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 176754] funet mirror misconfigured?

2007-12-16 Thread era
Public bug reported: As reported just now in Launchpad bug #176753 there is a problem with at least the apt-file files on the Funet.fi mirror. See the other bug for a detailed report. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- funet mirror misconfigured? https://bugs

[Bug 176603] Re: Resizing audio to "1:1" causes sidebar to shrink too small

2007-12-17 Thread era
I consider it a bug that it resizes the sidebar at all, when what I requested was resizing the video pane. Particularly if I just spent some combination of physical and mental effort on making the sidebar just large enough to actually see where I am in the playlist. If I cared only about the curr

[Bug 70070] Re: package unusable

2007-12-19 Thread era
Shouldn't this be assigned to python-subversion (in which case the bug title makes sense) rather than subversion proper (which in the general case I guess works fine)? -- package unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70070 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 43423] Re: svn over https not working any longer

2007-12-19 Thread era
@dfoerster: I have exactly that version, and I cannot reproduce. That is, checking out a https: repository seems to work fine here. vnix$ svn --version svn, version 1.4.3 (r23084) compiled Mar 28 2007, 22:49:14 Copyright (C) 2000-2006 CollabNet. Subversion is open source software, see http://

[Bug 177419] Please include svnsync notes

2007-12-19 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: subversion http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/svnsync.txt would be useful to have in /usr/share/doc/subversion since the manual page is very sparse and the red-book only really works as a reference manual for this particular command; there is no

[Bug 24119] Re: Makes Emacs unable to save

2007-12-19 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 30094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30094 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 30094 vc-svn.el is a no-op -- Makes Emacs unable to save https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/24119 You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 25058] Re: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vc-svn.el is invalid.

2007-12-19 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 30094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30094 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 24119 Makes Emacs unable to save ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 30094 vc-svn.el is a no-op -- /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/vc-svn.el is invalid.

[Bug 177419] Re: Please include svnsync notes

2007-12-19 Thread era
Actually maybe this information could be merged into the manual page instead ...? -- Please include svnsync notes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 177437] Daily note to .xsession-errors about "no cdrom: disk"

2007-12-19 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-notifier vnix$ fgrep 'update-notifier' ~/.xsession-errors | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | less 40 ** (update-notifier:6154): WARNING **: no cdrom: disk If this message is important, .xsession-errors is probably not a good place for it. If it

[Bug 177438] Wish: distinct visual indication for skipped updates

2007-12-19 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager When you have run update-manager proper, and decided to not install an update, the notification icon remains orange. It would be useful to have a distinct indication for "seen but ignored" updates, so that an orange icon would always mean

[Bug 177438] Re: Wish: distinct visual indication for skipped updates

2007-12-19 Thread era
Here's a mock-up of the three suggested states. The first is "new updates available", the second is "update-manager (or other aptish tool) running", and the third is the new "old updates available". Pardon me if the color I chose is revolting; I picked purple to go with the "visited link" color c

[Bug 159551] Re: update manager's orange asterisk icon does not scale

2007-12-19 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 43089 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43089 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 43089 update-manager icon in notification area should be scalable -- update manager's orange asterisk icon does not scale https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15955

[Bug 177438] Re: Wish: distinct visual indication for skipped updates

2007-12-19 Thread era
Actually the color is too pinkish; I guess I shouldn't have included gamma correction -- it looked fine over here. (Usually somehow my local images look bleak when I upload and view them in the web browser if I don't click the "include gamma" PNG option in Gimp.) Anyhow, you can probably do bette

Re: [Bug 176754] funet mirror misconfigured?

2008-01-02 Thread era
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:52:15 -, "era" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > As reported just now in Launchpad bug #176753 there is a problem with > at least the apt-file files on the Funet.fi mirror. See the other bug > for a detailed report. Hello? This is still happ

[Bug 179899] Wish: monitor Contents-{arch}.gz availability on mirrors

2008-01-02 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-file In the light of bug 176754, wouldn't it be nice if the script which produces nice stats like https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/nic.funet.fi would also probe for the availability of Contents-i386.gz etc files on mirrors? I have no idea what th

[Bug 176754] Re: funet mirror misconfigured?

2008-01-02 Thread era
For what it's worth, I tried to Cc: the Funet mirror maintainers, but apparently had the wrong address. The mirrors page https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/nic.funet.fi doesn't have a good email address, but just now, I contacted the guy who registered the mirror, as well as the Funet mirroring

[Bug 150872] Re: Installer should not list removable media in /etc/fstab

2008-01-02 Thread era
Retitled with stronger wording, as per above ** Summary changed: - Permanent fstab line for removable CDROM clashes with flash drives. + Installer should not list removable media in /etc/fstab -- Installer should not list removable media in /etc/fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150872 You

[Bug 162894] Re: comint-watch-for-password-prompt should be default

2008-01-03 Thread era
On my Gutsy installation, this already works as intended. Perhaps the problem is actually bug 162890 (but I guess not, since you reported that too). comint-output-filter-functions is a variable defined in `comint.el'. Its value is (shell-filter-ctrl-a-ctrl-b t) Permanently local in buffer *shel

[Bug 162894] Re: comint-watch-for-password-prompt should be default

2008-01-03 Thread era
As additional clarifications, the M-: has to happen with the cursor in the *shell* buffer. Before that, the password was read via the minibuffer, without echoing (instead echoing periods for each character). This is emacs22-gtk on a fairly vanilla Gutsy installation. -- comint-watch-for-passwor

[Bug 180130] Documentation for ido-mode is not very enlightening

2008-01-03 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: emacs22-gtk Here's the documentation string for the function "ido-mode": ido-mode is a variable defined in `ido.el'. Its value is nil Documentation: Determines for which functional group (buffer and files) ido behavior should be enabled. The following

[Bug 180164] README.Debian is confusing

2008-01-03 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: emacs22 The file /usr/shrare/doc/emacs22-common/README.Debian discusses differences between Debian's and Ubuntu's packaging, yet the title reads "emacs22 for Debian". It is widely symlinked from other packages, making it unclear what exactly "this packag

[Bug 180164] Re: README.Debian is confusing

2008-01-03 Thread era
Attached please find a minor patch which attempts to address these issues. ** Attachment added: "Proposed changes to debian/README" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11138198/README.diff -- README.Debian is confusing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180164 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 61360] Re: magic string for "Bio-Rad .PIC" is too relaxed

2008-01-05 Thread era
I tried to come up with a patch for this, but the constraints of the file format make it a bit challenging. The basic problem is that the "magic number" 12345 decimal was a very poor choice, because it translates to the ASCII sequence "90" (or "09" in big-endian). Because there is no mechanism fo

[Bug 128849] Re: flashplugin-nonfree won't install; please update flashplugin-nonfree with MD5 sum of latest Adobe Flash package

2008-01-06 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 125986 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125986 jorno, it happens because of Adobe licensing restrictions and uploading conventions. Also, the design of the flashplugin-nonfree-installer is perhaps overtly cautious; when it no longer gets the download it e

[Bug 176754] Re: funet mirror misconfigured?

2008-01-08 Thread era
Filing a separate bug about the real issue ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- funet mirror misconfigured? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176754 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 176754] Re: funet mirror misconfigured?

2008-01-08 Thread era
I got this reply: > Files Contents-ARCH.gz seems to be missing but they are also missing from > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-proposed/. > > regards > Pekka Kytölaakso Duh; closing as invalid. -- funet mirror misconfigured? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176754 You recei

[Bug 181312] Please provide Contents-ARCH.gz for all sources

2008-01-08 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-file As seen in bug 179420, hardy, gutsy-proposed, and also gutsy-backports and gutsy-security lack any Contents-i386.gz file. While arguably you could expect most of the time that the -proposed updates will probably contain exactly the same files as

[Bug 179420] Re: tries to fetch URLs which yield 404 Not Found

2008-01-08 Thread era
See also bug #176753. I'm hesitant as to whether it should be merged with this bug report or not. Furthermore, see also now bug #181312. -- tries to fetch URLs which yield 404 Not Found https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 176753] Re: Please check integrity of downloaded files

2008-01-08 Thread era
Actually, as pointed out in that bug report, the real problem is that gutsy-proposed etc are lacking these Changes-ARCH.gz files; the mirror is set up correctly. I guess this falls under the umbrella of bug 179420 -- at least partly. -- Please check integrity of downloaded files https://bugs.lau

[Bug 149527] Re: .profile not sourced anymore

2008-04-01 Thread era
I ended up reporting it in 205444 again after all. That bug is marked "in progress". My possibly incomplete understanding is that when you initially log in, the variables are not yet marked as read-only, so things sort of work, unless / until you try to source your .profile / .bashrc / what have

[Bug 205444] Re: bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-04-01 Thread era
If anything is pending on me, then I reaffirm that I think the fix looks good. Perhaps you should check that you're not crossing paths with the #149527 fix, though. -- bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205444 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 205444] Re: bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-04-01 Thread era
See also bug #149527 for what it's worth. I had forgotten that it existed, although I had commented on it in the past. -- bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205444 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 57052] Re: /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root

2008-03-15 Thread era
I still have the hardware where this happened but it cannot really run any recent version of Ubuntu. However, I believe the repro steps should be trivial (try to use the device as a non-root user) and the fix, one way or another, straightforward. If there are newer Toshiba machines with the same

[Bug 57052] Re: /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root

2008-03-15 Thread era
Also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=16975 looks like coincidental confirmation that others too have bumped into this, but that's a pretty old thread (2005). -- /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57052 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 57052] Re: /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root

2008-03-15 Thread era
Here's what http://popcon.ubuntu.com/by_vote says: #Format # # is the package name; # is the number of people who installed this package; # is the number of people who use this package regularly; # is the number of people who installed, but don't use this package #regularly; # is the nu

[Bug 57052] Re: /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root

2008-03-15 Thread era
Wouldn't in fact group "powerdev" ownership be a good solution? Where are these standard groups documented? -- /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57052 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 177438] Re: Wish: distinct visual indication for skipped updates

2008-03-17 Thread era
But what I want is a way to distinguish new updates from skipped, precisely because there might be updates I do want while I am postponing a particularly intrusive update. /* era */ -- If this were a real .signature, it would suck less. Well, maybe not. -- Wish: distinct visual indication for

[Bug 57052] Re: /dev/toshiba created chmod 660 root:root

2008-03-17 Thread era
To reiterate, I no longer have a Toshiba which uses APM, so I cannot easily assess the effects of this bug any longer. The permissions have not changed but the applications which use this API may have come up with a different workaround. I presently have no way to test that. -- /dev/toshiba cre

[Bug 38538] Re: man pages suggest info pages that don't exist.

2008-03-17 Thread era
> era! I cannot see any process in Launchpad to bifurcate a bug. Just submit a new bug and provide the bug number for this bug as background info if you think it's pertinent. -- man pages suggest info pages that don't exist. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38538 You rece

[Bug 173890] Re: flashplugin-nonfree fails to install... new version?

2008-03-13 Thread era
viyyer: the situation is somewhat complex. Please read the notes in the bug description. If none of the hints there solve the problem for you then please supply the information which is being requested up there (where "up" refers to the top of the Launchpad web page where this bug lives; you coul

[Bug 189870] Re: Youtube stopped working, after 12.1 update was installed.

2008-03-13 Thread era
I guess this could basically be marked as a duplicate of bug #175255 ...? -- Youtube stopped working, after 12.1 update was installed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 175716] Re: Why "automatically" resize window when a new video is loaded?

2008-03-13 Thread era
I tried to submit a few other bugs, and the response from the Totem developers gave me the impression that usability and consistency is not a priority for them. I have downloaded the source in order to prepare a patch but this is not the itch I need to scratch right away. -- Why "automatically"

[Bug 175078] Re: Standard error should remain empty under normal circumstances

2008-03-13 Thread era
I can try at some point, but if you have a Hardy system, the repro steps should be clear enough, I hope. (I wish I had a spare machine or a convenient VMware image for stuff like this, but alas, I haven't had time to set up anything like that.) Perhaps somebody who reads this can try it and follo

[Bug 159130] Re: Interactive codec installer should not require restart of Totem

2008-03-13 Thread era
** Description changed: Binary package hint: totem + + I am revisiting this bug after several months, and want to add a high- + level summary. + + The overall process was: get an error message dialog, do what the + program guides me through doing in order to resolve the problem, assume + thing

[Bug 38538] Re: man pages suggest info pages that don't exist.

2008-03-14 Thread era
@Shirish Agarwal: no, dpkg is not a part of the coreutils package. Perhaps you mean "date" or some other command? The 'date' inconsistency should arguably be filed as a separate bug. -- man pages suggest info pages that don't exist. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38538 You received this bug not

[Bug 205444] [NEW] bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-03-23 Thread era
/~}\007" ++ echo -ne '\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~\007' vnix$ . .bash_profile . .bash_profile + . .bash_profile . $HOME/.profile ++ . /home/era/.profile # ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells. <...> # enable programmable completion features (you don&

[Bug 205444] Re: bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-03-23 Thread era
Here's what the bash manual says about readonly assignments: > If any of the assignments attempts to assign a value to a > readonly variable, an error occurs, and the command exits with a non- > zero status. So I guess that's the root cause of this problem. I would interpr

[Bug 205444] Re: bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-03-23 Thread era
The following quick patch attempts to solve two problems in the Gutsy /etc/bash_completion: * Don't "set -v" or "set +v" if it's already set * If BASH_COMPLETION or BASH_COMPLETION_DIR are declared readonly, don't even attempt to modify them The latter would (if my quick analysis isn't compl

[Bug 164181] Re: Manual page typos

2008-03-23 Thread era
> +@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ > + .PP > > + \fIresize\fR > + .IP > +-resizes an active mapping . must include \-\-size > ++re sizes an active mapping . must include \-\-size "re sizes"? That's a bit odd, don't you think? > +@@ -127,16 +127,14 @@ > + .B "\-\-version" > + Show the version. > + > +-.S

[Bug 155681] Re: emacs22 and python-mode do not play together

2008-03-23 Thread era
sebek: works for me on Gutsy (apart from the purging of the python-mode package -- I never installed it). Did you restart Emacs after installing emacs22-el? Can you verify that /usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/progmodes/python.el.gz exists on your system and that the path is on your load-path? -- ema

Re: [Bug 205444] Re: bash completion inhibits ability to debug login scripts

2008-03-23 Thread era
ba4b43e55 > > Let me know whether this works for you. I don't run unstable code on my production system but it certainly looks reasonable. Perhaps you want to update the comments to indicate that this is no longer identical to Ian's version 200603whatever, too ... /* era */ -- If

[Bug 207686] Re: Wishlist: add new host keys to known_hosts without asking

2008-03-27 Thread era
** Description changed: - It's a usability problem that openss-client behaves differently the + Binary package hint: openssh-client + + It's a usability problem that openssh-client behaves differently the first time you connect to a host, particularly if you hop between client machines all th

Re: [Bug 207686] Re: Wishlist: add new host keys to known_hosts without asking

2008-03-28 Thread era
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:13:04 -, "Mathias Gug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 07:23:56PM -, era wrote: > > + It's a usability problem that openssh-client behaves differently > > the first time you connect to a host, particul

[Bug 207686] Re: Wishlist: add new host keys to known_hosts without asking

2008-03-28 Thread era
Maybe this could be rephrased: add an alternative "StrictHostKeyChecking silent" and, ideally, make it the default. Like with "StrictHostKeyChecking no", add hosts silently; but still be strict when a key has changed, and refuse to connect. (The documentation is vague on this, and I'm too chicken

[Bug 207686] Re: Wishlist: add new host keys to known_hosts without asking

2008-03-28 Thread era
> (The documentation is vague on this, and I'm too chicken to confirm my > interpretation, > but I take it "StrictHostKeyChecking no" will permit you to connect to a host > whose > key has changed.) Okay, I confirmed this under controlled conditions now. You do get a warning, with big old ugl

[Bug 173057] Re: `_apt-file': not a valid identifier

2008-03-08 Thread era
The upstream bug now has the proposed solution to rename the identifier to "_apt_file". I'm taking the liberty to mark this as "Confirmed" since Debian also has it. Would still be interesting to know under what circumstances exactly you could repro this. ** Changed in: apt-file (Ubuntu) S

[Bug 200268] [NEW] bsdutils: locale problem in 'column' man page example

2008-03-09 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bsdutils The column(1) manual page contains the following in the EXAMPLES section: (printf "PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\n" \ ; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t This has a problem under various locales; curiousl

[Bug 200283] [NEW] /etc/skel/.profile should be strictly sh

2008-03-09 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bash According to the bash manual page, e.g. tilde expansion is a feature which is absent from "Bourne classic" sh. Since $HOME/.profile is potentially read by other shells than Bash, it should probably only use the strict Bourne features. Perhaps the c

[Bug 200706] [NEW] minor formatting error in utf8tolatin1 man page

2008-03-10 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: o3read vnix$ apropos utf8tolatin1 utf8tolatin1 (1) - (unknown subject) vnix$ $ man utf8tolatin1 | head UTF8TOLATIN1(1)UTF8TOLATIN1(1) NAME utf8tolatin1 SYNOPSIS utf8tolatin1 < infile >

[Bug 96655] Re: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback in terminal

2008-04-05 Thread era
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 146864 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146864 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 146864 command-not-found crash on CTRL+C exit -- 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback in terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96655 You received th

[Bug 212405] [NEW] Wishlist: don't print anything if not connected to a terminal

2008-04-05 Thread era
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: command-not-found On a Gutsy box, I was dropped into a root shell when fsck failed. In that particular situation, you probably don't want to be distracted by impertinent error messages. I see that bug #129257 fixes the problem that the command-not-found

[Bug 129257] Re: wrongly sends output to stdout

2008-04-05 Thread era
Is there a regression for this? Because on my Gutsy box, it still prints to standard output. vnix$ PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/games vnix$ lesspipe Command 'lesspipe' is available in '/usr/bin/lesspipe' The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variabl

[Bug 212405] Re: Wishlist: don't print anything if not connected to a terminal

2008-04-05 Thread era
For the record, see also my recent follow-up to bug #129257 -- Wishlist: don't print anything if not connected to a terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 209137] Re: Repeated crashes when cat:ting a binary file in terminal

2008-04-05 Thread era
** Summary changed: - It gives an error message + Repeated crashes when cat:ting a binary file in terminal -- Repeated crashes when cat:ting a binary file in terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 212405] Re: Wishlist: don't print anything if not connected to a terminal

2008-04-05 Thread era
I have reported a separate bug about commands in /root/.bashrc which require /usr -- bug #212413 -- Wishlist: don't print anything if not connected to a terminal https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 212413] Re: /root/.bashrc might be invoked without /usr/bin in PATH

2008-04-05 Thread era
Just to keep this reasonably self-contained, bug #121992 is about dircolors, so that in addition to lesspipe should be fixed (at least). -- /root/.bashrc might be invoked without /usr/bin in PATH https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212413 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

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