[Bug 411104] [NEW] [karmic] kate highlight download not functioning

2009-08-09 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Open KATE, click on Configure Kate->Open/Save->Modes & Filetypes button near bottom of window "Download Highlighting Files", click on it. Window pops up, download window also pops up in lower corner of screen saying 2.2K download from kde-yadda-yadda.org No highlight files

[Bug 409962] Re: poppler 0.11.2 produces blank pages with cups

2009-08-10 Thread seasoned_geek
Well here is my output from your two commands. All printing is pooched for me. rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf cups: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ dpkg -s cups Package: cups Status: insta

[Bug 409962] Re: poppler 0.11.2 produces blank pages with cups

2009-08-10 Thread seasoned_geek
I tried KPackage again tonight and it _still_ shows no available updates. There are 16 blocked updates, none of which say anything about cups or poppler. I will try again in the morning, but I'm thinking we have deeper problem with updates not getting out. -- poppler 0.11.2 produces blank pages

[Bug 409962] Re: poppler 0.11.2 produces blank pages with cups

2009-08-11 Thread seasoned_geek
I'm still busted. no update has ever appeared in KPackage nor Synaptics. Synaptics thinks I have the current cups version installed. I tried forcing a re-install this morning. No dice. Still printing blank pages. However you released your fix, it never made it out to the masses. -- poppler 0

[Bug 412135] [NEW] [karmic] kpackage no longer retrieving updates

2009-08-11 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ghostscript I have been a victim of bugs 308817/409962. There is a fix which has been pushed out to basically everybody, but KPackageKit still shows absolutely no updates for me. It lists 16 blocked updates, none of which have anything to do with Cups o

[Bug 412135] Re: [karmic] kpackage no longer retrieving updates

2009-08-11 Thread seasoned_geek
I didn't. The screen I entered the text on didn't have any selection what-so-ever for package hint at the time I did the entry. I simply entered the text and submitted. I assumed since I had KPackage in the summary it knew what I was talking about. Then again, lack of the hint prompt could simp

[Bug 412785] [NEW] [Karmic] Intel 536EP driver won't compile

2009-08-12 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: I sent this off to Linmodem as well, since I couldn't find a contact email for the guy whose been providing the TAR and BZ2 files. Kernel changes with Karmic mean this software no longer compiles. a...@logikaldesktop:~/downloads/intel-536EP-2.56.76.0$ make clean cd coredrv;

[Bug 412803] [NEW] [Karmic] Grub no longer displays startup menu

2009-08-12 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: After installing the 133 updates KPackageKit identified today, Grub no longer displays the startup menu allowing me to select FreeDOS or memtest or any of the other entries. It also doesn't give any hint a key could be hit to display the menu, simply boots Karmic. Descripti

[Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-08-12 Thread seasoned_geek
This appears to be busted pretty bad in Karmic Koala. I followed the instructions from here. I had both a /dev/ttySL0 and /dev/modem. wvdial was able to communicate with modem, but was always getting NO CARRIER which I now see is bug 237773. Since I was stupid and didn't check for that bug befo

[Bug 408914] [NEW] SATA drives identified in wrong order

2009-08-04 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Asus M2N4-SLI Mobo AMD X2 running 386 Kubuntu Karmic Koala Machine has installed 3 SATA drives. 250, 1TB, and 1TB. BIOS sees them in this exact order. FreeDOS installed on first partition of 250 and booted fine prior to Karmic install. Karmic root loaded on 250 as well.

[Bug 408918] [NEW] Trendnet TK409 USB KVM switch no longer works

2009-08-04 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: rol...@logikaldesktop:/etc/grub.d$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 Prior to installing this version, Trendnet TK409 USB KVM switch would always work with 2-3 taps of the numlock key. It is dead in the water now. ** A

[Bug 409008] [NEW] [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2009-08-04 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 works with OpenOffice 3.x under OpenSuSE and prior releases of Ubuntu, but does not work under this release. It can be successfully installed and configured, but it will not allow posting, even though it manages to connect with the username and pull

[Bug 409039] [NEW] [Karmic] Cannot change drive mount points

2009-08-04 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ Once you select a mount point during installation, there is no longer any method of changing them. Changes to fstab are ignored, and te

[Bug 410354] [NEW] [karmic] printing from browsers fails after yesterday's upgrades

2009-08-07 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: prior to yesterday's upgrades, Karmic was able to print from any browser on the system, Aurora, Firefox, and Opera. Now it simply sends a blank page to the printer. The same thing happens when printing from OpenOffice. I installed today's 44 updates thinking it would be eit

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-08-18 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday 18 August 2009 11:19:46 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 02:18:39AM -0000, seasoned_geek wrote: > > This appears to be busted pretty bad in Karmic Koala. > > > > I followed the instructions from here. I had both a /dev/ttyS

[Bug 416179] [NEW] [Karmic] After last round of updates and reboot kpackagekit dies trying to start update search

2009-08-19 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Received this error when attempting to launch KPackageKit after a reboot. All updates that could have been applied this morning were applied. As I recall there were still 24 blocked updates when I got done. Error Type: Error Value: 'PackageKitCache' object has no attribute

[Bug 413202] Re: [Karmic] Needs to display size of each bug fix

2009-08-22 Thread seasoned_geek
I'm not surprised developers here changed this to wishlist. It is exactly the reason Ubuntu is struggling against OpenSuSE...Absolutely no concern for the realities of the marketplace. At least OpenSuSE downloads only the packages it needs, installs them, then downloads the next set of RPMs it ne

[Bug 417386] [NEW] [Karmic] Aurora does not work with Indeed.com and other sites

2009-08-22 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Go to http://www.indeed.com with both Aurora and either Firefox or Opera. Enter a search skill of say "VAX". Click [Find Jobs] in both browsers. Close the browsers and wait at least 4 hours if not until the next day. Once again in both browsers key in http://www.indeed.com

[Bug 411584] Re: karmic: After update, grub2 does not unhide the menu when other operating systems are installed

2009-08-13 Thread seasoned_geek
This may eventually work, but it did not find my FreeDOS bootable partition which was their previously. I will wager an entire ice cold 6-pack of Mt. Dew it hung because of the SATA bug this kernel/boot code has where it identifies SATA drives in the wrong order. When I ran sudo update-grub this

[Bug 413202] [NEW] [Karmic] Needs to display size of each bug fix

2009-08-13 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: I realize the developers here all have un-limited unthrottled personal T-1 lines at home, but many of us are using a satellite or cellular broadband download limit. Not one ()&)_(&*_ package manager shipping with Ubuntu offers any kind of built in download manager so most of

[Bug 414184] [NEW] [Karmic] update-grub creates incorrect entry for FreeDOS

2009-08-15 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: After most recent update update-grub finally completes. When I run it I see the following: rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ sudo update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-3-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-3-generic Found memtest8

[Bug 414562] [NEW] [Karmic] No longer have any icon method of deleting trash

2009-08-16 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: The move to Arora has had Konqueror updated in such a way that there is no longer any trashcan icon. There is also no timed expiration of items moved to trash. A user has to open Dolphin and there, listed with all of their other storage devices is a trash can. This needs to

[Bug 415150] [NEW] NumLock mapping and KeyPad mode for VT420 emulation

2009-08-17 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: I guess this is really a "feature request" since it has been hanging out there for a long time. NumLock isn't correctly handled by konsole. When NumLock has been mapped via keyboard mapping, like it should be in the VT420 keyboard mapping, konsole must cease eating it as an

[Bug 519421] [NEW] Kompozer unable to edit Web sites due to IP software change in Ubuntu

2010-02-09 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kompozer A new release of Kompozer is available upstream. It simply needs to be moved down and compiled for distribution. They fixed the problem introduced with the IP changes Ubuntu underwent. The fix has been in place for many months, but hasn't made

[Bug 519421] Re: Kompozer unable to edit Web sites due to IP software change in Ubuntu

2010-02-09 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38937394/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38937395/XsessionErrors.txt -- Kompozer unable to edit Web sites due to IP software change in Ubuntu https://bugs.launchp

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2010-02-09 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday 09 February 2010 05:10:34 pm Armando Beneduce wrote: > Will this bug be solved in Karmic??? > Not that I have seen. I've even tried switching to an Intel modem, but you have to run -14 kernel to have that fax software work. SL modem seemed to be light years from working when I gave u

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2010-05-03 Thread seasoned_geek
We will find out in a while.  I just got home from my contract and am waiting for the new Ubuntu LTS CD's to arrive for an upgrade.  I will change out modems and try it. On May 3, 2010 at 7:05 AM "أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)" wrote: > Since there was no negative feedback regarding that las

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2010-05-03 Thread seasoned_geek
But, very unprofessionally, released stuff which didn't compile, didn't install, and had never been tested with fax software.   His frustration level is warranted as this has been a Microsoft quality patch from day one.  When the CD's arrive from On-Disk I will take the time to backup the 2.5 gig o

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2010-05-03 Thread seasoned_geek
>and > little personal interest in modems although I realise how important they > are to others)   In general, that is the problem with the Ubuntu community.  They have "little personal interest in modems" and falsely claim to understand how important they are to others.  On Windows, MAC, and many

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2010-05-03 Thread seasoned_geek
You know what?   After watching the exchange on this email, I've decided to migrate to the 64-bit version of KUbuntu and just give up on Linux ever giving modems the respect they deserve.  I'll have to keep a Windows partition around to send a fax when I don't feel like paying $2 to that Internet f

Re: [Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2010-05-07 Thread seasoned_geek
The problem is that Grub does not respect the BIOS ordering, which means it doesn't play with Windows, FreeDOS, DR DOS, or any other OS that does respect BIOS ordering for multi-drive systems. On Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:45:28 pm you wrote: > Bump. I can attest that this symptom is present in

Re: [Bug 524196] Re: TMPTIME=0 no longer clears /tmp on boot

2010-05-08 Thread seasoned_geek
I can verify this bug is alive and well in 10.04. On Saturday, May 08, 2010 04:57:00 am you wrote: > For me the bug has appeared new in lucid, it was not there in karmic. > > See my post at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1463485 > > Here is my rcS > > # > # /etc/default/rcS > # > # De

Re: [Bug 514269] Re: error: the symbol 'grub_puts_' not found after upgrading o lucid

2010-05-04 Thread seasoned_geek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 I got fried by this same bug. Thanks for doing the legwork. On Friday, April 30, 2010 09:07:38 pm you wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 *** > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 > >

Re: [Bug 331522] Re: [RS690] flickering after update on Jaunty

2010-05-05 Thread seasoned_geek
The problem was so severe I swapped video cards, and thus could not reproduce now if I wanted to. On May 5, 2010 at 8:11 PM Bryce Harrington wrote: > [This is an automatic notification.] > > Hi lilly-marlene, > > This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you > test if it st

[Bug 524196] [NEW] TMPTIME=0 no longer clears /tmp on boot

2010-02-18 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysvinit I just checked this today, and even after a fresh reboot, I still have files in /tmp from 12/2009. It appears this setting is ignored now. rol...@logikaldesktop1:~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 ProblemType:

[Bug 524196] Re: TMPTIME=0 no longer clears /tmp on boot

2010-02-18 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39385185/Dependencies.txt -- TMPTIME=0 no longer clears /tmp on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524196 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 516809] [NEW] No sound in Wine after last round of updates

2010-02-03 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wine This was working just fine until the last round of updates, now there is no sound what-so-ever from wine. I'm not even certain I get sound out of Kontact rol...@logikaldesktop1:~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 Pr

[Bug 492121] Re: Karmic xorg updates fail to apply

2009-12-15 Thread seasoned_geek
Bump. Myself and most other Nvidia users are still only able to log in under console mode. envyng is missing files yet again under Karmic, so is of no help in attempting to install proprietary drivers from the command line. This is a rather critical bug. Not everyone can order an ATI video card

Re: [Bug 419501] Re: apport-kde assert failure: python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:242: process_responses: Assertion `(((long) (dpy->last_request_read) - (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)' failed.

2010-02-23 Thread seasoned_geek
Pledging and partying are a lot more important. You are only young once! On Tuesday 23 February 2010 07:32:34 pm jboisture wrote: > Hey, > > Sorry I haven't had any free time to work on this and it doesn't look > like I'm going to have any time until spring break. That's only a week and > a

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-08-31 Thread seasoned_geek
I used Kpackagekit to manually un-install all things sl-modem. I downloaded your .deb and clicked on it to install. The package installed. I have no /dev/ttySL0 device. If we were supposed to do something different for the installation you should have sent that in the message. On Monday 31

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-08-31 Thread seasoned_geek
NOSYMLINK=0 On Monday 31 August 2009 11:14:09 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 01:23:28PM -, seasoned_geek wrote: > > I used Kpackagekit to manually un-install all things sl-modem. I > > downloaded your .deb and clicked on it to instal

[Bug 422232] [NEW] [Karmic] unable to define USB printer in Cups

2009-08-31 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Cups is unable to define a USB printer. When you click on System Settings->Printer Configuration then click on New Printer followed by New Network Printer you see a nice connection list. It shows your LPT1, your serial ports, then gives you a lot of network type printing opt

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
Do I need to do a build then, or just install the source package? On Tuesday 01 September 2009 12:53:52 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 04:33:14PM -0000, seasoned_geek wrote: > > pn sl-modem-source (no > &

Re: [Bug 420721] Re: [Karmic] some recent update broke support for printers connected by USB->Parallel cables

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420015 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420015 I've given up. My printer happened to have a parallel port, so I dug out an old cable. Can't wait for this USB stuff to get sorted out. On Tuesday 01 September 2009 05:35:54 am Till Kamppeter wrote: > ***

Re: [Bug 414562] Re: [Karmic] No longer have any icon method of deleting trash

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday 01 September 2009 07:33:40 am Jonathan Thomas wrote: Then you understand very little about software development and usability. In many distros Konqueror was filling the role of file manager, even in KUbuntu, but more prominently in OpenSuSE When Konqueror came up in previous release

Re: [Bug 420721] Re: [Karmic] some recent update broke support for printers connected by USB->Parallel cables

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
peter wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 420015 *** > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420015 > > seasoned_geek, the USB stuff IS sorted out. Please update your system. > The package cups 1.4.0-3 contains both the fixes for the discovery of > USB printers and the fix of

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:24:14PM -, seasoned_geek wrote: > > Do I need to do a build then, or just install the source package? > > ---end quoted text--- > > After install sl-modem-source package, you'll then need to build > following the instructions i

[Bug 422739] Re: package sl-modem-daemon 2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5ubuntu4~ppa2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man8/slmodemd.8.gz', which is also in package sl-modem-source

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31163317/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31163318/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31163319/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 422739] [NEW] package sl-modem-daemon 2.9.10+2.9.9d+e-pre2-5ubuntu4~ppa2 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man8/slmodemd.8.gz', which is also in package sl-modem-sour

2009-09-01 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: I have no idea why this died, but I bet the culprit is really KPackageKit ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Sep 1 13:24:04 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man8/slmodemd.8.gz', which is also in package sl-mode

Re: [Bug 420015] Re: usblp Kernel module needs to be removed and /dev/bus/usb/*/* made accessible for USB printers to work with CUPS 1.4.x

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
The only real fix is to switch to either Parallel or Network printers. This USB stuff is a looong way from being sorted out. Just wait until they try to get the USB KVM switches working again. They worked with all prior versions, but are a paperweight now. On Wednesday 02 September 2009

Re: [Bug 419501] Re: apport-kde assert failure: python: ../../src/xcb_io.c:242: process_responses: Assertion `(((long) (dpy->last_request_read) - (long) (dpy->request)) <= 0)' failed.

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
I didn't "do" anything other than tell KPackageKit to install the 200+ updates which were waiting (and took all (^)(*&)(*&ing day to pull down) Part way through it started gagging. I then used Synaptic to fix the packages KPackageKit broke (none were broke before the updates started) and apply

[Bug 423429] [NEW] [Karmic] package apturl 0.3.6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: error creating directory `./usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk': No such file or directory

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apturl This is like a virus. I Let KPackageKit spend the _entire_ late morning and early afternoon downloading the 50 patches it identified this morning. When it started the actual installation process it prompted for my sudo password twice almost insta

[Bug 423429] Re: [Karmic] package apturl 0.3.6ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: error creating directory `./usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk': No such file or directory

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "AptOrdering.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31257009/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31257010/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Dmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31257011/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 423448] [NEW] [Karmic] Today's update of grub-pc left my computer non-bootable

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: I applied the 50 updates KPackageKit said needed to be applied today. After playing swat-the-mole clicking on APT failures I made the mistake of trying to do an orderly reboot. The GRUB-PC upgrade broke my machine. It will not boot. symbol 'grub_zalloc' not found. I don' t

[Bug 423471] [NEW] [Karmic] eterm not really VT102 emulator

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: let me explain what is needed so we are both on the same page. Thankfully there is a public access OpenVMS cluster, the Deathrow cluster, on the Web, so you can actually test this yourself. OpenVMS is where all VT terminal specifications where created and released. In

[Bug 423471] Re: [Karmic] eterm not really VT102 emulator

2009-09-02 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "info on actual VT keyboard layout" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31260825/keyboard_info_for_eterm.pdf -- [Karmic] eterm not really VT102 emulator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 423448] [NEW] [Karmic] Today's update of grub-pc left my computer non-bootable

2009-09-03 Thread seasoned_geek
t get this bug sorted out. On Thursday 03 September 2009 03:21:05 am Felix Zielcke wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408699 *** > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408699 > > Am Mittwoch, den 02.09.2009, 22:40 + schrieb seasoned_geek: > > Public bug reported: &

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-03 Thread seasoned_geek
l...@logikaldesktop:/usr/src/modules/sl-modem$ On Tuesday 01 September 2009 08:30:43 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:24:14PM -, seasoned_geek wrote: > > Do I need to do a build then, or just install the source package? > > ---end quoted tex

Re: [Bug 423448] [NEW] [Karmic] Today's update of grub-pc leftmy computernon-bootable

2009-09-03 Thread seasoned_geek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 408699 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408699 Keep in mind this is _after_ I used a Windows notebook to find out how to manually fix this. rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ debconf-show grub-pc debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/de

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-03 Thread seasoned_geek
rol...@logikaldesktop:~$ cd /usr/src/modules/sl-modem rol...@logikaldesktop:/usr/src/modules/sl-modem$ dir debian drivers modem patches ungrab-winmodem rol...@logikaldesktop:/usr/src/modules/sl-modem$ sudo module-assistant auto- install sl-modem-source [sudo] password for roland:

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-03 Thread seasoned_geek
w16302051593 --> Waiting for carrier. On Thursday 03 September 2009 03:36:43 pm أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 05:47:09PM -, seasoned_geek wrote: > > Setting up sl-modem-source (2.9.11~20080817-3ubuntu2) ... > > You were supposed to b

Re: [Bug 412785] Re: [Karmic] Intel 536EP driver won't compile

2009-12-03 Thread seasoned_geek
It took quite a bit of tweaking, but I got wvdial to work with it yesterday. Will play with efax as time allows. On Wednesday 02 December 2009 12:33:04 pm Dan Andreșan wrote: > Check this: http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-modems > > deb packages for 536EP were created on 29th of November

[Bug 492121] [NEW] Karmic xorg updates fail to apply

2009-12-03 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Tried to apply all updates today. First attempt hung and required reboot. Second attempt required manual config first, then it also died. sudo dpkg --configure -a last file in second attempt died like this: Unpacking replacement xserver-xorg ..

[Bug 492121] Re: Karmic xorg updates fail to apply

2009-12-03 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36415752/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36415753/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36415754/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 446816] Re: Occasionally get blank screen after reboot

2009-12-04 Thread seasoned_geek
After today's upgrade I can no longer log in. I get the exact same error about no /dev/fb0 if I try to startx from the command line. -- Occasionally get blank screen after reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446816 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 428521] [NEW] [Karmic] kpackagekit always chooses the slowest most overloaded server when left set to US server

2009-09-12 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: This problem has been happening since day one with Karmic, but now it has gotten completely out of hand. Today there were 120+ updates available, so I selected them and chose to apply. I left the office for over two hours. Came back to find only 23% had downloaded. I have

Re: [Bug 428521] Re: [Karmic] kpackagekit always chooses the slowest most overloaded server when left set to US server

2009-09-13 Thread seasoned_geek
Yes, it does. The major problem with Ubuntu is they keep segregating things rather than putting icky-nasty-useless-Gnome and KDE on the same distribution. If a person needs to install both because one or more of the applications in use unfortunately uses large chunks of icky-nasty-useless-Gnom

[Bug 417858] Re: [Karmic] LS-120 support busted badly

2009-09-13 Thread seasoned_geek
Today I applied _all_ updates, rebooted, and inserted a ls-120 floppy into the drive. Same thing happens. Dolphin comes up after the device is recognized as "recently plugged in" and I click on it. System is nearly hung at that point. Nothing you click on works, but hitting will allow me to en

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-14 Thread seasoned_geek
ste. The source code won't compile > using any of the other commands, at least it wouldn't before. > > On Saturday 05 September 2009 05:02:59 pm Scott Kitterman wrote: > > seasoned_geek: Ahmed isn't paid to do this. He's a volunteer doing his > > best to help you. Us

[Bug 429618] [NEW] [Karmic] OpenOffice does not automatically apply file extension

2009-09-14 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: In Karmic KUbuntu, even if you have the box checked to automatically apply file extension, saving a file in Word format won't put a .doc extension on it. ** Affects: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Karmic] OpenOffice does not auto

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-15 Thread seasoned_geek
It hasn't bubbled out to the update sites yet. So far I haven't found a single Karmic user with a working sl-modem install. On Tuesday 15 September 2009 01:31:07 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:25:37PM -, seasoned_geek wrote: > > T

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-15 Thread seasoned_geek
:15:00PM -0000, seasoned_geek wrote: > > It hasn't bubbled out to the update sites yet. > > I think it is: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/sl-modem-source > > Yet, as far as I know, without doing that dkms.conf replacement I > mentioned in the previous post, you won&#x

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-16 Thread seasoned_geek
On Wednesday 16 September 2009 02:53:41 am أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:54:51AM -0000, seasoned_geek wrote: > > I have been able to remove slmodem via Synaptic in the past. > > That was you were able to successfully install sl-modem-source

Re: [Bug 375148] Re: no more /dev/ttySL0 device node

2009-09-16 Thread seasoned_geek
On Wednesday 16 September 2009 02:54:08 am Daniel Holbach wrote: > seasoned_geek: the way you are talking to Ahmed is unacceptable. It's > clear to everybody reading this bug report that you are frustrated, but > venting your anger does not help at all. If you have a

[Bug 432229] Re: fsck on every reboot due to superblock having future date

2009-09-21 Thread seasoned_geek
As of today, one of the update sets which came out seems to have fixed this. There is still a lot of fall out with the problems it created, but the clock/future date problem at boot up seem to be gone. -- fsck on every reboot due to superblock having future date https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4

[Bug 434839] [NEW] [Karmic] once installed MAN only shows this set info

2009-09-22 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: After this package is installed, from the command line you type man set you don't get an option for any other set, simply tossed into set(7) which is the Postgres set command ** Affects: postgresql-8.2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- [K

[Bug 434839] Re: [Karmic] once installed MAN only shows this set info

2009-09-22 Thread seasoned_geek
Nothing fixes it. rol...@logikaldesktop:~/fuelsurcharge2$ psql tax_2002 psql (8.4.1) Type "help" for help. tax_2002=# \q rol...@logikaldesktop:~/fuelsurcharge2$ I didn't migrate, I had a fresh Karmic install when I started with Karmic. As you can see, I'm running 8.4.1. Since I took the "float

[Bug 417858] Re: [Karmic] LS-120 support busted badly

2009-09-22 Thread seasoned_geek
Busted Again!!! Today 2009-09-22 I applied all 86 of the updates which were stacked up. After I read the email stating the full release was coming soon in October and that people weren't supposed to be turning in broken things I made the mistake of thinking it was alright. Waste of my download li

[Bug 227717] Re: interface.py crashed with ImportError in ()

2009-12-10 Thread seasoned_geek
This bug now exists in Karmic. I wouldn't have noticed, but a recent upgrade trashed all nvidia users and I was trying to use this as a work around. -- interface.py crashed with ImportError in () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227717 You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 492121] Re: Karmic xorg updates fail to apply

2009-12-05 Thread seasoned_geek
Is there a way to back this out from the command line? I can only log in on the console now. I tried completely removing xserver-xorg and installing a prior version via apt-get per instructions I found on the Web but I am still unable to get X to run. Always dies with /dev/fb0 not found now. Si

[Bug 489718] [NEW] Eclipse java package missing xml editor

2009-11-28 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: eclipse The Java development package shipping with Ubuntu is missing the XML editor/designer. This makes it impossible to follow along with the persistence tutorials. When attempting to find plugins via Help->Software Updates->Find and Install the vers

[Bug 489718] Re: Eclipse java package missing xml editor

2009-11-28 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36208120/Dependencies.txt -- Eclipse java package missing xml editor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubu

[Bug 489718] Re: Eclipse java package missing xml editor

2009-11-28 Thread seasoned_geek
I spent ___hours___ going through Synaptic and using what was available for Internet bandwidth this Saturday after Black Friday...Near as I can tell you are missing the following plugin files. I don't know what other files you are missing and cannot for the life of me come up with a legitimate exc

[Bug 104986] Re: [needs-packaging] Eclipse Web Tools Platform

2009-11-28 Thread seasoned_geek
This method no longer works. The JDT and the Eclipse bundle shipping with Karmic is horribly broken. It is missing a buttload of plug-ins. Any attempt to use Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install now results in the following: Network connection problems encountered during search. Unabl

[Bug 104986] Re: [needs-packaging] Eclipse Web Tools Platform

2009-11-28 Thread seasoned_geek
If you download the Eclipse Java Development bundle directly from the Eclipse side and run it from a local directory you get a _lot_ more update sites listed, you also start out with all of the packages and plugins you are supposed to have. It's like they bundled the wrong version of Eclipse or si

[Bug 489718] Re: Eclipse java package missing xml editor

2009-11-29 Thread seasoned_geek
Thank you for your post. The Internet was truly brutal yesterday do to the holiday shoppers. It will probably be equally as bad later today. While well phrased, your explanation doesn't make sense. All of the packages I listed are bundled with the Java Development package. What I installed fro

[Bug 417858] Re: [Karmic] LS-120 support busted badly

2009-11-11 Thread seasoned_geek
Today's updates and reboot fixed this problem. break-it, fix-it, break-it, fix-it -- [Karmic] LS-120 support busted badly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu

[Bug 481366] [NEW] KMail crash while reading email

2009-11-12 Thread seasoned_geek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepim The automated crash reporting assistant seems to exist soley to ensure that no bug _ever_ gets reported. This crash has happened 5 times and each time it tells me "not enough information". I have all patches applied as of last night, clean reboot

[Bug 481366] Re: KMail crash while reading email

2009-11-12 Thread seasoned_geek
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35578174/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35578175/XsessionErrors.txt -- KMail crash while reading email https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481366 You received this b

[Bug 428125] Re: [Karmic] kompozer cannot connect via ftp

2009-11-18 Thread seasoned_geek
When is 8b going to be backported or available for Karmic? As it stands kompozer is completely unusable in karmic. -- [Karmic] kompozer cannot connect via ftp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428125 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 428125] Re: [Karmic] kompozer cannot connect via ftp

2009-11-18 Thread seasoned_geek
I'm saying I applied all updates and don't have 8b, I'm still at 8a. The "upload" didn't go out to Karmic, or at least any of the update servers my machine is looking at. On Wednesday 18 November 2009 08:53:30 pm Tony Yarusso wrote: > Are you saying the upload noted by Launchpad Janitor did no

Re: [Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2010-04-18 Thread seasoned_geek
This bug impacts all who have multiple SATA drives. While DELL may be corrupting things for _some_ users, my workstation doesn't have a single Windows partition on it. Grub DOES NOT HONOR the BIOS drive enumeration. If you have more than one disk drive, YOU CANNOT INSTALL this or any later ve

Re: [Bug 524196] Re: TMPTIME=0 no longer clears /tmp on boot

2010-03-13 Thread seasoned_geek
I also put /tmp on its own partition as I do with /home and several other important trees. On Saturday 13 March 2010 04:31:23 am rennradler wrote: > I can confirm this behaviour on Kubuntu 9.10 amd64 release . I have > TMPTIME=0 in /etc/default/rcS. But df gives this after reboot: > > # df -h

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-18 Thread seasoned_geek
Yes. Why would it have went away? On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 05:09:10 pm you wrote: > Do you still have this problem with Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS (Lucid)? > > ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) >Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions (630)-205-1593 ht

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-18 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 08:55:22 pm you wrote: > Do you have openoffice.org-java-common installed? > > ** Tags added: lucid It doesn't appear to be according to synaptic -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions (630)-205-1593 http://www.logikalsolutions.com http://www.theminimumyouneedtokno

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-18 Thread seasoned_geek
The difference would be I'm 10.04 64-bit AMD. It always worked on 9.10 32-bit. On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 08:58:15 pm you wrote: > Another user who had problems with said it started working for him back > during Ubuntu 9.10 timeframe, but I don't know what is different about > your system. > > htt

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-18 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 09:00:32 pm you wrote: > Also as noted on the extension webpage you must make sure your blog > software also properly supports xml-rpc and that it is actually enabled. As I said. It always worked under 32-bit 9.10 Karmic. It just doesn't work under 10.04 64-bit AMD. It

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-18 Thread seasoned_geek
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 08:55:22 pm you wrote: > Do you have openoffice.org-java-common installed? > > ** Tags added: lucid I'm sorry. You can close this or whatever. I've moved onto 10.04 Ubuntu and the Sun Weblog Publisher doesn't work at all in 10.04. That is what confused me. Eventual

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-19 Thread seasoned_geek
It fails with an UNO error, or did without that package. I will try in a while, but have you heard of _anybody_ running 10.04 LTS 64-bit AMD who actually got this to install? On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:00:07 pm you wrote: > If you don't have openoffice.org-java-common installed that might be

Re: [Bug 409008] Re: [karmic] Sun Weblog Publisher 1.1.0 broken

2010-05-19 Thread seasoned_geek
That made it install, but it does not run or configure. This is the _only_ extension which keeps me using OO. I use it to pubilshed to http://logikalblog.com. I use Symphony for most everything else. I imagine this will be difficult to trouble shoot if you aren't running a 64-bit version of

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