[Bug 391224] Re: open-vm-tools should recommend open-vm-toolbox

2010-04-04 Thread unsound
This "bugfix" totally annoys me, because when I attempt to install open- vm-tools on an Ubuntu Server machine with no X11, I suddently get the entire X server and tons of libraries as dependencies. I have to turn of automatic resolution of 'recommends' and sit and manually pick out which "recommend

[Bug 1773859] Re: upgrades to 18.04 fail

2020-01-24 Thread unsound
I had this exact error when upgrading a 16.04 (amd64) with HWE (all packages up-to-date) to 18.04 today. So I wouldn't say this is fixed. Now trying to salvage it by moving the relevant file while the upgrade is going on... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 672873] Re: Installed GSettings schemas not detected on PowerPC

2010-12-24 Thread unsound
glib 2.26.1 fixes this issue as well (see release notes: http://git.gnome.org/browse/glib/commit/?id=5ae9936f267f14c296182cbf1786d8a96f2c7f41 ). It would be great if we could get these changes into the Ubuntu maverick package. I think the specific commit in the 2.26 branch that fixes the big-endi

[Bug 672873] Re: Installed GSettings schemas not detected on PowerPC

2010-12-27 Thread unsound
For eveyone's convenience, I uploaded an 'endian-fixed' version of libglib to my web site: http://www.catacombae.org/glibfix-ppc/libglib2.0-0_2.26.0-0ubuntu1_powerpc.deb I only applied the patch specific to endianness (fe225e7e7c7424fbfbdeb63c41db63c21f8f7751) to produce this build. However I thi

[Bug 672873] Re: Installed GSettings schemas not detected on PowerPC

2010-12-29 Thread unsound
Well, it wasn't meant to be a final permanent solution anyway. I just wanted to demontrate that the patch does fix the problem. I was hoping that these changes could make it into an updated maverick package without much delay. I can update the package with a new version number to fix this proble

[Bug 1227076] [NEW] package grub-efi-amd64 2.00-7ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2013-09-18 Thread unsound
Public bug reported: The package grub-efi-amd64 fails to configure itself. The root cause is 'update-grub', which fails with exit code 1. However it only fails when my external drive is connected, a WD My Book 1130 (3 TB pure-4k drive, i.e. no 512 B sector emulation). I researched further and f

[Bug 1331047] [NEW] Unable to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04

2014-06-17 Thread unsound
Public bug reported: When attempting to upgrade from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 I encounted the issue described by the attachments. It is never able to calculate the package setup for the resulting upgraded system and exits without performing an upgrade. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Pa

[Bug 1331047] Re: Unable to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04

2014-06-17 Thread unsound
I found a workaround: Uninstall flightgear and its dependencies before the upgrade. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1331047 Title: Unable to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 To manage notifica

[Bug 857170] Re: Kernel oops when mounting UDF volume

2011-11-14 Thread unsound
I can verify that I cannot reproduce the problem in the version currently in 'proposed', 2.6.38-13.52. So the bug appears to be fixed in this kernel version. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 857170] [NEW] Kernel oops when mounting UDF volume

2011-09-23 Thread unsound
Public bug reported: After installing kernel version 2.6.38-11-powerpc64-smp to my PowerMac G5 Quad I noticed that upon logging in with a CD inserted, the system would throw an error during login and while it doesn't seem like an actual panic, the system was unusable after this error. I investiga

[Bug 857170] Re: Kernel oops when mounting UDF volume

2011-09-23 Thread unsound
** Attachment added: "Full dmesg snapshot after oops." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857170/+attachment/2445631/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857170 Title: Kern

[Bug 857170] Re: Kernel oops when mounting UDF volume

2011-10-07 Thread unsound
I can verify that I no longer have the kernel oops with your custom-built kernel... so the patch was effective! Thanks a lot for looking into this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/857170

[Bug 1006427] Re: (PowerBookG4) Live image won't boot, stuck on "stdin: Not a typewriter"

2012-11-04 Thread unsound
I have the very same issue on the 20121017.5 live image, downloaded from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20121017.5 (MD5 sum was verified after download). My system is a PowerMac G5 Quad. So it doesn't appear to be specific to the PowerBook G4's hardware. After booting the console is slowly