Moblin session just Not Working in Lucid?...

2010-03-18 Thread Dylan McCall
Sorry, this is an odd place to post a bug discussion, but I really don't know where else this can go and I think it's a particularly critical bug. I have regular Lucid desktop edition installed (and up to date) on a very normal netbook. Three weeks ago, I noticed Moblin is packaged in a really sl

Touch Screen Issues

2010-03-18 Thread Brandon Kuczenski
Hello all, I want to inquire about the state of touchscreen development in Ubuntu. I recently built a touch-screen-only system running Karmic and I'm generally happy with it (the OS is pretty heavy weight, lots of caching to disk, etc, but that is the way of things in this Aero-Aqua-world) bu

Re: man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread John Moser
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Daniel Baluta wrote: > Hello, > > The following phrase taken from man 2 write manual page is confusing: > POSIX  requires that a read(2) which can be proved to occur after a > write() has returned returns the new data. > This parses properly. "a read(2) which can

Re: man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread Daniel Baluta
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Soren Hansen wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:48:24PM +0200, Daniel Baluta wrote: >> The following phrase taken from man 2 write manual page is confusing: >> POSIX  requires that a read(2) which can be proved to occur after a >> write() has returned returns the

building ubuntu apps

2010-03-18 Thread Rene Veerman
Hi, i'm getting a bit tired with nautilus' 90's-style quirks. so i'd like to know what a good ubuntu dev environment looks like. min req: a tree class that's as much as win7's win-explorer tree as possible, and which can easily be extended. i gotta be able to put a background on that tree-class,

Re: Bug: python2.5-minimal

2010-03-18 Thread Brian Murray
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:34:28AM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 15 March 2010 15:48, wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I am using this list for my bug report because using "ubuntu-bug" > > did not work. I could not establish a connection to the bug database > > (continuous errors). > > > > You ca

Re: man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread schultz . patrick
Hyphens or parens would be more appropriate. POSIX requires that a read(2) -- proved to occur after a write() has returned -- returns the new data. But I don't see why its necessary to have the information in the same sentence anyways. Patrick Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -

Re: Subject: default screen-saver : why not energy efficient ?

2010-03-18 Thread Jérôme Bouat
Hello, > This is a good idea, > however it will not save nearly as much energy > as keeping the OS small and efficient Each detail has a side effect and may make the system better. For example, if a bicycle competitor knows that lycra shoe cover will save 1/1000 of his power. He will wear t

Re: Subject: default screen-saver : why not energy efficient ?

2010-03-18 Thread Brett
>the cost of the energy will increase in the coming years (what ever the primary source is) >I think that Ubuntu should set the blank screen as default screensaver for all its flavour (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu netbook edition, ...). This is a good idea, however it will not save nearly as m

Re: Bug: python2.5-minimal

2010-03-18 Thread Soren Hansen
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 04:48:55PM +0100, mail2geo...@gmx-topmail.de wrote: > I have done something wrong using ths list for my bug report, please > let me know. I can only do better if I know that something is wrong. This list is not for bug reports. There should be a way for you to file the bug

Re: man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread Soren Hansen
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:48:24PM +0200, Daniel Baluta wrote: > The following phrase taken from man 2 write manual page is confusing: > POSIX requires that a read(2) which can be proved to occur after a > write() has returned returns the new data. > > I think you should you some comas to make a c

Re: man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread Lucian Adrian Grijincu
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Daniel Baluta wrote: > The following phrase taken from man 2 write manual page is confusing: > POSIX  requires that a read(2) which can be proved to occur after a > write() has returned returns the new data. > > I think you should you some comas to make a clear st

Re: Bug: python2.5-minimal

2010-03-18 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 15 March 2010 15:48, wrote: > Hi All > > I am using this list for my bug report because using "ubuntu-bug" did not > work. I could not establish a connection to the bug database (continuous > errors). > You can try https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug in your browser to file bugs

Bug: python2.5-minimal

2010-03-18 Thread mail2george
Hi All I am using this list for my bug report because using "ubuntu-bug" did not work. I could not establish a connection to the bug database (continuous errors). My bug report is as follows: Richte python2.5-minimal ein (2.5.4-1ubuntu6.1) ... Linking and byte-compiling packages for runtime pyt

Re: String break in ubuntone-client without freeze exception

2010-03-18 Thread Rodney Dawes
Hi Timo, The link you provided doesn't work (I get a nominally blank page), and the one Andr provided just shows the different languages for which there are translations, and doesn't really explain which strings you feel broke this freeze. Can you list them please, so we can determine which ones e

Re: String break in ubuntone-client without freeze exception

2010-03-18 Thread Andr� Gondim
Hi Timo, Just to fix your link: https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/ubuntuone-client/+pots/ubuntuone-client/ Cheers,- André Gondim E-mail: andregon...@ubuntu.com Blog: http://andregondim.eti.br OpenPGP keys: C9721403

default screen-saver : why not energy efficient ?

2010-03-18 Thread Jérôme Bouat
Hello, Because: - the cost of the energy will increase in the coming years (what ever the primary source is) - a laptop needs to spare its battery I think that Ubuntu should set the blank screen as default screensaver for all its flavour (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu netbook edition, ...

util-linux-ng v2.17.1 (new support for 4K-sector disks is useless in DOS-compatible mode. The fdisk command prints warning(s) when startup in DOS mode.)

2010-03-18 Thread pp
New feature by Karel Zak in util-linux-ng v2.17.1 : fdisk: - supports new command line option "-c" to disable DOS-compatible mode from command line. The DOS-compatible mode is DEPRECATED and will be disabled by default in the next major release. Currently, the DOS mode is enabled

Call for Testing: Nouveau

2010-03-18 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
Hi all, The drive towards stabilising Nouveau for a rocking Lucid LTS release has resulted in large changes to the packaging stack. Nouveau's kernel module is now in the main kernel package, which fixes most of the problems people have previously reported. If you have previously tested nouveau a

Re: String break in ubuntone-client without freeze exception

2010-03-18 Thread Benjamin Humphrey
I would like to second that. Please make sure that you try to stick the to the freezes. Over here in the Manual project we have to capture over 2000 screenshots before Lucid is released, the earlier we start, the better chance we have of reaching our goal and producing a quality product. But we ca

Re: String break in ubuntone-client without freeze exception

2010-03-18 Thread andregondim
Hi Timo, Just to fix your link: https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/ubuntuone-client/+pots/ubuntuone-client/ Cheers,- André Gondim E-mail: andregon...@ubuntu.com Blog: http://andregondim.eti.br OpenPGP keys: C9721403

man 2 write - clarification

2010-03-18 Thread Daniel Baluta
Hello, The following phrase taken from man 2 write manual page is confusing: POSIX requires that a read(2) which can be proved to occur after a write() has returned returns the new data. I think you should you some comas to make a clear statement. POSIX requires that a read(2), which can be pro