Re: regular fsck runs are too disturbing - why not "badblocks"?

2007-09-27 Thread Alex Jones
I'd just like to point out that it seems to take 40 minutes to scan a 500 GB volume! On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 11:05 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > On 27/09/2007 Oliver Grawert wrote: > > > What about my alternative suggestion? It would still run fsck, but at > > > > the same time be less annoying

Re: Subpixel font rendering in gutsy

2007-09-20 Thread Alex Jones
On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 23:45 +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > Very small (12px in height and less) Monospace fonts (such as those used > by gnome-terminal) will not be rendered this way because several users > have expressed dislike of the effect; if you want to see whether you > prefer them wi

python-opengl regression from Feisty -- more opinions desperately needed

2007-09-14 Thread Alex Jones
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopengl/+bug/135736 Please test... this is killing me :( -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

USB Mass Storage not working in Gutsy -- release critical fix needed!(?)

2007-09-10 Thread Alex Jones
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/136845 Something must be wrong in the upgrade path. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: apport query

2007-07-11 Thread Alex Jones
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 19:16 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 19:10, Alex Jones wrote: > > > System -> Open Source -> Error Reporting > > > > It would be nice to throw a lot of little items under such a new menu > > that are relevan

Re: apport query

2007-07-10 Thread Alex Jones
ve to remove or edit the file. If you have a > good idea where to place such an option, I'm eager to hear it. :) System -> Open Source -> Error Reporting It would be nice to throw a lot of little items under such a new menu that are relevant to contributing to the Open Source ecosys

Re: GParted 0.3 packaging

2007-06-17 Thread Alex Jones
Gah, as if I didn't check... Cheers On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 01:32 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Alex Jones wrote: > > GParted has had pretty much universal support for moving partitions and > > file systems since September 2006. Unfortunately, we're still packagin

GParted 0.3 packaging

2007-06-17 Thread Alex Jones
is is important, as it gives more technical users more flexibility in managing their partitions when preparing an installation with our Live CD, in particular moving an NTFS partition further up the disk to put an Ubuntu installation at the start. Thanks -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- U

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-14 Thread Alex Jones
his to. > Maybe in GTK? > > Either way, a centralized system would help stop errorenous usage of > GiB, GB or Gb. Don't we already do this for °C and °F? -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Jones
;approx" mentioned with how much I get. That's what I was saying. I buy a 950 g pack of detergent, it says on the packet: 950 g ℮ The key being the ℮, which is European packaging standard for "estimated". I'd be surprised if they don't have something similar to use

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Jones
> I received 107% of the gas I thought I paid for. I am a delighted > customer. Conversely: "The file I downloaded took 7% longer to download than I thought it would. I am less than delighted." -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubun

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Jones
way. If you really want to know how many bytes are available, you > can use this great unit called the "byte" which is accurate and not > subject to change[0]. 1 TB is not rounded. It means precisely 1 × 10^12 bytes, no more and no less. If they want to actually put 1.024 TB on the

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-12 Thread Alex Jones
4% error because all they ever measured anything in was kilo-somethings. -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-11 Thread Alex Jones
On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 19:56 -0500, Mark Reitblatt wrote: > On 6/11/07, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fine. Stick with Kilobytes, but strictly define it as 10^3 bytes. Just > > choose one over the other and be consistent. > > That's not "consis

Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

2007-06-11 Thread Alex Jones
; > everywhere. > > No it doesn't. > > The "SI binary prefixes" are an abomination. > > "Kibibytes"? Christ... [Did they try pronouncing these horrid things > when "standarizing" them?!?] > > -Miles > > -- > We are all

Re: RFC: alias tar="tar --backup" ?

2007-05-17 Thread Alex Jones
tar in /etc/skel/.bashrc that backs-up > existing files. > > Comments? > -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Proposal: Ubuntu Metadistribution

2007-04-21 Thread Alex Jones
ds > Gueven > ___ > SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und > kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192 > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-06 Thread Alex Jones
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 15:20 +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > restricted-manager is needed because of the special requirements of the > restricted driver setup. It ties together the X server configuration, > kernel modules, licensing, the package system, etc. It would be preferable > if they didn't

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-06 Thread Alex Jones
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 14:03 +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > You wouldn't necessarily /need/ a new application to help the user > > remove it if it was packaged like I am suggesting. You'd remove the HSP > > and the installed and unneeded support packages could be apt-get > > autoremove'd. Sorted.

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-06 Thread Alex Jones
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 06:48 -0500, hggdh wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 08:56 +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > > You wouldn't necessarily /need/ a new application to help the user > > remove it if it was packaged like I am suggesting. You'd remove the HSP > > and

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-06 Thread Alex Jones
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 21:39 +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:24:19PM +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > (As a side thought, I'm not sure what constitutes "common" hardware, but > > I for one don't know a single person who owns a Palm device.

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-05 Thread Alex Jones
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 12:10 -0700, Corey Burger wrote: > On 4/4/07, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This comes about as more and more people question why their computer > > starts bluetooth services when they don't have a bluetooth device, or > > why I

Re: Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-05 Thread Alex Jones
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 19:58 +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 12:57:06PM +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > This comes about as more and more people question why their computer > > starts bluetooth services when they don't have a bluetooth device, or > &g

Standardised Hardware Support Spec - Please Review

2007-04-04 Thread Alex Jones
u.com/StandardisedHardwareSupport Please let me know what to do next. Thanks! -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Dealing with crash reports

2007-02-13 Thread Alex Jones
conclusion that it would require a /lot/ of bandwidth if we were to be dealing with core dumps. And you have to consider users on dial-up, and privacy concerns (especially on a public system). -- Alex Jones http://alex.weej.com/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists

Re: Dealing with crash reports

2007-02-12 Thread Alex Jones
llow deletions of old > records, and to have greater uptime thanks to fewer and quicker server > updates. > > - -- > Matthew Paul Thomas > http://mpt.net.nz/ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFF0Q4n6PUxNfU6ecoRAs2mAJoCT/+TBK7zylaCApuNd

Re: Which third party repository do you use?

2007-01-06 Thread Alex Jones
you use. > > Cheers, > > Sebastian > > http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main It's the official Wine repository, budgetdedicated just sponsor it. Great idea, BTW. I think pushing third party repos for auxiliary software is worthwhile. -- Alex Jones <[EMA

Re: Notifying end-users when support is no more

2007-01-02 Thread Alex Jones
rancesco Something else that we need to remember... If we have a system with Warty on, and it's nagging its owner to upgrade, the only system it can upgrade to is Breezy, which itself might be out of support. If such a case arises, there's no way to get that Warty machine upgraded. -- Ale

Re: ubuntu-desktop metapackage - options?

2007-01-01 Thread Alex Jones
This is exactly the solution I've been hoping to see for ages. Epiphany and Gossip are the first two programs to get installed for me on any Ubuntu installation. Firefox and Gaim are just wasting away. On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 18:05 +0100, Björn Ottervik wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 10:46 +0100, S

Re: Default font settings in Ubuntu

2006-12-29 Thread Alex Jones
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 19:18 +0100, Florian Zeitz wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alex Jones schrieb: > > Hi List > > > > I propose two changes to the default font settings in Ubuntu. > > > > 1. Disable hinting s

Default font settings in Ubuntu

2006-12-27 Thread Alex Jones
; * Greyscale Hinted: <http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8472/greyscalehintedfq8.png> Thanks for reading! -- Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.u