Critical install bug in trusty: ubuntu silently erases all partitions

2014-04-18 Thread staticd
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1265192 The ubiquity installer option "replace windows with trusty" or "replace older version of ubuntu with trusty" silently erases the WHOLE harddisk (all partitions and data). This was a problem in 13.10 but we are going to face a whole n

Re: Including VirtualBox guest drivers in trusty iso.

2014-03-05 Thread staticd
It looks like the package *does* declare the modaliases in the control file (took a deb from the trusty archives). But the package is not included in the iso at all. I can't even apt-get install it manually (that is a good test of its absence right?). I filed a bug ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/

Re: apt and pdiff files

2014-03-04 Thread staticd
@matthew: Thanks for pointing that out :) much appreciated On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > staticd wrote on 02/03/14 04:50: > > > > Is this and EWONTFIX or a EBUSY? it will be nice if

Re: apt and pdiff files

2014-03-01 Thread staticd
Is this and EWONTFIX or a EBUSY? it will be nice if responses to queries clearly distinguish between the two. ;) It is kinda disheartening to new enthusiasts and developers when we say "it's only that we are too busy" or "write it yourself and come back" and then do an about face and say "no we ne

Re: LibreOffice 4.2.0.2 - "Block position not found" - Critical Crash

2014-02-08 Thread staticd
Hey try this version: 4.2.0.4 or 4.2.1.0 It looks like this bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74041 As an aside, the Libre office guys are *seriously* amazing.. they took like just over 48 hours to get the fix and a day or two more to confirm it fixed. All of us (in other open sou

Adding the boot repair tool to the iso

2014-01-25 Thread staticd
Is it too late to add it to the iso? Are any tasks that can be delegated to a non-noob (me) that might expedite this? :) Rationale: The LTS iso is going to be used by a lot of new users for the next 2 years. Having this tool in the iso itself will improve the user experience because a very large n

Re: Including VirtualBox guest drivers in trusty iso.

2013-12-20 Thread staticd
ri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:58 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: > On 20 December 2013 09:25, staticd > wrote: > > > > I posted this a while back but got crickets. > > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/232004 > > > > I also have suggested the same thing - other

Including VirtualBox guest drivers in trusty iso.

2013-12-20 Thread staticd
The out-of-the-box performance of ubuntu on VB is not very good. It needs some extra drivers without which unity is unbearably slow. With them, a virtualized ubuntu desktop performs very decently even as primary working platform. The drivers (virtualbox-guest-dkms, virtualbox-guest-x11, virtualbox

Re: help compiling unity.

2011-11-08 Thread staticd
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Le 07/11/2011 14:42, staticd a écrit : > > Sorry to bug you guys with the noob question, but > > I've been trying to compile unity from source.(Oneiric, 64bit) > > Hi, > > You can find details on the wiki:

help compiling unity.

2011-11-07 Thread staticd
Sorry to bug you guys with the noob question, but I've been trying to compile unity from source.(Oneiric, 64bit) and get an error regarding the nux class $bzr branch lp:unity $cd unity; mkdir build; cd build $sudo apt-get build-dep unity $cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCOMPIZ_PLUGIN_INSTALL_

help: developing unity

2011-11-02 Thread staticd
I wanted to try combining the workspace switcher and the window selector (as in the GS). Where could I get the source and some good documentation for the relevant unity components? Thanks. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at

Re: Secure attention Key: Login and GkSudo

2011-10-30 Thread staticd
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > On So, Okt 30, 2011 at 15:11:04 (CET), staticd wrote: > > >> Windows NT is designed so that, unless system security is already > >> compromised in some other way, only the Winlogon process, a trusted > >

Re: Secure attention Key: Login and GkSudo

2011-10-30 Thread staticd
> Windows NT is designed so that, unless system security is already > compromised in some other way, only the Winlogon process, a trusted > system process, can receive notification of this keystroke > combination. This is because the kernel remembers the process ID of > the Winlogon process, and al

Re: Secure attention Key: Login and GkSudo

2011-10-30 Thread staticd
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM, John Moser wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:37 AM, John Moser > wrote: > > > #!/bin/sh > > synaptic & > > cp ~/.system/cfg `which gksudo` > > chmod u=srwx,go=rx `which gksudo` > > Sorry, that would be '/usr/bin/synaptic &' > > Of course. > I dont think gksudo

Secure attention Key: Login and GkSudo

2011-10-30 Thread staticd
The Secure Access key(SAK) is a key combination captured/capturable only by the OS. It can be used to initiate authentication interfaces where the user is sure that the keys are being captured only by the OS. This feature is present on windows(Ctrl+Alt+Del) to initiate logon. In Ubuntu, this would