Re: ENCFS Hardy->ibex migration

Olá Mackenzie e a todos. On Saturday 25 October 2008 18:07:03 Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 12:41 +0100, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > > I know we are really close to release, but either we fix bug 234818 [1], or > > add it to Release Notes, and put some hook on Update-manager,

Boot times,services and packages

Hi all, There are three services which on my system which just take cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe) a. nvidia-kernel (no nvidia card so useless) b. bluetooth (no support for bluetooth in the motherboard, so useless again) c. laptop-mode ( this is a desktop, although do h

ConsoleKit (0.2.10) / PolicyKit / Security hole

Could you please give a brief discription of what exactly this is? thanks much! Justin -- 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

Question

Hello! i have a my Alienware M15x i want install Ubuntu 8.10 ( because i am tire for Vista: virus :/ ) problem: it is possible? is compatible? work well with sound to? Hibernate ? i see in forum: Re: Alienware m15x anyone ?

pidgin-otr_3.2.0-1_i386.deb not working

Hello I'm having problems getting this package to work with the latest pidgin. The details are are in the link below: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=955714 If I emailed this problem to the wrong place can you please point me in the ri

Proposal for apt install-recommends settings

As was done in Debian, Ubuntu has elected to modify the default handling of recommended packages. In Hardy (8.04) apt-config dump shows the default setting APT::Install-Recommends "0"; This has the result of apt-get listing recommended items, but not installing these items by default. In Intr

Re: Surprises ...

I find this one (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286858) quite problematic for Kubuntu: Gwenview destroys EXIF info from JPEGs... Hervé 2008/10/23 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ... we'd rather not have any. Release preparation is a painstaking > business! Please read this mail carefully. >

Re: Question

If you would read all thread in UF, you would saw this: http://www.crapules.com/wordpress/2008/06/02/alienware-m15x-and-ubuntu/ So it can be fixed easily for Hardy. And I think Ubuntu 8.10 will have this fixed already, as it will have newest ALSA fixes. Cheers, Just my two euro cents, Peter. 2008

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 16:55, shirish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > There are three services which on my system which just take > cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe) > > a. nvidia-kernel (no nvidia card so useless) > b. bluetooth (no support for bluetooth in the moth

Re: poor performance hard disk IDE

Hi, I can confirm this. Check out this bug I opened regarding Intrepid, but unfortunately it seems that no one has looked at it yet: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/285595 Problem exists since Hardy, Gutsy IO bandwidth performance was *double* (measured, not feels). 2008/1

Re: poor performance hard disk IDE

Hi Stefano, It seems I missed that. Mine is an IDE hdd, is yours the same or a SATA disk. Please mention what kind of hdd it is on the bug which you have put up. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D7

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: > Hi all, >There are three services which on my system which just take > cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe) > > a. nvidia-kernel (no nvidia card so useless) > b. bluetooth (no support for bluetooth in the motherboard, so us

Re: Boot times,services and packages

Reply in-line :- On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 22:43, Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: >> Hi all, >>There are three services which on my system which just take >> cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe) >> >> a. nvidia-ke

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 23:00 +0530, shirish wrote: > Reply in-line :- > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 22:43, Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: > >> Hi all, > >>There are three services which on my system which just take > >> cycles

Re: ConsoleKit (0.2.10) / PolicyKit / Security hole

hi Justin, Justin Brisson [2008-10-26 21:40 -0400]: > Could you please give a brief discription of what exactly this is? Could you please give a brief description of what exactly you are asking? :-) ConsoleKit homepage and docs: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ConsoleKit PolicyKit home

Re: Boot times,services and packages

Hi all, From what I understand many or most of the chips used in the laptop are different from normal desktops. I'm sure a combination of two-three chips and things could make the OS know its a lappy not a desktop or vice-versa . Isn't that possible? After two or three boots when it has an idea

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 00:06 +0530, shirish wrote: > Hi all, > From what I understand many or most of the chips used in the laptop > are different from normal desktops. I'm sure a combination of > two-three chips and things could make the OS know its a lappy not a > desktop or vice-versa . Isn't t

Re: Proposal for apt install-recommends settings

Am 24.10.2008 um 16:07 schrieb vidd: > In Intrepid (8.10), this behavior has changed. Now recommends are > being > treated as depends. > For the majority of users, this is tolerable. > However, for some users, particularly net-device users, low-spec > servers, and minimalists, this is a heavy b

Re: Boot times,services and packages

Am 27.10.2008 um 18:13 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: >> Hi all, >>There are three services which on my system which just take >> cycles other than doing anything. (or so I believe) >> >> a. nvidia-kernel (no nvidia card so useless) >> b. blu

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:09 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 27.10.2008 um 18:13 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > > > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: > >> Hi all, > >>There are three services which on my system which just take > >> cycles other than doing anything. (or so I be

Re: Boot times,services and packages

Am 27.10.2008 um 20:11 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:09 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: >> Am 27.10.2008 um 18:13 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: >> >>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: Hi all, There are three services which on my system which just t

Re: Boot times,services and packages

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:22 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 27.10.2008 um 20:11 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > > > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:09 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > >> Am 27.10.2008 um 18:13 schrieb Mackenzie Morgan: > >> > >>> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 +0530, shirish wrote: > Hi all,

Re: poor performance hard disk IDE

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:43:37 +0100 "Stefano Doni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I can confirm this. > > Check out this bug I opened regarding Intrepid, but unfortunately it > seems that no one has looked at it yet: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/285595 > > Proble

Re: Proposal for apt install-recommends settings

Because I suck, here's the mail I accidentally privately sent. On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:03 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: ... snip ... >Perhaps you've seen it already, Synaptic has such a switch in it's > preferences. While this switch isn't ill-placed there, I think it > would be an advantage to

Re: ENCFS Hardy->ibex migration

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 08:37:10AM +, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > Olá Mackenzie e a todos. > > On Saturday 25 October 2008 18:07:03 Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 12:41 +0100, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > > > I know we are really close to release, but either we fix bug

Re: Proposal for apt install-recommends settings

Am 27.10.2008 um 23:26 schrieb Christopher James Halse Rogers: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 20:03 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > ... > snip > ... >> Perhaps you've seen it already, Synaptic has such a switch in it's >> preferences. While this switch isn't ill-placed there, I think it >> would be an adv

Re: Proposal for apt install-recommends settings

On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 07:06 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > If you have to educate people even after they looked for some > feature, there's something wrong. Perhaps the feature set of apt & > friends is richer than it is useful? Since the OP targeted his suggestion to "The user who does a cli-o