Re: new nvidia driver in intrepid

ackage a new linux-restricted-modules package, and this probably isn't right at the top of their list of priorities at the moment. Hope that helps Regards Chris Coulson -- 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: Cannot boot alpha-1

2008/7/2 Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 23:21 +0200, Thomas Novin wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 16:29 +0100, John Levin wrote: > > > > > > Have either of you filed a bug report on your troubles? > > > > > > > Nope, I haven't. But is the bug in VMWare/VirtualBox (unable to hand

Re: Installation report: Ubuntu desktop Alpha 3 amd64 - my turn

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 10:35 +0100, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > > 2) Compiz wasn't enabled by default. I had to enable it manually but > > even so it does not remain enabled during reboots. > > Adilson. > > Not only that, mine every so often reverts to metacity. i dont know what is > causing i

Re: Bugs marked incomplete

2008/9/2 Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 01:54:21AM +0200, Wouter Stomp wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > First, afaik automatic-expiration is not enabled for Ubuntu. It tracks > > > when bugs will expire

Re: Required reboot (was apt-listchanges: changelogs)

2008/9/17 (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What in this set of updates is making my system reboot? > I dont see anything kernel related in there! > Plus, this set of updates left my system unconfigure, and not even a dpkg > --configure -a is working. > > I've open a LP ticket with the I

Re: User Switcher, Shutdown Options, IM Status

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 20:26 -0500, Luke L wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Danny Piccirillo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to bring this up or if there's > > already an existing thread about it, but i don't see why all the shutdown > > options are

Re: gnome-power-manager wont keep the state ( This key as no schema ) bug

onded to your bug report (closed it actually). Upstream have taken the decision to remove all of the cpufreq code from gnome-power-manager, which is why it no longer works for you. The reason for this can be explained in a blog entry by Matthew Garrett [1]. Best regards Chris Coulson [1] - http://www.a

Re: Intrepid's gnome-session will easilly cause serious user data loss

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 14:25 +, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando wrote: > Olá Martin e a todos. > > On Thursday 23 October 2008 13:00:52 Martin Soto wrote: > > The problem is that gnome-session 2.24 fails to notify applications upon > > log out or shut down, even if code for this purpose seems to be there

Re: Quagga Update Package

2008/10/29 Orbiting Code Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > > I am a loyal Ubuntu user and would like to know if there is a plan to > release the newer version of Quagga as an apt-get package for Ubuntu > 8.04 Server. We run a small web hosting facility, and run BGP on an > Ubuntu Server for two

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008/11/3 Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The whole application needs a thorough review. To be honest, it's > pretty surprising that it was included by default in Intrepid, > considering the high quality of presentation of the rest of the > desktop. For me, it has the feeling of an application

Re: Version Control

2008/11/2 (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also it would be nice to see some tool result from this and be included > into Jaunty. I remember reading about something called TimeMachine, but I > have no idea how that is going. > > Thanks for your time. > > -- > BUGabundo :o) > (``-_-´´)

Re: finding out if network-manager has published online/offline status?

2008/11/4 Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 13:00 -0500, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 07:13 -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > > hi, > > > > > > i just reported a bug on evolution > > > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/293046) > that, >

Re: Ubuntu 8.10 significantly slower than previous versions

2008/11/6 mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > According to the recent benchmarking article by Phoronix, the previous two > releases of Ubuntu are significantly slower than Feisty Fawn. In some cases > this can be seen as up to 50% performance drop with certain desktop tasks. > > I can confirm that th

Re: Anyone else lost hardware buttons after update from intrepid-proposed?

2008/11/13 (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Olá Mario e a todos. > > ===snip=== > > I never understood why the proposed rep is not pined down/back... > > -- > BUGabundo :o) > (``-_-´´) http://LinuxNoDEI.BUGabundo.net > Linux user #443786GPG key 1024D/A1784EBB > My new micro-b

Re: Do you really want developers to be on this list was (Re: Very bad status of hardware (especially wifi) support in ubuntu, due to the too many accumulated regressions)

2008/11/13 Andrew Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Stephan Hermann wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 11:56 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > >> > >> - Allow downgrades. This should help narrowing potential causes of > >> the trouble. > > > > This is something I don't understand. > > When I upgrade to

Re: Firefox 3.0.4

On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 17:13 +, Brian wrote: > Hi > When are you going to release the update to Fx 3.0.4? > > Brian > Hi, FF 3.0.4 is in intrepid-security already. Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubunt

Re: kdebase-runtime-data seems to be FTBS (wasMain frozen for Alpha 1)

2008/11/19 (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===Snip=== > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase-runtime/+bug/299907 > kdebase-runtime-dataseems > to be FTBS on jaunty. > > Seems its

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008/11/9 Michael Hrabanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have been thinking recently about the restricted driver policy. It's > nice to get hardware directly not supported by kernel to work at least > by using non-free drivers, but on the other side this could be > two-edged and lead to ignorance from h

Re: Are file permissions in files on external devices silly?

On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 19:33 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Jesse Ruffin [2008-11-21 11:46 -0500]: > > The real answer is to use mount options. > > Exactly. > > > ADFS, AFFS, FAT (and variants), HFS, HPFS, ISO9660, and UDF all > > support the 'gid' option. Combine that with the 'users' option > > Yo

Re: Unmounting SSHFS

On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 11:10 -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: > Just a thought, but I find it a bit obnoxious. I can mount an SSHFS > directory as an unprivileged user, but I can't unmount it without root. > Why is this? We've already made progress in unmounting removable media > as an unprivileged user,

Re: Unmounting SSHFS

On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 12:46 -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: > Chris Coulson wrote: > > I can unmount a SSHFS volume without being root. How are you trying to > > do it? > > I wasn't aware of fuserumount, but I was using the GUI- right-clicking > the mounted icon on my d

Are system policies too restrictive?

Hi, I came across a bug report recently where users were having problems authenticating with PolicyKit from tools such as users-admin, because the 'Unlock' button was greyed out. After some debugging, it seemed that all affected users were logged in via a VNC session. Because the VNC session was n

Re: SRU request, nscd crashing, fixed...

On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 14:18 +, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > In LP#256157 [1], nscd is consistently crashing. I backported the > glibc maintainer's upstream fixes and have been running them for five > days on i686 and amd64, so cooked a complete debdiff and attached it > and retested. > > Can some

Re: Upgrading with update-manager over remote GDM

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 22:07 +0100, Thomas Novin wrote: > (copying text from my LP bug[1]) > > Hello > > I was about to do a distribution upgrade from 8.10 latest to 9.04 alpha > yesterday. I started it via a remote GDM session (which seems to run > over SSH). I got a warning that the upgrade migh

Re: Upgrading with update-manager over remote GDM

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 17:31 -0500, John Moser wrote: > SILENCE! User made an error, and you obviously knew about it because > you proceeded to warn the user, it is obviously YOUR FAULT and you > will do SOMETHING about it, regardless of whether or not it's actually > effective! I don't really get

Re: Upgrading with update-manager over remote GDM

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 18:12 -0500, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > I think he left off the tag. > Thanks, you're most likely correct :) Sorry, the sarcasm was lost on me, but that's probably because I'm grumpy ;) Regards Chris signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part --

Re: GTK+ 2.16 in Jaunty?

On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 15:21 -0700, Dylan McCall wrote: > Sorry, this sort of question gets asked all the time but at least it's a > change from the "will you package Firefox 4 Alpha?" type :P > > So, GTK+ 2.16 was just released and there's already an app I can't > compile: Epiphany 2.27! > Bit of

Re: Removing single program from multi program packages

2009/3/23 Mike Jones > Right. My intention was to say "Why in the world do I have this restriction > on what I can and cannot have on my system?" > > Overall it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, but in this > specific case, it bothers me that I'm incapable of completely removin

Re: [Strawman] GPM should have user profiles

2009/4/8 (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo > With all the talk about mobility one thing as been forgotten: > Power Manager Profiles. > > An user can have the same PC/laptop/netbook at Home, Office, On The Road, > etc > > All of those require different sets of power management. > I can leave my PC at Home su

Re: karmic upload request: syslinux-3.80...

2009/5/23 (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo > Olá Daniel e a todos. > > On Sunday 10 May 2009 23:28:25 Daniel J Blueman wrote: > > At present, karmic has syslinux-3.63, however 3.80 is available in debian > sid: > > > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/syslinux > > > > I'd like to request someone queues the u

Re: Remove F-Spot from the LiveCD

2009/6/22 Sense Hofstede > 2009/6/21 Dmitrijs Ledkovs : > > 2009/6/21 Sense Hofstede : > Hello, > > 1) Although I'm personally of the opinion that F-Spot indeed should be > considered to be replaced, I don't suggest to do so with this > suggestions. Maybe I should have made that more clear. > I

Re: This new "report bugs using ubuntu-bug" requirement is a mess!

On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 09:55 -0700, Dylan McCall wrote: > Okay, here is a quick, true story :) > > ***snip*** > Perhaps ubuntu-bug should just be strongly encouraged instead of > completely enforced. > > > > -- > Dylan McCall > > It isn't completely enforced though. There is a link on the w

Re: Default vfat file permissions - why executable?

On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 15:21 -0400, Jeff Hanson wrote: > Whenever I plug in a USB FLASH drive on a system with Ubuntu 8.04 > (Hard Heron) - 9.10 (Karmic Koala) beta, all the files on it have > execute permissions. Why? Standard security practice on *nix-related > systems is to default to non-execu

Re: Karmic might scare users about hard disk dying

On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 00:45 +0200, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > Hi devs. > I'd like to point your attention to a bug which might be frequently > noticed after Karmic is released: > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/438136 > In short: the new devicekit disk util

Re: Karmic might scare users about hard disk dying

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 23:55 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/7 Przemysław Kulczycki : > > Hi devs. > > I'd like to point your attention to a bug which might be frequently > > noticed after Karmic is released: > > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/438136 > > So

Re: Icons in Place and System

On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 11:19 -0700, George Farris wrote: > > I have to agree. Having icons in the main menu looks good and > professional but having them missing from the System menu makes the > system look...well, unfinished. > > Cheers > > > I agree in principle with the guidelines regardin

Re: Icons in Place and System

On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 11:19 -0700, George Farris wrote: > > I have to agree. Having icons in the main menu looks good and > professional but having them missing from the System menu makes the > system look...well, unfinished. > > Cheers > > > I agree in principle with the guidelines regardin

Re: Desktop Effects Reverting to crude X-Server style Grahpics

On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 15:50 +0100, Martin Olsson wrote: > Sebastian Geiger wrote: > > For me, plugging in the VGA cable and pressing Fn+F4 screws up the 2nd > > screen, and then the appearance. The appearance became in a way like > > crude XServer style grey graphics. Everything is a bit bigger and

Re: Can we get ntfs-3g 2010.1.16 in Lucid?

On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 05:48 -0500, stephan wrote: > Thanks for the pointer Daniel! > > It looks like Michael will help us all out and do a non-maintainer > upgrade to get 2010.1.16 into testing: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560685#44 > > Does that mean it will automatically

Re: bad virtaal packaging?

On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 20:24 +0200, Lucian Adrian Grijincu wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sending this email here because you're listed as package > maintainer for virtaal: > Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers > > If you look at http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/v/virtaal/ > you'll see that the:

Re: cant start gksu firefox

On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 19:35 +0200, Michael Kappes wrote: > hello devels and readers, > > i will start my firefox as "root" - but, it doesn't work > > bash: > > > u...@laptop:~$ gksu firefox -d > > /home/user/.themes/Red Humanity/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:101: Murrine configuration > > option "gradients" is

Re: 10.04rc: missing tree command

On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 10:45 +0200, Jérôme Bouat wrote: > Hello, > > I think the useful "tree" tiny command should be installed by default > (no dependency, 98kB). > > Regards. > Well, overlooking the fact that we are in final freeze, a few days from release and tree isn't even in main - why?

Re: Ubuntu falling behind?

but I hope my e-mail has cleared up some of your concerns, and I hope you understand that the current situation is quite unusual. Regards Chris Coulson [1] - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-June/030811.html [2] - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-J

Re: Ubuntu falling behind?

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 15:43 +1000, Chris Jones wrote: > Sorry Richard. I must have missed that email. Is it worth noting that > Firefox has been updated to 3.6.6 already on my Windows work system. > Will Ubuntu be skipping directly to the latest 3.6.6 when the update > finally arrives? > > Regards

Re: Firefox profiles on a tmpfs (ramdisk)?

On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 17:56 -0400, Micah Gersten wrote: > On 10/24/2010 10:12 AM, Jouko Orava wrote: > > Hello, > > > > For a couple of years now I've kept my active Firefox profiles on a tmpfs > > (mounted size=128M,mode=01777,atime,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid) > > on both my desktop workstation a

Re: I am looking for packages with checks

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 14:22 -0600, C de-Avillez wrote: > Hi, > > We currently daily build some packages that embed extensive tests in the > build process. I want to extend the tests for either build-time tests or > a binary that runs it. > > I am now looking for either: > > * packages with exten

Re: Busy work

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 10:22 -0800, Akkana Peck wrote: > > it's 30s of editing. Arguably, my bad for not providing > > a patch; but again, I thought that would be a waste of time, because > > it would take longer for me to produce a patch, be sure that it was > > clean, and applied to the latest ve

Re: Enable debug in Firefox compile

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 16:37 -0700, giovanni_re wrote: > Will the relevant persons please ensure that the version(s) of Firefox > in the Ubuntu system include the debugging ability turned on? Ie, if ff > crashes, it comes up with the stack trace, etc, & the notice that this > info can be sent to Mo

Re: Ubuntu and future Firefox update schedule

On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 20:27 +1000, Chris Jones wrote: > There’s a bit of discussion going on at the moment regarding the > tightening of scheduled releases of Firefox and their inclusion in > Fedora. > > > > I was curious as to how the Ubuntu Developers felt about it and > whether they feel the

Re: Keyboard access to me menu in Unity?

On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 13:03 -0400, Evan Huus wrote: > In past versions of Ubuntu, Super-S would select the me menu so that > you could access it without a mouse. In unity, this combo is used for > the expo plugin, and I cannot find the combo that replaced it. > > I have found > http://askubuntu.c

Re: Ubuntu should move all binaries to /usr/bin/

On 07/12/11 23:35, Colin Watson wrote: > Simplifications here belong at higher levels. For example, the > suggestion made somewhere in this thread that there's no good reason > for Firefox to require the full path to an executable to open a > resource seems like an excellent one. That's tracked in

Re: Drop Gwibber from default install

On 14/03/12 10:03, Chris Jones wrote: > > > To be honest, I can't stand anything to do with Gwibber and also agree > that it should be removed from the default install. And anyone with > half an understanding of programming code knows that Gwibber is > terrible by design. > > > Regards > > Chris Jo

Re: Let good developers like Mozilla to maintenance their packages

Hi, On 20/09/13 16:38, Prefix wrote: > Let good developers like Mozilla to maintenance their packages! > > If we have a look at the maintainers of the packages in the Pool, we will > find none of the maintainers are the software developers themselves. Well, thanks Regards - Chris (Ubuntu's

Re: Systemd Blues. A lyrical song that says Fuck SystemD, no harm Ment Mr. Poettering

On 09/11/14 04:36, Brad Townshend wrote: > Systemd Blues. A lyrical song accompanied by some drum and a heavy thick bass > line > that's been laid down like tar during a southern snow storm, > that says Fuck SystemD, no harm Ment Mr. Poettering (who is an important man) > > http://youtu.be/y0aTqsl

Re: gpg 2

On 27/02/16 17:02, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > On 27 February 2016 at 12:15, Gianfranco Costamagna > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> Hi, while this works beautifully (and thanks for that), upgrading >> stuff in a stable release, breaking something like gpg encry