Problems with dmalloc5

I am trying to get dmalloc5 to work... I last used it in 2005 and nothing seems to work now. I even downloaded a test program from Linux Journal for a dmalloc_test program and it has the same problems. My own program, broke a few days ago, just after the new libc6 version went into oneiric. So I

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

Okay, I think I've put the ball firmly in your court. Here is the test program: - #include #include main (int argc, char *argv[]) { size_t len; char *fname; char *rootname = "TESTFILE"; len = strlen (rootname) + 1;

Problems with dmalloc5

I tried sending without subscribing as I simply wanted to get some information and perhaps pass some on about a segfault bug I've got fairly well trapped in a 10 or so line c program. No one ever bothered to approve them, so I've had to subscribe. I will now resend the two relevant messages in cas

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:24:51AM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > Well, I suggest you file a bug against dmalloc on launchpad.net (or > quote the number if you already have.) That is generally better than > just posting them here. > > My next step would be to run this under gdb and find out exactly

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

I've collected a little more info. The version of dmalloc5 in use is 5.5.1. On the web site, http://dmalloc.com/releases/ there is a 5.5.2. I tried installing dmalloc5 from the source package, just in case it was an issue with the binary and funny enough, I get a segfault when it is building the '

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:57:00AM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > I can reproduce it on Precise. Oh, my. This is starting to look ugly. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-dev

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

I'm trying to get email to the original author, Gray Watson. Found an address for him but I do not know if it is still valid. Forwarded your email with the very short test program. Hopefully I'll get a reply. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify sett

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

No joy. All my attempts to contact him bounced. Perhaps someone could talk to the debian packager for dmalloc5 and see if they can fix it or contact the author about it. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.u

How to install Precise without getting screwed?

With the release date for the new LTS coming rapidly, I am faced with a quandary. There are things in Precise which I need; I do not like to be behind the curve for updates and such; but I just *cannot* have my desktop mucked about with. I make my living off consulting, so this is a serious moneta

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 08:36:11AM -0400, Evan Huus wrote: > P.S. For better or for worse, Unity is the future of Ubuntu (for better, > IMHO). If you're not willing to spend the time to adjust your workflow to > it, switch to another desktop. I hear Cinnamon aims to be comparable to the > old Gnome

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

Just so it is here in case someone picks this up in google, the answer is: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-12-04-its-like-nothing-ever-changed/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://list

Re: Problems with dmalloc5

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:10:08AM +1000, Martin Pool wrote: > I filed . > It may not be that hard to bring dmalloc up to date. If you can, or > you find out more about the problem, please comment on the bug. > > Martin I most assur

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 03:17:46PM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > On 4/1/2012 7:52 AM, Dale Amon wrote: > >Just as an example, I have about 30 terminals > >on my desktop. Clicking on one of them puts > >me directly into a server somewhere. I can > >have a customer on the

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

Oh and did I mention that some are only accessible by ip or have unique ssh ports for security? I'm not very good at remembering those at 3am. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/u

Precise libapt-pkg update problem

I'm going to try to resolve this manually, but I thought it might perhaps be of interest to someone here. Unpacking libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (from .../libapt-pkg4.12_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libapt-pkg4.12_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6_i386.deb (--unpack)

Re: Precise libapt-pkg update problem

On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:39:55PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I'm going to try to resolve this manually, but > I thought it might perhaps be of interest > to someone here. > > Unpacking libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (from > .../libapt-pkg4.12_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6_i386.deb) ... &

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 07:55:09PM -0400, Sam Smith wrote: > > I use "SpiderOak" because it offers client-side encryption. It provides the > security & privacy I seek. > > I'd prefer to use Ubuntu One, but until it supports client-side AES 256-bit > encryption & additionally encrypts the decryp

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:32:33AM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Dale Amon wrote: > Encrypting the encryption key has nothing to do with security, you I agree. > dedicated crypto hardware. Then you have to re-upload all that data > again, wasting the

[rjo...@redhat.com: Re: Suggestions on building VM disks from scratch]

Here's another nasty bug and some pointers from the developers to how to fix it. - Forwarded message from "Richard W.M. Jones" - Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:16:06 +0100 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" To: Dale Amon Cc: libvirt-us...@redhat.com, ebl...@redhat.com, libg

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 06:42:23PM -0400, Sam Smith wrote: > > The point is that SpiderOak (and Lastpass) never know the user's password. > And never receive the encryption key. The key never leaves the user's > computer. The server never gets it. The only thing that ever lands on the > server

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

the other reply is true, and you can 'retrieve your data from any internet device' then it is patently obvious that data security *is* violated. Dale Amon CEO Immortal Data Corporation -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

Six statements rather... I added the other two initial ones as I thought more deeply on it. -- 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: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 09:18:37PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > I'm sure that they felt that forcing you to keep both the passphrase AND > the crypto key yourself was simply not a commercially viable solution > for the general public. It would be nice if they offered an option > (with appropriate ca

server went unbootable

Did a whole bunch of 'Precise' updates that showed up today and on reboot the server is continuously printing: Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0 end_request I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 It comes up to where I can get an ssh session after about a half hour. (1) Has anyone else gott

Re: server went unbootable

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 11:14:23AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > sshd is started as soon as all filesystems are mounted, which I can tell > you is considerably earlier than it used to be started! I'm not going > to change it for precise now, but it'd probably be possible to start it > as soon as al

Re: server went unbootable

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 07:04:41PM -0700, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > On 04/06/2012 06:53 PM, Dale Amon wrote: > >Did a whole bunch of 'Precise' updates that showed up today > >and on reboot the server is continuously printing: > > > >Buffer I/O error on device

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

Well said. -- 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: server went unbootable

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 05:44:53PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote: > Filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/975985 > since I also would find it welcome. Thank you! Your name will be blessed by many high wizards from their fortress sysadmin keeps! -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mail

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 11:23:40AM -0400, Sam Smith wrote: > > here's what they say about FOSS > https://spideroak.com/engineering_matters#open_source > > note that Canonical has cloud stuff that is not open source. Some companies > apparently can't remain competitive if everything is open sou

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 09:22:35PM +0200, Lanoxx wrote: > To add one example to yours, the new print dialog that is available > by default on oneiric has a lot less functionality then the tool > from maverick. Unless one knows that the old print configuration > tool is still available as "system-co

Re: server went unbootable

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 11:03:48PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote: > > > Sent from my Motorola Xoom > On Apr 7, 2012 5:44 AM, "Dale Amon" wrote: > > At one point I tried to build a 'special' statically > > linked ssh... an effort

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:55:25AM +0800, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > > LastPass may be secure today, but it is trivially easy for LastPass > > (or a hypothetical attacker who gains access to LastPass's > > infrastructure) to compromise that security simply by replacing the > > javascript code whi

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 07:36:56PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 11:23:40AM -0400, Sam Smith wrote: > > > > here's what they say about FOSS > > https://spideroak.com/engineering_matters#open_source > > > > note that Canonical has clo

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:11:47AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 08:46:23 PM Dane Mutters wrote: > Ubuntu is on a train and that train is called Unity. The tracks are being > laid within Canonical and it is very difficult to influence where they are > being > put do

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:39:51AM -0700, Dane Mutters wrote: > "desktop-centric" version in the foreseeable future? Has there been any > discussion of it? Finally, would a petition with, say, 100,000 signatures > (or whatever large number seems appropriate), delivered to Mark > Shuttleworth, be

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 02:01:22PM -0500, C de-Avillez wrote: > A lot of people left KDE when KDE4 was put out. A lot returned, others > went elsewhere. A lot of people will leave Gnome3, or > . It happens, > people (in general) do not like change. But if I do not like something, > and I want to _h

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:33:54PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > You also assume that > - what you used before was "meet(ing) customer needs" better than > Unity, it might be true for you or your customer, it doesn't mean > your case is the most common one in the world Just curious, what is the

Re: [rjo...@redhat.com: Re: Suggestions on building VM disks from scratch]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 10:13:26PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > Here's another nasty bug and some pointers from the developers > > to how to fix it. > > Thanks. I've requested a sync of febootstrap fr

Re: [rjo...@redhat.com: Re: Suggestions on building VM disks from scratch]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 09:07:43AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > There is no upstream kernel fix of the ADFS problem > (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42778). I thought Debian had it? > This is a separate issue, which happens because febootstrap is too old > and/or you haven't

Re: Recent OpenSSL update that breaks cloudfront and rubygems.org?

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 02:19:30AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:06:12PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > > The recent update to OpenSSL in Precise has rendered cloudfront.com > > unusable (as well as several other hosts which people have noted > > throughout other various b

Re: Tor & application-firewall support

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:03:19AM -0400, John Moser wrote: > Aside, has anyone considered that actively aiding a sovereign > nation's population in accessing materials restricted from the > general population's view is an active attack on that nation's > procedurally declared national security, an

Re: kernel headers by default revisit...

On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 07:41:59PM +0200, Christoph Mathys wrote: > I'm not an ubuntu developer, but here's how I see this: > > On 07/16/2012 10:04 AM, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > >IMHO, the installation and updating of linux-headers-generic, > >linux-headers-3.2.0-26, linux-headers-3.2.0-26-generic

Re: kernel headers by default revisit...

This is what Linux thinks (incorrectly) about what the nVidia on the W520 can do: xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS1 connected 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 194mm 1600x900 60.0*+ 50.0 1440x900

Re: Are UI developers all left handed?

And if your key controls were at (XMAX,0) and you got the screen size wrong, you were stuffed. Dale Amon Who once in a time long ago and far away worked on a windowing system for a display graphic terminal output controlled by PDP-11 assembly code. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubu

Re: Are UI developers all left handed?

On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 07:01:47AM +0200, David Klasinc wrote: > >I can tell you the historical reasons. All windowing systems > >began with their coordinate systems with 0,0 in the upper left > >because that is where the scan lines begin. Lines are written > >from left to right, top to bottom. >

Re: Are UI developers all left handed? (Dale Amon)

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:26:36PM -0600, Vernon Cole wrote: > Then someone in Palo Alto hooked a mouse to a glass teletype, and the world > changed again. > > But the cursor still runs left to right, top to bottom. The Parc group came along long after the days of the Infoton's and Beehives that

Re: Print Dialog / Improving "Print to file" option

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:38:15PM +0200, Lanoxx wrote: > On 15/08/12 20:27, Javier Jardón wrote: > >On 15 August 2012 23:08, Lanoxx wrote: > >>Hi, > >Hello, > > > >>Then the filename says output.pdf which any sane person will probably want > >>to change. So I have to type the file name and then a

Re: Why are there dependencies that aren't actually dependencies on some packages?

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:07:37AM -0400, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > That particular bug is fixed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal. > launchpad-integration is obsolete and is one package away from being > removed from the archives. http://pad.lv/999413 Curious... does that mean no top tool bar launchers or not

Re: Network Manager dependencies

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 04:56:40PM -0400, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Tom H wrote: > > IMO, we'll end up sooner or later using NM on X-less boxes by default > > It might be the case eventually, but we're not there yet. I usually de-install it on servers. A s

Re: Network Manager dependencies

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 07:40:58PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > prefer to stay away from it, preference perhaps? But with preference > comes the problem that NM relies on wpasupplicant and a couple of > other wireless tools that we would absolutely never need on a server, > unless we are crazy or

Re: Prevent deletion of file when it is being copied

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 09:51:58PM +0900, Emmet Hikory wrote: > Yes, this is contrived, etc. On the other hand, I suspect many > of us have managed to be both Alice and Bob in a scenario much like > that above when interrupted in the middle by some significant > distraction, or just a sufficie

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Re: Update manager mandating rebooting

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:09:09PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > That's a subjective point of view, if libssl is vulnerable or the > kernel is vulnerable you need to restart too, not because you can't > restart services or use a rolling Kernel (read KSplice) but because > there are multiple ways t

Whole disk encryption

Just did a test drive on Quantal, tried several different types of build. However the one thing I could not figure out was how to get multiple partitions on the encrypted disk. It does not seem to want to allow me to specify the size of the / partition either to allow me to build a separately keyed

Misc problems with quantal

A couple broken items in quantal... First off, I also have been bit by the dselect problem discussed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1066847 I always use dselect unless I am only installing one or two packages. I just do not particularly like aptitude, etc. Seco

Re: Misc problems with quantal

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:53:46AM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 18 December 2012 00:37, Dale Amon wrote: > > A couple broken items in quantal... > > > > First off, I also have been bit by the dselect > > problem discussed in > > > > https:/

Re: Misc problems with quantal

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 09:05:22PM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 18 December 2012 20:18, Dale Amon wrote: > > How and where do I disable multi-arch? > > Depending on which release you are on, use either first or second answer: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions

Re: Promote puppet to main?

I used to use cfengine extensively, back around 2000-2001. It was useful then and I imagine it is worlds better 13 years on. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discu

Re: The cloud directory name "Ubuntu One" has a space in it....

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:45:17AM -0500, Rodney Dawes wrote: > And you really shouldn't compile things within a synchronized directory. > If > you have two different machines of different architectures, the compiled > binaries > being synchronized could cause problems. As Dmitrijs suggested, you >

Problem with Quantal and a KVM

I just installed a new server and put quantal on it to check it out. With the old CRT it came up with the login prompt, but it blinked on and off with a duty cycle of about 4 seconds, and eventually blanked and never came back. All was working though because I could ssh in and do any work I neede

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 09:11:06AM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > This sounds like one of my major annoyances with Ubuntu (server): the > framebuffered consoles & splashscreens that are TERRIBLY incompatible > with "virtual monitors" other than a physical connected VESA-VGA capable > video display.

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

For those who do not understand what I mean... if you have a release named 'server' and it is to work in a typical industrial rack, then you must assume: * your console is via a KVM that is probably 5-10 years old. * the rack has anywhere up to 10 other servers

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 03:31:47AM -0600, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > Your statement is full of fail and horseshit. So you have worked in data centres on racks belonging to Fortune 500 companies and their contract service providers? Good to hear there are experienced people on board. Which also mean

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

Just fyi, this is the grub default set up I am using right now. I did try a number of different settings but they did not seem to make any difference. Perhaps this is because of the stuff being compiled that you noted. This is the grub default settings I typically use: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 #GRUB_HIDDE

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

Like in medicine, the first rule in Enterprise systems is 'do no harm'. If an upgrade to a working system causes it to come up in a crippled or unusable state without assorted arcane incantations (and btw I used even more arcane ones than you mentioned and they did not work), then something is br

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 01:33:16PM +0100, Soren Hansen wrote: > We'd be happy to explore possible ways Ubuntu Server could stand out. I > can just say that historically the Ubuntu Server community has by far > preferred that Ubuntu Server remain a minimal install. It's been a > while since this dis

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

A few typo corrections to avoid confusion: On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 03:13:09PM +, Dale Amon wrote: > that is less trouble free. Time is money. ^ more > Them's the hard facts of life in a fast

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 06:18:21PM -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Dale Amon wrote: > > > > # DMA20121218. This is new, suggested to me by Tom H on the ubuntudev list > > #GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text > > If you don't set it "text"

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:14:44PM -0800, Mark - Syminet wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Dale Amon wrote: > > […] > > > I had tried the GFX line earlier but had not joy... but I have > > fiddled many things since then, so perhaps I will try it again. > >

Re: Problem with Quantal and a KVM

On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:51:32AM +, Dale Amon wrote: > > Most people probably want to add this line as well: > > > > GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=5 I did so. I finally got it to work with 'nomodeset' in conjunction with some of the others. Now if I can get my li

Suggestions on controlling the automounter

I have thus far not found the /etc/ config file that controls automounting. Tried greps and still no joy. What I want to accomplish is to either blacklist certain UUID's so that it does not interfere with my desires, or even better, if it dealt properly with luks USB devices named in crypttab and

Re: Sleep mode on Thinkpad x201

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:43:36AM -0400, Jeff Lane wrote: > On 03/15/2013 08:33 AM, Alexandre Strube wrote: > > From 12.10 to 13.04 updated daily, one bug appears and disappears again > >every couple of updates. The bug is related to the Lenovo X201 entering > >sleep mode. > > > >It's a kind of ru

Re: irqbalance and at daemons by default?

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:02:19AM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > If we have no solid technical reasoning for imposing these daemons by > default, I'll propose we don't. at is part of a standard unix setup and one just simply assumes it is there. It is particularly useful when doing remote admi

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:37:33PM +0200, Waclaw Kusnierczyk wrote: > Where does this conmviction come from? > > On 04/09/2013 02:21 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > >On Ubuntu Desktop we want to discourage usage of command line =) as > >there is no need for that for non-developers. > > > >Regards, >

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 08:49:41PM +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote: > and why does that limit your future ? do you expect us to rip out > firefox or xterm from the archive ? No, I don't expect you to do anything. I am just sad about all the functionality of X windows that has been left behind. Simple

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 05:13:48PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Apr 09, 2013, at 10:40 AM, LD 'Gus' Landis wrote: > > >Personally, I look forward to the day of the return of the 24x80 > >CRT... but know I am in the minority.. for me the GUI is only > >something that gets in the way of me being

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:25:50AM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > I'm more surprised that people are more upset about 4MB than the 5% > that is still claimed by the system for the system which adds up to a > lot more than 4MB on some systems which on a even a small 32GB SSD is > what, 1.5GB? In th

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 06:02:36PM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > I propose we either disable source downloading by default at release > time, but I conclude that developers generally don't care about this > extra overhead (as we have a good setup). > > If really we can't see this from a user Po

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 03:22:50PM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 03:04:20PM +0100, J Fernyhough wrote: > > On 21 May 2013 13:55, Robie Basak wrote: > > > What if we provided a reasonable message if no deb-src lines are > > > defined, with a single simple command to add them a

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 02:20:51AM +0200, Florian Diesch wrote: > Am Mon, 20 May 2013 10:02:41 -0700 > schrieb Benjamin Kerensa : > > > I think in most parts of the world 4MB is trivial overhead for a user. > > Over here in German cheap mobile data tarrifs often get you something > like a few hun

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 01:56:08PM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Commenting/Uncommenting deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list seems > much simpler/easier. I can deal with that... I always have changes to make to sources.list anyway, so uncommenting a few more items is not an issue. -- Ubuntu-

Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

I have held back from putting in this report for a very long time as my experience reading this list has led me to believe that no one will much care because Granny Would Never Do That and she certainly Would Never Know How to Do That. I have a Thinkpad W520. I have identical second screens, Acer

Re: Our Networking Story

The only feature I hold near and dear is that I be able to ssh into a server in a rack 8000 miles away, fiddle with /etc/network/interfaces if needed, and then reliably ifdown/ifup one of god knows how many connections (I often work with machines that have 8 or even more hardware ethers, not to me

Re: Our Networking Story

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 11:32:41PM +0100, Stanisław Hodur wrote: > *Wifi + Ethernet on Desktop* Which reminds me of another common use of machines that a typical GUI user won't think of. I often configure laptops that for security have wifi, bluetooth etc all turned off at BIOS level, and the onl

Re: Our Networking Story

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 01:02:33PM +, Robie Basak wrote: > On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 10:44:07PM -0800, Dale Amon wrote: > > I often configure laptops that for security have wifi, bluetooth > > etc all turned off at BIOS level, and the only ethernet connection > > is not to

Re: Our Networking Story

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:39:40AM -0500, Bryan Quigley wrote: > > Lots of us only use a GUI as a place to let us keep 40 > > xterm's available... > > Could you detail what process you are exactly using to do this > reliably? Are you using bonds/vlans/bridging? On my current job, I am using a la

Re: Our Networking Story

On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 09:57:04AM +0530, Soren Hansen wrote: > interfaces as it would have any other statically configured interface, > because that's what /etc/network/interfaces says it should do. > > When it's ifup'ed again, it gets the right address assigned, but the > dhcp client is still ru

Re: Ubuntu-devel-discuss Digest, Vol 88, Issue 7

On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 01:32:56PM +, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > I never use network manager but just in case it's of use, check > out /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services Oh my. I find buried in there: ~$ cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher.service

Re: Our Networking Story

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 09:49:02AM +0100, Oliver Grawert wrote: > network manager stores its system connection info in a text file in .ini > style format in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections Thanks for that pointer... but there is nothing in there about eth0, only the WiFi connections past an

core unix command broken in latest updates

It just seems strange that something like this could slip past in a set of updates to a package... but the dh command is not working after the last security update I did via dselect. $ dh dh: No compatibility level specified in debian/compat dh: This package will soon FTBFS; time to fix it! dh: c

Re: core unix command broken in latest updates

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 02:45:30PM -0400, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > We haven't released any security updates for debhelper. > What exactly were you expecting as the result of the dh command? I used it in some old package scripts. In the interrum I've looked over this and I can live without it. I'l

Re: core unix command broken in latest updates

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 02:23:40PM -0700, Robert Park wrote: > dh is debhelper, which is a tool that aids in building debian > packages. As far as I'm aware, it's not something that you'd just run > with no arguments (it has a lot of different subcommands and options > for them). The error message

Upgrade issues

Every time there is an update I steel myself for the inevitable. This time I am seriously considering getting a new disk and going to Mate. But I will give this one shot to see if there is something simple I can do to get my home login working properly again. I note the following problems:

Re: Upgrade issues

Oh, and when I switch desktops, only one screen changes. These massively decreases the space I have available for windows. Even with the four desktops and two screens I typically have all of them completely filled and the lower tool bar half full and up to over filled. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mai

Re: Upgrade issues

I've made enough progress to get work done but there are still things I don't like much as well as things that don't work. * I have not yet found which settings panel has the screensaver setup to make it run the slideshow over ~/Pictures. I would swear that this used to be part of the lock pan

Re: Upgrade issues

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:47:20AM +0100, Colin Law wrote: > In his last post, in a throw away line he asked " Is there some simple > change to make my gnome mate setup work properly again?". Why he did > not point this out at the start, given that most of his problems seem > to be UI related I ca

Re: Upgrade issues

Here's another on my list of issues. xemacs now gives this error on startup. (1) (xim-xlib/warning) Warning: XCreateIC failed. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: Upgrade issues

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 01:32:48PM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote: > You would make this easier for yourself and all of us if you start with a few > basic bits of information: > > Which Ubuntu version did you use before the upgrade? Saucy. > What did you upgrade to? Trusty. >

Re: Upgrade issues

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 01:59:23PM -0600, Neal McBurnett wrote: > The appropriate way to deal with clear bugs is to report them in launchpad, > along with the necessary details like steps to reproduce, kind of hardware, > etc. Do you have bug numbers for these? It is not clear these are bugs. I

Re: Upgrade issues

Just curious... did not see any response after I sent the screen shot. I've managed work arounds for most of my issues, some are awkward, some slow me down, but I am back to a mostly workable system... especially since I discovered Nemo, a file browser that knows who the boss is (ie *me* ;-) and

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