Re: Upgrading Hardy Heron 8.04 Beta to Linux kernel .16 breaks it; it won't boot.

2008-04-15 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi Jim, This is something that I would recommend report a bug on at: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu >From your description it sounds like it is a kernel problem, so look for the appropriate linux package. Make sure you have the latest available and then you should provide some more information in

Re: Upgrading Hardy Heron 8.04 Beta to Linux kernel .16 breaks it; it won't boot.

2008-04-16 Thread Todd Deshane
ed already. Best of luck, Todd > > See also (others have splash-related problems): > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=503913 > > > and some have analyzed it some, and have some more info: > > http://osdir.com/ml/boot-loaders.grub.bugs/2005-07/msg00027.html > > If

Re: Suggestion to make remote recovery easier

2008-05-06 Thread Todd Deshane
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 06 May 2008 23:56:18 +0100 Andrew Sayers > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At this point, I'm trying to walk the line between unrealistic "wouldn't > >it be great if..." type ideas and overly-strict reliance on so

Re: Suggestion to make remote recovery easier

2008-05-06 Thread Todd Deshane
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Andrew Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Based on this evidence, does anybody object to a bug report being filed > against openssh-server, saying that password authentication should be > disabled by default? Of course, that leaves all my ideas in serious > trou

Re: firefox and bad ssl certificates

2008-05-10 Thread Todd Deshane
CAcert doesn't even have a valid certificate? https://www.cacert.org/ Todd -- 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: 404 error on page of packages

2008-06-30 Thread Todd Deshane
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Dedeco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I was trying to download the Ubuntu kernel sources from page > http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/gutsy/linux-source-2.6.22 but the diff > file to version 2.6.22-14.52 is not found. Error 404. > Try the command apt-g

Re: Windows-based driver support checker for Ubuntu?

2007-07-23 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi, On 7/24/07, xt knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The IdeaPool had an idea about a "checker" that would notify the user of Linux's support of his devices. ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IdeaPool#head-840a946630b2112c0d2ca651b11d8a52171564fe ) I decided to attempt to implement this. How it wor

Re: gvim menu icon is hidden

2007-08-12 Thread Todd Deshane
On 8/12/07, Sitsofe Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Over in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/3222 there is > a bug concerning gvim and it's hidden by default menu icon. I feel this > change is unnecessary because gvim is not installed by default and so > long as its desktop

Re: status of Xen in future Gutsy

2007-09-02 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/2/07, Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > Does someone know the status of Xen in the future Gutsy? > I see these: > 1) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/base/linux-image-2.6.22-10-xen > 2) http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/xen-hypervisor-3.1 > and so on. > >

Re: how to rebuild a kernel package on amd64?

2007-09-02 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/2/07, Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > There is a -xen linux-image but only for i386. > I expected gettting the kernel package source on my amd64 version and > rebuilding the package would build a -xen image for my arch. > > I see it did not, because built p

Re: Request For Comments: blueprint around Ideastorm idea

2007-09-15 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/15/07, Nicolas Deschildre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have been drafting a blueprint around Dell's Ideastorm idea. > Considering that the current means to get user wishes feedback is not > really good (see discussion in the blueprint) and considering > Ideastorm success for Dell, i

Re: nspluginwrapper a solution for 64-bit

2007-09-18 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/18/07, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it make sense to promote nspluginwrapper [0] to main for amd64? > openSUSE will be including it in 10.3[1]. It seems a better solution > user-wise than including the still-alpha gnash. > > [0] http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/n

Re: nspluginwrapper a solution for 64-bit

2007-09-18 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/18/07, Todd Deshane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/18/07, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would it make sense to promote nspluginwrapper [0] to main for amd64? > > openSUSE will be including it in 10.3[1]. It seems a better solution > > u

Re: Why is amd64 late?

2007-09-18 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/17/07, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 01:09:44PM +0200, Mihamina (R12y) Rakotomandimby > wrote: > > Why is the amd64 release/tribe always late? > > It isn't. amd64 releases happen at the exact same time as i386. > > > My favorite example is about the Xen sup

Re: Why is amd64 late?

2007-09-20 Thread Todd Deshane
On 9/19/07, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:30:59PM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote: > > On 9/17/07, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A simple oversight; it was enabled in this morning's kernel upload, and > > >

Xen on gusty regression since tribe5

2007-09-24 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, I have been following the Xen packages and kernels closing since about tribe4. I had a nice working system at that time, even HVM with a Windows XP guest worked great. I have found a problem [1] with the latest packages. I know there have been a few other people on this list following clo

Bug(s) that should be fixed for release

2007-10-03 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, Is there a running list of key bugs that are planned to be fixed before the release? I would like to bring attention to this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/140759 It is an ugly bug since during install and also during using the system during boot the screen i

Re: kernel: Removing modules do not turn off devices

2007-10-08 Thread Todd Deshane
I think power management issues are important to take into account, it is getting a lot of attention recently. Is this option still marked as experimental? Is there a strict policy on it or can sufficient testing be done to allow it to be enabled by default? Here is the bug that was filed to tra

evince crash

2007-10-08 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, I think crashes are not a good sign, so I was hoping to raise some awareness of this problem. I am getting a crash trying to go to page 11 or 15 of: http://www.acm.org/acmqueue/digital/Queuevol5no6_September2007.pdf I was hoping that someone with access to an ACM account could try it to

Re: evince crash

2007-10-08 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, On 10/8/07, Aaron Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think crashes are not a good sign, so I was hoping to raise some > > awareness of this problem. > > Quite a few people have been "raising awareness" about bugs that they > have filed. I too have filed some seriously nasty bugs t

Appropriateness of posts to this list (Was Re: evince crash)

2007-10-08 Thread Todd Deshane
On 10/8/07, Aaron Whitehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems to me that if users, developers and testers that are > > following this list care about a particular issue or bug they can > > raise it here. If it generates no discussion and others simply ignore, > > then it is probably not a bi

Re: evince crash

2007-10-09 Thread Todd Deshane
On 10/9/07, Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Le mardi 09 octobre 2007 à 14:29 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia a écrit : > > > windows or osx, _they_ will come to me and say it sucks. And, damn, they > > will be right. If you can't print a pdf with the default settings of the > > distribution

Re: Can Xinerama be completely disabled in Gutsy?

2007-11-21 Thread Todd Deshane
On Nov 21, 2007 11:56 AM, Dan Munckton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to find a workaround for the following Java problem: > > #154613: Xinerama prevents Java fullscreen exclusive mode in Gutsy > [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+bug/154613] > > Java uses Xrandr

Re: [Fwd: Re: Appropriateness of posts to this list (Was Re: evince crash)]

2007-12-06 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, I think this thread has gotten way off topic. Can somebody in charge flag this thread as a "dead horse" [1] ? I think there is some good discussion going on, but those discussions should be taken to new, fresh threads. I do think that in order to post to lists intended for developers to

iproute package in main regression

2008-03-08 Thread Todd Deshane
When going from gutsy to hardy the ip command has some problems. The bugs are documented here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/192294 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/199533 I realize that Xen itself in not in main yet and so not supported directly, h

Re: iproute package in main regression

2008-03-12 Thread Todd Deshane
33 On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Todd Deshane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When going from gutsy to hardy the ip command has some problems. > > The bugs are documented here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xen-3.2/+bug/192294 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ub

Re: libc borked

2008-03-12 Thread Todd Deshane
Cory, Please read: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct Also, you didn't provide any useful information. Bug reports, versions, etc. If it is hardy then you should expect things to break from time to time. If it is a stable release, then you should report bugs appropriately. The developers w