[Bug 1125249] [NEW] Software center - submitting recommendations fails (error 500)

2013-02-14 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: When I try to activate the recommendations in the software center, the process fails after collecting the data. This first happened on a Raring install. I have another computer with Quantal installed. Software center used to work fine but the problem shows up here too now.

[Bug 1125249] Re: Software center - submitting recommendations fails (error 500)

2013-02-14 Thread Lethe
error output in raring seems different. ** Attachment added: $ software-center (raring) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1125249/+attachment/3529234/+files/%24%20software-center%20%28raring%29 ** Summary changed: - Software center - submitting recommendations

[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs

2013-02-09 Thread Lethe
Same problem here installing raring desktop amd64. sda 8:00 1,8T 0 disk ├─sda1 8:10 1,3T 0 part └─sda3 8:30 476G 0 part sdb 8:16 0 119,2G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 350M 0 part └─sdb2 8:18 0 118,9G 0 part sdc 8:32 0 232,9G 0 disk ├─sdc1

[Bug 1003920] Re: gnome-online-accounts gmail account access expires when logging in without network connection

2012-05-24 Thread Lethe
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[Bug 1003920] [NEW] gnome-online-accounts gmail account access expires when logging in without network connection

2012-05-24 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: Every time I log in a notification pops up saying gmail account needs attention and I must grant gnome access to my gmail account. I'm using a rather weak wifi connection and it takes a few seconds after logging in to get access to the internet. The gmail account

[Bug 1001000] [NEW] gnome-shell high cpu usage

2012-05-17 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: When not doing anything, the system should use close to no cpu ressource. However gnome-shell is permanantly displaying a cpu usage higher than normal. This happens even even after fresh boot with no application running. Opening applications tends to make the cpu usage of

[Bug 1001000] Re: gnome-shell high cpu usage

2012-05-17 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: result of 'top' command https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001000/+attachment/3151241/+files/top -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001000 Title: gnome-shell high

[Bug 1001000] Re: gnome-shell high cpu usage

2012-05-17 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: ps ux | grep gnome-shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1001000/+attachment/3151243/+files/ps%20ux%20%7C%20grep%20gnome-shell -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1001000] Re: gnome-shell high cpu usage

2012-05-17 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: perf top https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1001000/+attachment/3151245/+files/perf%20top -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001000 Title:

[Bug 293753] Re: Simpleandsoft (Human?) cursors missing symlinks

2010-08-24 Thread Lethe
This bug report is old; anyway, checking the latest version, these symlinks have been fixed up correctly now, so this can be closed. Nick ** Changed in: fluxbox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- Simpleandsoft (Human?) cursors missing symlinks

[Bug 469100] [NEW] package sun-java6-bin (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-11-01 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: part of Ubuntu restricted extras ProblemType: Package Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Nov 1 09:54:18 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Release amd64

[Bug 469100] Re: package sun-java6-bin (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-11-01 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34885911/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34885912/Dmesg.gz ** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34885914/DpkgTerminalLog.txt -- package

[Bug 360025] Re: Xubuntu 9.04 blank screen on normal boot

2009-04-13 Thread Everett Lethe
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/67342 -- Xubuntu 9.04 blank screen on normal boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360025 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 360025] [NEW] Xubuntu 9.04 blank screen on normal boot

2009-04-12 Thread Everett Lethe
Public bug reported: On Dell Dimension 2350, Intel Celeron Northwoods 2.2 Ghz, 1GB RAM, Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics controller: Normal cold boot leads to blank screen (no cursor) Recovery boot, choose xfix try to autofix graphics problem then boot and Xubuntu desktop loads fine with

[Bug 295518] Re: acpi sbs module incorrected named in resume scripts

2009-03-31 Thread Lethe
Because I use Fluxbox desktop, and call these scripts to suspend/resume etc. If they are wrong it doesn't work, and if they are not there then people with similar set-up cannot use them. Nick -- acpi sbs module incorrected named in resume scripts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295518 You

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2009-01-05 Thread Lethe
I prodded the kernel guys to get the Dell Computer Corporation one in, and it is now queued: http://marc.info/?t=12305611373r=1w=2 ... but also on my thread in the forums, it appears there is now another bloody option, but the user doesn't state if he has same issues with keyboard quirks:

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-12-29 Thread Lethe
Guys, I have just asked the kernel people to apply the 'Dell Computer Corporation' patch as it was proposed, but didn't seem to make it into the lastest kernel release. http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=123055061901679w=2 Hopefully if it is applied, Ubuntu kernel team will pick it up and

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-12-29 Thread Lethe
No. I think DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, ...) requires a full match, not a substring. -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-12-29 Thread Lethe
Refer now: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernelm=123056100215208w=2 Nick -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285323 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 294630] Re: Add CONFIG_IKCONFIG kernel config support

2008-11-19 Thread Lethe
OK, I understand to pros and cons of either. How can I close this? Nick -- Add CONFIG_IKCONFIG kernel config support https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 23497] Re: i8042 unbind required for keyboard/mouse to be useable following suspend/resume hibernate/resume cycle

2008-11-15 Thread Lethe
Guys, just to let you know, these i8042 echo scripts actually does the opposite for me - they render my keyboard useless after a resume with BIOS system password set. Please refer (read from bottom up): http://marc.info/?t=1220612r=1w=2 Nick -- i8042 unbind required for keyboard/mouse

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-13 Thread Lethe
Satya, on the M4300 what is output from: sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 vendor; sudo dmidecode | grep -i -a1 -b1 Product Name if it says 'Dell Computer Corporation' that is why the fix doesn't work - another kernel patch has be suggested, which hasn't yet made it in the tree.

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-12 Thread Lethe
There is a another patch been issued to cover the other 'Dell Computer Corporation' case: http://marc.info/?t=12186848293r=1w=2 klerfayt: If you see the very same symptoms, maybe you need to mail the LKML with more details - this could be another of these machines that does not report key

[Bug 297209] Re: gcc header file broken or something.

2008-11-12 Thread Lethe
You need to build it first - and the code is wrong too. This is the correct[ed] code: #includestdio.h int main () { char name[20]; float score1, score2, score3, avg; printf (Please Enter your name:\n); scanf (%s, name); printf (Please enter you first score: ); scanf (%f, score1);

[Bug 297209] Re: gcc header file broken or something.

2008-11-12 Thread Lethe
Actually, that bit of code is bad - it returns the wrong average due to [censored] Is this a school exercise? Nick -- gcc header file broken or something. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 296657] [NEW] Wrong phone number for UKFSN ISP

2008-11-11 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: The wizard in kppp has several prepared phone numbers of a collection of ISP's. One of them is UKFSN, of which is my ISP. I noticed the phone number is wrong (in fact, a very old one no longer used) - 08456651575 This needs correcting. Modem / ISDN Dialup Number: 0845 604

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-10 Thread Lethe
Karl M., interesting. I have reported this to the kernel guys, as obviously the patch fails to cover all the vendor names Dell use, and as in your case, the fix is not applicable (but still needed). I guess the kernel guys will need to be told as new and different vendor monikers appear.

[Bug 295876] [NEW] TOP only shows 15 chars of command

2008-11-09 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: procps I guess this is an issue with 'top', and not really Ubuntu related, but... I noticed something hogging my CPU, and top revealed: 15219 root 30 10 109m 104m 4092 R 92 5.2 1:44.15 update-apt- xapi Of course, there is no such process

[Bug 295544] [NEW] /etc/network/run/ifstate incorrect?

2008-11-08 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: Intrepid 2.7.27 I noticed that on 'sleep', my NIC was never getting ifup'ed at resume (I had to restart by hand)... and error message in console reports /etc/network/run/ifstate file not found. Investigating, in /etc/acpi/suspend.d/55-down-interfaces.sh are two lines:

[Bug 295544] Re: /etc/network/run/ifstate incorrect?

2008-11-08 Thread Lethe
Duh. Timelord, eh? I meant Intrepid with kernel 2.6.27 -- /etc/network/run/ifstate incorrect? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 295544] Re: /etc/network/run/ifstate incorrect?

2008-11-08 Thread Lethe
I use Fluxbox, and have mapped the fn+F1 key to my own little script that calls /etc/acpi/sleep.sh Basically I have had to do this as I do not run/have installed Gnome/KDE at all. All works good now. Nick -- /etc/network/run/ifstate incorrect? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295544 You

[Bug 294630] Re: Add CONFIG_IKCONFIG kernel config support

2008-11-07 Thread Lethe
Yes, but a config file in /boot doesn't mean (or proved to be) it is the config file of the running kernel. /proc/config.gz will always be correct. The kernel option to add this is so trivial, I am surprised it isn't a default option. Nick -- Add CONFIG_IKCONFIG kernel config support

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-06 Thread Lethe
OK, I built my own kernel with the above kernel patch applied. This works good. My wireless key now functions again, and the CDEject key (XF86Eject) when mapped to Fluxbox keys file works too without locking up the desktop input. xev reports all fn keys to work properly (apart from F3, and F8

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-05 Thread Lethe
OK, I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 (UK MM01) model, and I am seeing the same issues only with these keys: fn+F1, fn+F2, fn+F8. ...no release is registered. So this Dell bug seems to affect different models in different ways. I look forward to this kernel upgrade so I can get standby and wireless

[Bug 285323] Re: Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen brightness with fn + arrow under intrepid

2008-11-05 Thread Lethe
Leann Ogasawara : For now I'm closing the gnome-power-manager task as this has been confirmed to be a kernel bug. It isn't, and hasn't been. This is a bug with Dell portables. The kernel patch is a hack to fix up the buggy crap. Nick -- Losing keyboard and mouse control when changing screen

[Bug 293753] [NEW] Simpleandsoft (Human?) cursors missing symlinks

2008-11-04 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: Please refer to this page - the simpleandsoft authors page: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Simple+and+Soft?content=28427 I recently changed to Fluxbox on my Ubuntu Dell laptop, and noticed the same issue with Firefox defaulting back to ugly black X cursors on

[Bug 259700] Re: Celestia reproducable crash - with fix

2008-09-07 Thread Lethe
Yes, but as explained I filed a big report with authors of celestia - it has been ignored. I guess just patch up the Ubuntu version to stop this behaviour. Nick -- Celestia reproducable crash - with fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259700 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 259700] [NEW] Celestia reproducable crash - with fix

2008-08-20 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: This is an actual bug in Celestia, not Ubuntu. I found on my Slackware system, that I could crash Celestia by slowing time down to around 1e-12 (as an aside the top left time rate shows up peculair things too). It appears to be a maths overflow of type double. I have

[Bug 259700] Re: Celestia reproducable crash - with fix

2008-08-20 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: speedrate.patch http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16954614/speedrate.patch -- Celestia reproducable crash - with fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259700 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 155840] Re: UI for display brightness inconsistent

2008-08-20 Thread Lethe
For me that reported duplicate bug Bug #159336, I have since moved over to using KDE, so this is no longer an issue in my instance. Nick -- UI for display brightness inconsistent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 259703] [NEW] Celestia-KDE default bookmarks fail (with fix)

2008-08-20 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: The change of coord system in Celestia 1.5x results in default KDE bookmarks being wrong (Celestia bug, not Ubuntu package). Discussion here: http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3t=12766 I have fixed up the bookmarks.xml file to work with the Ubuntu shipped

[Bug 259703] Re: Celestia-KDE default bookmarks fail (with fix)

2008-08-20 Thread Lethe
** Attachment added: KDE bookmarks.xml http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16954875/new_booksmarks.xml -- Celestia-KDE default bookmarks fail (with fix) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 159336] Re: On battery - dim display slider operates in reverse

2007-11-05 Thread Lethe
Yes, reading and then putting brain into gear, it then becomes obvious what is meant - but at first glace after running through the power settings, it is easy to mis-interpret. A lot of people seem to have the same mis-understanding. -- On battery - dim display slider operates in reverse

[Bug 151018] Re: [Gutsy]Backlight brightness dims after a minute of idle on battery, regardless of preferences.

2007-11-01 Thread Lethe
I think I got this!!! If you go to power management settings, on battery power, I bet you have the slider set to 80% or what not. I did, and the screen keeps going dark. Well, the there is a BUG! The slider works in reverse - so set it to 20% if you want 80% brightness, 0% if you want 100%

[Bug 159336] On battery - dim display slider operates in reverse

2007-11-01 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: I couldn't understand why my laptop screen kept dropping brightness to very low level when on battery power, even if I pushed the slider up to 100%. Well, I found out it operates in reverse: Set it to 20% for 80% brightness, 30% for 70% brightness, 0% for 100% brightness

[Bug 114505] Re: ntp is being brought up before network is ready, causing ntp to not resolve any ip or host names and it appears ntp does not recover

2007-10-20 Thread Lethe
Guys and Gals, I updated to Gutsy today, and got the very same issue with ntpd. WHY does ntpd need to rely on dhcp broadcasts or whatever??? It DOESN'T. All that it needs is a network connection via the systems eth0 (or whatever). The issue is somehow ntpd gets started before any network

[Bug 67810] Re: bad hard disk noise on shutdown

2007-10-04 Thread Lethe
Just to update this bug report - this issue is still apparent. I recently bought a pre-installed Ubuntu Dell laptop Inspiron 6400, and noticed that I had a 'dink' when using shutdown. A thread from the forums raised the issue (that I wasn't aware of), and following the advice in here, I have

[Bug 38939] Re: MPlayer receives BadAlloc when playing very large movies using Xv

2007-09-28 Thread Lethe
OK, I have this error with cube etc. turned on (7.04 Dell pre-installed Inspiron 6400). X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0 But I found a google thread that says this: Try: mplayer -vo x11 foo.avi This works for me!!! Nick -- MPlayer receives BadAlloc when

[Bug 141346] /var/mail/{name} wrong permissions

2007-09-20 Thread Lethe
Public bug reported: I have a Dell pre-installed Ubuntu Inspiron 6400. I installed sendmail (default config) to stop anacron squinnying. I then found mails from cron were going into dead.letter as sendmail /etc/mail/aliases file mapped root: oem. I changed this to push root mail to my login

[Bug 133568] Re: fn+f8 (crt/lcd switch) does nothing

2007-09-17 Thread Lethe
I have the same issue on a new Dell Inspiron 6400 (UK). I tired the i810 driver with the 915resolution fix, and then fn F8 works to switch - but I get the same issues as bugs with that in that it dies after a few times and machines needs hard reset. Using intel_driver works great with external

[Bug 114505] Re: ntp is being brought up before network is ready, causing ntp to not resolve any ip or host names and it appears ntp does not recover

2007-09-11 Thread Lethe
Thomas: Confirmed, yep, that works perfectly - and without moving ntpdate, this works fine too. Nick -- ntp is being brought up before network is ready, causing ntp to not resolve any ip or host names and it appears ntp does not recover https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114505 You received this

[Bug 114505] Re: ntp is being brought up before network is ready, causing ntp to not resolve any ip or host names and it appears ntp does not recover

2007-09-09 Thread Lethe
Yes, I can replicate this exactly - same issue - please refer: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/13064 It seems DHCP is the issue. Here is more info from my system logs: Sep 9 13:00:58 palantir avahi-daemon[5314]: No service found in /etc/avahi/services. Sep 9 13:00:58