[Bug 1794461] Re: DRI Conf cannot find AMDGPU DRI options

2018-10-22 Thread rued...@gmail.com
If I find the time I will test spinning it off into a PPA, incrementing the build number (and of course changing the build suffex to RuedII- PPA). Of course, if someone beats me to it I'll be grateful, as will the vast majority of other Linux users. I'm going to add the OIBAF group, and Ubuntu X

[Bug 1794461] Re: DRI Conf cannot find AMDGPU DRI options

2018-10-22 Thread rued...@gmail.com
As a note, it might just need to be recompiled against a newer DRI/Mesa version. The package hasn't been recompiled in a few years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1794461 Title: DRI

[Bug 1794461] [NEW] DRI Conf cannot find AMDGPU DRI options

2018-09-26 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: When using the new AMDGPU Mesa drivers, DRIConf states that there is no DRI supporting drivers installed. It apparently is not linked to look for the AMDGPU mesa drivers, only the Radeon ones. Now that the AMDGPU drivers no longer depend on the Radeon drivers, this presents

[Bug 1525987] Re: [needs-update] Update to new AMD Crimson Edition release needed

2015-12-21 Thread rued...@gmail.com
There has been another update release. This one addresses some build script bug that would have required a new workaround on Ubuntu 15.10 based Distros. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1525987] Re: [needs-update] Update to new AMD Crimson Edition release needed

2015-12-19 Thread rued...@gmail.com
** Tags added: upgrade-software-version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1525987 Title: [needs-update] Update to new AMD Crimson Edition release needed To manage notifications about

[Bug 1525987] [NEW] [needs-update] Update to new AMD Crimson Edition release needed

2015-12-14 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: The latest major update has been been added to the AMD fglrx drivers, and packages need to be built for Ubuntu. Unlike 15.5-15.9 this is a major improvement, almost as big as last year's "Omega" update, not just a minor bugfix release. While a few of the biggest updates

[Bug 24692] Re: Amd64 ubuntu build hogs memory due to libs built with excessive alignment requirement

2015-10-24 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Yes, but the space is also unallocated. Allocation of physical memory is done far smaller memory blocks, hence the "zero space" is just empty allocation space. It's not using physical RAM. This is because memory mapping is done through sparse allocation on 64bit mapping, where the virtual

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2015-10-24 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I noticed that it hasn't been mentioned, but Microsoft Windows Mobile has failed to take hold of the mobile market. That is some serious progress on this bug. Devs are realizing that Windows is not superior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1505274] [NEW] Please provide upgrade to Catalyst 15.9

2015-10-12 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: AMD released the Catlyist 15.9 update to the AMD driver several months ago, but the driver has yet to be added to the repositories. Some of the patches are no longer necessary, such as the OpenCL provides patch to prevent dependency issues with some OpenCL dependent

[Bug 1462027] Re: [Needs updating] Update fglrx to include AMD 15.5

2015-08-11 Thread rued...@gmail.com
The open Source drivers don't work perfectly for everything. For desktop use, I would certainly recommend the Open Source drivers over the proprietary ones. They actually run WebGL and JavaScript canvas functions faster. However, for gaming, the Open Source drivers currently lack full OpenGL

[Bug 1469405] [NEW] [Feature] Make Grub ISOBoot look for images in media

2015-06-27 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: It would make booting ISO image based liveCDs a lot easier if there was a script to make Grub-ISO boot would look for bootable images root directory of all attached media (since removable media may be hard to distinguish by grub, just scan every block device. It would take

[Bug 1424491] Re: apt-get fails to install fglrx or fglrx-updates in 14.04.2 and 12.04.5

2015-06-18 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I remember also running into another package or two that won't install without xorg-video-abi-15. The best method would be adding the proper provides to the appropriate package. However, if this is provided by multiple packages we should go with the slightly messier option of using a

[Bug 371897]

2015-05-31 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I agree with the sentiment that maybe the wine developers just need to make the wine alsa output play nicer with pulseaudio, and probably modernize it a bit. Another option is to use a multimedia abstraction library for this and some other items (raster/vector rendering, OpenGL instance creation,

[Bug 371897]

2014-05-26 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I agree about putting up a status page somewhere. The wiki would work nicely. This way we can have a link to the code for the driver and direct indicators of what needs to be improved. Also, I don't want to start another flame war, but I'm thinking the driver MIGHT be ready to have a tag in the

[Bug 1251581] [NEW] Wings 3D requires ERLang-Wx which is missing

2013-11-15 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Wings 3D requires ERLang-Wx which is missing in Raring. This makes it impossible to install Wings 3D. I am using 13.04 and unable to install Wings 3D because of this bug. 2 Possible solutions: Include the ERLang-Wx library with the package. Add back the ERLang-Wx library

[Bug 1070966] Re: Mono 3.0 Release is Not In the Repository

2013-10-26 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Temporarily, it might be a prudent option to place it as a separate binary allowing programs to override and use the new binary or the old binary while the default binary is chosen by the alternative system due to the fact that some programs may require the old version. This has worked for other

[Bug 1239375] [NEW] Feature Request: Version update to 5.01

2013-10-13 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Version 5.01 has been released. It includes major updates: Many more chipsets and CPUs supported Better detection of RAM timings Support for up to 2TB Improved Failsafe Mode Lots of Bug fixes The support for up to 2TB of memory should be enough to justify including this at

[Bug 24692] Re: Amd64 ubuntu build hogs memory due to libs built with excessive alignment requirement

2013-08-30 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Simon Ruggier is correct. Virtual addressing has nothing to do with physical address space used. This empty space doesn't even take up swap space, let alone virtual memory. It does take up some page tables but that's it. Having the extra virtual address space there is actually a good thing.

[Bug 1130419] Re: apt resolver doesn't do sensible things when satisfying a cross-dependency on a virtual package (steam, wine)

2013-02-25 Thread rued...@gmail.com
The dependencies tree seem to be severely broken on mesa-lts-quantel. If I try to install it, they produce issues by asking to uninstall a huge list of packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1130419] Re: apt resolver doesn't do sensible things when satisfying a cross-dependency on a virtual package (steam, wine)

2013-02-25 Thread rued...@gmail.com
It seems to install tolerably once I run PPA-Purge on X-Swat updates. However, there are still two programs that it uninstalls uneccessarily: GLMemPerf, and GLmark2ES -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1066324] Re: core.img too large for embedding with msdos partition style (possibly only when boot is on LVM or other complex partition type?)

2012-10-24 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Would creating a build optimized for size help here? I don't think the memory alignment build options really will give much advantage for boot time on Grub, it's only a few kilobytes of code, and most of it is only run under certain situations. If we absolutely had to, we could create a version

[Bug 685131] Re: package memtest86 4.00-2ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

2012-10-24 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Is this an EFI system? I noticed an issue where memtest86+ can't boot on EFI systems with the current default grub. It seems to be lacking the Linux16 modules required to boot that form of image. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 883017] Re: memtest86+ fails on efi systems

2012-09-05 Thread rued...@gmail.com
This bug has to do with the EFI version of grub not supporting loading real mode binaries. You might be able to workarround this by using the chainloader mode to bootstrap into another capable bootloader, and then launching memtest86 from the secondary loader. The .iso image form of memtest86(+)

[Bug 395898] Re: mouse doesn't run in gl-117 main menu

2012-05-05 Thread rued...@gmail.com
How exactly is the mouse behaving? Does it work in the menus, or just not for the controls? There are several known issues with mouse behavior in SDL. Further details would be nice. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 625262] Re: Mouse keeps stealing focus in GTK/QT Menus and SDL Games.

2012-05-05 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I've had similar problem within the game, except I've removed unclutter, and it's still running Seems unrelated to unclutter, so I'm checking for all the other common SDL mouse bugs. I wish someone would make a database of all recurring SDL mouse bugs. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2012-05-05 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I think that the Linux community in general will eventually fix this. It should be considered a high priority long term project. However, we can be grateful that we have averted a similar bug in the mobile market. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 908251] [NEW] KMS causes screen to blank on AMD APUs

2011-12-23 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: When using the IGP on some or all AMD APUs KMS the KMS module causes the screen to blank during load (well before X11 loads). There are significant fixes in kernel versions 3.0.8 to fix many these issues. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 235200] Re: cannot upload files greater than 4 GB

2011-04-07 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Unfixable in Firefox 3.0 is discontinued and the patch was not implemented until 3.5.3, thus no patch is available for people insisting on staying with 3.0.x for some reason. However, Hardy and later have 3.6.x in their security updates for Firefox 3.0. This also fixes this bug as well as

[Bug 235200] Re: cannot upload files greater than 4 GB

2011-04-07 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I found further data, I am uncertain of the upload status. However, all related download bugs included are fixed. I have downloaded a very large number of 4.7GB by HTTP in firefox files since this release. However, my biggest uploads have never hit the 4GB limit yet. I get mixed reports on

[Bug 225165] Re: Firefox consumes far too much CPU ressources with web pages involving Adobe flash plugin

2011-03-19 Thread rued...@gmail.com
This is a widely known problem. I think it is in the Adobe Flash plugin for Linux and not specific to any distribution. I think Canonical needs to contact Adobe about it. ** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 738506] [NEW] Flash Player animations choppy in games under Chromium

2011-03-19 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree When playing flash games under Chromium, the animation is very choppy. This doesn't seem to be the case under Firefox. This does not seem to affect Flash Video, and doesn't seem to affect all flash animations. All in-browser PopCap

[Bug 735631] [NEW] New upstream version 2.11.0

2011-03-15 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kildclient The upstream version of this package is rather old. The current version is 2.11.0 I am not aware of any security fixes on this update, but there are some minor stability and feature improvements. ** Affects: kildclient (Ubuntu)

[Bug 718462] [NEW] g and h key open menus when typed in game.

2011-02-13 Thread rued...@gmail.com
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pynagram When typed in the game, the G key and the H key open the Game and Help pull-down menus respectively. This, logically, interferes with the game when words that contain G or H are entered. ** Affects: pynagram (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 718462] Re: g and h key open menus when typed in game.

2011-02-13 Thread rued...@gmail.com
As a note, my expected behavior is to require a modifier key, usually Alt/Meta to access the said menus. Typing the letters without the modifier key should make them behave as normal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 584756] Re: No support for HP LaserJet 4P after upgrade to lucid

2010-06-29 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I know that the LaserJet 4P is supported directly by Foomatic, and I don't think it has any monitoring features. Is there a particular reason that it needs to be supported by HPLIP? -- No support for HP LaserJet 4P after upgrade to lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584756 You received this

[Bug 379742] Re: [needs-packaging] Winetricks

2010-02-16 Thread rued...@gmail.com
I added the links to related projects. UI-Improvements is validated by the fact that winetricks is the only easy way to turn on font anti-aliasing in wine (BADLY NEEDED in Ubuntu.) If someone wants to, they could add a blueprint for adding debconf scripts which would run wine-tricks on install

[Bug 387825] Re: can't install java doc jdk-6u10-doc

2009-07-03 Thread rued...@gmail.com
This is the exact issue that is affecting me as well. Additionally it will not deinstall until the install script runs properly. Here is my analysis of what is happening: 1, The installs script looks for the java documentation package from the Sun Website in the temporary directory. 2. It

[Bug 387825] Re: can't install java doc jdk-6u10-doc

2009-07-03 Thread rued...@gmail.com
To further clarify my last post, I should summarize. I appraise this bug as Poorly designed intended behavior. It's not really a bug by some people's standards, just a non-user-friendly quirk in the behavior of the scripts. I might even go so far as to say the behavior of having a package be