Bug#499759: Acknowledgement (evince: Can't print to smb printer needing authorisation)

2008-09-22 Thread Tim Richardson
running evince from a shell, I see this ** (evince:10388): WARNING **: NOT IMPLEMENTED: We need to prompt for authorization I have submitted this upstream and will forward the Debian report when I get a URL. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Bug#499081: help please

2008-09-23 Thread Tim Richardson
I installed gnome-dbg, and for several days did not see this error. I removed all the debug packages this morning, and it has re-appeared. I run into it while right-click on a document. When the freeze happens, no menu bars work and no documents can be selected on the desktop. No icons on the pane

Bug#499081: More information

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Richardson
my user, TTY ? gconfd-2 Pulseaudio Gconf-helper Gnome-panel Bonobo-activation-server Gnome-terminal Gnome-pty-helper Killing bonobo-activation-server did not allow me to login again. However, killing pulseaudio did fix it. So, perhaps not a gnome-panel bug. Regards Tim Richards

Bug#505270: a workaround .

2008-11-13 Thread Tim Richardson
In the process of trying to debug this, I discovered that I can make it boot properly if I create the file /etc/directfbrc and include this one line in the file log-file=/tmp/directfb.log I had no directfbrc file on my system. An empty file doesn't help. My attempt to make the log file was to

Bug#506023: /usr/share/doc/gdb/refcard.ps.gz crashes evince

2008-11-17 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: evince Version: 2.22.2-4 Severity: normal Opening /usr/share/gdb/refcard.ps.gz fixes the problem. This is a known upstream bug and was marked as a duplicate, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536329 my upstream report (submitted by bugbuddy; I have gnome-dbg installed) is http:/

Bug#506023: better error messages from console

2008-11-17 Thread Tim Richardson
my console output: > sudo evince refcard.dvi.gz > kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmbx12 > mktexpk: No such file or directory > kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. > page: Warning: font `cmbx12' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' i

Bug#502043:

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Richardson
Upstream says it won't be fixed until the next major release after 2.0.4. Here is a hack fix I've made to at least protect from data loss. create /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00virtualBox and make it executable put this in the script. I have hardcoded for the only VM I care about, and you need to

Bug#504354: Can't recreate default /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

2008-11-02 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-4 Severity: normal Because of the recent gdm chagnes, I want to revert to the packages latest default gdm.conf I moved my customised /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and ran dpkg-reconfigure gdm but this did not create /etc/gdm/gdm.conf -phigh also did not work. Reinstalling the pa

Bug#504388: splashy_config Install theme [FAIL] the tarball does not exist

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: splashy Version: 0.3.10-2.1 Severity: normal splashy_config --info shows a list of themse splashy_config -i default (for example) gives this result >Install theme [FAIL] The tarball does not exist! -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT p

Bug#504389: splashy stops the shutdown process; ALT-F8 lets it resume

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: splashy Version: 0.3.10-2.1 Severity: important Sorry, but I think 0.3.10-2.1 introduces a bug Shutdown stops after gdm terminates. You can not log in even to virtual terminals. ALT-F8 shows a screen with splashy. After pressing ALT-F8, splashy starts and the shutdown proceeds. I have

Bug#504389: gdm

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
By forcing gdm back to 2.20.7-3 splashy works as expected. So splashy doesn't work with gdm 2.20.7-4 at least on my two Intel-based laptops. However, on a desktop, with gdm 2.20.7-4, splashy works well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Bug#504389:

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
removing patch 52 from gdm restores the restart and shutdown process. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#504428: /usr/sbin/gdmsetup: gdmsetup is not useful if /etc/gdm/gdm.conf does not exist

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-4 Severity: normal File: /usr/sbin/gdmsetup if /etc/gdm/gdm.conf does not exist then gdmsetup reports a lot of errors to console and can't save any settings. That is, changes made in gdmsetup are not preserved, if you exit and restart it. gdmsetup saves its changes i

Bug#504389:

2008-11-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Restoring patch 52 to pre-2.20-7-3 version works. With the 2.20-7-4 patch (& splashy) gdm doesn't seem to stop properly. Something else in the shutdown process kills it and the machine will reboot/shutdown without user intervention if splashy is not used, but if splashy is used the vt8 is never ac

Bug#504389:

2008-11-04 Thread Tim Richardson
Notes: 1) from the login window, rebooting and shutdown works as expected. Splashy is invoked. 2) after doing /etc/init.d/gdm stop, this process remains gconfd-2 I've ignored this. bt didn't look interesting. 3) after logging in and rebooting via the gdm System menu, the reboot stops. Here is

Bug#504389:

2008-11-04 Thread Tim Richardson
> > This is actually interesting. I also have an intel-based laptop, and > during the shutdown process it does not switch to the VT where the > shutdown messages are displayed, while this works on my ATI machine. > Maybe there’s something else going on with the X server. > > Thanks, Do you see

Bug#504389: kind of a workaround

2008-11-05 Thread Tim Richardson
If I change /etc/init.d/splashy to do a sleep for a few seconds, gdm shutdown works. Below shows what happens in that pause which allows the activation of vt 8 to work without manually doing Alt-F8 Change I made to /etc/init.d/splashy - stop) check_to_enable

Bug#504604: Could not reproduce

2008-11-05 Thread Tim Richardson
To simplify this, I think you are saying that in v2.4, you see that a formula like this =if(A1-B1<>0;1;C1) returns an error 529 when C1 contains "" and A1 and B1 are empty I made a simplied test case in OOo 2.4 (the lenny version) The formula behaves the same in 2.4 and 3.0. My 3.0 is the experiem

Bug#504604: Could not reproduce

2008-11-05 Thread Tim Richardson
To simplify this, I think you are saying that in v2.4, you see that a formula like this =if(A1-B1<>0;1;C1) returns an error 529 when C1 contains "" and A1 and B1 are empty I made a simplied test case in OOo 2.4 (the lenny version) The formula behaves the same in 2.4 and 3.0. My 3.0 is the experiem

Bug#504323:

2008-11-06 Thread Tim Richardson
What happens if you create a new user, log in as the new user, and try starting OOo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#504389: patch

2008-11-06 Thread Tim Richardson
here is the patch I made, which fixes it on my two Intel laptops --- a/scripts/init.d/splashy +++ b/scripts/init.d/splashy @@ -165,11 +165,30 @@ ;; stop) check_to_enable - # avoid displaying ugly text at shutdown clear >/dev/tty8 clear >/dev/tty1 -

Bug#504604:

2008-11-06 Thread Tim Richardson
In the launchpad bug report (the link above) there is a discussion about why OOo now behaves like this. I understood from this discussion that upstream deliberate made this change for improved Excel compatibility. I'm an experienced Excel user, and I certainly expect Excel to behave the way OOo now

Bug#504803: Applications launched with gksu don't get focus

2008-11-07 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gksu Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: minor Synaptic or Systen->Admin->Users and Groups don't get focus. If I edit the menu entry to remove the use of gksu (or su-to-root) then the launched application does get focus. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable

Bug#504604:

2008-11-09 Thread Tim Richardson
I'm still trying to understand the report: > My suggestion woyld be to have an option where the user can choose that > string values when present in an arithmetic formula are > a. evaluated as real ( so "1.2"+3 equals 4.2) > b. evaluated as integer ( so "1.2"+3 equals 4 ) > c. evaluated as

Bug#505167: keysafe: entering data in Key ID doesn't enable any other buttons or fields on the gui

2008-11-09 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: keysafe Version: 0.3.5-2 Severity: normal I can't use KeySafe because I entering text in the field Key Id doesn't enable other fields. It appears as if the event linked to the Key ID field changing is not being triggered. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefer

Bug#504803: workaround: use sudo mode

2008-11-09 Thread Tim Richardson
The bug only occurs when gksu uses su to launch apps. Using sudo doesn't show the bug. Therefore, a workaround: 1) enable sudo for your user (as root, do visudo and copy the existing privilege for the root user (near the end of the file), substituting your userid) 2) as your user, run gconf-edit

Bug#505270: splashy fails at boot: Couldn't splashy_start_splash error -10

2008-11-11 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: splashy Version: 0.3.12-1 Severity: important With the upgrade to 0.3.12-1 I have a new problem. It occurs on two Intel-based laptops, but not on a non-intel desktop nor in virtual machines. The error occurs at boot. Connection refused. Couldn't splashy_start_splash. Error -10 -- Sys

Bug#505270: Bug occurs on my desktop as well

2008-11-11 Thread Tim Richardson
I was wrong when I said this bug doesn't occur on my non-intel desktop. It uses a local repository and was slower to upgrade to the 0.3.12-1 Since splashy fails to start on all three machines on which I run sid, I I will mark this as grave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Bug#505270:

2008-11-11 Thread Tim Richardson
Purge and re-install unfortunately did not help me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#505270: splashy fails at boot: Couldn't splashy_start_splash error -10

2008-11-29 Thread tim richardson
> > Connection refused. > > Couldn't splashy_start_splash. Error -10 > > Reading the code a -10 error seems to indicate a problem with fonts. Are you > using the default theme/font? On all machines, only the default theme is used. The package with extra themes is not installed. > > After booti

Bug#505270:

2008-11-30 Thread Tim Richardson
Installing splashy 0.3.10 works even when I leave all other packages at the sid version, including libsplashy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#508071: Perhaps a dup of 504389 (which has an easy fix)

2008-12-09 Thread tim richardson
This is probably a duplicate of bug 504389 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504389 To find out, go into shutdown, and then when it appears to be stuck, press Alt-F8 If that's the case, then you have bug 504389. Please let us know. I submitted a patch for 504389. You can also

Bug#505270:

2008-12-09 Thread tim richardson
Luis, I sent the 4MB initrd image to your gmail account via yousentit It's available for 7 days. regards Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#505270:

2008-12-09 Thread tim richardson
Also, /boot/grub/menu.lst extract ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 root(hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet vga=791 splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Bug#505270: More infor re splashy bug 505270

2008-12-09 Thread tim richardson
> Tim, > > Is it possible that your problem is related to /etc/splashy/config.xml ? > > Try copying this file to /root/config.xml and purging Splashy 0.3.10 > (dpkg --purge splashy) (from Lenny) and installing the Sid version > (0.3.12), then copy your config.xml back to /etc/splashy. > > Lui

Bug#505270:

2008-12-17 Thread Tim Richardson
> re debian bug 505270 > does this help you: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505270#27 > > (my file /etc/directfbrc is attached) > > and after creating the /etc/directfbrc file, try this: > > sudo update-initramfs -u > Hi, I confirm the problem is resolved by adding this f

Bug#509244: debian-installer: Configure clock ignores my chosen country

2008-12-20 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: debian-installer Version: 20081220 Severity: normal I'm using the business card nightly lenny install downloaded 20081220. After entering Australia as my region, I am only presented with US timezones for Configure the Clock -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers unsta

Bug#499615:

2008-12-28 Thread Tim Richardson
I'd love to see 0.5 in experimental ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#498212: gnomevfs: thumbs.db in a windows share seems to crash open dialog in evolution

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: libgnomevfs2-0 Version: 1:2.22.0-4 Severity: important File: gnomevfs When trying to attach a file in a windows share to an Evolution email, evolution crashes. I also saw openoffice crashes that I think are related. The crash happens when navigating into a certain folder in the gnome

Bug#498212: How can I help debug this?

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Richardson
I easily created a new thumbs.db file from Windows Explorer (I chose view thumbnails) and therefore can reproduce this crash at will. I created a strace from evolution but it doesn't look very useful. If I get advice on how to file a useful bug report, I will gladly do so. This is a really annoy

Bug#498212: How can I help debug this?

2008-09-08 Thread tim richardson
> Please install libgnomevfs2-0-dbg and have a look at > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace The following was taken at home. The windows server in this case is a machine booted into Windows XP professional. The client is a laptop running sid. The original bug report was on a Windows small

Bug#487673:

2008-09-11 Thread Tim Richardson
I have lenny with python-apt 0.7.7.1 I seem to have this bug. this is the last few lines of terminal output when I run gksu --desktop /usr/share/applications/software-properties.desktop /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties

Bug#498670: updatemanager: no such file /usr/share/python-apt/templates//.info

2008-09-11 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: update-manager Version: 0.68.debian-6 Severity: normal update-manager doesn't work for me today (also not working is Repositories in Synaptic and Software Sources in gnome's System->Administration menu) u400:/usr/share/python-apt/templates# update-manager Traceback (most recent call

Bug#498670: lsb_release

2008-09-12 Thread Tim Richardson
my problem is that for some reason lsb_release -i -s is returning a blank string, not "Debian". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#487673: Please ignore my comment on the bug

2008-09-12 Thread Tim Richardson
I had a separate problem not related to this report. lsb-release was not returning the distribution ID because of a mistake in a non-Debian package installation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#498212: bt full

2008-09-17 Thread tim richardson
On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 13:00 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Thanks for the trace, I have a much better idea of what is happening > now. Could you please try again with a "bt full" command instead of > "bt"? Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0xb66d2720 (LW

Bug#498212: a fix

2008-09-18 Thread tim richardson
I don't know how to make patch files. But the crash can be stopped by editing file-chooser/gtkfilesystemgnomevfs.c and modifying the code around line 964 so the it tests for NULL because the crash is in the strcmp() call /* Returns whether the MIME type of a vfs_info is "application/x-deskto

Bug#498212: closed by Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Bug#498212: fixed in libgnomeui 2.20.1.1-2)

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Richardson
ui-dev_2.20.1.1-2_amd64.deb > > Files: > > 3002e66b144023ea475bd8704b5a460c 1770 libs optional > > libgnomeui_2.20.1.1-2.dsc > > 7d8a43d9afca6e3a7b0a3d08b81af00f 9619 libs optional > > libgnomeui_2.20.1.1-2.diff.gz > > 62913c3111a29d83a1dede6016b8db13 7915

Bug#497618: openoffice.org: OOo unable to find a working e-mail configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1:2.4.1-8 Severity: normal >From Calc I do File->Send Document as E-Mail I get an error dialog OpenOffice.org was unable to find a working e-mail configuration. Please save this document locally ... This is a lenny system. Evolution is working well. Previously

Bug#497618: Confirmation on a sid installation

2008-09-03 Thread Tim Richardson
I can reproduce this with a sid installation. This sid installation was using the OOo3.0 beta 2 packages in experimental, and send to was working with evolution. I downgraded to the sid versions of openoffice.org, and I get the same error as I reported above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Bug#497745: openoffice.org-core: Crash when saving to one folder deep in a password smb share

2008-09-03 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org-core Version: 1:2.4.1-8 Severity: important To reproduce: 1) Via Places, add a server connection for a password protected smb share. Call is "myshare" 2) Open Writer, create a document and save as 3) navigate to the share. Save it in the top level: it works 4) repeat s

Bug#497618: workaround

2008-09-04 Thread Tim Richardson
from Michal Palenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a workaround: chmod a+x /usr/lib/openoffice/program/senddoc I confirm that this works. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#422800:

2008-03-08 Thread Tim Richardson
Matijs, Does icedove handle this situation differently (in case this bug is the reason you moved to icedove)? -- Tim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#470452: nautilus: Copy + Paste on ssh server folder fails

2008-03-11 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: nautilus Version: 2.20.0-3 Severity: normal 1. Add an ssh share where you have write permission 2. in a nautilus window, right click a file and choose copy 3. now paste Error Error "Generic error" while copying "ssh://timric...index.shtml". expected behavior: make a renamed duplicate of

Bug#470553: /usr/bin/baobab: baobab total used capacity text does not update after "refresh"

2008-03-11 Thread tim richardson
Package: gnome-utils Version: 2.20.0.1-2 Severity: minor File: /usr/bin/baobab baobab has a one line text summary that reads like this: "Total filesystem capacity: 452.7 GB (used: 104.4 GB available 348.3 GB)" I noticed that the used and available data does not update after I make large deletio

Bug#470452: closed by Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Fixed in 2.22)

2008-03-26 Thread Tim Richardson
; > > According to the upstream bug, this problem has been fixed in version > > 2.22. > > > email message attachment > > Forwarded Message > > From: Tim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#470452: THanks

2008-03-26 Thread Tim Richardson
Sven, thanks for the explanation. It's clear and thanks for your patience. I should have checked the version against package.debian.org to see that the new upstream has migrated to unstable. Thanks for verifying it as well, rather than just trusting upstream. It's a matter of judgement. I swapped

Bug#541814: openoffice.org: Go-OO for Windows allows 2^20 rows in calc (approx 1 million), why not the Debian build?

2009-08-16 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1:3.1.0-5 Severity: wishlist The Go-OO website says that the Debian build of openoffice.org is based on the Go-OO code. On Windows, Go-OO allows "1 million" rows in Calc. (I haven't put this to the test much, I have to admit). Is there a reason why Debian doesn

Bug#815668: Upstream report

2016-05-06 Thread Tim Richardson
I have reported this here, or at least I think it's the same bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765830 -- Tim Richardson

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