[Bug 1966376] Re: Video playback always results in lines across the screen

2022-03-26 Thread Brandon Snider
The screenshot looks a lot like screen tearing. This occurs when the frame rates of the window manager and video are not synchronized, resulting in parts of multiple frames being drawn over each other. I would certainly confirm that your window manager is set to 'sync to vblank' or 'vsync' before

[Bug 1574354] Re: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine

2016-04-30 Thread Brandon Snider
Try playing the file with mpv --hwdec=vdpau --vo=vdpau file You may have to install mpv. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574354 Title: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine To manage

[Bug 1574354] Re: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine

2016-04-30 Thread Brandon Snider
Try this one: glxinfo|grep "OpenGL renderer string" And also, vlc -v 2>vlc_output2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574354 Title: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine To manage

[Bug 1574354] Re: playing .mp4 in VLC freezes machine

2016-04-30 Thread Brandon Snider
Can you run vlc like this, from the cli: vlc -vvv 2>vlc_output You will then be left with a file called vlc_output, which you can post as an attachment. Also, can you run glxinfo|grep Vendor and paste the line in a reply here? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1568536] Re: Wrong aspect ratio with vdpau on i965

2016-04-24 Thread Brandon Snider
What is the result of the vdpauinfo and vainfo commands? You may need to install those packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568536 Title: Wrong aspect ratio with vdpau on i965

[Bug 1574280] Re: Video Zoom does nothing on vlc after upgrade to Xenial

2016-04-24 Thread Brandon Snider
Input/Codecs => Hardware-accelerated decoding Automatic is the default, which just means the list in the order it appears in the drop-box -- VDPAU at the top. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1574280] Re: Video Zoom does nothing on vlc after upgrade to Xenial

2016-04-24 Thread Brandon Snider
If you disable VDPAU entirely, by turning off hardware decoding and switching the video output module to XCB, does zoom work? You can't test hardware zooming without the libvdpau-va-gl1 package installed and either Automatic or VDPAU selected as the decoder and output module. -- You received

[Bug 1568536] Re: Wrong aspect ratio with vdpau on i965

2016-04-24 Thread Brandon Snider
Since this bug was reported, VLC has been updated to 2.2.2-5, which contains a fix for one issue with VDPAU. Does this issue still happen with the -5 version? Also, you don't need to remove the gl1 package. Just change the output module to XCB and disable hardware decoding, and VLC will stop

[Bug 1568531] Re: vlc seems to ignore vaapi/vdpau settings

2016-04-24 Thread Brandon Snider
This happens because you have apparently not also changed the video output module away from the default, which is Vdpau. If you select "Automatic", the list is parsed one at a time in the order of the drop- down menu. If you manually selected the next item in the list, XCB, VLC would stop trying

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-04-08 Thread Brandon Snider
Alex, if you play an h.264 video file using "mpv --hwdec=vdpau --vo=vdpau" it has no blockiness, and if you play the same file with VLC using vdpau as the hardware-accelerated decoder and the video output module, it has the same issue? If so, try playing the file with the output module set to

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-19 Thread Brandon Snider
I think this is a regression in the Nvidia Vdpau driver between 352 and 361, or possibly 346 and 352. It's not a VLC problem because it also affects MPV. The issue described in comments 3 and 4 is different, and is fixed in VLC 2.2.2-5, which will be synced to Ubuntu from Debian at some point.

[Bug 1559439] Re: VLC won't play h264 videos on Intel i965 GPU

2016-03-19 Thread Brandon Snider
Please open VLC settings and make these changes: Video=> Output module => Xvideo output (XCB) and Input/Codecs => Hardware-accelerated decoding => disable. Try to play the video again. If it works, this bug is fixed in vlc 2.2.2-5, which will be synced from Debian at some point. -- You received

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-15 Thread Brandon Snider
Mary, can you run this command (requires mesa-utils to be installed) $ glxinfo|grep "OpenGL renderer string" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512993 Title: VLC exhibits blockiness on

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-14 Thread Brandon Snider
Mary, could you please run this command, and post the results: $ dpkg -s libvdpau-va-gl1 | grep Version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512993 Title: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-14 Thread Brandon Snider
can everyone having this problem please try playing the offending videos with: $mpv --hwdec=vdpau --vo=vdpau and $mpv --hwdec=vdpau --vo=gl You may have to install mpv. Also, verify that you have a package called libvdpau-va-gl1 installed. Report the results. Thanks. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-14 Thread Brandon Snider
BTW, in Input/Codecs, please switch Hardware-accelerated decoding to "disable". This will change the decoder to FFMPEG-MT. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512993 Title: VLC exhibits

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-14 Thread Brandon Snider
Do any of the other modules work? You could run vlc at the cli with -vvv and redirect to a file, which you could attach. For example: $vlc -vvv >> vlc_output -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1512993] Re: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking

2016-03-14 Thread Brandon Snider
Does the problem still occur if you switch the video output module to XCB - Xvideo? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1512993 Title: VLC exhibits blockiness on h264 seeking To manage

[Bug 1467621] Re: no sound with MKV file

2015-06-23 Thread Brandon Snider
Yes, I agree. But I'm not convinced this is a VLC bug, or a bug at all. It might be a problem with how your system is configured or something. Someone else with the same software will have to test it. Also, you could try it from the console to see if there's any useful output. -- You received

[Bug 1467621] Re: no sound with MKV file

2015-06-22 Thread Brandon Snider
The sound on that file does work in VLC 2.2.1 here. You're using 2.2.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1467621 Title: no sound with MKV file To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1467621] Re: no sound with MKV file

2015-06-22 Thread Brandon Snider
Lots of details about the mkv need to be included, such as the mediainfo output, and ideally a segment of the file -- mkvmerge is capable of creating small pieces of a larger file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1335635] Re: avconv is a poor substitute for ffmpeg

2014-06-29 Thread Brandon Snider
It's a good thing the ffmpeg developers are an unbiased source of information about bugs in libav. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335635 Title: avconv is a poor substitute for

[Bug 1335635] Re: avconv is a poor substitute for ffmpeg

2014-06-29 Thread Brandon Snider
Yes but you provided no details about exactly what you're trying to do that is not working, no cli output, just a vague it won't work type statement, and then submit a bug with a title that is 100% politics. How seriously is anyone supposed to take that. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1302012] Re: VLC failing to use vdpau

2014-04-03 Thread Brandon Snider
You need to install a package called vpdau-va-driver to use VAAPI with VLC. That's why VAAPI is failing, It says you don't have the VAAPI driver file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1263278] Re: Use FFmpeg instead of Libav

2013-12-28 Thread Brandon Snider
You should really back up the statement -- there are so many bugs -- with actual bug reports rather than personal anecdotes. Just because something happens on your system doesn't mean everybody else sees it too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1247564] Re: Initial window size slightly too small causing scaling+smoothing on image

2013-12-01 Thread Brandon Snider
OK, this bug was fixed upstream, but it was determined to be a problem with gtk+, not EOG. So, I have created a debdiff for Saucy's gtk+3.0 package. Here is the upstream location of the patch: https://bug719595.bugzilla- attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=263201 This patch will also have to

[Bug 1241777] Re: avconv segfaults when using libx264 codec.

2013-10-18 Thread Brandon Snider
I tried this with a random video here and it does crash, so this is confirmed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241777 Title: avconv segfaults when using libx264 codec. To manage

[Bug 1091851] [NEW] mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: As of Nautilus 3.6, desktop files' EXEC field require field codes %U, for URL, or %F, for file, or the desktop file doesn't associate the app to its mimetypes. mkvtoolnix-gui and mkvinfo desktop files do not contain the field codes at this point. Therefore, in Nautilus 3.6,

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
This patch is for the Raring version, 5.9.0 ** Patch added: Raring patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463344/+files/fix_desktop_files.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
This attachment is a debdiff for Raring, 5.9.0. ** Patch added: Debdiff for Raring https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463345/+files/mkvtoolnix_5.9.0-1ubuntu1.debdiff ** Description changed: As of Nautilus 3.6, desktop files EXEC field require

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
This attachment is a debdiff for Quantal. ** Patch added: Quantal 5.1.0 debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463343/+files/mkvtoolnix_5.1.0-1ubuntu3.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
** Description changed: As of Nautilus 3.6, desktop files EXEC field require field codes %U, for URL, or %F, for file, or the desktop file doesn't associate the app to its mimetypes. mkvtoolnix-gui and mkvinfo desktop files do not contain the field codes at this point. Therefore, in

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Revised original debdiff. ** Patch removed: Quantal 5.1.0 debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463343/+files/mkvtoolnix_5.1.0-1ubuntu3.debdiff ** Patch removed: quantal patch

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Revised debdiff for Raring ** Patch added: debdiff for raring https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463397/+files/mkvtoolnix_5.9.0-1ubuntu1.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Revised Quantal patch. ** Patch added: patch for quantal https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463398/+files/fix_desktop_files.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1091851] Re: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

2012-12-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Revised Raring patch ** Patch added: patch for raring https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+attachment/3463399/+files/fix_desktop_files.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1067933] [NEW] Reloading shell with Alt-F2 r loses all workspaces but first 2

2012-10-17 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Reloading shell loses workspaces. Already reported and fixed upstream. Attaching patch by Florian Müllner. Upstream bug report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685439 git.gnome.org commit log:

[Bug 1067933] Re: Reloading shell with Alt-F2 r loses all workspaces but first 2

2012-10-17 Thread Brandon Snider
attached debdiff ** Patch added: debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1067933/+attachment/3402102/+files/mutter_3.6.1-0ubuntu2.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1067933] Re: Reloading shell with Alt-F2 r loses all workspaces but first 2

2012-10-17 Thread Brandon Snider
revised debdiff with quantal-proposed as release pocket. ** Patch added: debdiff with -proposed as release pocket https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1067933/+attachment/3402104/+files/mutter_3.6.1-0ubuntu2.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 773466] Re: libva1 trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so ends up with segmentation fault

2012-08-05 Thread Brandon Snider
cmatomic, have you got the vdpau-va-driver package installed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773466 Title: libva1 trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so ends up with

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-07-17 Thread Brandon Snider
There's more than one freezing bug with exactly the same symptoms? I'm not sure I understand the distinction. Anyway, I built my own 3.5-rc4 kernel and that i915 code fixed all freezes and bugs. I cannot crash this system now no matter what I do. the -27 release doesn't get it done here. -- You

Re: [Bug 935501] Re: gecko-mediaplayer version 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 FTBFS on i386 in precise

2012-04-11 Thread Brandon Snider
Hi. I'll take a crack at this when I get home from work in a few hours, but I built 1.0.6 successfully last night for precise: https://launchpad.net/~nvidia-vdpau/+archive/testing-ppa/+build/3396633 On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Julien Lavergne julien.laver...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Brandon

[Bug 928101] Re: Please sync gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.5-1 from Debian Testing to Ubuntu universe

2012-04-11 Thread Brandon Snider
Fixed here: https://code.launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+junk/gecko-mediaplayer Summary: added --with-xulrunner-sdk=$(shell pkg-config --variable=sdkdir mozilla-plugin) to rules which yields /usr/lib /firefox-devel as the location of the Gecko dev files, not /usr/include/firefox-11.0 as above.

[Bug 935501] Re: gecko-mediaplayer version 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 FTBFS on i386 in precise

2012-04-10 Thread Brandon Snider
I have attached a patch to debian/rules which will fix this bug. The problem was, the build flag which executes pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul fails because there is no more libxul pc file in firefox-dev in Precise. The remaining pc file, mozilla-plugin, works. However, the

[Bug 935501] Re: gecko-mediaplayer version 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 FTBFS on i386 in precise

2012-04-10 Thread Brandon Snider
Sorry, here is the patch. ** Patch added: alter build flag in debian/rules https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gecko-mediaplayer/+bug/935501/+attachment/3043812/+files/fix-ftbfs.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 932781] Re: [x-updates] Nvidia 295.20 regression - Gnome Shell becomes crashy

2012-03-24 Thread Brandon Snider
Confirmed. Gnome-Shell issue is resolved in the 295.33 driver. I'm curious if the issues reported by Jeff Gosden are also fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932781 Title:

[Bug 932781] Re: [xorg-edgers]Regression in the latest Nvidia 295.20 driver driver

2012-02-15 Thread Brandon Snider
This issue has been reported to nvidia here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=174049 Dmesg says: gnome-shell[2265]: segfault at 10 ip 7fe76212dc0f sp 7fe74069b638 error 6 in libnvidia-tls.so.295.20[7fe76212d000+3000] -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 932781] Re: [xorg-edgers]Regression in the latest Nvidia 295.20 driver driver

2012-02-15 Thread Brandon Snider
The previous driver is available as a direct download here: (amd64) https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates/+files/nvidia-current-dev_290.10-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1_amd64.deb (i386)

[Bug 927336] [NEW] Sync libva 1.0.15-1 (main) from Debian experimental (main)

2012-02-05 Thread Brandon Snider
-1) experimental; urgency=low [ Reinhard Tartler ] * Imported Upstream version 1.0.15 (Closes: #654567) * Bump shlibs for API 'fixes' mentioned in upstream NEWS file [ Brandon Snider ] * The intel i965 driver has been moved to its own package - Removed i965-va-driver package from

[Bug 927338] [NEW] Sync intel-vaapi-driver 1.0.15-1 (universe) from Debian experimental (main)

2012-02-05 Thread Brandon Snider
) experimental; urgency=low [ Brandon Snider ] * Initial release (Closes: #654567) [ Matteo F. Vescovi ] * debian/gbp.conf: config file added * debian/control: massive change * debian/copyright: little re-work * debian/*.install: renaming due to package's new name * debian/README.*: useless

[Bug 886419] [NEW] Nautilus crashes due to libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

2011-11-04 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Note: I am using Gnome-Shell, not Unity. When I open Nautilus, I get many repeated error messages:  GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed I ran: G_DEBUG=fatal_criticals gdb --args nautilus It crashes immediately

[Bug 886419] Re: Nautilus crashes due to libdbusmenu-gtk3-4

2011-11-04 Thread Brandon Snider
** Description changed: + Note: I am using Gnome-Shell, not Unity. + When I open Nautilus, I get many repeated error messages: - GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion +  GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed I

[Bug 825769] Re: Banshee notification icon sometimes appears with label notify-sharp under gnome-shell

2011-10-24 Thread Brandon Snider
When you click on the Notify-Sharp icon it brings up a new Banshee icon, and each of them have different right-click menus. I took 2 screenshots to demonstrate. ** Attachment added: screenshot.png

[Bug 825769] Re: Banshee notification icon sometimes appears with label notify-sharp under gnome-shell

2011-10-24 Thread Brandon Snider
** Attachment added: screenshot2.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/825769/+attachment/2571140/+files/screenshot2.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825769

[Bug 848198] Re: Sporadic gconf error messages

2011-10-21 Thread Brandon Snider
After using the patched version for a couple of days there are no error messages and no apparent ill effects, and bug 853582 doesn't happen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848198

[Bug 848198] Re: Sporadic gconf error messages

2011-10-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Four patches have appeared to deal with this issue: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=199238 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=199239 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=199240 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=199241 I added them into the gconf scripts

[Bug 865058] Re: [FFe] [needs-packaging] sushi, the GNOME 3.2 previewer for Nautilus

2011-10-06 Thread Brandon Snider
FTB on Armel because libclutter-gst is too old: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/armel/libclutter-gst-1.0-0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865058 Title: [FFe] [needs-packaging]

[Bug 865058] Re: [FFe] [needs-packaging] sushi, the GNOME 3.2 previewer for Nautilus

2011-10-05 Thread Brandon Snider
The name will be gnome-sushi, which makes a bit more sense. Cosimo tells me that there isn't any Nautilus-specific code in Sushi, and other apps, such as competing file managers could make use of it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 854196] Re: libsdl1.2debian:i386 removes libsdl1.2debian

2011-10-01 Thread Brandon Snider
$ sudo apt-get install zsnes:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required

[Bug 858448] Re: Bad Regex in Folks

2011-09-26 Thread Brandon Snider
OK, folks 6.3.1 is now released so this bug is fixed. ** Changed in: folks (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858448 Title: Bad Regex in Folks

[Bug 858448] [NEW] Bad Regex in Folks

2011-09-24 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: This error appears in .xsession-errors: Window manager warning: Log level 16: Failed to load shared library '--includedir=.' referenced by the typelib: --includedirso.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The problem is referenced in Gnome

[Bug 858448] Re: Bad Regex in Folks

2011-09-24 Thread Brandon Snider
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858448 Title: Bad Regex in Folks To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 773466] Re: libva1 trying to open /usr/lib/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so ends with segmentation fault

2011-08-13 Thread Brandon Snider
I updated the X-Updates ppa with libva 1.0.14 and with the newest version of vdpau-video. This solves, at the very least, the problem mentioned in comment #10, which was caused by a symbol mismatch between libva and vdpau-video. The libva update will contain newer Intel code, and may address some

[Bug 704597] Re: Please move pre-install script to jockey-common

2011-02-16 Thread Brandon Snider
That would mean that you wouldn't have a chance, ever, to try the upstream installer. There is a command-line option that can be used to override the script and proceed with the nvidia-installer. But as Alberto says above, if someone has gotten to that point, they obviously know exactly what they

[Bug 704597] Re: Depend on nvidia-common

2011-02-16 Thread Brandon Snider
should it be possible to remove nvidia-common and install the upstream driver? I think it should. I disagree. The changes to the nvidia packaging scripts that happened starting with Lucid were not done just to clean them up (the old ones were messy) -- they were done to make it safer and easier

[Bug 704597] Re: Please move pre-install script to jockey-common

2011-02-15 Thread Brandon Snider
Martin, I guess what it boils down to is that I'm not as convinced as you are that nvidia-common is finding its way onto everybody's systems. I have been on IRC and observing forum posts going back to the Lucid cycle, when the script was added, and there have been people every day talking about

[Bug 704597] [NEW] Please move pre-install script to jockey-common

2011-01-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nvidia-common Nvidia-Common installs the file /usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install for the purpose of suppressing the Nvidia .run installer from working. The nvidia-installer is no longer compatible with Ubuntu as of Lucid and beyond. In fact it damages the

[Bug 704597] Re: Please move pre-install script to jockey-common

2011-01-18 Thread Brandon Snider
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704597 Title: Please move pre-install script to jockey-common -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 704607] [NEW] Packaging issues in nvidia-current

2011-01-18 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Several issues exist with the 260 blob as packaged currently in Natty. A new file has been added to the shared libs, libnvcuvid.so.$version. It needs to be installed. Also, the 32-bit links file adds links to the file libXvMCNVIDIA.so.$version, except that file is not being

[Bug 580112] Re: does not collect SMART data on live system

2011-01-07 Thread Brandon Snider
Martin, if this helps, the last time this worked as it was intended was Karmic. So something in the Lucid cycle is what broke this function. And I don't know about the other folks who have posted bugs about this, but it has never affected an installed system for me, only the livecds. -- You

[Bug 580112] Re: gnome-disk-utility doesn't detect SMART data on T60p

2011-01-06 Thread Brandon Snider
udisks --ata-smart-refresh /dev/sdx immediately got the data on a test system here using the Maverick livecd. So although it's a bit more awkward, it's possible to get smart info from the Lucid/Maverick livecds using that command. However it would be nice to have the data immediately displayed

[Bug 580112] Re: gnome-disk-utility doesn't detect SMART data on T60p

2011-01-06 Thread Brandon Snider
I have just tested this. I booted a Maverick livecd and waited more than a minute. Not Supported. Perhaps the smart-refresh command isn't being run on the livecd? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 539406] Re: [maverick] Please, make VLC able to use VDPAU

2010-09-20 Thread Brandon Snider
This bug is not yet fixed. One more thing needs to happen. The vdpau- video package needs to be rebuilt. Some of the builds failed on certain arches. See here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/vdpau- video/0.6.3-1 Reason: libvdpau-dev: Depends: libvdpau1 (= 0.4-5) but 0.4-3 is to be

Re: [Bug 561585] Re: Blank cd/dvd not recognized [LUCID]

2010-04-13 Thread Brandon Snider
9pitti2 fixes the issue for me Martin: $ sudo strace -vvfo /tmp/cdrom_id_new.trace -s 1024 /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sr0 ID_CDROM=1 ID_CDROM_CD_R=1 ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1 ID_CDROM_DVD=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1 ID_CDROM_MRW=1

[Bug 556061] Re: package screen-resolution-extra 0.13 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py', which is also in package nvidia-settings 0:1

2010-04-12 Thread Brandon Snider
Altered control file to read: Conflicts: screen-resolution-extra (= 0.13) Depends: screen-resolution-extra (= 0.11) Should force the nvidia-settings package out during an upgrade to Lucid. -- package screen-resolution-extra 0.13 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite

[Bug 561585] Re: Blank cd/dvd not recognized [LUCID]

2010-04-12 Thread Brandon Snider
This is also happening on my system (amd64). The drive is a PIONEER DVD- RW DVR-217D, 1.07, max UDMA/66. No CD: $ sudo strace -vvfo /tmp/cdrom_id_new.trace -s 1024 /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sr0 ID_CDROM=1 ID_CDROM_CD_R=1 ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1 ID_CDROM_DVD=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1 ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1

[Bug 558788] [NEW] Sync madfuload 1.2-4 (multiverse) from Debian unstable (non-free)

2010-04-08 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Please sync madfuload 1.2-4 (multiverse) from Debian unstable (non-free) Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped: ENTER_EXPLANATION_HERE Changelog entries since current lucid version 1.2-2ubuntu2: madfuload (1.2-4) unstable; urgency=low * Imported

[Bug 451350] Re: karmic: brasero error on burning iso images

2010-03-10 Thread Brandon Snider
I packaged cdrtools so that it replaces Wodim and Genisoimage seamlessly, and it cleared up a similar bug I had related to burning DVD+RW discs. I have since burned some other types of discs without issue as well. If you want to give it a whirl, it's here:

Re: [Bug 494166] Re: [lucid] nvidia-glx can't work with new xorg 7.5

2010-01-08 Thread Brandon Snider
You can test the lucid driver in progress here: https://launchpad.net/~albertomilone/+archive/proprietary-video-improvements I removed the Lucid packages because I don't want them interfering with the new driver. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Harry harry.kaasine...@elisanet.fi wrote: Alberto

Re: [Bug 494166] Re: [lucid] nvidia-glx can't work with new xorg 7.5

2009-12-30 Thread Brandon Snider
It looks like the driver binaries in the Lucid archive were copied over from the Karmic archive, where they were built against Karmic's xserver packages, and they have not been rebuilt against Lucid's xserver packages. So that's why the nvidia blob is providing the older xserver-xorg-video virtual

Re: [Bug 494166] Re: [lucid] nvidia-glx can't work with new xorg 7.5

2009-12-23 Thread Brandon Snider
I can probably get VLC 1.1git working with libva/vdpau-video but I need a new refresh of ffmpeg to do it. Currently, ffmpeg is broken upstream and will be until January or later. However, building VLC for use with va-api and vdpau is high on my list of things to do. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:26

[Bug 494166] Re: [lucid] nvidia-glx can't work with new xorg 7.5

2009-12-22 Thread Brandon Snider
Harry, thanks for the info on the problem with the Nvidia Vdpau PPA. The problem with the xserver-xorg-video-5 instead of 6 was due to my initial laziness in just copying the binaries from Karmic over the Lucid. I have corrected it by building the drivers against Lucid. The new 190/195 driver in

[Bug 491795] Re: kaffeine refuses to use vdpau with ppa xine-vdpau

2009-12-21 Thread Brandon Snider
In order for the older version of Kaffeine to work with xine-vdpau, the --without-xcb build flag must be used. If the newer Kaffeine requires xcb to be disabled too, that could explain the problem. I built an older Kaffeine that supposedly works fine in the ppa. -- kaffeine refuses to use vdpau

[Bug 448603] Re: mplayer OSD no longer working

2009-12-19 Thread Brandon Snider
The same bug appears to still be present in mplayer 2:1.0~rc3+svn20091207~nvidiavdpauppa2 That issue has been resolved in the nvidiavdpauppa11 version. -- mplayer OSD no longer working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448603 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 448595] Re: Screensaver no longer disabled while using mplayer

2009-12-19 Thread Brandon Snider
The nvidiavdpauppa11 build in the nvidia-vdpau ppa fixes the fontconfig patch not being applied, and always had the xscreensaver patch. -- Screensaver no longer disabled while using mplayer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448595 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 450238] Re: nvidia-185-kernel-source cant add itself to dkms

2009-10-15 Thread Brandon Snider
This bug was fixed in the 0ubuntu6 release, and there has since been a 0ubuntu7 release. The nvidia-185-kernel-source.postinst script had a bug in it. -- nvidia-185-kernel-source cant add itself to dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450238 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 403929] Re: update nvidia-package to the current

2009-08-14 Thread Brandon Snider
Released a new package for Jaunty, other distros to follow. ** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Committed -- update nvidia-package to the current https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 403929] Re: update nvidia-package to the current

2009-08-14 Thread Brandon Snider
** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- update nvidia-package to the current https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 411707] [NEW] Firefox 3.5 Has Font Problem

2009-08-10 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.5 All versions of Firefox 3.5 on Linux I've tested, including the ones in Jaunty and in Karmic, and the Mozilla Daily Build Team PPA, have this weakness. The URW Chancery L font is broken. Instead of displaying the font, it seems the default

[Bug 411707] Re: Firefox 3.5 Has Font Problem

2009-08-10 Thread Brandon Snider
** Attachment added: Screenshot.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30133932/Screenshot.png -- Firefox 3.5 Has Font Problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 411707] Re: Firefox 3.5 Has Font Problem

2009-08-10 Thread Brandon Snider
Here's a screenshot of how Firefox 3.5 displays the same page. Note that Chancery, labelled 15, is not correct. ** Attachment added: Screenshot-1.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30133976/Screenshot-1.png -- Firefox 3.5 Has Font Problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411707 You received

[Bug 403883] Re: patch drm_agp_memory-2.6.31.patch failed

2009-07-24 Thread Brandon Snider
I didn't know a PPA could now be hit with bug reports, but c'est la vie. I tried adapting the patch to fit the two scripts in the 190 version, but the code is just too different. I've also asked Aaron if the 190 driver is actually compatible with the 2.6.31 kernel, as the changelog did not say

[Bug 360151] Re: [Jaunty] Bad dependencies or conflicts in package libipe1c2a

2009-04-12 Thread Brandon Snider
Confirmed. Requesting installation of libipe1c2a results in the entire gnome desktop being removed and at least two broken dependencies. -- [Jaunty] Bad dependencies or conflicts in package libipe1c2a https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360151 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Bug 301822] Re: ath9k drops connection

2009-01-15 Thread Brandon Snider
Yes, I think after looking at some of the posts there that the issue is the same. And I agree with respect to your comments on the other thread that it's not a conflict with Bluetooth, since I don't have any Bluetooth devices in this system. I have tried LBM packages going back to just after

[Bug 301822] [NEW] ath9k drops connection

2008-11-24 Thread Brandon Snider
Public bug reported: This problem is obviously in Intrepid. I'm using the 64-bit build. There's a lot to like about the newer ath9k LBM driver such as how quickly it connects and the correct reporting of the connection speed. However, it has frequent dropouts that are intolerable. It will drop

Re: [Bug 289759] Re: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed in error_log and only blank page printed

2008-11-05 Thread Brandon Snider
Same situation here. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Vincenzo Di Somma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No still the same problem... -- /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed in error_log and only blank page printed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289759 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 289759] Re: cups kyocera

2008-10-28 Thread Brandon Snider
Same thing happens here with an Epson CX4200: E [28/Oct/2008:10:39:53 -0400] PID 14838 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf) stopped with status 1! E [28/Oct/2008:14:14:01 -0400] PID 29093 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf) stopped with status 1! -- cups kyocera https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289759

Re: [Bug 289759] Re: cups kyocera

2008-10-28 Thread Brandon Snider
That's fine. What are the instructions? On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Marc Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/10/29 Brandon Snider [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same thing happens here with an Epson CX4200: E [28/Oct/2008:10:39:53 -0400] PID 14838 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf) stopped

[Bug 128803] Re: [Gutsy] very slow gnome startup

2007-10-23 Thread Brandon Snider
Here's what finally fixed it for me. I completely removed both KDE and Gnome. Then, I used aptitude to reinstall them. This page explains how to do this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome and: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde Once Gnome and KDE are gone, and their config files

[Bug 128803] Re: [Gutsy] very slow gnome startup

2007-10-23 Thread Brandon Snider
Yes, I had tried that. It didn't change things. This was a problem that wasn't related to the user's home directory. -- [Gutsy] very slow gnome startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for

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