Re: Introducing myself to the Ubuntu Community

2014-12-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nikola, linuxpadawan [1[ is still in early days, but you are welcome to have a read and see if there is master who can help you. As you will read, it is possible to be a master and a padawan at the same time. Helping people who want to help people is the aim of that team. Regards, Phill. 1. h

Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

2014-10-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
if I mispoke on anything above :-) > I trust this helps and makes sense. Thanks so much for testing! > > Nicholas > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Ian Bruntlett > wrote: > > > Hi Nicholas, > > > > On 21 October 2014 16:19, Phill Whiteside wrote:

Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

2014-10-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Nicholas, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1380774 is fix released, was done Friday 17th October. Regards, Phill. On 21 October 2014 16:08, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > Thanks to everyone for the results, keep'em coming! If you haven't yet > submitted test results, please do so

Re: HP Compaq nx9030 and 14.04.1

2014-10-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
After much nagging, 14.04 includes force pae as default. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingPAE Top of the page :) Regards, Phill. On 6 October 2014 15:04, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > Nio Wiklund: > > If the PAE issue stops you, the computer > > will stop very early, not act like

Re: Ubuntu Server GRUB installation location

2014-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
That'll be a feature of the debian installer, not ubiquity (which is used for desktops). I suggest asking the server team[1] about the issue. Regards, Phill. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam On 21 September 2014 14:09, Chris Wright wrote: > Hey everyone, > So I've had issues previously wh

Re: Introduction

2014-08-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Taya, a very warm welcome to the team. Continue to read through the wiki and decide which area(s) interest you the most. Regards, Phill. On 14 August 2014 18:07, Taya F <0o1232...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello QA team. My name is Taya, and I wanted to give something back to the > community. As

Re: Duplicate info in the download pages for 14.04.1 Lubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome?

2014-08-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
processors. Choose this if you > are at all unsure.64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image > <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/14.04.1/release/ubuntu-gnome-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso> > Choose > this to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T >

Re: Duplicate info in the download pages for 14.04.1 Lubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome?

2014-08-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Chris, this has been some what painful for editing... but, let me give you what we've learned .. on cdimage 14.04.1 will list both 14.04 and 14.04.1 stuff 14.04.2 will list both 14.04 and 14.04.2 stuff 14.04.3 will list both 14.04 and 14.04.3 stuff 14.04.4 will list both 14.04 and 14.04.4

Re: UOS Users Track

2014-06-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, a couple of cycles ago I and kubuntu did a 30 minute session of ubuntu beginners. Whilst I'm happy to do another session with 'what, who and where' lubuntu is, is there a call for it? IMHO, each of the flavours should make time to say why they exist and how we all work together. Regards, Phi

Re: This needs attention

2014-05-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Gabor, I have kept silent on this issue, but I give you a huge +1 for putting into words some of the frustration I have seen whereby one person continually cancels out what is a clear issue for many others. Regards, Phill. On 27 May 2014 07:35, Gabor Toth wrote: > Hi, > > I feel like I ne

Re: This needs attention

2014-05-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
But, of course, with the bug being reported before release, it may have been in the release notes that no body reads, But it could have been if any of the release team actually checked :D It is an interesting bug as people try to say 'It is user error' when the the users are saying 'it's dev error

Re: Xubuntu Take-Over

2014-05-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Depending on how familiar you are with installer systems, have a read of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall I'm not sure if xubuntu offer the same option. For minimal browser, our un-official minimal browser is mentioned on there. Do please explain more fully wh

Fwd: Xubuntu Take-Over

2014-05-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi AFJ, Depending on how familiar you are with installer systems, have a read of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall I'm not sure if xubuntu offer the same option. For minimal browser, our un-official minimal browser is mentioned on there. Do please explain more

Re: What is Autopilot, and how does it work?

2014-05-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Excellent video, hope you have got in embedded into the wiki area! Regards, Phill. On 14 May 2014 21:29, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > This is a non-technical video, and is targeted at folks who might be > scratching there head when autopilot is mentioned on the mailing list. Give > a watch! > > h

Re: Introduction

2014-04-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Welcome to the 'crazy gang' :D I'm sure you already know the areas you're interested in, but in case you have not, do have a read of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam (That will keep you busy for a few weeks :P ) Regards, Phill. On 24 April 2014 13:26, Damir B wrote: > Hey everyone.You might

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] testing Lubuntu Trusty desktop i386 final

2014-04-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nio, Edubuntu has a system that mirrors all *buntu pages into that area. It is that students using Edubuntu have benefit to all l / x / k etc flavours :) Regards, Phill. On 16 April 2014 17:42, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thank you for the links (at the end of the mail). I did not

Re arranged meeting.

2014-04-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
The meeting is now at 18:00 UTC on Thursday 10th April - Details at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/IRC%20Meetings/Agenda Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.co

Re: Papercut definition updated

2014-03-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
to ditch propietory and switch to F/OSS :D Regards, Phill. On 14 March 2014 11:28, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > El 13/03/14 20:37, Phill Whiteside escribió: > > may I remind you of one simple thing... To the person reporting the bug, >> there is NO more important bug. You h

Re: Papercut definition updated

2014-03-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Alberto, may I remind you of one simple thing... To the person reporting the bug, there is NO more important bug. You have to please 9 people to get a recommendation - only need to annoy one to get negative comments. Just my thoughts. Phill. On 13 March 2014 19:12, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote

Re: 🐞 Ubuntu Bug Weekend will start this weekend

2014-03-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
If this carry one with silly graphics continues... this team will be marked as spam for my browser. Kindest regards, Phill. On 3 March 2014 17:05, Thomas Ward wrote: > The formatting is the issue. Ignoring cross-compatability and the emoji > and images, the over-use of bold and other formatt

Re: kerneloops

2014-02-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
installed and rebooted... so far, so good :) Regards. Phill. On 14 February 2014 17:29, Brian Murray wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 05:22:46PM +, Barry Drake wrote: > > On 14/02/14 16:32, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > >I've had 14.04 running (lubuntu) since the

Re: kerneloops

2014-02-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Brian, I've had 14.04 running (lubuntu) since the alpha 1's went out. The only issue I've seen with kernel was the i386 one refusing to boot on a KVM. This has been resolved with the latest kernel release. Apart from that, it has been all been rock solid :) Regards, Phill. On 14 February 20

Re: [Launchpad-users] Ubuntu Bug Week Announcement

2014-02-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, may I suggest the Fri / Sat / Sun of 7th, 8th and 9th March ? Also, as has been noted earlier.. please do liase with the papercut team for those of us who are not developers... there are bugs that still need confirming. It is a good chance to liase with the bug squad and get a "hug a bug" week

Re: Introductory

2014-01-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, there is so much to learn... Enjoy your time here. You will learn a lot. Regards, Phill. On 23 January 2014 15:18, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > If you want to know, I could never had imagined that I was to learn that > much being here! > > > El 22/01/14 23:21, Luca Biolcati escribió:

Re: Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] ANN: Ubuntu Core/Touch Android 4.4 support & touch engineering platform/devices/hardware going forward

2014-01-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jack, just as (totally off topic) ubuntu decided not to support the Raspberry Pi which, for schools etc. is going from strength to strength [1]. I'm never too sure how often Canonical wish to encourage, then drop, architectures. I certainly felt it when the 'arm' team abandoned pc100, and then

Re: ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso: no mountable filesystem

2014-01-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
lubuntu would struggle at 128 RAM, Yes, it is possible if you use core and a minimal browser, Let me point you to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1590614&page=16&p=11832431#post11832431 Regards, Phill. On 8 January 2014 03:18, chris hermansen wrote: > Andrew and list > > On Jan 7, 20

Re: ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso: no mountable filesystem

2014-01-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
You guys and gals drive me mad!!! Can you please try to agree on what can be supported as a community spin of non-pae kernel. Yes, that is the topic here 13.10 with non-pae as a trial for a rebuild for 14.04 LTS that lubuntu could possibly support. Instructions are needed, etc. Regards, Phi

Re: Should we use launchpad to track manual|automatic tests for Ubuntu flavours (kubuntu, lubuntu, xubuntu, etc)?

2014-01-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
As always, wise words.. Regards, Phill. On 4 January 2014 20:38, Elfy wrote: > On 04/01/14 20:01, Javier Lopez wrote: > > Hi, > > Happy new year to all QA ubuntu members =). Since some time ago, launchpad has > been used to track the progress on manual|automatic tests for Ubuntu and > deri

Re: Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

2013-12-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, hugging a bug is one of the best things a non-programmer can do. Find a bug that you care about and see as an issue for the wider family and 'run with it'. Go and ask people about how much work is needed to solve it, research the bug to see if it is fixed in other members of the linux familiy

Re: Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

2013-12-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
+1 On 26 December 2013 19:52, Andrea Corbellini wrote: > Hi Matteo, > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette < > matteosistise...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IIUC, The QA list is meant to discuss what actions could be taken to > improve Ubuntu quality, right? > > > Actually, this list i

Re: Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

2013-12-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
t > uses Bluetooth drivers and cards might be, but not the lack of hardware > drivers and similar issues. > > -- > Thomas > > *Sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos, as they are likely to > happen by accident.* > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 14:11, Phill Whiteside wr

Re: Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

2013-12-26 Thread Phill Whiteside
Chris, you read my mind :) But, paper cuts do need people to solve them. Were ubuntu (and linux in general) have enough developers and coders then we would be about a decade forward to where we are currently owing to 'secrecy' and the new toy... 'patent'. Totally off topic, but people such as ht

Re: Not sure if this is the right place to post this. I'm introducing myself.

2013-12-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Rob, firstly a warm welcome! Have a read through https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/FAQ and see what area(s) interest you. Once you find them, dive in! There are stupid questions... So, if you have a question ask on the IRC channel or via email. (IRC is usually far faster :) ) Happy Testing! Rega

Fwd: vUDS: Quality community-Run Testing Events

2013-12-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ooops. forgot to cc the group! Regards, Phill. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Hardware -- Forwarded message -- From: Phill Whiteside Date: 16 December 2013 21:51 Subject: Re: vUDS: Quality community-Run Testing Events To: Nicholas Skaggs For the hardware page [1] it did

Re: Down to Lubuntu.

2013-12-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Barry, IIRC, lubuntu uses the same video drivers as everyone else (i.e. the ones from 'core' ubuntu). If you have found an issue, please do raise a bug against lubuntu-meta so that the lubuntu devs can investigate. Regards, Phill. On 5 December 2013 22:06, Barry Drake wrote: > On 04/12/13

Re: Policy: filing bugs against Ubuntu packages instead of upstream projects

2013-11-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Charles, we have similar with ubuntu-quality and ubuntu-bugs. Just as I saw with ubuntu-release back to ubuntu-quality and the link back to lubuntu-qa team. How much is too much information. Kindest regards, Phill. On 30 November 2013 16:26, cprofitt wrote: > On Sat, 2013-11-30 at

Re: Policy: filing bugs against Ubuntu packages instead of upstream projects

2013-11-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, whilst I'm still keeping my head down; I've forwarded this to Nicholas as there has been conversation of merging QA and bug team and I think he should be aware of the conversation. Kindest regards, Phill. On 30 November 2013 06:06, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Michał, > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2

Re: New to Testing, Which is the best way to start contributing?

2013-11-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, yes can be a bit overwhelming! Have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/FAQ which I think breaks things down into more bite-sized chunks that will not overload the brain! If you have any suggestions as to how to make that area better; you are the person best able to suggest things as you

Re: Where can I host vector graphics for the Ubuntu wiki?

2013-11-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, the usual place to store icons is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IconsPage It holds full details of the types preferred and who to create them. Regards, Phill. On 9 November 2013 08:33, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > Thank you. > > > El 09/11/13 03:02, Phill Whiteside escri

Re: Where can I host vector graphics for the Ubuntu wiki?

2013-11-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
The server system is currently off-line, The idea behind hosting images is for ubuntu wiki is documented. I'll keep your request open so that one of the people can reply. Regards, Phill. On 8 November 2013 19:22, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > Where can I host vector graphics for the Ubuntu

Re: Google Hangouts

2013-11-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
The issue with Google Hangouts is that they have an age limit for the younger members of who are the youth, and life blood of ubuntu. I did discuss this issue before I left. Regards, Phillw On 8 November 2013 18:01, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > I wanted to hear your opinion on Google Hangou

Re: A proposal to combine quality and bugsquad teams

2013-10-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Knowing what I do of Brian, he will want what ever is best. I also look forward to his views and expect him to be reading and considering the best route forward. We are all the same family and I, for one, really look forward to his input on the matter. Regards, Phill. On 24 October 2013 22:39,

Re: Workshops for Trusty

2013-10-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, you do love to stretch my memory back :) My lamp class using slides is at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/07/28/%23ubuntu-classroom.html It was my 1st ever classroom session and I got BST / UTC mixed up :D some things do still not change :) Regards, Phill. On 24 October 2013 19:13, David M

Re: Welocome Shubham Rao

2013-10-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi J-F, sorry that you have not a reply, some lucky people are having a few days break before the next vUDS; others are busy getting ready for it :) When the releases go out, people will find issues that were not found during testing; so we tend to stick on our flavours for at least a week with ge

Re: Fwd: Lubuntu 13.10 is Released !!

2013-10-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
after by the arm team. Thanks for getting it removed, Phill. On 18 October 2013 20:20, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 07:56:17AM +0100, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > as I did state that arm-ac100 had not been tested and was not to be > > r

Fwd: Lubuntu 13.10 is Released !!

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
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Re: New Joiner

2013-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Anand, you join us in a a period where we all take a deep breath and some rest. 13.10 is out of the door and in the wild :) Do have a read of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities and the pages it links to. Have a good read of what areas there are that interest you. Also, without sounding

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Ready for final RC image testing?

2013-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nick, has the RC been pulled? It was slated in for 21:00 UTC, we're now at 22:44 and there are precious few builds showing at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/305/builds If you have any information, would you please share it. Regards, Phill. On 10 October 2013 18:40, Nicholas

Registering Hardware

2013-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I've recently had a couple of occasions where the link provided to paste bin (the temporary area) has come back as 'this paste has been deleted'. We've not been able to replicate it. Can people who have recently added their details, please check the 'temporary' table and re-add your pastebin d

Zram errors

2013-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, the major bug under https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202 has been sorted, but it also threw up another issue which I've been asked to report as a separate bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1235525 Can others confirm this bug please so that the k

Fwd: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Final Beta of Ubuntu 13.10 available for Laptop Testing

2013-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phill Whiteside Date: 4 October 2013 17:58 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Final Beta of Ubuntu 13.10 available for Laptop Testing To: Carla Sella Cc: Ubuntu QA , ubuntu-laptop-test...@lists.launchpad.net Hi, as it only shows ubuntu testing I

Re: [Ubuntu-laptop-testing] Final Beta of Ubuntu 13.10 available for Laptop Testing

2013-10-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ben, do not worry! I've been telling people about the 14.04 release as we are that far in the 13.10 that we're now planning for it! I'll make a mention of the request on https://www.facebook.com/groups/UbuntuQA/ hopefully Ali will pass the word to other QA areas. Regards, Phill. On 4 October 2

Re: Possible Listing Page

2013-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Braden, please do have a read of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities#Who_are_you.3F Regards, Phill. On 27 September 2013 20:07, Braden Wolfe wrote: > Thanks for the compliment! > Noticed that both teams are inactive (Or at least from what I can see), so > I set up a new LP. If the

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/540692

2013-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
any one else seeing this? It seems an old bug, but unresolved. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality

Fwd: Lubuntu

2013-09-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
From: Phill Whiteside Date: 4 September 2013 13:03 Subject: Lubuntu To: Julien Lavergne Hi Julien, of late sitting down to my computer has become a chore. I have been getting stressed, frustrated and at times exasperated. As soon as you acknowledge this email I will be resigning as TL for lu

Re: Beta 1

2013-09-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
t I > always tested by myself and just sent in the bug reports. I never was part > of a team at Ubuntu. > On Sep 2, 2013 6:14 PM, "Phill Whiteside" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> the Beta 1's are now available for testing. They are the pretty much the >> finished

Beta 1

2013-09-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, the Beta 1's are now available for testing. They are the pretty much the finished article (art work follows a bit later). If you want to see how 13.10 behaves on your system and ensure it behaves, now is a really good time to grab it!! http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/302/builds

Re: AW: Lubuntu freezing

2013-09-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, I've had a chat with kernel team please try http://forum.pinguyos.com/Thread-REISUB-Safe-Reboot Do let me know the result. Regards, Phill. On 2 September 2013 09:24, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 31.08.2013 02:06, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi, > > > >

Re: Quality vUDS Sessions

2013-08-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, as RL is keeping me real busy at the moment, one of things I'd like to be on the agenda is that of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom we had a couple of gaps this cycle, and whilst they are mainly due to work-load and the fast changing things such as re-writing all the test c

Re: Join QA team

2013-08-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Vitaliy, welcome to ubuntu-quality! We've recently re-designed the activities page[1] so as to hopefully make it easier to find the large amount of information that we have on all areas of testing. Please have a read through the areas that interest you and feel more than free to ask questions

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Cadence Week 4 is here!

2013-08-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Glen, the lubuntu testing area is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing This is gradually being switched over to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/ Have a read of both which will hopefully answer questions you may have. If they do not, please do let us know! Regards, Phill. On

Server Changes to phillw.net

2013-08-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I know that very few teams use the archives and secondary direct mirror that I hold. But, there was a recent change to the conditions in terms of allowed bandwidth each month (Under the old system I paid for 9 TB of data as an extra, but on a 100 MBs link never went any where close to it). Th

Bug 1206452

2013-07-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lars, Well done on chasing https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1206452 it is for that reason we test and report what we find. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsub

Chromium Stable test version

2013-07-29 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, After a long time where Alex Shkop was the only provider of a 'stable testing version', Chad Miller has made the time in his busy schedule to bring that area back under the 'Canonical' banner. The launchpad page says everything[1]. If you'd like to help out, please add the PPA (It can be trust

Fwd: lubuntu testing offer to help

2013-07-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
-- Forwarded message -- From: Phill Whiteside Date: 28 July 2013 02:28 Subject: Re: lubuntu testing offer to help To: glenn opdycke-hansen Cc: lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net, Ubuntu Mailing list < ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.com>, Nicholas Skaggs Hi Glenn I'd really s

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Testdrive Hackfest

2013-07-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jackson & Nicholas, one of the comments from the edit of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/ is that we do not mention hack-fests. Would it be better to have a hack-fest header page (similar in layout to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom ) where the various hack-fests

Re: Alpha 2 - Re-spin requested.

2013-07-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
ith the new kernel? With this respin, we will not have working > daily ISOs until sometime near the end of August? Do we still test A2 or > just wait for beta1? > > Istimak Abdulbasir > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi Lars >> >>

Re: Alpha 2 - Re-spin requested.

2013-07-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
July 2013 18:39, Lars Noodén wrote: > On 23.07.2013 20:34, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > ... PPC has been suspended for A2. > > So we shouldn't download and try it this time around? Should we wait > and try one of the daily builds one A2 is over and done with? > > Rega

Alpha 2 - Re-spin requested.

2013-07-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, owing to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1203984 caused by a broken lighdm 1.7.6. lightdm 1.7.7 is now available so I've requested a full respin. These will bw available in a couple of hours from http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/299/builds and should be

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: Ubuntu GNOME - QA Lead

2013-07-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
As I've worked with and known Ali for a long time, there is certainly no issue from me! Regards, Phill. On 22 July 2013 07:28, Jackson Doak wrote: > Good work ali, congratulations. > > howard: He was trying to keep his swap secret from the lubuntu guys > for some reason. > > On Mon, Jul 22, 20

Ubuntu forum area ** Really Important **

2013-07-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, well what can I say? Sorry if you get this more than once... but as the key phrase is: - Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database. I have sent it to all the mailing lists I know of, please do pass

ubuntu forum **important **

2013-07-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, well what can I say? Sorry if you get this more than once... but as the key phrase is: - Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user's local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database. I have sent it to all the mailing lists I know of, please do pass

Re: Activities page

2013-07-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Istimsak, the tutorial / classroom session have prominence at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities#How_can_I_learn_how_to_test.3F I've also updated the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom area that it points to. Adding on a link to the hackfest area is a small task, if yo

Re: Chromium

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
. Regards, Phill. On 19 July 2013 18:45, Chad Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> just noticed on a recent bug report. I'd like to share my reply to it >> which I sent to social media (Well, PRISM has cause

Re: WhoWeAre Page - Suggestion

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
; On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> The page has been updated to explain how to enter a WebSite. >> >> Here's to hoping it is enough for people to follow. >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> > > Not as prefect as I

Re: Hi

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
: > Hi > > ok will take a detailed look I did notice a broken link > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/QATracker > > Michael > > On 19/07/13 16:59, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > so glad you like ubuntu, even more pleased that a new comer can actu

Re: WhoWeAre Page - Suggestion

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
a > link shortener like goo.gl, tinyurl or bit.ly. > Phill, Your link was short enough already. > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Phill Whiteside > wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > was it REALLY that hard to format up a link? > > > > Have a look at my entr

Re: WhoWeAre Page - Suggestion

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
The page has been updated to explain how to enter a WebSite. Here's to hoping it is enough for people to follow. Regards, Phill. On 19 July 2013 21:03, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > I think you will find that wiki formatting works perfectly > > https://wiki.ubuntu

Re: WhoWeAre Page - Suggestion

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, was it REALLY that hard to format up a link? Have a look at my entry and simply use it That is the standard method of including external links into the wiki area. || UTC + 0 || Phill || [[phillw]] || phillw || [[ https://launchpad.net/~phillw | PhillW]] || Head of Lubuntu-QA || Eng

Re: WhoWeAre Page - Suggestion

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, was it REALLY that hard to format up a link? ;) Have a look at my entry and simply use it That is the standard method of including external links into the wiki area. || UTC + 0 || Phill || [[phillw]] || phillw || [[ https://launchpad.net/~phillw | PhillW]] || Head of Lubuntu-QA ||

Re: Hi

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Michael, so glad you like ubuntu, even more pleased that a new comer can actually have a look over the new wiki area at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/ Please, please... do take your time! even on the condensed version it is a lot to take in. All the information is there, but as th

Re: [Lubuntu-qa] New Activities page

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
It represents our collective knowledge as a group and requires all of > us to keep sorted and updated. > > Thanks! > > Nicholas > > > On 07/19/2013 09:08 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > He he, > > been there... done that one! (Deleting browser cache was also one of the &g

Re: New Activities page

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
m/WhoWeAre> and >> Hardware <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Hardware> are non editable >> since they are Immutable Pages. >> >> Cheers, >> David Pires >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> >>> Hi, >

New Activities page

2013-07-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, just so as you don't think we sit around and do nothing about the wiki area while you all play with auto testing etc :P In the last couple of weeks a fair few man hours have been spent on an edit of of the activities page[1]. It is now live, please pass comments to this email thread (reply t

Chromium

2013-07-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, just noticed on a recent bug report. I'd like to share my reply to it which I sent to social media (Well, PRISM has caused some ructions). And this an announcement, not an invite to another flame war... I've spent > a lot of time trying to encourage chromum (not chrome) to be updated for > th

Bugs

2013-07-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi folks, over the weekend I was asked about the handling of a fairly rare bug that resulted in a core dump. It was marked so private that even the bug-squad could not view it. (I do love it when it happens at a week end!). So, a couple of chats, messages left etc. has created an entry for it, and

Re: 13.10 daily image - Unity not launching after upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
r question in this regard - does the display engine switch over to > mir automatically after an apt-get upgrade? Or is it a user initiated task? > Is there any command to show which graphics engine is currently running? > Thanks > Vasudevan Kottilil > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at

Re: 13.10 daily image - Unity not launching after upgrade

2013-07-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
eans that your installation is broken." > Than I reinstalled the older image from dvd and did an update/upgrade;got > the same errors. > Vasudevan Kottilil > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> update & upgrade will ind

Re: 13.10 daily image - Unity not launching after upgrade

2013-07-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, update & upgrade will indeed up date an installed system, if you want to refresh your ISO for installation then use zsync [1]. Regards, Phill. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom/Saucy#Introduction_to_QA_.2BAC8_Testing On 12 July 2013 17:15, Vasudevan Kottilil wrote: >

Re: QATeam - Introduction

2013-07-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Julian, welcome to ubuntu-quality! Don't worry about lack of experience, we were all new once and having new people around helps us fine-tune our wiki area so you good people can find the information you need quickly. Nicholas will furnish up a full list of links, but head over to the activitie

Re: QA Team - Introduction

2013-07-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Martin, welcome to ubuntu-quality! Don't worry about lack of experience, we were all new once and having new people around helps us fine-tune our wiki area so you good people can find the information you need quickly. Nicholas will furnish up a full list of links, but head over to the activitie

Re: Terminal

2013-07-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
ack on our raring notes helped shape our saucy presentations for -quality, as we simply needed to include the questions that were asked into the presentation). Regards, Phill. 1. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities On 28 May 2013 21:24, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > than

Hardware profiles

2013-07-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, It was pointed out to me that the pastebin hardware profiles are still expiring after ~30 days. For this reason a couple of changes have been made on both the 'general' hardware area[1] and the PPC one[2]. To quickly sum up, you post your profile via pastebin to the bottom table and then I co

Re: Staying Informed -- Social Accounts

2013-07-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Nicholas, did you forget we already have a presence? https://www.facebook.com/groups/UbuntuQA/ Currently at 84 members :) Regards, Phill. On 1 July 2013 15:58, Nicholas Skaggs wrote: > One more to add to Facebook. Given the presence of the community there, > I realized Facebook would all

Re: Brian Vessells is giving you credits to spend on Listia

2013-06-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Guys, Emails from Listia will no longer be sent to * Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com* unless you change your notification settings. Thanks! Regards, Phill. On 28 June 2013 22:28, Brian Vessells wrote: > ** > > Brian Vessells started using Listia and is inviting you to check it out! > Listia i

classroom sesssions - Tutors

2013-06-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, a request from the classroom team, if you are going to have slides can you please let them know so that they appear on the calendar and in the topic. So far, so good on the sessions! Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubu

Draft

2013-06-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I was not expecting to have to have to do this, but here it is my best shot at it.. http://pastebin.com/BE8ba2G4 Regards, Phill, -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

Re: Update on 13.10 64-bit server + Dell PowerEdge R610

2013-06-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I did find a thread of HDA having issues[1], although most likely not related to your problem, it does have a link to update the system. In all honesty, I'd suggest posting on that forum area as they do reply to issues (unlike some 'support' areas) and dell are aware of ubuntu and there is als

Re: its dying

2013-06-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Should you find xubuntu still to be too much for the laptop, try lubuntu. Which ever system you use, happy testing! Regards, Phill. On 14 June 2013 22:18, Barry Drake wrote: > On 14/06/13 22:08, Samuel Gabbay wrote: > >> the bad news is the usual laptop is running terrible on ubuntu so il be >

Re: Update on 13.10 64-bit server + Dell PowerEdge R610

2013-06-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I have two hard drives in my 'laptop', and have never had any issues. I do think this is a hardware / BIOS issue. Regards, Phill. On 14 June 2013 23:30, Patrick Goetz wrote: > Recap: having problems when 2 disks are installed in a Dell PowerEdge R610 > which features a Dell SAS 6 HBA (in

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