Bug#563492: Debian-exim can't write to /var/spool/sa-exim/tuplets

2010-01-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: sa-exim Version: 4.2.1-11 Severity: normal Greylisting in the latest stable sa-exim doesn't appear to work with the default permissions on the tuplets directory left by a d-i fresh install, using the 'Mail server' software collection option. # ls -ld /var/spool/sa-exim/tuplets/

Bug#498632: xserver-xorg-video-nv: 1600x1200 resolution not available

2008-09-12 Thread Andrew Archibald
On a recent fresh install of Lenny, xorg does not start in 1600x1200 Do you know if the bug occured with older versions of the driver? Could you try some of them by looking at http://snapshot.debian.net ? I had trouble getting the older ones there to install because of dpkg conflicts. So I

Bug#498632: xserver-xorg-video-nv: 1600x1200 resolution not available

2008-09-11 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv Version: 1:2.1.10-1 Severity: normal On a recent fresh install of Lenny, xorg does not start in 1600x1200 resolution by default and it doesn't seem to be possible to manually configure for 1600x1200. The monitors attached are lcd with native resolution of 1600x1200,

Bug#498262: xserver-xorg-video-intel: VGA output state misdetected

2008-09-09 Thread Andrew Archibald
When did this bug appear? Did you ever try some earlier versions of xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.x? Up until recently we'd just been happily using a stable build of Etch. Now with the promise of various new features I'm looking into updating our standard build to be Lenny, when it is released.

Bug#498262: xserver-xorg-video-intel: VGA output state misdetected

2008-09-08 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel Version: 2:2.3.2-2+lenny2 Severity: normal On a fresh install of Lenny gdm/gnome primarily uses only 1280x800 when the resolution of the output is (correctly) 1280x1024. The lower taskbar is not then at the bottom of the screen although the area under the lower

Bug#383340: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#383340: alsa-base: no sound on each boot until alsaconf is used

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: With a fresh install of etch, using the beta 3 installer, I had no sound. Running alsaconf would confirm that there were no sound modules running, detect the soundcard (powermac) correctly and load the relevant modules. Sound would then work until the next reboot. On

Bug#383340: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#383340: alsa-base: no sound on each boot until alsaconf is used

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: Will close then. I can't really argue with that. I think there is a bug there but without the hardware I can't help with the fixing of it. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#385749: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686: broken link from /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686/source to /tmp/buildd/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386-2.6.8/install-686

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 Version: 2.6.8-16sarge4 Severity: minor kernel-image creates a link from /lib/modules/2.6.8-3-686/source to the non-existent /tmp/buildd/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386-2.6.8/install-686 Every monthly run of tiger as a cron job reports: /bin/ls:

Bug#383340: alsa-base: no sound on each boot until alsaconf is used

2006-08-16 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.11-4 Severity: normal With a fresh install of etch, using the beta 3 installer, I had no sound. Running alsaconf would confirm that there were no sound modules running, detect the soundcard (powermac) correctly and load the relevant modules. Sound would then

Bug#378002: jabber: README.Debian doesn't mention DNS SRV records

2006-07-12 Thread Andrew Archibald
Jabber server hostname. Andrew Archibald -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages jabber depends on: ii jabber-common 0.4Jabber server and transport

Bug#378011: jabber: Public registration may be unexpected/undesirable

2006-07-12 Thread Andrew Archibald
in the configuration files. It might even be a good idea to have a debconf prompt with the warning and an option to disable public registration at install time? Andrew Archibald -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap

Bug#378002: jabber: README.Debian doesn't mention DNS SRV records

2006-07-12 Thread Andrew Archibald
Jamin, Thanks for your quick response. I don't think information such as this belongs in the README.Debian, as it is not Debian specific. What you've described above is simply how Jabberd resolution works. While it is useful information, it belongs in the general Jabberd project

Bug#369363: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486: Sweex USB Webcam 300K is recognised but doesn't work

2006-05-29 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 Version: 2.6.15-8 Severity: normal The Sweex USB Webcam 300K with bus ID 0c45:608f Microdia is recognised but the video device that is set up doesn't work. Xawtv: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.15-1-486) can't open

Bug#366268: noatun: Opening an mp3 in Noatun when using media:/ within Konqueror causes unnecessary copy

2006-05-06 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: noatun Version: 4:3.5.1-1 Severity: normal Whenever I open an mp3 file in Noatun, from Konqueror, when browsing through media:/, the file is copied to /home/user/ before being opened. I don't see this behaviour when browsing in through /mnt/hd?/ or with other media players. I have a

Bug#366270: xmms: default audio output plugin is OSS which results in couldn't open audio error with ALSA

2006-05-06 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: xmms Version: 1.2.10+cvs20050809-5 Severity: normal When a Debian (testing- etch) system is installed the system audio default now seems to be ALSA rather than OSS. I suggest it might be worth changing this default in XMMS so that new users aren't initially presented with a generic

Bug#351592: fixed in apt 0.6.43.3

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew Archibald
Source: apt Source-Version: 0.6.43.3 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: Hi Michael, The change log which accompanied the closing of this bug didn't seem to mention this particular problem with

Bug#349729: Unable to preserve HOME

2006-02-16 Thread Andrew Archibald
Hi, Since env_keep has been disabled, the only way to preserve the values of environment variables is with env_check; this removes any environment variable whose value contains a /. In particular, and in contradiction to the example posted in this bug report, HOME can almost never be passed at

Bug#351592:

2006-02-06 Thread Andrew Archibald
. Thanks, Andrew Archibald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#351592: /usr/bin/apt-get: during install apt-get doesn't resolve dependency problems

2006-02-05 Thread Andrew Archibald
want to continue? [Y/n]. Failing this automation, should there not be a warning and some opportunity to abort the install? My example is below. Is this expected behaviour? Any advice appreciated. Thanks, Andrew Archibald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) liz:/home/liz# apt-get -t testing install x-window

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-11-30 Thread Andrew Archibald
Please could you let me know if this is working correctly? The bug can be reopened if the output is still awful. If this is the case, I would suggest posting your results to the gimp-print list so that the developers know what's wrong. I have tested the package and it seems to work correctly.

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-11-09 Thread Andrew Archibald
I can add a patch for those changes. I'll be happy to do that and upload it, but I will need the packages testing. Would you be willing to do that? Yes- no problem. I won't upload to the archive until they have been tested: I'll upload them to people.debian.org before that.

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-11-05 Thread Andrew Archibald
In the Epson Stylus Photo R200 the gutenprint default settings do not produce high quality colours, in photos Some work has been done on this bug ... and I believe the results are now in CVS. I can add a patch for those changes. I'll be happy to do that and upload it, but I will need the

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-11-04 Thread Andrew Archibald
In the Epson Stylus Photo R200 the gutenprint default settings do not produce high quality colours, in photos recommend subscribing to the gimp-print-devel mailing list and asking I have ... posted the information from the bug report on that list. Some work has been done on this bug:

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-10-28 Thread Andrew Archibald
In the Epson Stylus Photo R200 the gutenprint default settings do not produce high quality colours, in photos recommend subscribing to the gimp-print-devel mailing list and asking I have ... posted the information from the bug report on that list. The paper type can have a dramatic

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-10-27 Thread Andrew Archibald
In the Epson Stylus Photo R200 the gutenprint default settings do not produce high quality colours, in photos If you are having problems with the colour balacing, I highly recommend subscribing to the gimp-print-devel mailing list and asking there. Unlike me, they will be able to advise you

Bug#335789: cupsys-driver-gutenprint: photo output of Epson Stylus Photo R200 is dark and green tinted

2005-10-25 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: cupsys-driver-gutenprint Version: 4.3.99+cvs20050901-1 Severity: normal In the Epson Stylus Photo R200 the gutenprint default settings do not produce high quality colours, in photos, especially when compared to the Windows OEM driver. I'm happy to supply any further information or do any

Bug#327292: mozilla-thunderbird: Cannot select font for Windows-1250 encoding

2005-09-08 Thread Andrew Archibald
, US-ASCII, and maybe others. I would be content if its settings applied to all the listed character sets. Thanks, Andrew Archibald [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.13 Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1

Bug#316626: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#316626: Does nothing)

2005-07-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
It has been closed by one of the developers, namely Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Er, please don't close the bug until the package in stable actually works! Others may have the same problem - in fact probably anyone who tries to use the package will have the problem, and it would be good if

Bug#316626: reopening, flagging sarge

2005-07-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
reopen 316626 tags +sarge quit On Sunday 03 of July 2005 18:57, Andrew Archibald wrote: Er, please don't close the bug until the package in stable actually works! That's not how things work with Debian bugs -- uploading into unstable is enough for bug to be closed. Next stable

Bug#316626: Does nothing

2005-07-02 Thread Andrew Archibald
Subject: vim-vimoutliner: Does nothing Package: vim-vimoutliner Version: 0.3.3-6 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** I just installed vim-vimoutliner hoping to have a nice outliner. However, if I simply open /usr/share/doc/vim-vimoutliner/demo1.otl, vim does nothing

Bug#309581: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#309581: alsa-base: secret dependency of sorts on udev

2005-05-21 Thread Andrew Archibald
Marco d'Itri wrote: Again, please explain what do you think needs to be fixed in the udev package. Well, I originally submitted the bug; I'm not sure where this should be fixed. What happened was: I installed a more-or-less complete desktop; udev was pulled in by some GNOME package (via

Bug#309586: konsole has unsafe and incorrect UTF-8 decoder

2005-05-18 Thread Andrew Archibald
Subject: konsole has unsafe and incorrect UTF-8 decoder Package: konsole Version: 4:3.3.2-1 Severity: normal Catting Marcus Kuhn's UTF-8-test reveals a number of problems with konsole's UTF-8 decoder; it does not correctly handle malformed input. For example, it fails to reject long forms of

Bug#309581: alsa-base: secret dependency of sorts on udev

2005-05-17 Thread Andrew Archibald
Subject: alsa-base: secret dependency of sorts on udev Package: alsa-base Version: 1.0.8-7 Severity: normal I use alsa and linux 2.6.10 for the sound on my computer. I recently deinstalled GNOME, which (among many others) resulted in the automatic removal of udev. The (only?) symptom was that

Bug#295836: squirrelmail: logout_error(), within display_messages.php, looks in the wrong place for page_header.php

2005-02-22 Thread Andrew Archibald
I have applied the patch and I can confirm that it corrects this bug. Thanks for your time! I agree it would be good to see this patch restoring functionality to latest stable. Cheers, Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#296085: wmakerconf: Provides incorrect list of fonts

2005-02-19 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: wmakerconf Version: 2.9.2-2 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** wmakerconf helpfully offers to let me choose the font that wmaker uses for various things (window titles, etc.). However, the list of fonts that are available is different from the list of fonts

Bug#295836: squirrelmail: logout_error(), within display_messages.php, looks in the wrong place for page_header.php

2005-02-18 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: squirrelmail Version: 1:1.2.6-2 Severity: normal To reproduce: 1. Log in 2. Wait for time-out 3. Try to click on any link or refresh folder list I have a default install of squirrelmail which I haven't modified. I have the latest woody updates installed. At installation time I

Bug#293850: ttf-bitstream-vera: Missing U+2010 HYPHEN character - leads to ugly boxes in UTF-8 man output

2005-02-06 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: ttf-bitstream-vera Version: 1.10-3 Severity: normal The fonts in this package are missing the U+2010 HYPHEN character. This is not normally visible as one mostly encounters the ASCII minus-or-hyphen character, which looks identical. However, in a UTF-8 locale, man (for some reason)

Bug#240034: This bug makes it difficult to use two simultaneous SSH tunnels

2005-02-06 Thread Andrew Archibald
Hi, I'm trying to reduce the number of times that my password is broadcast in cleartext across the air, so I'd like to tunnel my POP accesses through SSH (well, I'd *really* like to use IMAP-SSL, but my ISPs don't do that). The problem is that I have two accounts with two different passwords,

Bug#251949: trivial change to config files

2005-02-03 Thread Andrew Archibald
Hi, I'm just trying to change the port exim4 delivers to. It seems debconf can't do it for me, so I went looking for it. It appears, after reading a number of web pages, including part of the exim4 manual (which is enormous) that I need to add a port=9025 somewhere in some config file. I

Bug#266362: Bugcan be cured; don'tunderstand why.

2005-01-26 Thread Andrew Archibald
Hi, This bug can be worked around by editing the file /etc/fonts/local.conf, which for some reason disables bitmap fonts (I have no idea why or for what application, let alone how users are supposed to know this; I found it in another konsole bug report). Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#232213: What is wrong with freetype?

2005-01-26 Thread Andrew Archibald
Hi, I've just been bitten by fontconfig's disabling of bitmap fonts. From rading bug reports, this is apparently in retaliation for some sort of bug in freetype, but I see no corresponding bug report in the bug tracking system. Upon examination of the output of konsole in the GIMP, the bitmap

Bug#290368: Further information

2005-01-25 Thread Andrew Archibald
I've done a little more research so I can add a little to this: 1) My sound card didn't work (couldn't find /dev/dsp). I installed Still no idea about this! Any advice would be good. I have a fairly standard card: :00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)

Bug#288957: RC2 default user groups

2005-01-25 Thread Andrew Archibald
I can report that RC2 of the debian installer does not yet put the first user into plugdev. But from reading around it looks as if the daily builds will do it. Bugs 283233 and 166718 discuss this issue. Archie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#290368: Installation report

2005-01-13 Thread Andrew Archibald
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC2 uname -a: Linux aarchie 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:24:08 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 12/01/05, 18:30 GMT (updated around 23:00 GMT) Method: http, from netinst CD image with Debian base, from ftp.uk.debian.org, not proxied.