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#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 zero so

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

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

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#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

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)

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-B10;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

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-B10;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

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 that

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

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

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

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

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

Bug#503723:

2008-10-28 Thread Tim Richardson
I can't reproduce this anymore. I went back to the testing version, couldn't reproduce (as I expected), reinstalled the sid version, and can't reproduce it anymore, which I did not expect. So it's a useless bug report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Bug#503723: hplip: python /usr/bin/hp-systray at 100% CPU for ever

2008-10-27 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: hplip Version: 2.8.6.b-3 Severity: important ome minutes after logging in to gnome, I see 100% CPU for python /usr/bin/hp-systray I've been using hplip for a long time; this is a recent problem. It stays at 100% until I kill it. I have an HP printer connected via USB which is shared

Bug#486400: it is working now

2008-10-26 Thread Tim Richardson
I confirm that on all three machines I could test on, this bug is no longer occuring. All three machines resumed successfully from suspend and hibernate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#486400:

2008-10-25 Thread Tim Richardson
I will try again to reproduce it three machines I have running Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#503143:

2008-10-24 Thread Tim Richardson
This bug is avoided if you choose the option No restart required in the Edit Command dialog. You can verify this in the file /etc/gdm/gdm.conf At the end of the file, you should see something like CustomCommandNoRestart0=true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#503143: A clue

2008-10-23 Thread Tim Richardson
I hope this helps: If I modify the builtin suspend command to be /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate then hibernation works perfectly. But when I put that into a custom command, the crash occurs. So customs commands somehow work differently to the built in Suspend command. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#503085: gdm: suspend from login screen does not work

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-3 Severity: normal After logging out, I have an Options button which includes suspend as an option. Choosing suspend gives me a dialog asking me to confirm my choice. However, the computer does nothing. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT

Bug#503085: gdm: suspend from login screen does not work

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 14:25 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le mercredi 22 octobre 2008 à 23:13 +1100, Tim Richardson a écrit : Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-3 Severity: normal After logging out, I have an Options button which includes suspend as an option. Choosing suspend gives me

Bug#503085: gdm: suspend from login screen does not work

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 14:25 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le mercredi 22 octobre 2008 à 23:13 +1100, Tim Richardson a écrit : Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-3 Severity: normal After logging out, I have an Options button which includes suspend as an option. Choosing suspend gives me

Bug#503085:

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
To be clear, I fixed this problem by 1) logout so you see the login screen 2) click options (the button which lets you configure the login screen; but on some themes, you go to Actions and find Configure the login manager 3) enter root password 4) on the General tab, there is a button edit

Bug#503141: Cannot change custom_0 label when adding command to gdm actions list

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-3 Severity: minor used the Custom command 0 to add a hibernate option to the gdm login window. My changes to the Label, LRLabel and Tooltip are ignored, although I can change the Path. To reproduce 1) from the login prompt, choose configure login manager and edit

Bug#503143: glib_critical: g_hash_table_lookup_extended: assertion 'hash_table != NULL' failed from gdm login hibernate

2008-10-22 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gdm Version: 2.20.7-3 Severity: normal 1) add a custom command to gdm login that calls hibernate path: /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate give it the label Hibernate 2) restart gdm or reboot to make the label change take effect 3) from the login screen, execute the new Hibernate command gdm

Bug#503022: iceweasel couldn't retrieve add-ons

2008-10-21 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.3-2 Severity: normal Tools - add-ons Iceweasel couldn't retrieve add-ons. From the dialog, click Browse all-addons 404 error: page not found https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/iceweasel -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers

Bug#503022: Acknowledgement (iceweasel couldn't retrieve add-ons)

2008-10-21 Thread Tim Richardson
The second problem, can not browse add-ons, can be changed by 1. about:config 2. edit the Preference extensions.getAddons.browseAddons 3. remove %LOCALE%/%APP% from the string -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#501903:

2008-10-20 Thread Tim Richardson
For what it's worth, I use the cups web interface quite a bit on three machines, one Sid and two Lenny, and haven't noticed any problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#495530: Unable to reproduce, plus there is an easy fix

2008-10-20 Thread Tim Richardson
I removed my IMPA password, and tried to reproduce this on an IMAP account. I couldn't not reproduce it with the following two attempts: 1) do not save a password, and interactively enter an incorrect password. I received an error message that the password was incorrect. 2) I stored an incorrect

Bug#502812: openoffice.org-core: Can not install Sun import PDF extension: loading component library failed

2008-10-19 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org-core Version: 1:3.0.0-3 Severity: normal I downloaded the Sun import PDF extension, v 0.3.2-Linuxx86 Installation failed with this message: loading component library failed:

Bug#501368:

2008-10-15 Thread Tim Richardson
Actually, it does make a sound, just very quietly. Almost inaudible on my laptop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#502043: hardware virtualisation is the problem

2008-10-13 Thread Tim Richardson
The VM only resumes correctly if HardwareVirtEx enabled=false/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#499081:

2008-10-12 Thread Tim Richardson
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/esound/+bug/125308 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#502043: virtualbox-ose: Virtual machines freeze after suspend or hibernate

2008-10-12 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: virtualbox-ose Version: 1.6.6-dfsg-2 Severity: important I upgraded to the sid packages. Found no module for my 686 kernel so I built one with module assistant. I have three virtual machines: a Debian VM, and two XP machines. They all now freeze after suspend or hibernate on my laptop,

Bug#502043: Attached are good and bad .xml config files

2008-10-12 Thread Tim Richardson
I had this problem in upgrading before, and the same solution worked: delete the virtual machine and start again (keeping the same virtual disk, of course). I think the only change I make when I do this is to the .xml file. Attached is the new, working one, and the old one which does causes the

Bug#499081:

2008-10-11 Thread Tim Richardson
With ESD turned on, and Play System Sounds true, I get this bug after a an hour or so. It means a complete loss of my Gnome session, and manually killing a pulseaudio process from a virtual console. Apparently I am the only one seeing it. If I turn off system sounds then I don't seem to

Bug#501368: gnome-audio: toggled.wav doesn't make a sound

2008-10-06 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gnome-audio Version: 2.22.1-1 Severity: normal the sound file toggled.wav in /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events doesn't make a sound when I play it. The version in the old gnome-audio 2.0.0.2 (which is in Lenny) works fine. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers

Bug#501164: tzdata: Daylight saving start not implemented on my Lenny notebook

2008-10-04 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: tzdata Version: 2008e-3 Severity: normal Daylight saving (summer time) started today in my timezone (Australia/Sydney) but my clock has not moved forward an hour. I have not rebooted (surely not necessary?) -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT

Bug#501164: Acknowledgement (tzdata: Daylight saving start not implemented on my Lenny notebook)

2008-10-04 Thread Tim Richardson
I have a dual-boot laptop and the BIOS clock is set to localtime but it doesn't know that daylight saving has begin. I downloaded and installed the latest tzdata files from upstreaming following the instructions on http://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges The installation went well, but the time

Bug#499081: More information

2008-10-01 Thread Tim Richardson
? 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 Richardson, Corporate

Bug#499081: help please

2008-09-24 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

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.

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

2008-09-21 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: evince Version: 2.22.2-2 Severity: normal Via cups, I have defined a printer hosting on a windows server needing authentication. I get an error from evince Failed to print document. Can't prompt for authorisation I can print test pages to the printer. I can also print from Adobe

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

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Richardson
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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

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 (LWP

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#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

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#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

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#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#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

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

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#496890: pulseaudio tries to use snd-pcsp with horrible sounding results

2008-08-28 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: pulseaudio Version: 0.9.10-2 Severity: normal This is in syslog Aug 28 07:19:47 u400 pulseaudio[18147]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 37286 Hz. Aug 28 07:19:47 u400 pulseaudio[18147]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1.

Bug#494916: [Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#494916: virtualbox-ose: virtualbox

2008-08-13 Thread Tim Richardson
I can only partially answer the questions, and I will close the bug report since I don't know how to reproduce it. I fixed the problem by completely uninstalling virtualbox-ose and by purging .Virtualbox of everything except the virtual disk files. Until I did that, I was getting a freeze in all

Bug#494916: virtualbox-ose: virtualbox freezes upon resume from suspend, hibernate

2008-08-12 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: virtualbox-ose Version: 1.6.2-dfsg-3 Severity: important When I resume from suspend, my windows virtual machine is frozen. I am currently rebooting Debian to get virtualbox working again, although I am sure that I can find a smarter way. To reproduce the problem: 1. start a Windows XP

Bug#494403: tomboy: Tomboy fails to start for second session of same user

2008-08-08 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: tomboy Version: 0.10.2-1 Severity: normal To reproduce: 1. Add tomboy to the panel 2. Switch user, and login again as the current user (enable multiple logins from the General tab of System-Administration-Login Window) 3. You will see the following error The panel encountered a problem

Bug#486400: Grave bug

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Richardson
Laptop top users can't really use splashy because of this bug; I'm surprised this is not an RC bug. I wouldn't want this to be in a stable release because I'm a Debian enthusiast. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#492213: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: reinstall of kernel stalls when recreating missing grub/menu.lst

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Richardson
What do you see when running: bash -x update-grub -y ? Please paste the last 10 lines or so. Firstly, after the initial encounter of the problem, I run update-grub as root, and the problem was solved. To answer your question I reproduced the problem by a) removing menu.lst b)

Bug#492213: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: reinstall of kernel stalls when recreating missing grub/menu.lst

2008-07-24 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686 Version: 2.6.25-7 Severity: normal I had no /boot/grub/menu.lst (because I removed grub2 and reinstalled grub via grub-install. dpkg-reconfigure grub did not give me a menu.lst) So I decided to reinstall the current kernel 2.6.25 via Synaptic. The installation

Bug#490919: workaround

2008-07-20 Thread Tim Richardson
a solution (workaround). 1. install package tuxpaint-config 2. run tuxpaint-config from shell (as normal user) 3. working in current user mode, go the Video/Sound tab,and set up full-screen, native-resolution and use the correct settings for your monitor 4. Apply, and quit -- To

Bug#486400: resume fails due to splashy, uswsusp, gdm, intel graphics

2008-07-17 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: splashy Version: 0.3.10-2 Followup-For: Bug #486400 splashy works for a normal boot. it also displays during a suspend to disk (hibernate). But upon resume, the splash screen appears, and there is some disk activity, but then the resume just stops. I can get no response from the machine.

Bug#490913: tuxpaint: Dependency problem blocks install in Lenny

2008-07-15 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: tuxpaint Version: 1:0.9.17-1.1 Severity: normal I just did a Lenny install. Tuxpaint doesn't install due to unresolvable dependencies, but Synaptic doesn't tell any more. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture:

Bug#490919: tuxpaint does not start full-screen from gcompris

2008-07-15 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: tuxpaint Version: 1:0.9.17-1.1 Severity: important when starting tuxpaint from gcompris, tuxpaint is not full screen. this is very confusing for a toddler (in fact, too confusing) and in my opinion makes tuxpaint and in fact gcompris unusuable (in lenny) -- System Information: Debian

Bug#490302: Having trouble reproducing

2008-07-12 Thread Tim Richardson
With some updates, I now can notreproduce this. I will try for another few days, and if I can't, I'll mark invalid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#490302: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Toshiba Satellite u400 backlight changes to max at various times

2008-07-11 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel Version: 2:2.3.2-2 Severity: normal This laptop uses intel GM965 The brightness settings I have chosen via the hotkey are overridden every few minutes to be maximum brightness. I can force this to happen by setting the backlight to minimum, and then opening

Bug#488875: openoffice.org-writer: email mail-merge doesn't connect to smtp server

2008-07-02 Thread Tim Richardson
Please try whether the unopkg workaround you mention in your last comment also works on a system covered by this BTS sorry for that. Yes, this workaround is good for sid. -- Tim Richardson, CPA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 458 998 541 GMT+10 all contact details: http://www.tim

Bug#488875: openoffice.org-writer: email mail-merge doesn't connect to smtp server

2008-07-01 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org-writer Version: 1:2.4.1-3 Severity: normal Under settings for Writer there is a choice Mail Merge E-Mail. In which an SMTP server and authentication details are entered. When choosing the button Test Settings it makes no attempt to contact the server but immediately

Bug#486256: Same problem in ubuntu

2008-06-19 Thread Tim Richardson
For what it's worth, Ubuntu hardy has the same problem. -- Tim Richardson, CPA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 458 998 541 GMT+10 all contact details: http://www.tim-richardson.net/contact Using Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#482483:

2008-05-23 Thread Tim Richardson
, the virtual consoles are unusable (screen is garbled and no prompt is visible). -- Tim Richardson, CPA [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 458 998 541 GMT+10 (Melbourne Winter Time) all contact details: http://www.tim-richardson.net/contact sent from Debian GNU/Linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#482473: openoffice.org-base: Paste into memo field replaces existing content

2008-05-22 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: openoffice.org-base Version: 1:2.4.0-5 Severity: normal I have a simple form for a database of only one table. The table has a memo field. I noticed that when copying some text from Evolution and pasting into the memo field on the form, the entire contents of the memo field is deleted

Bug#482483: usplash crashes machine during startup

2008-05-22 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: usplash Version: 0.5.19-1 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system I installed usplash onto kernel 2.6.25-2 In non-quiet mode, the boot process displays messages. The console becomes garbled at the bottom of the screen (looks like white noise) and then then the machine

Bug#480872: hal: LCD brightness on battery after screen dim ignores user changes to brightness

2008-05-12 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: hal Version: 0.5.11-1 Severity: normal When my Dell D420 is running on battery, the LCD is dimmed after a short period of inactivity, in accordance with my preference in g-p-m However, when activity occurs (eg mouse movement) the screen brightness resumes to a certain level, ignoring

Bug#479496: xserver-xorg: Intel 945GM Compiz performance: xorg.conf optimisations

2008-05-05 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.3+10 Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Contents of /var/lib/x11/X.roster: /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum does not exist. X server symlink status: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2008-03-03 22:06 /etc/X11/X - /usr/bin/Xorg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1674940 2008-04-30

Bug#476364: synaptic: Can not edit repositories (silent failure)

2008-04-16 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: synaptic Version: 0.61+nmu1 Severity: normal After a recent upgrade to Synaptic, Synaptic can no longer parse my sources.list file, at least, I get no repository dialog. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing')

Bug#476364: sources.list

2008-04-16 Thread Tim Richardson
the many blank lines are a recent addition by synaptic # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux lenny _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 CD Binary-1 20080128-10:37]/ lenny main deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free

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

2008-03-26 Thread Tim Richardson
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fixed in 2.22 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:26:09 +0100 Version: 2.22.0-3 According to the upstream bug, this problem has been fixed in version 2.22. email message attachment Forwarded Message From: Tim Richardson [EMAIL

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#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

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#469543: power-manager: Applet power history reports only 50% of actual power usage

2008-03-05 Thread Tim Richardson
Package: gnome-power-manager Version: 2.20.2-3 Severity: normal File: power-manager the power-manager applet has a power history graph. It reports power usage values that appear to be 50% of what powertop reports. So if powertop says I am using 10W, the graph shows 5W. -- System Information:

Bug#469543: Acknowledgement (power-manager: Applet power history reports only 50% of actual power usage)

2008-03-05 Thread Tim Richardson
not send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. -- Tim Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31 610 899 815 The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#469359: file-roller fails to add .jar to tar archive

2008-03-04 Thread tim richardson
Package: file-roller Version: 2.20.3-1 Severity: important When adding a jar file to a tar archive, file-roller stops adding files with the error message tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors The bug also manifests for tar derivatives such as

Bug#469359:

2008-03-04 Thread Tim Richardson
the attached file can not be added to a tar via file-roller. -- Tim Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31 610 899 815 The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#469359: This is a tar bug

2008-03-04 Thread Tim Richardson
this is a bug with tar what file-roller does is /bin/sh -c tar --force-local --no-recursion --no-wildcards -v -p -C /home/tim/Desktop -rf /home/tim/Desktop/test.tar -- SDGraphicsExample.jar and this fails from the command line as well. -- Tim Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31 610 899 815

Bug#469359: attachment on upstream bug report

2008-03-04 Thread Tim Richardson
Please see the upstream bug report for the attachment (a file which I can't add to a tar archive via file roller) -- Tim Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31 610 899 815 The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#440274:

2008-03-03 Thread Tim Richardson
traffic shaping script. Tagging grave makes it an RC bug which is stopping a newer version from entering testing. -- Tim Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31 610 899 815 The Netherlands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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