[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] Re: Can't connect to PulseAudio server

2014-09-28 Thread codeslinger
@alberto: so audio is considered to be non-essential in a consumer computer??? I could see that being the case for servers, but computers with gui interfaces ought to consider audio to be essential to that experience, see for instance PC-98 spec. I did eventually find a work-around for this

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741377 Title: Mouse Pad

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-29 Thread codeslinger
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292438 Title: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
why is this marked incomplete? I provided the info you requested. why do you keep talking about HDMI?? what does that have to do with audio? HDMI is not enabled because it's not hooked up. Yes, I do use an external tv sometimes, when I want to watch a video. But that has nothing to do with th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-22 Thread codeslinger
@mic make sure that you install *all* the updates, not just the latest kernel. 14.04 is still in BETA, it won't be released until april. I'm not convinced that your bug with not seeing an android phone is at all related to my bug of not being able to mount a WD usb disk -- which was visible in t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-16 Thread codeslinger
Hi Raymond -- thank you very much for taking the time to look at this. after many hours of fiddling and reading... I finally Uninstalled PulseAudio ... and now sound works great! not really the correct answer, but at least I finally have a usable system. >> do the stereo HDMI codec really nee

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] Re: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
when installing software I'm seeing a lot of errors that look like this, perhaps this is the reason the audio stopped working? (gconftool-2:2854): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1292438] [NEW] BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: 1) Install Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 Beta 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 2) reboot etc result: Sound system works properly 3) Install all the latest updates as of Mar 14, 3.13.0-17-lowlatency kernel 4) reboot etc result: Sound System no longer works anything that tries to connect

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 741377] Re: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Click and multitouch

2014-03-14 Thread codeslinger
yes, this bug has been fixed. it works pretty well in 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741377 Title: Mouse Pad unusable on HP-DV7, Right Cli

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
ok, got it 3.13.0-12-lowlatencyfails 3.13.0-16-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-17-lowlatencyworks 3.13.0-12 does not see the partitions, but it is now seeing the SMART looks like this bug is already fixed ** Attachment added: "udisk output connect WD USB and partitions not found" https

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
hmmm... that is interesting last night I installed that latest round of updates including a new kernel and now the problem is not reproducable. I'm attaching the udisk output anyway ** Attachment added: "udisk output mount WD and it worked" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
Hi madbiologist, thank you very much for your persistance.(somehow launchpad no longer shows this bug in my list...) I did try some of your suggestions above, but nothing really seemed to help. I am happy to report that UbubtuStudio 14.04 BETA 1 (Alpha) AMD64 is greatly improved compared to

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
I deactivated the duplicate laptop entry in Display Settings and rebooted now it does not crash any more -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 X

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1291927] Re: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise()

2014-03-13 Thread codeslinger
** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291927 Title: BETA 14.04 Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_raise() Status in “x

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290678] Re: 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
apport keeps complaining about "Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon" but it won't let me file this bug because gnome-vfs is not a package... so here is the info copied from another bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-12.32-lowlatency 3.1

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1290678] [NEW] 14.04 BETA fails to mount USB disk Western Digital MyBook

2014-03-10 Thread codeslinger
Public bug reported: UbuntuStudio 14.04 AMD64 BETA 1 (Alpha) This works fine on 12.04 bug only exists on the BETA. I have a Western Digital MyBook 4TB USB disk drive. The drive has two partitions. When I plug it in after logging in, the partitions are not detected. Furthermore Disk Utility s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 768752] Re: Microphone Input has no sound - cant record

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
sorry for the slow response, apparently I missed seeing the email... anyway, please mark this bug as a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/741825 I don't seem to be able to set the status to "duplicate" thanks -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 768729] Re: no video without nomodeset

2014-01-08 Thread codeslinger
thank you for your time. this bug can be closed, it does not reproduce with a recent version of ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768729 Title: no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-16 Thread codeslinger
apparently I am still not doing a very good job of explaining the situation... let me try again. on 10.10 the best case idle temp is 51C on 12.04 the best case idle temp is about 57C on 13.04 the best case idle temp is 75C (that is at idle! and more typically it is low 80's) under full load: th

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
P.S. it was not a totally apples to apples comparision because in the process of installing the kernel I ended up switching the video driver from the amd to the xorg. but the results should be pretty close given that in previous tests on 12.10 I so no significant difference in temperature between

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1166916] Re: temperature overheating of cpu and radeon in 12.10 and above

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
very curious... per irc with Kaj... on 12.04 64 bit UbuntuStudio installed 3.8.0-18-generic kernel which was backported for testing purposes. see: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/r-lts-backport over-all result is that this kernel is running about 6 degress hotter than 12.04 with

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 416101] Re: Ubuntu's switch to pulseaudio broke accessibility for the blind.

2013-04-14 Thread codeslinger
this bug is probably fixed now. try 13.04, after a very long wait, the audio system now *finally* works for me. why was this bug left to sit and rot never assigned in 4 years -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to puls

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 582600] Re: Ubuntu Lucid / PulseAudio Alsa-Plugin : 2 sec delay

2013-04-05 Thread codeslinger
I belive that this bug has been fixed in the 13.04... at least for me, my audio finally works now, after being unusable for a long time and I was seeing same/similar behavior to what you saw. so give the newest version a try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Des