[Bug 1680245] Re: subiquity does not take in account existing partition

2018-05-25 Thread Alex Forencich
Seems the "workaround" is to install normal desktop ubuntu instead of ubuntu server, as that's the only installer that actually works correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1680245 T

[Bug 1680245] Re: subiquity does not take in account existing partition

2018-05-25 Thread Alex Forencich
Confirmed; just ran in to this brick wall while trying to install on top of a bcache. This is a fundamental installer feature that is completely missing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 1411330] Re: vmlinuz permissions

2018-02-21 Thread Alex Forencich
Seeing the same. Seems like the permissions of the vmlinuz file in the kernel package are set 0600 instead of 0644. However, there seems to be a good reason for this: to prevent normal users reading the kernel image to work around ASLR. Fine, makes sense. But how to fix the permissions nicely f

[Bug 1522922]

2016-04-25 Thread Alex Forencich
(In reply to Mika Kahola from comment #110) > (In reply to alex from comment #109) > > Dammit. Now this regression has made it into the LTS kernel. Are you guys > > kidding me? Is it not possible for the changes that caused this > > exceptionally annoying regression (as in my computer is now alm

[Bug 1522922]

2016-04-25 Thread Alex Forencich
Created attachment 123264 systemd logs with drm.debug=0x1e for stock 4.5.1 kernel (arch) with flicker after standby -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522922 Title: Screen flickering in

[Bug 1522922]

2016-04-24 Thread Alex Forencich
Dammit. Now this regression has made it into the LTS kernel. Are you guys kidding me? Is it not possible for the changes that caused this exceptionally annoying regression (as in my computer is now almost entirely unusable) to be removed from the current production kernel, pending a proper fix??

[Bug 1522922]

2016-04-07 Thread Alex Forencich
So, eight months since this has been reported and you guys can't even be bothered to at least revert the changes that caused this originally? The normal kernel is completely unusable on my machine due to this issue (Dell XPS 15 (9530)) so I have been forced to run the LTS kernel for the past severa

[Bug 991707] Re: Mouse pointer (touchpad) gets stuck often

2013-10-17 Thread Alex Forencich
I occasionally experience the same issue in Arch Linux when my touchpad got one 'finger' 'stuck' so that whenever I touch the pad, it scrolls instead of moving the cursor. If I disable scrolling in the settings manager, then nothing happens when I try to use the touchpad. The issue seemed to be r

[Bug 841039] Re: Banshee does not detect iPod Touch

2011-09-12 Thread Alex Forencich
What is in .gvfs folder? Please post ls ~/.gvfs when it is not plugged in and again when it is plugged in. If there is no change, it's possible that .gvfs is an ordinary folder instead of a mount point. In this case, rename or delete .gvfs and reboot. Then try again. -- You received this bug

[Bug 763457] Re: pyopencl falsely depends on nvidia-current

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Forencich
One more thing to note: unless the dependency is removed entirely or a reasonable workaround is instituted (rebuilding the package is not really a reasonable workaround), requiring either the standard ATI or nvidia packages is unacceptable as the nvidia cuda dev drivers do not come as an ubuntu pac

[Bug 763457] Re: pyopencl falsely depends on nvidia-current

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Forencich
I ran into the same issue since I have to run nvidia dev drivers which conflict with nvidia-current. Fortunately I caught it before rebooting so it didn't break my video subsystem. However, this is a critical issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 778620] Re: Brother HL-2070N do not work with Ubuntu 11.04

2011-06-16 Thread Alex Forencich
Confirm this is a showstopper issue. Foomatic/Postscript driver does not work at all. Test page looks like this: %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%LanguageLevel: 2 %%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)

[Bug 267591] Re: settings: compiz settings are not in "appearance"

2011-05-18 Thread Alex Forencich
compizconfig is now basically a required item in the latest version of ubuntu unless someone has a way to change the virtual desktop configruation WITHOUT installing compizconfig. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 733428] Re: Banshee refuses to sync with ipod touch due to missing converter

2011-03-15 Thread Alex Forencich
Solved. Not a banshee issue. The problem was my assumption that it was being properly detected. It was not. The Ubuntu packages usbmuxd and ifuse (perhaps libgpod4 and libimobiledevice1 as well) are out of date and do not support the latest version of the ipod simply because of a new USB device

[Bug 733428] Re: Banshee refuses to sync with ipod touch due to missing converter

2011-03-13 Thread Alex Forencich
Deleted ~/.config/banshee-1, same errors. ~/.config/banshee did not exist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/733428 Title: Banshee refuses to sync with ipod touch due to missing converte

[Bug 733428] [NEW] Banshee refuses to sync with ipod touch due to missing converter

2011-03-11 Thread Alex Forencich
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: banshee Banshee refuses to sync with a new iPod touch 4.2.1. The device seems to be properly detected, however when attempting to drag an album to the iPod, the transfer fails with The [ogg|mp3] format is not supported by the device, and no converte

[Bug 509721] Re: empathy reports network error and requires killing telepathy-butterfly

2011-02-05 Thread Alex Forencich
I can confirm this as well. Also, it is one of the main issues that prevents me from switching from pidgin to empathy since it happens quite often. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509721

[Bug 513346] Re: MSN connection does not work: Network error

2011-02-05 Thread Alex Forencich
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 509721 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509721 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 509721 empathy reports network error and requires killing telepathy-butterfly * You can subscribe to bug 509721 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 555930] Re: msn wont load network error

2011-02-05 Thread Alex Forencich
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 509721 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509721 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 513346 MSN connection does not work: Network error ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 509721 empathy reports network error and requires killing tel

[Bug 646315] Re: Failure to create connection to MSN

2011-02-05 Thread Alex Forencich
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 509721 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509721 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 513346 MSN connection does not work: Network error ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 509721 empathy reports network error and requires killing tel

[Bug 636344] Re: Left, up and tab keys in text editor move focus instead of text cursor

2010-11-15 Thread Alex Forencich
Same problem here. I can confirm that the problem is related to ibus in that the arrow keys work properly after killing ibus-daemon. However, I have to type in Japanese so killing ibus-daemon is a completely unacceptable workaround. Vasili's workaround allows this to work in the editor, but brea

[Bug 530336] Re: brasero fails to write iso image (10.04 lucid)

2010-06-29 Thread Alex Forencich
Actually, never mind. Didn't read the report carefully enough. I can't seem to be able to burn a regular CD-R from my internal burner from ANY software (brasero and gnomebaker both failed in the same way). External driver over USB seemed to work fine, though. -- brasero fails to write iso imag

[Bug 530336] Re: brasero fails to write iso image (10.04 lucid)

2010-06-28 Thread Alex Forencich
Same issue on my computer. This sort of thing is absolutely unacceptable since it fails without an error message while still going through the motions. Strangely, it burned *something* to one of the disks I tried because it didn't detect it at all after I put it back in (well, I didn't wait more

[Bug 597035] Re: CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card

2010-06-24 Thread Alex Forencich
Actually, upon further experimentation, it would appear that the internal sound card is also affected, it just takes a bit more to cause distortion and crackling. Scrolling through a document and scrolling through some things in Firefox will cause the internal card to distort in precisely the same

[Bug 597035] Re: CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card

2010-06-23 Thread Alex Forencich
Please reopen this. I posted the information asked for, so it is no longer incomplete for the moment. -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 597035] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "ProcCpuinfo.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713069/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 597035] PciMultimedia.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "PciMultimedia.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713068/PciMultimedia.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 597035] Dependencies.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713067/Dependencies.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 597035] CurrentDmesg.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713065/CurrentDmesg.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 597035] Card1.Amixer.values.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "Card1.Amixer.values.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713064/Card1.Amixer.values.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 597035] Card0.Codecs.codec.1.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "Card0.Codecs.codec.1.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713063/Card0.Codecs.codec.1.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 597035] Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713060/Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

[Bug 597035] Card0.Amixer.values.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "Card0.Amixer.values.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713051/Card0.Amixer.values.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 597035] BootDmesg.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713046/BootDmesg.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 597035] AplayDevices.txt

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50713043/AplayDevices.txt -- CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 597035] Re: CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: pulseaudio I have a NuForce Icon uDAC USB sound card that I use for listening to music. However, there is a problem with crackling when using it on one of my computers running Ubuntu 10.04

[Bug 597035] [NEW] CPU usage dependent crackling on USB sound card

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Forencich
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio I have a NuForce Icon uDAC USB sound card that I use for listening to music. However, there is a problem with crackling when using it on one of my computers running Ubuntu 10.04. The music will pop and distort when windows are scrolled and th

[Bug 188422] Re: locations list can go over the screen border

2010-06-15 Thread Alex Forencich
Still present in Lucid. Try it with one time zone PST and one in Asia. On Tuesday, the "Wednesday" added after the date is enough to push the edge off the screen border. All that needs to be done is account for the 'set' button for the location with the longest string when the menu is first displ

[Bug 518236] Re: Evince/Okular displays incorrect characters

2010-02-06 Thread Alex Forencich
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38844412/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "KernLog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38844413/KernLog.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38844414/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment ad

[Bug 518236] [NEW] Evince/Okular displays incorrect characters

2010-02-06 Thread Alex Forencich
Public bug reported: When using evince/okular to display a PDF file, all degree signs (°) are rendered as a character that looks like ϒ, but selecting it and copying the relevant text, copying, and pasting into another application yields the correct character. Also, mu (μ) is rendered as the prop

[Bug 437643] Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000068

2009-11-02 Thread Alex Forencich
I just got this problem with the latest version of karmic, upgraded from jaunty. -- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0068 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/437643 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 348728] [NEW] KTimetracker missing compiz window decorations

2009-03-25 Thread Alex Forencich
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ktimetracker When the current window manager is compiz, KTimetracker does not display window decorations. Running metacity --replace makes the decorations appear. compz --replace makes them disappear again. This did not occur in the old version of KTim

[Bug 107950] Re: x-session manager eats 100% CPU, nautilus won't start, applications won't start

2009-03-17 Thread Alex Forencich
There is most definitely a problem with something not closing connections. After a fresh reboot, lsof -n | grep /tmp/.ICE-unix/5724 | wc --lines reads 10. After starting Firefox, Thunderbird, Amarok, Kopete, and Eclipse, it reads 18. Closing and restarting Amarok pushes it to 21. Three instance

[Bug 318354] Re: package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Forencich
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21303335/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21303336/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21303337/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 318354] [NEW] package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Forencich
Public bug reported: I'm using grub2, so there seems to be an incompatibility with the kernel uninstall script that means I need to switch back to grub 1 whenever I need to remove an old kernel. Also, the reason I needed to uninstall the old kernel was because the update-grub script was building

[Bug 200392] Re: Extreme memory leak in Pidgin when attempting to play sound

2008-11-09 Thread Alex Forencich
I can confirm this in Intrepid as well. I had to restart pulseaudio after resuming from hibernate, and pidgin's memory usage went through the roof. I was at 96% of 3.2 GB RAM and 50% of 8 GB swap. pkill -sigkill pidgin made my memory use drop to 30% and swap drop to 12%. This bug should be marke

[Bug 181184] Re: vertical text spacing problem

2008-11-01 Thread Alex Forencich
That sounds like this bug is being masked by bug 223433 for you. For that one, some fonts don't display at all, and some are dependent on screen size (font size and zoom level). -- vertical text spacing problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181184 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 181184] Re: vertical text spacing problem

2008-10-30 Thread Alex Forencich
Can you see the horizontal japanese text, or just the english text? -- vertical text spacing problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181184 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 223433] Re: openoffice,japanese vertical line is not supported.

2008-10-30 Thread Alex Forencich
On my computer, this document looks fine at 100% zoom. When I zoom in, the vertical japanese text disappears. If I make the font of the vertical text bigger, it also disappears. The horizontal text scales fine. ** Attachment added: "oo bugs.odt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19089447/oo%20bu

[Bug 181184] Re: vertical text spacing problem

2008-10-30 Thread Alex Forencich
It is quite possible that you couldn't see any text because you were a victim of bug 223433. Bug 223433 will make vertical text disappear if it's screen size is too large. The attached file should rule out problems with 223433. Also, you could try adding the japanese language to your computer.

[Bug 181184] Re: vertical text spacing problem

2008-10-29 Thread Alex Forencich
I'm seeing the spacing problem in openoffice.org 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 in Ubuntu 8.04. In the attached screenshot, the red border is what it is doing and the green border is close to what it is supposed to be (with spaces added manually). The characters should also be centered left-to- right, not alig

[Bug 223433] Re: openoffice,japanese vertical line is not supported.

2008-10-29 Thread Alex Forencich
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 181184 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181184 How is this a duplicate of #181184? Text disappearing above a certain size and spacing problems are two completely different things. The misplaced 「・」may be related to #181184, but the rest isn't as far as I

[Bug 223433] Re: openoffice,japanese vertical line is not supported.

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Forencich
By the way, I'm running OpenOffice 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 (from Synaptic) on Hardy Heron AMD64 with kernel 2.6.24-19-generic. -- openoffice,japanese vertical line is not supported. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223433 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 223433] Re: openoffice,japanese vertical line is not supported.

2008-10-11 Thread Alex Forencich
I can confirm this as well. For me, though, VL Gothic does not work at all while DejaVu Sans works but only while the on-screen size is smaller than a certain amount (as in, zooming in or increasing the size will make it disappear). For me, viewing at 100% with a font size of 12 points is fine, b

[Bug 264865] Re: Big artifacts when playing windows media 9 files

2008-09-05 Thread Alex Forencich
I ran into this exact problem today and I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what was causing it. The video I tried playing works fine under windows, played in VLC. However, I got the same artifact problem in both totem and VLC. The artifacts appear to consist of a pin