[Bug 1507443] [NEW] intel-microcode seems to result in an invalid initrd

2015-10-18 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: The intel-microcode package seems to have caused my initrd to be corrupt, only extracting the microcode bin file into /kernel/microcode/x86/GenuineIntel.bin With kernel 4.1 and earlier, this seems not to be an issue, and Ubuntu can still load cryptsetup to decrypt an encrypte

[Bug 805240] Re: Typo in krunner plugins description

2015-10-21 Thread Alex M. Lowe
This package no longer exists in Plasma 5. ** Changed in: plasma-runner-amarok (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805240 Title: Typo in kru

[Bug 986405] [NEW] No sound in default TuxGuitar install from Software Centre

2012-04-20 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: The default TuxGuitar app from the Software Centre (in both Oneiric and Precise) installs tuxguitar with only the ALSA support. Installing timidity and tuxguitar-jsa, as well as setting TuxGuitar to use timidity (which can be done simply by not installing the alsa support) fix

[Bug 479226] Re: Cannot authenticate using PolicyKit dialogs with domain credentials, prompts for local user

2013-01-25 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Also affects: likewise-open Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479226 Title: Cannot authenticate using PolicyKit dialogs with domain credent

[Bug 877595] [NEW] Installation of a large number of packages freezes

2011-10-18 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: Sometimes, an installation performed by Muon freezes. Qaptworker does not crash. Muon does not crash. dpkg simply stops running. The only solution I have found for this is to manually kill qaptworker and muon and run dpkg --configure -a myself. I have attached an excerpt of

[Bug 877595] Re: Installation of a large number of packages freezes

2011-10-18 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Attachment added: "Excerpt of /var/log/apt/history.log for an installation that causes this problem." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877595/+attachment/2557870/+files/FreezesMuon.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qa

[Bug 862553] Re: Latest libcanberra update causes Firefox and Thunderbird to crash on startup

2011-09-29 Thread Alex M. Lowe
This affects rekonq, too: $ rekonq http://gmail.com rekonq(3887)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "show_history_panel" with KXMLGUIFactory! rekonq(3887)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "show_bookmarks_panel" with KXMLGUIFactory! lengau@TARDIS:~$ QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::

[Bug 522998] Re: XHCI (USB 3.0) kernel Module Prevents Suspend

2011-08-31 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I have also been experiencing this bug in Oneiric (like #56). Can we reopen this bug for Oneiric? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522998 Title: XHCI (USB 3.0) kernel Module Prevents Su

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-10-22 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Wow. That's what I call a well thought-out, logically-argued, polite and in-depth comment right there. Stay classy. On 23 October 2010 00:19, Setve Gentilly <1...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Why don't you go go fuck yourself you fucking asshole. > > > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:23 PM,

[Bug 792570] Re: *NEW* Ubuntu 11.04 MSNBC Videos Stopped Working

2011-06-09 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Using Chrome 12.0.742.91 and Flash 10.3.181.22 on Kubuntu 11.04 kernel 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64, I cannot reproduce this bug. I was once unable to load a video after having moved to a new video, but I could not repeat this, so it could as easily have been a network issue. Could you give a page on

[Bug 695919] [NEW] Sony F series "assist" and "vaio" buttons not recognized by sony-laptop

2010-12-31 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: The "assist" and "vaio" buttons on Sony Vaio F series laptops are not recognized (although ACPI events are still sent). In checking dmesg, I receive the following errors: For the assist button: [84044.545156] sony-laptop: Unknown event: 0x100 0xa6 [84044.946497] sony-laptop:

[Bug 695919] Re: Sony F series "assist" and "vaio" buttons not recognized by sony-laptop

2010-12-31 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Patch added: "Patch to add "assist" and "vaio" buttons to sony-laptop.c" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695919/+attachment/1780112/+files/sony-laptop-f13.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 696184] [NEW] Tries to install Win32 GStreamer plugins on 64-bit system

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kubuntu-notification-helper In a fully updated Kubuntu Natty amd64 install, upon opening a video kubuntu-notification-helper pops up with a suggestion to install "Gstreamer Plugins (Win32)", which corresponds to the package gstreamer0.10-pitfdll (and perh

[Bug 696184] Re: Tries to install Win32 GStreamer plugins on 64-bit system

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Attachment added: "installevent.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696184/+attachment/1780940/+files/installevent.diff ** Attachment removed: "installevent.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-notification-helper/+bug/696184/+attachment/1780940/+files/installevent

[Bug 696184] Re: Tries to install Win32 GStreamer plugins on 64-bit system

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Patch added: "Patch to make pitfdll only appear on i386 installs" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-notification-helper/+bug/696184/+attachment/1780991/+files/installevent.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 670570] Re: Left speaker doesnt work with Realtec ALC275

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 663887 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663887 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 663887 Left internal speaker not woring in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275] * You can subscribe to bug 663887 by following this link: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 663887] Re: Left internal speaker not woring in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275]

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I can confirm that kernel 2.6.37-rc8 fixes this particular problem (sound only on right speaker) in Natty. In Maverick (I have not tried Lucid but bug 670570 reports this problem in Lucid), installing the ubuntu-audio-dev drivers from 28 Dec. (at least) work. I am still unable, however, to get my

[Bug 581778] Re: No internal mic / line-in on Intel HDA G45 DEVIBX / Realtek ALC 275

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I'm on a Vaio VPCF1390X. In Maverick with kernel 2.6.36 I was able to get the line-in microphone to work with the Ubuntu-audio-dev ALSA snapshots. In Natty, the microphone does not seem to work out of the box, but I was able to get the line-in mic to work with mainline kernel 2.6.37-rc8 (which als

[Bug 663887] Re: Left internal speaker not working in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275]

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Summary changed: - Left internal speaker not woring in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275] + Left internal speaker not working in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 641324] Re: Sony Vaio touch pad is not working

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
This is fixed in kernel 2.6.37 (at least from RC3 up). It will not be a problem in Natty (although the trackpad is still only reported as a PS/2 wheel mouse). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 655078] Re: Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony Vaio VPCF136FM installation

2011-01-01 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Using the 260.19.29 drivers and the xorg.conf file generated by jockey resolves this problem. As of right now, this bug is also still a problem in Natty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 694391] Re: Kubuntu Firefox Installer Fails

2011-01-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I can confirm that this bug still exists ith 4.0~b8. kubuntu-firefox-installer attempts to install firefox-branding before it itself has been removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/694

[Bug 663887] Re: Left internal speaker not working in Maverick [Sony Vaio F11 / ALC275]

2011-01-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Completely powering off your machine instead of simply rebooting should (and has in my experience) fix this. The most recent kernel in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't work, so I don't believe the daily images will work. The most recent mainline kernel (http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainli

Re: [Bug 655078] Re: Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony Vaio VPCF136FM installation

2011-02-06 Thread Alex M. Lowe
The next version of Ubuntu already includes version 260.29 in its repositories (a version that works with the F series). It is likely that the latest version of the driver will be included in the final release and has simply yet to be included. Many of the members of the swat team are also members

Re: [Bug 695919] Re: Sony F series "assist" and "vaio" buttons not recognized by sony-laptop

2011-01-19 Thread Alex M. Lowe
There is already an upstream patch for this and other buttons. I believe it's scheduled for release in 2.6.38. On 19 January 2011 05:32, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > That patch looks promising.  It probabally should be sent upstream for > review.  The maintainers for the sony-laptop driver can be foun

Re: [Bug 695919] Re: Sony F series "assist" and "vaio" buttons not recognized by sony-laptop

2011-01-25 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I'm sorry - the discussion where I was told this took place over e-mail with the maintainer after sending in this patch. On 25 January 2011 07:43, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > @Alex -- I don't see the equivalent of your change there upstream as > yet.  Can you point me to the discussion on the patch p

[Bug 681748] Re: ALPS touchpad not detected at all in 'Sony VAIO F13 and F12'

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Is this a duplicate of bug 641324? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/641324 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681748 Title: ALPS touchpad not detected at all in 'Sony

[Bug 641324] Re: Sony Vaio touch pad is not working

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
It appears bug 681748 is a duplicate of this one. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681748 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641324 Title: Sony Vaio touch pad is not

[Bug 651672] Re: apport-collect cannot connect to launchpad

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I have also noticed this. I am using a (reasonably) clean Kubuntu Maverick install. It crashes with both Chrome and Firefox as the default browser. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/651672

[Bug 651672] Re: apport-collect cannot connect to launchpad

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
My terminal output: len...@tardis:~$ apport-collect 661744 The authorization page: (https://edge.launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=0gdK5rM0bh9hxpz3b8Pg&allow_permission=WRITE_PRIVATE) should be opening in your browser. After you have authorized this program to access Launchpad on you

[Bug 651672] Re: apport-collect cannot connect to launchpad

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
UPDATE: Apport works with both Firefox and Chrome if I don't have a browser window open already. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/651672 Title: apport-collect cannot connect to launchpa

[Bug 661744] Re: [Vaio F12-series] Internal Mic not working

2010-12-28 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Using version 2.6.35-24.201012271600 of the Alsa driver module, I am able to get an external microphone (but not the internal mic) to work correctly. I'm about to reboot and try today's (28th) patch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 655078] Re: Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony Vaio VPCF136FM installation

2010-12-29 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Has anyone here managed to get either the VGA or HDMI outputs working in Ubuntu (Lucid or Maverick)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655078 Title: Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony V

[Bug 818205] [NEW] Split view not available as default

2011-07-29 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: By right-clicking on a terminal session, I am able to split the view to have two terminals. However, every time I start yakuake, I must go through this same procedure again in order to have two side-by-side terminals. I would like to be able to have split terminals from start

[Bug 799037] [NEW] Kubuntu installer crashes when "Prepare" page loads

2011-06-17 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity This has to do with the KDE frontend in Ubiquity 2.7.4. Traceback from the installrer: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-prepare.py", line 242, in check_returncode if not super(PageKde, self).check_ret

[Bug 799037] Re: Kubuntu installer crashes when "Prepare" page loads

2011-06-17 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799037/+attachment/2173706/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799037 Title: Kubuntu installer crashes when "

[Bug 799037] Re: Kubuntu installer crashes when "Prepare" page loads

2011-06-17 Thread Alex M. Lowe
By 2.7.9 this has been changed. Subsequent bugs still exist. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799037 Title: Kubuntu

[Bug 742325] Re: AlpsPS/2 touchpad: scrolling does not work

2011-06-18 Thread Alex M. Lowe
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 550625 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550625 ** Summary changed: - touchpad AlpsPS/2 scrolling do not work + AlpsPS/2 touchpad: scrolling does not work ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 550625 Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics c

[Bug 804894] [NEW] digikam-data description misspells "independent"

2011-07-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: The short description of digikam-data is "digikam architecture- independant data". "Independant" should be changed to "independent". ** Affects: digikam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 804894] Re: digikam-data description misspells "independent"

2011-07-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
I went ahead and updated the debian/control file. ** Attachment added: "New debian/control file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/digikam/+bug/804894/+attachment/2188615/+files/control -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 804894] Re: digikam-data description misspells "independent"

2011-07-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Thought you might want a diff file as well (using diff -u) ** Patch added: "control.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/digikam/+bug/804894/+attachment/2188616/+files/control.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 804894] Re: digikam-data description misspells "independent"

2011-07-02 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Changed in: digikam (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: digikam (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Alex M. Lowe (lengau) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 805240] Re: Typo in krunner plugins description

2011-07-03 Thread Alex M. Lowe
marok (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Alex M. Lowe (lengau) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805240 Title: Typo in krunner plugins description To manage notifications abou

[Bug 805240] [NEW] Typo in krunner plugins description

2011-07-03 Thread Alex M. Lowe
unner-amarok (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Alex M. Lowe (lengau) Status: In Progress ** Tags: typo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805240 Title: Typ

[Bug 805240] Re: Typo in krunner plugins description

2011-07-03 Thread Alex M. Lowe
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805240 Title: Typo in krunner plugins description To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-runner-

[Bug 805240] Re: Typo in krunner plugins description

2011-07-03 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Patch added: "Patch file, in case someone would rather have it that way." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-runner-amarok/+bug/805240/+attachment/2189681/+files/plasma-runner-amarokrunner.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 621513] [NEW] cnetworkmanager does not depend on python-gobject

2010-08-20 Thread Alex M. Lowe
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: cnetworkmanager I installed cnetworkmanager 0.21.1-1 tonight in the latest alpha of Maverick Meerkat and the program spat out a python error about not having gobject. It appears to work fine after installing the python-gobject package and dependencies.

[Bug 621513] Re: cnetworkmanager does not depend on python-gobject

2010-08-20 Thread Alex M. Lowe
** Patch added: "This modification to debian/control should fix it." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cnetworkmanager/+bug/621513/+attachment/1506545/+files/control.diff -- cnetworkmanager does not depend on python-gobject https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/621513 You received this bug

[Bug 616023] Re: nVidia card : X won't start since 1.9 update, no screens found

2010-08-20 Thread Alex M. Lowe
As of tonight (after updating to kernel version 2.6.35-17 and xserver- xorg-core 1.8.99.905-1ubuntu3), the ignoreABI workaround works for me. My hardware is a GeForce 8600M GT (I'm wondering if ignoreABI working vs. not working has anything to do with what generation of chips is used). -- nVidia