[Bug 1620414] Re: Could not calclate the upgrade

2016-09-05 Thread Brett Howard
It seems like un-installing ubuntu-desktop has allowed the install to begin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620414 Title: Could not calclate the upgrade To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1620414] [NEW] Could not calclate the upgrade

2016-09-05 Thread Brett Howard
Public bug reported: I've got a bone stock Ubuntu install that I've converted over to a MythTV frontend running 14.04 on an Atom box. Upgrading to 16.04 seems to fail and give a could not calculate the upgrade message. Nothing is pre-release on here. It asked if nothing was pre-rel to submit a

[Bug 960124] Re: [VPCZ13C5E, Realtek ALC889, Speaker, Internal] No sound at all

2012-04-26 Thread Brett Howard
Not that it is a lot of help but this bug also affects me and installing hda-jack-retask and only enabling the override on the headphones fixes the issue for me just the same. Thanks for everyone's work! And thanks Wouter for posting this to the email list! ~Brett -- You received this bug noti

Re: [Bug 630748] Re: iwlagn degrades quickly during normal wifi session

2011-02-28 Thread Brett Howard
I just tested it using 2.6.38-rc5-git6 built myself on Ubuntu 10.10 (not the latest but damn close) and things didn't seem to tank like they used to but they are still only transferring at about 5MB/sec after a bit.. Now after a fresh reboot I'm getting about 9-10MB/sec. I finally booted into wind

Re: [Bug 630748] Re: iwlagn degrades quickly during normal wifi session

2010-11-22 Thread Brett Howard
Interesting what file did you change? I'll try again in Maverick. ~Brett On Nov 22, 2010 9:16 AM, "Jesper Larsen" wrote: > I have an Intel Advanced-N 6200 card. I have re enabled n support and > have normal throughput/packet loss on both g and n connection. I guess > this bug is not affecting all

[Bug 396564] Re: grub2 shows 'biosdisk read error', then boots

2009-12-23 Thread Brett Howard
Just to add my 2 cents... I was seeing this error and got here because I was having problems booting after I'd intentionally degraded an array to replace a disk in it. It was this error that got me here. After reading through this I tried the idea mentioned to disable the floppy drive that was e

[Bug 291259] Re: smb url don't work in the run application dialog

2009-05-27 Thread Brett Howard
If you add a bookmark to an SMB share in Nautilus these bookmarks can be seen in the Places menu. Until you run the fix for this clicking on these links generates the same error message. I see this as a much bigger issue as I've had several customers wonder why this doesn't work. I'll run these c

[Bug 291259] Re: smb url don't work in the run application dialog

2009-05-27 Thread Brett Howard
If you add a bookmark to an SMB share in Nautilus these bookmarks can be seen in the Places menu. Until you run the fix for this clicking on these links generates the same error message. I see this as a much bigger issue as I've had several customers wonder why this doesn't work. I'll run these c

[Bug 211662] Re: Cannot put chat window over buddy list

2008-12-07 Thread Brett Howard
Should also state another difference from the original bug that I submitted. I'm now running the open source ATI drivers yet still running compiz. I just did a quick test and metacity does not fix the problem. I don't have my Metacity set to do compositing. -- Cannot put chat window over buddy

[Bug 211662] Re: Cannot put chat window over buddy list

2008-12-07 Thread Brett Howard
Just looked at that picture again and I notice that the buddy list has focus. Even if the chat window is clicked on and given focus the buddy list remains on top as is pictured. -- Cannot put chat window over buddy list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211662 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 211662] Re: Cannot put chat window over buddy list

2008-12-07 Thread Brett Howard
This screenshot taken in 8.10 running Pidgin 2.5.2. Plugins Running: DBUS Example Extended Preferences History Hotkeys Libnotify Popups Nautilus Integration Pidgin-Encryption ** Attachment added: "screenshot.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20287635/screenshot.png -- Cannot put chat window

[Bug 290576] Re: 0.7 RIM Blackberry 8100 not detected by NetworkManager as modem

2008-11-26 Thread Brett Howard
I can add that when I plugged in my windows mobile device NM detected it but a connection through NM never seemed to work. However my console based attempts would result in success. I should be receiving a BB Storm 9530 tomorrow and will probably give this a try. Would really like a nice clean s

[Bug 151942] Re: PANIC: CPU too old for this kernel

2008-06-11 Thread Brett Howard
As another data point 8.04 server installed in VBox 1.6.0 provides same. This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: 0:6 Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU. This is 8.04-server-i386 running on a centrino machine with 8.04-Desktop-i386 as the host

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-05-22 Thread Brett Howard
Apologize. I've added the PPA repository and installed that version of FF3RC1 and this issue seems to be fixed. Guess it was an upstream problem. Sorry I didn't mention it that way sooner. ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- Loss of whitespace in t

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-05-19 Thread Brett Howard
I've tried this in RC1 on my windows computer at work and this problem appears to have been resolved. Once there is an RC1 update through the repository I'll test that. Maybe then I can finally uninstall seamonkey! :) -- Loss of whitespace in text entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210003 Yo

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-05-08 Thread Brett Howard
I should have done this earlier. Fortunately since the release of 8.04 I've no longer had this issue. Not sure if something was issued as a fix or if a fix for something else also fixed my problem but I seem to be working fine now. I've also rebuilt this installation several times and have yet t

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-12 Thread Brett Howard
After rebuilding the box from scratching with an 8.04 beta disc and installing all updates I still have this same issue. Its not that the panel totally crashes now though. Things just respond VERY slowly in comparison to when I'm at home. I've noticed this operation on 3 different access points

[Bug 145134] Re: [gutsy] networkmanager crashes when trying to access a wpa-enterprise or open network

2008-04-07 Thread Brett Howard
I believe it may not be network-manager that is crashing but nm-applet. I find that I'm actually connected to the network but gnome seems to be out to lunch. I find that the new map built into the time applet seems to send gnome equally out to lunch when it hangs up. -- [gutsy] networkmanager cr

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-07 Thread Brett Howard
I should add that this also prevents me from being able to press Alt+F2 to get a run prompt. -- Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-07 Thread Brett Howard
I believe it may not be network-manager that is crashing but nm-applet. I find that I'm actually connected to the network but gnome seems to be out to lunch. I find that the new map built into the time applet seems to send gnome equally out to lunch when it hangs up. -- Connecting to other netwo

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-04-05 Thread Brett Howard
I tried this again in Beta 5 and it still seems to work exactly the same way. -- Loss of whitespace in text entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 138261] Re: (gutsy) pidgin unable to make buddy window narrower

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Install the extended preferences plugin and check the box that says allow me to make the thing narrower than normal. Piece of cake and the plugin is even in the repositories. -- (gutsy) pidgin unable to make buddy window narrower https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138261 You received this bug notif

[Bug 211662] Re: Cannot put chat window over buddy list

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13104141/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13104142/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13104143/ProcStatus.txt -- Cannot

[Bug 211662] [NEW] Cannot put chat window over buddy list

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin I seem unable to place a chat window over the buddy list. When moving a chat window over to the area where the buddy list is it goes behind it. This is running compiz w/ the ATI drivers installed via the restricted drivers nugget (or whatever its

[Bug 145134] Re: [gutsy] networkmanager crashes when trying to access a wpa-enterprise or open network

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
I should add that I'm using hardy and an ipw2200 -- [gutsy] networkmanager crashes when trying to access a wpa-enterprise or open network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145134 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 145134] Re: [gutsy] networkmanager crashes when trying to access a wpa-enterprise or open network

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
How does your X freeze? Is it actually X that freezes or is it gnome and the gnome-panel? I think this sounds quite similar to my experience that I have under bug 211471. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211471 -- [gutsy] networkmanager crashes when trying to access a wpa-enterprise or open ne

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Not sure if it adds much to the conversation but after deleting just the file in the keyrings dir under .gnome2 upon boot I was presented with a window asking for the network key. While this prompt was there the gnome-panel was white. After canceling out of this prompt the gnome- panel loaded. T

[Bug 211471] Re: Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
If I reboot with out deleting things in the ~/.gnome2 folder when it auto connects the gnome-panel doesn't load at all. It just looks like a white band. But I *DO* get connected to the network and my pidgin which auto loads *IS* able to sign onto the chat networks. I get a message box titled err

[Bug 211471] [NEW] Connecting to other networks causes gnome-panel to hang

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager This is similar to bug #185209 in that I've seen this happen on this box and fixed it by deleting some of the entries in ~/.gnome2. When I'm at home my computer works just fine on my WiFi access. My access is a WPA 802.11G point. When at

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Here is how the post came out in the end with the paragraph white space lost. ** Attachment added: "White space lost." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13096565/post%20after%20%28cropped%29.JPG -- Loss of whitespace in text entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210003 You received this bug notif

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-04-03 Thread Brett Howard
Here is how I typed the post up... ** Attachment added: "This the way that post was typed up" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13096495/post%20before%20%28cropped%29.JPG -- Loss of whitespace in text entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210003 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 210139] Re: In Save as once scrolled down the list of format types you can't scroll back up

2008-04-01 Thread Brett Howard
You're correct. When it scrolls down it fits it all and the blows away the arrows and everything is accounted for on the list. It just kinda threw me. Was a long day yesterday and I missed it. Thanks much gentlemen. -- In Save as once scrolled down the list of format types you can't scroll ba

Re: [Bug 210139] Re: In Save as once scrolled down the list of format types you can't scroll back up

2008-04-01 Thread Brett Howard
I was using writer and its not all that low of a res. Its 1440X1050. Right now my system is in the middle of a rebuild or I'd try it again but in the event that its still there for me I'll be more specific about where I have it in the screen and what not and take some screen captures if I can. E

[Bug 210139] [NEW] In Save as once scrolled down the list of format types you can't scroll back up

2008-04-01 Thread Brett Howard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org When you first get there there is an up arrow on the box but once you scroll down this up arrow goes away and the only way to get the top items back is to click out of the box and re-enter by clicking the button again. ** Affects: openoffi

[Bug 210003] Re: Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-03-31 Thread Brett Howard
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13008291/Dependencies.txt -- Loss of whitespace in text entry https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 210003] [NEW] Loss of whitespace in text entry

2008-03-31 Thread Brett Howard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 When entering posts into the University of Phoenix forum all white space is removed. If I enter a paragraph separation: Like this when I finally submit the post I get something that reads as though I never hit the enter key. This makes for