[Bug 1828107] Re: gvfs can't list shares from smb servers that disabled SMB1

2022-10-13 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Xubuntu 22.04.1 after upgrading from 20.04 In order to get multiple Windows 10 systems to "discover" the samba shares on two different Xubuntu systems, I had to re-enable SMB1 protocol on all the Windows systems. Microsoft apparently keeps disabling this on system updates. As reported above, old

[Bug 1974254] Re: Probles with Clutter

2022-05-22 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Tim, I followed your advice and yes, that fixed most of the problems I was having. Apparently there was a system update that required a reboot, but there was an error and it just said all updates applied. This has occurred on the past couple of updates that didn't have too many changes, but someth

[Bug 1974254] Re: Probles with Clutter

2022-05-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I will follow up elsewhere, but I would really like to understand the disposition of clutter, given the site I reported that says it is now gone. What is actually happening here? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1974254] Re: Probles with Clutter

2022-05-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
??? Can you be more specific. I am fully patched on 20.04.4 and I still get the same error reports from geeqie and cheese. Both worked until very recently and neither package was updated in quite some time. The developer of geeqie reported that he saw the same problem. Then he didn't! I am al

[Bug 1975384] Re: openshot has started crashing

2022-05-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I just tried to start kdenlive with similar bad results. There are so many programs failing that there must be some underlying common problem. 141-> kdenlive Icon theme "crystalsvg" not found. Icon theme "crystalsvg" not found. WARNING : Fails to parse "deinterlace" "videostab" is blacklisted "v

[Bug 1975384] [NEW] openshot has started crashing

2022-05-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 20.04.4 As of about a week ago, many programs have stopped working. I believe there was a buggy update that is responsible, although I cannot pinpoint it specifically. Clutter-gtk seems to have been changed (eliminated ??) which has affected many programs. See my r

[Bug 1974254] Re: Probles with Clutter

2022-05-20 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I wasn't sure of the package so I left field blank. I went back and added clutter-gtk. Hope that helps. ** Also affects: clutter-gtk (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 1974254] [NEW] Probles with Clutter

2022-05-19 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Running Xubuntu 20.04.4 I've started seeing all sorts of programs failing in the last week apparently due to clutter. This includes Geeqie and Cheese, and possibly Zoom, although I haven't tracked down the problem there. For example, when I try to start geeqie, I get: Can'

[Bug 1776800] Re: Unable to start snap applications if user's home directory is not /home/$USER

2022-05-16 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Just to make sure the note is here, my home directory is not in /home at all, but located under /u which is a mount point for an external volume on another disk. I experienced the same problem trying to run a snap. Whatever the solution, it should be generalized to any $HOME location. -- You rec

[Bug 1918375] Re: Obscure Window Manager Problem [Enhancement]

2022-03-15 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Not getting much attention here! :-) Here is some additional information that might be useful. I was having problems with new windows being created and hidden underneath existing windows. In a forum discussion it was suggested to turn off (uncheck) the "Activate focus stealing prevention" on th

[Bug 1859526] Re: xfwm4 crashing after Xubuntu 19.10 upgrade

2021-09-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Yes, after 18.04, it was no longer possible to run two independent desktop sessions, even if you have a single GPU supporting multiple screens. It boggles my mind why this incredibly useful capability was allowed to just die. You can still gang the two screens together with the panel running on on

[Bug 1828107] Re: gvfs can't list shares from smb servers that disabled SMB1

2021-04-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Regarding my previous comment, disregard the issue about Windows 10 having problems accessing the Samba shares. This turned out to be a strange password problem with samba. Resetting the user's password to the same value that it already was immediately cleared the issue and all windows machines c

[Bug 1828107] Re: gvfs can't list shares from smb servers that disabled SMB1

2021-04-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Just to add another voice to the crowd, I'm on Xubuntu 20.04 and I just ran across this problem myself. I am using the Nemo file browser, but the same thing occurs with Nautilus and Thunar. I didn't notice the problem for a long while because I had three legacy Windows machines on the network (al

[Bug 1918375] [NEW] Obscure Window Manager Problem [Enhancement]

2021-03-09 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 20.04 xfwm4 4.14.1-0ubuntu1 This is a problem that only occurs under very specific conditions. However, I think it is problematic enough to deserve consideration for an enhancement. My setup includes multiple (8) virtual desktops. I use Meta-{L,R}ArrowKey to move b

[Bug 1918017] Re: ksh93 problems

2021-03-08 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I did manually install ksh93u and all is back to normal on my machine. However, the 2020 package still gets reported in synaptic, hiding all mention of ksh93. Even under the "Installed (manual)" section, ksh is listed, but still reported as version 2020. There is no recognition of 93u being in th

[Bug 1895246] Re: Plugin calls the incorrect API

2021-03-07 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Maintainer: please update the 20.04 focal repository with a working package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1895246 Title: Plugin calls the incorrect API To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1918017] Re: ksh93 problems

2021-03-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
** Package changed: ubuntu => ksh (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1918017 Title: ksh93 problems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubunt

[Bug 1918017] [NEW] ksh93 problems

2021-03-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Running Xubuntu 20.04.02 I've been running ksh93 for 40 years now. Somewhere in the recent past, ksh started performing in strange ways. In particular, it stopped adding commands with faulty syntax to the command history list, rendering them unavailable for recall and editi

[Bug 1899991] [NEW] indicator-appmenu causing some application menubars to not display

2020-10-15 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 20.04 (Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS) indicator-appmenu 15.02.0+16.10 20160927-0ubuntu5 From std package repository After upgrading to Xubuntu 20-04, I found that the menubar (File, Edit, etc.) was not displaying in LibreOffice and Clementine. Most apps, including xfce4-termin

[Bug 1898891] [NEW] anacron cron.weekly error: AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'

2020-10-07 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Ever since upgrading to Xubuntu 20.04, anacron throws the following error weekly. This seems to be a common problem reported on the web regarding python 3.8. Apparently some file or library is outdated, but I have not seen this error reported in relation to anacron. -

[Bug 1861453] [NEW] The chromium-browser snap package fails to run

2020-01-30 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 19.10 chromium-browser 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.19.10.2 Transitional package - chromium-browser -> chromium snap Chromium worked fine before the upgrade to 19.10. There has been a transition to snap packaging. My first attempt to launch the browser results in: % chro

[Bug 1860936] [NEW] No online ksh (or csh) manual page

2020-01-26 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Although ksh(1) and csh(1) are supported packages, there does not appear to be a manual page for either, under any release, at http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ These should be added. Accessing from Xubuntu 19.10. ** Affects: ubuntu-manpage-repository Importance: Undecided

[Bug 1859526] Re: xfwm4 crashing after Xubuntu 19.10 upgrade

2020-01-20 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Following up: The xfwm4 crashing problem has to do with defining more than one independent screen in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. This is a problem observed by at least one other person. By commenting out the second screen in the ServerLayout section, it was possible to get the system running us

[Bug 1859526] [NEW] xfwm4 crashing after Xubuntu 19.10 upgrade

2020-01-13 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: After recovering from a failed upgrade from Xubuntu 19.04 to 19.10, I'm left with a system where the xfwm4 window manager is constantly crashing. I get a desktop on my primary screen :0.0 but there is neither a xfce4-panel nor a window manager. With great difficulty I can st

[Bug 1846510] Re: xfpanel-switch fails to save panel settings

2019-10-03 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Here it is. ** Attachment added: "xfce4-panel.xml" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfpanel-switch/+bug/1846510/+attachment/5294139/+files/xfce4-panel.xml -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1846510] [NEW] xfpanel-switch fails to save panel settings

2019-10-03 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: I originally reported this under bugid 1765565, but was asked to open this report as a new bug. I'm on Xubuntu 19.04, fully patched with xfpanel-switch version 1.0.7-ubuntu2 and I'm having the same or similar problem as noted by the original reporter (bugid 1765565). When I

[Bug 1360071] Re: Scrollbar has non-standard operation

2019-09-30 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Just checking back. It is now 09-30-19, I'm on Xubuntu 19.04, and this has not yet been addressed in Synaptic 0.84.5. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360071 Title: Scrollbar has non-

[Bug 1765565] Re: xfpanel-switch is failing to save panel settings

2019-09-25 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I'm on Xubuntu 19.04, fully patched with xfpanel-switch version 1.0.7-ubuntu2 and I'm having the same or similar problem as noted by the original reporter. When I start xfpanel-switch manually, here are the errors reported upon startup, when the first save configuration is pressed, and finally whe

[Bug 1843192] [NEW] Requesting update for xtide package

2019-09-08 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 19.04 Xtide 2.13.2 package from the standard package repository There is a newer version of xtide available. The current package is not compiled against livxaw3dxft and consequently does not have support for most Ubuntu fonts. Adding this would be a great improvemen

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-07-22 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I am VERY interested in continuing work on this. I'm now running 19.04 and the problem persists. I cannot change the status so please update it. There has been a long running discussion on the Xfce buglist which you can review here: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15116 The problem s

[Bug 1822866] Re: package sendmail-bin 8.15.2-12 failed to install/upgrade: installed sendmail-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

2019-07-13 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Just adding another voice to this thread. I had the same problem during the upgrade. The failure for sendmail-bin to properly configure caused the sensible-mta, dovecot-core and inn2 packages to all fail to properly update due to dependency problems. Thanks to Mirko above, who suggested a soluti

[Bug 1825249] Re: fonts garbled in firefox browser -- only on certain pages

2019-06-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
No, I haven't done that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1825249 Title: fonts garbled in firefox browser -- only on certain pages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https:/

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-30 Thread C. Jeffery Small
As previously reported, I've tried a number of different Nvidia and the X.Org drivers with no better results. And as previously reported: -- 54-> xrandr Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 16384 x 16384 DVI-I-0 connected 1600x1200+0

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-20 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Steve, I also made an earlier report to Nvidia regarding this. You might consider adding a comment at the following link in order to prod more discussion and involvement there as well. Regards. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1046553/linux/quadro-k4000 -second-monitor-problem-on-xubuntu

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-19 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Steve, thanks for looking into this with 19.04. I wasn't expecting that it would improve things, but I decided that if I was going to pour more effort into this, U would wait for the next OS release. Yes, the other post may not be directly relevant to our problem, but it's still interesting. I'v

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-18 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Thanks Steve. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822181 Title: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launc

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-18 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Steve, glad to see that there is someone else with this problem, but sorry that you are also experiencing the difficulties. Like Steve, I tried using Xinerama and was able to get the single desktop to span the two monitors, but starting a second desktop, as desired, does not work. This is why I i

[Bug 1825249] [NEW] fonts garbled in firefox browser -- only on certain pages

2019-04-17 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 18.10 and earlier releases Firefox browser 66.0.3 and every earlier version of the Quantum releases There has been a font display problem on Firefox add-on pages (and a very few other random sites) ever since the Quantum browser was released. I reported this to the F

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-04 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Is there anyone else in the Xubuntu world running a dual monitor dual desktop configuration? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822181 Title: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-04-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Any takers? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822181 Title: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-03-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
This is an automated message: OK automated message, I'd be happy to list a specific source package if I knew what it might be. I really am not sure what might be responsible here any more than the people in the Xfce group were. If some humans on the team could review this issue and have a sugges

[Bug 1822181] Re: Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-03-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Not sure that this is the correct package, but it's a starting point. ** Package changed: ubuntu => xfwm4 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822181 Title: Ubuntu 18.10 broke du

[Bug 1822181] [NEW] Ubuntu 18.10 broke dual-screen dual-desktop configuration

2019-03-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: I'm running Xubuntu. I finally reported this problem to the Xfce group and received this response: "As arandr/xrandr does not detect correctly your 2nd screen, this seems that it is not related directly to Xfce, but a bug in Xubuntu stack. Can you please open a bug on Xubunt

[Bug 1814838] Re: xpdf

2019-03-24 Thread C. Jeffery Small
There is now a 4.01.01 version. I have found that the pre-compiled versions on the XpdfReader.com site do not properly support printing to local printers, but a custom compiled version under Xubuntu 18.10 with system libraries does work. Please check that cups printers are displayed on the print

[Bug 1814838] [NEW] xpdf

2019-02-05 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.10 There is a new version 4.00.01 of xpdf and associated tools, available since 08-15-17. The current 3.04 version should be updated in the package archives. http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: N

[Bug 1243354] Re: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time

2018-09-30 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Xubuntu 18.04: I also have two screens running two different Xfce sessions, and like others reporting here, I have had a devil of a time getting this xfce4-terminal program to run on the two monitors by specifying the --display=:0.0 and --display=:0.1 options. I have a script that launches the te

[Bug 1789759] [NEW] All online manpages formatted very badly

2018-08-29 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: OS: Xubuntu 18.04 Tested browsers: Firefox 61.0.1, Chromium 68.0.3440.106 See: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/ In some recent attempt to reformat the Ubuntu online manual pages, some disastrous decisions were made. First, the overall appearance of the pages looks extr

[Bug 1754886] Re: Eclipse fails to start on fresh 18.04 installation

2018-08-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I don't understand how things as critical as this are not being fixed immediately? Netbeans also fails to start. This is a java problem in both cases. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1775766 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netbeans/+bug/1763091 -- You received

[Bug 1777296] [NEW] Synaptic scrollbar does not work properly

2018-06-16 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 18.04 Synaptic 0.84.3 Many years ago this problem was reported and it still has not been addressed. The main scrollbar works opposite of almost all other scrollbars everywhere. If you B1 click in the scrollbar gutter (i.e., above or below the movable bar), the conte

[Bug 1716749] Re: Synaptics is not fully aware of display environment

2018-06-16 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Well, it's 06-16-2018 and we're up to Xubuntu 18.04 and this problem has not been addressed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716749 Title: Synaptics is not fully aware of display envi

[Bug 1776576] Re: Ubuntu 18.04 uograde: samba fails to run

2018-06-15 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Sorry for the delay in responding. Everything is finally resolved. Here is what I found. The Ubuntu OS was upgraded for a week and the system was rebooted multiple times before I noticed the samba problem. At that point, in addition to trying to start the samba-ad-dc service, I also had tried ma

[Bug 1776576] Re: Ubuntu 18.04 uograde: samba fails to run

2018-06-12 Thread C. Jeffery Small
A slightly modified smb.conf for conceal some personal info. ** Attachment added: "smb.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1776576/+attachment/5151907/+files/smb.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1776576] [NEW] Ubuntu 18.04 uograde: samba fails to run

2018-06-12 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Samba has been running properly in all previous version of Xubuntu up through 17.10 with server role = standalone. After the 18.04 upgrade, all samba services fail to start as noted below. numerous changes were made, including advice from the net to add "client max protocol

[Bug 1775770] [NEW] netbeans runtime error

2018-06-07 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: As with eclipse, netbeans was running under 17.10 but fails after the 18.04 upgrade. When started as either: /usr/bin/netbeans or /usr/bin/netbeans --jdkhome /usr/lib/jvm/default-java (NOTE: default-java points to java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64) It generates the following erro

[Bug 1775766] [NEW] eclipse java runtime error error

2018-06-07 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Eclipse was running properly under 17.10. After the upgrade to 18.04, attempts to start it produce the following error: !SESSION Thu Jun 07 22:26:49 PDT 2018 -- !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2018-06-07 22:26:49.702 !MESSAGE E

[Bug 1775347] Re: Upgrade to 18.04 caused wrong graphics driver to be installed

2018-06-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
The update status link in the above comment does not work. I don't see an option on this page to update/edit the status. This seems like an installation issue and not something related to a package, but if I had to select a package related to this, I would say: nvidia-driver-390 390.48-0ubuntu3

[Bug 1775349] Re: services(5) manual page formatting is screwed up for bionic

2018-06-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Also: netstt(8), route(8), ufw(8), iptables(8), etc. etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775349 Title: services(5) manual page formatting is screwed up for bionic To manage notifica

[Bug 1775349] Re: services(5) manual page formatting is screwed up for bionic

2018-06-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Same problem with service(8) manpage. Someone should bake a full check of the manual pages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775349 Title: services(5) manual page formatting is screwe

[Bug 1775347] [NEW] Upgrade to 18.04 caused wrong graphics driver to be installed

2018-06-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Upgrading Xubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 Using Nvidia Quadro K4000 Graphics Card with proprietary driver and dual screens After the upgrade, which went smoothly, only one screen was recognized and the system was almost unusable. The Xorg process was running wild, consuming almost al

[Bug 1775349] [NEW] services(5) manual page formatting is screwed up for bionic

2018-06-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: See: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man5/services.5.html The formatting for this page is bad. It was OK in artful. See attached image. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of services(5) manpage

[Bug 1716749] [NEW] Synaptics is not fully aware of display environment

2017-09-12 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: In a dual monitor environment where separate Xfce4 desktops are running on each monitor, you can start Synaptic in either desktop environment, but if you start it on display :0.1, it shows the Authenticate pop-up window on display :0.0. Once the password is entered, the main

[Bug 1526450] Re: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index:ImportError:/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index@104:setupIndexing:__init__:__init__:load_source:_load:_load_unlocked:exec_module:_call_with_frames_rem

2016-07-19 Thread C. Jeffery Small
FYI: I really know little about this issue, but I upgraded to Xubuntu 16.04 about six weeks ago and received this error report from anacron last night. I never saw this on earlier releases, and this is the first time it has occurred since the upgrade. After researching the error message, I thoug

[Bug 1584254] [NEW] Missing online manual pages for tightvncserver package

2016-05-20 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: There is an online manual page for xtightvncviewer at: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/en/man1/xtightvncviewer.1.html However, all the links to related programs on this page, including: vncserver(1), Xvnc(1), vncpasswd(1), vncconnect(1) are broken links. Most

[Bug 1443002] [NEW] RawTherapee causes exceptions with xfce4

2015-04-11 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xubuntu 14.10 Xfce4 4.10.1 RawTherapee 4.0.12+dfsg-2 RawTherapee runs fine under normal usage. However every attempt to change the theme or font: Preferences->General->Select Theme (or Select Font) causes the display/desktop/window manager to disappear and then redisplay.

[Bug 1415699] [NEW] Problem with the ifup(8), ifdown(8) & ifquery(8) online manual pages

2015-01-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 14.10: When accessing the ifup(8) and ifdown(8) and ifquery(8) manual pages online: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man8/ifup.8.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man8/ifdown.8.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man8/ifque

[Bug 1415651] [NEW] Serious problem with /lib/lsb/init-dunctions.d/01-upstart-lsb

2015-01-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Ubuntu server 14.10 with xfce4 desktop Any attempt to halt samba with either "service samba stop" or "/etc/init.d/samba stop" fails with the following message: stop: Unknown instance: Examining /etc/init.d/samba shows that stop issues: stop) /etc/init.d/samba-ad-dc

[Bug 1362963] Re: findsmb command is missing from smbclient package

2015-01-28 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Rather than make a separate bug report, I'll just add that swat is also missing from the distribution. There is no local or online manual page for this utility in 14.10 and synaptic does not show anything, so it may have been intentionally dropped. Worth confirming. -- You received this bug not

[Bug 1415142] [NEW] lpstat(1) and cancel(1) online manual pages corrupted

2015-01-27 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Ubuntu 14.10 utopic Try to look up lpstat(1) command: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi- bin/search.py?q=lpstat&op=&cx=003883529982892832976%3A5zl6o8w6f0s&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8 Select the utopic entry for lpstat(1): http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/lpstat.1

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2015-01-08 Thread C. Jeffery Small
"Please don't overwrite standard tools like ls" No kidding! It was not something that I did intentionally -- just that day's brain-fart. :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406735 Ti

[Bug 1400669] Re: package spamassassin 3.4.0-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2015-01-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Follow-up to my two previous notes. I discovered a self-made problem with a script on my system that was causing the invoke-rc.d step of the installation to fail. This may explain why the spamassassin postinst script did not run in this instance. For more detains on the nature of bug for the ude

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2015-01-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Martin: I did a lot of additional investigating into the link issue and I believe I have discovered the problem which was on my end. For many years I have have has a bunch of aliases for /bin/ls defined. For example: alias l="/bin/ls -al" alias lx="/bin/ls -FC" alias lt="/bin/ls -AFCt" As alia

[Bug 950662] Re: Waiting for network message on bootup when all network devices are up

2015-01-04 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I would like to second that this problem is active in 14.10. System: Custom server with dual Intel Xeon E5-2630 CPU and dual ethernet ports OS: Bare metal install of Ubuntu server 14.10 plus xfce4 (xubuntu) desktop After the OS install, the system has consistently been hanging as reported above

[Bug 1400669] Re: package spamassassin 3.4.0-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2015-01-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Follow up to my previous note: I have been working on a similar installation problem with the udev package and received some help from Martin Pitt. Based upon his suggestions, I ran the following command: # env DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE=spamassassin DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME=postinst sh -ex /var/lib

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2015-01-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Martin: The previous invocation of /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst configure seems to have cleared the problem so I didn't rerun this command. However, I was installing other packages and while installing evolution, ran into my old nemisis: spamassassin which failed in a similar manner, creating

[Bug 1400669] Re: package spamassassin 3.4.0-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2015-01-02 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Note: There seem to be multiple active bug reports regarding this problem, including one previously submitted by me. These might need to all be merged together. OS: xubuntu 14.10 Error occurred when installing the evolution packages using synaptic. In my case the error message are as follows:

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2014-12-31 Thread C. Jeffery Small
PPS: OK, I misunderstood the messages regarding mdadm. It is complaning about an array that is NOT related to booting, but gets mounted through fstab. At first I though that it was implying that the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file was corrupted and that support for mdadm had been eliminated from /boo

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2014-12-31 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Follow up: I was curious to see what the exit status of the udev.postinst command was, so I ran it again and here is what happened this time! - # sh -ex /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst configure ; echo $? + set -e + update_hwdb + udevadm hwdb --update + chrooted + stat -

[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2014-12-31 Thread C. Jeffery Small
As a test, I tried installing the Chrome browser packages. Here is what is reported by synaptic: E: udev: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 E: systemd: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured E: libpam-systemd: 41.3793:dependency problems - leaving u

[Bug 1406735] [NEW] package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2014-12-31 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: A few weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 server with the addition of the xubuntu-desktop packages. Everything started out alright until i tried to install sendmail in place of postfix. That installaton failed, reporting a similar error: "subprocess installed post-installati

[Bug 1400025] [NEW] package ebtables 2.0.10.4-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

2014-12-06 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: As i attempt to install packages on this system, there seems to be a cascading set of post-install script errors extending back to the spamassassin install problem. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: ebtables 2.0.10.4-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubun

[Bug 1384381] [NEW] Would like to see color profile option added

2014-10-22 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: This is an enhancement request. Xubuntu 14.04.1 xfce4-terminal 0.6.3 I would like to see the ability to adjust the background and text colors be made available on a window-by-window basis. The ability to display terminal windows with different color schemes is often useful.

[Bug 1244629] Re: SRU xfce4-weather-plugin, currently showing 'No Data'

2014-10-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Also looking forward to a properly functioning release for Ubuntu 14.04.1. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244629 Title: SRU xfce4-weather-plugin, currently showing 'No Data' To mana

[Bug 1377795] [NEW] Some games in ace-of-penguins fail to display window decorations

2014-10-05 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: ace-of-penguins Version: 1.4-0ubuntu2 Xubuntu: 14.04.1 xfce4: 4.10.1 ace-freecell, solitare, thornq and spider work properly ace-canfield, golf, mastermind, merlin, minesweaper, pegged, taipedit and taipei all start and run, but fail to display window border and decorations.

[Bug 1365847] Re: Firefox audio problem with flash plugin

2014-09-19 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Here is some additional information relating to this issue. As best as I can tell, the Opera browser (ver. 12.16) is using the same plugins as Firefox (32). When I visit the following page: http://flash.flowplayer.org/plugins/flash/content.html Opera produces audio output with this video while

[Bug 1365847] Re: Firefox audio problem with flash plugin

2014-09-09 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I hope someone will review this and treat it as a serious bug! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365847 Title: Firefox audio problem with flash plugin To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 1367492] [NEW] Suggested addition to the mdadm(8) manual page

2014-09-09 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: The mdadm(8) manual page: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/mdadm.8.html does not explicitly mention the optional --manage and --misc mode options. However, the official Linux Raid Wiki: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid does refer to these i

[Bug 1365847] Re: Firefox audio problem with flash plugin

2014-09-05 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Somehow this got tagged for the mdadm package although I know that I set it properly. I'm updating the target package to the flash plugin. ** Package changed: mdadm (Ubuntu) => flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1365847] [NEW] Firefox audio problem with flash plugin

2014-09-04 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Xeon E5 64 bit system Xubuntu 14.04.1 Firefox 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.1 Audio plays properly on this system through all media players as well as the Chrome and Opera browsers. However, no sound was issuing from the Firefox

[Bug 1160569]

2014-09-04 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Xubuntu 14.04.1 Every time I attempt to run the apport-bug bug reporting command, it tries to load data into an instance of firefox [30, 31, 32] which repeatedly fails with Firefox reporting: -- File not found Firefox cannot find the file at /https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 1365158] [NEW] apport-bug repeatedly fails

2014-09-03 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: When running apport-bug as either root or as a regular user, it always fails as follows: * I type apport-bug * System data is collected and displayed in a pop-up window. I continue. * The browser (firefox) is displayed with an error: -

[Bug 1365141] [NEW] Documentaton error in mdadm (and related ?) packages

2014-09-03 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: The mdadm(8), md(4), and possible other manual pages reference mkraid(8) in the SEE ALSO section. However, these links at least in the trusty hierarchy, are broken. Synaptic, cmd and locate do not report the existence of the mkraid command. If this command does not exist, a

[Bug 1362963] [NEW] findsmb command is missing from smbclient package

2014-08-29 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: [Note: I cannot report this using apport-bug as that command is currently failing on this system.] The findsmb command is missing from the package: smbclient 2.4.1.6 +dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3 Note that the manual page is included, but the command itself is missing. There is a

[Bug 1193236] Re: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-*

2014-08-29 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I would like to also confir this bug in a 14.04.1 system. I would live to report this using apport-bug but it is that very command that is failing! Here is the terminal output seen when attempting to run this commad: ---

[Bug 1361478] [NEW] Packaging dependency error for checkbox-gui

2014-08-25 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: After a fresh install of 14.04.1, attempts to start checkbox-gui failed with: checkbox-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Xml.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory A reload of the checkbox-gui package did not improve the situation. Aft

[Bug 1360756] Re: The URI ‘help:ubuntu-help/index’ does not point to a valid page.

2014-08-24 Thread C. Jeffery Small
I also have this problem. I recently installed 14.04.1 on a new Xeon system and did not see this for a few days. However, as I have done system configuration, I now find that every time I log in, I get a pop- up window with a title "Document Not Found" and the above message at the content. The y

[Bug 1360071] [NEW] Scrollbar has non-standard operation

2014-08-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Synaptic 0.81.1 Xubuntu 14.04.1 Intel Xeon 64-bit system Sun Type-6 keyboard and 3-button USB mouse This is an enhancement request and may be related to the GUI toolkit being used. The synaptic vertical scrollbar does not operate like most others, making the use of this util

[Bug 1359547] Re: Setting an initial title (-T or --title) breaks dynamic titles

2014-08-21 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Sorry for the confusion on my part and thanks for pointing me in the proper direction. I did find an open bug (#2908) discussion this issue which you can find here: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2908 I added some additional comments to that thread. I assume you will now close this b

[Bug 1359547] [NEW] Setting an initial title (-T or --title) breaks dynamic titles

2014-08-20 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Setting up a new Xubuntu 14.04.1 system, I discovered that if xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1ubuntu1) is started with an initial title using the -T or --title flags, then dynamic title updating can never occur. Starting the terminal without using -T or --title option results in prope

[Bug 1334909] [NEW] Persistent error after upgrade: ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb

2014-06-26 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Public bug reported: Hardware: Asus U56E Upgrade from Xubuntu 13.10 64-bit to 14.04 64-bit # lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release:14.04 I just upgraded to 14.04. During the upgrade I received the error: " ERROR: unsupported sector size 4096 on /dev/sdb." multiple tim

[Bug 1302762] Re: gpartedbin crashed with SIGSEGV in _int_free()

2014-06-26 Thread C. Jeffery Small
Phillip: OK, I'll file another bug report on this issue. However, because of the identical error message showing up, I thought you would be interested in seeing this report. I hoped that it would throw some additional light onto what might actually be the source of the problem. Regards. -- You

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