[Bug 1710971] Re: Unmatched entries in cron and secure

2017-08-17 Thread Christian Mertes
** Tags removed: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710971 Title: Unmatched entries in cron and secure To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1710971] [NEW] Unmatched entries in cron and secure

2017-08-15 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: We collect on an Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-128-generic x86_64) monitoring server logs from our network. This network contains Scientific Linux 7.3 desktops and servers and our authentication server is based on FreeIPA. When running logwatch on the monitoring

[Bug 1413283] Re: "Set as default" is absent from "Open with.." context menu

2017-02-01 Thread Christian Mertes
Sorry for the "me, too" comment but I just want to press how much of an oversight this is for a very common use case. I was close to giving up before I finally found a page detailing the "set as default" button's hiding place. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1118447] Re: Race condition with network and NFS mounts causes boottime hang

2016-10-16 Thread Christian Mertes
Hey, here in our institute we use VMware ESXi to deploy Ubuntu 14.04 machines running: Linux hostname 3.13.0-98-generic #145-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 8 20:13:07 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And we experiencing the same bug with the NFS race condition. Is there already a bugfix after 2

[Bug 1543280] Re: Synaptic fails with "W: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)"

2016-09-11 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1522675 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522675 Thanks for this nice workaround, John, but I would strongly suggest not to execute that first line. If you have already, set the permissions back to 755. Instead, the better way to fix this permission

[Bug 1194231] Re: Typo in Error Message

2016-08-21 Thread Christian Mertes
This is more than a year old?! WTF guys, it's literally a one-byte change! My computer is supposed to correct my spelling, not the other way around. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 30378] Re: Joystick activity does not stop the screensaver

2016-08-03 Thread Christian Mertes
Dammit, I missed the tenth birthday of this incredibly annoying bug. Anyway, belated happy birthday! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30378 Title: Joystick activity does not

[Bug 1315703] [NEW] Keyboard shortcuts don't work for non-English layouts

2014-05-03 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: As reported in several reports such as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320423, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309193 and https://bugreports.qt- project.org/browse/QTBUG-32908 since Qt 4.5 there is a bug that breaks keyboard shortcuts for all non-US layouts (some or

[Bug 635026]

2014-03-26 Thread Christian Mertes
(In reply to comment #9) inline static bool isPaperColor( QRgb argb ) { return (argb 0xFF) == (Settings::paperColor().rgb() 0xFF); } Would there be a similar possibility to use the actual page color of the PDF if it isn't white? Because as it stands now, this only works for a

[Bug 1199324] [NEW] package linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic 3.2.0-48.74 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1

2013-07-09 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: These package failures keep popping up. I tried to reinstall the linux-* packages but this is the result :/ ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic 3.2.0-48.74 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-48.74-generic 3.2.46 Uname: Linux

[Bug 1199324] Re: package linux-image-3.2.0-48-generic 3.2.0-48.74 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1

2013-07-09 Thread Christian Mertes
No that didn't fix it but I had the brilliant idea to pay some more attention to the actual error messages. Turns out I shot myself in the foot when I decided to safe some disk space a couple of weeks ago. Deep down in my gut I knew it was a stupid idea to merge all identical files by hardlinking

[Bug 830677] Re: Volume meters take too much CPU

2013-07-05 Thread Christian Mertes
I actually tried to fix this once, halfheartedly though. If I recall correctly, it's not a busy wait but rather the graphical meters get updated every time a new volume value is available. Which is too often obviously. Strangely enough, just saving the current value and only updating the graphical

[Bug 1194253] [NEW] package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: My system has been running quite smoothly for a while now but several days ago, package operations kept failing. This is the output of apt- get: update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing

[Bug 1194254] [NEW] package linux-image-3.2.0-49-generic 3.2.0-49.75 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: This is probably the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1194253 but I don't know which package is the culprit. Everything I said there applies to this bug, too. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package:

[Bug 1194253] Re: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1194254 is probably the same bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194253 Title: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to

[Bug 1194275] [NEW] package linux-image-3.2.0-49-generic 3.2.0-49.75 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1194254 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194254 Public bug reported: This is probably the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1194253 but I don't know which package is the culprit. Everything I said there applies to this

[Bug 1194276] [NEW] package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1194253 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194253 Public bug reported: This is probably the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1194253 but I don't know which package is the culprit. Everything I said there applies to this

[Bug 1194253] Re: package gconf2 3.2.5-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 126

2013-06-24 Thread Christian Mertes
... nd https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/1194276 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1194275. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194253 Title:

[Bug 958188] Re: SMART causes SSD to die with unhandled error code

2013-03-26 Thread Christian Mertes
I'm getting the exact same errors with a Crucial SSD (M4-CT064M4SSD2). It happens spontaneously as far as I can see and I can't even shut down the machine anymore. After a hard shutoff and rebooting, everything works fine again. Until the next event. SMART doesn't show any problems but I haven't

[Bug 1067772] Re: Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)]

2013-02-23 Thread Christian Mertes
Joseph, still there? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067772 Title: Wireless connection frequently drops

[Bug 952997] Re: Selecting/installing tar.gz icon theme or mouse cursor theme crashes lxappearance

2013-01-05 Thread Christian Mertes
Cory, this seems to be a new, slightly fixed behaviour then. In Precise, the icon theme is not changed after the crash. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952997 Title:

[Bug 1067772] Re: Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)]

2012-12-18 Thread Christian Mertes
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067772 Title: Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice

[Bug 1087722] [NEW] inkscape crashes on open clipart library preview

2012-12-07 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1. Open import from open clipart library dialogue 2. search for clock 3. click on roman clock Inkscape will crash when trying to show a preview for (probably) this clipart: http://openclipart.org/detail/79933 ** Affects: inkscape Importance:

[Bug 1087722] Re: inkscape crashes on open clipart library preview

2012-12-07 Thread Christian Mertes
The inkscape version string is: Inkscape 0.48.3.1 r9886 (Mar 29 2012) on Ubuntu 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087722 Title: inkscape crashes on open clipart library preview

[Bug 1087722] Re: inkscape crashes on open clipart library preview

2012-12-07 Thread Christian Mertes
So in the latest version this is fixed? In that case this can be closed I guessed :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087722 Title: inkscape crashes on open clipart library preview

[Bug 1067772] Re: Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)]

2012-10-18 Thread Christian Mertes
Will this quantal upstream kernel work for 12.04? I have to ask because I don't have direct access to the machine and its user is not exactly Linux savvy. So if this fails completely, the kernel won't be the only one to panic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 953631] Re: NM disconnects frequently on wlan0: deauthenticating ... by local choice (reason=3)

2012-10-17 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 548992 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548992 Same here on a Dell Vostro 1015 with an AR9285 Atheros card. Thomas' power off/power on line only makes things worse (reconnect happens immediately). On this machine there is practically no connection at all

[Bug 1067772] [NEW] Wireless connection frequently drops [deauthenticating by local choice (reason=3)]

2012-10-17 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: This is basically a duplicate of Bug 548992 but Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre said that that bug is marked as fixed and closed and if the issue reoccurs then we should file a new bug report. So I file a new bug report :) I hope all relevant info is automatically attached to this

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-10-02 Thread Christian Mertes
You should definitely use LUKS instead of ecryptfs, Alan. There is no indication that this bug got fixed or even looked into since it has been reported. If by cause you mean what triggers this bug: when the FS containing the ecryptfs files runs out of space, files in the ecryptfs volume get

[Bug 239999] Re: nm should support easy bonding

2012-09-23 Thread Christian Mertes
** Also affects: network-manager-applet via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=540995 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/23

[Bug 254202] Re: server-error-internal-error while adding printer

2012-09-10 Thread Christian Mertes
This happened to me when I tried to add a PPD that was already installed in /usr/share/cups/model/Dell/. This should definitely be handled more gracefully. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1042663] [NEW] Sylpheed freezes when fetching mail

2012-08-28 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: When fetching mail from an IMAP server, Sylpheed sometimes freezes irrecoverably. This seems to be related to the option filter new messages in INBOX on receiving. I don't experience this bug when this option is not checked. I noticed Sylpheed to be a beta version. Is this a

[Bug 1042663] Re: Sylpheed freezes when fetching mail

2012-08-28 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042663 Title: Sylpheed freezes when fetching mail To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-08-27 Thread Christian Mertes
@jbwiv What unencrypted counterparts? @karla The syslog messages are normal for this bug, see the original description. What you can do is resize your partition with gparted, create a new crypto partition using LUKS, copy all data to the new crypto partition and reconfigure pam_mount to use crypt

[Bug 969359] Re: [keyboard]: gnome-settings-daemon consumes 100% cpu (and blinking numlock)

2012-08-06 Thread Christian Mertes
** This bug has been flagged as a security vulnerability ** Visibility changed to: Private -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969359 Title: [keyboard]: gnome-settings-daemon consumes

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-08-05 Thread Christian Mertes
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 911507 eCryptfs should initialize existing empty files at open() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957843 Title: files in eCryptFS Private

[Bug 911507] Re: eCryptfs should initialize existing empty files at open()

2012-08-02 Thread Christian Mertes
FĂ©lim Whiteley, did you read the other bugs before marking them as duplicates? Bug #957843 is about data loss (and none of the devs seems to care -- man am I happy I left ecryptfs for good), whereas in this bug people are discussing whether this or that fix might or might not result in data loss.

[Bug 994498] Re: Kile crashes when it is closing

2012-07-16 Thread Christian Mertes
You should be able to close the project without any problems. Not an ideal workaround but better than editing the kilerc by hand. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994498 Title: Kile

[Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

2012-07-05 Thread Christian Mertes
Luca, what's that command? It fails for me but then there isn't much of a sentence around it to explain what you mean exactly. Did it use to work but doesn't anymore? In any case, a solution to remove old kernels is much needed. It's tedious for those who know how to do it and an impossible task

[Bug 239999] Re: nm should support easy bonding

2012-06-25 Thread Christian Mertes
Zsolt, in terms of documentation there is http://docs.redhat.com/docs /en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s1 -networkscripts-interfaces.html of course. NetworkManager is graphical configuration tool which provides an easy way to make changes to the various network interface

[Bug 239999] Re: nm should support easy bonding

2012-06-25 Thread Christian Mertes
Mlx, but can I configure a device there, that NM *can* use? I always took it that the devices there kind of supersede NM. So if I configure eth0 and wlan0 to *not* do DHCP so that bond0 can, what will happen when I'm in an environment where my static bonding configuration does not apply and I need

[Bug 740630] Re: [needs-packaging] GNU parallel

2012-05-31 Thread Christian Mertes
The Debian link is also interesting in the regard that it taught me the -P option of xargs which seems to do exactly what GNU parallel also does. I didn't know this and I guess xargs is a more proven and well- established piece of software. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 700958] Re: tail -f gives misleading error message when inotify limit is reached

2012-05-31 Thread Christian Mertes
Fixed in coreutils 8.6 as per upstream bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700958 Title: tail -f gives misleading error message when inotify limit is reached To manage

[Bug 994498] Re: Kile crashes when it is closing

2012-05-29 Thread Christian Mertes
Does someone know where to vote for the related bug that kile will fire up the Crash Reporting Assistant which will complain of missing debug packages but refuse to report the bug at all because it's not helpful enough? Good way to reduce the number of bug reports, bad way to improve the quality

[Bug 830677] Re: Volume meters take too much CPU

2012-05-28 Thread Christian Mertes
On an Atom this is a real issue. I see this behaviour in Precise, too. gnome-volume-control is no real alternative. AFAIK only pavucontrol and kmix allow audio streams to be redirected to a different sound device while they are playing (from local to pulse audio network sound device say). I cannot

[Bug 697676] Re: ntp wakes once per second [was: ntp kills polar bears]

2012-05-25 Thread Christian Mertes
That much for the other spin I guess: https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=802 The upstream bug is set to wontfix with the primary reason being ignorance if I may say so. They don't see the problem. It's just once per second and mostly we don't even do anything! Read the thread, people

[Bug 697676] Re: ntp wakes once per second [was: ntp kills polar bears]

2012-05-25 Thread Christian Mertes
That much for the other spin I guess: https://support.ntp.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=802 The upstream bug is set to wontfix with the primary reason being ignorance if I may say so. They don't see the problem. It's just once per second and mostly we don't even do anything! Read the thread, people

[Bug 961122] Re: lubuntu-logout is not authorized to suspend or hibernate

2012-05-24 Thread Christian Mertes
kyo3556, can you be a bit more verbose? I fail to see what the link has got to do with this problem. pm-hibernate never worked for me. lxde- logout once did, then didn't, now does again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 969359] Re: gnome-settings-daemon consumes 100% cpu

2012-05-10 Thread Christian Mertes
I experience this bug with my thinkpad-x40 too. But i can only reproduce it with this setting: 1. on my desktop (12.04) is a synergy server running (1.4.8-1~getdeb1) 2. on my laptop (12.04) is a synergy client running (1.4.8-1~getdeb1) 3. on my desktop the numlock is activated 4. I go from the

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-05-06 Thread Christian Mertes
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 509180 ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957843 Title: files in

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2012-05-06 Thread Christian Mertes
Tyler Hicks (tyhicks) wrote on 2012-05-04: This is a completely unrelated (but serious!) issue. Please file a new bug for this. In the meantime, I'll try to recreate what you're seeing. Well yes and no, I reported this issue in Bug #957843

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2012-05-04 Thread Christian Mertes
Yep Martin, this is the reason why I moved away from ecryptfs. It's dangerous and alpha and should not be used productively by anyone. Use a LUKS encrypted partition on $HOME/Private with pam_mount. With an LVM you can even grow it, albeit not automatically. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 926198] Re: synergyc crashed with SIGSEGV in std::_Rb_tree_increment()

2012-05-03 Thread Christian Mertes
installed version 1.4.8 through GetDeb on server (11.10) and client (12.04) and now it works like a charm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926198 Title: synergyc crashed with SIGSEGV

[Bug 961122] Re: lubuntu-logout is not authorized to suspend or hibernate

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
It's been gone for me for a while now. I did nothing so I was under the assumption that some update had fixed the bug until I saw all the activity here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 955771] Re: crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
Sorry, this bug probably still exists, the permission problem from that other bug seems to be fixed though. I fixed it myself a long time ago so please keep us in the loop if/when you do something about is. The fix is a piece of cake really, so there's little excuse not to just do it before lunch

[Bug 944353] Re: Wrong permissions on /dev/crystalhd

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
There's an updated crystalhd-dkms package whose changelog says something about a udev rule having been added. I assume this bug can be closed as fixed, although I didn't disable my own rule and reboot to confirm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 943226] Re: texlive-latex3 is hopelessly outdated

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 712521 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712521 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 712521 [Needs packaging] TeXLive 2011 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 992169] Re: udev rules are missing for crystalhd

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 944353 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/944353 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 944353 Wrong permissions on /dev/crystalhd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 944353] Re: Wrong permissions on /dev/crystalhd

2012-05-02 Thread Christian Mertes
** Changed in: crystalhd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = 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/944353 Title: Wrong permissions on /dev/crystalhd To manage notifications

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-04-21 Thread Christian Mertes
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 509180 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509180 It's not a duplicate of bug #509180. #509180 is about some trailing garbage appearing at the end of files, then you remount and everything is shiny again. This bug is about files getting broken and staying

[Bug 239999] Re: nm should support easy bonding

2012-03-27 Thread Christian Mertes
This would not only be awesome and dearly needed to seamlessly switch between fast Ethernet and relatively slow wifi but also to speed up networking where there is no gigabit (like on netbook hardware). Heck, you could even add USB Ethernet adapters to the mix as you wished. -- You received this

[Bug 950313] Re: [FFe] Update NetworkManager to a recent snapshot in prevision for the 0.9.4 release.

2012-03-27 Thread Christian Mertes
Sorry, maybe I'm slow but how is using 0.9.3.995+git201203081848 .bba834f-0ubuntu1whatever a fix to please use 0.9.4? I see it has many if not all of the features of 0.9.4 but shouldn't a stable release be used instead of a git build? LTS and all? -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 961101] Re: sudo crashes with pam_mount.c:417: modify_pm_count: Assertion `user != ((void *)0)' failed.

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
** Attachment added: strace of sudo echo when the error occurs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961101/+attachment/2909550/+files/sudo_strace -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961101

[Bug 961101] Re: sudo crashes with pam_mount.c:417: modify_pm_count: Assertion `user != ((void *)0)' failed.

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
I should add that a logout/relogin is also sufficient to reset the sudo capability. Also, for anyone else affected: the only workaround I could come up with is a sudo bash directly after login and do everything you need root for from there. That way you don't have to log out when this happens. It

[Bug 961101] [NEW] sudo crashes with pam_mount.c:417: modify_pm_count: Assertion `user != ((void *)0)' failed.

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: For a while using sudo is not a problem but suddenly it starts failing every time with: sudo: pam_mount.c:417: modify_pm_count: Assertion `user != ((void *)0)' failed. It just happened *during* an apt-get dist-upgrade. A reboot is necessary to recover the ability to sudo.

[Bug 961122] [NEW] lubuntu-logout is not authorized to suspend or hibernate

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: lubuntu-logout used to report not authorized for hibernate only. Suspend worked normally. Now I get that failure message for suspend, too. After briefly seeing the message the screen is locked but lubuntu- logout is not closed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04

[Bug 961122] Re: lubuntu-logout is not authorized to suspend or hibernate

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961122 Title: lubuntu-logout is not authorized to suspend or hibernate To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 955771] Re: crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
That related bug regarding the permissions is #944353 and when the udev rule there is used it should be possible to simplify my script above to one line only: SUSPEND_MODULES=$SUSPEND_MODULES crystalhd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 955771] Re: crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Sorry, I thought there was some kind of auto-link for bug numbers: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/crystalhd/+bug/944353 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955771 Title:

[Bug 961172] [NEW] sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: Even with no network cable plugged in, powertop reports about 1W of power used by the sky2 (eth0) device. When unloading the module, the overall power usage goes down significantly, so although powertop doesn't always report the most reliable data about what single devices

[Bug 961172] Re: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/961172 Title: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 961172] Re: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Unchanged for current Precise kernel. I'm going to try 3.3 too though. ** Attachment added: lshw_samsung_n220 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/961172/+attachment/2910981/+files/lshw_samsung_n220 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 961172] Re: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Kernel 3.3 doesn't help either. If anything, I recorded a new record with almost 1.5W. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 961172] Re: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Luis, thanks for the hint, it never occured to me that WoL could affect a machine that is already awake. Anyway, I did some more and more caruful measurements using powerstat and after these it seems that the problem is with powertop after all. Sorry for the mistake. When unloading the sky2

[Bug 961172] Re: sky2 draws up to 1.27W of power without a link

2012-03-21 Thread Christian Mertes
Ok, good to know. Well, after you had mentioned it, I checked it anyway but there doesn't even seem to be a BIOS option for WoL on my netbook. So the imagined power consumption probably isn't related to that known problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 959562] Re: xbacklight stopped working on Samsung N220

2012-03-20 Thread Christian Mertes
Seems to work again. ** Changed in: xbacklight (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/959562 Title: xbacklight stopped working on Samsung N220 To

[Bug 959521] [NEW] openbox volume down button mutes volume

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: The default openbox config file contains these two keybindings: keybind key=XF86AudioLowerVolume action name=Execute commandamixer -q sset Master 3%-/command /action /keybind keybind key=XF86AudioLowerVolume action name=Execute

[Bug 959521] Re: openbox volume down button mutes volume

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959521 Title: openbox volume down button mutes volume To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 959562] [NEW] xbacklight stopped working on Samsung N220

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: Since the last update I can no longer set the display brightness using the appropriate keys which in turn use xbacklight on openbox/LXDE/Lubuntu. setpci still works to set the backlight and also there is still a display of what xbacklight thinks the current backlight level to

[Bug 959562] Re: xbacklight stopped working on Samsung N220

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959562 Title: xbacklight stopped working on Samsung N220 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 956238] Re: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update

2012-03-19 Thread Christian Mertes
Great this was fixed so quickly and thanks for the feedback Mathieu :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956238 Title: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update To

[Bug 957843] [NEW] files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-03-17 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: I'm using a .Private directory to encrypt parts of my home directory. I'm using ext4 in my home and in my ~/Private. Some files turned became corrupted for no apparent reason in that trying to read them produced an Input/output error on the console and this in the syslog:

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-03-17 Thread Christian Mertes
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[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-03-17 Thread Christian Mertes
Oh I should mention that I checked the volumes that let me do that and also ran a smartctl --long check on the disk. Everything seems fine other than on that black box ecryptfs volume. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 838489] Re: pcmanfm crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_get_toplevel()

2012-03-17 Thread Christian Mertes
No sorry, I forgot the smileys. I was just kidding. What I was actually trying to say is: I never heard of the Lubuntu Software Center before reading this bug report but I'm having the same crashes so it's not uniquely related to the Lubuntu Software Center. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 956238] Re: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update

2012-03-17 Thread Christian Mertes
It seems fixed for me with the latest update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956238 Title: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update To manage notifications about

[Bug 952997] Re: Opening mouse cursor theme crashes lxappearance

2012-03-16 Thread Christian Mertes
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/952997 Title: Opening mouse cursor theme crashes lxappearance To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 838489] Re: pcmanfm crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_get_toplevel()

2012-03-16 Thread Christian Mertes
What is the Lubuntu Software Center? I don't think this bug is exclusively related to its usage because it happened to me too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838489 Title: pcmanfm

[Bug 955771] [NEW] crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: A video played with Broadcom Crystal HD acceleration will not be able to use this acceleration after sending the machine to sleep and waking it back up. The syslog will show something like this: Mar 15 07:43:43 Saffron kernel: [43680.046482] crystalhd :0b:00.0:

[Bug 955771] Re: crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
** Attachment added: bash script that handles unloading/reloading of crystalhd module https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/955771/+attachment/2874051/+files/20_crystalhd -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 955771] Re: crystalhd doesn't survive suspend/resume

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
Oh maybe I should clarify that the above syslog snippet is from resume. Playing a video after suspend ... I don't have the syslog output at hand because I fixed this for me but it says something about opening the handle, doing some stuff that doesn't work, closing the handle again. If it's really

[Bug 956238] Re: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
I'm seeing slightly different symptoms. My nm-applet reports that there are no network devices and I can't enable networking. Sometimes it also says that network-manager is not running. It started today and luckily I still get Ethernet although wifi is completely down. I don't see the extremely

[Bug 956238] Re: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
Oh, in the syslog only this turns up on *starting* the network manager service: Mar 15 23:15:35 Saffron kernel: [16250.034467] init: network-manager main process (13864) terminated with status 1 Mar 15 23:15:35 Saffron kernel: [16250.034556] init: network-manager main process ended, respawning

[Bug 956238] Re: network-manager is almost unusable since the latest update

2012-03-15 Thread Christian Mertes
Here's what nm-applet says when started on a freshly booted system: ** WARNING **: Could not initialize NMClient /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the

[Bug 949221] [NEW] powertop incorrectly reports multiple display brightness devices to use power

2012-03-07 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: I am running PowerTOP 1.97 beta 1 on Lubuntu Precise. There are three reported devices called Display backlight on my Samsung N220 with a Pixel Qi display. I made a couple of measurements to figure out what these devices might be: Power est.Usage Device name

[Bug 949221] Re: powertop incorrectly reports multiple display brightness devices to use power

2012-03-07 Thread Christian Mertes
One small addendum: just saw that the second device actually sometimes shows a different measurement. Something like 1.17W say when the first device is 1.25. In these cases it always seems to be a bit below the first device. When it mimics the third device, then it always seems to be spot on. When

[Bug 943226] [NEW] texlive-latex3 is hopelessly outdated

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Mertes
Public bug reported: I was affected by this bug http://tracker.luatex.org/view.php?id=291 from 2009 (!). I was already going to tell them that they are sadly mistaken to have closed it as fixed as I still experience it in 2012 until I realized that my Precise expl3.sty file is indeed from 2009.

[Bug 943226] Re: texlive-latex3 is hopelessly outdated

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Mertes
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943226 Title: texlive-latex3 is hopelessly outdated To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 943226] Re: texlive-latex3 is hopelessly outdated

2012-02-29 Thread Christian Mertes
Just wanted to add that this also means updating the oberdiek bundle in texlive-latex-base or else luatex.sty will be outdated. Maybe other packages as well, that's just were I'm stuck currently with an Undefined control sequence. argument \filename that I can't trace down. -- You received this

[Bug 500718] Re: Password doesn't get saved in system-wide pptp connection

2012-02-25 Thread Christian Mertes
When I try to save the VPN configuration, I get a gnome-keyring prompt that tells me that an application is trying to create a keyring called Default. I get this dialog twice (user pass and group pass if I had to guess) each time I try to save those passwords again. It seems said application is

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