[Bug 365397] [NEW] Kmail discards unsaved message after spellcheck

2009-04-22 Thread Christian Vogler
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepim Kubuntu Jaunty AMD64, install from LiveCD as of April 21. Steps to reproduce: Reply to an existing message in an IMAP folder. Type some text. Select Tools/Spelling, and then click Cancel. Close the message composer via the window closebox. Expe

[Bug 207265] Re: k3b verification broken

2009-04-22 Thread Christian Vogler
After a verification failure, if I sha1sum the CD device directly, the resulting SHA1 sum also differs from the one of the ISO image. After ejecting and reinserting the disc, the sha1sums suddenly match properly. This makes me wonder whether this is really a k3b issue, or something related to the k

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Vogler
It seems that this is a well-known Xrender performance problem with a lot of NVidia cards. See, for example: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=e7b3197c7aba6e25affbecdf8437d470&t=87865&page=14 Based on this, I tried installing and switching to Xgl, which made scrolling and rendering

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Vogler
I recently ran into similar issues with other qt4 applications, such as the Qt4 help assistant, and the Qt4 designer. For testing purposes, I tried switching back to the vesa Xorg driver, and now scrolling has become smooth as butter in the aforementioned applications on a GeForce 8600M GT. So, th

[Bug 187694] Re: qt4 designer help does not work without qt4-dev-tools

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Vogler
This is on gutsy AMD64, btw. -- qt4 designer help does not work without qt4-dev-tools https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187694 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 187694] [NEW] qt4 designer help does not work without qt4-dev-tools

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Vogler
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: qt4-designer Install Qt4 designer without qt4-dev-tools installed, start it up and click on Help. Nothing happens, not even an error message. This problem is resolved if qt4-dev-tools (which includes qt4-assistant) is installed. Note that qt4-docs also n

[Bug 17216] Re: Hard drive spindown should be configurable

2007-11-02 Thread Christian Vogler
> lm-profiler is useless if you look at the disk light / load cycles. It > does a lot of its own stuff with the disk, so the disk activity you're > seeing is most probably caused by lm-profiler itself. No, I was not running lm-profiler the second time around after I closed kdpf and measured the lo

[Bug 17216] Re: Hard drive spindown should be configurable

2007-11-02 Thread Christian Vogler
Hum. I have noatime enabled, and as I mentioned in my (now disappeared) comment on bug 59695, this did not make a difference for me. Here is my lm-profiler output: Profiling run started. Write accesses at 72/600 in lm-profiler run: kpdf Write accesses at 348/600 in lm-profiler run: kpdf Read acce

[Bug 31512] Re: Log output far too verbose

2007-11-01 Thread Christian Vogler
Yes, I see these in the log, but only if I plug/unplug the AC adapter. There are no regularly scheduled battery events in the log, no matter whether I run the laptop on mains or battery. -- Log output far too verbose https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31512 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 31512] Re: Log output far too verbose

2007-11-01 Thread Christian Vogler
I cannot confirm this on an Asus G1S-A1 laptop (Gutsy, x86-64). /var/log/acpid accumulates less than 3k per week on this model, despite intensive use. However, I do see bug 59695 regardless. I think that we have to be careful with pinpointing a single source for the hard drive problems. If it is

[Bug 59695] Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

2007-10-30 Thread Christian Vogler
I have noatime enabled for all mounted filesystems, and it does not make the slightest difference for the load cycle count. So, while I agree that the disk activity should be tracked down, atime does not look to be the (only) culprit. -- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks h

[Bug 59695] Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

2007-10-29 Thread Christian Vogler
I get numbers similar to karlbowden on an Asus G1S-A1 laptop with AC connected, for a Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00. After 3 months of use the load cycle count is already up to 65,000, so I agree that the bug should be marked as critical. -- default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks http

[Bug 155067] Re: kubuntu upgrade tool attempts to upgrade gutsy amd64 7.10 to gutsy amd64 7.10

2007-10-20 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm this. Annoying, yes, but not really serious. -- kubuntu upgrade tool attempts to upgrade gutsy amd64 7.10 to gutsy amd64 7.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

2007-10-18 Thread Christian Vogler
The problem also started appearing on my laptop on kernel 2.6.22-14. The posted fix works fine for me on a GeForce 8600M GT in 1024x768 (vga=0x317). I put vesafb first in the modules file, followed by fbcon. Not sure if that makes a difference. > sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon

[Bug 152807] Re: Daylight saving time is not being automatically applied

2007-10-17 Thread Christian Vogler
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 152113 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152113 I can confirm this on gutsy. I run my system clock on Eastern European time, but currently I am traveling in Brazil, and KDE's time display for Sao Paulo has been off by one hour since DST started here. -- D

[Bug 149278] Re: [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Eclipse & Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5

2007-10-05 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm that the latest libxml2 updates in Gutsy fix the eclipse crashes. Thanks for the quick turnaround. -- [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Eclipse & Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149278 You received this bug notification

[Bug 149278] Re: [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5

2007-10-05 Thread Christian Vogler
Forgot to add: This crash breaks both the Gutsy eclipse packages and the upstream 3.3 version. -- [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149278 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 149278] Re: [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5

2007-10-05 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm this problem. This bug also breaks eclipse. For developers, this is an absolute showstopper. -- [Gutsy] - 2.6.29.dfsg-1ubuntu2 - Crashes Azureus with __xmlParserInputBufferCreateFilename+0xe5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149278 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 133395] Re: iwl4965 driver hiccuping on Dell XPS M1330

2007-09-21 Thread Christian Vogler
The latest gutsy kernel 2.6.22-12 solved these problems for me. I now see consistent throughput. -- iwl4965 driver hiccuping on Dell XPS M1330 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133395 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -

[Bug 137565] Re: iwl4965 unstable on Dell XPS M1330

2007-09-21 Thread Christian Vogler
The latest gutsy kernel packages solved at least some of these problems for me. On a first glance, the REPLY_ADD_STA messages are gone, and one particular wireless router, which hitherto had given me a lot of problems, now works flawlessly. -- iwl4965 unstable on Dell XPS M1330 https://bugs.launc

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2007-09-21 Thread Christian Vogler
If I select some text in Lyx, hit Ctrl-C, and then mash the keyboard, it does become a tad faster - scrolling through the tutorial with PgDown takes 17 seconds instead of 22 in the latest Gutsy-installed version. However, Lyx 1.4 still runs circles around it, taking just 7.5 seconds. In the second

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2007-09-14 Thread Christian Vogler
I use x86-64, so I cannot test your version. I checked src/config/.h, and the ENABLE_ASSERTIONS macro is undef'ed. So it seems that these are not to blame. I will run a full compile, just in case, sometime later when I have the time. -- lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 137565] Re: iwl4965 unstable on Dell XPS M1330

2007-09-08 Thread Christian Vogler
Just to clarify, whether the AP uses WPA or is open has, to date, had no bearing on how stable my connections have been. I also see the" REPLY_ADD_STA failed" messages in the log, but these occur even when a connection is stable. My most recent problems have been occurring in an environment with

[Bug 137565] Re: iwl4965 unstable on Dell XPS M1330

2007-09-08 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm this on an Asus G1S. I have to take exactly the same steps to resurrect the Internet connection. I also get the symptom that when the connection goes down, an "iwlist scan" hangs for a few seconds, and then responds with the error "resource temporarily unavailable." Furthermore, an "

[Bug 137753] strigidaemon needs exclude lists, defaults eat up too many resources

2007-09-06 Thread Christian Vogler
Public bug reported: Gusty x86-64, on a laptop I have an existing home directory with over a quarter million files. The default setting of strigi to index everything under the user's home directory is far too broad and eats all available disk bandwidth, considerable CPU time, and takes up multipl

[Bug 137615] Re: strigi applet bug when kicker is at top of screen

2007-09-06 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm this. Gutsy, x86-64. -- strigi applet bug when kicker is at top of screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 137404] Re: [gutsy amd64] knetworkmanager executable missing

2007-09-05 Thread Christian Vogler
Confirmed, in gutsy x86-64. As a workaround, until a fix appears, you can use the iwtools, although this is far from elegant ... sudo iwlist scan sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid sudo dhclient wlan0 -- [gutsy amd64] knetworkmanager executable missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137404 You receive

[Bug 130392] Re: kmail locks when pasting text into composer

2007-08-30 Thread Christian Vogler
I can confirm this bug on gutsy, x86-64, on an Asus G1S laptop, as of 8/30/2007. -- kmail locks when pasting text into composer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kdepim in ubuntu. -- kub

[Bug 133200] Re: [gutsy] libGL.a missing - linking fails

2007-08-24 Thread Christian Vogler
Sorry about the late response; I was out of town. I can no longer reproduce the problem, despite the missing libGL.a. Apparently, libGL.so is sufficient, and it could have been a simple ldconfig problem that cleared up at the next reboot. For what it is worth, I am using envy with the NVidia drive

[Bug 133200] [gutsy] libGL.a missing - linking fails

2007-08-17 Thread Christian Vogler
Public bug reported: Gutsy x86_64, as of August 17, 2007. OpenGL programs no longer link, due to /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGL collect2: ld returned 1 exit status /usr/lib contains libGL.so, libGLU.a, libGLU.so, etc, but no libGL.a. The libgl1-mesa-dev package no longer seems to contain libGL.a.

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2007-08-10 Thread Christian Vogler
Update: The same thing happens with self-compiled lyx 1.5.1. With the same text area size, scrolling through the tutorial takes 8 seconds on Lyx 1.4.5.1, and 27 seconds on Lyx 1.5.1. -- lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129813 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 129813] Re: lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2007-08-10 Thread Christian Vogler
This is odd. Please test on your Nvidia card and report back when you get a chance. I currently use a self-compiled version of LyX 1.4, and scrolling is fast there. I will try to compile LyX 1.5 myself and see what happens. -- lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 127944] Re: [gutsy] Open Office applications don't start

2007-08-09 Thread Christian Vogler
For what it is worth: With the latest upgrades, if I have openoffice-kde installed on AMD64, the program hangs with 100% CPU. If I deinstall openoffice-kde, the application works fine. I did NOT need to install openoffice-gnome. -- [gutsy] Open Office applications don't start https://bugs.launch

[Bug 119905] Re: piix migration to ata_piix breaks PATA: CRX880A

2007-08-01 Thread Christian Vogler
Can someone please apply the patches from the current git snapshot of the kernel? They fix the Santa Rosa issues with CDROM drives. In particular, the patch fragment below does the trick, taken from the git snapshot. As soon as I apply it to my gutsy installation and recompile the ata_piix driver,

[Bug 129813] lyx 1.5 scrolling unacceptably slow

2007-08-01 Thread Christian Vogler
Public bug reported: Gutsy x86-64 on as of August 1, 2007. T7500, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, driver version 100.14.11, Lyx 1.5. With the changeover to Lyx 1.5, scrolling has become unbearably slow. To reproduce, start lyx, open Help/Tutorial, and use the scroll wheel or page up/down keys to scroll.

[Bug 104837] Re: kernel warns BUG: at fs/inotify.c:172 set_dentry_child_flags()

2007-05-14 Thread Christian Vogler
** Attachment added: "My sudo lspci -vvnn output" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7639251/lspci.log -- kernel warns BUG: at fs/inotify.c:172 set_dentry_child_flags() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104837 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the

[Bug 104837] Re: kernel warns BUG: at fs/inotify.c:172 set_dentry_child_flags()

2007-05-14 Thread Christian Vogler
I would like to reopen this bug. I am running kernel 2.6.20-15 and still see this behavior. The dmesg output is attached; lspci will follow shortly. ** Attachment added: "Output of dmesg" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7639249/dmesg.log -- kernel warns BUG: at fs/inotify.c:172 set_dentry_chil