[Bug 247682] Re: REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 239182 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239182 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 239182 segfualt in cairo_draw_with_xlib -- REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular w

[Bug 247721] Re: Adobe Flash 10 crashing in Firefox 3.0

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 239182 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239182 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 247682 REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites ** This bug has been marked a du

[Bug 247761] Re: Problems with flashplugin-nonfree version 10.0.1.218 +10.0.0.525 ubuntu1 ~ hardy1 (hardy-backports), renewal of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS from 12.07.2008

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 239182 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239182 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 247682 REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites ** This bug has been marked a du

[Bug 247682] Re: REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 239182 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239182 This bug is a duplicate of #239182 (linked to the same upstream issue) but I cannot mark it accordingly: "There are other bugs already marked as duplicates of Bug 247682. These bugs should be changed to be du

[Bug 235135] Re: [MASTER] Please backport flashplugin-nonfree version 10 beta and asound-plugins from Intrepid so we can drop libflashsupport and the crashes it causes

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
Daniel, Everything in your comment re: libflashsupport is accurate (except that you got things backwards - it's 32bit users that notice crashes with libflashsupport, while 64bit users do not notice as often, as nspluginwrapper preserves the firefox process from completely dying), but since the rel

[Bug 247682] Re: REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
I have linked the appropriate upstream bug - it's a problem with Firefox 3's "windowless mode" support. This issue will also affect new releases of swfdec that support windowless mode. I will also nominate Firefox for this task, as it is the source of the problem in this case, not Adobe's Flash. *

[Bug 235135] Re: [MASTER] Please backport flashplugin-nonfree version 10 beta and asound-plugins from Intrepid so we can drop libflashsupport and the crashes it causes

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
Alexander, In this case, "libflashsupport" was not the cause of many of these crashes. Please see this bug #247682 - it is *not* a libflashsupport or PulseAudio issue, it's a bug in Firefox3. See also: http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2008/07/addessing_wmode_crashes.html -- [MASTER] Please ba

[Bug 247682] Re: REGRESSION: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1 causes Firefox to crash on numerous popular websites

2008-07-13 Thread Conn
dashua, Flash 10 has been removed from "hardy-backports" today, that's the reason why you're not seeing any bugs. Michael Onnen posted this link (in the wrong bug) that's relevant to this bug: http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2008/07/addessing_wmode_crashes.html In summary: it's a bug in Firef

[Bug 247682] Re: beta flash/ firefox crash

2008-07-12 Thread Conn
Ok, for my regular profile I only use Adblock Plus. I have done further testing and discovered: Using a fresh profile in every case: 1. Firefox 3 (Ubuntu version) exhibits this bug 2. Firefox 3 (upstream version) exhibits this bug 3. Firefox 2 (Ubuntu version) does *not* exhibit this bug. 4. Firef

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-07-11 Thread Conn
Martin & everyone, Please, I would urge everyone to pay attention to this post to avoid further confusion. This bug (#192888) is concerned with libflashsupport causing crashes on Flash v9. We are forced to use libflashsupport on Flash v9 to get it working with PulseAudio. Since Flash v10 beta 1,

[Bug 247682] Re: beta flash/ firefox crash

2008-07-11 Thread Conn
I'm anticipating that 64bit users will not notice crashes on these sites - presumably because of nspluginwrapper. Following from my earlier proposal to use nspluginwrapper on 32bit Ubuntu (to fix PulseAudio & libflashsupport problems, see bug #192888), I have created a thread on the Ubuntu Forums w

[Bug 247682] Re: beta flash/ firefox crash

2008-07-11 Thread Conn
I am currently running Intrepid (also using Flash v10 beta 2) and I can confirm this behaviour, using Firefox 3. Another site that crashes 100% reproducibly: http://polidics.com/ Tested on two computers, a) Dell Inspiron 510m - Pentium M, Intel 855GM; b) Dell Dimension 1100 - Intel Celeron, NVIDIA

[Bug 247721] Re: Adobe Flash 10 crashing in Firefox 3.0

2008-07-11 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 247682 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247682 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 247682 beta flash/ firefox crash -- Adobe Flash 10 crashing in Firefox 3.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247721 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 177492] Re: EXA is balls-achingly slow

2008-07-08 Thread Conn
Following up on my previous post - the "force greedy" patch was disabled in version 2:2.3.2-2ubuntu2 of the intel driver (although only because it was causing a segmentation fault). I hope this patch doesn't get re- introduced, as my Intel 855GM seems pretty snappy using the "always" MigrationHeuri

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-06-26 Thread Conn
Ok, a quick follow-up to my previous post. I played a movie (Blade III, audio at 48Khz and PulseAudio server at 44.1Khz) as a resampling test and I could hear crackling (that's unrelated to buffering) during explosion sequences. It seems the resampler "speex-fixed-0" causes some crackling distorti

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-06-25 Thread Conn
PulseAudio's resample-method in Ubuntu is currently set to "speex- float-3", which uses a high amount of CPU when a client uses a different sample rate than the server. Here's an example: if you play a 48Khz mp3, it has to be downsampled PulseAudio's default rate of 44.1Khz. On my system, the puls

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST/XV_SATURATION to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma/contrast)

2008-06-19 Thread Conn
Thomas, Your patch is a good start towards getting this fixed, but it's not working correctly yet. I noticed you said it was a rounding issue, can it be fixed? In case you think that decreasing these values by just a few points isn't bad, remember that the values get decreased upon *each* invocati

[Bug 177492] Re: EXA is balls-achingly slow

2008-06-15 Thread Conn
Bryce, Can I make a request re: 05_intel_exa_force_greedy.patch? Currently this patch forces the "greedy" heuristic which is currently the best option for many Intel cards (mine included). However, it effectively disables EXA acceleration for most cases, as far as I understand. Wouldn't it be bet

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-06-14 Thread Conn
max, Please read the entire bug report before posting, it's already been discussed. The FlashPlayer9Solution page gives instructions to manually build the libflashsupport.so library that is *already* part of the "libflashsupport" package (that you tell us to remove in the first step), so your inst

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-06-11 Thread Conn
Daniel, Will a backported libflashsupport be set as depends or conflicts against flashplugin-nonfree? As far as I can see, libflashsupport still causes Flash 10 to crash. I have tested this with Hardy (manually installing select Intrepid packages) and now Intrepid. I see your proposed branch will

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-06-10 Thread Conn
Alexander & Ken, Would it not fall under the category of MicroReleaseExceptions? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions If you read Firefox's upstream bug, there is some confusion as to why GtkButton cases exhibit this bug, and the reason for that confusion is that a

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-06-05 Thread Conn
Alexander, Take a look at two shots taken from Firefox 3 on http://slashdot.org. The first shows the widgets rendered by the default (unpatched) Human theme using the Ubuntulooks engine, and and second shot shows the patched engine. Note that the same problem exists for the Murrine engine, but the

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-06-05 Thread Conn
** Attachment added: "Ubuntulooks widgets rendered in Firefox 3 (patched)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15069713/Ubuntulooks_widgets_patched.png -- Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195929 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-29 Thread Conn
Luke, When you say that you cannot get sound from flash, are you referring to flash 9? Currently, our only "sane" options are: 1. Flash 9 + libflashsupport + nspluginwrapper. This is suboptimal as it does not prevent flash from crashing, it merely provides a layer of protection to prevent Firefox

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-25 Thread Conn
tvst, Firstly, enable the hardy-proposed repository and grab version 2.6.24-17-generic of the kernel, that may help eliminate stuttering (even without PulseAudio). Also, your comments re: removing your asound.conf seem odd. As far as I know, dmix is setup by default in ALSA when no asound.conf fil

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST/XV_SATURATION to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma/contrast)

2008-05-24 Thread Conn
@Bryce Harrington: I tried the patch from bug #151 and it didn't help this situation either. I believe the purpose of that patch is to provide values to improve colour reproduction, and while it's a good patch that has (IIRC) been pushed upstream, it doesn't help with this particular bug. @Thomas

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-24 Thread Conn
Peter, I simply took the 64bit Ubuntu source and hacked it to work on 32bit architectures. Here's a page describing nspluginwrapper: http://gwenole.beauchesne.info//en/projects/nspluginwrapper Arthur, I'm not sure if your experience will necessarily reflect other users, as libflashsupport seems to

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-24 Thread Conn
Jeremy, Ensure you have the correct configuration enabled (your post suggests you do) and that libflashsupport is *not* installed, and disable compiz. Maybe I'm crazy, but I could have sworn I saw a "Known Issues" entry mentioning instability when using compiz because of XRender, but I can't seem

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-05-23 Thread Conn
Brian, I'm sorry, but why has the target milestone been removed? Andrea is referring to GtkEntry widgets needing a hack to fix, but the patches in the report fixes GtkButton cases, and it is not a hack (in fact, the fix is to remove an obsolete hack). Fedora have applied the same fix to GtkButton

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-20 Thread Conn
Daniel, Sorry, I see you mentioned libasound2-plugins. Let me just add that if you set a system-wide /etc/asound.conf then everything will work except GDM's login sound. If an ALSA application routes audio through the pcm_pulse plugin while no PulseAudio server is running, it simply gives a "conn

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-20 Thread Conn
Daniel, It's good that we can use set-pulseaudio per-user (that will allow GDM access to the sound card, unlike with a global /etc/asound.conf due to PulseAudio not running system-wide), but it should be set *by default* without user intervention. Also, it is critical for the "libasound2-plugins"

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-16 Thread Conn
Message from Lennart Poettering on upsteam's mailing list: https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/pulseaudio- discuss/2008-May/001796.html "The current version of Flash relies on snd_async_add_pcm_handler() to be available in ALSA in all cases. This is ugly (especially from a plugin, since it relie

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-16 Thread Conn
Daniel, I rebooted kernel 2.6.24-17-generic with the parameter nohz=off, and, using the default PulseAudio configuration, stutters continue. Easily reproducible by playing a movie in VLC and moving around its window or minimizing/maximizing Firefox simultaneously. In fact, it stutters even when th

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-16 Thread Conn
Daniel, Thanks for not marking the pulseaudio task invalid yet, as I have a theory as to why some applications stutter. If you can bear with me by installing the Debian unstable versions of libasound2/libasound2-plugins and run pulseaudio in verbose mode, it exposes some odd behaviour for certain

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-15 Thread Conn
Simon, do you still have libflashsupport installed? If so, remove it and add the proper configuration to /etc/asound.conf; see bug #198453. -- firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192888 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-15 Thread Conn
Simon, I just saw your earlier comment re: Arch. If you're experiencing crashes even without PulseAudio, then it's a bug in Flash and not related to this report. Please read the original description of this report properly. -- firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport https://b

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-15 Thread Conn
ski, We can forget about nspluginwrapper (and libflashsupport) to reduce complexity, that's all. With versions of Flash prior to v10 beta, the basic equation was: a) Flash = audio is not directed to PulseAudio, therefore sounds cannot mix. However, Flash does not crash. b) Flash + configuration

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-15 Thread Conn
I edited the original description to add some more information, I hope nobody minds. Also, please see bug #192888 regarding Flash. Adobe have released version 10 (beta) of the Flash plugin, and the solution proposed in this bug allows Flash's audio to work fine with PulseAudio without any other wo

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-05-15 Thread Conn
Hi, Adding to Doctor P's feedback: a) flash 10 + libflashsupport = audio works with pulseaudio b) flash 10 without libflashsupport = audio does not work with pulseaudio c) flash 10 without libflashsupport + fixes proposed in bug #198453 = audio works with pulseaudio This bug now depends on #198

[Bug 220781] Re: linux-restricted-modules-server metapackage not present in repository

2008-05-14 Thread Conn
James, If you enable the hardy-proposed repository you will find it has been fixed in kernel 2.6.24-17. If you do not want to enable this repository, I assume this fix will be included in the next kernel update. You can see the metapackage now exists from here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/h

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-12 Thread Conn
Luke, Yes, I experienced bad skipping in several applications (OSS Skype via padsp , VLC and others). I managed to fix it by changing the default fragment settings in PulseAudio (and I believe kernel 2.6.24-17-generic helped a lot too). I posted a HOWTO on ubuntuforums dealing with this issue (and

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-10 Thread Conn
To summarize: The action proposed by this bug is *highly* recommended, with the following notes and caveats: 1. There will no longer be sound available for GDM, since it will attempt to use the "pulse" device, and since Hardy is configured to run PulseAudio on user login, the pulseaudio server wi

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-10 Thread Conn
Krzysztof, Regarding the crash you're experiencing, please see bug #198453, and try updating your libasound2 and libasound2-plugins packages to see if it solves your particular problem. See my comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/198453/comments/65 -- Over-opti

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-10 Thread Conn
Luke, What exactly can't you reproduce? What I found is that Hardy's libasound2 and libasound2-plugins packages seem buggy, so I tried Debian unstable's version and they worked. It seems Intrepid has already synced these packages, so you can grab from there as well. I installed Skype from the Med

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-06 Thread Conn
We may need to arrange for a FFe to get this bug fixed. Here is the situation: Using libasound2 and libasound2-plugins from Hardy, asound.conf as posted in this bug report: Skype (ALSA version, configured to use "pulse" devices) - does not work correctly, process seems to freeze Neverball - does

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-05-06 Thread Conn
ubby, If you cannot get sound in any application, then you're looking at the wrong bug. Most sounds work fine for applications installed by default in Ubuntu at the moment; this bug is to (hopefully) correct sounds for other applications that are not using PulseAudio (and thus to resolve problems

[Bug 220781] Re: linux-restricted-modules-server metapackage not present in repository

2008-05-05 Thread Conn
Fixed in linux-meta 2.6.24.17.19 ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- linux-restricted-modules-server metapackage not present in repository https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220781 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-03 Thread Conn
Tim, Although the original reporter reported the issue fixed, it's not fixed for me yet. Perhaps it's better to wait for some more feedback to see if more steps need to be taken. -- Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 188226] Re: Kernel should use CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED

2008-05-03 Thread Conn
Ian & dhaval, Kernel 2.6.24-17-generic is already in the repositories. You just need to enable the "hardy-proposed" repository via Synaptic. If you still have problems with audio, it may not be due to the scheduler. In that case, see bug #190754. -- Kernel should use CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED ht

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-02 Thread Conn
kripkenstein, That's probably because you didn't install the "linux-ubuntu- modules-2.6.24-17-generic" package manually. The "linux-generic" metapackage usually gets uploaded after all packages are built and ready (including the restricted-modules). I don't think everything is ready yet, so you ne

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-05-02 Thread Conn
Daniel, I'm sorry, but kernel 2.6.24-17-generic does not help with PulseAudio stuttering (although some applications appear more resistant to stuttering than others). For example (using the default pulse settings): totem (gstreamer, using pulse) will never stutter under CPU load. VLC using pulse

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-04-27 Thread Conn
A good test is Skype (OSS), available from Medibuntu as skype-static-oss (as the ALSA version is not currently compatible). Run skype using the padsp wrapper, i.e.: padsp skype With the default settings, sound skips terribly. Using the above configuration, it doesn't skip at all on my system. I ha

[Bug 190754] Re: Over-optimistic buffering in PulseAudio causes underruns (audible stuttering, pops)

2008-04-27 Thread Conn
As crazy as it may seem, reducing the buffer may help. Also I noticed reduced CPU usage when I manually set the sample rate to my soundcard's native rate, 48000Hz. Try changing your /etc/pulse/daemon.conf to reflect the following changes: ; default-sample-format = s16le default-sample-rate = 4800

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-04-27 Thread Conn
Robert, If you have the Medibuntu repository active, you can download skype-oss- static that appears to be the same version as the latest ALSA build (2.0.0.68+repack-0medibuntu3). You can use the padsp wrapper with that version. There's no need to get all hot and bothered; people here are trying

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma)

2008-04-25 Thread Conn
I didn't have smplayer installed, but you are correct, that also changes the values. It is *not* a problem with mplayer, though. --- xvattr.default 2008-04-25 20:33:02.0 +0100 +++ xvattr.smplayer 2008-04-25 20:45:37.0 +0100 @@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ Flags: XvGettable XvSetta

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents when using libflashsupport

2008-04-25 Thread Conn
Jeremy, That is one possible way to make sounds work correctly, but it is not what Daniel was referring to. Daniel was talking about comment #136 in which he has modified PulseAudio to use ALSA's dmix. To test this solution, you should probably remove nspluginwrapper and libflashsupport, otherwise

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma)

2008-04-25 Thread Conn
Test Case 2: 1. Get default settings from fresh startup, before launching any movie players, i.e. xvattr >xvattr.default 2. Repeatedly open a movie in totem-gstreamer, then close movie and record xvattr settings, i.e. totem /usr/share/example-content/Experience\ ubuntu.ogg xvattr >xvattr.1 tote

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma)

2008-04-25 Thread Conn
I'm sorry Konrad, but Debian's experimental package still has this problem for me. The following testcase applies to Ubuntu Hardy's latest driver, as well as Debian experimental: System: Dell Inspiron 510m 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-24 Thread Conn
Here's Skype's output too. ** Attachment added: "pulseaudio-skype.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13852695/pulseaudio-skype.log -- firefox crashes on flash contents https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192888 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-24 Thread Conn
Luke & Daniel, Using libasound2-plugins_1.0.15-1ubuntu3.1~ppa1_i386.deb doesn't help, but seems to be different. When I try to play flash, there is no sound output, but pulseaudio log output goes nuts, seemingly opening and killing dozens of clients per second. Bear in mind the output I'm sending

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-23 Thread Conn
Alexander, I forgot to mention that I did not have libflashsupport installed for the previous tests, as you requested. It seems that this isn't a solution. I also tried the ALSA version of Skype (Case 2 configuration), manually set the sound devices to "pulse" and funnily enough, the Skype contro

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-23 Thread Conn
The problem is a little more complicated. Case 1. Default installation & asound.conf from bug #198453 a) Flash audio will play, but still hogs the sound card and does not show on the PulseAudio Volume Control applet. Checking .xsession-errors after flash playback shows the following line: ALSA l

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-23 Thread Conn
linovski, This bug is concerned with flash crashing while using libflashsupport. The purpose of libflashsupport is to allow flash to share sound with other pulseaudio-aware applications (without it, flash blocks sound from playing simultaneously with other applications, as you are experiencing).

[Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail

2008-04-23 Thread Conn
We have functional Skype via the OSS version; it is available in the Medibuntu repositories as skype-static-oss. If we include libflashsupport, sound will indeed work, but will also cause most users no end to their frustration (browsing a couple of Youtube pages is enough to trigger a crash). To t

[Bug 32963] Re: totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/i945 have horrible colour/gamma)

2008-04-22 Thread Conn
Konrad, I'll give the experimental package soon, but can I ask: do you use the overlay or texture video adapter on your Intel chipset? It seems that bug fixes textured video, which my 855GM chipset doesn't even support... -- totem overrides XV_CONSTRAST to wrong default value (Xv movies on i810/

[Bug 220781] [NEW] linux-restricted-modules-server metapackage not present in repository

2008-04-22 Thread Conn
Public bug reported: System: Hardy x86 (fresh install from RC, latest updates & using main repository) Test case: install -server kernel via: sudo apt-get install linux-server Expected results: All necessary packages are installed, including linux-restricted-modules-server and the actual restri

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-22 Thread Conn
Alexander, I agree we need to follow the first option mentioned in #198452, i.e. the "PerfectSetup" route, but I hope you don't forget the required asound.conf entries, but also new dependencies such as libsdl1.2debian- pulseaudio and libao-pulse to be given priority over the -alsa packages. As f

[Bug 190848] Re: font in terminal does not resemble font in preview

2008-04-22 Thread Conn
Detlef, Try my workaround in comment #10. Just remember that this change will not take effect until all terminals are closed, or perhaps it requires you to log out and back in. -- font in terminal does not resemble font in preview https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190848 You received this bug noti

[Bug 201089] Re: [Hardy] Unable to boot - IBM R40 - Kernel issue

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
I am using Hardy, having no problems with kernel version 2.6.24-16-generic. If I try to boot from kernel 2.6.24-16-server, however, I get precisely the same error message as listed above. My system is a Dell Inspiron 510m laptop (Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz, 512mb RAM). I am running the

[Bug 188226] Re: Kernel should use CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
My apologies, I meant comment #106 in the previous entry. It seems that CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED may play a part in this difference. Testing was done on my desktop system, but unfortunately the -server kernel refuses to boot on my Dell Inspiron 510m laptop which I primarily use (complains about mi

[Bug 188226] Re: Kernel should use CONFIG_FAIR_CGROUP_SCHED

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
I realize that we are too close to release, but this information may be useful for Ibex. I ran a comparison between -generic and -server kernel, my testcase is in comment #104 of bug #192888. In a nutshell, the generic kernel causes pulseaudio to stutter when playing multiple streams, but the serv

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
I added my user to the pulse groups and ran the same test as above. It seems the -generic kernel works a little better, but I can still hear some stuttering. The -server kernel still hasn't demonstrated a single stutter under the same testing conditions. -- firefox crashes on flash contents https

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
I managed to compare the -server and -generic kernel on my desktop, details follow. System: Dell Dimension 1100 (Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz, Analog Devices AD1980) Configuration: Default Hardy install, using "nv" video driver, rev.23 patched default.pa. User is *not* part of pulse, pulse-access, puls

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
Daniel, Thanks, I must have changed the default mixer setting by accident, the laptop keys work now. I have already been following bug #188226 and tried the -server kernel, but it does not boot on my laptop. I forget the exact output, but it mentioned something about a missing CPU feature. Sorry.

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
Given the warnings about real-time and high-priority scheduling, I added my user to the pulse, pulse-access and pulse-rt groups, then logged back in. This seems to have solved the stuttering issue with multiple sound sources. I have noticed another very serious issue, however. When I adjust the so

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-21 Thread Conn
Daniel, Using revision 23 allows pulseaudio and ALSA applications to successfully share the sound card. However, there are issues. The first issue is that sound is stable when playing from one source, but more than one source causes sound to quite easily stutter. I will try to force pulseaudio to

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
My apologies for the double post, launchpad is acting erratically tonight. Attaching the log of a successful initialization of pulseaudio. ** Attachment added: "PulseAudio log (successfully initializes)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13583939/pulseaudio2.log -- firefox crashes on flash conten

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
Using this new default.pa, it seems that pulseaudio fails to initialize 4/5 times, but it does work for every 1/5 or so attempts. It seems to be a random phenomenon, and I did not have any applications running that would lock the sound card for access. I simply ran "pulseaudio -vv" from the termin

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
Using this new default.pa, it seems that pulseaudio fails to initialize 4/5 times, but it does work for every 1/5 or so attempts. It seems to be a random phenomenon, and I did not have any applications running that would lock the sound card for access. I simply ran "pulseaudio -vv" from the termin

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
Daniel, PulseAudio does not work with the modifications in consider_2.diff. Here's the output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pulseaudio W: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. W: alsa-util.c: Device default doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz. W: alsa-util.c: Device default doesn't support 44100

[Bug 145203] Re: [Gutsy] NetworkManager freezes desktop

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
I found something in debug from yesterday - last entries before freeze: Apr 18 17:06:13 conrad-laptop NetworkManager: [1208531173.271317] nm_device_802_11_wireless_update_bssid(): Roamed from BSSID 00:18:74:0A:D7:91 to 00:18:74:C6:5C:D1 on wireless network 'FHTW-1X' Apr 18 17:06:43 conrad-lapto

[Bug 145203] Re: [Gutsy] NetworkManager freezes desktop

2008-04-19 Thread Conn
Hello, I have the same problem on wlan networks with wp2 enterprise including special certificate. Total system freeze, only hard reset possible. The failure occurs one time a day during eight hours. Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic Gnome - Ubuntu Gutsy Driver: madwifi Chip: Atheros Laptop: Samsung R4

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-18 Thread Conn
Hi Daniel, I'm glad you have a solution, but won't this create even higher latency due to dmix? Many sound cards do not support hardware mixing, or support a limited range of rates, so dmix will be processor intensive. For example, my STAC9750,51 only supports 48000Hz natively (and dmix/pulseaudio

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-17 Thread Conn
I wouldn't get so worried yet; Unless I'm mistaken, I think this bug was automatically marked as Fix Released due to the previous commit by Alexander before he decided to include nspluginwrapper. Alexander, do you need any help reworking the nspluginwrapper amd64 package? I can give it a try if y

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-04-16 Thread Conn
A little update. I have been testing Fedora rawhide and noticed that their "nodoka" gtk engine (originally based on murrine, I believe) uses the same fix as I posted in this bug for Ubuntulooks and Murrine (originally found by Andrea Cimitan). The issue with GtkEntry boxes is more complicated and

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-15 Thread Conn
Alexander, The pulseaudio developers have stated that the problem is not because of libflashsupport, but flash itself. http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/225 http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/267 -- firefox crashes on flash contents https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192888 You received this bug noti

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-15 Thread Conn
I hacked the amd64 source and built an i386 package of nspluginwrapper. It seems to work identically to Fedora 9; when flash crashes, the flash box turns grey but Firefox does not crash. There's no error dialog either (as mentioned in my last post). If you test this package, remember that you have

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-15 Thread Conn
I have compiled and installed nspluginwrapper (from the original source, so it's a manual install). I now experience the following behaviour: Browsing Youtube works correctly as usual, but at some times the flash box turns grey and a message dialog pops up saying this: "This problem report does

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-15 Thread Conn
I have made some interesting discoveries regarding this bug. First of all, libflashsupport appears to trigger these crashes, but it is apparently exposing a bug in flash, not pulseaudio. See this upstream ticket: http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/267 Secondly, I have installed Fedora 9 (rawhide i6

[Bug 209249] Re: gnome-appearance-properties fails to update metacity colour

2008-04-09 Thread Conn
Confirmed on my system, Hardy with latest updates. I am the author of the Human-Murrine and Human-Clearlooks theme modifications that added color chooser support. Metacity uses a shade of the "Selected items" background colour for these themes, but will not update in real-time when changed via the

[Bug 192888] Re: firefox crashes on flash contents

2008-04-06 Thread Conn
System: Dell Inspiron 510m 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) I can confirm the same issue on my system fu

[Bug 180956] Re: (On Hardy Heron) After a normal update my wireless network and sound got viped out completly

2008-04-06 Thread Conn
Daniel, It's not recommended to edit menu.lst in that way. Please paste the output of this: sudo update-grub -- (On Hardy Heron) After a normal update my wireless network and sound got viped out completly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180956 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 180956] Re: (On Hardy Heron) After a normal update my wireless network and sound got viped out completly

2008-04-06 Thread Conn
That should have fixed the problem; more than likely you didn't update the repository information or else you're using an outdated mirror. This should fix it: 1. $ sudo apt-get update 2. $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 3. If you're not running kernel 2.6.24-15 (or the most recent kernel) yet, reboot

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-04-06 Thread Conn
Bruce, I think you're misunderstanding the issue. The patches in this bug report do not change the button roundness in any themes; if the theme specifies squares widgets, they will remain square. The purpose of these patches are to remove unnecessary *rectangular* white borders surrounding GtkBut

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-04-06 Thread Conn
Bruce, If you took a look at the patches, you'd see that "hacks" already existed in the theme engines' code (in Murrine and Ubuntulooks, at least) specifically for Firefox 2. Removing said hacks fixes the problem with button borders (GtkButton) but not text boxes (GtkEntry) in Firefox 3. Since Fi

[Bug 182038] Re: Black rectangle instead of image in FF3 [Hardy]

2008-04-05 Thread Conn
I was suffering from this issue, but xulrunner-1.9 (1.9~b5+nobinonly- 0ubuntu1) did indeed fix the issue. All images display from: http://virtualnorthstar.org gpothier, I am using an Intel 855gm chipset, and as far as I know the "intel" driver is now forcing the "greedy" MigrationHeuristic with E

[Bug 180962] Re: new GTK widgets could look better

2008-03-17 Thread Conn
Bruce, Yes, that is the general rule, except if a newer bug has made more progress or documented the issue more thoroughly. In my duplicate there is feedback from a GTK theme engine developer, and patches attached to fix half of the cases in this bug - they need to be seen more than this bare repo

[Bug 180962] Re: new GTK widgets could look better

2008-03-17 Thread Conn
Bruce, It probably would have been better to mark this bug as a duplicate of mine: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195929 Please see my bug for a summary (and patches). The problem is complicated as a) rendering of buttons can be (and have been) fixed in the theme engine's code (my bug has patc

[Bug 195929] Re: Cosmetic bug: rectangular white outline surrounding rounded buttons

2008-03-17 Thread Conn
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 180962 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180962 I'm currently creating an alternative theme for consideration in Hardy, but I want to bring your attention to a crude workaround I've included. See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=715530 Basically,

[Bug 190848] Re: font in terminal does not resemble font in preview

2008-03-10 Thread Conn
Confirmed, also running latest Hardy. I've noticed this problem for a while now, and it is especially noticeable when Gnome Appearance Preferences/Font is set to Subpixel/Slight. The offending font configuration file is /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53 -monospace-lcd-filter.conf - if you delete or move th

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