[Bug 375159] Re: "ikiwiki -setup /etc/ikiwiki/auto.setup" fails

2009-06-21 Thread David A. Harding
Hi, The problem is that the /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki.pm file contains the following hard coded directory in the $installdir variable on line 28: our $version="3.09ubuntu1";our $installdir="/usr/local"; You can fix the bug locally by running the following command which replaces /usr/local wit

[Bug 304947] Re: Tilda crushing during start

2008-12-03 Thread David A. Harding
Hi Wawrzek, I need a little extra information. Can you please install the strace package and then run the following command from the command line: strace -o tilda.strace.txt tilda After tilda fails to run again, please attach tilda.strace.txt to this bug. Thank You, -Dave -- Tilda crushing

[Bug 304952] Re: update-rc.d is creating wrong symlinks in /etc/rcS.d/

2008-12-03 Thread David A. Harding
Hi Jakub, update-rc.d is supposed to use sequence number 20 when you tell it to use the defaults. The manual says, "If defaults is used then [...] all the links will have sequence number 20, but this should be overridden if there are dependencies." If you need to restore a package to its def

[Bug 304959] Re: /tmp should be mounted noexec,nosuid

2008-12-03 Thread David A. Harding
Thanks for your suggestion. As you noted, Ubuntu doesn't create a partition for /tmp, and unfortunately binding and remounting the tmp directory doesn't prevent users from executing files. $ sudo mount -o bind /tmp /tmp $ sudo mount -o remount,bind,nosuid /tmp /tmp $ echo '#!/bin/echo' > foo $ ch

[Bug 304213] Re: thunderbird: problem with "leave the message in the server"

2008-12-02 Thread David A. Harding
Hi Guilermo, There are two steps to resolve this problem. First we need to make sure this isn't a misconfiguration, then we need to generate a log of your POP session with GMail. Please check your settings in thunderbird; in particular, make sure none of the settings beneath "Leave the message i

[Bug 304604] Re: cursor over tooltip -> window previews disappear

2008-12-02 Thread David A. Harding
Hi LoRaK, Did compiz work the way you expected in Ubuntu 8.04? Thanks, -Dave -- cursor over tooltip -> window previews disappear https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304604 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 304620] [NEW] WebCalendar Should Use /etc/init.d/apache reload

2008-12-02 Thread David A. Harding
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: webcalendar Hi, The post installation script calls /etc/init.d restart. This isn't ideal: it can cause problems for current users of the webserver and it means that WebCalendar gets blamed when another application breaks Apache during upgrade. For an e

[Bug 293945] Re: package webcalendar 1.0.5-15 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installati on script devolvió el código de salida de error 1

2008-12-02 Thread David A. Harding
Hi phpicalendar maintainer, An examination of the original submitter's attached DpkgTerminalLog.txt reveals that Apache had a valid configuration before phpicalendar_2.24-1_all.deb was installed. After it was installed, Apache failed a configuration test with the following error: > apache2: Synt

[Bug 304114] Re: local assignment clobbers the return code

2008-12-01 Thread David A. Harding
Hi Samuel, I understand your problem, but I think bash is working the way it's documentation says it should. The bash manual page says: "? Expands to the status of the most recently executed foreground pipeline." and "The return status of a pipeline is the exit status of the last comm

[Bug 303607] Re: Unclutter causes mouse flicker on scroll

2008-11-30 Thread David A. Harding
Sorry to add another comment before I received your response, but I think I've found both your problem and a solution. If the your mouse flickers when scrolling even when you don't use the mouse wheel, you're probably using an application that tries to set its own cursor -- for example firefox. E

[Bug 303607] Re: Unclutter causes mouse flicker on scroll

2008-11-30 Thread David A. Harding
Hi Paul, Is the mouse flicker a function of your scroll wheel or just plain scrolling? For example, try the following test: in the application where scrolling your scroll wheel flickers the mouse, try scrolling with the keyboard up and down arrows. Please let me know the results of your test. T