Re: [Bug 1936678] [NEW] Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

2024-04-19 Thread David Johnston
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936678 Title: Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/

[Bug 349943] Re: Screen blinks randomly on external monitor

2022-05-13 Thread David Johnston
Adding GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080 to /etc/default/grub, running update-grub, and rebooting fixed this for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349943 Title: Screen blinks randomly on exter

[Bug 1952107] Re: Google Contacts API Deprecated

2022-04-14 Thread David Johnston
Any chance this will get fixed in focal? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1952107 Title: Google Contacts API Deprecated To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launc

Re: [Bug 1936678] Re: Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

2021-07-21 Thread David Johnston
Alex, Does https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/1040557 still apply? I’m running under UEFI, not BIOS, and I don’t want to brick this machine. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 19, 2021, at 3:30 AM, Alex Hung <1936...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > > Please run "sudo modprobe samsung-lapto

[Bug 1936678] Re: Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

2021-07-16 Thread David Johnston
** Attachment added: "Output from ubuntu-bug linux" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1936678/+attachment/5511456/+files/apport.linux-image-5.8.0-59-generic.ck7x5ypx.apport -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1936678] [NEW] Samsung Laptop support module doesn't load

2021-07-16 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: This is identical to bug # 1170885, which was filed 2013-04-20. The last comment on that bug was by Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng), who requested a new bug report. This is a Samsung laptop NP730QCJ. $ sudo modprobe samsung-laptop modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'samsung_lapto

[Bug 1594046] Re: lts 16.04 crashes frequently on acer TC-605

2016-06-21 Thread David Johnston
Didnt get the bug reports after the restart. Removed the quiet and splash options from the grub_cmdline_linux_default setting, but that doesnt seem to help. Still getting occasional crashes. Getting close to the time to switch to redhat, or another linux, I think. saw one report saying this sort

[Bug 1594046] Re: lts 16.04 crashes frequently on acer TC-605

2016-06-19 Thread David Johnston
One other thing - after restarting from the frozen session, I didnt get any bug report dialogues coming up. Will restart again before updating grub per prior entry and see if it asks to lodge a bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 1594046] Re: lts 16.04 crashes frequently on acer TC-605

2016-06-19 Thread David Johnston
The suggestion from http://askubuntu.com/questions/776069/ubuntu-16-04-freezes-during-use which I found using the search mentioned in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1578944 to addintel_idle.max_cstate=1 to the options on GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= doesnt seem to have

[Bug 1594046] Re: lts 16.04 crashes frequently on acer TC-605

2016-06-18 Thread David Johnston
Seems similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1574951 (found as first case with search for Acer alone, without mentioning distro, or the words crashes, frequently, or the machine model. I wasnt sure which package needed to be noted so picked the ubuntu-release package.

[Bug 1594046] [NEW] lts 16.04 crashes frequently on acer TC-605

2016-06-18 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: I recently installed ubuntu 16.04 LTS release when I did an upgrade to whingedoze 10 (to get the product key then clean install, to set up a dual boot with a linux distro). It works reasonably, but crashes often after being left to go into sleep mode. I tried changing the sl

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-08-05 Thread David Johnston
@mictael: Have you tried the suggestions listed in this thread? I had the exact same issues as yourself, but after disabling WiFi power saving, and upgrading to kernel 3.10 (previously 3.9) I've not had any further major issues with WiFi or connectivity. In fact, I dare say - WiFi power saving ex

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-05-12 Thread David Johnston
Update on 3.9: after using it for the past day or so, I am continuing to get occasional periods of high latency (~5000ms), especially when downloading large amounts of data. So, 3.9 is not the miracle cure it looked like, unfortunately. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-05-11 Thread David Johnston
Should have mentioned that switching to the 3.9 kernel was as simple and pain-free as this: http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-3-9-kernel-on-ubuntu-13-04-12-10-12-04-and-linux-mint-15-14-13/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-05-10 Thread David Johnston
Out of curiosity, has anyone tried kernel 3.9? I just upgraded to it and... the wifi connection appears to be stable and holding, and fast. It'll take another day or two to be sure, but immediate impressions are quite positive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-05-10 Thread David Johnston
@pedijan: Interesting! I've got the standard edition with the 6235. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091372 Title: wifi slows and/or drops frequently To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 1091372] Re: wifi slows and/or drops frequently

2013-05-09 Thread David Johnston
I'm experiencing the same issues with the XPS13 (A08) and Ubuntu 13.04. The WiFi frequently slows down, and pings to my router vary from 1ms to 1000ms and sometimes >10,000ms. I've both tried disabling power saving on the wifi card, and also disabling 802.11n (which drastically reduced cut-outs, bu

[Bug 974342] Re: internet radio stream stops after every song

2012-06-12 Thread David Johnston
I've been encountering this error too. Running `rhythmbox -d` produces a fair bit of log output, but definitely shows some suspicious goings on. In the attached log I was listening to "Absolute Radio 90s". The track ended at 22:27:11, and playback paused (sound stopped) for a couple of seconds. A

[Bug 877509] Re: [4286CTO, Creative CA0110-IBG, White Headphone Out, Front] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound

2012-01-29 Thread David Johnston
Yeah I can confirm that running ubuntu-bug and selecting "no sound" fixes the problem through sleep and suspend but not through restarts. I've the same sound chip running 64-bit 11.10. I pulled my sound card, and the on-board sound works well enough. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 575568] Re: [Wubi 10.04] The installer encountered an unrecoverable error and will now reboot

2010-05-29 Thread David Johnston
Just in case this is able to help someone in some way... I had this trouble to using 10.04 and VirtualBox 3.2.0 but I eventually got it to work. (Note that using the CD in "Live" mode always works, it's the installation that fails.) I created a new VM using most of the defaults except that I crea

[Bug 446775] Re: [Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nx6125 (EH369LA#ABM)] suspend/resume failure

2010-04-05 Thread David Johnston
I had to sell the machine because of this bug, it was too annoying to live with. -- [Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nx6125 (EH369LA#ABM)] suspend/resume failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446775 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 484937] Re: hangs on boot, X splash time

2009-12-29 Thread David Johnston
Just wanted to add that I was using BIOS version F.11 (Emanuele is running BIOS version F.13). I upgraded to F.13 too, but no joy. I've now removed 9.10 from my computer. -- hangs on boot, X splash time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484937 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 446775] Re: [Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nx6125 (EH369LA#ABM)] suspend/resume failure

2009-12-29 Thread David Johnston
I see you are using BIOS version F.11, so was I. BIOS versions F.11 and earlier cause Vista and Win 7 to fail on resume, so I though that there may be a chance that a BIOS upgrade would fix the problem on Ubuntu 9.10. I upgraded to version F.13, but the problem still persists. Here is a link to th

[Bug 484937] Re: hangs on boot, X splash time

2009-11-24 Thread David Johnston
Not for me. I've been rebooting all day since the problem is intermittent. I had 5 successful reboots, 3 crashes, and 2 more successes. -- hangs on boot, X splash time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 484937] Re: hangs on boot, X splash time

2009-11-23 Thread David Johnston
I'm downloading the updates now, here's hoping! -- hangs on boot, X splash time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

[Bug 484937] Re: hangs on boot, X splash time

2009-11-22 Thread David Johnston
I'm sorry I have to retract my earlier comment. It was just a coincidence that my computer didn't hang for a few days after removing Virtual Box. It has crashed on boot several times for me just today. I can't work like this, I'm going to have to move back to 9.04 or another distribution. Have you

[Bug 484937] Re: hangs on boot, X splash time

2009-11-21 Thread David Johnston
I can't be sure this was the solution, or even if it applies to you, but since I uninstalled Virtual Box yesterday (Nov 20) I haven't had the crash during boot problem. I think the application installs some kind of networking shim that may cause trouble, but this is only a guess. I have the exact s

[Bug 319640] Re: couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead of 3GB

2009-01-30 Thread David Johnston
Hi, I have made time to raise separate bugs for the 4 different items listed in my earlier comments in this bug report. This bug is for item 2. Three other new bug reports have been lodged for brasero. The full set of 4 related bugs in brasero are these : 1) Brasero Project options dont all

[Bug 323471] [NEW] brasero doco lacks instructions for setting temp directory

2009-01-30 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero brasero documentation lacks instructions for setting temp directory brasero documentation needs to mention temp dir properties are set for all projects from burn or copy projects only Brasero opens with 5 Project Option buttons presented - a) A

[Bug 323467] [NEW] Gconf Keys for Brasero temp directory are not automatically set up

2009-01-30 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero Gconf Keys for Brasero temp directory are not automatically set up per comments in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/319640 the gconf key "/apps/brasero/drives/tmpdir" is not loaded when brasero is installed on ubuntu intre

[Bug 323461] [NEW] Brasero Project options dont all have a properties selection button or similar

2009-01-30 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero Brasero Project options dont all have a properties selection button or similar Brasero opens with 5 Project Option buttons presented - a) Audio Project b) Data Project c) Video Project d) Disc Copy e) Burn Image The properties for d and e are

[Bug 319650] Re: error when using +add for .wav files on a CD when trying to burn a project

2009-01-30 Thread David Johnston
gday mate. thanks again for following up. sorry I took a while - back at werk this week so havent done much on the PC. since I logged the last update on this report, I installed brasero 0.8.4 to alleviate other bugs - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/313635 it still ha

[Bug 227886] Re: DVD writing takes more than an hour with any DVD, set to any speed in both Brasero and Gnomebaker

2009-01-24 Thread David Johnston
I had the problem of DVD burn taking ages, too. I used brasero. my machine only has 256MB Ram, 1.6 ghz cpu it took about 3.5 hrs to burn a 3.8gb data dvd, including just over 1hr generating the checksum. -- DVD writing takes more than an hour with any DVD, set to any speed in both Brasero and

[Bug 313635] Re: Brasero Writing to DVD error

2009-01-24 Thread David Johnston
Hi, I downloaded version 0.8.4 from deb per info in responses to question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+question/54903 because I also had that problem of nested directories. That version seems to improve the handling of directories of over 7 levels - there is still a dial

[Bug 319650] Re: error when using +add for .wav files on a CD when trying to burn a project

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
oops - left off the attachment ** Attachment added: "debug output from brasero after +add on cd with .wav tracks" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21522877/brasero-debug-319650a.txt -- error when using +add for .wav files on a CD when trying to burn a project https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319

[Bug 319640] Re: couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead of 3GB

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
hi chris, thanks again for taking time to help. I guess I should lodge separate bug reports for each of items 1 - 4 in my earlier update, but they are all related, so I was initially hesitant to do that. The title of this bug report is most closely related to item 2 (sorry that this isnt exact

[Bug 319650] Re: error when using +add for .wav files on a CD when trying to burn a project

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
thanks pedro for looking into it. have done the debug run and got the same dialogue box so immediately closed brasero to avoid extra logging messages on the debug output file I used a different audio cd for the debug and the message dialogue box was as before - "Track 1.wav" can't be handled b

[Bug 319640] Re: couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead of 3GB

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
Hi Chris, Thanks for taking the time to help out. your advice led to me being able to set the working directory for brasero so that I can scale temp back to normal size. I also needed to tinker a bit to trick brasero into giving gnome the gconf key for drives. brasero was there under apps, bu

[Bug 319640] Re: couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead of 3GB

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
set status to incomplete because there was a workaround available but it didnt fix the underlying bug. see my comprehensive (sorry - perhaps exhaustive) comments added recently. ** Changed in: brasero (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Incomplete -- couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead o

[Bug 319650] [NEW] error when using +add for .wav files on a CD when trying to burn a project

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero Hi, further to details in question: #57949 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+question/57949 brasero 0.8.2 on ubuntu intrepid 8.10 with kernal updated to 2.6.27-9-generic this bug report is for bug 2 mentioned in question #57

[Bug 319640] [NEW] couldnt burn cd when /tmp had 1GB instead of 3GB

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero Hi, further to details in question: #57949 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+question/57949 brasero 0.8.2 on ubuntu intrepid 8.10 with kernal updated to 2.6.27-9-generic There was no place for selecting a working directory o

[Bug 313635] Re: Brasero Writing to DVD error

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
also attaching the brasero log file from an earlier session which failed with the problem being reported in this bug note that with so much data being handled by most users, either you end up with thousands of files in low level directories, or you nest the directories to several levels to separat

[Bug 313635] Re: Brasero Writing to DVD error

2009-01-21 Thread David Johnston
hi pedro, thanks for taking time to offer help. this bug affects me too. the error is very easy to reproduce. I have an i386 arch machine with 256MB ram, 1.6GHz processor, 2x 40GB HDD the 2nd HDD is ntfs used for data storage (no apps or o/s whether windoze or otherwise) that drive is nearly

[Bug 219062] Re: "Could not read from resource" error when playing encrypted DVD

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
yep that was brilliant, Milan. Thanks for your explanation. I tried playing the dvd No Quarter again after running the libdvdcss2 script and it now plays OK. since it isnt part of the official package, it would greatly help if the comments attached to the ubuntu-restricted-extras package could

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 219062 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219062 I reread some of the info in bug #280780 and realised that libdvdcss2 is not packaged as a separate package, which is implied from some of the comments and instructions. I ran the script libdvdcss2 from packa

[Bug 219062] Re: "Could not read from resource" error when playing encrypted DVD

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
I reread some of above and realised that libdvdcss2 is not packaged as a separate package, which is implied from some of the comments and instructions. I ran the script libdvdcss2 from package libdvdread3 and it fixed the problem. That suggests the bug is actually a packaging problem. Anyway,

[Bug 219062] Re: "Could not read from resource" error when playing encrypted DVD

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
I have intrepid installed and I had the same problem. I filed bug report #317057 but it seems to be not quite a duplicate. I have tried most of the above, but when I tried to find package libdvdcss2 using synaptic, it doesnt show up. (only the packages *ubuntu-restricted-extras which I have

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
If this bug report does need to be closed as a duplicate to only one bug, it should be linked to #280780 I will add the following comment to both the related bugs - See also bug report #317057 which relates to both bugs #280780 and #219062 -- Movie fails to play after auto download and inst

[Bug 280780] Re: Totem hangs when asked to play DVD

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
See also bug report #317057 which relates to both bugs #280780 (this) and #219062 further to update from Milan on 08/12/27, looks like its not just a bug for Hardy - I have Intrepid installed. -- Totem hangs when asked to play DVD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280780 You received this bu

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
as noted, I have now upgraded the totem package version 2.24.3-0ubuntu1 the disc was still in the player so I started totem from Applications->Sound&Video and then selected play disc from the movie menu. same result for "No Quarter" - error message "Could not read from resource." same result f

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
actions taken so far - per info in answer to question 49761 - https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+question/49761 searched for the following packages - libdvdread3 libdvdnav4 libdvdcss2 libdvdread3 and libdvdnav4 were already installed and were up to date. Could not find libd

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
ran apport to collect info about the fail when playing dvd "No Quarter" which gives the message "an error occurred, Could not read from resource." tried to lodge it by subscribing but dont know if the extra attachments were added because the bug report system gave me the message "you are already

[Bug 317057] [NEW] Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: totem Have included details per "Please include, if possible" as follows : 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu. ubuntu 8.10 desktop i386 installed from the Live iso cd image (its excellent) the inst

[Bug 317057] Re: Movie fails to play after auto download and install of codecs etc

2009-01-14 Thread David Johnston
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21205158/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcMaps.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21205159/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcStatus.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21205160/ProcStatus.txt -- Movie

[Bug 183033] Re: Intel Core 2 Duo - Resume from suspend, CPU Frequency Scaling is gone on CPU1

2008-05-19 Thread David Johnston
E_rulez: unfortunately that 'workaround' doesn't do anything for me and a lot of other people with this issue. -- Intel Core 2 Duo - Resume from suspend, CPU Frequency Scaling is gone on CPU1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183033 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 231995] [NEW] AssertionError uploading images to Facebook

2008-05-19 Thread David Johnston
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: conduit I've set up a conduit from a local folder of JPEGs to Facebook. After authorising on Facebook, the sync begins but crashes immediately with the following trace: Exception in thread Wrapper: Files source (UID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) |--> []: Tracebac

[Bug 224580] Re: libvnc crashes X when connecting

2008-05-15 Thread David Johnston
I too have this exact same issue on an upgraded Mythbuntu 8.04 release. It worked perfectly on 7.10. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14535089/xorg.conf -- libvnc crashes X when connecting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224580 You received this bug notification

[Bug 140554] Re: X crashes gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0

2007-12-29 Thread David Johnston
I've found this most often caused in Firefox during opacity/alpha transitions. For example, the crossfading 'latest features' javascript on the Shacknews frontpage hangs my machine upteen times each week - but only as the transition starts and is on-screen (scrolling down to hide it avoids the hang