[Bug 536766] Re: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages

2011-09-24 Thread David Stevenson
To me this is still a problem in 11.10 beta2. As in #27 for 11.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766 Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-04-10 Thread David Stevenson
Further to my last report, when it connects it stays connected, and gives reliable full speed data transfer. But I have also seen it fail to connect, since, with no change to the installed software. It feels like if it fails to connect, some thing is reset to a wrong setting and never recovers.

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-04-04 Thread David Stevenson
Success! Yes I have just done a software update on my alpha3 install and after reboot wireless is working. Thanks all David -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/714300 Title: ath5k

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-03-31 Thread David Stevenson
Not very good here - now natty alpha3. On boot up nwmanager tries to link to my essid, fails and asks for wep key again. It reports the correct wireless networks available, so it is receiving OK. Dmesg reports multiple [ 657.327575] ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout (2472MHz) [ 657.776977]

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-03-31 Thread David Stevenson
Whoops for some reason I have pasted the wrong errors in for the boot attempt it was [ 76.693191] wlan0: direct probe to 00:1a:70:89:4d:21 (try 1/3) [ 76.890058] wlan0: direct probe to 00:1a:70:89:4d:21 (try 2/3) [ 77.090055] wlan0: direct probe to 00:1a:70:89:4d:21 (try 3/3) Until I

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-03-31 Thread David Stevenson
Another update -above was with new natty alpha3 - I thought with latest update during install, but it that must have failed. I have now redone the update and have 2.6.28-7 and still no connection, but the gain calibration messages are gone. Just the direct probe messages. Otherwise just the

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-03-22 Thread David Stevenson
Sorry for delay, I still have a non working wi-fi. The problem is not the same, the gain calibration timeout does not appear, but now I get direct probe to... repeated many many times. The wireless is getting much further. So I think you can mark this bug as fixed. I was concerned that my work

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-02-28 Thread David Stevenson
Dmitrijs Thanks for the update. Unfortunately I can not get that kernel to work with Nouveau - not sure why but back to last kernel and xorg goes again. While struggling to get a desktop I still saw lots of wlan: direct probe to errors which is what i was getting from the compat-wireless

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-02-14 Thread David Stevenson
Well that should be good news, but where is the fix? I have just updated to 2.6.38-3-generic and no improvement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/714300 Title: ath5k wireless failes to

[Bug 600875] Re: No documentation for using/configuring Unity

2011-02-09 Thread David Stevenson
As an user, I think the first thing to document is that there are a number of different desktops, how to recognise which you are running and how that choice was made. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 714300] [NEW] ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-02-06 Thread David Stevenson
Public bug reported: Network manager tries and tries, and then dies with option to send bug report - which fails. I think the problem is, from dmesg ath5k phy0: gain calibration timeout which keeps repeating. I found this https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27382 which looks like my

[Bug 714300] Re: ath5k wireless failes to connect natty alpha2

2011-02-06 Thread David Stevenson
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[Bug 668382] Re: No warning before removing important packages!!

2011-01-23 Thread David Stevenson
I have just tried this in Natty alpha. If you try and uninstall Cups you get the following message. If you uninstall Cups, future updates will not include new items in The Desktop system set. Ar you sure you want to continue. And if you scroll down the bottom item on the list is The Ubuntu

[Bug 452177] Re: Digitemp can't read find 1wire network

2010-12-02 Thread David Stevenson
Similar problems under 10.10 Using packaged version works sometimes, hangs after Turning off all DS2409 Couplers sometimes and returns to user prompt without finding anything after Turning off all DS2409 Couplers sometimes. No clear indication of what makes the difference, today Gnome desktop

[Bug 599716] Re: having unity --replace would be nice

2010-11-30 Thread David Stevenson
Is anyone aware of a workaround to achieve the same effect? Starting unity without closing the session. -- having unity --replace would be nice https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/599716 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 633201] Re: Opening a nautilus window is next to impossible

2010-09-10 Thread David Stevenson
A couple more use cases: How do I access a non mounted volume? (I am dual booting lucid and meerkat) How do I access other network shares? As a comment I am using lucid netbook as my desktop in my pocket, and think the full screen apps, left hand menu is good. But I found nautilus did not fit

[Bug 633201] Re: Opening a nautilus window is next to impossible

2010-09-10 Thread David Stevenson
Mark I was not aware of nautilus elementary, so I have now installed it 2.31.1 2.31.90, and my comments are first impressions. It does not really address my feeling that nautilus does not integrate well with the 10.04 netbook interface. This may now be irrelevant as unity is here, but the