[Bug 288797] Re: [Intrepid] Synaptic unusable - Can not find packages

2011-03-17 Thread Dmitri Petros
Did it to me once, and once only, on 64 bit 10.04, and then an update seemed to fix it. Have you tried the xapian workaround in comment 34? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288797 Title:

[Bug 729307] Re: YouTube videos play red

2011-03-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
Niklas, understand your frustration, with you all the way. I was getting essentially the same behaviour as you before I found the forums thread and the hardware accesssory workaround. Ie the first video worked, subsequent ones were red/magenta/yellow. The quick and nasty solution for me was just t

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2010-03-06 Thread Dmitri Petros
I'm on a U100 without an updated bios, did a clean install a few days back, updated from the standard repositories only, added firewall, virus, medibuntu, cheese and not much else, and everything is working fine. I've got both USB and camera. -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset po

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2010-02-07 Thread Dmitri Petros
This really is crap. Ubuntu users have to make a choice between basic hardware functionality and security now? For a really simple workaround (which assumes you previously installed 2.6.31-18 from proposed, and that may leave you insecure), hold down shift as you boot so that the grub menu display

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2010-01-24 Thread Dmitri Petros
Wallner's hack works for me too on a U100 with the old bios. Brightness flickering and adjustment issues are both gone. Thanks Wallner! -- brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2010-01-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
Michael, Jojo, Allessio. Try having a look at Bug #435352. The fix for the webcam/usb port issue there was distinct from the bios update here. The fix was released into the proposed repository a week or so ago. I got it from there, it works well. I'm not sure it's in the standard update repositorie

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2010-01-09 Thread Dmitri Petros
Yep. Works for me on a U100. I enabled proposed, updated through update manager, restarted, removed the blacklist.conf entry, restarted again, swore at the computer a lot until I realised I also had to turn the camera on via Fn F6, and then took a whole lot of photos of myself grinning stupidly int

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
Oops. Last comment to Robert. Not Beni. Sorry. -- brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 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 http

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
Beni - Bug 435352 might be worth a read. To get the USB ports working you can : 1. Rebuild your kernel as outlined at Bug #435352 2. Turn off the camera with the Fn F6 keys at the login screen (you only need to do it once). 3. Disable uvcvideo as described at comment #157 above. The first

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-19 Thread Dmitri Petros
Sorry then ozzyboy, I can offer no more. Except maybe the fact that just about any right click or menu click after boot will stop the flashing. Building a modified kernel will get you up on both cam and ports, but I think it will almost certainly have a performance impact. My take on the mod being

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-19 Thread Dmitri Petros
sorry, forgot to mention that blacklisting uvcvideo should also get suspend working. -- brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-workspace in ubuntu. --

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-19 Thread Dmitri Petros
ozzyboy, just reread your comment at 152. Some of your problems are definitely to do with bug 435352. The problem there is that the video camera drivers seem to have some kind of conflict with the usb drivers. There's no ideal solution, but as a workaround you can rebuild your kernel with some ch

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-11-19 Thread Dmitri Petros
ozzyboy, have you tried disabling kernel mode setting in grub? That seems to be the preferred workaround in the release notes. Assuming you have grub 2 (check synaptic - it'll be listed as 1.97 or something like that) - sudo gedit /etc/default/grub type your password add "nomodeset" within the q

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-12 Thread Dmitri Petros
This is a truly crappy workaround, but depending on how desperate you are, you may want to use it. Make sure Fn F6 is switched to webcam on. (The only indicator of that on my u100 is that with most starts, USB won't work). Make sure you haven't blacklisted uvcvideo. Restart over and over until y

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "shutdownandstart - workingpostcameraandusbcheck - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35514271/shutdownandstart%20-%20workingpostcameraandusbcheck%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203):

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "shutdownandstart - working - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35514237/shutdownandstart%20-%20working%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails https://bugs.launchp

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "shutdownandstart - notworking - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35514215/shutdownandstart%20-%20notworking%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails https://bugs.l

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "restart - workingpostcameraandusbcheck - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35514166/restart%20-%20workingpostcameraandusbcheck%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fa

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "restart - working - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35514153/restart%20-%20working%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435352

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
Oops. Attachment added early. I've got a bit of an interesting take on the idea that things changed after yesterday's updates. Without the blacklist entry, I'm getting about a 20% success rate for the camera and the usb ports. That's better than before. I've only done 10 restarts and 10 shutdown/st

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "restart - notworking - dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35513960/restart%20-%20notworking%20-%20dmesg.log -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-10 Thread Dmitri Petros
Sorry knuutsen, but that doesn't work for me. Clean install, matched your sources list, fully updated, but still no usb. Did you do anything else to your setup that might have added some functionality? -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (598

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-09 Thread Dmitri Petros
On an MSI U100. I got all excited for a minute. But the current set of updates (with proposed and backports ticked) don't do it for me. Worse, I seem to have lost the camera (at least in Cheese) even with uvcvideo removed from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. Putting the blacklist entry back gives m

[Bug 428632] Re: Karmic boot fails (end_request) on Targa 1016 (MSI U120 oem)

2009-11-04 Thread Dmitri Petros
I don't know for sure about the Targa or the Medion, but I get the same errors trying to run a live CD on a Wind U100. That makes me think this bug is probably the same as Bug #435352. For a live session, there's a workaround in turning off the webcam (on a Wind, you'd use Fn F6) at the boot splas

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-04 Thread Dmitri Petros
Thanks Peter, your comments (both here and on your site) were really helpful in getting an Ubuntu Netbook Remix live session up and running on my MSI Wind U100. Some notes on my experience. 1. Very occasionally, booting to a UNR live session works with the webcam on. When it does, both the webcam

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-11-03 Thread Dmitri Petros
Arto, just to rephrase something that was said at #45 above: . It was a "bug" that this issue was not included in the release notes. . Now that the issue has been included in the release notes, that particular "bug" is fixed. . No-one is suggesting that the issue itself has been resolved. . If you

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-10-29 Thread Dmitri Petros
Derry, if you don't use the internal camera, try the workaround at #28. It's still working for me. -- regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435352 You received this bug notification

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-10-29 Thread Dmitri Petros
Shannon #103. This is not the workaround offered in the release notes. But I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, I have virtually no linux skills, and it works well for me: 1. Add the brightness applet to the top panel. 2. Each time you boot, wait until the desktop is fully up (panel icons included)

[Bug 435352] Re: regression: uvcvideo module makes "cannot reset port" error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails

2009-10-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
As Fiepel suggests, and as Ernesto and Manfred Bergner noted over at #455408, this seems like a workaround: "sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf", enter password, then add "blacklist uvcvideo" to the end of the file. It's working for me after multiple shutdowns, starts and restarts, but it

[Bug 455408] Re: karmic: USB-Devices are not detected

2009-10-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
Yep. Ernesto and Manfred's fix is working for me on my msi u100. Many thanks to both of you. I've never needed that webcam anyway. It might be worth mentioning for relative newbies like myself that the process is: open terminal, "sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf", enter password, then ad

[Bug 455408] Re: karmic: USB-Devices are not detected

2009-10-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
Me too on a msi u100. Marked mine (453714) as a duplicate. -- karmic: USB-Devices are not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455408 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.ubun

[Bug 413185] Re: USB ports doesn't work on MSI Wind 100

2009-10-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 455408 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455408 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 453714 ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 455408 karmic: USB-Devices are not de

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-27 Thread Dmitri Petros
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 455408 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/455408 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 455408 karmic: USB-Devices are not detected -- ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453714 You

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-10-25 Thread Dmitri Petros
I too have useless USB ports on a U100. I don't know whether this problem and that one are connected. That bug also seems to have about a dozen duplicates. But I figure neither problem is worth getting outraged about until after the final release... :) -- brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100 ht

[Bug 442392] Re: Backlight flickers between two brightness settings

2009-10-18 Thread Dmitri Petros
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 415023 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 Workaround. I'm on a U100 and have a similar problem both on the log in screen and after log in to desktop. I can stop the screen flickering, and make the flickering brightness widget disappear, by pressing th

[Bug 431456] Re: the gdm blinks my screen (random brigithness value) until I log in on my netbook msi wind. I'm affraid this can destroy my monitor

2009-10-18 Thread Dmitri Petros
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 415023 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 U100 same. I have this problem both on the log in screen and after log in to desktop. I can stop the screen flickering, and make the brightness widget stop flickering then disappear, by pressing the "right cli

[Bug 415023] Re: brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100

2009-10-18 Thread Dmitri Petros
Im on a U100. And have what seems to be a quick and nasty work around. For me the problem occurs both on the log in screen and after log in to desktop. I can stop the screen flickering, and make the flickering brightness widget disappear, by pressing the "right click" mouse pad bar (after the deskt

[Bug 423873] Re: screen brightness flickers at login screen

2009-10-18 Thread Dmitri Petros
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 415023 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415023 I have this problem both on the log in screen and after log in to desktop. I can stop it flickering, and make the brightness widget disappear, by pressing the "right click" mouse pad bar (after the desktop is

[Bug 453714] [NEW] ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
Public bug reported: Using an MSI Wind U100 with Ubuntu Karmic (Development Branch), updated to 16 Oct 2009. Problem is that USB storage devices are not recognised. Primary problem is with a Kingston Data Traveller 8GB memory stick, but there is also a failure to mount an LG Slim External Super Mu

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "lspci-vnvn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815859/lspci-vnvn.log -- ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815916/dmesg.log -- ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815770/uname-a.log ** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815772/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "ArecordDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815773/ArecordDevices.txt ** Att

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
** Attachment added: "version.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33815827/version.log -- ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 453714] Re: ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically

2009-10-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
adding dmesg.log -- ubuntu karmic beta usb storage devices not recognised automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/453714 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 http

[Bug 356318] Re: search in Synaptic not working properly

2009-07-16 Thread Dmitri Petros
This one continues to pop up on both my desktop (64 bit) and laptop (32) each time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04. It's happened about six or seven times now. But it is readily fixed using the method Paul Elms suggests above. -- search in Synaptic not working properly https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 356318] Re: search in Synaptic not working properly

2009-04-25 Thread Dmitri Petros
Apologies. Ubuntu 9.04. Not Xubuntu as for Charlie above. -- search in Synaptic not working properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356318 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.ub

[Bug 356318] Re: search in Synaptic not working properly

2009-04-25 Thread Dmitri Petros
I'm in the process of completing a fresh install of 9.04 64 bit and I seem to be having the same problem. I can't use either the quick search or search functions in synaptic at all. -- search in Synaptic not working properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356318 You received this bug notificatio