[Bug 1681175] Re: network-manager don't work normally

2017-04-17 Thread Doug Bates
Just upgraded to 17.04 from 16.10 and it's just plain broken (i.e. h/w restart and/or 'service network-manager-restart' doesn't fix it). Tried GRUB boot from 14.04 (which I still have on a spare partition) and all working ok - so we can't blame hardware or ISP problems... -- You received this

[Bug 1313387] [NEW] Stopmotion crashes on opening .sto file

2014-04-27 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: When trying to restore previously saved work [mywork.sto] Stopmotion crashes and vanishes. System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Version: stopmotion 0.7.2-1 Notes: I have run apt-get update /reinstall (etc) More than one file fails to Open (tried 3 different times) The attempted STO

[Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-04-09 Thread Doug Bates
I think the problem has come back again. I did a fresh install post beta 2 (April-07 daily build) on my production partition as my test partition had been running so well (see my comment 2013-03-16). Unfortunately the video diver was then broken again. Now running OK on proprietry AMD

[Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-16 Thread Doug Bates
f.y.i. I think it just got sorted (on my machine anyway) after updating today. Mark as 'fixed'? Thank you (whoever) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1147439 Title: 13.04beta runs on

[Bug 1147439] Re: 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-07 Thread Doug Bates
f.y.i. I swapped the ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6450] card for an Nvidea 8500 and all worked beautifully. = ATI ~ it's all your fault ;-) (but works just fine on 12.10 so no hardware issues I think) I hope it gets sorted 'cus on NVidea it all looks brilliant! thank you. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1147439] [NEW] 13.04beta runs on Live DVD but graphics crashes on install

2013-03-05 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: Having run the live 13.04 beta (downloaded 4 Mar, updated 5th) desktop runs *beautifully* on [AMD] nee ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6450] with system graphics reported as 'Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAICOS', but after install the system hangs at an overscanning (or blank colour) log-on

[Bug 998719] Re: Xorg fails to start unless change from lightdm to gdm using Nouveau

2012-05-14 Thread Doug Bates
Tryin to service/update an old PC for a neighbour (Athlon 1800+] yawn . Seemed to work fine on inital boot from '12.04 Alternate CD' dist update, but after running on-line updates it stalls after Greeter log- in. If I choose 'Recovery mode' then 'resume normal boot' it comes up OKish (like

[Bug 998719] Re: Xorg fails to start unless change from lightdm to gdm using Nouveau

2012-05-14 Thread Doug Bates
Oh, sorry, I forgot to say: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2) D. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998719 Title: Xorg fails

Re: [Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-05-04 Thread Doug Bates
On 04/05/12 03:46, arsenix wrote: .Is there any hope of using 802.11n under ubuntu? I make do using my old 802.11g router . I do, having having switched my 'n' router from WEP to WPA encryption - now works fine all round my house ( 'g' works too but doesn't have the range to reach

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-04-17 Thread Doug Bates
Steven, the adapter I am using was bought in the 'Value Range' by a UK supplier (CCLOnline.com) but they explicitly state the 'Value' items are not manufacturer specific/may change. I did find on ebay 'Tenda Mini 54m Wireless USB Adapter W541U V2.0' which looks about right. -- You received this

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-04-17 Thread Doug Bates
Playing around based on #173 I changed my hub from WEP (64bit) to WPA/WPA2 (PSK) and it works - IT WORKS, IT WORKS So we are left with 11.04: WEP (64 bit key) = Good, WPA/2 = Good 12.04: WEP (64 bit key) = V Bad (worse than dial-up speeds), WPA/2 = Good (flat-line 9Mb/s, as per my ADSL

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-04-15 Thread Doug Bates
#176 - Yes, as per my post #37 last October. I am still having to run 11.04 if I use the built-in Intel N-1000 hardware, (or boot 12.04 with USB Raylink, which works great). Note the N-1000 works fine on G only routers, but I need N turned on to get coverage around my house. Sorry I can't fix

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-04-15 Thread Doug Bates
Robert, my comment above was a bit vague (Raylink make a number of models) so to clarify #178 lsusb reports: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:2070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2070 Wireless Adapter And on the box: W541U v2.0 Working fine on 12.04 as I write this (but I have to select 'disconnect' my

[Bug 851088] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_cancellable_is_cancelled()

2012-04-01 Thread Doug Bates
Log-in screen kept looping (login ~ blank screen) and no time to enter password. Used Guest login by pounding on 'enter' - changed 'Owner' to login without password and now able to file this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 912031] Re: ubiquity crashed with TypeError in partman_column_name(): argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

2012-03-07 Thread Doug Bates
Alpha 23 ran fine on this old Celeron M laptop, but Beta 1 always crashes on manual partitioning (I've tried several 'daily' builds since i first saw the prob on day1 of Beta. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-02-16 Thread Doug Bates
Following the flurry of happy people above I tried 12.04 Daily Build (64 bit / 15Feb) again on my Atom 450 / Centrino -Wireless N1000 netbook and still minimal connectivity (10s -100s B/s). However using a Raylink RT 2070 usb dongle (148f:2070) I get 800+kB/s just fine. I didn't try backports,

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-02-09 Thread Doug Bates
It's still broken! I just installed Precise on my Acer One netbook ( with Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000) and connectivity is unuseable (10's to k's of B/s). Having found 11.10 unuseable (see #37) last October I rolled back to 11.04 until now. Disappointed 'cus I love 11.10/12.04

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] [Regression] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2012-02-09 Thread Doug Bates
ps to #140 above, if it helps Thanks. D. *-network description: Wireless interface product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@:02:00.0 logical

Re: [Bug 857041]

2012-01-06 Thread Doug Bates
On 02/01/12 16:44, Pmladek-y wrote: The fix has been just approved and pushed for 3.4.5-rc2. Thanks - the earlier work-around had worked for me, but it's nice to know LO has just got little bit even better :-) Appreciated. Doug (aka Coloneldare) -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 876103] Re: Really slow and choppy fullscreen Flash videos in Ubuntu 11.10

2011-12-03 Thread Doug Bates
I have an AMD Sempron 3400+, 1.2GB memory + GeForce 6100 nForce 405 'integrated' graphics. They work well on 11.04 showing Flash Youtube/Iplayer full screen, but are utterly useless on 11.10, so I have re-installed 11.04 and all is well again. Tried both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of 11.10 and

[Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2011-10-18 Thread Doug Bates
Me too! With my Acer AspireOne/Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 card. Acer works fine on 11.04 (which I have had to fall back to.) 11.10 works with ethernet (c. 800KiB/s) but 0 - ten's or hundreds of B/s (not KiB) so totally unusable, tho some connectivity. 11.10 works fine on my Broadcom

Re: [Bug 836250] Re: [Oneiric] Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 poor networking, packet loss and very slow Lenovo X201 and T500 laptops

2011-10-18 Thread Doug Bates
On 18/10/11 17:55, Joseph Salisbury wrote: Are there are folks that can test prior versions of the kernel to see when this issue was introduced? Having followed Alpha 2 - Release 11.10 via upgrades, and still having problems, I did a complete 11.10 install but probs still there. So I

[Bug 857041] [NEW] Nonprinting characters not showing in Writer

2011-09-22 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: When authoring, or viewing write-enabled document in Writer (LibreOffice 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (Build:302) ) the non-printing character symbols don't show on screen. Ctrl-F10 toggles toolbar icon OK, but to no effect on screen. I'm running Ubuntu AMD64 Oneiric (beta) with Nvidia

[Bug 826596] [NEW] package firmware-b43-installer 1:014-9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

2011-08-15 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: My Broadcom wireless was broken with upgrade to 11.10 (worked fine in 11.04). Installed b43-fwcutter to get it working. Now broken with recent upgrades (device not ready (firmware missing)) in notification area. Thanks - all else looks brilliant! Doug ProblemType: Package

[Bug 826596] Re: package firmware-b43-installer 1:014-9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

2011-08-15 Thread Doug Bates
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826596 Title: package firmware-b43-installer 1:014-9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 826596] Re: package firmware-b43-installer 1:014-9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

2011-08-15 Thread Doug Bates
Now working on my ASUS (AMD64) since I did a further update later today. Thanks! :-)D. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826596 Title: package firmware-b43-installer 1:014-9

[Bug 737792] Re: compiz crashed with SIGABRT in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()

2011-03-30 Thread Doug Bates
eMachines netbook driving external monitor at 1360x768. Crash reported when switching workspaces. System remained stable and recovered without locking up etc. Thanks for great system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber.

[Bug 684083] Re: Plymouth hangs after installation of nvidia drivers on natty alpha1

2011-02-08 Thread Doug Bates
Excuse me if not relevant, but I tried Natty for the 1st time today (using daily build), and seemed to work OK until I selected hardware drivers available (Nvidia on AMD64x4 hardware using the 386 iso). On re-boot system hangs at 'Ubuntu (dot-dot-dot' logo). Couldn't to a error report 'cus no

[Bug 690926] Re: Installer forces you to install grub somewhere

2011-02-08 Thread Doug Bates
I tried installing Natty daily build today (8th feb) and on re-boot Grub didn't find my 'Lucid' OS on sda1 - only offered me the one option 'Natty' in sda5. Being less technical than some I installed a duplicate 10.04 in sd5 and hey-presto grub offers me both options 10.04 or 10.04. Sorry for

[Bug 544113] [NEW] Lucid Beta 1 when Guest is logged out it falls back to (Admin) user without asking for password.

2010-03-22 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: Having let another person use my laptop running Lucid (Beta 1) via 'Guest Session', if that person logs out they then fall straight back into my (Administrator) area. Maybe not a technical fault but, but designed unhappiness in an Internet Cafe situation. Should Guest

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2010-03-22 Thread Doug Bates
Brill - I just wish it didn't make me feel so geriatric. I can see the probs, but don't have the skills to fix them. So Tormod, thanks for your help/interest. Doug Wider comment: I love how how Lucid looks/feels, I'm amazed how well Beta1 works already. Promising! Thanks. -- ASUS A6000 /

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2010-03-20 Thread Doug Bates
It's still broken in 10.04 Beta 1 ***AND*** the fix by net/~xorg- edgers/+archive/drivers-only/+sourcepub/777647/+listing-archive-extra (above) now doesn't work - as it was in 9.10. PLEASE SOMEONE - HELP Doug -- ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

[Bug 538647] [NEW] Lucid wont boot after installing software updates

2010-03-14 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: I have been running Lucid on an aging OEM Celeron 800 beautifully. Quick and stable, but y'day installed daily updates and now it hangs at CLi login: prompt. I'll happily help testing if someone can suggest what to do next Pity,it was looking really good . Doug **

Re: [Bug 538647] Re: Lucid wont boot after installing software updates

2010-03-14 Thread Doug Bates
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 538214 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538214 IKT wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 538214 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538214 Heya, Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This

[Bug 467875] Re: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()

2010-03-10 Thread Doug Bates
I saw this error report shortly after using synaptic to install Flash (non-free). All else working normally. -- apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2010-03-04 Thread Doug Bates
I recently applied the update (c/o what syntax wrote on 2009-12-07 above) and my 9.10 worked fine at last :-). But now we are back to where we were. See https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/drivers-only/+sourcepub/777647/+listing-archive-extra. And thanks Tormod Volden it worked a

Re: [Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-12-16 Thread Doug Bates
Further to your email (22 Feb - I did reply at the time), I still cannot use even the latest (9.10) version as about 50% of boot-ups fail resulting in four(?) colour grainy graphics. Repeated hard resets/cold starts often don't fix it - then the next day maybe it boots fine. 8.4 LTS still

Re: [Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-03-12 Thread Doug Bates
DT We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Yes - I have just tried 9.04 (i386) and the grainy 4 colour display still renders it useless. I guess I'm stuck with 8.04 (lovely, v. stable) until the video gets sorted. Thanks, Doug Dan

Re: [Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2009-02-27 Thread Doug Bates
DT Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I'm pleased to be able to help - I love my U8.04 but 8.10 is still unusable. I have kept it fully patched (currently running as 2.6.27-generic with Gnome 2.24.1) but it still mostly fails to boot the video

[Bug 287475] [NEW] ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2008-10-22 Thread Doug Bates
Public bug reported: I am running Hardy 8.04 fine on my Asus A6B00U laptop with SIS M760 GX graphics I believe. Yet on Intrepid I get full screen resolution (1280x800) but what seems to be about 4 colours (CYMK?) and massive dithering on all displays (windows (small 'w'!), pictures etc). I

[Bug 287475] Re: ASUS A6000 / SIS M760GX grainy graphic display

2008-10-22 Thread Doug Bates
** Attachment added: Digital photo of display for info. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18794474/a6000%20screen%20photo.png ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18794475/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt