[Bug 534340] Re: Movie player fails to play DVD disc

2010-10-31 Thread Elton Woo
When I try to play any AVI files from a DVD, they start the first few seconds then Movie Player stops with the current image on screen. The same happens if I copy the file to the hard drive on the netbook. The problem also occurs when I load a commercial movie disk The 4 popup error dialogs are

[Bug 534340] Re: Movie player fails to play DVD disc

2010-10-31 Thread Elton Woo
ADDENDUM: my foregoing comment relates to Movie Player in Meerkat (ubuntu 10,10) / Netbook remiix on Asus EEE 1000 PC. The most recent updates [TODAY: 31 OCT. 2010 16:28 EST] have been installed, but do not rectify the problem. I have used the Help dialog in the application to upload a report.

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-07-02 Thread Elton Woo
@ Robb Romans: I have an Asus eee 1000 PC, *no hardware modifications*, so it should be the same as your machine. I manually installed Lucid Lynx as posted in the ubuntu forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...22#post9203922 [#136] ... perhaps this might help you? I never installed

[Bug 545443] Re: Lucid on Asus EEE PC 901 and 1000H fails to connect to any wireless network

2010-05-16 Thread Elton Woo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 @ Marc Poulhiès: I myself am running Lucid on an EEE 1000 PC. You would do well to look at the postings in the Networking section of ubuntuforums.org. I'm sure you'll find the solution there. I've also

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-10 Thread Elton Woo
@ hackvan: did you try the 2.6.33.3 kernel? That is the one I am currently using: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.33.3-lucid/ -- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 You received

[Bug 545443] Re: Lucid on Asus EEE PC 901 and 1000H fails to connect to any wireless network

2010-05-10 Thread Elton Woo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 @ frankernet: which one? an update in the channel broke the salvetri fix, so I installed the 2.6.33 one instead. You can get the RaLink drivers here: http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2. The

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-09 Thread Elton Woo
@ Strange Movement [you said:] kernel 2.6.32-22 was released, has anyone tried it ? Is this in the Update Manager list? I foolishly installed the first kernel update _from the channel_ once I had Lucid installed. (I had used Ricardo Salvetri's patched kernel to get online). After installing this

[Bug 545443] Re: Lucid on Asus EEE PC 901 and 1000H fails to connect to any wireless network

2010-05-08 Thread Elton Woo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 There are currently two fixes that work: Ricardo Salvetri's patched kernel http://rsalveti.net/pub/ubuntu/kernel/lucid/linux-image-2.6.32-21-generic_2.6.32-21.32rsalveti1_i386.deb or:

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-05 Thread Elton Woo
@ Chris Barker: first of all thank you for the useful guidance you provide on your blog. As I follow this thread, I am also posting help to the ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1473629 In the ubuntu forums the section with networking is high traffic due to the numerous

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-05 Thread Elton Woo
@ Chris Barker: [you said:] I'm not sure what your relationship is to Ralink but if they are so open-source friendly why are their latest drivers broken and require an end user like me to modify the source code, compile the source code myself, and go through all sorts of back flips just get a

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-01 Thread Elton Woo
I did a clean install of LUCID LTS (Ubuntu Netbook Edition), and applied the patched kernel. Details are in the ubuntu forums HERE: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9203922#post9203922 [#136] No further connection problems. THANK YOU Ricardo! -- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-30 Thread Elton Woo
Normally, I prefer to do a clean install of a release. This time, I upgraded from Karmic to Lucid. Since I could not connect with the Asus EEE 1000, I downloaded the Ricardo Salvetri's patched kernel with mhy Macbook then installed it on the Asus from a USB key. I was then able to connect to the

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-28 Thread Elton Woo
On my Macbook, I downloaded the *release candidate* [ubuntu-10.04-rc-netbook-i386.iso], verified the md5sums, and burnt on DVD-R media. Booting the disk as a live CD on my Asus 1000 PC, the problem still persists. Lucid will not connect to WPA/WPA2. -- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-23 Thread Elton Woo
I haven't followed too closely about what is being dropped from the CD for lack of space, but I understand that The Gimp is one of them. At the risk of dumping yet another important package from the CD, why not just 'bite the bullet' and do so [remove another (other) packag(s) from the CD]?

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-21 Thread Elton Woo
@ PhIlG: this is a catch-22 situation, and as you so rightly said: ...the Lucid image will not contain the updated drivers. This places users in the position of needing to upgrade in order to have functioning wireless, but being unable to upgrade because their wireless isn't functioning. Fine

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-20 Thread Elton Woo
@ Ricardo Salvetri: I would like to add my voice in saying thank you for your work on the kernel. @Jeremy Foshee: From your comments, would I be correct for me to understand that you are one of the team who will make the final decision before Lucid goes gamma? FWIW: I am one of those Asus EEE

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-19 Thread Elton Woo
@ Ricardo: Imagine the bad publicity for linux if the next release comes out *without* the patch. Not just long time users of linux, but what about those new to the OS who will install the new release, only to find that they can't connect to the internet? Connectivity nowadays is primordial

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-15 Thread Elton Woo
Same problem displayed with both LUCID Beta 1 and Beta 2 (booted as a live CD); Details of my hardware: Asus EEE 1000 PC netbook (currently running Ubuntu Karmic) Sysinfo utility reports == Network Controller: RaLink RT2860, Subsystem: Ralink Device 2790 Ethernet controller: Attansic Atheros

[Bug 456760] [NEW] firefox abends after a Down Them All! download

2009-10-20 Thread Elton Woo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 Selecting a file from *this* page: http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/988223/, then using Down Them All! add-on to get the file. Hit go back to previous page *twice*, and Firefox abends: NO visible error messages. Browser is run on Asus EEE 1000 PC

[Bug 456760] Re: firefox abends after a Down Them All! download

2009-10-20 Thread Elton Woo
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34076530/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34076531/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: profiles.ini.txt

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-10 Thread Elton Woo
@Bart: on other mailing lists, the directions to unsubscribe are generally or always in the message FOOTER. However, I notice that the method is different here. Running the browser on a 10 netbook screen one might easily miss it: Look to the right of the screen (*your* right) --- just above the

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-08 Thread Elton Woo
@Tony: I hit reply, not realizing that your 'reply to' defaulted to this forum. Now that i manged to put my foot in my mouth. (hopefully) I might manage to take all ten toes back out! *blush* -- Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349519 You received this bug

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-08 Thread Elton Woo
I should know better to leave well enough alone: HOWEVER. old habits (as a beta tester) are hard to break. ... as a test, I reverted to netbook and got the following error: /begin quote An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information for netbook-launcher. Some of your

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
I feel reasonably certain that i have not encountered this bug until yesterday, when several installs resulted the same way: switching to standard mode from netbook, and upon reboot, I lose both top and bottom panels and can only right click on the desktop. As such, I cannot even open a console,

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
@sachin: Thank you. What is the name of the UNR launcher executable? I re-installed the (defualt) Xandros distro, and I was thinking of installing either EEEbuntu or Easy Peasy, but since both of these are based on ubuntu, I suspect that the problem might exist across these variations of the

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
@sachin: This is very strange. I had printed up your suggestions, and was about to follow the directions. Guess what? I had NO NEED to do so. NOTE: Machine: ASUS EEE 1000 PC 1) I had re-installed the [ASUS] Xandros distro, after reading your post, I did a CLEAN install of Jaunty 9.40 NBR

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
@ Tony: /begin quote There is a fix for this (as explaned above! - desktop-switcher_0.4.6_i386.deb (38.2 KiB, application/x-debian-package) I still have not gotten around to installing it AFAIK, this problem only happens if you shutdown/restart whilst in Classic mode. /end quote **I

[Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
Success at last! After Installing desktop-switcher_0.4.6_i386.deb, I rebooted, but still no desktop icons. A cold boot showed no change: I still had the top and bottom launchers, but no objects on the desktop: mounted disks, or the image file that I had copied in the file manager. I had a

Re: [Bug 349519] Re: Switch Desktop Mode corrupted settings

2009-08-07 Thread Elton Woo
, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Tony u...@aqk.ca wrote: Dear, dear Elton Woo- it is late Friday night; I have consumed copious amounts of wine, and alas, am all alone. So I appear to be prisoner to your miserable bleatings. Let's take this off-line. AFAIK the fix (0.4.6) as posted by Neil J. Patel

[Bug 389322] Re: Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.

2009-07-01 Thread Elton Woo
I am running Pidgin 2.5.5 in ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix. It simply says 'connecting but fails to connect to yahoo.ca chat. I did as per the instructions HERE:http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/: To setup the PPA, copy-and-paste these commands into a terminal: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys

[Bug 389322] Re: Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.

2009-07-01 Thread Elton Woo
ADDENDUM: I am shown two buttons: Modify Account and Re-enable. Neither corrects the situation. -- Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 389322] Re: Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.

2009-07-01 Thread Elton Woo
Damiano Dallatana: Your suggestion to remove the @yahoo.ca from my login seems to work, I no longer get the error 1013 message, Thank you. Dominque DeSalla: I didn't have to change the server information. Dave Stroud: thanks for your suggestion, I was able to find the deb package Pidgin 2.5.8.

[Bug 371108] [NEW] installation failure using synaptic on asus 1000 PC

2009-05-02 Thread Elton Woo
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rocksndiamonds selecting all available non-free packages (Zelda, etc) synaptic reports a failure and 'rocksandimonds' is NOT added to the games menu / games group. Machine: Asus eee 1000 PC, OS: ubuntu 9.04 jaunty jackalope netbook remix, installed

[Bug 371108] Re: installation failure using synaptic on asus 1000 PC

2009-05-02 Thread Elton Woo
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26269785/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26269786/DpkgTerminalLog.txt -- installation failure using synaptic on asus 1000 PC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/371108