[Bug 1888184] Re: nagios-nrpe-server-4 is creating incorrect log spam

2020-07-26 Thread JP Vossen
Thanks for the clues! I think I'd seen that URL in my research but the `rsyslog` filter had escaped me. I'll see about pestering upstream when time permits, any hints on where or who to pester appreciated. For the record, for Mint-20 or Ubuntu Focal using stock `rsyslog` this prevented the log

[Bug 1888184] [NEW] nagios-nrpe-server-4 is creating incorrect log spam

2020-07-19 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Server: Debian 10 (buster), nagios-nrpe-plugin-3.2.1-2 Node: Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana), using Ubuntu Focal, nagios-nrpe-server-4.0.0-2ubuntu1 Icinga1 server on Debian monitoring a bunch of LinuxMint-19.3, using protocol v3, and working just fine since last year. I just built

[Bug 1757202] Re: xubuntu / bionic / nvidia-driver-390 can only be used by one user at a time

2019-12-27 Thread JP Vossen
I just had this problem on a Mint-19.3 XFCE upgraded from 18.3. For me, the fix was: * `sudo nvidia-xconfig` * `sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf` The 'Section "Files"..EndSection' block already existed but was empty. I added this: Section "Files" ModulePath

[Bug 1757202] Re: xubuntu / bionic / nvidia-driver-390 can only be used by one user at a time

2019-12-27 Thread JP Vossen
Drat, I meant to add this too: Search keywords: linux mint switch user wrong resolution -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1757202 Title: xubuntu / bionic / nvidia-driver-390 can only be

[Bug 1035045] Re: bzr refused to commit systemd-escaped filenames

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines

[Bug 1575627] Re: snapd-generated systemd units cause etckeeper with bzr backend to fail

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines

[Bug 1650261] Re: snaps with hyphens in their names get badly-named systemd mount definitions

2019-11-16 Thread JP Vossen
The hack-around in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/1035045/comments/3 "worked" for me with `etckeeper` + BZR on Mint-18, in that it stopped the error messages. I don't actually know or care what omitting the affected snap files in `/etc/` might do later. Note I needed 2 lines

[Bug 1756597] [NEW] Rhythmbox plugin "Song Lyrics" not working

2018-03-17 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: With either rhythmbox-plugins-3.0.2-0ubuntu2 (Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon) or rhythmbox-plugins-3.3-1ubuntu7 (Linux Mint 18.2 XFCE) when the "Song Lyrics" plugin is enabled and the following are checked, lyrics are never displayed: * WinampCN (www.winampcn.com) * Dark Lyrics

[Bug 1573454] Re: Mouse pointer disappear after suspend in Xubuntu 16.04

2016-09-05 Thread JP Vossen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1568604 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568604 Fresh install of Xubuntu 16.05 on Dell mini9 (32-bit/atom) with Intel graphics (crash dump details in LP#1619969 if it matters): 1) At install = bug present 2) Fully update and reboot = bug fixed since

[Bug 1568604] Re: Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics

2016-09-05 Thread JP Vossen
Fresh install of Xubuntu 16.05 on Dell mini9 (32-bit/atom) with Intel graphics (crash dump details in LP#1619969 if it matters): 1) At install = bug present 2) Fully update and reboot = bug fixed since that installed xserver-xorg-video-intel-2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.1 -- You received

[Bug 1619969] Re: xubuntu crash trying to do new install

2016-09-04 Thread JP Vossen
Hard power off and a second install keeping only to the defaults worked. What I was trying to do the first time was add more swap that was there by default. I guess if I really want to do that now I can fiddle with it in LVM. So I probably goofed something up when manually partitioning, but the

[Bug 1619969] [NEW] xubuntu crash trying to do new install

2016-09-03 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Subject says it all, brand new install on a brand new SSD, crashed. Manual partitioning might have something to do with it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux

[Bug 34813] Re: gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs

2016-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
My use case is a Mint 17.x VM using a VirtualBox vboxsf to a Win8.1 host. I had this same problem in Geany and it was driving me insane until I found http://wiki.geany.org/config/all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving and then "Edit > Prefs > Various > use_atomic_file_saving: checked"

[Bug 341725] Re: Can't save changes in VirtualBox Shared Folder. Nano, OOo do it.

2016-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
My use case is a Mint 17.x VM using a VirtualBox vboxsf to a Win8.1 host. I had this same problem in Geany and it was driving me insane until I found http://wiki.geany.org/config/all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving and then "Edit > Prefs > Various > use_atomic_file_saving: checked"

[Bug 848968] Re: Google Calendar reminders display unnecessarily

2015-11-21 Thread JP Vossen
Me too, me too!!! Added comment and subscribed too the new bug, 3.10.4 on Mint 17 (more-or-less Ubuntu 14.04). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848968 Title: Google Calendar reminders

[Bug 1480446] Re: Old notifications are triggered when adding a remote calendar

2015-11-21 Thread JP Vossen
Same thing for me on 3.10.4 on Mint 17 (more-or-less Ubuntu 14.04). Started in 2008, I'm up to 2010 after 20-30 mins... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1480446 Title: Old

[Bug 868570] Re: Can't edit or delete bookmarks in Vinagre

2015-01-06 Thread JP Vossen
2015 and still not fixed... Not too good. Ugly work-around, hack at '~/.local/share/vinagre/vinagre-bookmarks.xml' with your favorite editor, but it's XML and all 1 line so it's extremely ugly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1002267] Re: [tuxcmd] failed to start, AccessViolation at startup

2012-12-04 Thread JP Vossen
This bug looks like a dup of Bug #916295. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1002267 Title: [tuxcmd] failed to start, AccessViolation at startup To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 916295] Re: Tux Commander fails to start with overlay scrollbars

2012-12-04 Thread JP Vossen
I can confirm this in 12.04 also. The export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 hack worked for me. And see also Bug #1002267. You'd think you could do something like Exec=LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 tuxcmd but that won't work for me. There's probably way to wrap it in a tiny shell script... Yup, that

[Bug 1019708] Re: Firefox pegs CPU usage immediately, even in safe mode

2012-07-08 Thread JP Vossen
I had 4 machines affected by this problem, 3x on Ubuntu 10.04 and 1 on 12.04, all with FF 13.0.1. It also seemed like Thunderbird was a problem, though not as bad as FF. Reboots fixed them all, but that's very disappointing. Ubuntu/ntp/GNU/Linux should handle time and leap- seconds more

[Bug 855532] Re: Keyboard shortcut - Add keyboard shortcut hint overlay that is displayed when a user presses and holds the Super key

2012-04-07 Thread JP Vossen
I disagree with If screen size is smaller than 1024*768, the shortcut window should not be displayed because I just spent about half an hour tring to figure out why I don't get the overlay on my Mini9 1024x600 screen. Also, I have a VM that comes up as 800x600 or something silly because of a

[Bug 963633] Re: Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper)

2012-04-05 Thread JP Vossen
For what it's worth, this does seem to be fixed for me. The last several updates and reboots have Just Worked, with no need to do anything special. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 763284] Re: indicator-weather crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2012-04-02 Thread JP Vossen
And as noted it is (still!) happening in the beta of 12.04 LTS! That's how I got here; mine crashed, I reported it, and all of the attachments and details disappeared when I said that my bug was the same as this one. If I see this again, how do I report it so that all the details do not

[Bug 965654] [NEW] /var/log/auth spam every 2 mins: sshd[*]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 [preauth]

2012-03-26 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release:12.04 openssh-server-1:5.9p1-4ubuntu1 Not really sure that OpenSSH is the real culprit, but it's what has been reporting the log spam since I upgraded from 10.10 to 12.04 a day or two ago: $ sudo grep

[Bug 965654] [NEW] /var/log/auth spam every 2 mins: sshd[*]: Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 [preauth]

2012-03-26 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release:12.04 openssh-server-1:5.9p1-4ubuntu1 Not really sure that OpenSSH is the real culprit, but it's what has been reporting the log spam since I upgraded from 10.10 to 12.04 a day or two ago: $ sudo grep

[Bug 963633] Re: Unity 5.8: Login to blank screen (all black or just wallpaper)

2012-03-25 Thread JP Vossen
unity --reset and logging back in seems to have fixed it for me as well, though the process did scary things to the desktop and on the terminal where I ran it which adds a bit more newbie unfriendlyness to the whole issue. Having said that, I don't think 3d ever worked on this machine before and

[Bug 964429] [NEW] Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated at /usr/sbin/fcheck line 1366.

2012-03-25 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release:12.04 Package: fcheck-2.7.59-17 I upgraded a pretty stock Ubuntu 11.11 to 12.04, and now I'm getting cron emails complaining: Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated at /usr/sbin/fcheck line 1366. This is

[Bug 964044] Re: Ubuntu 11.11 to 12.04 upgrade leaves blank or empty desktop on first reboot

2012-03-24 Thread JP Vossen
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[Bug 964044] [NEW] Ubuntu 11.11 to 12.04 upgrade leaves blank or empty desktop on first reboot

2012-03-24 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: I did an 'update-manager -d' upgrade of a pretty stock Ubuntu 11.11 to 12.04. It asked 2-3 questions about overwriting changed config files, which I allowed, otherwise the upgrade was very smooth. But when I rebooted and logged in, the desktop is empty. The display is

[Bug 964044] Re: Ubuntu 11.11 to 12.04 upgrade leaves blank or empty desktop on first reboot

2012-03-24 Thread JP Vossen
Thanks assassini! I did think of that, but how to do it wasn't obvious I got distracted and never really followed up. 2d worked for me two, and now that we talk about it, I vaugly recall having to go out of my way to specially install and use 2d on the previous release, so I should have seen

[Bug 737359] Re: unity-2d in hide_mode 0 covers left side of full-screen windows

2011-03-22 Thread JP Vossen
Yup, that works, thanks. OTOH, I think the fact that I had to discover all of this via Google (i.e., the initial '/desktop/unity-2d/launcher/hide_mode= 0') and this bug report to be a bug itself. /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/use_strut true could mean anything, is non-intuitive and

[Bug 737359] Re: unity-2d in hide_mode 0 covers left side of full-screen windows

2011-03-22 Thread JP Vossen
Whenever the autohide settings will be made available to end users, a GUI will be introduced. There it is, that's what I was hoping for... Perfect. As far as using Unity-2d, I was forced due to an old graphics card, but I *like* it. The first thing I do on my other systems is turn off Compiz;

[Bug 737359] [NEW] unity-2d in hide_mode 0 covers left side of full-screen windows

2011-03-18 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity-2d Testing Natty in VMware, host has old graphics and can't run unity so running unity-2d. But I wanted the launcher on-screen all the time so I set '/desktop/unity-2d/launcher/hide_mode= 0' That worked, but full- screen apps still assume that

[Bug 737359] Re: unity-2d in hide_mode 0 covers left side of full-screen windows

2011-03-18 Thread JP Vossen
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[Bug 695152] [NEW] package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-12-28 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dpkg Encountered while (finally) upgrading from Mythbuntu 8.04 to Mythbuntu 10.04, 32-bit. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1+hardy1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.24-28.81-generic Uname:

[Bug 695152] Re: package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-12-28 Thread JP Vossen
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695152 Title: package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade: -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 695152] Re: package mythbuntu-control-centre 0.28-0ubuntu1 hardy1 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-12-28 Thread JP Vossen
I'm going to guess that there was some odd dependency thing going on, because after the post-upgrade reboot: # aptitude full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package

[Bug 675819] [NEW] Couldn't find or load the file gartoon/electric/tool-select.png

2010-11-15 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcompris DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS gcompris: Installed: 9.0-0ubuntu7 Candidate: 9.0-0ubuntu7 Version table: *** 9.0-0ubuntu7 0 500

[Bug 475093] Re: screen content is not updated

2010-07-07 Thread JP Vossen
It doesn't work in 10.04 either. :-( I get one initial screen paint, and then nothing updates no matter what I do. I am running a clean and up-to-date install of Lucid 64-bit on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop, using the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version current) [Recommended] restricted

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-24 Thread JP Vossen
UPDATE: I added the work-around in comment 3, and it seemed to have no effect. Then I had to reboot for other reasons, and since that reboot I've had the messages only once, as follows, which is a great improvement. I did *not* mess with /sbin/hdparm as I mentioned I might in comment 25. Jun 23

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-24 Thread JP Vossen
@Jarige, I thought the work-around I applied from comment 3 *was* the disabling udisks-probe-ata-smart in /lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks.rules one in comment 7. I didn't read the file-names carefully enough. Having said that, '/lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks.rules' says right at the top # Do not edit

[Bug 473622] Re: presenter-console is displayed on same monitor as slideshow

2010-06-22 Thread JP Vossen
Ran into this bug on a clean install of Lucid i386 on a Mini9, while attempting to present at a LUG. Not good. We had literally a room full of Linux experts and it took us 20 mins to figure out what it was doing and work around it. (Not online so I didn't find this bug until hours later.) We

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-21 Thread JP Vossen
I tried the one in #3 and it does not seem to have worked either, though I didn't restart anything or reboot so I'm not 100% sure it took effect. Different idea: I'm hazy on just what hdparm is needed for. What if I just rename it, and create a symlink to true in its place. Will that cause any

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-20 Thread JP Vossen
@Jarige in comment 21, what work-around, the one in comment 3? @Tommy Trussell in comment 20, interesting point. I will grep '^... .. ..:3[567]:' /var/log/* and take a good look at the results, when I have some time to spare. -- udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-18 Thread JP Vossen
Dell Mini9 running clean Lucid install. Fully up-to-date but no work- arounds attempted. Upgraded RAM and 16G SSD I see messages like this several times a day: Jun 17 10:37:02 mini9 kernel: [541557.000145] ata1: lost interrupt (Status 0x58) Jun 17 10:37:02 mini9 kernel: [541557.004104] ata1:

[Bug 574462] Re: udisks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM violations

2010-06-18 Thread JP Vossen
I should have noted in my comment 18 that I noticed this issue via logcheck, and that I was previously running Ubuntu 9.04 LPIA, with logcheck and did NOT see this problem. I made 2 attempts to upgrade to 9.10 and both failed utterly, presumably due to the terrible LPIA ports. So as noted this is

[Bug 592521] [NEW] pwgen: not found during clean install

2010-06-10 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythtv Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 mythtv-common: Installed: 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 0 500

[Bug 592521] Re: pwgen: not found during clean install

2010-06-10 Thread JP Vossen
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50112079/Dependencies.txt -- pwgen: not found during clean install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592521 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 571063] Re: Evolution crashes on import of settings containing saved passwords

2010-04-28 Thread JP Vossen
I'm using Gnome. /etc/default/apport is and was turned off (by default, that seems kind of bad). /var/crash/ is empty. I looked at installing bug-buddy but it wanted about 117 new packages, which is too insane for words. Now I see why it's not installed by default. Anyway, the crash does not

[Bug 571063] [NEW] Evolution crashes on import of settings containing saved passwords

2010-04-27 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 $ apt-cache policy evolution evolution: Installed: 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 Candidate: 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 Version table: *** 2.28.3-0ubuntu9 0 500

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
roxterm_1.18.0+svn728 (2010-03-05) has been working flawlessly on LPIA (using i386) Jaunty and AMD-64 Karmic. I see that Lucid only has: Version: 1.17.1-1, it'd be great to bump this up ASAP!!! -- Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531177 You received

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
roxterm_1.18.0+svn728 (2010-03-05) has been working flawlessly on LPIA (using i386) Jaunty and AMD-64 Karmic. I see that Lucid only has: Version: 1.17.1-1, it'd be great to bump this up ASAP!!! -- wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509544

[Bug 296538] Re: warty-final-ubuntu.png is actually a jpeg

2010-04-14 Thread JP Vossen
Still present in Lucid Beta 2 (the package version is still 0.31.1) $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release:10.04 Codename: lucid $ file /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png

[Bug 354642] Re: FBReader's preferences don't save in Ubuntu

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
So far have only tried on Jaunty LPIA, but as noted prefs don't save, though the following dir is created, it's empty: drwxr-xr-x 2 jp jp 4.0K 2010-04-04 00:47 .FBReader/ But it's wors than that. My install has almost no keys mapped, so the program IS NOT USABLE out of the box, and since you

[Bug 528373] Re: E-book reader does not have window title bar

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
You don't have to reboot, you can CTRL-ALT-F1 to switch to a virtual terminal, log in, and kill the process like: kill $(pgrep fbreader). But the package in Jaunty, at least, is not usable. The one from http://www.fbreader.org/desktop/#debian seems to work really well, I' quite pleased with it.

[Bug 517118] Re: Please update

2010-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
Up to 0.12.10, and this version is VASTLY better than the unusable stock package in Jaunty. This should be updated for 10.04 LTS! -- Please update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517118 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-05 Thread JP Vossen
In preliminary testing on the same machine; yup, that worked. That also fixed a sort-of inverse problem I didn't think to mention, CTRL+0 wasn't consistent across all tabs. Now it is... -- Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531177 You received this bug

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-05 Thread JP Vossen
Window sizing was really odd as well, but I'm not sure if it was a problem or just that I didn't quite grok the behaviour and was thus surprised. Either way, the latest version seems much better behaved. I tried to reproduce the 'roxterm --tab' no-grow thing, but it seems OK to me. I opened a

[Bug 531177] Re: Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-03 Thread JP Vossen
With very preliminary testing, that half-works. It seems to fix the size when creating tabs the normal way though the GUI, but tabs created by running 'roxterm --tab' are still off. It's odd, because the new (--tab) tab is kind of synced, but it's off by a few sizes. To reproduce: 1) Open a new

[Bug 531177] [NEW] Font/window sizes odd when using zoom + tabs

2010-03-03 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: roxterm Description:Ubuntu 9.10 roxterm: Installed: 1.18.0+svn13-1 Candidate: 1.18.0+svn13-1 Note this is on the beta I'm testing per wishlist bug 509544. I also tried testing using stock ROXTerm 1.0.8 on Hardy, but in that case View Zoom in

[Bug 531162] [NEW] Silently fails to save when save dir is orphaned symlink

2010-03-02 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tuxpaint Description:Ubuntu 9.10 tuxpaint: Installed: 1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 Problem: if ~/.tuxpaint/saved is a symlink to a directory that does not exist (e.g. is not mounted), Tuxpaint will seem like it is saving a

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-24 Thread JP Vossen
First, I installed the version from comment 9 on the i686 machine on which I build the package that I was using on the LPIA machine, and had the same problem, so it wasn't *just* the LPIA machine. It's odd that it was not reproducible on AMD64, but it's also now moot since the update fixed it. I

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-19 Thread JP Vossen
So far it's been perfect on my two main workstations (Karmic 64-bit Jaunty LPIA)! I'd vote to include in Lucid if possible. -- wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-19 Thread JP Vossen
Of course I spoke too soon... The Karmic install is still working fine and as expected. The Jaunty (i386 on LPIA) version has an odd bug (that I don't see in Karmic). To reproduce: 1) Open 3 or more tabs 2) Switch to tab 2 do 'sleep 5; echo test' 3) Switch to some other tab Results: when tab

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-05 Thread JP Vossen
Duh! Yes, it works perfectly if you actually turn it on... :-) Never even occurred to me... That build process also worked better. I'd seen the Debian module, but initially didn't want to confuse the issue, then forgot about it when I went ahead and confused the issue with checkinstall

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-04 Thread JP Vossen
Thank you for the quick response on this, it's really great to see! It sort-of works, in that the tab background will now flash if the background tab beeps, but not if it just changes. I am testing by opening two tabs, and typing 'sleep 5 ; echo test' in the first then switching to the second.

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-02-04 Thread JP Vossen
Doing a regular 'sudo make install' did not change anything above. $ sudo make uninstall gave me: [...] /bin/bash: line 4: cd: /usr/local/share/roxterm: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [uninstall-nobase_pkgdataDATA] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jp/testing/ROXTerm' make: ***

[Bug 487314] Re: Toner levels make the Printer Properties dialog too wide for my screen

2010-01-26 Thread JP Vossen
So, the official word from Brother product managers is as follows. The short, over-simplified version is, they think it's a problem in the Ubuntu PrintManager and have no plans to change anything for my printer at least. Newer ones will probably not show the bug as they will use a simpler

[Bug 509544] [NEW] wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-01-19 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: roxterm SecureCRT and Multi Gnome Terminal (seems to be adandonware at http://multignometerm.sourceforge.net/) have a great feature that tell you when a background tab's status or buffer has changed. As MGT puts it: Notification that an inactive

[Bug 509544] Re: wishlist: add indication of background tab buffer change

2010-01-19 Thread JP Vossen
Can you get ssh etc to beep at the crucial moment? Probably, but I think that would be manual. I'd have to remember to add '|| beep' or '; beep' on the end of the commands, like 'ssh u...@host || beep' or 'rsycn stuff u...@host:elsewhere ; beep'. Not a bad work- around though. ...you want

[Bug 508078] [NEW] printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tuxpaint tuxpaint-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-config-0.0.10-1 tuxpaint-data-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-plugins-default-1:0.9.20-2ubuntu1 tuxpaint-stamps-default-2009.06.28-1 On a clean install of Karmic (System76 factory), I tried holding down the ALT

[Bug 508078] Re: printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
I should have noted: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508078 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 487314] Re: Toner levels make the Printer Properties dialog too wide for my screen

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
I confirm the same problem using a Brother MFC-9840CDW with the Brother drivers on 64-bit Karmic (stock System76 factory install). system-config-printer-common-1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8 system-config-printer-gnome-1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8

[Bug 508078] Re: printer dialog never shows in tuxpaint

2010-01-15 Thread JP Vossen
Yes. Firefox, OpenOffice Writer, Eye of Gnome and gedit: File, Print *all* result in printer dialogs as expected. Note that the default behavior of tuxpaint is to Just Print, using the defaults, which makes sense given the target audience. The problem here is that my default is black and white,

[Bug 268012] Re: gnome-terminal ignores some custom alt+letter keyboard shortcuts

2010-01-14 Thread JP Vossen
Broken *again* in Karmic g-t 2.28.1. And I can't get it to work in g-t 2.22.1 in Hardy either even though bug 284824 says it should work. 2.22.1 Hardy 1.1) Gnome-terminal, edit, Keyboard shortcuts, check DISABLE all menu access keys 1.2) Set New tab shortcut to Altt, set Edit, Paste to Altv,

[Bug 352118] Re: WPA writes possibly unnecessary messages to the system log

2009-11-25 Thread JP Vossen
Hu... Until Wireless Just Works (which has never been my experience, even with F/OSS drives and Intel cards), turning off *all* wpa_supplicant logging to syslog sounds like a really bad idea. I do a 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' when attempting to get wireless cards working all the time, and no

[Bug 267554] Re: fails to recognize DICOM files, fails to display anything

2009-11-12 Thread JP Vossen
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 229681 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229681 See bug 229681 for a work-around for Hardy (and probably newer releases as well). Short version, the problem is a missing dependency in the package, to fix just install the dcmtk too. $ sudo aptitude

[Bug 229681] Re: Aeskulap images not seen

2009-11-12 Thread JP Vossen
I confirm all of the above on Hardy: $ sudo aptitude install aeskulap = Fails as noted above: error on opening DICOMDIR, black screen when manually viewing files, etc. WORK-AROUND for Hardy, as per Samuel and GT Ducati above (thanks!): $ sudo aptitude install aeskulap dcmtk = Works as

[Bug 458686] [NEW] MythTV Frontend client icon is invisible on upgraded Karmic

2009-10-22 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythtv On my Ubuntu 9.10 LPIA netbook upgraded from 9.04 running the MythTV client, the icon in the apps menu, or the one I copied to my launcher bar is basically invisible due to the new default color scheme in Karmic. It's *there* but almost

[Bug 352118] Re: WPA writes possibly unnecessary messages to the system log

2009-10-16 Thread JP Vossen
Happening again on Karmic upgraded from Jaunty, but I did not notice this on Jaunty. Logcheck installed on both. $ apt-cache policy wpasupplicant wpasupplicant: Installed: 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.6.9-3ubuntu1 0 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com

[Bug 351989] Re: ntptrace man page is wrong

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, $ man ntptrace $ ntptrace -v 2. the behavior you expected, and I expect the man page to be accurate and ideally, useful. Right now it's mostly neither. 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much

[Bug 351980] Re: ntptrace reports wrong results

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. Is this reproducible? Since the bug was created so long ago, I don't recall any more detail than above. Sorry... Running in VMware Server 1.x VMs under some conditions makes time in the VM run really oddly. Perhaps the above hit a race condition where: 1) ntpd polled and time was OK 2)

[Bug 351989] Re: ntptrace man page is wrong

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, $ man ntptrace $ ntptrace -v 2. the behavior you expected, and I expect the man page to be accurate and ideally, useful. Right now it's mostly neither. 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much

[Bug 351980] Re: ntptrace reports wrong results

2009-10-07 Thread JP Vossen
1. Is this reproducible? Since the bug was created so long ago, I don't recall any more detail than above. Sorry... Running in VMware Server 1.x VMs under some conditions makes time in the VM run really oddly. Perhaps the above hit a race condition where: 1) ntpd polled and time was OK 2)

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-17 Thread JP Vossen
Colin: point taken. :-) Thanks for fixing this... -- [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 341363] Re: [i945GME] drm:i915_getparam *ERROR* Unknown parameter 6

2009-04-16 Thread JP Vossen
FYI, I'm getting logcheck messages from a Dell Mini-9 with the same error on a clean install of Jaunty via the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso. No big deal, everything works as far as I can tell. I'll suppress it via a custom logcheck pattern: #

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Sweet, never noticed that. $ ll /var/log/installer/syslog -rw--- 1 root root 508K 2009-04-11 16:45 /var/log/installer/syslog You sure you want uncompressed? $ ll syslog.gz -rw--- 1 root root 71K 2009-04-15 21:26 syslog.gz -- [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

[Bug 49340] Re: Forgets Fit Page Width option on each click on the index

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Evince 2.26.0-0ubuntu1 in Jaunty beta LPIA has a regression to this bug. And boy is it annoying. But it's tricky too, it doesn't always happen. Problems: 1) Evince defaults to best fit which is always annoying but even worse on a Netbook screen. 2) When navigating the document using the

[Bug 49340] Re: Forgets Fit Page Width option on each click on the index

2009-04-15 Thread JP Vossen
Oh, I forgot, best fit should be renamed Whole Page or something, as best fit is not a good description. And I just re-read the section from comment 10 above. Arggg. I see the point about the spec, but I don't care what the PDF author thought, I want it to display the way I want it to (so I can

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
Same for me, using 1 day newer daily... I used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, burned to a DataTraveler 2G USB key, and everything mostly Just Worked. I had no network (wired or wireless) during the install, but wired worked fine after

[Bug 354226] Re: Jaunty lpia installer fails with hd-media kernel on dell mini 9

2009-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
I have a 16G SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609413Tpk=FEM16GHDL and used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, burned to a DataTraveler 2G USB key using Intrepid usb-creator

[Bug 347122] Re: Jaunty (lpia) installer unable to identify ide controller on Dell Inspiron 910 (Mini9)

2009-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
I used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current /jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, burned to a DataTraveler 2G USB key using Intrepid usb-creator (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick), and everything mostly Just Worked. I had no network (wired or wireless)

[Bug 359174] Re: [jaunty] lpia alternate install does not install linux-lpia

2009-04-13 Thread JP Vossen
Craig, I may be especially dense today (likely), but I'm still not clear what you want. Do you mean to boot from the USB key and copy /var/log/syslog someplace? If so, at waht stage of the boot process? I didn't use a Live anything, I used the daily build alternate installer, so the only choice

[Bug 346513] Re: dbus-daemon: Rejected send message for indicator-applet spams /var/log/auth.log

2009-04-01 Thread JP Vossen
OK, some more, hope this is useful and the right place. I filtered the noise above out [1] and have now noticed a much small amount of these: Mar 31 08:05:05 ubuntu-904 dbus-daemon: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type=method_call, sender=:1.32 (uid=1000 pid=4091

[Bug 346513] Re: dbus-daemon: Rejected send message for indicator-applet spams /var/log/auth.log

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
I'm getting tons of these as well, on a clean install, brand new, fully- updated-as-of yesterday (2009-03-29) Jaunty VM, except they seem to be cron related. I know nothing about DBus, so I'm not sure if this is a symptom of the same problem and belongs here, or a related problem that wants a

[Bug 351980] [NEW] ntptrace reports wrong results

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntp Jaunty, fully up-to-date as of 5 minutes ago. Running in a VMware Server 1.0.8 VM (so time is erratic). ntp 4.2.4p4+dfsg-7ubuntu5 ntptrace reports stratum 16 but ntpd reports sync in syslog, thus ntptrace should report stratum 3 (in the

[Bug 351989] [NEW] ntptrace man page is wrong

2009-03-30 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ntp Documentation bug, present on Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy, and upstream in Lenny and Etch, at least. May be older... man ntptrace says [...] ntptrace [ -vdn ] [ -r retries ] [ -t timeout ] [ server ] But the only valid options are -n and -m. -m is

[Bug 249945] [NEW] Xfce keyboard map bug when using Win SUPER_L key

2008-07-18 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: I thought there was already a bug for this, but now I can't find it, so sorry if this is a dup. In Xubuntu Hardy (and previous), when using Apps, Settings, Keyboard, Shortcuts, you can't assign the Windows SUPER_L key to 'xfce4-popup- menu'. Instead of the expected Super_L

[Bug 54024] Re: WIN key SUPER_L should be mapped to Applications menu

2008-07-18 Thread JP Vossen
Agree. -- WIN key SUPER_L should be mapped to Applications menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54024 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

[Bug 247460] [NEW] logcheck postfix/anvil ignore bug

2008-07-10 Thread JP Vossen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logcheck-database The Hardy logcheck-database /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/postfix file has this: ^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ postfix/anvil\[[0-9]+\]: statistics: max (message|recipient|connection) (count|rate) [/[:digit:]s]+ for

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