[Bug 235930] Re: rpc.idmapd needs nfsd.ko

2009-04-19 Thread John Florian
I too am forced to restart nfs-common after booting to get ID mapping working correctly on a server built with 8.10. It's rather disappointing to see that this hasn't been fixed yet. -- rpc.idmapd needs nfsd.ko https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235930 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 68108] Re: saslauthd forces directory permissions that prevent postfix access

2009-01-09 Thread John Florian
I don't mean to offend anybody, but I'm not sure what the point of filing bug reports is when it takes over 2 years to get the first response and then it's dismissed because it's too old. I thought Dapper was LTS. -- saslauthd forces directory permissions that prevent postfix access https://bugs

[Bug 295008] Re: Running "auth-client-config -p lac_ldap" gives error (2)

2009-01-05 Thread John Florian
Paul, I'm no expert on this, but digging through the changelogs, it appears that this is now a two step process. The first step is to update NSS as Jamie showed above. The second step is to update PAM, which it looks like you can do via: $ sudo pam-auth-update ldap HTH -- Running "auth-cli

[Bug 68108] Re: saslauthd forces directory permissions that prevent postfix access

2009-01-04 Thread John Florian
This was Dapper. I have since rebuilt the server with Intrepid roughly following the Ubuntu Server Guide and did not have this problem. However, the last I knew, my hack to the init.d script to munge the permissions was still necessary. -- saslauthd forces directory permissions that prevent post

Re: [Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2008-09-18 Thread John Florian
As mentioned earlier, the bug was painful enough I had to resort to using KDE instead. If there's reason to believe that it may now be resolved, I certainly could give it a try again. However, if this is just a general inquiry, I don't have an answer at hand or really the time to find out. Has a

Re: [Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2008-03-07 Thread John Florian
Johnathon wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been > any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue > for you? Thanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: sawfish (Ubuntu)

[Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2007-11-18 Thread John Florian
My two screens were both 1600x1200. I never tried using sawfish-client as I'm unfamiliar with its use. The problem was so prevalent for me (at least 5 times during 8 hour work day) that I was forced to change over to KDE. I hadn't realized until this change that kwin offers nearly all of the fea

[Bug 127614] Problems handling genre when ripping

2007-07-22 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: When configuring the external audio encoder lame, the dialog of hints for %t=tittle, %a=artist, etc. fails to mention that %g=genre, yet I tested it on a hunch and it just worked. For this reason, it seems that the hints dialog should be updated to include this and the defaul

[Bug 69904] Re: python-htmlgen doesn't contain the Python module

2007-05-01 Thread John Florian
This issue is resolved in feisty. -- python-htmlgen doesn't contain the Python module https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69904 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [Bug 104332] Re: Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

2007-04-23 Thread John Florian
Kees Cook wrote: > Hi John, > > Getting involved in MotU[1] is the best way to go. There are a number > of great resources[2] in the wiki. Additionally, looking at other > people's packages, learning pbuilder or sbuild, and generally trying > stuff is the best way to go. > > [1] https://wiki.ub

Re: [Bug 104332] Re: Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

2007-04-23 Thread John Florian
Kees Cook wrote: > Supermike, I'll have a Dapper .deb up for you to try shortly. > Kees, I've seen your name a lot around here, so I assume that means you're a Good Guy (tm) and a great person to ask a lingering, albeit tangent question. I've recently starting building debs out of some of my

[Bug 104332] Re: Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

2007-04-23 Thread John Florian
rdesktop 1.5.0-1ubuntu1~prop1 is working perfectly for me. -- Segmentation Fault (core dumped) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 104332] Re: Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

2007-04-23 Thread John Florian
Michael, I have access to a variety of terminal servers and would be happy to run some verification tests if you can point me to where I might snag a copy of the proposed version. -- Segmentation Fault (core dumped) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104332 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 105265] Re: GNOME Save As dialog continuously resizes itself

2007-04-23 Thread John Florian
When I first reported this bug, I could consistently reproduce the problem every time. However, in the last week or so, I have not seen the problem at all. I should have mentioned in the original post that I am using sawfish for a WM, but otherwise it is a standard GNOME DE. -- GNOME Save As di

[Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2007-04-12 Thread John Florian
Sadly this bug still exists in Ubuntu 7.04 beta. Sawfish is simply unusable with Xinerama enabled -- one cannot tolerate windows being lost simply for having changed workspaces. I sure wish this could be fixed (or someone could offer a work around) as I have yet to find a window manager that has

[Bug 105265] GNOME Save As dialog continuously resizes itself

2007-04-10 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome Using a fully updated 7.04 beta, if I cause a GNOME (maybe GTK) Save As dialog to open, the resultant Save As dialog window that opens seems to continuously resize itself. The window is anchored at the same position the entire time, but the right e

[Bug 98995] Re: [apport] sensors-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()

2007-03-30 Thread John Florian
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7056369/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7056370/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7056371/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 98995] [apport] sensors-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_is_a()

2007-03-30 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sensors-applet Just installed all 7.04 updates, rebooted and logged in via gdm. I hadn't actually seen anything fail, but the notification tool indicated that it may have crashed earlier -- I assume this means it crashed after login, but was restarted su

[Bug 96987] Re: [apport] workrave crashed with SIGSEGV in RemoteControl::set_applet()

2007-03-29 Thread John Florian
Daniel, thanks for getting one of my favorite panel applets fixed so fast -- the old auto apt-get upgrade pulled it down this morning. That patch is quite the doozy :-) -- [apport] workrave crashed with SIGSEGV in RemoteControl::set_applet() https://launchpad.net/bugs/96987 -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 96987] [apport] workrave crashed with SIGSEGV in RemoteControl::set_applet()

2007-03-27 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: workrave Crashed right after logging into X via gdm. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 27 10:55:38 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/workrave Package: workrave 1.8.4-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcCmdline:

[Bug 96987] Re: [apport] workrave crashed with SIGSEGV in RemoteControl::set_applet()

2007-03-27 Thread John Florian
** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6995904/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6995905/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "Disassembly.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6995906/Disassembly.txt ** Attachm

[Bug 47329] Re: Can't use the "To" button in Compose Message to look up contacts

2006-11-04 Thread John Florian
Thanks Guenther, that seemed to be the problem. It would appear that an upgrade of Evolution should automatically assign a category to existing contacts. -- Can't use the "To" button in Compose Message to look up contacts https://launchpad.net/bugs/47329 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 69904] python-htmlgen doesn't contain the Python module

2006-11-02 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Under dapper, I could go into Python and 'import HTMLgen' so long as python2.4-htmlgen was installed. Now after upgrading to edgy, this is no longer possible. It appears that the python-htmlgen package only contains documentation and no Python code/modules at all. ** Affect

[Bug 49740] Re: Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2006-10-30 Thread John Florian
The above report was under Dapper. The problem still exists in Edgy and in fact seems worse. The gnome-panel still seems to be affected the most often, however the old work around of killing gnome-panel (so that it could restart and be visible) tends to make nearly all other windows disappear. L

[Bug 68108] saslauthd forces directory permissions that prevent postfix access

2006-10-24 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: When saslauthd is started, it will forcefully reset the permissions of the directory that contains the socket to which postfix must open: Starting SASL Authentication Daemon: mode of `/var/run/saslauthd' changed to 0710 (rwx--x---) Given that the ownership of this directory

[Bug 47329] Re: Can't use the "To" button in Compose Message to look up contacts

2006-10-21 Thread John Florian
What is "eds" and how do I run it to help with the upstream request? I don't see such an executable. -- Can't use the "To" button in Compose Message to look up contacts https://launchpad.net/bugs/47329 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

[Bug 46856] Re: Panel items no longer available message won't away

2006-09-30 Thread John Florian
Issue is gone. Don't recall exactly what I did to make it go away, but I believe it involved mv'ing the old home directory aside and then selectively pulling things back into a fresh one. -- Panel items no longer available message won't away https://launchpad.net/bugs/46856 -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-09-23 Thread John Florian
Unfortunately, I can no longer provide feedback on this bug. As mentioned on 2006-08-16, I permanently made the problem go away as the problem was getting too annoying, especially when I had solution waiting in the wings (see 2006-08-10). -- gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login http

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-08-16 Thread John Florian
I have permanently resolved this issue (for myself) by creating new replacment panels and dragging all old launchers to the new panels and removing the old (and now empty) panels. I can now logout and back in and everything works as expected. -- gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-08-11 Thread John Florian
What is gnome-panel racing against? For the record, doing: killall gnome-panel *always* brings back gnome-panel for me. I've done this 100's of times. :-( -- gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login https://launchpad.net/bugs/47602 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-08-10 Thread John Florian
I just made a significant discovery on this bug. If I add a new panel and populate it, this new panel works correctly! The old panels still fail as reported and can still be revived via the killall. Now I have a predicament. I assume that I can make this problem go away for me by just making ne

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-07-30 Thread John Florian
Positive I did not "simply remove menubar applet". Both the top and bottom panels are empty, void, devoid of all life and 100% non- responsive -- just a gray pair of gray bars, until I right-click desktop to open a gnome-terminal (via nautilus-open-terminal) and exec "killall gnome-panel". It see

[Bug 47602] Re: gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login

2006-07-14 Thread John Florian
I still suffer with this problem. Does anybody have an idea what might be a simple cure? I've thought about mv'ing my .gnome* directories aside or the like to determine why new users have no problems, yet I do simply because I upgraded the OS and kept /home throught it all. Where does gnome-pane

[Bug 50485] Re: New tabs do not run command as a login shell

2006-07-10 Thread John Florian
Problem solved and not a bug with gnome-terminal. My ~/.bash_profile had: [ -r .bashrc ] && source .bashrc But, if I've moved out of my $HOME in the first tab, the above would fail to source .bashrc. I resolved the issue by changing to: [ -r ~/.bashrc ] && source ~/.bashrc -- New tabs do not

[Bug 50485] Re: New tabs do not run command as a login shell

2006-07-06 Thread John Florian
Daniel, no the problem hasn't been solved. It is intermittent, so I know how it's supposed to behave, but that is not always the case. Also, it may be that it's my .bash_profile that's not being sourced, since it is that file which sources my .bashrc. If I can get the problem to repeat, I'll post

[Bug 38278] Re: wifi card don't work. isl3886 is required but not installed

2006-06-30 Thread John Florian
I too have a 3Com® OfficeConnect® Wireless 11g PC Card (3CRWE154G72) version 1.0 PCMCIA card and have not been able to get this working since upgrading to Dapper. It worked great under Breezy. -- wifi card don't work. isl3886 is required but not installed https://launchpad.net/bugs/38278 -- ubu

[Bug 50485] New tabs do not run command as a login shell

2006-06-20 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal In the gnome-terminal preferences, there is an option to "Run command as a login shell". This option only affects the first tab. To reproduce, define an alias (for example) in the user's .bashrc script. This alias will only be defined an

[Bug 49740] Windows disappear from desktop, but continue to run

2006-06-14 Thread John Florian
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sawfish Regularly throughout the day, I experience windows disappearing from the desktop. The problem seems to only occur when I'm opening a new window or changing workspaces. It seems that Xinerama is also necessary for this bug to manifest. Most ofte