[Bug 1834759] Re: Ubuntu 19.04 fail to install grub2 ...

2019-06-29 Thread John Ross
is there an option to install grub or super grub separately? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1834759 Title: Ubuntu 19.04 fail to install grub2 ... To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1834759] [NEW] Ubuntu 19.04 fail to install grub2 ...

2019-06-29 Thread John Ross
Public bug reported: ...on my Surface 4 Pro. Secure boot in BIOS was disabled prior the installation ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: ubiquity 19.04.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27

[Bug 1731833] Re: Surface P4 -Network adapter bug(frequent disconnections)

2017-11-12 Thread John Ross
Network adapter is Marvel 88W8797, and solution come from: Bug #1681513 reported by Jesse on 2017-04-10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731833 Title: Surface P4 -Network adapter

[Bug 1731833] [NEW] Surface P4 -Network adapter bug(frequent disconnections)

2017-11-12 Thread John Ross
Public bug reported: After finding myself somewhat disappointed (again)with Windows 10, I decided to switch back to Ubuntu. Picking up 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 distro for my Surface 4 Pro, I got stuck with the network disconnections bug explained here; additionally, I have

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2016-07-12 Thread John Ross
I haven't tested for this in quite a while, but I have no reason to believe it has been fixed. If someone has evidence to the contrary please advise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1294899] Re: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken

2016-06-23 Thread John Ross
No, I don't think that is the only issue. I'm trying to import OpenVPN files provided by StrongVPN. One of them is an older VPN file that does not have inlined certs. This one used to work with no problems in Xubuntu 14.04. Since upgrading to Xubuntu 16.04 I get an error when trying to import it.

[Bug 1294899] Re: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken

2016-05-17 Thread John Ross
Erik, I'm using StrongVPN. I've used the same .ovpn now for several years and it used to work fine. I tried opening US West.ovpn from your .zip and it came in fine. I could not actually test the configuration of course since I didn't have username and password. I suppose this points to a

[Bug 1294899] Re: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken

2016-05-17 Thread John Ross
I can confirm that OpenVPN import function does not work on any of the numerous systems that I have upgraded from Xubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. I note that I have all of the required packages installed and that the .ovpn file I'm using have worked in the past under 14.04. In case it matters, the .ovpn

[Bug 1419507] Re: gpu-manager writes wrong driver in xorg.conf fro nvidia-prime

2016-03-15 Thread John Ross
I just ran into this issue yesterday with a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04.4 on a machine with nVidia 650m video. I can blindly type in password and then get to lightdm session when in nVidia mode. Switching to Intel mode the login works as it should. I'm able to run this way for now, but it's a

Re: [Bug 1294899] Re: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken

2015-08-17 Thread John Ross
I've been using it just fine on Xubuntu 14.04.x for quite a while now. Make sure you've installed network-manager-openvpn and associated packages and try again. On 08/17/2015 09:00 AM, Ben wrote: Is someone still working on this? I use Lubuntu 14.04. LTS and cannot import an openvpn.ovpn file

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2015-08-10 Thread John Ross
Thanks for confirming! I'm also amazed that there has been no action on this since I reported it last year. One would think this is likely an easy fix since the functionality was available in earlier releases? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2014-09-20 Thread John Ross
Searching on an unrelaed matter today I stumbled upon this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/502876/ubuntu-14-04-install-with-custom- swap-size-using-lvm It seems to confirm the issue of this bug report and offers a work around to the installer bug. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2014-09-07 Thread John Ross
I installed Lubuntu 14.04 on a netbook today using the text based i386 alternate installer. The manual configuration of encrypted LVM was just like it was on 12.04 and worked like a charm. Too bad all the other ubuntu distros have abandoned the alternate installer in favor of Ubiquity! Thank you

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2014-09-04 Thread John Ross
It's been a month since I filed this bug report. Is anyone home? Can someone else please confirm that the bug exists and that I'm not imagining it? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1308936] Re: Wrong language after install - language was based on kb layout selection

2014-09-01 Thread John Ross
computer search window dont accept letter o ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/253918 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1352625] Re: Launchpad private security bug report trasmitted in open e-mail

2014-08-05 Thread John Ross
I read through my friends e-mail again and it appears he accessed the report only 16 seconds after you switched it to public. Sorry for any confusion on that point. I don't doubt that thousands of people have received plain text email on private security issues under the current system with no

[Bug 1352578] Re: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer

2014-08-04 Thread John Ross
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352578 Title: Manual Encrypted LVM Broken in Xubuntu 14.04.1 Installer To manage

[Bug 1352625] Re: Launchpad private security bug report trasmitted in open e-mail

2014-08-04 Thread John Ross
Thanks for the advise. I too was unable to set project to Launchpad. I'm not usually involved in this kind of thing so I thought it was a user error on my part. I sent a link to this bug to a friend. He was able to see the whole report and subscribe. It is yet unclear if that was possible before

[Bug 1294899] Re: Import saved VPN connection has been Recently Broken

2014-04-20 Thread John Ross
Confirmed in fresh install of 14.04 release code. No network manager OVPN import function as in prior releases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294899 Title: Import saved VPN

[Bug 1294576] Re: Network not reconnecting after wakeup from suspend

2014-04-15 Thread John Ross
Noticed this with xubuntu 14.04 final beta x64. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294576 Title: Network not reconnecting after wakeup from suspend To manage notifications about this

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives no device media found

2011-10-28 Thread John Ross
I implemented maeru's fix on two machines running 11.04. One has a traditional motherboard floppy and one has an external USB floppy and both appear to work now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives no device media found

2011-10-28 Thread John Ross
I noticed a clunky process too. I don't recall getting an error message but it took more clicks than should be necessary. Still a nice improvement though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives no device media found

2011-09-29 Thread John Ross
I only follow this bug from time so I apologize if the following suggestion is treading on old ground. It is true that floppies are no longer the norm for most users, but Linux/Ubuntu should still provide reasonable support since there remains a mountain of expensive to replace hardware out there

[Bug 778059] Re: Upgrade to Natty renders computer unbootable

2011-05-17 Thread John Ross
Hi, I encountered the same problems as the above posters, both when upgrading from 10.04, and, later, when doing a clean install. In each instance I tried purging and reinstalling grub using a live-cd following this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099. I also tried restoring

[Bug 689125] Re: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare

2011-04-10 Thread John Ross
I'm now running Ubuntu 11.04 beta 64-bit and VMWare Workstation 7.1.4 and the problem has disappeared! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689125 Title: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives no device media found

2011-04-02 Thread John Ross
Looks like this one persists in Natty Beta. Worse, I see no option in Natty to downgrade to the old version of udisks as was the case in Lucid. I will note that some of us engineer types still rely on floppies to record data. We do this because we are using older test instruments with built in

[Bug 689125] Re: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare

2011-01-19 Thread John Ross
Finally got around to testing and found the same thing on 32-bit ubuntu 10.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689125 Title: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare --

[Bug 689125] Re: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare

2010-12-19 Thread John Ross
Forgot to mention that I'm on 64-bit Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689125 Title: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 689125] [NEW] Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare

2010-12-11 Thread John Ross
Public bug reported: For reference I'm using VMWare Workstation 7.1.3 build-324285 and Ubuntu 10.04 with a Logitech QuickCam 9000 USB Webcam. I'm not sure if this is a bug with VMware or Ubuntu. In any event its clear that they DO NOT play well together when using Logitech 9000 USB. For example,

[Bug 549447] Re: eGalax touchscreen configured as tablet

2010-05-19 Thread John Ross
I tried kb1605 workaround. It only works with click on touch mode. This is fine for opening programs, tapping menus but useless if you intend to use the stylus to draw or write on the screen with something like xournal. I have yet to try Ernesto's suggestions. More later... -- eGalax

[Bug 549447] Re: eGalax touchscreen configured as tablet

2010-04-30 Thread John Ross
I also ran into this bug when upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 RC on an Asus 901 modified with touchscreen that uses eGalax driver. Everything worked great prior to upgrade but I got the same jump to upper left corner type of behavior no matter what version of eGalax driver I used. I've reverted to

Re: [Bug 225785] Re: using default encrypted LVM settings with 1.5 TB disk makes huge swap space

2009-01-31 Thread John Ross
to modify default settings on LVM volume size (especially on swap) without having to go through a completely manual encrypted LVM installation. Thanks! John -- John Ross, Ph.D., P.E. John Ross Associates, LLC Voice: 801-359-5957 350 West 800 North, Suite 317 e-mail: johnr

Re: [Bug 225785] Re: using default encrypted LVM settings with 1.5 TB disk makes huge swap space

2008-07-23 Thread John Ross
Brian, Thanks for taking time to classify this one. I got stuck with some hi priority items at work when I was in the middle of filing the initial report and had to drop it without taking time to classify it. Sorry... I'm sure that there's probably an easy fix to this one that will put

[Bug 225785] [NEW] using default encrypted LVM settings with 1.5 TB disk makes huge swap space

2008-05-02 Thread John Ross
Public bug reported: Using Ubuntu 8.04 Alternate AMD64 installation on system with 1.5 TB 3ware HW RAID 5 setup. Selected auto partition using encrypted LVM. Installation proceeded normally. Upon reboot I find installer created an LVM swap area of 499 GB with the remainder going to LVM ROOT.

Re: [Bug 148003] Re: mounting Luks encrypted USB-HDD does not work reliably

2008-02-12 Thread John Ross
Michael Hofmann wrote: I didn't have any problems anymore after I installed the new packages, but I will test it further. I installed the update with no problem here. USB drive now works. Haven't had time to check firewire. Thanks to all who contributed to this fix! -- John Ross, Ph.D

[Bug 148003] Re: mounting Luks encrypted USB-HDD does not work reliably

2008-01-20 Thread John Ross
WARNING A word of warning to those who have removed the file 65-dmsetup.rules. I had found that this temporary fix worked quite well on all my machines, but got burned when an automatic update of cryptsetup got installed without me thoroughly considering the possible ramifications. The net

[Bug 154679] Re: Can't mount a LUKS volume after unmounting

2007-11-30 Thread John Ross
BTW: A reboot causes the system to prompt for password again. -- Can't mount a LUKS volume after unmounting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154679 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 154679] Re: Can't mount a LUKS volume after unmounting

2007-11-30 Thread John Ross
I've seen this bug as well. It occurs with firewire and usb drives. It appears to assign a new device name each time the drive is plugged in. I wonder how many times this would have to happen before something bigger breaks? This bug is very frustrating since I'm using fully encrypted disks