[Bug 1380290] Re: Aptd crash with UnicodeDecodeError when updating GPU drivers via intel-linux-graphics-installer

2014-10-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Package changed: duplicity (Ubuntu) => aptdaemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1380290 Title: Aptd crash with UnicodeDecodeError when updating GPU drivers via intel-lin

[Bug 1380290] [NEW] Aptd crash with UnicodeDecodeError when updating GPU drivers via intel-linux-graphics-installer

2014-10-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
Public bug reported: OS version: Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 (with latest updates from security and update channels as of 12.10.2014; Multiverse and universe enabled) Intel-linux-graphics-installer version: 1.0.6 Locale: fi_FI.UTF-8 (also occurs with en_US.utf8) Last output from intel-linux-graphics-i

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-24 Thread Kari Aliranta
Working now for me, including sync. Unfortunately, I have to agree with an affected user in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone- client/+bug/1282759 : "no announcement or even a twitter post by Canonical when your service is down for 3 days, doesn't look very professional to me...". Service outag

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-23 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: + SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) ADDITIONAL PACKAGE INFORMATION: - Downgrading Duplicity to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3 amd64, from precise-main, doesn't help - Deja-dup version is 22.0-0ubuntu4 amd64 (p

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) ADDITIONAL PACKAGE INFORMATION: - Downgrading Duplicity to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3 amd64, from precise-main, doesn't help - Deja-dup version is 22.0-0ubuntu4 amd64 (prec

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) ADDITIONAL PACKAGE INFORMATION: - Downgrading Duplicity to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3 amd64, from precise-main, doesn't help - Deja-dup version is 22.0-0ubuntu4 amd64 (prec

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) ADDITIONAL PACKAGE INFORMATION: - Downgrading Duplicity to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3 amd64, from precise-main, doesn't help - Deja-dup version is 22.0-0ubuntu4 amd64 (prec

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) ADDITIONAL PACKAGE INFORMATION: - Downgrading Duplicity to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3 amd64, from precise-main, doesn't help - Deja-dup version is 22.0-0ubuntu4 amd64 (prec

[Bug 1283404] Re: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: + SYSTEM: Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit - System: Xubuntu 12.04 - Package: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 (From precise-updates; downgrading to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3, from precise-main, doesn't help) + PACKAGE: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 amd64 (From precise-updates) - Description:

[Bug 1283404] [NEW] Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One

2014-02-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
Public bug reported: System: Xubuntu 12.04 Package: Duplicity 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.4 (From precise-updates; downgrading to 0.6.18-0ubuntu3, from precise-main, doesn't help) Description: I have set up Deja-dup to back up some local folders on my desktop computer to Ubuntu One, once per week. Cur

[Bug 93847] Re: Excessive CPU usage by Gnome System Monitor

2010-07-13 Thread Kari Aliranta
I get this bug in Lucid, and: - the excessive CPU usage is about evenly divided between Gnome system monitor and dbus-daemon - Setting update intervals doesn't have any effect, neither does choosing different tabs from the system monitor -- Excessive CPU usage by Gnome System Monitor https://b

[Bug 238542] Re: [Master] Firefox crash when organizing bookmark menu

2009-12-29 Thread Kari Aliranta
Xubuntu 9.04, Firefox 3.0.16 here with same problem, and: - Starting Firefox with clean profile REMOVES the problem - Disabling all plugins DOES NOT remove the problem - Deleting places.sqlite DOES NOT remove the problem SO: Please start Firefox from the command line with "firefox -ProfileMana

[Bug 191514] Re: Kernel upgrades may leave system unbootable when its hibernated during the upgrade

2009-12-26 Thread Kari Aliranta
A good point in a comment earlier: "A small warning dialog like "Warning: the package manager is working right now, it is strongly recommended to wait for it to finish." and the user's options could be like "proceed anyways / wait and proceed / cancel". Of course this could also be a text-based

[Bug 371432] Re: [Jaunty] X won't start on Voodoo 3 (rev 01) after upgrade to jaunty

2009-08-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
I can confirm, too. The driver from Debian seems to work as a workaround (no problems after two days of using the computer, watching the Youtube, using media players with xv output etc.). By the way: did you get the bulletproof X- warning about Ubuntu being in low graphics mode, and an offer to

[Bug 208008] Re: Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly

2008-09-17 Thread Kari Aliranta
Fixed in 2.5.1 , see http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6731 -- Pidgin Notification Icon blinking incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 258129] [NEW] Xubuntu Hardy: "mic select" option doesn't work in xfce4-mixer (Ensoniq ES1371)

2008-08-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-mixer Package version: xfce4-mixer 4.4.2-2ubuntu2 Description: Ensoniq ES1371 is a sound card with a single microphone input. Both alsamixer and xfce4-mixer show a setting named "mic select" (with options for TWO mics, mic1 and mic2), but the se

[Bug 258129] Re: Xubuntu Hardy: "mic select" option doesn't work in xfce4-mixer (Ensoniq ES1371)

2008-08-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Attachment added: "alsa-info.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16851489/alsa-info.txt -- Xubuntu Hardy: "mic select" option doesn't work in xfce4-mixer (Ensoniq ES1371) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258129 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 248362] Re: Firefox does not start after update

2008-07-29 Thread Kari Aliranta
This DID happen to a hardy-security user, with hardy-updates or hardy-proposed NOT enabled, update notifier NOT enabled, and "install security updates unattended" enabled. Basically: firefox just suddenly stopped working without any apparent reason. Works now, but had to launch update manager m

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-07-14 Thread Kari Aliranta
Also, I got a chance to test this with the mga driver, and the problem is still there (also, the computer was a P3, and scrolling even plain text was definitely choppy). Kari -- high cpu load because of JavaScript https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185469 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-07-09 Thread Kari Aliranta
> please test the cairo package from hardy-proposed Tested with the nv driver, and doesn't help - cannot test with nouveau, as my X refuses to start with the latest snapshot. Kari -- high cpu load because of JavaScript https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185469 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-22 Thread Kari Aliranta
New information: Using top, I noticed that most of the CPU usage during scrolling is actually due to X, not Firefox process itself - X uses 60-90% of CPU time, Firefox the rest. This may be normal or not, but anyway there is another bug that has more information on that: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-19 Thread Kari Aliranta
Well, I was wild and installed Nouveau driver for my Nvidia card to get EXA working. The result: about 15% improvement in the benchmark for FF3, but I get hugely improved (>2X) results in Gtkperf text scrolling benchmark and everything else is definitely faster, too. Very nice, but I wouldn't c

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-19 Thread Kari Aliranta
>Most likely the free nv is faster as you can use EXA AccellMethod >... give it a try. Sorry, but as the nv driver man page states, EXA is only supported for G80 (Geforce 8xxx) and higher - with my card (Geforce 2), the driver just ignores the option: "(WW) NV(0): Option "AccelMethod" is not used

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-18 Thread Kari Aliranta
Sorry, no can do: My Xubuntu Hardy system had no problem with using Gutsy version of libcairo2 (didn't fix the Firefox problem either), but the Hardy version of Xserver wouldn't even start with the Gutsy version of libpixman (Well, I guess the Xorg guys were right when setting their dependencies..

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-18 Thread Kari Aliranta
I tested removing xulrunner 1.9 altogether and using xulrunner 1.8 instead (with FF2): didn't help, FF still scrolls a lot slower than in Gutsy --> would definitely point to a Cairo problem. I'll try to downgrade Cairo to Gutsy version (1.4.10) and see what happens. Kari -- high cpu load be

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-16 Thread Kari Aliranta
>We have cairo 1.6 not 1.4. what package are you running exactly? Now, on Hardy, I run Cairo version 1.6.0 (libcairo2 version 1.6.0-0ubuntu1) On Gutsy I was running version 1.4.10 (libcairo2 version 1.4.10-1ubuntu4.4) as I told above. >pango cannot be disabled in ffox 3 anymore afaict. Well,

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
Also, I forgot to mention: - Using the Nvidia proprietary driver doesn't help - I also tried using pure Vesa driver on my current computer - didn't help either (didn't make the things any worse, though) - The Cairo version on GUTSY test cases was the standard 1.4.10 form Gutsy repos Kari -- h

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15338471/xorg.conf -- high cpu load because of JavaScript https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
>Which cairo package version are you using? Are you using XAA or EXA >accelmethod in X? Maybe attach your Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf Alexander: Ok, I checked my notes, and here's some pretty detailed and a bit corrected information (sorry for two posts, there are two attachments and I only use the w

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
Sorry, I'll take back my last comment. The javascript part of the test is actually 3 times faster in FF3 than on FF2, and the other tests are about the same on both versions on Hardy - also FF3 is about 4 times faster in Sunspider benchmark than FF2. HOWEVER, FF2 on Gutsy was about six times faster

[Bug 185469] Re: high cpu load because of JavaScript

2008-06-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
Here's a benchmark originally created for another Firefox bug, but probably usable also here, since it uses javascript: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/1585880/test.html Personally, Firefox 3rc1 on Hardy took about 6 times more time to complete all tests (not only text rendering) than Firefox 2 on

[Bug 107250] Re: Openoffice.org crashes on Insert-Special Character on Kubuntu amd64

2007-10-16 Thread Kari Aliranta
Fixed upstream for OOo 2.3, see link above. ** Bug watch added: zzz dupe OpenOffice.org QA #79369 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=79369 ** Also affects: openoffice via http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=79369 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown --

[Bug 125182] Re: playback of flash videos skips frames

2007-07-11 Thread Kari Aliranta
Happens to me too in Feisty, and using Nvidia Geforce 2 MX and the open source driver for graphics, running in a 1,1 Ghz Athlon. "Top" shows processor usage in the range of 2 to 9 percent, so probably this isn't a performance problem. Mplayer - which also uses Ffmpeg for decoding FLV-files, al

[Bug 65720] Re: Quit-button in desktop menu in Xfce does not always work

2007-06-27 Thread Kari Aliranta
More info...I'm into audio editing, so I installed a real-time kernel, the one told about here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime/Feisty When using RT-kernel, this bug occurs almost never (about 1 time in 30; vs. nearly every time, and often several times in a row, when I try to to quit when us

[Bug 60918] Re: OpenOffice open wrong from menu

2007-06-27 Thread Kari Aliranta
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42612 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42612 From the duplicate bug report: "Jani Monoses said on 2007-04-06: this is a known shortcoming of the Xfce menu implementation." -- OpenOffice open wrong from menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60918 You

[Bug 60918] Re: OpenOffice open wrong from menu

2007-06-27 Thread Kari Aliranta
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42612 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42612 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 42612 OpenOffice does not open the default document -- OpenOffice open wrong from menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60918 You received this bug notification

[Bug 63995] Re: Garbled screen _sometimes_

2007-05-29 Thread Kari Aliranta
Still there in Feisty, probably - I'm not exactly sure if it's the same bug. I'm using the nv driver, and the picture gets garbled: colours don't change, but the horizontal width of the picture always lessens, ungracefully, so that you have a chaotic mix of colours and shapes on your screen, th

[Bug 65720] Re: Quit-button in desktop menu in Xfce does not always work

2007-05-19 Thread Kari Aliranta
A thing to check to narrow the bug down: in my system, this bug *never* occurs if I use the keyboard shortcut (alt-F4) to initiate the Quit dialog. Does this prove to be the case with you, too? -- Quit-button in desktop menu in Xfce does not always work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/65720 Yo

[Bug 106326] Re: Amaya doesn't work

2007-05-19 Thread Kari Aliranta
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 86575 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86575 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 86575 amaya crashes in feisty -- Amaya doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 106093] Re: app crash on launch

2007-05-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
Just for the record...there was a lengthy discussion in the Debian bug database about a similar sounding bug that was eventually declared fixed for 0.96.7-1 - the exact error was "CaptureThread: WARNING: ALSA: cannot set channel count to one. channels will be mixed", but the program segfaulted

[Bug 106093] Re: app crash on launch

2007-05-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7647156/lspci.txt -- app crash on launch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106093 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

[Bug 65720] Re: Quit-button in desktop menu in Xfce does not always work

2007-05-11 Thread Kari Aliranta
Same problem here... The bug to keep an eye on in the Xfce bugtracker is probably this (the initial report doesn't sound alike to this, but see comment #2): http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109 -- Quit-button in desktop menu in Xfce does not always work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 106093] Re: app crash on launch

2007-05-10 Thread Kari Aliranta
Fmit crashed at startup for me, too: Ubuntu 7.04, latest updates, latest kernel ( 2.6.20-15-generic). Standard backtrace is attached, core dump available if requested. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 11 01:32:37 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/fmit P

[Bug 105971] Re: [Xubuntu feisty daily live, 11042007] Installer locks up the system at "Detecting file systems"

2007-04-15 Thread Kari Aliranta
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 70561 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70561 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 70561 Xubuntu Desktop CD needs more than 128 MB RAM to boot -- [Xubuntu feisty daily live, 11042007] Installer locks up the system at "Detecting file systems"

[Bug 70561] Re: Xubuntu Desktop CD needs more than 128 MB RAM to boot

2007-04-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
It seems to me that even 192 mb ram may not be enough - see a bug report I wrote before noticing this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/105971 -- Xubuntu Desktop CD needs more than 128 MB RAM to boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70561 You received this bug notificat

[Bug 105971] Re: [Xubuntu feisty daily live, 11042007] Installer locks up the system at "Detecting file systems"

2007-04-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
** Description changed: Binary package hint: ubiquity Hardware used: 450Mhz Celeron with 192mb RAM and 6,4 GB Seagate ATA hard drive (ST36531A, Firmware version 3.04) Installation CD is ok, checked for defects Steps to reproduce: run the Xubuntu live-CD installer, complete all

[Bug 105971] [Xubuntu feisty daily live, 11042007] Installer locks up the system at "Detecting file systems"

2007-04-12 Thread Kari Aliranta
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Hardware used: 450Mhz Celeron with 192mb RAM and 6,4 GB Seagate ATA hard drive (ST36531A, Firmware version 3.04) Installation CD is ok, checked for defects Steps to reproduce: run the Xubuntu live-CD installer, complete all steps. After the l

[Bug 86786] Re: [Feisty h4]Choosing keyboard layout doesn't work on installation step 4

2007-02-25 Thread Kari Aliranta
I can confirm this for Xubuntu herd 4, daily build for 25th february. However, in the installed system the keyboard layout is the one specified during installation (i.e. Finnish, in this case) and I can type characters specific to that layout - the file manager (Thunar) cannot recognize those s

[Bug 42612] Re: OpenOffice does not open the default document

2006-11-28 Thread Kari Aliranta
I can confirm this for Xubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft and Xfce with latest updates. To be precise: if I launch any Openoffice instance from the Xfce menu, the default document doesn't get opened - however, equivalent desktop shortcuts work fine. Could therefore be a bug in how the Xfce system menu is handle

[Bug 35611] Re: Installer detects Finnish keyboard instead of Swedish

2006-11-11 Thread Kari Aliranta
I can confirm this bug in reverse for the Xubuntu Edgy beta alternate install CD. Wanted to get Finnish layout, got Swedish, but no chance to choose. But: the Finnish and the Swedish keyboards have exactly the same layout (see the link below, the first chapter in introduction) - what is the reason

[Bug 40315] Re: Continuing HDD spin ups and downs without laptop-mode.

2006-11-11 Thread Kari Aliranta
>How can I find out which application is to blame? Probably the best application for this would be 'atop' from universe, but to monitor disk activity, it requires the kernel patch 'cnt' to be installed - see man pages of atop. At least my Edgy kernel (2.6.17-10 generic) doesn't have that patch by

[Bug 61133] Re: Lack of attendance of graphic card 3Dfx voodoo in Edgy Eft.

2006-11-05 Thread Kari Aliranta
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68291 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 68291 GDM Restarts after Desktop loads while using tdfx driver -- Lack of attendance of graphic card 3Dfx voodoo in Edgy Eft. https://launchpad.net/bugs/61133 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 70496] Re: installation on reiserfs fails

2006-11-05 Thread Kari Aliranta
Are you using the desktop-cd or the alternate install cd? And what do you mean with "not possible to install"? Does the installer hang, or does it finish the installation, but the installed system won't boot? Just asking, because with Edgy beta, when I installed the system on reiserfs partition,

[Bug 63796] Re: X doesn't launch with voodoo 5 5500

2006-10-11 Thread Kari Aliranta
I'm having very similar problem with Xubuntu 6.10 beta desktop-CD and Voodoo3 2000 agp - Xserver tries to start, but only gives a black screen with the standard X-shaped cursor in the middle of the screen. The cursor cannot be moved, and the system is totally unresponsive, requiring reboot. No