[Bug 567961] Re: Wireless disconnects in Lucid

2010-07-04 Thread Kevin Christmas
I primarily use system connections with network-manager and I haven't experienced this issue. My brother uses user level connections and complained about this issue. We both have Intel based wireless cards. I don't have access to my brother's hardware to test if using system level connections

[Bug 491483] Re: Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used. (low graphics mode error)

2009-12-10 Thread Kevin Christmas
I'd really like to purge my systems of this failsafe-x nonsense. Is there documentation some where that explain how to disable the ironically named program? When I was bit by this bug, I didn't have access to another computer to search for a solution. I didn't have a console to read the logs.

[Bug 491483] Re: Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used. (low graphics mode error)

2009-12-07 Thread Kevin Christmas
I had success with Philip's gdm patch! kdm[1064]: X server died during startup and kdm[1064]: Failed to start X server. Starting failsafe X server. are not to be found in the syslog. PLEASE refactor this upstart sprawl. This was a very painful bug for me. As an Intel IGP owner, I wasn't even

[Bug 491483] Re: Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used. (low graphics mode error)

2009-12-07 Thread Kevin Christmas
Please disregard the packages in my PPA and use the official proposed packages. Martin Pitt beat me by a minute. -- Since failsafe-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used. (low graphics mode error) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug

[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-06 Thread Kevin Christmas
So the fix that I'm using, post #30, works because KDM starts faster because it doesn't have to test drivers? -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 491483] Re: Since failsave-x was enabled in karmic it starts if gdm is disabled and kdm is used

2009-12-06 Thread Kevin Christmas
@Philip and Michael I undid my changes and tried your fix, but I'm still getting the low- graphics mode error. syslog shows: Dec 6 16:00:51 kevthinkpadr61 kdm[1055]: X server died during startup Dec 6 16:00:51 kevthinkpadr61 kdm[1055]: Failed to start X server. Starting failsafe X server. --

[Bug 485700] Re: kdm does not start (karmic, kde 4.3.3)

2009-12-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
Looks a lot like this issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xorg-server/+bug/491483 -- kdm does not start (karmic, kde 4.3.3) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485700 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 492339] Re: kdm.conf and failsafe-x.conf compete to start X session

2009-12-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
This looks related https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg- server/+bug/491483 -- kdm.conf and failsafe-x.conf compete to start X session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492339 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
It's a big free kubuntu that I'm after. Ubuntu users are living free and easy. It's interesting that this post suggests a timing issue with KDM. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8420206postcount=10 -- after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at

[Bug 491483] Re: after recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
I got KDM back up with x11-common=1:7.4+3ubuntu10. Details below. Eli, I think it's related to this. I have an Intel IGP. I managed to get the failsafe X11 up and running by changing the value for Driver from vesa to intel in the newly created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe. I believe that

[Bug 491483] Re: afte recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start

2009-12-04 Thread Kevin Christmas
With an Intel IGP, even booting up in recovery mode is of no help. After the kubuntu logo fades, I'm faced with a blank screen. -- afte recent update which included xorg, xserver etc causes low-graphics mode error at start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491483 You received this bug

[Bug 419662] Re: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect assert failure: devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect: atasmart.c:2687: sk_disk_get_blob: Assertion `(size_t) ((uint8_t*) p - (uint8_t*) d-blob)

2009-11-01 Thread Kevin Christmas
Martin, please reconsider backporting the fix to 9.10. Kubuntu doesn't have the nice option of being able to ignore crashes of this type like Ubuntu does. Constantly having to dismiss this error gets annoying. Thanks. -- devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect assert failure:

[Bug 340702] Re: vncserver, krfb broken with kde 4.2, Intrepid (critical)

2009-09-02 Thread Kevin Christmas
A comment on the KDE bug report suggests disabling XDamage and XShm when compiling krfb. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162493#c64 -- vncserver, krfb broken with kde 4.2, Intrepid (critical) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340702 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 402767] Re: multisearch CSE breaks l18n+setfocus+images+cached+I'm feeling lucky functionality and violates user trust

2009-08-10 Thread Kevin Christmas
To those complaining about the tone in some posts, I think you fail to realize that: 1) People are angry 2) Ubuntu has built up enough goodwill that they are complaining directly in the channels that Ubuntu provides. This shows that they want to still want to participate in the project. 3)

[Bug 362085] Re: Kubuntu - network settings: no easy PPTP VPNs setup. Again!

2009-08-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
I see the same thing with KDE 4.3. Very frustrating. -- Kubuntu - network settings: no easy PPTP VPNs setup. Again! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 362085] Re: Kubuntu - network settings: no easy PPTP VPNs setup. Again!

2009-08-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
Doesn't look good http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/base/plasma/applets/networkmanager/vpnplugins/ -- Kubuntu - network settings: no easy PPTP VPNs setup. Again! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362085 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 318602] Re: KUbuntu Jaunty Bluetooth broken

2009-07-08 Thread Kevin Christmas
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 268821 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268821 There are some regressions in Kubuntu that drive me crazy too, but this isn't one of them. There's not much activity here because this bug is a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268821, which has

[Bug 355725] [NEW] firefox-greasemonkey should be upgraded to 0.8.20090123.1

2009-04-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-greasemonkey The release in the ubuntu repo is 0.8.20080119.0, which is over a year old. The current release is 0.8.20090123.1, which is also in debian. In addition, I've taken the time to port the debian package from iceweasel to firefox.

[Bug 325363] [NEW] ldap kioslave creates malformed url

2009-02-04 Thread Kevin Christmas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepimlibs5 This problem occurs in KDE 4.2 in Jaunty, kdepimlibs5-4:4.2.0-0ubuntu2 and the backport in Intrepid. I did not experience this problem in KDE 4.1. Using KAddressBook, I've set up an ldap kio slave to access my company's contact information

[Bug 325363] Re: ldap kioslave creates malformed url

2009-02-04 Thread Kevin Christmas
** Attachment added: Error message displayed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21987046/bad_ldap_url.png -- ldap kioslave creates malformed url https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdepimlibs in

[Bug 325363] Re: ldap kioslave creates malformed url

2009-02-04 Thread Kevin Christmas
** Attachment added: Connection Settings Used http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21987097/bad_ldap_settings.png -- ldap kioslave creates malformed url https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 321926] Re: gscan2pdf won't install due to missing libsane-perl

2009-02-01 Thread Kevin Christmas
I'm trying to install it from Ubuntu's Jaunty's repo. http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/gscan2pdf gscan2pdf will not upgrade because libsane-perl is not available. libsane-perl is available in debian unstable http://packages.debian.org/sid/libsane-perl But you already knew that, Jeffrey :) --

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2009-01-25 Thread Kevin Christmas
It seems that if the '-O3' switch is used, then the compiler does not honor the '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0' flag. I need to investigate that more. I rebuilt gpac 0.4.5 with gcc options -01 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0. MP4Box is now working on my machine. I can import aac files with out error. I uploaded my

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2009-01-24 Thread Kevin Christmas
I rebuilt gpac 0.4.5 from the source debs at debian-multimedia.org. I get the same result. I will also rebuilt with the environment variables that Rob Hall suggested. -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273075 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2009-01-24 Thread Kevin Christmas
I'd like to apologize for the horrible grammar in my previous comment. I added Rob Hall's flags to debian/rules and rebuilt gpac 0.4.5 on my amd64 install. MP4Box still terminates with a buffer overflow detected, message and stack. -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected

[Bug 280997] Re: solid-bluetooth needs update for bluez 4.x

2009-01-21 Thread Kevin Christmas
The new bluetooth stuff is working for me. I am using kdebase-workspace 4:4.1.96-0ubuntu5 in Jaunty. I rolled my own kdebluetooth. I pulled rev 913245 from svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/playground/network/kbluetooth4. Thanks. -- solid-bluetooth needs update for bluez 4.x

[Bug 188836] Re: kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers

2009-01-07 Thread Kevin Christmas
mehturt, I couldn't get a backtrace on the disconnect for some reason. Could you add one to the bug I filed upstream? https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179885 Thanks. -- kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188836 You received this bug

[Bug 188836] Re: kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers

2009-01-07 Thread Kevin Christmas
Yes, that should be fine. Thank you. I'll copy that to the bug I filed upstream. -- kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdenetwork

[Bug 188836] Re: kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers

2009-01-06 Thread Kevin Christmas
I'm connecting to the finicky jabber server perfectly with the version of kopete in KDE 4.2b2. However, kopete will crash if I manually disconnect from the finicky jabber server. I thought I had the debug packages installed, but I don't. I will install them now. -- kopete-kde4 crashes when

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2008-11-14 Thread Kevin Christmas
I've been using mp4creator from the mpeg4ip-server package as a substitute for MP4Box since this issue started. -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273075 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2008-11-14 Thread Kevin Christmas
Is upstream aware of this problem? -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273075 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 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2008-11-14 Thread Kevin Christmas
Attached is the script that I've been using to remux mkv files, using mp4creator, for play back on my XBOX 360. I hope it helps. ** Attachment added: remux mkv to mp4 for playback on an XBOX 360 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19651023/mkv2mp4_xbox360.sh -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected

[Bug 280997] Re: solid-bluetooth needs update for bluez 4.x

2008-10-25 Thread Kevin Christmas
1. Scott, I don't think the comments under point number one are going to be useful to anyone other than making you feel better. When KDE 4.1 was released, bluetooth worked with the latest release of *buntu. It continued to work until just a few weeks ago in the development release. To get

[Bug 273075] Re: MP4Box buffer overflow detected

2008-10-24 Thread Kevin Christmas
I got this running MP4Box from the command line. -- MP4Box buffer overflow detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273075 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 280997] Re: solid-bluetooth needs update for bluez 4.x

2008-10-18 Thread Kevin Christmas
Is there anyway to have bluez 3.x co-exist with bluez 4.x? I'm frustrated that my bluetooth mouse no longer works as of just a few days ago. -- solid-bluetooth needs update for bluez 4.x https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280997 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 270419] Re: krdc crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy()

2008-10-01 Thread Kevin Christmas
This happened when, while being connected via RDP to a Windows 2003 server, pressing the close button in the top right corner. -- krdc crashed with SIGSEGV in memcpy() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 212388] Re: python2.5 crashed with DBusException in call_blocking()

2008-09-27 Thread Kevin Christmas
I confirm that I also occasionally get this message using Kubuntu Intrepid. I get this message usually just after logging in. I confirm the other confirmations in the affirmative. -- python2.5 crashed with DBusException in call_blocking() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212388 You received

[Bug 255008] Re: Up arrow key mapped to Print [screen]

2008-09-26 Thread Kevin Christmas
I use the free version of NoMachine NX (www.nomachine.com) to connect from my home PC (current Intrepid, the one that had this bug a few weeks ago) to a PC at my university (current hardy). Inside the NX window, the keyboard exhibits the same behaviour as described here. I'm having the exact

[Bug 255008] Re: Up arrow key mapped to Print [screen]

2008-09-26 Thread Kevin Christmas
should have read the all the comments! fixed by running 'setxkbmap -model evdev -layout us' on the machine running hardy. -- Up arrow key mapped to Print [screen] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 188836] Re: kopete-kde4 crashes when connecting to some Jabber servers

2008-09-05 Thread Kevin Christmas
Crashes when connecting to an Openfire (open source) jabber server over SSL. Application: Kopete (kopete), signal SIGSEGV (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using

[Bug 199393] Re: servicemenu for amarok has an invalid menu entry addAsPodcast

2008-05-27 Thread Kevin Christmas
If the fix is so simple, why hasn't it been fixed? I hope the Kubuntu devs aren't wondering where the opinion that Kubuntu lacks polish, comes from. -- servicemenu for amarok has an invalid menu entry addAsPodcast https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199393 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 151867] Re: vpn pptp on Kubuntu is not available

2008-05-06 Thread Kevin Christmas
I can confirm the other confirmations. -- vpn pptp on Kubuntu is not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151867 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 61715] Re: kmail: search tries to access nonexisting mailboxes

2008-04-20 Thread Kevin Christmas
Confirm that problem still in Hardy and Kmail 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3 -- kmail: search tries to access nonexisting mailboxes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 36846] Re: The filesystem type of a volume is identified incorrectly.

2008-01-27 Thread Kevin Christmas
The hard drive in brother's external IDE was once JFS, but is now formatted NTFS. I had the exact same problem. HAL kept thinking it was JFS. This is how I fixed my problem. In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi, I added this device match key=volume.uuid

[Bug 138810] Re: Mythtv Frontend doesn't work with some sound systems

2007-09-25 Thread Kevin Christmas
I've been successfully using the mythtv_alsa_non_mmap_fallback.2.patch from http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3598 for a while with PulseAudio. So far so good. -- Mythtv Frontend doesn't work with some sound systems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138810 You received this bug notification

[Bug 112097] print to pdf segfaults: gs-esp crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-05-03 Thread Kevin Christmas
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 103595 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103595 Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gs-esp segfaults from the command line as well. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 CoreDump: CrashCounter: 1 Date: Wed May 2 15:43:20 2007 Disassembly:

[Bug 112097] Re: print to pdf segfaults: gs-esp crashed with SIGSEGV

2007-05-03 Thread Kevin Christmas
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 103595 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103595 ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://librarian.launchpad.net/7540975/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://librarian.launchpad.net/7540976/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment