[Bug 743359] Re: Installer: LockFailedException: Failed to lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock

2011-09-24 Thread Mark Craig
Same crash observed while installing in VirtualBox 4.1.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743359 Title: Installer: LockFailedException: Failed to lock

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
On Maverick, I'm trying to force removal as suggested. Does not seem to work. mark@ldapclient:~$ export SUDO_FORCE_REMOVE=yes mark@ldapclient:~$ sudo apt-get install sudo-ldap Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
BTW, the other workaround suggested does not appear to work on Maverick, either. mark@ldapclient:~$ sudo passwd passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
As an alternative workaround, I did this on Maverick. If this system were something other than a test VM, I would be more careful with the password, BTW. mark@ldapclient:~$ mkpasswd password GjIcQ0DGpk0bI mark@ldapclient:~$ sudo usermod -p GjIcQ0DGpk0bI root mark@ldapclient:~$ sudo apt-get

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
Hmm... and that seems to have broken sudo for me. I cannot sudo vi /etc /sudo-ldap.conf now... nor can I su to root. :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140467 Title: sudo-ldap not

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
Oups, false alarm. Fat fingers. Still cannot su to root, but I can sudo vi /etc/sudo-ldap.conf. Now if only I could get the rest of it working... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140467

[Bug 140467] Re: sudo-ldap not installable

2011-04-16 Thread Mark Craig
FYI: http://marginnotes2.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/sudo-with-opendj/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140467 Title: sudo-ldap not installable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Craig
I would like to help, but unfortunately the laptop I had in Sept. 2006 has since died. I no longer have the hardware to run the test. -- Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 47024] Re: xsane reports Failed to start scanner: Out of memory at 1200 dpi

2007-09-16 Thread Mark Craig
Mine is a SCSI scanner, but the card is PCI, not ISA. -- xsane reports Failed to start scanner: Out of memory at 1200 dpi https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47024 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 47024] Re: xsane reports Failed to start scanner: Out of memory at 1200 dpi

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Craig
The same message appears for me with an old Acer scanner that has worked fine up to now. On a system with 1 GB RAM, 2 GB swap, xsane the only extra app running, even when scanning in scan mode Gray with 50 dpi, I get the same message. xsane 0.99+0.991-1ubuntu2 (feisty) -- xsane reports Failed

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2007-06-07 Thread Mark Craig
Thanks very much, Donald Nixon! The fix you sent me works well. -- Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/63051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2007-06-06 Thread Mark Craig
I have upgraded to 7.04... and the result is a blank screen the color of the default GDM background. Booting in recovery mode, then Xorg -configure leaves me with a config file that does not seem to work by default, either. Maybe I need to try other AccelMethod options. -- Dragging and

[Bug 45360] Re: NetworkManager assigns wrong IP address to wireless interface

2007-05-06 Thread Mark Craig
Well, I got another machine to try, but it's a fresh install of 7.04. NetworkManager from the start. Works fine, even handling VPN connections, which is nice. -- NetworkManager assigns wrong IP address to wireless interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45360 You received this bug notification

[Bug 45360] Re: NetworkManager assigns wrong IP address to wireless interface

2007-04-05 Thread Mark Craig
Sorry, but I cannot afford to test right now (am on a long business trip without an alternative system and lacking space). -- NetworkManager assigns wrong IP address to wireless interface https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45360 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 70388] Crash when adding book manually

2006-11-05 Thread Mark Craig
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: alexandria I'm running Dapper 6.06 LTS, using alexandria 0.6.1-1build1. Steps to reproduce the crash: 1. Library Add Book Manually... 2. Start entering book title in Title field of General tab page. Step 2. crashes the application immediately. **

[Bug 70388] Re: Crash when adding book manually

2006-11-05 Thread Mark Craig
We seem to be running into an issue that is already in their tracker. (Unless my German is just too rusty.) See http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=5412group_id=205atid=863 -- Crash when adding book manually https://launchpad.net/bugs/70388 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 70388] Re: Crash when adding book manually

2006-11-05 Thread Mark Craig
And this one http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=5980group_id=205atid=863 -- Crash when adding book manually https://launchpad.net/bugs/70388 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 70388] Re: Crash when adding book manually

2006-11-05 Thread Mark Craig
And this unfortunately named report, http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=6008group_id=205atid=863 Plus this one, http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=6160group_id=205atid=863 And perhaps this one,

[Bug 70388] Re: Crash when adding book manually

2006-11-05 Thread Mark Craig
Here's what I get at the time of the crash when running alexandria from the command line. /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/alexandria/book_providers.rb: line 253 Pango-WARNING **:Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb: line 1279 GLib-CRITICAL

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-11-04 Thread Mark Craig
The fix that I found seems to apply only to the trident driver, which has the new AccelMethod option that seems not to exist in 6.06 LTS. I wonder what has changed in the nVidia driver for Edgy, maybe there are some new options possible there, too. I think you can get Xorg -configure to generate

[Bug 63638] Re: Toshiba Laptop Freezes on Shutdown or Reboot in Edgy

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Craig
For me (Toshiba Tecra M1) the final update seems to have fixed the problem. The only info I'm getting in dmesg about the Toshiba key daemon is: [17179618.496000] toshiba_acpi: ktoshkeyd will check 2 times per second -- Toshiba Laptop Freezes on Shutdown or Reboot in Edgy

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-10-07 Thread Mark Craig
Finally found some time to mess around with some of the options for the trident driver. I found what seems to be a fix for this problem: turn off all the options I might have used for Dapper, and instead use Option AccelMethod exa. #Option CyberShadow True #Option

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-10-07 Thread Mark Craig
Although this seems to have a fix, it's a shame that whatever configured X in the beginning didn't know to find this without my help. The problem was fairly painful. -- Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta) https://launchpad.net/bugs/63051 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 63638] Re: Toshiba Laptop Freezes on Shutdown or Reboot in Edgy

2006-10-06 Thread Mark Craig
This is a Toshiba Tecra M1. The system hangs at shutdown until I turn the power off using the power button. There seem to be some kernel burps at system initialization time as well. I'm attaching the dmesg output that shows what turns up after ktoshkeyd initialisation failed. ** Attachment

[Bug 63049] Upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10 beta breaks X

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-trident This system is a Toshiba Tecra M1 with a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XP4m32 according to /var/log/Xorg.0.log. When I upgraded this morning, X would start but just left garbage on the screen. The keyboard worked, so I could

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
Here is a terminal window that has not been dragged, yet. ** Attachment added: window before dragging http://librarian.launchpad.net/4549633/before-dragging-window.png -- Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta) https://launchpad.net/bugs/63051 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 63051] Re: Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
Here is the same terminal window after it has been dragged. BTW, I now notice that fast scrolling with the scrollbar, not just mouse-wheel scrolling, also garbles the content of my browser window. ** Attachment added: window after dragging

[Bug 63051] Dragging and scrolling garbles window content (edgy beta)

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-trident I'm using the trident driver for this Toshiba Tecra M1 with a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XP4m32. As described in #63049, which has my xorg.conf, the upgrade to edgy beta from dapper was bumpy as far as X was concerned.

[Bug 60870] Re: After installing nonfree flash plugin Bon Echo b2 crashes on some pages.

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
I sympathize with there being little to do about a nonfree binary-only plugin. Is there a way to warn people a bit more forcefully, however? Gmail in Firefox was crashing on me, too. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, plus a Google search for: gmail firefox crash

[Bug 63053] Re: Upgrade from dapper drake to edgy beta breaks X

2006-09-29 Thread Mark Craig
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 61247 *** My experience immediately following upgrade, then reboot, was the same, but the video card on this laptop is: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XP4m32 (rev 91) What seemed to fix things in this case was to comment out

[Bug 41789] Re: the Samsung ML-1610 printer works with ML-1510 driver

2006-09-06 Thread Mark Craig
Yes, the splix driver does seem to print a smoother test page with the Samsung ML-1610 printer. Making this my new default. I'm using the ML-2250 driver as suggested at http://splix.ap2c.org/ Thanks very much. -- the Samsung ML-1610 printer works with ML-1510 driver

[Bug 50184] Right button single click has become right button double click

2006-06-18 Thread Mark Craig
Public bug reported: I've pulled the updates this week to Dapper day by day, just applying them without reading why or thinking about it. Sorry I cannot guess which package this bug might affect. It seemed like the right mouse button had stopped working late this week, perhaps yesterday or the

[Bug 50184] Re: Right button single click has become right button double click

2006-06-18 Thread Mark Craig
This is very weird, but although I have updated no software, I can no longer reproduce the problem! It was there over multiple reboots. Now that I've logged a bug, it's gone. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed = Rejected -- Right button single click has become right button double