[Bug 1852685] [NEW] failed to install grub

2019-11-14 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: Error (whatever the apport info includes) installing GRUB at end if install. Beefy HP desktop. Booted from USB disk, everything seems to work just the install failed. It insisted I create an EFI partition, which I did. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: ub

[Bug 950344] [NEW] package gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 250

2012-03-08 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: I hadn't done anything yet.. I had *just* completed an upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 beta 1 and had *just* rebooted. There was previously an account configured to auto-login. It had logged in, I launched Libre Office, then closed Libre office. Then logged out from the auto-

[Bug 950344] Re: package gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 250

2012-03-08 Thread Mr. Mike
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950344 Title: package gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 586068] Re: CSS Table caption positioned incorrectly

2010-05-26 Thread Mr. Mike
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49161685/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "ExtensionSummary.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49161686/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: "profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/

[Bug 586068] [NEW] CSS Table caption positioned incorrectly

2010-05-26 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox A Table's Caption element, see below for example, is not correctly positioned. On many other browsers (and FF 3.5.9), my CSS style is causing the caption to be positioned ABOVE the TH headings. In FF 3.6.3, that caption appears "behind" the tex

[Bug 515869] Re: Empathy incoming and outgoing messaging bug

2010-04-18 Thread Mr. Mike
one with someone, and I send them a message, but all they receive is the: "Mr. Mike: " without any text - does this help? Check the code carefully for memory leaks, overwritten pointers, or other untrapped function-call failures. Look at all the people monitoring this issue and reconside

[Bug 486020] Re: With multihead the OSD opens at the wrong place

2010-02-17 Thread Mr. Mike
This is related to Bug #346095 and there is lots of unproductive discussion there. I have a 1280x1024 display on the left, and a wide-screen 1280x800 laptop on the right. The notifications appear on the top-right, which is unused. If only I could customize the location of the popups. -- Wi

[Bug 498929] Re: RhythmBox error message when trying to play music... Failed to open output device: Failed to connect stream: Too large

2010-01-19 Thread Mr. Mike
I don't think this is related to rhythmbox. I just got this myself, but several programs (firefox, rhythmbox, movie player) will not play sounds. I started a guest session (Ubuntu Karmic, 9.10), and sounds played, but when I switched back to my normal login, same error. I think I was trying to ru

[Bug 446971] Re: dbus pre-start fails on system start up

2010-01-08 Thread Mr. Mike
On a brand-spankin' new Ubuntu-9.10 install from CD (I'm pretty sure it's the GA release), I had the same problem. Erasing the two files in the /var/lib/dbus folder fixed it for me, too. Thanks a Ton Matthew!!! -- dbus pre-start fails on system start up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446971 Yo

Re: [Bug 31037] Re: Vino-server takes 90% of cpu when only listening for incoming connections

2009-10-06 Thread Mr. Mike
Yes. Saw this in Jaunty today (Oct. 6th) after getting all the updates (but NOT "jaunty-proposed"). I enabled remote desktop and rebooted. Upon reboot and log-in (I have it configured to auto-login my account, but I don't think that is related), vino-server is spawned over and over and over again,

[Bug 31037] Re: Vino-server takes 90% of cpu when only listening for incoming connections

2009-08-04 Thread Mr. Mike
I think gnome-session keeps restarting this process. What seems to be working for me, as a work-around, is to have Remote Desktop disabled in the session-preferences (gnome-session-properties). Then, I use the command: dbus-launch /usr/lib/vino/vino-server --display=:0.0 & usually from a termina

[Bug 285981] Re: Unable to connect to WLAN protected with WEP by using the intel 2200bg

2009-07-03 Thread Mr. Mike
Update: This is interesting, I can work around this, even with the backports-modules installed. It seems there is no lbm_cw-lib80211_crypt_wep module installed by the Jaunty backports. If I issue the command: sudo modprobe lib80211_crypt_wep before trying to use WEP, everything seems to work f

[Bug 285981] Re: Unable to connect to WLAN protected with WEP by using the intel 2200bg

2009-07-03 Thread Mr. Mike
I have a similar problem with the ipw2100 net card, and I think it is related to the linux-backports modules, because when I uninstall and reboot, it works just fine, but when I re-installed the linux-backports- jaunty package (and dependencies), the error returns and my ipw2100 can not connect to

[Bug 290753] Re: Multiple applications have stopped the suspend from taking place. vlc : Playing some media

2009-07-01 Thread Mr. Mike
I'm getting this in 9.04 Jaunty, too. I think VLC crashed on me recently and pressing the "moon" key started popping up the message. @lubosz: I've been using "sudo pm-suspend" from a terminal to put my computer to sleep - it seems to bypass the dbus checks. (do double- quotes, of course) -- Mu

[Bug 31037] Re: Vino-server takes 90% of cpu when only listening for incoming connections

2009-06-26 Thread Mr. Mike
I get this, too. Strange thing is, I don't know exactly what causes it - sometimes it happens, others it does not. I wanted to prove that it was vino-server, so I installed the process accounting package (psacct or acct). Attached is my lastcomm output - basically, this is just proof that the pro

[Bug 377060] Re: Jaunty 64bit: Espeak looses some words.

2009-06-02 Thread Mr. Mike
I'm tired of just complaining and want to help... and... I FIXED IT!! My First Linux Bug-fix - YAY!!! Having said that, hopefully someone who can actually implement this for Ubuntu can get it into the distro. I got the sources, and noticed in the Makefile: AUDIO = portaudio #AUDIO = pulseaudio #A

[Bug 377060] Re: Jaunty 64bit: Espeak looses some words.

2009-06-02 Thread Mr. Mike
I can confirm espeak is broken. I've tried on at least 3 computers with various hardware configurations - laptops, desktops, fast, slow, all 32-bit Jaunty. Mostly, it plays super-duper fast (like, an entire sentence in a fraction of a second). On two computers, I received the following messages

[Bug 24776] Re: ipw2100 - "Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart."

2009-05-24 Thread Mr. Mike
As the kernel bugs are now being reported upstream ( earlier post "Launchpad Janitor wrote on 2008-12-23: Kernel team bugs" ), is anyone who can help even going to be checking this thread? Also, is it some sort of repeated regression? It was fixed late into a 2.6.27 Intrepid release (my earli

[Bug 346912] Re: Tracker index corruption (was Tracker does not stop indexing)

2009-05-22 Thread Mr. Mike
I'd like to add that, for me: tracker-processes -r [unsure if required - removed 2 remaining files in ~/.cache/tracker] /usr/lib/tracker/trackerd & tracker-applet & Seems to have tracker back and working again. I could have logged out and back in I guess after the first 2 lines, but the

[Bug 81854] Re: rdesktop locks keyboard

2009-03-22 Thread Mr. Mike
Let me clarify my problem, because I think we may now be discussing 3 different issues that cause problems. First, "rdesktop", as this bug relates to, does not seem to have a UI with a drop-down. I think you might be confusing "tsclient", which is a nice wrapper and spawns an rdesktop session. F

[Bug 296045] Re: Onboard SiS900 Ethernet Interface probing fails (No MII transceivers found)

2009-03-21 Thread Mr. Mike
I found this because I was search for "no MII transceivers", but my problem is slightly different. I have the same SiS900 onboard card, in lspci -vvnn, it shows the same vendor/product code [1039:0900] followed by "(rev 90)". The card works find on first boot, but after a suspend/resume cycle, I

Re: [Bug 24776] Re: ipw2100 - "Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart."

2009-03-10 Thread Mr. Mike
I am now using Intrepid 2.6.27-11-generic and the ipw2100 driver IS working. In a recent, previous 2.6.27 version of the kernel, it was NOT working. But prior to that, it WAS working. So... something about this drive is inconsistent. Hopefully, this is some sort of clue to the problem. - Mike ---

Re: [Bug 228894] Re: DISPLAY_QUIRK_VBESTATE_RESTORE does not save state

2009-02-04 Thread Mr. Mike
I think it's safe to close - I believe I submitted it in Gutsy, but it was fixed in Hardy. -Original Message- From: Tormod Volden Reply-to: Bug 228894 <228...@bugs.launchpad.net> To: m...@himikeb.com Subject: [Bug 228894] Re: DISPLAY_QUIRK_VBESTATE_RESTORE does not save state Date: Wed, 0

[Bug 282853] Re: Pidgin reports MSN contacts with mobile number always online

2009-01-28 Thread Mr. Mike
Note sure if this needs to be a separate bug, but what I found was that if I have a contact with a mobile #, and they are "invisible", they can send messages to Pidgin and I receive them, but any messages I send go to the mobile #. Interestingly, the other machine DOES see the "xxx is typing a

[Bug 316267] Re: Jpeg image does not completely render

2009-01-17 Thread Mr. Mike
Oh gosh, my bad.. Please delete this bug. I found the REAL original image - it's 2.6 MB and somehow got truncated while getting copied from Windoze to Linux (I assume Bill ate the last .7 MB, 'cause last I saw it on Bill OS, it was fine). ** Changed in: libjpeg6b (Ubuntu) Status: New => Inv

[Bug 316267] Re: Jpeg image does not completely render

2009-01-11 Thread Mr. Mike
** Description changed: Binary package hint: libjpeg62 I have found at least one JPEG that does not properly display in Linux. About 75% through the picture, it stops and the bottom is cut-off (black). In Windows, the image renders completely. I am not 100% certain I have the corr

[Bug 316267] Re: Jpeg image does not completely render

2009-01-11 Thread Mr. Mike
** Attachment added: "This is an image that does not properly display" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21118155/buggy-pic.jpg -- Jpeg image does not completely render https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 316267] [NEW] Jpeg image does not completely render

2009-01-11 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libjpeg62 I have found at least one JPEG that does not properly display in Linux. About 75% through the picture, it stops and the bottom is cut-off (black). In Windows, the image renders completely. I am not 100% certain I have the correct package. 1)

[Bug 150519] Re: radeon driver can not do xv with AIGLX enabled

2008-12-01 Thread Mr. Mike
I have a Thinkpad T30 running Intrepid and see a similar problem - XVideo does not appear. However, I *think* it might have something to do with the CRTC values and XRANDR.. I have a little script that tweaks some of the xrandr settings, and XVideo starts to work. I created the script fixxv to

[Bug 81854] Re: rdesktop locks keyboard

2008-11-20 Thread Mr. Mike
I'm seeing this, too. I have my sound set on "Don't Play", I'm connecting using the Cisco VPN 4.8.02 (was using 4.8.01 & seeing the same thing). It almost always happens when I have shift and/or control and am moving the cursor. Once, I had to toggle to console to kill it, other times, it just h

[Bug 24776] Re: ipw2100 - "Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart."

2008-11-15 Thread Mr. Mike
I'm also having problems with my ipw2100 on a T41, and getting the firmware restart messages, but in dmesg, the firmware appears to load. I wonder if there might be another problem (this is Intrepid 2.6.27) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Downloads$ sudo iwconfig eth4 key 11122233344455566677788899 Error for

Re: [Bug 256131] Re: failed to upgrade : "update-xmlcatalog: error: entity already registered"

2008-10-13 Thread Mr. Mike
As a follow-up to my problem, installing scrollkeeper and then ubuntu-desktop did get me a running Intrepid. I had the additional problem that I only have the linux-386 package, and not the linux (generic) package... This left me with an Intrepid but with only the (not so fun) 2.6.25 kernel, as th

[Bug 282557] Re: package rarian-compat 0.8.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-10-13 Thread Mr. Mike
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18494171/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18494172/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: "VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz" http://launchpadlibra

[Bug 282557] [NEW] package rarian-compat 0.8.1-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

2008-10-13 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rarian-compat I think because I had uninstalled the scrollkeeper package in my ubuntu-hardy install (which seemed to be working just fine for quite some time), that the rarian-compat package was not happy. So, something to try to recreate is: install ub

[Bug 89464] Re: Keyboard killed when using hostap_pci with NetworkManager

2008-07-26 Thread Mr. Mike
Using Hardy, I have encountered this several times. Once or twice, I was able to copy-paste existing letters to do a chvt 1. That terminal worked, and I was able to kill some running NetworkManager processes, which ultimately allowed use of the keyboard to resume back in X. So, is this a NM issu

[Bug 15019] Re: Difficulty downgrading packages with dependencies

2008-06-02 Thread Mr. Mike
The big scenario for me on this is when I finally learned/figured-out that the "Proposed" repository is more or less for alpha/beta versions of stuff. Right?? So, when I stopped using those repos, my Ubuntu became way more stable, Suspend starting working properly (proposed kernel is probably th

[Bug 228894] [NEW] DISPLAY_QUIRK_VBESTATE_RESTORE does not save state

2008-05-09 Thread Mr. Mike
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pm-utils Unless I am missing something, it appears that the handling of this quick is incomplete in Ubuntu 8.04, pm-utils 0.99.2-3ubuntu9. In 20video, there is no attempt to perform the "vbetool vbestate save >somefile" operation. Then, in 99video, it u