[Bug 1169984] Re: 3.8.0-18 HDMI audio regression: Either oops or opening device fails with -ENODEV

2013-05-18 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Ubuntu keeps releasing new kernels, and every one re-breaks my HDMI sound. Thank goodness for Fabrizio and his comment #8. Although applying it over and over again is becoming tedious. Security is an important thing, but it is not the only important thing. Do any Linux distros actually care abou

[Bug 1174948] Re: ZRTP support not enabled

2013-04-30 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Er, make that: "...provided the libzrtpcpp-dev package is installed and --enable-zrtp is passed to the 'configure' script" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1174948 Title: ZRTP support n

[Bug 1174948] [NEW] ZRTP support not enabled

2013-04-30 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: The current Ubuntu build of linphone packages (3.5.2-10) does not include ZRTP support for secure communications. It does include SRTP, but that mode sends encryption keys in the clear, which kind of defeats the purpose. (Unless you use TCP/TLS for the SIP connection... But e

[Bug 940063] Re: Add "iscan" configuration to Jockey

2012-12-29 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
The current "Jockey" repository has moved to download.ebz.epson.net, so the /etc/apt/souces.list.d/jockey.list file you want is: deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3.2 main This has more recent versions than the repository at linux.avasys.jp. See http://download.ebz.epson.

[Bug 597068] Re: Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware

2011-11-30 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Unfortunately, I no longer have an Ubuntu system with a Myricom card. (The original system was a prototype for work, since dismantled.) So I will be unable to test this package. Unless you can find someone else to test, you might want to close this bug. Thanks! -- You received this bug notific

[Bug 882274] Re: Community engagement is broken

2011-11-05 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
All I want is to move the d@#% launch bar to a different side of the screen. I can do this with Windows. I can do this with OS X. I can do this with GNOME. I cannot do this with Unity, because some billionaire says it does not fit with his "vision". Remind me again why I use open source softwa

[Bug 668415] Re: Movement of Unity launcher

2011-10-22 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
My left-side monitor is an HDTV. I normally keep it (a) set to a different input and (b) turned off. So, with 11.10, in order to launch an application I have to: Turn on the HDTV Select the computer as input source on the HDTV Open the launcher and launch the application Change the input back on

[Bug 262751] Re: Webalizer package needs updated to current release.

2010-12-09 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Two years and counting... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262751 Title: Webalizer package needs updated to current release. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com h

[Bug 603760] Re: Nobody creates /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d

2010-07-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Addendum: I changed my mind; this is not necessarily a bug in initscripts. It could be a bug in "mountall", which creates sendsigs.omit.d under /var/run: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/604137 The bug is that the various init scripts are not in agreement. Please make up

[Bug 604137] Re: mounted-varrun.conf has wrong path for sendsigs.omit.d

2010-07-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51697361/Dependencies.txt -- mounted-varrun.conf has wrong path for sendsigs.omit.d https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 604137] [NEW] mounted-varrun.conf has wrong path for sendsigs.omit.d

2010-07-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall /etc/init/mounted-varrun.conf has the following line: mkdir -p /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d But the /etc/init.d/sendsigs script (from the initscripts package) -- which reads this directory -- expects to find it in /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d. A

[Bug 541512] Re: open-iscsi shutdown failure due to missing dir

2010-07-09 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I can confirm that the patch in Bug 567143 (mkdir -p /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d in /etc/init.d/open-iscsi) works around this issue. But open-iscsi is not the only init script that relies on /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d, so it is not open-iscsi's job to create it. This is clearly a bug in the in

[Bug 603760] [NEW] Nobody creates /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d

2010-07-09 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysvinit Release: lucid Version: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17 /etc/init.d/sendsigs reads the /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d directory for a list of files containing PIDs to omit when killing all processes during shutdown/reboot. Some init scripts (e.g., open-iscsi a

Re: [Bug 597068] Re: Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware

2010-06-28 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
WHOOPS! My mistake. I tested the new package on Lucid and it did not work... But on Maverick, it fixes the problem perfectly. I apologize for the screw-up. Thank you! -- Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597068 You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [Bug 597068] Re: Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware

2010-06-28 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: > Please test the attached linux-firmware package. > > ** Attachment added: "linux-firmware_1.38~test1_all.deb" >   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51059111/linux-firmware_1.38%7Etest1_all.deb Unfortunately, this did not work... It installs the

[Bug 597068] Re: Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware

2010-06-21 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Addendum: Note that the file name requested by the driver is "myri10ge_eth_z8e.dat", while the file name in the vendor package is just "eth_z8e.dat". The vendor package contains four .dat files corresponding to different cards. They are all used by the myri10ge driver, and they all need to have

[Bug 597068] [NEW] Missing Myricom 10GigE firmware

2010-06-21 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-firmware Maverick Meercat includes the myri10ge driver, but it is missing the associated firmware. Current firmware package is available from the vendor: http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE-firmware-only.html Without these firmware files, t

[Bug 204850] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_mouse_manager_start()

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Thank you, Dmitry! Your patch works great (modulo one problem; see below). In case anybody else wants to fix this for themselves, here are a step- by-step instructions to apply the patch: - Download Dmitry's patch from the link above - Become root - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to ensure you have

[Bug 119982] Re: amd64 vncconfig crashes

2008-06-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Thankfully, since nothing has changed in vnc4server, Dossy Shiobara's Gutsy patch (above) also works just fine for Hardy. I followed a slightly different procedure: - Download Dossy's vnc4-amd64-vncconfig-bug-119982.patch above - Become root - Make sure /etc/apt/sources.list has a "deb-src" line

[Bug 119982] Re: amd64 vncconfig crashes

2008-06-13 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Ditto. This is (still!) broken on amd64 Hardy. Even though the bug was diganosed and fixed in Fedora in Oct 2006 and on this ticket Oct 2007. Does Ubuntu have a VNC maintainer? -- amd64 vncconfig crashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119982 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 204850] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gsd_mouse_manager_start()

2008-05-28 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Same issue here. On amd64, under Xvnc4, when I run "gnome-settings- daemon", I get: ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1422): WARNING **: The X Server does not support the XRandR extension. Runtime resolution changes to the display size are not available. ** (gnome-settings-daemon:1422): WARNING **: num

Re: [Bug 62751] Re: Upstart doesn't activate luks volumes (also non luks) in cryptsetup

2008-03-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
It's a long story that depends on how you define "random" and "secure". And this is really the wrong forum for this question and answer. But I'll give it a whack anyway. :-) /dev/random never hands out more bits than it has entropy available. (It collects entropy from the timings of keyboard in

Re: [Bug 62751] Re: Upstart doesn't activate luks volumes (also non luks) in cryptsetup

2008-03-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
What version of Ubuntu are you using? On mine (7.10 aka. Gutsy), /etc/init.d/urandom already propagates the random seed across reboots in /var/lib/urandom/random-seed. This should make /dev/urandom very safe to use, assuming that file itself is never compromised. -- Upstart doesn't activate luk

Re: [Bug 62751] Re: Upstart doesn't activate luks volumes (also non luks) in cryptsetup

2008-03-08 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
/dev/random blocks until it has enough entropy to guarantee randomness. That is probably why wiggling the touchpad gets things going again. If you have /dev/hwrandom, you can use that... Otherwise, you can use /dev/urandom to avoid blocking, but theoretically this could give up some security (si

[Bug 78552] Re: /sbin/update-grub complains about being run instead of /usr/sbin/update-grub

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
"Me too" Since the installer created kernel-img.conf, and since update-manager is the only supported upgrade path for Ubuntu, update-manager should fix the broken configuration file. In my opinion. But regardless, the kernel-img.conf file is broken following an upgrade to Gutsy. From my end-use

[Bug 157811] Re: can't upgrade from feisty to gutsy

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I do not believe apt is a supported upgrade tool for Ubuntu. See http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading for upgrade instructions. -- can't upgrade from feisty to gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157811 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is t

[Bug 157842] No sound after upgrade to Gutsy

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: I have a Dell Latitude D610 laptop (Intel ICH6 sound device). Sound works fine in Windows. It worked fine in Feisty. After upgrading to Gutsy, I can hear no sounds at all. I am in the "audio" group. My User Privileges include "Use Audio Devices". All volume controls are

[Bug 157842] Re: No sound after upgrade to Gutsy

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "alsa-info.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10187524/alsa-info.txt -- No sound after upgrade to Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157842 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 149665 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149665 OK the machine is hibernating, not shutting down. I use an encrypted swap partition, so hibernation does not actually work... Which is why I thought the machine was shutting down. Marking as duplicate of Bu

[Bug 149665] Re: when returning from suspend my laptop tries to hibernate

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I have the same configuration as Michael Elkins (Dell Latitude D610), and I am experiencing the same problem. I reported it as Bug #152735, before I realized (a) it only happens when gnome-power-manager suspends the machine, not when I do it by hand; and (b) the system is hibernating, not shutting

[Bug 151169] Re: do-release-upgrade to gutsy disables eth0

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I strongly agree do-release-upgrade should be supported for the desktop. What is Ubuntu's official policy on this question, and how would one go about changing it? -- do-release-upgrade to gutsy disables eth0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151169 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-15 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
That certainly sounds plausible. How can I confirm that what I am seeing is hibernation? -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "kern.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9981047/kern.log -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9981044/dmesg.log -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "lspci-vvn.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9981045/lspci-vvn.log -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "version.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9981043/version.log -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 152735] Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.22 Running pre-release of Gutsy, I suspend the machine. When I resume, X comes back up, I type my password to unlock the screensaver, I can even work in Firefox or gnome-terminal for about five seconds... Then the system switches back t

[Bug 152735] Re: Dell D610 shuts down after resume

2007-10-14 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
** Attachment added: "uname-a.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/9981042/uname-a.log -- Dell D610 shuts down after resume https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152735 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs ma

[Bug 68461] Re: Wishlist: Xft/Freetype support

2007-08-09 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
> Ubuntu's official emacs-snapshot package has > (to the best of my knowledge) always been identical to > mine and thus never supported Xft. Yes we know, and it kind of sucks. This bug report is a plea for someone to fix it. Emacs is the only tool on the system that looks like garbage. It would

[Bug 110263] Re: VNC package vnc4server has broken XFIXES extension, breaking GTK apps

2007-07-03 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Aha: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-session/+bug/78887 "-extension XFIXES" does the trick. Thanks, Peter! -- VNC package vnc4server has broken XFIXES extension, breaking GTK apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110263 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 110263] Re: VNC package vnc4server has broken XFIXES extension, breaking GTK apps

2007-07-02 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I can confirm this problem with Feisty. Can anyone suggest a (simple?) workaround, short of downloading and compiling my own copy of the VNC server? Thanks! -- VNC package vnc4server has broken XFIXES extension, breaking GTK apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110263 You received this bug not

[Bug 68461] Re: Wishlist: Xft/Freetype support

2007-05-31 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
This may be a stupid question but... Why? I mean, the only reason I tried installing an obscure package called "emacs-snapshot" was to see if the font rendering had progressed beyond 1995. What other purpose could "emacs-snapshot" possibly have? :-) More seriously, with a name ending in "-snap

[Bug 102661] Re: pam-keyring incompatible with gnome-password

2007-04-22 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
The most problematic symptom: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/92032/ ...has been fixed in a different way. So this bug is no longer as important, and arguably does not need to be fixed at all... Thanks! -- pam-keyring incompatible with gnome-password https://bugs.

[Bug 105235] "received packet without ExtIV flag" repeating messages

2007-04-10 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: I recently upgraded to Feisty beta on my Dell Latitude D610. Network driver is ipw2200. My WPA network connection seems to work, but every 1-3 seconds the following kernel message is logged: CCMP: received packet without ExtIV flag from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ...where the MAC

[Bug 102661] Re: pam-keyring incompatible with gnome-password

2007-04-03 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, I tried adding "@include common- pamkeyring" to /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver. It does not work because pam_keyring.so spawns a new instance of gnome-keyring-daemon instead of unlocking the running daemon already present. In my opinion, this should not only work

[Bug 102661] pam-keyring incompatible with gnome-password

2007-04-03 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Subject says it all. One symptom is this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/92032/ If pam-keyring cannot interact with unlocking the screen saver, then it is pretty much useless... I want to lock&suspend my machine when I leave, and type ONE

[Bug 102656] Still cannot change master password on keyring

2007-04-03 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-keyring Even though this bug was marked as "fixed" in Edgy last July: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/38483 ...I do not see any way to change the master password on the keyring. I did find this discussion, where the m

[Bug 78282] Re: vnc4server does not start Desktop environment after security update

2007-01-28 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Ditto. Please fix this bug or revert the "upgrade". Current vnc4server is unusable. -- vnc4server does not start Desktop environment after security update https://launchpad.net/bugs/78282 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

[Bug 68461] Re: Wishlist: Xft/Freetype support

2006-12-19 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
A kind Ubuntu hacker in India has made Xft versions of emacs-snapshot packages available via apt: http://g33k.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gnu-emacs-with-xft-goodness/ The difference in fonts is like night and day. I agree with Hans. You can label this "importance wishlist"... But seriously, every

[Bug 3593] Re: Xvnc4 (package vnc4server) unable to find fixed font in Breezy

2006-11-23 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
This is definitely broken again in Edgy. Plus the old Dapper workaround (-fp ...) broke because the fonts moved from /usr/share/X11/fonts to /usr/share/fonts/X11. Just repeating what has already been said, adding my voice to the chorus. Would be nice to see this fixed in the underlying Xvnc4 pro

[Bug 67607] Re: rt61pci driver fails with Airlink101 AWLH5026

2006-11-06 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Well, after a few hours, the wireless card locked up. I was unable even to "ping" my router. Rebooting did not help; I had to power-cycle to get my network back. This driver is obviously not ready for prime time. I gave up and bought a D-Link WDA-1320 (Atheros chipset), which seems to be workin

[Bug 67607] Re: rt61pci driver fails with Airlink101 AWLH5026

2006-11-05 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Another addendum for others trying to get this card working in Edgy: With just a little manual configuration, this card is functioning fine with the current drivers in Edgy. First I configured it in network-admin. Then I edited /etc/network/interfaces to add these lines to the "iface wlan0 ..."

[Bug 67607] Re: rt61pci driver fails with Airlink101 AWLH5026

2006-10-22 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Addendum: Apparently, I have rediscovered the procedure documented in the README for the rt61pci driver. http://rt2400.cvs.sourceforge.net/rt2400/source/rt2x00/README?revision=1.39 "- After the client interface has been brought up, scanning can be performed to check if the desired AP is being de

[Bug 67607] rt61pci driver fails with Airlink101 AWLH5026

2006-10-22 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
Public bug reported: My wireless adapter is an Airlink101 AWLH5026. lspci identifies it as vendor ID 1814, device ID 0401 ("Ralink RT2600 802.11 MIMO"). Current release of Edgy correctly loads the rt61pci module. Network Settings shows both wmaster0 and wlan0 devices, and it lets me configure a

[Bug 66577] Re: cryptdisks-early and crypdisks scripts don't wait for password

2006-10-22 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
I can confirm this problem in Edgy on x86. My /etc/crypttab has this line: crypt /dev/hda6 Dapper used to stop during boot and wait for the passphrase. Edgy does not. When I boot without "splash", I can see the failure message: Starting early crypto disks... Enter passphrase: Command fa