[Bug 2096804] Re: Kernel crashes several times a week; no diagnostic information available

2025-02-09 Thread Peter Selinger
Update: I continued to remain crash-free with the 6.8.0-31-generic kernel for the 9 days I was using it. On Feb 5, I accidentally booted into the 6.8.0-52-generic kernel, and 4 days later, the kernel crashed again. I am now fairly convinced that there is some change between version 31 and version 5

[Bug 2096804] Re: Kernel crashes several times a week; no diagnostic information available

2025-02-01 Thread Peter Selinger
Update: I downgraded my kernel to 6.8.0-31-generic on 2025/01/24, and I have since been crash-free. Since the bug only occurred every 2-3 days, I will go for a few more days to confirm the absence of crashes. If this holds up, the bug should be related to a change between versions 31 and 51 of the

[Bug 2096804] [NEW] Kernel crashes several times a week; no diagnostic information available

2025-01-27 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04, I frequently get a complete kernel stoppage. In the middle of doing any random task, the entire laptop freezes: no mouse movements, no Ctrl-Alt-F1, no Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, nothing. Whatever the last content of the screen was just remains there a

[Bug 2096327] Re: Ubuntu-bug crashes with error in apport-gtk

2025-01-27 Thread Peter Selinger
I got the same bug. I tried to report a bug with ubuntu-bug linux- image-6.8.0-51-generic. After collecting the relevant information, it got to "Uploading problem information" and reached the oddly specific 99.99070194034717% progress amount, then crashed with the following error. It is reproducibl

[Bug 365065]

2020-08-18 Thread Peter Selinger
My inclination would have been to use GLib's GDate, and then worry about moving away from GLib as a separate step. I don't think dates are rocket science; I could probably implement a reasonable API for the Gregorian calendar in plain C fairly quickly. I'm not sure if anything is needed besides str

[Bug 365065]

2020-08-08 Thread Peter Selinger
John, your point about "GnuCash isn't for you" is well understood, but it is unfortunately also a very sad state of affairs. The transaction date bug is a major design flaw that has been in GnuCash from the very beginning, and that has been recognized as a major flaw since more than 16 years ago.

[Bug 1623639] Re: netpbm: "anytopnm" doesn't recognize some file types

2019-09-16 Thread Peter Selinger
I second the request to fix this bug, no matter how old the software. Because it is easy to fix and useful. I am attaching a patch. ** Patch added: "anytopnm.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netpbm-free/+bug/1623639/+attachment/5289100/+files/anytopnm.diff -- You received this

[Bug 1840035] Re: account default not found: no configuration file available

2019-08-28 Thread Peter Selinger
Hi Simon, thanks for the explanation. I guess this is a limitation of Apparmor then, rather than a bug of msmtp. I will work around it using one of the methods you suggested. On the bigger question, I don't konw why it makes sense to armor msmtp. Is it an especially untrusted application? For ex

[Bug 1840035] [NEW] account default not found: no configuration file available

2019-08-13 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: If ~/.msmtprc is a symbolic link, the user gets the below error message, regardless of the permissions of the link's target. This was originally reported as Debian bug 919326 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=919326) and was closed because it was supposedly f

[Bug 1623639] Re: netpbm: "anytopnm" doesn't recognize some file types

2017-06-01 Thread Peter Selinger
I looked at those threads, but I don't see any convincing reason why a bug in useful software should not be fixed just because the software is old. The Linux kernel is 25 years old, and still being maintained :) It seems to be more of a case of "the maintainer can't be bothered to maintain the pac

[Bug 1674838] Re: kernel BUG at /build/linux-7LGLH_/linux-4.10.0/include/linux/swapops.h:129

2017-05-18 Thread Peter Selinger
I believe that a kernel that crashes every 1-4 hours is a critical security bug, so an update should be released immediately, rather than some time in June. I was unable to install linux-image-4.10.0-13, because it no longer seems to be in the repository. I am still experiencing this bug with vml

[Bug 1623639] [NEW] netpbm: "anytopnm" doesn't recognize some file types

2016-09-14 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: /usr/bin/anytopnm uses the output of "file" to recognize the image format of the input file. Apparently the output of "file" has changed, and therefore it is no longer correctly recognized by anytopnm. Example: $ file /tmp/x.ppm /tmp/x.ppm: Netpbm image data, size = 5100 x

[Bug 1331277] Re: TAB does not work in Haskell mode in Ubuntu 14.04

2014-11-23 Thread Peter Selinger
Thanks. What you wrote didn't work for me as written, but it enabled me to figure out what to do. I put this in my .emacs file: (setq haskell-mode-hook (quote (turn-on-haskell-indentation))) and now it works fine for me. I still think it is a bug that such manual configuation is required; this sh

[Bug 1331277] [NEW] TAB does not work in Haskell mode in Ubuntu 14.04

2014-06-17 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: I just upgraded a number of systems to Ubuntu 14.04, and it seems that the Emacs Haskell mode is no longer working correctly. For example: f :: Int -> Int f x = y where [TAB] When pressing TAB, instead of going through the indentation cycle, I get a second window displayin

[Bug 1225839] [NEW] fvwm2 crashes frequently after upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04

2013-09-15 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: I just upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04. Now fvwm2 crashes frequently (i.e., every few minutes) and drops me back to the login prompt, typically while I am working with Firefox. I have captured fvwm2's standard error stream as follows: [fvwm][FlocaleGetFontSet]: (-adobe-helvetica-bo

[Bug 647250] Re: Countdown not displayed when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET is set to false

2012-02-16 Thread Peter Selinger
In case you are using the textual boot screen (i.e., with GRUB_TERMINAL=console), the flag GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET apparently has no effect. Instead, you should uncomment "hiddenmenu" in /boot/grub/menu.lst. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 794727] Re: /var/log/messages is empty after upgrade to natty

2011-06-20 Thread Peter Selinger
I don't agree that an intentionally introduced bug is not a bug. /var/log/syslog is filled with low-level messages; /var/log/messages is a very important file and a long-standing convention. It shouldn't be removed on some developer's whim, without consultation, and without a strategy for backward

[Bug 541947] Re: jka-compr-ccrypt.el breaks emacs compressed files support

2011-05-22 Thread Peter Selinger
This bug was fixed in upstream release 1.8. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541947 Title: jka-compr-ccrypt.el breaks emacs compressed files support -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 660783] Re: after suspend: trackpoint and touchpad unresponsive for 5-10 sec

2011-05-20 Thread Peter Selinger
I am having the same problem as Leif Walsh. There was no such behavior with 10.04. It started when I upgraded (using update-manager) to 10.10, and continues even after upgrading to 11.04. After resuming and during unlocking the screen, the mouse and everything works fine for a few seconds. Then th

[Bug 683487] Re: Inbuilt microphone not working on Thinkpad Edge 13 0196CTO

2011-02-28 Thread Peter Selinger
I would like to confirm that William's solution options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad also works for me. If no headphones are plugged in, the internal microphone and internal speaker works. If headphones are plugged in, the internal speakers are off, sound is in the headphones, and the internal mi

[Bug 697259] Re: PostScript file misclassified as PalmOS application

2011-01-04 Thread Peter Selinger
** Attachment added: "PostScript file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697259/+attachment/1783445/+files/a.ps -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/697259 Title: PostScript file misclass

[Bug 697259] [NEW] PostScript file misclassified as PalmOS application

2011-01-04 Thread Peter Selinger
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file The attached file is mistakenly classified as a "PalmOS application". This is apparently due to the string "appl" appearing at file position 60. Proposed solution: give higher priority to the PostScript %! header test, which is more fool proof than