[Bug 815829] Re: Doesn't report a useful error when distributions are priority pinned in apt preferences

2011-07-25 Thread Sam Vilain
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815829 Title: Doesn't report a useful error when distributions are priority pinned in apt preferences To manage notifications about this bug go to: ht

[Bug 815829] [NEW] Doesn't report a useful error when distributions are priority pinned in apt preferences

2011-07-25 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Hi, every time I do a dist upgrade I run into this. The update manager knows how to change the package repositories, but it should also check that the repositories it needs end up with a suitable priority as seen in 'apt-cache policy' to allow the upgrade to happen. Otherwis

[Bug 465015] Re: Evolution fails to add google contacts with message "Error adding Contact" other error

2010-11-15 Thread Sam Vilain
Using Google's DNS servers had no effect for me. -- Evolution fails to add google contacts with message "Error adding Contact" other error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465015 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 398300] Re: The new gdm doesn't give an option to run /etc/X11/Xsession

2010-07-20 Thread Sam Vilain
This new package didn't seem to work for me after a Lucid re-install - I still needed to put the .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions - any debugging tips? I also use ecryptfs ~, if that is important. -- The new gdm doesn't give an option to run /etc/X11/Xsession https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 506719] Re: Suspend/Hibernate Fail

2010-07-07 Thread Sam Vilain
I have just discovered the comprehensive page on the wiki relating to debugging this (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume); I will follow the instructions and write back. -- Suspend/Hibernate Fail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506719 You received this bug notification

[Bug 506719] Re: Suspend/Hibernate Fail

2010-07-07 Thread Sam Vilain
I get this on Karmic from time to time on my Dell Inspiron 9400. I also have nvidia card. The frustrating thing for me is that it sometimes works, and then I know that I can generally keep suspending and resuming so long as I don't reboot. I did get a new ureadahead, ufw, libc6-bin (plus various

[Bug 510419] Re: Suspend hangs after upgrade to 9.10

2010-07-07 Thread Sam Vilain
My laptop which was installed as Karmic and only upgraded as updates comes out intermittently has this issue. It is a Inspiron 9400 with a nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS. I put some notes on Bug #506719 - summary: try suspending from a VT (ctrl+alt+f1, login, "sudo pm-suspend"). If it suspends succes

[Bug 406036] Re: inkscape crashes using certain input methods: _gdk_input_grab_pointer: assertion failed: (input_window != NULL)

2010-01-08 Thread Sam Vilain
GTK_IM_MODULE=gtk-im-context-simple xmodifie...@im=xim inkscape makes things slightly better, but then I get a segmentation fault. Using this command, I get much more stable behaviour: unset GTK_IM_MODULE XMODIFIERS; inkscape -- inkscape crashes using certain input methods: _gdk_input_grab_poin

[Bug 222245] Re: Installing without Internet access causes nvidia driver not installed

2009-10-04 Thread Sam Vilain
Noticed this happen as well, on karmic koala. I was doing a CD install of the beta image. -- Installing without Internet access causes nvidia driver not installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 441161] Re: [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / IWL4965 - Wireless is disabled

2009-10-04 Thread Sam Vilain
I just saw another amd64 machine show the same problem - network manager just not wanting to control interfaces, even hard-wired. Again I had to revert to /etc/network/interfaces. The network manager daemon was running. I'm nominating this for release, because it seems serious to me. -- [karmi

[Bug 441195] Re: [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / ICH7 - Mixer controlling wrong settings

2009-10-03 Thread Sam Vilain
Note: workaround is to use a different mixer, such as Gnome ALSA mixer. -- [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / ICH7 - Mixer controlling wrong settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 441195] Re: [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / ICH7 - Mixer controlling wrong settings

2009-10-03 Thread Sam Vilain
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32926429/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32926432/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32926433/BootDmesg.txt ** Att

[Bug 441195] [NEW] [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / ICH7 - Mixer controlling wrong settings

2009-10-03 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Hi, this might not be a bug in pulseaudio but I wasn't sure of the right package for this. Basically each of the volume controls in gnome seem to control the wrong mixer channel. The exact device ID is: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporatio

[Bug 441161] [NEW] [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / IWL4965 - Wireless is disabled

2009-10-03 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager After a fresh Karmic Koala install, Network Manager is showing Wireless as disabled, and it is not possible to enable it. However the device does work with the kernel. My workaround: install an /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file and running w

[Bug 441161] Re: [karmic] Dell Inspiron 9400 / IWL4965 - Wireless is disabled

2009-10-03 Thread Sam Vilain
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32925076/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "IfupdownConfig.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32925077/IfupdownConfig.txt ** Attachment added: "IpAddr.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32925078/IpAddr.txt ** Att

[Bug 38988] Re: [wishlist] thread scoring rules

2009-05-26 Thread Sam Vilain
Which has been closed and the ticket from 2002 marked as the master. The developer recommends implementing it as a Thunderbird extension and gave some brief tips. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163935 ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #163935 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_

[Bug 38988] Re: [wishlist] thread scoring rules

2009-05-26 Thread Sam Vilain
Roger that. Filed upstream as https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494974 ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #494974 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494974 -- [wishlist] thread scoring rules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/38988 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 38988] Re: [wishlist] thread scoring rules

2009-05-25 Thread Sam Vilain
Micah, not really. I for one though would like to highlight threads which discuss key words about topics I specialize in, rather than have to do that for every thread. Also there are authors I respect who I'd like to read much more of their writings than other authors. I'd like the "unwatch thre

Re: [Bug 116183] Re: GTK's compose map is different to X's

2007-05-23 Thread Sam Vilain
Sebastien Bacher wrote: > it has its own keymap, better to open upstream if we want to argue about > that, we distribute the software, don't write it > And there I have taken it. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_activity.cgi?id=440860 Thanks for your help, Sam. -- GTK's compose map is differen

Re: [Bug 116183] Re: GTK's compose map is different to X's

2007-05-22 Thread Sam Vilain
gtk is ignoring the X key map. how is that not a bug. Sam. Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Thanks for your comments. This does not appear to be a bug report and we > are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it > would make more sense to raise your question in the support trac

[Bug 116183] GTK's compose map is different to X's

2007-05-22 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libgtk2.0-0 I'm guessing that GTK is the root cause of this. But basically, I can't type certain compose sequences in Mozilla, OOo or gnome-terminal that work in xterm or emacs. Or, the resultant sequences will be different. For instance, in emacs or x

[Bug 51407] Re: "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters

2006-07-06 Thread Sam Vilain
Ok, I have confirmed with a native Chinese person that the current postmodern set is fine and that the problems I raised are just script style difference. So you can close this bug :) -- "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters https://launchpad.net/bugs/51407 -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 51402] Re: [Bug 51402] Re: [Bug 51402] Re: "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600)

2006-07-04 Thread Sam Vilain
Ben Collins wrote: > That would be something in the usplash package. Can we transfer this bug or should I log separately? Sam. -- "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600) https://launchpad.net/bugs/51402 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 51402] Re: "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600)

2006-07-04 Thread Sam Vilain
> Just the monitor sucks :) Ok, well cause aside, perhaps this is easy to work around for when the user explicitly asks for "Safe VGA"? -- "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600) https://launchpad.net/bugs/51402 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51407] Re: "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters

2006-07-04 Thread Sam Vilain
** Attachment added: "Critique, with draft suggested amendments" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3255072/postmodern-critique.jpg -- "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters https://launchpad.net/bugs/51407 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

[Bug 51402] Re: "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600)

2006-07-03 Thread Sam Vilain
ps I am not sure on what grounds you rejected this bug -- "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600) https://launchpad.net/bugs/51402 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51402] Re: "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600)

2006-07-03 Thread Sam Vilain
I think it's a radeon-specific bug. The atyfb (iirc, not near my laptop atm) driver doesn't work with a lot of radeon cards. My old Dell Inspiron 8000 did the same thing with that driver, too. The reason I logged it against this was my suspicion that the Ubuntu- specific(?) "splash" extension wa

[Bug 51407] Re: "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters

2006-07-02 Thread Sam Vilain
** Attachment added: "Character comparison" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3205257/postmodern-critique.jpg ** Attachment added: "Source to critique" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3205260/postmodern-critique.svg.gz -- "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters https://launchpad

[Bug 51400] Re: Can't edit partitions without adding and removing

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
I think what happened was the sub-menu was grayed out for me, and it wasn't completely obvious why. It did feel like the kind of bug that you'd have to be nuking a Windows partition from orbit at the time to truly appreciate. The machine is still caught with the sickness, every circuit dreading t

[Bug 51413] pvcreate /dev/sda3 fails, /dev/evms/sda3 succeeds

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Trying to use the traditional "/dev/sda3" seemed to work, but then "vgcreate" failed. Actually, "pvcreate /dev/sda3" would alterately fail then succeed. See attached output log. Kernel version: 2.6.15-25-686 lvm2: 2.02.02-1ubuntu1 evms&libevms-2.5: 2.5.4-5ubuntu6 ** Affect

[Bug 51409] Re: Timezone selection dialog bugs

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Sorry, I meant Time Adjust input dialog bugs -- Timezone selection dialog bugs https://launchpad.net/bugs/51409 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51409] Timezone selection dialog bugs

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Three small somewhat related bugs; 1. No AM/PM selector or other indication that the time is 24 Hour 2. The Screensaver kicks in if you move the time forward. This would happen for instance for people upgrading from Windows to Ubuntu in time zones EAST of GMT. 3. also no wa

[Bug 51407] Re: "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
5 of characters is also shocking -- "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters https://launchpad.net/bugs/51407 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51407] "postmodern" tile set has incorrect chinese characters

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Hi there, Despite not being Chinese, starting mahjongg I am somehow offended on behalf of the Zhongren that the default tileset has some characters which are drawn incorrectly; that is to say the character has been stylised based on poor interpretations of the original brush

[Bug 51402] "splash" causes fade-to-white on Toshiba Satellite M40X (ATI Radeon Mobility X600)

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Hi, The "splash" kernel command line option was causing this Toshiba M40X (lspci output attached) to "fade to white". ie, the laptop display stops refreshing the pixels, and all the transistors slowly leak current until the screen is white. This is not related to the kernel

[Bug 51400] Can't edit partitions without adding and removing

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Ok, not being able to resize a partition, I'll begrudgingly accept. But not being able to select the type of the partition without deleting and recreating it is quite annoying. That was my experience running it via ubiquity via the LiveCD installer on 6.06-final ** Affects:

[Bug 51396] Asks for 2GB root, yet 2048MB entered is not enough

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
Public bug reported: Yeah, a bit of a sticky one this one. The installer asked for 2GB minimum /. So, I set it to 2048 and parted rounded it down to 2047. Then the installer barfed later. I think it's mildly wrong that the installer should ask for units of Gb and then the partitioner uses Mb.

[Bug 50957] Re: Parted starting separately then crashing

2006-06-30 Thread Sam Vilain
I have the same bug, I think. Note that the error message is similar to #47194. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ? install(sys.argv[1]) File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install ret = wizard.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/u

[Bug 49667] Re: openoffice does not start on amd64

2006-06-29 Thread Sam Vilain
Note: it is possible that I ran out of /usr space during an install. I didn't think I hit 100% full, rather the N% ext3 reserved space limit, then 'lvextend'ed it bigger, though. Just in case wild goose chase ensues. -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubu

[Bug 49667] Re: openoffice does not start on amd64

2006-06-29 Thread Sam Vilain
Ok, let's try that workaround again, a version that should work on everyone's system this time. dpkg --force-all --remove lib32stdc++6 apt-get install lib32stdc++6 -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 49667] Re: openoffice does not start on amd64

2006-06-29 Thread Sam Vilain
I had the same problem - missing files in that lib32stdc++6 package. This really can't be a coincidence; some postinst/preinst somewhere is nuking the files. The workaround I used was the same as above; dpkg --remove lib32stdc++6 apt-get install lib32stdc++6 And now OOo starts! Yay! :) --

[Bug 49667] Re: openoffice does not start on amd64

2006-06-26 Thread Sam Vilain
Is there a problem triaging this bug? It seems like it would affect all users and make the package completely unusable for everyone. -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

[Bug 49667] glibc, not gcc version mismatch

2006-06-19 Thread Sam Vilain
Silly me, I misread "GLIBCXX_3.4". Looks like it was built on the wrong libc6, not gcc. -- openoffice does not start on amd64 https://launchpad.net/bugs/49667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 49667] seems to be a gcc version mismatch

2006-06-19 Thread Sam Vilain
Hello, I have the same problem on amd64. Please re-build OOo with the correct version of GCC and re-upload to dapper updates. This happens every time I upgrade openoffice or distribution. Actually in this instance I do not even recall the apt command that de-installed OpenOffice, which is all t