Re: [Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

2008-10-02 Thread Thomas McKay
What make's an alpha or beta tester's hardware less valuable than the hardware the final release is installed on? In many cases it is the same hardware. While I agree many install alpha or beta releases when they shouldn't, a large number of people are actually working to do testing, and their com

[Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

2008-09-23 Thread Thomas McKay
Not to mention the thousands of people who downloaded these images before the warning was posted. -- [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

2008-09-23 Thread Thomas McKay
Why do i not feel the warnings are enough? for one, because users who download VIA bittorrent will never see those warnings, and like somebody above noted, not all testers know for certain the hardware they are running. Simply saying "if your computer breaks, tough luck, we warned you" will not ga

[Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

2008-09-23 Thread Thomas McKay
I for one second the motion to remove the alpha images until they have been prepared so that there is no risk of hardware damage. I would be seriously concerned about the negative effects of ignoring this issue. There is a liability on Canonical for the distribution of software which causes perman

[Bug 205990] Re: [hardy] splash screen disappears after a few seconds

2008-08-08 Thread Thomas McKay
wieman01's solution worked for me. Thank you to everybody working to make ubuntu better! -- [hardy] splash screen disappears after a few seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

Re: [Bug 191137] Re: [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enabled or AC power is connected

2008-07-23 Thread Thomas McKay
My deepest thanks go out to everybody involved in solving this showstopper of a bug. After enabling proposed and upgrading the kernel this bug is just a bad dream now, a problem of the past. THANK YOU! -- [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enable

Re: [Bug 191137] Re: [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enabled or AC power is connected

2008-06-01 Thread Thomas McKay
This bug is persisting, what measures are being taken to fix this? On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Bug Watch Updater < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Changed in: linux > Status: Incomplete => Invalid > > -- > [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' > opti

Re: [Bug 191137] Re: [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enabled or AC power is connected

2008-04-26 Thread Thomas McKay
Matt, you can configure the boot options by pressing escape at the grub count down, pressing "e" to enter the edit mode, then edit what you wish. Pressing "b" when you are done will boot the kernel with your modified options. That should at least get you to the installer. i actually don't know th

Re: [Bug 191137] Re: [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enabled or AC power is connected

2008-04-26 Thread Thomas McKay
bug persists in hardy release on my sony vaio vgn-c240e On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Chris D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can confirm this bug in the 8.04 LTS release on my Sony Vaio VGN- > N250E. But removing the 'quiet splash' from the kernel line in > /boot/grob/menu.lst seems to have s

[Bug 158406] Re: CUPS-PDF folder

2008-04-21 Thread Thomas McKay
I agree wholeheartedly with Marius, this attitude is unwarranted. If there is no solution readily presenting itself, some creativity is needed, not sour attitudes. One dirty solution I can think of is to edit the save-as dialogue to run a secondary GUI after cups-pdf saves the file. The file cou

Re: [Bug 191137] Re: [Hardy] ACPI Embedded Controller (EC) stops boot when kernel boot 'quiet' option is enabled

2008-04-11 Thread Thomas McKay
Thank you so much for the suggestion! >From now on i'll boot loudly and proudly! On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:33 AM, TJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #10444 > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10444 > > ** Also affects: linux via > http://bug

[Bug 204709] Re: [iwl3945] Intel 3945ABG wireless card stops working on Hardy upgrade

2008-03-29 Thread Thomas McKay
Regarding my comment above, I believe the issue is related to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu- modules-2.6.24/+bug/204709/comments/7 -- [iwl3945] Intel 3945ABG wireless card stops working on Hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204709 You received this bu

[Bug 204709] Re: [iwl3945] Intel 3945ABG wireless card stops working on Hardy upgrade

2008-03-29 Thread Thomas McKay
I can confirm this bug, however, following the suggestion to modify the udev rules resulted in a DIFFERENT 3rd networking device. On my Vaio VGN C240E (intel 3945 wireless), iwconfig displays the following; --- lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wifi0

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-29 Thread Thomas McKay
well i do have wireless... just 802.1x, and i need WPA2 enterprise support. anyways, I have compiled kernels before, I just didn't expect to have the free time to do this, or the free time to fix something if i borked it. Thanks a lot for the patch though, but I'm going to continue booting in rec

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-29 Thread Thomas McKay
I can confirm without a doubt that this patch has solved this bug. However, I forgot to include my wireless drivers when compiling my kernel :( -- Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-29 Thread Thomas McKay
Okay Vlad, you twisted my arm. I compiled the kernel with the patch and have installed it... I'm about to reboot. I'll report back here with my results, you can be assured of that. cheers. -- Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191137 You received this

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-27 Thread Thomas McKay
I am sorry, but I cannot test the patch either. If somebody has a laptop with this problem they do NOT depend on, please test it out so we can get this patch packaged. I look forward to my next kernel update... -- Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-07 Thread Thomas McKay
also, i can confirm that i was able to boot by removing the battery and unplugging for several seconds. it would appear the issue is centred on the battery/battery bay. -- Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191137 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 191137] Re: Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z

2008-03-07 Thread Thomas McKay
I can confirm this problem on my sony vaio VGN-C240E laptop. -- Hardy boots only in recovery mode on VAIO FE41Z https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 187958] Re: Last.fm Password Stored in Plain Text

2008-02-04 Thread Thomas McKay
I can confirm this claim. The ideal solution would be to provide a hook into the Key Ring to secure the password. -- Last.fm Password Stored in Plain Text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187958 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact f

[Bug 84601] Re: Mono crashes

2007-02-11 Thread Thomas McKay
Here is bug report. ** Attachment added: "Big output, sorry." http://librarian.launchpad.net/6391804/_usr_bin_mono.1000.crash -- Mono crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/84601 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 84601] Mono crashes

2007-02-11 Thread Thomas McKay
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mono I was using banshee when it crashed... I was also alseep, so I don't know exactly what happened. Filing a bug anyways. ** Affects: mono (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Mono crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/846

[Bug 62381] Re: sql crash

2007-01-18 Thread Thomas McKay
I can confirm this, as it just happened to me. I am also running Ubuntu Edgy, with banshee 0.11.1 packaged version. I am sorry I didn't save the crash info for you guys, but it did say "SQL logic error or missing database." However, my database is fine upon next load. Good luck and thankyou! --