[Bug 1265945] [NEW] Ubuntu 13.10-64 install on X64 fails

2014-01-03 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: The AMD64 .ISO from Canonical for Ubuntu 13.10 will no longer install under VIrtualBox when the host is running on an Intel X64 processor. This was not an issue a few weeks back, when this install worked fine. The install fails claiming that the release has an AMD64 kernel an

[Bug 1323848] [NEW] Audacity hangs resizing its window

2014-05-27 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: This problem occurred when running Audacity 2.0.5 for Ubuntu 14.04 in a VirtualBox 4.3.12 VM hosted by Windows 8.1. When clicking on the audacity window's maximize button the process locked up. This has happened many times previously. While this Ubuntu window was locked up I

[Bug 1340466] [NEW] clicking on launcher trashes screen and hangs system

2014-07-10 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: clicking on any icon in the icon bar on the left of the screen works, except for the top button. Clicking that button trashed the display with much flashing that sometimes hangs the system. See the 3 screen dumps of the system that are attached. This problem first appeared abo

[Bug 1310056] Re: unity-tweak-tool cant move window buttons to the right in 14.04

2014-07-20 Thread cedial
In the time since I reported this bug I have come to suspect that it is a design flaw in the Unity interface as implemented in 14.04. The flaw is this: there are no enforced standards for what appears where in a window title bar, resulting in the inability to move the control boxes in the more rebe

[Bug 1320667] [NEW] software updater hangs while updating samba-common

2014-05-18 Thread cedial
ional info: cedial@U1404-Q1:~$ ubuntu-bug -w cedial@U1404-Q1:~$ [12152:12201:0518/121730:ERROR:download.cc(109)] PostClientToServerMessage() failed during GetUpdates [WARNING:flash/platform/pepper/pep_module.cpp(63)] SANDBOXED ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by e

[Bug 1314669] [NEW] truecrypt app is listed but does not exist

2014-04-30 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: Installing Truecrypt only installs a link to a wikipedia article about truecrypt. This means that there is no cross platform functionality as was intended by the truecrypt builders. My only interest in truecrypt is to open and update a truecrypt volume, which is just a data fi

[Bug 1314669] Re: truecrypt app is listed but does not exist

2014-04-30 Thread cedial
** Description changed: Installing Truecrypt only installs a link to a wikipedia article about truecrypt. This means that there is no cross platform functionality as was intended by the truecrypt builders. My only interest in truecrypt is to open and update a truecrypt volume, which is jus

[Bug 1304728] [NEW] window control location option does not work

2014-04-08 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: the window control location setting is volatile and does not work in 14.04. It appears to work properly in 13.10. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-tweak-tool 0.0.6ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-2

[Bug 1307521] [NEW] Update manager falsely reports success when internet is down

2014-04-14 Thread cedial
problem pinging google.com. I had the following weird command window session, which restored the update manager to proper operation: cedial@TT-64-0408:~$ ping google.com ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted cedial@TT-64-0408:~$ sudo ping google.com [sudo] password for cedial: PING

[Bug 1348337] [NEW] Software update window locks up configuring grub-pc

2014-07-24 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: This is scary because grub is used to boot Windows 7 as well. Update-manager window locks up and turns gray. It is completely unresponsive, but the system is otherwise working -- unless this update trashed grub's ability to boot the system. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ub

[Bug 1351309] [NEW] Update hangs configuring grub; system does not hang

2014-08-01 Thread cedial
Public bug reported: Ubuntu was running in a VirtualBox virtual machine ver 4.3.12; Windows 7 host machine. Same thing happens with a Windows 8.1 host. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.196.12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname

[Bug 386042] Re: package linux-image-2.6.28-13-generic 2.6.28-13.44 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-28 Thread cedial
I did not allow the installer to change grub's menu.lst file and this error was the result. Changing menu.lst is pure hell in Ubuntu, and I will not use any form of Linux unless I can make Windows 7 is the default boot option. Editing menu.lst to make that happen is idiot simple, but try and save