[Bug 35217] Re: no indication when login fails due to lack of disk space

2006-12-04 Thread chombee
I had a user with this same problem. In his case, he filled up the disk by downloading stuff, then the next time he booted the computer GNOME fails to start, just dumps you back at GDM with no explanation. He had an essay to write and had absolutely no idea why his computer had completely stopped w

[Bug 35217] Re: no indication when login fails due to lack of disk space

2006-12-04 Thread chombee
I don't seem able to change the priority of this bug. I really don't think it should be set to 'low' though. The bug can effect anyone who fills up their disk, and leaves them completely unable to login, even to search for help, assuming they don't know how to use text mode, which most don't. They

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-11-23 Thread chombee
I replaced my USB mouse with a PS/2 one and the freeze seems to have gone away I think that was what got rid of it. Haven't had a freeze in weeks. I've also upgraded from Dapper to Edgy though, that could have done it. -- dapper system freeze https://launchpad.net/bugs/50687 -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22

2006-11-15 Thread chombee
Confirmed, if I comment out "Load DRI" in "Section Module" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf then I can use the savage driver without problems with an IBM T21 running edgy. -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 64334] Re: RaLink rt2500 wireless card not seeing networks in edgy

2006-11-06 Thread chombee
** Changed in: rt2500 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- RaLink rt2500 wireless card not seeing networks in edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/64334 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 64334] Re: RaLink rt2500 wireless card not seeing networks in edgy

2006-11-05 Thread chombee
I have found this same issue with numerous ralink-based cards on numerous different people's laptops now, in the final release of edgy. It seems like there is no way, with the new System-Administration- Networking GUI, to tell the card to scan for networks and provide a list. I am not sure whether

[Bug 15179] Re: Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files

2006-11-01 Thread chombee
I have come across this issue also, I've seen people lose essays on Ubuntu this way and have to start them again. In fact, this is a very serious usability issue because: 1. It can result in data loss, including complete loss of important data, such as an entire essay. 2. Most users will fall int

[Bug 15179] Re: Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files

2006-11-01 Thread chombee
P.S. I don't know how to do this, but I think this bug report should be linked to GtkFileChooser as well as or instead of Firefox, as I think the file chooser is where the correct fix resides. -- Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files https://launchpad.net/bugs/15179 -- ubuntu

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22

2006-10-11 Thread chombee
Hi all, I can confirm that this bug is still present in the Edgy beta. I tried out the savage driver again, graphics performance is **much** better than with vesa, but it has trouble initialising X. The vesa driver graphics performance seems to have deteriorated a lot between dapper and edgy. In

Re: [Bug 58927] Re: Network unreachable with Edgy

2006-10-06 Thread chombee
Right, we have the bug confirmed by multiple people, and we have a solution confirmed by multiple people, we should people to get a patch committed for this now! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org -- Network unreachable with Edgy https://launchpad.ne

[Bug 64334] RaLink rt2500 wireless card not seeing networks in edgy

2006-10-06 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rt2500 Upgraded laptop to Edgy beta, RaLink rt2500 wireless card was working fine in Dapper, in Edgy, the card appears in System->Administration->Networking and can be configured, enabled, disabled, but it fails to see any wireless networks, even when the

[Bug 58927] Re: Network unreachable with Edgy

2006-10-06 Thread chombee
I got this exact same problem with another machine after upgrading to edgy, when connecting via the same modem. The same solution works. I'm guessing from Jarmo's comments that it's the router, not the machine, that matters, so I won't post any details about this machine. -- Network unreachable w

[Bug 58927] Re: Network unreachable with Edgy

2006-10-03 Thread chombee
I can confirm this bug with the Edgy beta release. I upgraded a Dapper box to Edgy on the day of the beta release, and lost wired Internet connectivity. The fix of manually editing dhclient.conf worked for me. Some info: Before applying the dhclient.conf fix, if I set the network card to connect

Re: [Bug 62205] Re: Impossible to mount DVD in DVD-rom drive

2006-09-26 Thread chombee
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 61456 *** Agreed, sounds like this might not be a kernel problem. It's been suggested to me that it could be an issue with hal, and that reinstalling hal might fix it. If I get a chance to try this (the laptop that has the issue is not my own) I'll report back.

[Bug 61871] Documents opening in presentation mode

2006-09-22 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evince 1. Open a document with Evince 2. View the document in presentation mode 3. Use a shortcut key to go another GNOME workspace 4. Open another document with Evince 5. The new document opens in presentation mode, and zoomed iin way too far as well T

[Bug 61456] Can no longer read DVDs on Dapper!

2006-09-20 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: I just updated a friends Dapper laptop, getting the latest packages, in an attempt to fix a problem where DVD movies had saturated colours. After the update, the laptop no longer reads DVDs! Which is pretty bad. DVDs are not automounted when you insert them, and if I go to Co

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-09-03 Thread chombee
We should be able to confirm this bug now. This bug https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/55570 seems to be a duplicate/ The two bug reports, combined with this mailing list thread: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-August/090239.html show t

[Bug 55228] Re: [Bug 55228] Re: Serpentine does not autoset disc capacity, no warning

2006-08-05 Thread chombee
It's definitely a usability problem, rather than a feature request. It can be solved either by setting the disc capacity automatically or reminding the user that they have to do it themselves. In the current situation, my bet is that most users will fail to set the disc capacity and will burn sever

[Bug 55228] Re: [Bug 55228] Re: Serpentine does not autoset disc capacity, no warning

2006-08-04 Thread chombee
If serpentine can be patched so that it does autodetect the disc capacity, then I suggest moving the disc capacity widget from the front of the GUI (make it uneditable instead). Because all the user can do by altering the disc capacity is break it. If it has to be manually alterable in some cas

[Bug 55228] Serpentine does not autoset disc capacity, no warning

2006-08-04 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: serpentine Several times now I've been caught out when burning audio CDs with serpentine. It does not set it's disc capacity setting automatically to match the disc that is inserted, but it also does not provide any warning or indication that the user sho

[Bug 32963] Re: Xv movies on 810/i945 gives horrible color, Gamma

2006-07-19 Thread chombee
Okay, a friend of mine has this problem on a Dell Inspiron laptop running Dapper, with totem-xine. If I remember rightly, the same problem was appearing with MPlayer as well. We didn't try xine-ui. She did not have the problem on the same laptop with Breezy, when she was using xine-ui. Turning dow

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22

2006-07-18 Thread chombee
I re-installed Dapper from CD on my laptop that was experiencing this bug. The bug has now disappeared. In my case at least ubuntu seems to have special-cased my laptop all on its own. I installed from a boot of the live session in safe graphics mode, as normal mode failed to boot due to this very

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22

2006-07-16 Thread chombee
** Summary changed: - X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20 + X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22 -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20, T21, T22 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
-- dapper system freeze https://launchpad.net/bugs/50687 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Happened again today. Alt+SysRq+1 Alt+SysRq+t don't work. Attaching some logs, don't know if they're any use. -- dapper system freeze https://launchpad.net/bugs/50687 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Attaching a couple of x logs from my laptop: -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Attaching a couple of x logs from my laptop -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Here's a summary the different workarounds for this problem that people have suggested in this thread, which of these is my best bet, if I'm willing to reinstall Dapper on my laptop and try to workaround this problem? - Use vesa module instead of savage. How do you do this? Just replace savage wit

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
lshw for my IBM Thinkpad T21 that has this problem: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeanHammond?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=taptaplshw.html -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
I also have this problem with an IBM Thinkpad T21 laptop, savage video driver. I have been providing information about the problem in this bug report: http://www.marryus.org/cityweddings.htm How do I switch from savage to the vesa module? Is it just a case of replacing "savage" with "vesa" in xor

[Bug 33617] Re: X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Attaching xorg.conf for my IBM Thinkpad T21 that experiences this problem. -- X.org does not initialize screen on IBM T20 https://launchpad.net/bugs/33617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Okay, I think the problem I'm experiencing is definitely a duplicate of this bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-driver- savage/+bug/33617 I don't know if the same is true for the problem that JohnCollaros was describing, in this same bug report (we may have two simila

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
Hmm... I don't find the string "i810" anywhere in my xorg.conf like the guy in bug #48113 had. I've got driver "savage" as my video device, "S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV". Not too hopeful it is the same bug. -- X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system https://launchpa

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-14 Thread chombee
I just received an update of xserver-xorg-core today on a different machine. It says the upgrade closes this bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg- driver-i810/+bug/48113 which sounds similar to my bug. Except that bug says that you can switch to other virtual consoles whi

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-07-11 Thread chombee
Ran memtest for half an hour on the machine today, no errors. I now know to try Alt+SysRq+1 Alt+SysRq+t if the freeze occurs again. -- dapper system freeze https://launchpad.net/bugs/50687 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-b

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-10 Thread chombee
Another thing I've noticed about this is that once I get the laptop to boot successfully, I can then restart ubuntu (without turning off the machine) as many times as I want and it will always boot successfully. Once the laptop gets shutdown, the problem with booting returns. -- X won't start on

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-08 Thread chombee
Any help on this? I'm starting to get desperate. It takes 5-10 attempts each time I want to boot my laptop, and on each failure I have to kill it with the power switch. Might it be worthwhile doing a re-install, in case the CD I used was bad (seems a bit unlikely since I've seen the same problem w

[Bug 41161] Re: [dist-upgrader] Breezy-Dapper updgrade failed catastrophically on IBM Thinkpad T21

2006-07-05 Thread chombee
You're probably right. I say close this. -- [dist-upgrader] Breezy-Dapper updgrade failed catastrophically on IBM Thinkpad T21 https://launchpad.net/bugs/41161 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 51882] Re: X windows crash (restarts) in dapper

2006-07-04 Thread chombee
** Attachment added: "xorg log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3259087/Xorg.93.log ** Attachment added: "another xorg log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3259107/Xorg.93.log.old -- X windows crash (restarts) in dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/51882 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bug

[Bug 51882] X windows crash (restarts) in dapper

2006-07-04 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: HP Pavilion zd7000 laptop running dapper, X just restarts itself without warning every now and then. This does not happen only when GL screensavers are on (as in another bug report) but happens during actual use as well. The laptop is using the nvidia binary driver, which may

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
** Summary changed: - X won't start on boot of Dapper Final Live CD + X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system -- X won't start on boot of Dapper Final, Live CD or installed system https://launchpad.net/bugs/35934 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
This may be related to or the same as this bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-driver- ati/+bug/16873 "Ubuntu freezes randomly when using the radeon or ati Xorg driver with Radeon 7000 cards." Though there are some differences: I am using a Radeon 7500 card, I only st

[Bug 50687] Re: dapper system freeze

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
Argh! This has happened to me several times now. A complete, unannounced, unrecoverable freeze of the whole system, Windows style. I'm afraid I don't know how to improve this bug report. What log or config files would be useful? -- dapper system freeze https://launchpad.net/bugs/50687 -- ubunt

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Flight 5 Live CD

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
We should probably try to figure out if the two of us are experiencing the same or different bugs. Also we should probably change the title of this bug, since I think it applies to the dapper release. -- X won't start on boot of Dapper Flight 5 Live CD https://launchpad.net/bugs/35934 -- ubuntu-

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Flight 5 Live CD

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
Okay, uploaded the files that were requested of me. I had to boot a dapper live CD (received in the post today, along with stickers, neat!) in order to get these, and the live CD froze on starting X also, but succeeded on (I think) the second attempt to boot. Thanks for helping. More info about t

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Flight 5 Live CD

2006-07-03 Thread chombee
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3212031/Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3212040/Xorg.0.log.old ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://librarian.launchpad.net/3212056/xorg.conf -- X won't start on boot of

[Bug 35934] Re: X won't start on boot of Dapper Flight 5 Live CD

2006-07-02 Thread chombee
I also had X fail to start with dapper flight live CDs, and after installing dapper freshly from a release CD (on the release CD live session, x started fine) I now have problems with x starting in the installed system. Sometimes it starts, but most of the time it freezes on a blank screen. -- X

[Bug 51202] Software Updates does not download changelogs

2006-06-28 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Using dapper, I've found that I can get the description of packages in `Software Updates`, but no matter how long I wait, I never get the changelog in `Software Updates.` The `Changes` tab is always empty. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfi

[Bug 51201] Removing one sudo user removes the sudo privilege of another sudo user

2006-06-28 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: To reproduce: 1. Install ubuntu, create user1 as the default sudo user. 2. From user1, create user2, another sudo user (admin user profile). 3. From user2 delete user1. Problem: Now user2 is no longer an admin user, and the system is left with no sudoers. I had to boot in

[Bug 50870] Re: [Bug 50870] Re: BCM4306 / BCM2050 802.11 b/g wireless card fails to see networks in Dapper, works with ndiswrapper, but additional steps needed

2006-06-26 Thread chombee
Didn't try that. On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 09:43:50PM -, tenshu wrote: > did you try to use the following command : > sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh > > it workded for me > even if i have to deactivate then reactivate the interface at each boot > > ** Changed in:

[Bug 50870] BCM4306 / BCM2050 802.11 b/g wireless card fails to see networks in Dapper, works with ndiswrapper, but additional steps needed

2006-06-24 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: I bumped into someone this morning who had just installed Dapper on a Dell Inspiron laptop, dual-boot with Windows XP. His wireless card was working fine with XP, but not in Ubuntu. In the end, I got it working for him. Dell Inspiron laptop, the wireless card is a "Dell True

[Bug 50687] dapper system freeze

2006-06-22 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Twice since I upgraded to dapper two or three weeks ago I've had it completely freeze on me. The computer just completely stops responding - mouse, keyboard, ctrl-alt-bkspce, screen is frozen, everything. I have to kill it at the power switch. It causes me to lose work. Since

[Bug 49452] Re: Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-19 Thread chombee
No, it's not network issues. If I create a 'Connect to Server' bookmark on my desktop for the remote account, it seems to work fine. If I create a 'Places' bookmark, remove the 'Connect to Server' bookmark. log out and log in again, then try to access the Places bookmark, it freezes. Here is the o

[Bug 49452] Re: Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-13 Thread chombee
Another thing (perhaps this should be a separate bug)... when I have remote volume icons on my desktop for these SSH folders they remain after log outs and restarts, and have an 'unmount' option. Is nautilus automatically opening SSH connections and mounting these volumes when I log in? How come i

[Bug 49452] Re: Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-13 Thread chombee
Nope, I've managed to produce the freeze again. Made 'Places' bookmarks to my 3 remote SSH folders, unmounted all 3 volumes in 'Network Servers', logged out and logged in again, tried to open one of the remote bookmarks, nautilus freezes. I then accessed the remote folder by going to 'Connect to S

[Bug 49452] Re: [Bug 49452] Re: Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-13 Thread chombee
This is really weird, my 'Network Servers' bookmark to my SSH remote account is now working fine with nautilus. Just 5 mins. ago the same folder was causing nautilus to freeze as it had been since I upgraded to dapper. There are two things that I did that I imagine could possibly be related between

[Bug 49452] Re: [Bug 49452] Re: Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-13 Thread chombee
I don't have any WebDAV or SMB shares. I tried accessing another remote account in nautilus over private FTP, and that works fine (the same account hangs using SSH). Remote editing with Gedit is fine, using the same remote account and over SSH (it's a pretty cool new feature too). On Mon, 2006-06

[Bug 49452] Dapper - nautilus freezes when opening a remote folder

2006-06-12 Thread chombee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Attempt to open a remote folder over SSH with nautilus. Nautilus freezes (all windows and the desktop icons). "killall nautilus" is required (which the average user won't know, they'd need a restart). Nautilus just freezes immediately after acti