[Bug 644644] Re: Frequent PA crashes during playback - pa_stream_cork() failed: Connection terminated and pa_stream_writable_size(): Connection failed

2011-01-24 Thread e_james
EeePC 901, Ubuntu 10.10 I'm a newcomer to linux and there is much I don't understand but I do have some computer skills and I have noticed that no-one has mentioned audio sampling rate. When I discovered this problem and looked for a solution I found that some video files will play properly and so

[Bug 509748] Re: firefox stops working properly after several days continuous use

2010-01-19 Thread e_james
Please excuse my mistake. The trouble with following a defined path is that you often find the path you end on is not the one you thought you were taking at the start. Specifically - when I decided to revise the content of my report, I should have started again with a new title. -- firefox stops

[Bug 509748] Re: firefox stops working properly after several days continuous use

2010-01-19 Thread e_james
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38094355/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "profiles.ini.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38094356/profiles.ini.txt -- firefox stops working properly after several days continuous use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 509748] [NEW] firefox stops working properly after several days continuous use

2010-01-19 Thread e_james
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 According to Synaptic I have Firefox 3.5 installed, according to Firefox it's 3.0. Bug numbers #338785 and #120991 also appear to be relevant. I routinely run the the computer continuously for several days. The most common reason for a restart

[Bug 14135] Re: Grub Install Failure

2009-12-17 Thread e_james
I suspect that the backup CDs did a Windows restore and not an install. If you had installed Windows XP, it should have eliminated Grub. There are ways of restoring the Windows boot process. Have a look at some of these. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-uninstall-grub/ http://en.kioskea.n

[Bug 14135] Re: Grub Install Failure

2008-02-06 Thread e_james
Based on the error messages I have seen so far I have come to some provisional conclusions. 1. grub is not comfortable with the ubuntu strategy of using UUID instead of /dev/hdax. 2. The default grub behaviour of assuming (hd0,0) after the kernel isn't found tends to hide errors if (hd0,0) is ac