[Bug 775788] Re: Acer 522 / Ubuntu 11.04 / No mic - Sound problems

2012-03-26 Thread peter b
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 741825 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741825 @Miguel Lopes Moreira there is no linux-backports-modules-alsa-generic listed in synaptic. I have latest kernel -13 installed. all entries under linux-backports-modules for -13 kernel pertain to eith

[Bug 327341] Re: gparted does not open/run.

2012-01-06 Thread peter b
no, I do not have it. this bug report should be closed. intrepid no longer supported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/327341 Title: gparted does not open/run. To manage notifications

[Bug 574576] Re: [GeForce 310M] freeze w/ screen garbling (suspect xorg crash) [Lucid]

2011-11-28 Thread Peter B P
Bryce, thanks for the feedback. I'm not using LL LTS anymore, but i'll keep your advice in mind if i run into that kind of crashes in the future. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574576 T

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-24 Thread peter b
v important, sorry I forgot in the previous post in additional drivers STA driver WAS NOT activated (neither were fglrx drivers). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875892 Title: Wi-Fi n

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-24 Thread peter b
@jsalisbury well, a little story first - - I disabled/removed the STA driver then - over the weekend a belkin N300 usb wifi dongle plugged in and tried; - I fiddled with dkms and tried to get the realtek module loaded; net results same as with the internal broadcom (the realtek module was crea

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-23 Thread peter b
follow up on #6 and #7 sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.04..amd64.deb and sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.1.0-999..amd64.deb both fail with unmet dependencies, not configured messages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-21 Thread peter b
@jsalisbury or should I choose the daily current 3.1.0-999.. .deb of 21-Oct-2011 08:25 ? sorry for two posts on same question. tu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875892 Title:

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-21 Thread peter b
@jsalisbury thank you for timely reply. currently I have uname -a Linux acer522-oneiric1110 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux before proceeding a little help needed to choose the upstream kernel that would help you guys the most vis-a-vis

[Bug 875892] Re: Wi-Fi not working after 11.10 upgrade Lenovo S10-3t

2011-10-20 Thread peter b
pc: acer one 522 problem: wireless unstable --> repeatedly (3-4 times) connects for 5-6 sec then out of the blue disconnects. sudo ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:75:08:de:da:a0 inet addr:192.168.2.17 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe8

[Bug 714335] Re: KVM SMP Linux Guests Hang on AMD

2011-10-09 Thread Peter B
Update to above - I've just installed a fresh 10.04 guest, tried 2.6.32.33-server and 2.6.32.34-server, no problem running the guest with smp greater than 1. Must be something else I've installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 714335] Re: KVM SMP Linux Guests Hang on AMD

2011-10-09 Thread Peter B
FYI, +1 on this even when using the patched kernels: Host system AMD Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-34-server Guest system Ubuntu 10.04, have tried several kernels, including: 2.6.38-11-server (From backport as per above) 2.6.32-34-server 2.6.32-33-server 2.6.32-29-generic (From Deb package above) 2.6.32-2

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-09-29 Thread peter b
Martin and all, the url's below should be read in conjunction with #337; they underline and support 'the BIOS pre-configuration of pc has always been less than desirable as far as linux is concerned.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreboot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS 'Changing ro

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-09-29 Thread peter b
..'probing the existence of a floppy will lock up the process for 30 secs, and anything which waits on it (and moreover, it might even cause locks on the IDE bus, so that other programs/drives lock as well),'. so I guess it is because of BIOS taking precedence. if that is so then probably

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-09-29 Thread peter b
hello Martin and all, I'm happy to see you again, Martin, involved in this issue. on the other hand v disappointed to see '"floppies are broken with Linux"'.. statement. question Martin pls, re ...'Also, frankly I have no interest in doing so, as working around the regressions is ju

[Bug 741825] Re: ATI controllers [1002:4383] and [1002:4383] (rev 40): Intermittent record and jack sense failure

2011-08-19 Thread peter b
yes, thank you. .38-11 kernel upgrade with, among other issues addresses also * ALSA: hda - Use LPIB for ATI/AMD chipsets as default - LP: #741825 * ALSA: hda - Enable snoop bit for AMD controllers - LP: #741825 * ALSA: hda - Enable sync_write workaround for AMD generically - L

[Bug 741825] Re: ATI controllers [1002:4383] and [1002:4383] (rev 40): Intermittent record and jack sense failure

2011-08-18 Thread peter b
re #22 - it proposes/mandatory testing with kernel .38-8 version (modinfo snd-hda-codec should say /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko) however, I think that the vast majority upgraded already to 38-10. can this fix/testing ..all.

[Bug 741825] Re: ATI controllers [1002:4383] and [1002:4383] (rev 40): Intermittent record and jack sense failure

2011-07-25 Thread peter b
hello gents, the url below shows my labours and experiences to date re audio problem encountered on acer one 522-BZ623 https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa- driver/+question/165597 although the one issue workoround (external mic working) is satisfactory for the time being to some de

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-15 Thread peter b
this is kern.log attach post mentioned ** Attachment added: "kern.log_jn15.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759986/+attachment/2170175/+files/kern.log_jn15.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-15 Thread peter b
following last post and past experience with 11.04 boot I decided to take another look at various logs because - on 10/15 (+ or-) successful boots ONE is UNSUCCESSFUL (no mssgs whatsoever) AFTER prompted and entering the log in info. the info is accepted the screen turns to pink colour and the pc

[Bug 766942] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-14 Thread peter b
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 759986 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759986 @Xavi and Miguel Herrero pls see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759986 it may help. see Seth's and Jussi's comments there it appears/see above that THIS bug is a duplicate of #75986

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-02 Thread peter b
your word is taken. I won't go into that - time limitations. Seth, it just occurred to me, for sure you'll see that ubuntu natty kernel future builds have this patch incorporated - it works - as far as I could see. however, linux 2.6.38.8.22 kernel I have NOT patched and build as #9 Jussi recommen

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-02 Thread peter b
@Seth Forshee thank you for post. yes, done just with the 2 packages listed above (...all.deb pkge NOT installed). it all went fine (even grub-update was there) and the pc booted with NO flaw (like before new builds installed). Seth, pls tell me is there a way to check drivers/net/wireless/zd12

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-06-01 Thread peter b
@Seth Forshee thank you for post. yes, I'd like v much to get this new build in place (on my pc); currently I have uname -a Linux unity1104-slowGIGA 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux or in summary linux-image-2.6.38.8-generic 2.6

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-05-29 Thread peter b
thanks for post. I have personally built kernels in the past just for the fun of it and they worked v well but never maintained/patched them afterwards because of the maintenance they require and I do not have material time for that; I'm not into that, I'm not a kernel developer/maintainer. lin

[Bug 763259] Re: [i915gm] GPU lockup (ESR: 0x00000001 IPEHR: 0x7f9c000f)

2011-04-22 Thread peter b
follow up as promised. it looks like it does a whole lot of good as things stand now - I installed it on 4 eee pc's and it just stopped, on all, erratic freeze ups and pure and simple unresponsive/hanged up systems. will it be incorporated in the upcoming natty final release ? or should we watch

[Bug 763259] Re: [i915gm] GPU lockup (ESR: 0x00000001 IPEHR: 0x7f9c000f)

2011-04-20 Thread peter b
this is the second attach file mentioned ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log-eee900apr20" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/763259/+attachment/2078088/+files/Xorg.0.log-eee900apr20 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 763259] Re: [i915gm] GPU lockup (ESR: 0x00000001 IPEHR: 0x7f9c000f)

2011-04-20 Thread peter b
yes, installed. ...'Let me know if the system stops freezing after installing this or not,' give me couple of days to observe some more. it looks ok. so far; before the new pkge installed I was getting quite frequently system freeze ups at the very log in screen, none after install. it appear

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-20 Thread peter b
done Fabio - see comment 2 on #33232 above mentioned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759986 Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-20 Thread peter b
sorry, I forgot when patch applied using the recovery/terminal option boot the results were same as above. dmesgapr20 file attached. ** Attachment added: "dmesgapr20" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759986/+attachment/2074089/+files/dmesgapr20 -- You received this bug

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-19 Thread peter b
hello Fabio, I tried several ways ie the enclosed code stripped - just starting with diff -- etc, etc AND with all explanation ie zd1211rw: etc, etc. results root@GIGA-slow-1104:/home/peter# patch -p1 < zd1211rw-kpatch patching file drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_mac.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 160. H

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-13 Thread peter b
additional info ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/759986/+attachment/2031096/+files/dmesg.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759986 Title: W

[Bug 759986] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-13 Thread peter b
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759986 Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]() -- ubuntu-bugs mailin

[Bug 759986] [NEW] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.38/net/wireless/scan.c:591 cfg80211_inform_bss_frame 0x1da/0x1f0 [cfg80211]()

2011-04-13 Thread peter b
Public bug reported: - latest updates installed - window with stop sign displayed on desktop every time after full loading re kernel developed a serious problem - os still functional in spite of above mssge (can perform updates, use mail, browse) ProblemType: KernelOops DistroRelease: Ubun

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-04-11 Thread peter b
@NooP I was just curious personally (I'm just an ordinary user) after #307, #314 , #315 and #317 comments re natty natty-beta. I just conveyed my experience with natty beta to Martin (the dev assigned, now #316 and previous show something else) and to ..'and anyone interested.'.. ie #307, #314 ,

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-04-11 Thread peter b
@Martin Pitt and anyone interested natty beta1 with latest updates as of this writing installed. results below ~$ sudo mformat -f 1440 A: [sudo] password for peter: ~$ sudo mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 ~$ cd /media/floppy0 :/media/floppy0$ ls -l total 0 then ** under nautilus GUI file copi

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-03-10 Thread peter b
it looks like good news. when will ubuntu distros have new kernels compiled with the proposed changes ? will lts lucid , maverick and upcoming natty enjoy the proposed changes ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2011-02-09 Thread peter b
for sure a good, reliable distro does NOT need any ...'issue' especially of very basic nature like this one (floppy). personally I did NOT see anywhere, yet, any official announcement that Ubuntu is to be used ONLY by computer literates/elites fully conversant with CLI. is this comment abo

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-11-26 Thread peter b
yes Martin, taken and v clear; so, pls check my logic/procedure flow about this whole issue - kernel detects/not detects the presence of floppy controller (v fast - 20 sec delays non-existent; let the BIOS think whatever it wants) - feedback - y or n - stored - IF n then DO NOT even bother/SKIP a

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-11-25 Thread peter b
yes Martin, I duly understand your point. I'm not familiar at all how ubuntu is internally organised when it comes to who does what; just reading your reply it appears that there is a different group of devs that 'look' after the kernel development, functionality and its well being (for sure you k

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-11-25 Thread peter b
@ Martin, the sad part is that the new, potential future ubuntu users are immediately/(or later when discovered) discouraged using it because of lack of support for the so called 'too old' devices; they will prefer instead using ms win. Martin, pls do not look at what follows as an intrusion into

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-11-25 Thread peter b
well, Milan and Igor, I'm amazed for a v long time how this issue is treated on Ubuntu distros (by the way, this still IS a BIG ISSUE; why ? because when a client at the v first contact with Ubuntu sees that a BASIC device attached is not working is enough to just smile and say sorry, I'm happier

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-10-11 Thread peter b
yes Martin, I fully understand your .'Thus the BIOS and Linux still detect a /dev/df0, but once you want to talk to it, there is never an answer (because there is no floppy behind it), and thus the calls just time out.'. from #539515; I'm not a dev but logically thinking I ask myself thou

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-10-11 Thread peter b
well gents, it appears that the floppy issue is still alive in maverick; yesterday maverick amd64 final release installed and only the ...1build1 package is making the floppy problems disappear. is there a chance to get this working package in the main maverick repos ? I used it for months on

[Bug 499937] Re: [master] install/remove buttons don't react when policykit is not running

2010-10-03 Thread Peter B P
Omer; I've tested 10.10/Maverick since beta, and the software center seems to work fine - or at least this bug isn't in there. -- [master] install/remove buttons don't react when policykit is not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499937 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 499937] Re: [master] install/remove buttons don't react when policykit is not running

2010-10-03 Thread Peter B P
Omer: "is this bug fixed?" I just checked on my 10.04 box, and no, it's still not fixed. -- [master] install/remove buttons don't react when policykit is not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-09-01 Thread peter b
Martin, looking through some manuals I found the fdd pin assignment on an intel mb (.pdf file attached); thought that it may help. ** Attachment added: "floppy-pin-assign.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/441835/+attachment/1534704/+files/floppy-pin-assign.pdf -- Cli

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-08-31 Thread peter b
Martin, nice to hear from you. after the above little digression back to the task at hand 'so at most this could be an USB drive; no idea whether these are broken as well.' I have an eeePC900 and eeePC1000 both with SSD's as well as an acer laptop with amd64; all have the main lucid rele

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-08-31 Thread peter b
Martin, I fully understand, from your angle - developer -, your personal opinion/point of view re ...'(as much of a pain as floppy disks are in the first place..)' however, I'm kindly asking you to make the effort and look at this issue from user's point of view as well as ubuntu's os present

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-08-30 Thread peter b
this floppy issue has a v long history - it goes back many releases - on some it works on others it does not. in my opinion this state of mind that has been publicly expressed by . (no names but it is there for everybody to see) ..'You're trying to use a floppy disk, in 2010, and then as

[Bug 591939] Re: Vlc + firefox new windows crashes xorg

2010-08-23 Thread Peter B P
Experienced again today, but with the difference that Firefox was not running. I had VLC play a movie in 200% resolution, and switched back to an open window in Chrome web-browser. The problem seems to be triggered solely by VLC. The only console messages I can make out is that the nouveau releases

[Bug 442303] Re: karmic beta and grub2 install.

2010-08-20 Thread peter b
did not try it; I always use alternate cd's on final releases install. I gave up on live cd installs (especially alphas and betas) and use .iso release files instead with persistent option enabled. probably this bug and related question should be closed since grub2 can/must be installed to mbr on

[Bug 499937] Re: [master] install/remove buttons don't react when policykit is not running

2010-08-14 Thread Peter B P
My addition: policykit seems to fail starting, just like several other items in my etc/xdg/autostart/ folder, fx. Parcellite and GnomeDo. I've had this problem for a while (10.04, latest updates, including proposed- updates). I think this is a consequence of a different problem with autostart items

[Bug 553328] Re: Backend does not get terminated

2010-08-05 Thread Peter B P
Bug is still extant in 10.04 with latest updates, incl. ubuntu-proposed. -- Backend does not get terminated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 609571] Re: software-center does not respond to click on "Install"

2010-07-24 Thread Peter B P
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52443085/Dependencies.txt -- software-center does not respond to click on "Install" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609571 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 609571] [NEW] software-center does not respond to click on "Install"

2010-07-24 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: software-center Trying to install new packages with Ubuntu Software Center does nothign when clicking "INstall" button, either from the result list or the "More Info" window. Synaptic is NOT running in the backgroup when this happens. Tried multiple diff

[Bug 589548] Re: Ubuntu Lucid Spontaneously Freezes or Logs out

2010-07-01 Thread Peter B P
I've marked myself as affected on this one as well, as the bug description looks like what I've been experienceing for some months. I have not experienced the problem recently since the aforementioned updates (kernel and possibly the nouveau updates), but I'll keep my eyes open. -- Ubuntu Lucid S

[Bug 577678] Re: nm-applet does not show in indicator applet after reboot

2010-06-29 Thread Peter B P
nm-indicator-applet disappeared from my notification area some time back. I don't know exactly when, but I do remember it was initially present when I started using 10.04. Attempt to solve by editing "/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system- settings.conf" as discussed on forum has not worked for me. Note

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-28 Thread peter b
yes NooP, I can confirm that it does work with this udisks (1.0.1-1build1) package. TU. I have seen Martin's and Sebastien's posts but I said to myself let me wait a little and see it in the main repos and on updates. then after seeing your post I reread the entire thread and noticed on #123 ...'

[Bug 539515] Re: probing a non-existing floppy causes long boot delays

2010-06-28 Thread peter b
yes NooP, I can confirm that it does work with this udisks (1.0.1-1build1) package. TU. I have seen Martin's and Sebastien's posts but I said to myself let me wait a little and see it in the main repos and on updates. then after seeing your post I reread the entire thread and noticed on #123 ...'u

[Bug 255651] Re: floppy disk drive not detected (module not loaded) in Intrepid and Jaunty

2010-06-27 Thread peter b
@Brian Vaughan, pls take a look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/441835?comments=all for more on the floppy subject on karmic and lucid. there are well over 200 posts. sometimes I ask myself, how many bugs and posts would be required to get this/these issue/es solved once

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-27 Thread peter b
sorry gents for posting three times the same comment, basically. it happened because after clicking on Post Comment button I was consistently getting a window with a message Error and some u2xxx error code, so I tried to resubmit my comment 3 times every time without any notification that the mssg

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-26 Thread peter b
I can confirm that floppy media can not be mounted in lucid uname -a Linux lucidGIGAslow 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux sudo mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 [sudo] password for peter: pe...@lucidgigaslow:~$ ls /media/floppy0 pe...@lucidgigaslow:~$ gv

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-26 Thread peter b
this comment posted initially on bug #539515 then (today) found this bug that reflects my concerns ; what follows is a copy of those comments : uname -a Linux lucidGIGAslow 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux re slayer comment #57 'But what if some

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-26 Thread peter b
this comment posted initially on bug #539515 then (today) found this bug that reflects my concerns ; what follows is a copy of those comments : uname -a Linux lucidGIGAslow 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux re slayer comment #57 'But what if someon

[Bug 441835] Re: Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found"

2010-06-26 Thread peter b
this comment posted initially on bug #539515 then (today) found this bug that reflects my concerns ; what follows is a copy of those comments : uname -a Linux lucidGIGAslow 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux re slayer comment #57 'But what if someon

[Bug 539515] Re: probing a non-existing floppy causes long boot delays

2010-06-25 Thread peter b
uname -a Linux lucidGIGAslow 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux re slayer comment #57 'But what if someone (still) uses floppies? A fix should be nice :)'. I am one of them. currently using floppies to boot my pc because of crippled grub2 on MBR

[Bug 393729] Re: "Start GNOME DO at login" does not work in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

2010-06-21 Thread Peter B P
Addition: Bug seems to be present under 10.04 lucid as well. Ref: https://bugs.launchpad.net/do/+bug/339108 -- "Start GNOME DO at login" does not work in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393729 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-06-21 Thread Peter B P
Update: Scratch last comment, I cannot get reliable behavior out of the USB 3.0 drive. For the better part of the last month, it has seemingly mounted and functioned okay. Until today, where, upon booting my workstation, I had several hangs, either during the boot process, or immediately after, o

[Bug 539515] Re: probing a non-existing floppy causes long boot delays

2010-06-16 Thread Peter B P
Merely chipping in that this fixed my looong boot problems as well when I reeabled the floppy in BIOS to test it. Well done. -- probing a non-existing floppy causes long boot delays https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 444950] Re: sound stops working with pulseaudio

2010-06-12 Thread Peter B P
I'll add that since upgradign to 10.04, my soudn problems have been reduced substantially, HOWEVER - I still regularly experience "crunchy sound", plus i still get the system log spam with blah blah blah ratelimit.c X event supressed fx. during movie playback. -- sound stops working with pulseaud

[Bug 591939] Re: lucid - vlc + firefox new windows crashes xorg

2010-06-10 Thread Peter B P
Just crashed again, however, this time, I'd just quite firefox, but I had VLC playing a video in the background, and i switched to an open vinagre window, connected to a remote VNC system. Same three lines in the system log: "Jun 10 13:04:32 winter9 kernel: [ 6021.108864] [drm] nouveau :01:00

[Bug 591939] Re: lucid - vlc + firefox new windows crashes xorg

2010-06-09 Thread Peter B P
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50036049/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50036050/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50036051/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 591939] [NEW] lucid - vlc + firefox new windows crashes xorg

2010-06-09 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Lucid system running with the latest updates. Gfx card is a newer nvidia, running the nouveau driver with no desktop effects enabled. I've twice experienced this, with the screen briefly blanking out to a black tty, outputting

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-05-21 Thread Peter B P
Update: I seem to get consistent behavior now. Status is that if the drive is already hooked up to the PC on boot, it mounts and runs fine at the expected USB 3.0 speed. If the drive is not hooked up at the time of boot, plugging it in when the PC is on will have no effect, and it wont even show

[Bug 574576] Re: lucid final hard freeze w/ screen garbling (suspect xorg crash)

2010-05-21 Thread Peter B P
Status update: Over the past week, I've experienced a hard freeze once more. Active apps were Firefox, System Monitor, Deluge torrent, and the gnome- screensaver. The freeze was triggered just after the gnome-screensaver kicked in, and i tried wakign the computer from the screensaver again with a

[Bug 151365] Re: Autosave doesn't work for Unsaved Documents

2010-05-18 Thread Peter B P
I'd like an update on this as this bug / feature lack has been a problem for me for two years now. -- Autosave doesn't work for Unsaved Documents https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151365 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-05-04 Thread Peter B P
Update: Also tested with the RC6 mainline kernel release as of 30/april. I'm still not getting consistent behavior from the drive. Sometimes its is available to the system, sometimes not. -- lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549107 You received

[Bug 574576] Re: lucid final hard freeze w/ screen garbling (suspect xorg crash)

2010-05-03 Thread Peter B P
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47584762/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47584763/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47584764/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Bug 574576] [NEW] lucid final hard freeze w/ screen garbling (suspect xorg crash)

2010-05-03 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Firing blind, but will update this as i find out more: I'm using Lucid Lynx final release, fresh installed, on this system (Samsung laptop R580, Intel Core i...@2,13 Ghz, 4 G RAM, nvidia 330M). System has been in use for a few days with this install

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-05-01 Thread Peter B P
Update: On starting my machine (with the new mainline kernel) today, the hard drive is recognized, but only operates at USB 2.0 speeds. System log reads: May 1 20:07:07 winter9 kernel: [ 11.980787] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Book 3.0 1123 1006 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 May 1 20:07:07 win

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-04-28 Thread Peter B P
Hey Jeremy, No. The port is a pure USB 3.0 port on a Western Digital PCIe expansion card that came with the hard drive. It's tested to work fine in Ubuntu Karmic and an earlier release of Lucid (Beta 2 + some updates). I'm puzzled why it's broken again. -- lucid beta 1 fails to mount external U

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-04-28 Thread Peter B P
Heya Jeremy. I'm just tested it with v2.6.34-rc5-lucid; oddly, the drive isn't even registered anymore. System log gives no indication that plugging it in is even noticed by the system (as log excerpt in original post shows). The drive does not show in disk utility either. ** Tags removed: need

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-04-17 Thread Peter B P
Update: I'm happy to say that today's batch of updates (I'm guessing hdparm update) has made my USB 3.0 storage work fine again. Thanks! -- lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549107 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 542694] Re: does not terminate at computer shutdown

2010-04-09 Thread Peter B P
Hello Martin, I don't recall noticing any of the symptoms you mention. I'm sorry that I can't be of further help, as the system I ran Lucid on is not in my care anymore. -- does not terminate at computer shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542694 You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-04-07 Thread Peter B P
Update afther the last week's worth of updates: Plugging the same USB 3.0 device now tends to result in a kernel panic, booting my out my my X session and leaving me at a generic, purple Ubuntu logo screen, with no response to keyboard or mouse input whatsoever. Booting the system with same unit

[Bug 461866] Re: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/fs/buffer.c:1152 mark_buffer_dirty+0x86/0xb0()

2010-04-05 Thread Peter B P
Heya Jeremy, Thanks for your response. I reported it on the back-then freshly pressed Karmic in October last year, but haven't run into it since then on the system I was using it on, which was in about five months of use. If it's still outstanding, it's triggered too rarely for me to have noticed

[Bug 554377] Re: npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-04-03 Thread peter b
** Visibility changed to: Public -- npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554377 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 550377] Re: npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV

2010-03-29 Thread peter b
** Visibility changed to: Public -- npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550377 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

[Bug 534040] Re: new light theme hangs for 20 seconds before desktop loads

2010-03-29 Thread Peter B P
"Since the latest updates (20th March), there is still a 20+ second 'hang' before the wallpaper appears, however, now the panels do not load, but the desktop icons do. With no panels, Lucid is essentially unusable. Have to use ctrl-alt-delete to restart." I can confirm that Lucid B1 with last week

[Bug 444583] Re: grub-installer breaks on disks with dmraid metadata but only one disk

2010-03-27 Thread peter b
Colin, question pls, am I on the right bug re grub2 lucid beta1 install on sda with raid metadata still present ? pls see #331 and 333 on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275&page=34 or a new bug ? thanks. -- grub-installer breaks on disks with dmraid metadata but only one disk ht

[Bug 549107] Re: lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-03-26 Thread Peter B P
** Attachment added: "AlsaDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42098749/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "AplayDevices.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42098750/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42098751/BootDmesg.txt ** Att

[Bug 549107] [NEW] lucid beta 1 fails to mount external USB 3.0 storage

2010-03-26 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Rebooting system and attaching storage (WD MyBook 3.0 1 TB external hard drive, attached via USB 3.0 connection. Drive attaches, mounts and transfers data fine in Karmic). System log follows: Mar 26 21:30:37 winter9 kernel: [ 393.410251] usb 9-2: new SuperSpeed USB device

[Bug 185756] Re: Couldn't display "network:///" - Nautilus cannot handle network:locations

2010-03-24 Thread Peter B P
Same error in Lucid Beta 1 updated with latest patches. Unable to browse my local network. Quite a bummer. -- Couldn't display "network:///" - Nautilus cannot handle network:locations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185756 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 543760] Re: does not terminate at computer shutdown

2010-03-22 Thread Peter B P
Same. It seems to be part of a cascade of crashes of utility functions. -- does not terminate at computer shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543760 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 529882] Re: user switch crashes with process termination (lucid alpha)

2010-03-21 Thread Peter B P
Lucid Beta 1, just installed yesterday on top of a Karmic 9.10. I get a crash/quit on boot as well, for the followings applets: The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_FastUserSwitchApplet". The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_IndicatorApplet". (the F

[Bug 542694] Re: does not terminate at computer shutdown

2010-03-20 Thread Peter B P
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41415511/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "InitctlList.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41415512/InitctlList.txt ** Attachment added: "ProcAttrCurrent.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41415513/ProcAttrCurrent.

[Bug 542694] [NEW] does not terminate at computer shutdown

2010-03-20 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: upower Collected by apport - No further details. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 20 12:35:00 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (200910

[Bug 542600] [NEW] Lucid Beta 1 no graphical login shown

2010-03-20 Thread Peter B P
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon Upgraded from Karmic (9.10) today. Used update-manager -d. Update process itself went seemingly well, however after rebooting, the graphical login fails to show a user selection dialogue. All that is shown is the wallpaper (plus the

[Bug 538214] Re: Booting with graphical renderer leaves the system at textual "login:" screen

2010-03-17 Thread Peter B P
Seems to be fixed after applying todays Updatemanager patches. Tested with bot cold boot and reboot. Thanks for the quick fix! -- Booting with graphical renderer leaves the system at textual "login:" screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538214 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 538214] Re: Booting with graphical renderer leaves the system at textual "login:" screen

2010-03-16 Thread Peter B P
Got this bug today after applying recent Updates. Lucid ALpha 3. P5QPL- AM motherboard, Intel chipset. Tends to NOT happen when cold booting, but consistently happens on reboots. Alt+F7 consistently a useful workaround. (Thanks!) -- Booting with graphical renderer leaves the system at textual "l

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