/etc/os-release file

2012-02-16 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi devs. I know it's feature freeze now, but could you consider implementing a trivial feature: /etc/os-release file? This file is supposed to standardise basic OS release information. http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html You can also check out the announcement on

Spam on Ubuntu Community Help/Wiki

2011-01-28 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi Teams. I didn't know exactly where to write, so I'm writing to 3 lists. I've noticed recently some stubborn spammer on the Ubuntu Community Documentation wiki. Can someone block him and similar spammers? See the attached messages. -- Forwarded message -- From: Help Ubuntu

Ubuntu 10.10 fails to boot on Intel Macs

2010-09-25 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi. I'd like to point you to a serious bug that seems to affect all Intel based Macs. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/633983 Ubuntu 10.10 beta fails to boot on Intel Macs. The Mac will hang right after Boot Camp/rEFIt with a black screen showing: - 1. 2. Select

Linux Desktop Responsiveness Patches

2010-08-06 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi Devs. Have you seen the article about the recent Linux Desktop Responsiveness Patches? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=ODQ3OQ I think they might be useful to Ubuntu, though I'm not sure if you would like to backport them to earlier kernels. Nevertheless, it should be an

Re: White-on-black terminal should be default

2010-03-06 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
On 3 March 2010 17:40, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote: Everybody knows that a terminal has white text on black background. Windows has a terminal like this. Mac OS X have a terminal like this. OS X's terminal is a very civilized black text on white background... Sun Microsystems SPARC-based

Working with translated logs - shouldn't syslog keep an untranslated copy?

2010-01-14 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi guys. Recently, while reviewing lots of logs for bugs in msttcorefonts I have been struck by an idea. Lots of these logs were translated to local languages (german, french, spanish, chinese, ...) which makes it a lot harder to troubleshoot the issues since most people do not know all these

Bugs expiry

2009-12-15 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi. The expirable bugs page shows over 8500 bugs. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+expirable-bugs The oldest one is over 300 days old. Are these bugs going to be closed automatically? What are the settings for bugs expiring in Ubuntu? Is the Launchpad Janitor still working or is it turned

zsync fails to sync the iso from releases.ubuntu.com

2009-11-01 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi Devs. I've noticed recently that zsync fails to sync the Ubuntu Karmic final iso from the releases.ubuntu.com server. I was able to sync the beta and RC isos from this server without problems. azr...@laptop616:/home/azrael$ zsync

Re: zsync fails to sync the iso from releases.ubuntu.com

2009-11-01 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
2009/11/1 DULMANDAKH Sukhbaatar dulmand...@gmail.com: I've noticed recently that zsync fails to sync the Ubuntu Karmic final iso from the releases.ubuntu.com server. try to use rsync.releases.ubuntu.com It works. Thanks. But I still think that a word of explanation should be written on the

Re: Installer shouldn't be able to install grub on ntfs partitions

2009-10-19 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Please file a bug about it. 2009/10/19 Alan Searchwell bigdu...@hotmail.com: I always use the advanced options in the installer to install grub to the root partition of the distro I'm installing. Since I'm dual booting with windows, I then use grub4dos to boot into linux. This gives me a

Re: Improve LiveCD localisation (Was: Remove F-Spot from the LiveCD)

2009-06-28 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Martin Owensdocto...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 00:37 +0200, tacone wrote: I really think the best thing to do would be to offer a download option for localized CDs. That way an english+selected-language cd can be shipped without sacrificing LiveCD

gnome-power-management preferences vs screensaver preferences

2009-06-24 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi. Have you noticed that the Put display to sleep when inactive for setting in gnome-power-preferences depend on Regard the computer as idle after setting from gnome-screensaver-preferences? This is causing much confusion to the users, even to myself (where I regard myself as an Ubuntu expert).

Re: udev-extras vs usb_modeswitch

2009-06-22 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Martin Pittmartin.p...@ubuntu.com wrote: Przemek Kulczycki [2009-06-21 22:17 +0200]: Recently I've noticed that there is a package in universe called udev-extras which contains some hal quirks for various hardware, and also contains some utility called modem

udev-extras vs usb_modeswitch

2009-06-21 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
Hi devs. I'm using an USB HSDPA modem in Ubuntu Jaunty, and I had to use the usb_modeswitch program to make it work. http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ my modem howto (zte mf 626): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1147685 Recently I've noticed that there is a package in universe

Re: usb (a)dsl modems

2008-12-02 Thread Przemek Kulczycki
On 12/2/08, Przemek Kulczycki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I'm wondering about the status of USB (A)DSL modems support in Ubuntu. There are 2 specs about it: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/usb-adsl-modems https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dial-up-support But none