[Bug 1364630] Re: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe

2015-03-06 Thread Mark Greenwood
I'm also having this. It started on 14.04 but has got significantly worse on the upgrade to 14.10 - it is intermittent. It would happen only occasionally on 14.04 but now happens almost all the time on 14.10. I have nVidia graphics but am using nouveau. What's particularly bad about this in my

[Bug 336168] Re: plasma crashed with SIGSEGV in KConfigGroup::readEntry()

2015-02-27 Thread Mark Greenwood
That's quite old; That's quite an understatement :) This bug has been open for 6 years. I repeat. 6 years. Do I even care any more? No. I stopped using KDE years ago, precisely due to the fact it takes 6 years for anything to get resolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep -- sky2

2012-07-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Sorry, but in the 9 MONTHS since I logged this bug the laptop on which this was occurring has died, it won't power up at all. I sometimes wonder if Ubuntu killed it. I have a new one now but it has an Apple on the lid. Can I politely point out that when it takes 9 months to even get around to

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep -- sky2

2012-07-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
That comment wasn't aimed at you personally, more at Canonical in general who promise much but fail to deliver on most of it. I'm not angry, just disappointed as I think if Canonical put more effort (ie money) into development they could make Ubuntu much better, but they don't seem interested.

[Bug 879643] [NEW] Installer crashed

2011-10-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Tried to install UBuntu 11.10 Oneiric on m latop. The installer crashes. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture:

[Bug 879643] Re: Installer crashed

2011-10-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 871413] [NEW] No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: After suspending to RAM, when I restart the computer I have no ethernet connection. The hardware is a Sony VAIO laptop. The KDE networkmanager applet shows 'cable unplugged' for the ethernet connection, but the cable is definitely connected. Three further pertinent points:

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: This is the syslog showing boot, sleep and wake with no ethernet after wake https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/871413/+attachment/2533543/+files/syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: This is the syslog following on from syslog.txt, showing a reset (shutdown -r now) showing no eth0 at all when it restarts https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/871413/+attachment/2533544/+files/syslog_after_reset.txt -- You received this bug

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: Syslog after hard reset (shutdown -h -P now) showing everything working normally https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/871413/+attachment/2533545/+files/syslog_after_hard_reset.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 871413] Re: No Ethernet after resume from sleep

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: Final test, following from above, showing sleep and then wake after only a few seconds, eth0 comes up correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/871413/+attachment/2533582/+files/syslog_short_nap.txt -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 871571] [NEW] Cannot select JACK audio output in phonon

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: I'm running the JACK audio connection kit and I want to use it as the sound server for my entire system as I have a firewire sound card that alsa/pulseaudio does not support. I've done this before under Kubuntu Karmic without problems - the Xine phonon backend detects the

[Bug 871571] Re: Cannot select JACK audio output in phonon

2011-10-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 863719] Re: The return of the text-mode nvidia splash screen

2011-09-30 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 863719] [NEW] The return of the text-mode nvidia splash screen

2011-09-30 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Up until today, running the oneiric beta, I've been pleasantly surprised to find that, even though I have an NVIDIA graphics card and I use the proprietary driver, I still got a graphical splash screen from plymouth (albeit a low resolution one). This was a great

[Bug 861670] [NEW] Audio corruption of m4a files with phonon gstreamer backend

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: I'm using Amarok to play my music, and very nice it is too until it encounters some m4a files. I bought these files through iTunes on my Mac, though I'm not sure if that's relevant. What happens is that initially the files play OK but after about 10 minutes or so the

[Bug 861670] Re: Audio corruption of m4a files with phonon gstreamer backend

2011-09-28 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 762381] Re: kio_thumbnail uses 100% CPU and eats RAM

2011-04-17 Thread Mark Greenwood
I think I have an idea what's causing this. In Dolphin there is an option for 'Do not create previews for local files above :'. I had this set to 25MB, so as to get previews of my Nikon RAW (NEF) files. I've now set this to 8MB and am no longer noticing the behaviour I described above. I do still

[Bug 762381] [NEW] kio_thumbnail uses 100% CPU and eats RAM

2011-04-15 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: No idea which package to file this against. lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.10 Release:10.10 I've only noticed this after upgrading to KDE 4.6.2. With 4.6.1 it never happened. After a day or so of uptime I start to notice increasing amounts of hard disc

[Bug 762381] Re: kio_thumbnail uses 100% CPU and eats RAM

2011-04-15 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 753464] Re: Wireless is shown as 'Unavailable' in plasma-widget-networkmanager

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
Well, I clicked 'Enable Wireless' in the plasma widget a few times to switch wireless on and off, and now it is eventually working again, even after a reboot. Not sure what was happening but it seems to have gone away. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu

[Bug 692458] Re: No audio output from Phonon with GStreamer backend

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
This is working now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692458 Title: No audio output from Phonon with GStreamer backend -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 755522] [NEW] Laptop shutdown issues with KDE 4.6.2

2011-04-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Not sure which packaqe this is related to but I'm seeing it on two laptops and on both it started happening after the upgrade to KDE 4.6.2. Machine 1 : Acer Aspire One running Kubuntu Natty, fully updated as of today. Machine 2 : Samsung R780 running Kubuntu Maverick, with

[Bug 753464] [NEW] Wireless is shown as 'Unavailable' in plasma-widget-networkmanager

2011-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: plasma-widget-networkmanagement I'm guessing this is in the plasma widget but I could be wrong. Acer Aspire One. I installed Kubuntu Natty Alpha 2 and have kept it updated regularly. This week, an update has stopped me from being able to use the

[Bug 753464] Re: Wireless is shown as 'Unavailable' in plasma-widget-networkmanager

2011-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 753464] Re: Wireless is shown as 'Unavailable' in plasma-widget-networkmanager

2011-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
Just in case this is useful: lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 015b Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME

[Bug 753464] Re: Wireless is shown as 'Unavailable' in plasma-widget-networkmanager

2011-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
OK, only just thought of this (duh!) but I think this shows the bug probably isn't in the plasma widget - ifconfig shows no wireless at all sudo ifconfig [sudo] password for bob: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:55:58:77 inet addr:192.168.2.5 Bcast:192.168.2.255

[Bug 692450] Re: Power Management works on Live USB but not on installed system

2010-12-24 Thread Mark Greenwood
Happy to report that something in today's updates has solved this problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692450 Title: Power Management works on Live USB but not on installed system

[Bug 692450] Re: Power Management works on Live USB but not on installed system

2010-12-24 Thread Mark Greenwood
Happy to report that something in today's updates has solved this problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692450 Title: Power Management works on Live USB but not on installed system

[Bug 692458] Re: No audio output from Phonon with GStreamer backend

2010-12-22 Thread Mark Greenwood
Some updates to gstreamer arrived today. I now get some sound, but it's very broken up and mostly sounds like a fart. I get the following output from dragonplayer if I start it from a console: QStringList Solid::Backends::Hal::HalManager::findDeviceByDeviceInterface(Solid::DeviceInterface::Type)

[Bug 692817] [NEW] Webcam not working in Kopete

2010-12-20 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdenetwork Acer Aspire One, has Acer Crystal Eye webcam. This webcam worked in Kopete in Kubutnu Maverick, and works in Natty if I use Cheese, only Kopete can't see it. dmesg | grep cam [9.994117] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Acer Crystal Eye

[Bug 692817] Re: Webcam not working in Kopete

2010-12-20 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 692450] [NEW] Power Management works on Live USB but not on installed system

2010-12-19 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdebase I really don't know which package to file this bug against. It could just as easily be an installer problem. I'm installing on an Acer Asipre One netbook I downloaded a daily build ISO of Kubuntu Natty - 18th Dec 2010. Made a bootable USB key

[Bug 692458] [NEW] No audio output from Phonon with GStreamer backend

2010-12-19 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: phonon Clean install of a Natty daily build ISO from 18th Dec. Using the GStreamer backend for phonon I can't get any audio out of anything, not even KDE notifications. Video files play video but no audio comes out. A playback stream is visible in KMix

[Bug 692458] Re: No audio output from Phonon with GStreamer backend

2010-12-19 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 688670] [NEW] ClamAV update produces worrying warning message

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: clamav Tdoay's update to ClamAV produced the following warning message: Setting up libclamav6 (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up clamav-base (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up clamav-freshclam (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... * Starting ClamAV

[Bug 688670] Re: ClamAV update produces worrying warning message

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 688670] [NEW] ClamAV update produces worrying warning message

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: clamav Tdoay's update to ClamAV produced the following warning message: Setting up libclamav6 (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up clamav-base (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... Setting up clamav-freshclam (0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2) ... * Starting ClamAV

[Bug 688670] Re: ClamAV update produces worrying warning message

2010-12-10 Thread Mark Greenwood
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[Bug 578215] Re: virtuoso-t eats my cpu, should be nice

2010-12-03 Thread Mark Greenwood
I've got this problem on Maverick, with KDE 4.5.3. With file indexing enabled virtuoso-t keeps the CPU at 99% indefinitely *even* if I then disable file indexing again. I have to reboot after disabling indexing. Also, if I enable the option in digikam to store metadata in nepomuk, the same

[Bug 578215] Re: virtuoso-t eats my cpu, should be nice

2010-12-03 Thread Mark Greenwood
I've got this problem on Maverick, with KDE 4.5.3. With file indexing enabled virtuoso-t keeps the CPU at 99% indefinitely *even* if I then disable file indexing again. I have to reboot after disabling indexing. Also, if I enable the option in digikam to store metadata in nepomuk, the same

[Bug 596189] Re: Maverick: kdeinit4/kded4 crashes (segmentation fault) because of kde-config-tablet

2010-09-19 Thread Mark Greenwood
I have the same behaviour and don't have a wacom tablet. I can't post from the machine with the problem because my only internet access is wireless and I need kded to access that, so I can't add any information. How does one disable the wacom tablet service? -- Maverick: kdeinit4/kded4 crashes

[Bug 596189] Re: Maverick: kdeinit4/kded4 crashes (segmentation fault) because of kde-config-tablet

2010-09-19 Thread Mark Greenwood
I can also confirm that I don't have kde-config-tablet installed. I'm certain this is the same bug though. -- Maverick: kdeinit4/kded4 crashes (segmentation fault) because of kde-config-tablet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 597301] [NEW] I/O errors writing to SD card

2010-06-22 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: There are Kubuntu 10.04, all current updates. There are a few similar bug reports to this one but they're all related to USB devices. I'm having trouble with the built-in card reader on my laptop. When writing large numbers of files, especially large ones, to a large

[Bug 597301] Re: I/O errors writing to SD card

2010-06-22 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50743002/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50743003/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50743004/BootDmesg.txt **

[Bug 580740] [NEW] Plymouth 'Press C to cancel' doesn't work

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: plymouth Kubuntu Lucid, clean install from alternate CD When booting I now get the message that my disc is being checked for errors and that I should press C to cancel. Pressing C has no effect. The disc check thinks it has found an error, and I am

[Bug 565405] Re: libvdpau1(dependance) not installed with nvidia and mplayer

2010-05-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
I'll just confirm this bug to stop it being closed. I also had to install libvdpau1 manually after a clean Lucid install. I used Hardware Drivers to install the NVIDIA driver. -- libvdpau1(dependance) not installed with nvidia and mplayer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565405 You received this

[Bug 575997] Re: kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-08 Thread Mark Greenwood
The problem is that the package linux-headers-generic wasn't installed. I used the alternate installer for this PC, whereas on PCs where I've used the graphical installer this problem does not occur. So I think it's an installer bug. -- kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

[Bug 575997] [NEW] kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Kubuntu Lucid, clean install from release CD image. I received an update notification that a new linux-image was available, so I installed it with apt-get dist-upgrade linux-image-generic: Installed: 2.6.32.22.23 Candidate: 2.6.32.22.23 Version table: ***

[Bug 575997] Re: kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: dmesg.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47891943/dmesg.log -- kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575997 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 575997] Re: kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: lspci-vnvn.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47891961/lspci-vnvn.log -- kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575997 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 575997] Re: kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: uname-a.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47891978/uname-a.log -- kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575997 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 575997] Re: kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers

2010-05-05 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: version.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47892016/version.log -- kernel upgrade does not update kernel headers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575997 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-05-01 Thread Mark Greenwood
Try running mplayer in a terminal. (mplayer name-of-video-file.avi) You'll see it attempts to use pulse, then falls back to alsa when that fails. On my system there is no audio. I can get mplayer to work by specifying the full hw:1,0 alsa card name instead of relying on defaults. However when

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Greenwood
It's even worse than that. I've just installed the Lucid release. Without pulse installed, any app that doesn't use phonon can't play any sound at all. This appears to be because the default ALSA routing is through pulse. Epic Fail. -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Does the fact that this has gone very quiet mean nobody knows how to fix it? I can offer some time to help if required. -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
I've changed the status to Incomplete, since 'Fix Released' isn't really accurate. It'll be a real shame if Lucid goes out with something this important still broken. ** Changed in: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Incomplete -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Re : It's too late to ship this in Lucid final. Typical. The release date is everything, whether it works or not is secondary. I don't mean to have a go but, really, I despair. I try hard to help and find bugs and this is the response. -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-15 Thread Mark Greenwood
I haven't had a chance to try it on my system yet but, just a thought, have you checked that the build problem has been fixed in the backend as well as in phonon itself? -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557514 You received this bug notification

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-15 Thread Mark Greenwood
I've updated and I don't think the build changes have fixed the problem. I base this on two observations: According to the upstream bug, libphonon.so.4.4.0 should be linked against libpulse and libpulse-mainloop-glib, but ldd libphonon.so.4.4.0 shows that it is not. (If I run the same command

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-15 Thread Mark Greenwood
To further confirm this, I have copied libphonon.so.4.4.0 from my Mandriva install on to my Kubutnu install and retained my rebuilt xine backend. Pulseaudio support in phonon is now working more or less correctly: kcm-phonon shows Pulseaudio output devices instead of ALSA devices Playing back

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
There are still 2 problems I think. According to the upstream bug, yes the backends need to be rebuilt. Secondly, I think the ubuntu pulseaudio package is broken in that it does not include the KDE startup scripts for pulseaudio (see the upstream bug). I can raise this as a separate bug if you

[Bug 563250] Re: pulseaudio package does not include start-pulseaudio-kde

2010-04-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
Confirming. I think you also need to add /etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio- kde.desktop -- pulseaudio package does not include start-pulseaudio-kde https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563250 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-13 Thread Mark Greenwood
Thanks for continuing to look at this problem. Two versions of phonon does seem like a recipe for disaster. Let's hope upstream can sort that out. As far as this specific issue goes, I've done some investigation - I'm not too clued up on cmake or debian packaging but I figured this would be worth

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-12 Thread Mark Greenwood
OK I reported the bug upstream here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234072 The response is twofold: Firstly, libphonon needs to be at least version 4.3.8. The version in lucid appears to be version 4.3.1, which is quite old. Secondly, both libphonon and the phonon backend need to be

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
I'm afraid you're wrong. The functionality I have described works correctly in other distributions that use the same version of KDE. The problem is therefore most definitely in your packages. ** Changed in: phonon (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Greenwood
As a further demonstration, I have another machine where I have been using the JACK backend for phonon (I have Xine packages with JACK support installed). This was working perfectly until the recent phonon upgrade. I am still presented with an option to use 'Jack Audio Connection Kit', which is

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-08 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Changed in: phonon (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557514 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 557514] [NEW] [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: phonon Using Kubuntu Lucid beta 1 Under Karmic, if I enable pulseaudio, I get an option for 'Pulseaudio' in the Phonon configuration in system settings. This configures the xine backend to use pulseaudio natively. Under Lucid, the only option I get is

[Bug 557514] Re: [Lucid] Phonon pulseaudio support is broken

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Greenwood
Thanks for the answer but I don't really understand what you are saying. You say I can use any backend 'seamlessly', but the Xine backend under Lucid is not using Pulse 'seamlessly', it is using an ALSA output and routing that to Pulse using the ALSA-pulse plugin. I still see all my ALSA devices

[Bug 373245] Re: karmic: wakeups kernel core : hrtimer_start_range_ns (tick_sched_timer)

2010-01-25 Thread Mark Greenwood
Same problem here, Sony VAIO laptop with Intel Core II Duo, NVIDIA graphics (so this isn't Intel graphics related). I'm lucky to get 45 minutes battery life, compared to 3 hours under Windows. Top causes for wakeups: 21.5% ( 63.2) kernel IPI : Rescheduling interrupts 21.0% ( 61.7)

[Bug 508569] Re: package nvidia-current 190.53-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-01-24 Thread Mark Greenwood
Same problem here, clean install of Kubuntu Lucid Alpha 2. Nvidia proprietary driver does not install. I'll attach /var/log/jockey.log for the nvidia driver (I have tried twice). Since modern nvidia hardware will overheat rapidly if used with the nv driver, I would regard this bug as serious.

[Bug 508569] Re: package nvidia-current 190.53-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-01-24 Thread Mark Greenwood
Should have said, this is on i386, not x86_64 as per the OP. -- package nvidia-current 190.53-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508569 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 427653] Re: cups fails on usb-parallel printer

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Greenwood
I'm seeing this issue too, on a completely up-to-date Karmic. I'm using an Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Usually I get messages like [Job 23] Unable to write 8192 bytes to printer! ,or sometimes the job is accepted but then nothing happens at all, not even a message in the Cups error log. The

[Bug 434564] Re: [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/cups/drv/sample.drv!

2009-11-30 Thread Mark Greenwood
Same here with an Epson Stylus Photo R1800. It is detected by CUPS but I get this error and cannot print. -- [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/cups/drv/sample.drv! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434564 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 420797] Re: CUPS 1.4.0, USB backend hangs

2009-11-30 Thread Mark Greenwood
I can confirm the issue in post#22. It was working for me in Jaunty but has never worked in Karmic, I see that exact same error. I'm using an Epson Stylus Photo R1800 -- CUPS 1.4.0, USB backend hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420797 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 242604] Re: Cannot extract vobsub file from ifo files in local folder, only from DVD

2009-11-22 Thread Mark Greenwood
I've been working on this too. The problem seems to be that the DVD needs to be mounted before you start ripping. If you just insert the DVD and rip it, dvd::rip does not copy the ifo files to the correct place. If you make sure the DVD is mounted first then it will copy the ifo files and vobsub

[Bug 292606] Re: dkms - error when installing custom kernel

2009-10-25 Thread Mark Greenwood
Also happening for me in Karmic. The fix outlined above: Patching /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms to redirect stdout DOES FIX the problem. Adding 12 to the invocation of /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller keeps stdout clean. fixes the problem for me. -- dkms - error when installing custom kernel

[Bug 448245] Re: Kubuntu Karmic Amarok no graphic equalizer

2009-10-24 Thread Mark Greenwood
Not sure this is invalid. The equalizer in Amarok is only missing on Kubuntu. I've tried Amarok 2.2 on Mandriva 2009.1, using KDE 4.3.1 and the equalizer is present and working, so this support must be available already. -- Kubuntu Karmic Amarok no graphic equalizer

[Bug 448705] [NEW] akonadi server doesn't start at login

2009-10-11 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 All updates have been applied as of today apt-cache policy akonadi-server akonadi-server: Installed: 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.2.1-0ubuntu2 0

[Bug 448705] Re: akonadi server doesn't start at login

2009-10-11 Thread Mark Greenwood
Here is the akonadi self-test log that I get at startup ** Attachment added: akonadi_report.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33447647/akonadi_report.txt -- akonadi server doesn't start at login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448705 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 448705] Re: akonadi server doesn't start at login

2009-10-11 Thread Mark Greenwood
OK I sort-of fixed this. Once I got the server to start manually, I deleted all the resources and then ran kres-migrator from the command line. This imported my address book settings (twice - once as 'std.vcf' and once as 'Default Address Book'). After a restart, the Akonadi server was now

[Bug 448383] [NEW] korgansier remider daemon won't start

2009-10-10 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: korganizer lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 Codename: karmic Installed as Kubuntu Karmic Alpha 6, kept completely up to date as of now.

[Bug 445529] Re: Internet Icon Disappeared From Kubuntu Netbook Panel After Update

2009-10-08 Thread Mark Greenwood
A very similar thing is happening to me, though in my case the icons that have disappeared are the Bookmarks and System icons, along with the launch icons for Firefox and kppp. lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release:9.10 I installed alpha 6 and have

[Bug 328229] Re: Kopete MSN incompatible with Radius IM contacts

2009-10-08 Thread Mark Greenwood
As of the update to KDE 4.3, this problem is fixed. -- Kopete MSN incompatible with Radius IM contacts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 376187] Re: mythtv backend crash : double free or corruption (fasttop)

2009-10-08 Thread Mark Greenwood
Hi, Sorry for taking so long to update the bug. I think my ISP's spam filter is being a little too enthusiastic as I'm only getting intermittent mails from launchpad. Yes I am still seeing the crash and a memory test ran OK. I installed a cron job to restart the backend if it wasn't running, so

[Bug 437194] [NEW] amarok not transferring all tracks to iPod

2009-09-26 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: amarok lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.04 Release:9.04 apt-cache policy amarok amarok: Installed: 2:2.1.1mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu1~jaunty1 Candidate: 2:2.1.1mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu1~jaunty1 Version table:

[Bug 275451] Re: nfs mounts specified in fstab is not mounted on boot.

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Greenwood
I'm having the same problem in Karmic Alpha 6. It worked perfectly on the same machine in Jaunty. DNS resolution is failing even though all my hosts are in /etc/fstab -- nfs mounts specified in fstab is not mounted on boot. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275451 You received this bug

[Bug 390242] Re: Avidemux_qt cannot open video files

2009-08-17 Thread Mark Greenwood
I can't comment on karmic because I'm not running it. I'm now running KDE4.3 on Jaunty from the PPA, with avidemux-qt: Installed: 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages

[Bug 329896] Re: Pulseaudio network sinks overload CPU

2009-07-28 Thread Mark Greenwood
Any volunteers to make a Pulseaudio 0.9.10 package available for Jaunty? I've been tracking pulseaudio git for a few weeks and it's just getting worse and worse. It got so bad I gave up. -- Pulseaudio network sinks overload CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329896 You received this bug

[Bug 386685] Re: amarok 2.1 compilations not detected

2009-07-18 Thread Mark Greenwood
The tags have a different artist for every track but the album name is the same. In the past, Amarok was clever enough to recognise this as a compilation album and display it under 'Various Artists'. As far as I'm concerned, this is correct behaviour (Amarok 1.4 did it perfectly every time). So

[Bug 260091] Re: Amarok does not correctly re-format cover art when transferring to Ipod

2009-06-28 Thread Mark Greenwood
So are you saying that Amarok in *buntu will never support cover art properly? That sucks big rocks. -- Amarok does not correctly re-format cover art when transferring to Ipod https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 393173] [NEW] Amarok does not transfer album art to iPod

2009-06-28 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: amarok lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.04 Release:9.04 I've installed Amarok and KDE 4.2.9 from the backports ppa, that's the only way I could get it to work at all with my iPod. However it still doesn't transfer album art. Amarok 1.4

[Bug 390242] [NEW] Avidemux_qt cannot open video files

2009-06-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: avidemux-qt lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.04 Release:9.04 apt-cache policy avidemux-qt avidemux-qt: Installed: 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:2.4.4-0.0ubuntu1 0 500

[Bug 390242] Re: Avidemux_qt cannot open video files

2009-06-21 Thread Mark Greenwood
Just to add, I've installed the gtk version and that is working OK. -- Avidemux_qt cannot open video files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390242 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 386927] Re: nouveau-kernel-source fails to build on ubuntu jaunty ppc

2009-06-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
** Attachment added: make.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27890481/make.log -- nouveau-kernel-source fails to build on ubuntu jaunty ppc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386927 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 386927] [NEW] nouveau-kernel-source fails to build on ubuntu jaunty ppc

2009-06-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nouveau-kernel-source lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.04 Release:9.04 apt-cache policy nouveau-kernel-source nouveau-kernel-source: Installed: 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.0.11+git20090404-0ubuntu1 Version table: ***

[Bug 386715] Re: Digikam not working with kde 4.3 beta 2

2009-06-14 Thread Mark Greenwood
Thanks, I've installed from the ppa as described above and it is now working. -- Digikam not working with kde 4.3 beta 2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 386685] [NEW] amarok 2.1 compilations not detected

2009-06-13 Thread Mark Greenwood
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: amarok lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 9.04 Release:9.04 apt-cache policy amarok amarok: Installed: 2:2.1mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu2~jaunty2 Candidate: 2:2.1mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu2~jaunty2 Version table: *** 2:2.1mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu2~jaunty2

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