Re: [Bug 1956094] Re: deborphan guess-work removes too many files

2022-01-01 Thread Tony Travis
On 31/12/2021 21:53, Andreas Tille wrote: > [...] > Sorry, but I do not understand the problem. What config files are you > talking about? What is "upgrade-system"? I'm using the command > `deborphan` itself just to learn what package might be a potential > candidate for removal. From time to

Re: [Bug 1956094] Re: deborphan guess-work removes too many files

2021-12-31 Thread Tony Travis
On 31/12/2021 12:23, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Those defaults work for the majority of people. > > Settings can be changed as desired by editing the configuration file. > > ** Changed in: upgrade-system (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Won't Fix Hi, Marin. I *have* edited the configuration

[Bug 1956094] [NEW] deborphan guess-work removes too many files

2021-12-31 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: The "upgrade-system" utility makes keeping Ubuntu/Debian systems up-to- date very easy, but the default settings for "deborphan" result in too many packages being removed. This can be avoided by changing the default: diff -Naur upgrade-system.conf upgrade-system.conf.dist

[Bug 1951596] Re: rmlint --gui (aka "Shredder") does not find any files

2021-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
This is the error running rmlint with the default 16 PB value: ajt@pilot:~$ rmlint --no-with-color -T duplicates --see-symlinks --partial-hidden -c sh:handler=remove --hardlinked --crossdev --size 1-18446744073709551615 --max-depth 512 -o json -c json:oneline /home/ajt/Documents/Work/Minke

[Bug 1951596] [NEW] rmlint --gui (aka "Shredder") does not find any files

2021-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: There is a bug in the default max file size of 16 Petabytes in "Shredder" being interpreted as a negative number and causing an error exit when "rmlint" is run by the GUI when the selected folder is scanned. In addition, simply changing the Units from e.g. Petabyte to

Re: [Bug 1872210] Re: thick black window borders on "x2go" remote MATE session

2021-08-21 Thread Tony Travis
On 20/08/2021 22:08, carlosLang wrote: > Same happens to me, using X2GO, connecting to Ubuntu 20.04 in WSL2. > > This worked for me: > Control Center > Look and Feel > Mate Teak > Windows > Window Manager > Select: Marco (no composition) > > It removes the thick border, leaving a very thin one.

[Bug 1921064] Re: wget 1.19.4 corrupts large downloaded files

2021-03-25 Thread Tony Travis
Changing the URL from ftp:// to http:// allowed me to download the file successfully: wget http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/snp/organisms/human_9606_b151_GRCh38p7/VCF/All_20180418.vcf.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1921064] Re: wget 1.19.4 corrupts large downloaded files

2021-03-24 Thread Tony Travis
Please note: I ran "ubuntu-bug" on the system running "wget" 1.19.4 under Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS, but I reported the bug using Firefox running under Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1921064] [NEW] wget 1.19.4 corrupts large downloaded files

2021-03-23 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: In normal use, downloading small files, "wget" 1.19.4 works correctly under Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS. The length and md5sums of downloaded files are correct. However, when attempting to download a larger 16GB .tar.gz file the length of the original file on the server is

[Bug 1915759] Re: error: /etc/logrotate.conf:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/wtmp

2021-02-15 Thread Tony Travis
Same issue with /var/log/btmp and same fix: Comment out the entry in /etc/logrotate.conf root@sei:/etc# !diff diff -Naur logrotate.conf.dist logrotate.conf --- logrotate.conf.dist 2017-08-21 19:38:26.0 +0200 +++ logrotate.conf 2021-02-16 02:09:31.665145104 +0100 @@ -19,18 +19,18 @@

[Bug 1915759] [NEW] error: /etc/logrotate.conf:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/wtmp

2021-02-15 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: The cron.daily job reports an error running logrotate: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: /etc/logrotate.conf:22 duplicate log entry for /var/log/wtmp There is a duplicate entry for "wtmp" in: /etc/logrotate.conf /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp Fix: Comment out the entry in

[Bug 1897559] [NEW] mafft hangs at 100% CPU for over a week

2020-09-28 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: The "mafft" program hangs waiting for "disttbfast" to exit, but in some cases "disttbfast" does not exit after many days. This problem only seems to occur with a particular alignment of virus sequences: /usr/bin/mafft --inputorder --adjustdirection --thread 4 --auto

[Bug 1867537] [NEW] 10-link-restrictions.conf missing - removed by postinst

2020-03-15 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: The file "10-link-restrictions.conf" is listed in DEBIAN/conffiles in the binary deb package, and the file is present/installed, but it is removed by the "postinst" script resulting in "debsums" flagging it as a missing config file: root@beluga:~# lsb_release -d Description:

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-07 Thread Tony Travis
Re: my comment #10 - After re-installing the purged packages the problem was, of course, not fixed. However, a fix that does work has been suggested in Bug #1866372: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1866372 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1866377] Re: update-initramfs fails on plymouth hook due to missing target dir

2020-03-06 Thread Tony Travis
Richard's magic work-around WFM: apt purge --reinstall plymouth Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libplymouth5 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The

[Bug 1863532] Re: Invoking "python" brings inappropriate response from command-not-found when python3 installed

2020-02-17 Thread Tony Travis
Confirming this bug: "python3" installed, but "python" command not found after I upgraded my Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 to 20.04. I realise that Python 2 is being deprecated in 20.04, but there should be a default "python" command, so I added a Debian alternative: update-alternatives --install

[Bug 1860109] Re: default /etc/ncbi/.ncbirc not read

2020-01-17 Thread Tony Travis
The BUG appears to be caused when the NCBI environment variable is undefined. Setting NCBI to the installed location of the default config file under Ubuntu fixes the problem: > ajt@beluga:~$ export NCBI=/etc/ncbi > ajt@beluga:~$ strace blastn |& fgrep .ncbirc > stat("./.ncbirc", 0x7ffc01d0e2c0)

[Bug 1860109] [NEW] default /etc/ncbi/.ncbirc not read

2020-01-17 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: While attempting to use NCBI "blastn" from behind a proxy, I traced the execution of "blastn" to check if it was reading the default "/etc/ncbi/.ncbirc" config file where I put my proxy config because it wasn't working. In fact, the default config file is never stat'ed or

[Bug 1846460] [NEW] _pslinux.py disk activity fields incorrect for kernel 5.0.0

2019-10-03 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Re: "glances" DISK I/O display under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Linux 5.0.0 HWE kernel There is a bug in _pslinux.py present in both python-psutil and python3-psutil packages that prevents "glances" from displaying disk i/o activity: lsb_release -d Description:Ubuntu 18.04.3

[Bug 1777165] Re: [SRU] metaphlan2 is not installable in bionic

2019-05-20 Thread Tony Travis
Hi, Robie. Tested install from bionic-proposed under Ubuntu-MATE 18.04.2 LTS with 4.18.0-20-generic kernel: Install was successful, and no errors reported. Thanks, Tony. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1781903] Re: package metaphlan2 2.7.5-1 failed to install/upgrade: installed metaphlan2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 101

2018-12-29 Thread Tony Travis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1777165 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777165 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1777165 package metaphlan2 2.7.5-1 [modified: usr/share/metaphlan2/_metaphlan2.py] failed to install/upgrade: installed metaphlan2 package

[Bug 1797819] Re: fails to launch (unable to find libraries)

2018-10-15 Thread Tony Travis
Same problem running with Java 1.8.0_181 under Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS, but the stand-alone IGV_2.4.14 works correctly. However, the required classes are in the igv.jar file in the stand-alone version. The class is installed: ls -l /usr/share/java/commons-io.jar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214351 Feb

[Bug 794929] Re: Disk Utility benchmark, x-axis undefined

2018-07-14 Thread Tony Travis
If the X-axis is %time for the benchmark read/write then why does it typically decrease over time? Surely the X-axis is the read/write speed at different positions 0-100% across the disk, like access time? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1777165] [NEW] package metaphlan2 2.7.5-1 [modified: usr/share/metaphlan2/_metaphlan2.py] failed to install/upgrade: installed metaphlan2 package post-installation script subprocess returned erro

2018-06-15 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Already reported by me and Fixed by Andreas Tille in the Debian-Med team. Python3 syntax is used in _metaphlan2.py, but "pycompile" run by the "postinst" script only supports Python2. Fixed by adding "print()" and removing function annotations: /usr/share/metaphlan2# diff

[Bug 1729680] Re: 4.10 Linux HWE kernel does not support nVidia GTX 1060 on Tyan S3992-E motherboard

2017-12-02 Thread Tony Travis
The Tyan S3992-E hardware issue I encountered attempting to use an nVidia GTX1060 is that this motherboard only supports PCI Express x16 Gen1 but the GTX1060 requires Gen2/3 and is not detected by the nVidia or Nouveau kernel drivers. However, a GTX460 graphics card and a Tesla C2050 GPGPU are

[Bug 1729680] Re: Tyan S3992-E does not support nVidia GTX 1060

2017-11-22 Thread Tony Travis
I've updated the bug description because this appears to be a Tyan S3992-E motherboard hardware issue. The product info for the S3992-E motherboard says it doesn't support PCI-e graphics cards: http://www.tyan.com/Motherboards_S3992-E_S3992G3NR-E However, I've been using nVidia C2050 GPGPU

[Bug 1729680] Re: 4.10 HWE kernel does not support nVidia GTX 1060

2017-11-22 Thread Tony Travis
** No longer affects: ubuntu-mate ** Description changed: - I've just upgraded from Ubuntu-MATE 14.04 to 16.04 and my nVidia GTX - 1060 stopped working! - - The Ubuntu 4.10 HWE kernel does not support the nVidia GTX 1060 display, - either using "nouveau" or "nvidia-384" drivers. The 4.4 GA

Re: [Bug 1723633] Re: Can't install to md RAID1 in EFI mode

2017-11-13 Thread Tony Travis
On 13/11/17 17:32, Phillip Susi wrote: > I noticed that you have partitioned the raid array, which is unusual. > Can you try using just /dev/md0 for / with no partition table on it? Hi, Philip. I've used the same method of installing to a partitioned "md" RAID for many years on non-EFI 'legacy'

Re: [Bug 1729244] Re: package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic 4.4.0-98.121 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a remova

2017-11-01 Thread Tony Travis
On 01/11/17 14:29, Joseph Salisbury wrote: > You may need to run the following from a terminal: > > sudo apt-get install -f > sudo apt-get clean > sudo apt-get update > > Then re-install the package or updates. > > If that does not resolve your issue, please mark the bug as "Confirmed" Hi,

[Bug 1729244] [NEW] package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic 4.4.0-98.121 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

2017-11-01 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Attempting to install with nVidia GTX1060 graphics card ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic 4.4.0-98.121 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-98.121-generic 4.4.90 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64 ApportVersion:

Re: [Bug 1723633] Re: Can't install to md RAID1 in EFI mode

2017-10-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 25/10/17 13:52, Phillip Susi wrote: > Which partition did you choose to mount in /boot/efi? Hi, /boot/efi is on /dev/sda1: > root@sei:~# df -h /boot/efi > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 511M 3.4M 508M 1% /boot/efi Disks present: > root@sei:~# lsscsi >

[Bug 1723636] Re: package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2017-10-18 Thread Tony Travis
Hi, Steve. The 64-bit Ubuntu-MATE system that I installed to "md" RAID1 is working fine. I filed a bug report in response to the automatic invitation from the crash handler. Please let me know where I could find anything else that might explain the crash? Thanks, Tony. -- You received

[Bug 1723636] Re: package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2017-10-16 Thread Tony Travis
Not sure it will be useful, but this is all I could find: /var/log/apt/history.log Start-Date: 2017-10-14 18:33:16 Commandline: apt-get --no-upgrade -o Acquire::gpgv::Options::=--ignore-time-conflict -y install shim-signed Install: shim-signed:amd64

[Bug 1723636] [NEW] package shim-signed 1.32~16.04.1+0.9+1474479173.6c180c6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2017-10-14 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: # manually installed "mdadm" after installer crashed when trying to install to md RAID1 in EFI mode: debian_chroot=CHROOT chroot /target apt update apt install mdadm update-initramfs -uk all # rebooted successfully in EFI mode Shim crash alert, but system still running and

[Bug 1723633] [NEW] Can't install to md RAID1 in EFI mode

2017-10-14 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: EFI install to md RAID1 with separate FAT32 /boot/efi partition ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10

[Bug 1676924] [NEW] Grub installer crashes during install onto pre-existing partitionable md RAID

2017-03-28 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: # Boot from Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS USB-stick # Try Ubuntu without installing # Terminal on the live USB desktop sudo -i apt update apt install mdadm for i in /dev/sd[acde]; do parted $i -- mklabel msdos; done for i in /dev/sd[acde]; do parted $i -- unit MiB mkpart primary 0%

[Bug 1492707] Re: package linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic 3.13.0-63.103 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/modules/3.13.0-63-generic/kernel/mm/hwpoison-inject.ko', which is also in pac

2015-09-07 Thread Tony Travis
[precide] I mean "precise" Fix is to disable the "precide-updates" repository: root@wildcat:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-cache policy linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic: Installed: 3.13.0-63.103 Candidate: 3.13.0-63.103 Version table: *** 3.13.0-63.103 0

[Bug 1492707] Re: package linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic 3.13.0-63.103 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/lib/modules/3.13.0-63-generic/kernel/mm/hwpoison-inject.ko', which is also in pac

2015-09-07 Thread Tony Travis
This bug is due to a newer release of the kernel in precide-updates than trusty-updates, but it will only occur if you have both the "precise" and "trusty" repositories enabled (which I have because I'm using libtiff4): root@wildcat:/var/lib/dpkg/info# apt-cache policy

[Bug 1332866] Re: Voicemail indication appears even though I have no voicemail

2015-08-05 Thread Tony Travis
Meizu Mk4 Ubuntu Edition runnubg Ubuntu 15.04r3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1332866 Title: Voicemail indication appears even though I have no voicemail To manage notifications

[Bug 1332866] Re: Voicemail indication appears even though I have no voicemail

2015-08-05 Thread Tony Travis
I have the same problem on O2 in the UK -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1332866 Title: Voicemail indication appears even though I have no voicemail To manage notifications about this

[Bug 960322] Re: Degraded Raid 6 boot fails with invalid arch independent ELF magic or other errors

2013-10-01 Thread Tony Travis
Same problem booting from a degraded RAID6 under Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS. RAID6 is total 4TB, with an MSDOS disk label (first partition is 2TB) Booted fine when fully sync'ed, but failed to boot when degraded. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 819321] Re: apparmor profile for telepathy need c-mask.

2012-11-01 Thread Tony Travis
Although this bug is fixed, the same symptoms appear when using the default apparmor configuration if user accounts are not stored in /home. For example, if accounts are stored in /homes this path needs to be added to the apparmour configuration: --- /etc/apparmor.d/tunables/.old/home 2012-06-05

[Bug 1048373] [NEW] No option to remain in one filesystem

2012-09-09 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: I used sshfs to mount a remote filesystem in my home directory and it was backed up by Deja-Dup. I should, of course, have added the mount- point in my home directory to the exclude list, but I didn't realise until the backup had been running for hours and many GB had been

[Bug 1005820] [NEW] Installing Desktop edition to md RAID6

2012-05-29 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Manually created a partitionable md RAID6 Installer crashed trying to install GRUB in all component devices ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.10.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64

[Bug 1005820] Re: Installing Desktop edition to md RAID6

2012-05-29 Thread Tony Travis
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005820 Title: Installing Desktop edition to md RAID6 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 971697] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login, looping back to greeter

2012-04-02 Thread Tony Travis
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971697 Title: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login, looping back to greeter

[Bug 971697] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login, looping back to greeter

2012-04-02 Thread Tony Travis
When input focus is set to password entry field in the Greeter window by mouse-click before the greeter crashes, the Greeter stops looping (crashing) and the Unity desktop appears: Confirmed this behaviour twice -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 971697] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login, looping back to greeter

2012-04-02 Thread Tony Travis
Same behaviour with/without ATI proprietary driver in use -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971697 Title: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login,

[Bug 971720] Re: unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2012-04-02 Thread Tony Travis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 971697 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971697 ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 971697 unity-greeter crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch() can't login, looping back to greeter -- You

[Bug 816180] Re: 6.3/4 XGI Volari V3XT/V5/V8 display failure

2012-03-04 Thread Tony Travis
** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816180 Title: 6.3/4 XGI Volari V3XT/V5/V8 display failure To manage notifications

[Bug 816180] Re: 6.3/4 XGI Volari V3XT/V5/V8 display failure

2012-03-04 Thread Tony Travis
Although the XGI device is detected by xorg, no driver is loaded because the SiS driver has now replaced the XGI driver. This can be solved by directing the xgi identifier to the sis driver in (lucid) /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/09-xgi.conf: Section Device Identifier xgi Driver sis

[Bug 86550] Re: XGI Volari not supported by Ubuntu

2012-03-04 Thread Tony Travis
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 816180 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816180 This is an old bug, but is still present in Lucid (10.04 LTS), Maverick (10.10) and Oneric (11.10) Tony. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 816180 6.3/4 XGI Volari V3XT/V5/V8 display

[Bug 816180] Re: 6.3/4 XGI Volari V3XT/V5/V8 display failure

2012-03-04 Thread Tony Travis
Correction: The second path is for Oneric (11.10) /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/09-xgi.conf [In Maverick it's the same as Lucid] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816180 Title: 6.3/4

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which magazine

2011-10-04 Thread Tony Travis
On 04/10/11 09:40, Colin Law wrote: On 4 October 2011 09:35, **johnbrid...@yahoo.com wrote: I've just had a questionnaire from Which about their magazine and I took the opportunity to suggest they should do a proper evaluation of Ubuntu (and/or Mint) rather than their usual dismissal that it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which magazine

2011-10-04 Thread Tony Travis
On 04/10/11 10:26, Alan Pope wrote: On 4 October 2011 10:05, Tony Travisa.tra...@abdn.ac.uk wrote: I second that, but can we take this opportunity to call it FLOSS instead because this more accurately reflects what Ubuntu is about. FLOSS is (in my opinion) the worst of all the labels we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Tony Travis
On 12/08/11 19:17, Barry Drake wrote: Overall, I'm pleased that the next release goes back to Thunderbird - I think it has better possibilities. But, one area I miss is the apparent lack of control over the sending fields. On Evolution, I was able to set my sending to use another server than the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] smbfs error handling

2011-07-26 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/07/11 14:58, Chris Rowson wrote: I thought I'd just put this out there because I can't seem to find any information... Hopefully one of you good people will know :-) Does smbfs run any kind of error checking/correction on during transfer of data to SMB shares on Windows machines? I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubunchu

2011-06-12 Thread Tony Travis
On 12/06/11 07:45, john beddard wrote: I guess everyone is aware of the Ubunchu Manga comic for young people new to Ubuntu : https://seotch.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/ubunchu01/ The Michigan LoCo have been using this Manga to really good effect. Hi, John. I've not seen it before - Brilliant!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple backup script

2011-06-03 Thread Tony Travis
Swan for Bio-Linux 2.0 17/3/2003# # Updated for Bio-Linux 5 by Tim Booth 1/8/2008 # # Updated to perform Quarterly ETOH backups by Tony Travis 17/7/2009 # # Updated to dump ext4 fileystems by Tony Travis 19/5/2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] old computers

2011-05-08 Thread Tony Travis
On 08/05/11 13:46, Liam Proven wrote: [...] He has a whole bunch of machines like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fujitsu-Siemens-Celsius-R610-Xeon-3-06GHz-648MB-RAM-/270743834477?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SMhash=item3f09970f6d ... for just £30, and for even less: Hi, Liam. Yes, these are real

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting

2011-03-14 Thread Tony Travis
On 13/03/11 17:36, mac wrote: On 13/03/2011 15:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I've used 1 and 1 for some years now - £0.69 per month for 5 mailboxes, IMAP supplied AND they use Linux to host it on... Thanks for the info, Gordon, and thanks to everyone for the help and information. I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Tony Travis
On 13/02/11 11:51, Sean Miller wrote: [...] When it actually came to costings, including support, there really wasn't ANY difference at all in the total cost of ownership.In fact, a supported JBOSS worked out to be FAR from the cheapest, as other vendors offered free support alongside the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

2011-01-18 Thread Tony Travis
On 14/01/11 22:31, Jacob Mansfield wrote: I have been trying to set up an LDAP server for some time now. when I finally found an up-to-date tutorial at http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the first step of this has worked fine however when running the command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

2011-01-18 Thread Tony Travis
On 18/01/11 16:40, Jacob Mansfield wrote: it's the new version of slapd in the repos, there isn't a /etc/ldap/slapd.conf Hi, Jacob. OK, but... Using slapd.conf It is possible to fall back to the old config method with a slapd.conf config file. The default init script of Ubuntu 10.04.1

[Bug 677415] [NEW] sync binary stalls during backup

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: coreutils This is a follow-up to [Bug 675613], where dpkg stalled attempting to sync() and the sync binary then stalled when run manually. A similar problem occurred on the same machine when my backup script ran the sync binary. This machine has beebn

[Bug 677415] Re: sync binary stalls during backup

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
-- sync binary stalls during backup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/677415 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.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
On 16/11/10 15:32, C de-Avillez wrote: I would keep this bug open; now that you have clarified the bio-linux setup, there should not be an issue keeping it open. Now, I do hope you agree that the bio-linux pages are sort of lacking on details -- most importantly, I could not find a reference

[Bug 677415] Re: sync binary stalls during backup

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: coreutils This is a follow-up to [Bug 675613], where dpkg stalled attempting to sync() and the sync binary then stalled when run manually. A similar problem occurred on the same machine

[Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
I think the same sync() problem underlies dpkg problems reported in [Bug 537241] -- dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-19 Thread Tony Travis
And also sync() problems in [Bug 624229] -- dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-16 Thread Tony Travis
On 16/11/10 00:07, C de-Avillez wrote: I just noticed you are running bio-linux, *not* Ubuntu itself. I am not sure what changes the bio-linux providers have made in regard to a standard Ubuntu distro. Hi, Bio-Linux is a remastered version of the standard 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop CD,

[Bug 675613] [NEW] dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: coreutils During the past two weeks, dpkg has hung during unattended upgrades under the 2.6.32-25-server kernel on two systems that have not previously reported any errors. The dpkg process goes catatonic, and the kernel hung process detector shows dpkg

[Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
-- dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675613 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

[Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
After a long delay, the manual sync eventually returns to the command prompt and dpkg can be used again. -- dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
The sync command then works as expected, and returns to the command prompt after a few seconds. -- dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
On 15/11/10 19:21, C de-Avillez wrote: Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I am confused: you report an issue with dpkg, assign the package as coreutils, and show a kernel OOPS. I am pretty sure coreutils has nothing to do with it... ** Changed in: coreutils

Re: [Bug 675613] Re: dpkg hangs during sync under 2.6.32-25-server kernel

2010-11-15 Thread Tony Travis
On 15/11/10 20:35, C de-Avillez wrote: Hi Tony, Yes, it does help :-) Now, dpkg is a binary -- meaning the 'sync' used inside dpkg is not equivalent to the coreutils' 'sync' utility. It may even be that both dpkg and sync are using a fsync() call (or equivalent) -- but this does not make

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Banks and Ubuntu support for business users

2010-10-10 Thread Tony Travis
On 10/10/10 16:55, Bruno Girin wrote: [...] It's very easy: * Go to www.hsbc.co.uk (so now you know what bank I'm talking about) * Click the Log on button in the Business box on the right At that point, it should take you to a login page but in my case it just takes

[Bug 537133] Re: mountall issues with NFS root filesystem

2010-10-06 Thread Tony Travis
Thanks for your mountall patch David, I've been struggling with this for the past two weeks! I've now got a working 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS NFSROOT from a debootrap with your help! Tony. -- mountall issues with NFS root filesystem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537133 You received this bug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lenovo N500 will not load Ubuntu

2010-08-04 Thread Tony Travis
On 04/08/10 11:29, Rowan Berkeley wrote: I wonder what caused the file directory to disintegrate in the first place? As I said, when I looked at the loading dialog, it said dev/ (some long hex number) does not exist. Hello, Rowan. The hex number is the UUID of the filesystem, which is used to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EXT3 or EXT4

2010-07-19 Thread Tony Travis
On 16/07/10 21:18, Rob Beard wrote: [...] Is the Extents where it allocates space for big files? (I found something about this when googling about EXT4). I wonder too if it's possible to go back to EXT3 from EXT4 like it is possible to go back from EXT3 to EXT2 (how I understand it, EXT3 is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EXT3 or EXT4

2010-07-16 Thread Tony Travis
On 16/07/10 20:53, Rob Beard wrote: [...] Now at the moment I've got my drive formatted to EXT3, I gather I can convert from EXT3 to EXT4 (but I'm going to reformat the drive anyway) but I wondered basically if I might be better going for EXT4 this time? Hello, Rob. Yes, you can convert from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still can't boot Lucid

2010-05-20 Thread Tony Travis
On 19/05/10 23:22, Tony Pursell wrote: [...] Can anyone think of why I cant boot Lucid? I would be grateful of any suggestions. Hello, Tony. Have you tried acpi=off on the kernel command line? Bye, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re : Re : Running From USB

2010-05-19 Thread Tony Travis
On 19/05/10 13:36, Alan Pope wrote: On 19 May 2010 13:21, Pallottini Aymericpaillom...@yahoo.com wrote: Your solution seems a lot better than what I am doing as you have a full install that you can update easily. I was just worried about the ability to boot on different systems but you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-27 Thread Tony Travis
On 27/04/10 12:34, Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: [...] I'm running 64-bit Lucid with 4GB of RAM, however Lucid is only seeing 3.1GB. It may be I have to set something in BIOS I haven't had time to look into it fully yet, but be aware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/04/10 15:08, Markie wrote: [...] Im going to be doing exactly the same thing, I wasnt sure about 64 bit since I only have 2GB but it seems to make better sense Hello, Markie. I'm running the 10.04-rc-desktop-amd64 in 2GiB on my Asus A6K laptop: I've just upgraded to the rc today: I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64 bit lucid install

2010-04-26 Thread Tony Travis
On 26/04/10 17:54, Markie wrote: [...] Are you using TB3.x ? Its much better than the previous releases imo. Im running 3.04. Are you saying the lightning extension does not work on 64-bit? Hello, Mark. Yes, I'm using TB 3.0.4 - The 64-bit version in the repo's seems to be for icedove + I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DEB again

2010-04-12 Thread Tony Travis
On 12/04/10 13:14, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 12/04/10 13:10, pa...@fossbox.org.uk wrote: Yes, I know - I shouldn't rant either cos I'm an NGO and not supposed to be political ;) I'm not sure what the rules are for this mailing list but it seems to me this thread has left the discussion of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] C64 running Ubuntu?

2010-03-19 Thread Tony Travis
Dianne Reuby wrote: Is this real? http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html A revamped C64 running Win7 or Ubuntu. Hello, Dianne. Seems like it's just a badge-engineered version of one of these: http://www.cybernetman.com/en/products/zero-footprint-pc/zpc-gx31.cfm Bye, Tony. -- Dr.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple network

2010-02-22 Thread Tony Travis
Rik Boland wrote: Hi I am wanting to create a real simple network between 2 unbuntu machine where sould, I start? Hello, Rik. Have a look at: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyUbuntuClustering Bye, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-04 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: Tony Travis wrote: Rob Beard wrote: [...] I've been mulling over getting a netbook but keep holding out to see what the ARM offerings will be like. I've not been too impressed with the MIPS based netbooks, but I've got high hopes for these netbooks. Hello, Rob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-03 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: [...] I've been mulling over getting a netbook but keep holding out to see what the ARM offerings will be like. I've not been too impressed with the MIPS based netbooks, but I've got high hopes for these netbooks. Hello, Rob. Have you tried a MIPS-based netbook, or are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] File copying problem to USB flash drive

2010-01-18 Thread Tony Travis
Paul Sutton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David King wrote: When trying to copy video files to a USB flash drive, once the file has copied over, the original gets smaller, down to either 96 bytes or 0 bytes. The copy also sometimes shrinks to the same size. What

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird 3

2009-12-19 Thread Tony Travis
Steve wrote: [...] Not had any serious problems with Thunderbird 3 once it finally got my IMAP folders synchronized. The only problem has been waiting for some of the addons to become compatible. I know there are ways round this but it hasn’t been to bad. Hello, Steve. I tried the PPA TB3,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird 3

2009-12-19 Thread Tony Travis
Steve wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:32:33 -, Tony Travis a.tra...@abdn.ac.uk wrote: Steve wrote: [...] Not had any serious problems with Thunderbird 3 once it finally got my IMAP folders synchronized. The only problem has been waiting for some of the addons to become compatible. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-29 Thread Tony Travis
Kris Douglas wrote: [...] The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics and BR are a no-go. Format a hard drive with Fat 32, i think

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

2009-11-27 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: [...] Is anyone on here running Ubuntu on the PS3? Hello, Rob. I was quite keen to run Ubuntu on a PS3 too until I found out about the *severe* memory constraints of this computer: The main CPU can only access 256MiB of the *maximum* 512MiB RAM that can be installed, but the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Micro-ATX server advice

2009-11-17 Thread Tony Travis
Steve wrote: On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:51:29 -, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote: Hey there, I wonder if anyone can help as this isn't exactly something I have a lot of experience doing and I can either start off in the direction I think looks best and possibly regret it later or I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [LUG] [Fwd: Computer for the elderly launched]

2009-11-14 Thread Tony Travis
alan c wrote: [...] on a more serious note, *I* looked at a stallman video recently, and learned a number of useful things... (14 videos each 10 minutes) Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom 1 of 14 (to 14 of 14)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop or Server?

2009-11-13 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: [...] The only time I would install a complete desktop on a server is if it is to run as an LTSP server. Then it can need everything a desktop requires. When I last installed an LTSP server I was also pleased to see that FreeNX works with it as well. :-) Hello, Rob. I

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