[Bug 1766555] Re: openscad package missing from 18.04

2018-08-04 Thread don bright
it "failed to build", but in the link they say it ran out of virtual memory on their MIPS architecture build. i would guess what happened is that gcc on their build machine ran out of memory, on the file cgalutils.cc . It is actually pretty normal to have memory issues when building OpenSCAD on

[Bug 1128801] Re: Adding second graphics card causes infinite reboot loop for Ubuntu, but Windows boots.

2017-08-29 Thread don bright
This happened to me installing an no-name generic Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 pci-x into a Dell Optilplex OptiPlex 210L 32 bit machine. (Dell service tag FYF7Y91), which has an integrated Intel gpu using the i915 driver. There is no way to 'disable' onboard video but you can 'autodetect' added cards.

[Bug 1628725] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 blank screen after wakeup from sleep

2016-09-28 Thread don bright
I was able to fix this by editing my grub settings. http://askubuntu.com/questions/162409/brightness-not-working-on-an-hp- pavilion-dv6-with-a-ati-radeon-hd6770m The file i edit is /etc/default/grub Before fix (when it didnt work) GRUB_CMLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset" The

[Bug 1628725] [NEW] Ubuntu 16.04 blank screen after wakeup from sleep

2016-09-28 Thread don bright
Public bug reported: Per Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) advice on bug #1574125 i am submitting this system information and bug report. This problem only began occuring in late September 2016, before that the laptop never had a problem waking up from suspend. Thanks. ProblemType: Bug

[Bug 986699] Re: Window focus stays between workspaces

2015-10-03 Thread don bright
i am having this bug in 2015 on ubuntu 14. i switch workspace to a space with several windows open, but focus stays in the windows in the old workspace. this is a really big bug that could cause security issues, for example if you type your password into a public forum instead of into a firefox

[Bug 1191985] Re: Orca on 13.04: does not appear the settings windows

2014-02-26 Thread don bright
I'm trying to support a blind user on an open source project I'm working on and I can't figure out how to open the Orca preferences. I'm on a laptop, Insert is the same key as Printscreen, and all that 'insert space' does is open screenshot. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1285446] [NEW] orca does not have an entry under System Settings

2014-02-26 Thread don bright
Public bug reported: According to https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/howto_the_orca_modifier.html.en i should be able to open the Orca preferences and change my Orca modifier so that it will work on my laptop. My laptop does not have a keypad, and the 'insert' key is combined with

[Bug 930617] Re: All videos on computer play at double speed with no sound.

2014-02-22 Thread don bright
This happened to me on a hp pavilion dv6 laptop don@serebryanya:~$ lspci | grep -i audio 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40) 01:05.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] it

[Bug 930617] Re: All videos on computer play at double speed with no sound.

2014-02-22 Thread don bright
i was able to fix this by googling for my brand / model of laptop and 'ubuntu' ubuntu hp dv6 sound there are numerous forums that list procedures to fix, typically by editing /etc files i did several of them and now it works. this was added to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf alias

[Bug 930617] Re: All videos on computer play at double speed with no sound.

2014-02-22 Thread don bright
correction. it does NOT work when i close my laptop lid and reopen, the sound is not there. also the little speaker icon in the menu is gone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930617

[Bug 1171005] [NEW] glxgears gives Xlib extension missing NV-GLX on Intel video card

2013-04-20 Thread don bright
Public bug reported: GLXGears does not run properly. It gives a message about a missing NV- GLX extension. It runs massively slow, as though it were using software rendering. There is no Nvidia hardware in this machine. Info follows: don@henbit:~/openscad$ glxgears Xlib: extension NV-GLX

[Bug 1171005] Re: glxgears gives Xlib extension missing NV-GLX on Intel video card

2013-04-20 Thread don bright
I believe that when I installed python-pyopencl it installed a bunch of Nvidia stuff. OpenCL shouldn't, in theory, depend on any particular graphics brand nor should it break your X windows when you install it. IMHO -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1171005] Re: glxgears gives Xlib extension missing NV-GLX on Intel video card

2013-04-20 Thread don bright
I should note I was able to fix this by removing a bunch of nvidia stuff (dpkg --list | grep nv ) and then reinstalling xorg-xserver stuff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171005 Title:

[Bug 1168982] [NEW] update-grub uses gawk but doesnt depend on gawk

2013-04-14 Thread don bright
Public bug reported: while running update-grub or grub-mkconfig the program tries to call 'gawk'. however the grub packages dont depend on gawk so gawk is not installed. so we get this error, in this case when looking for a BSD partition ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

[Bug 607560] Re: jbd2 writing block every 5 - 10 seconds, preventing disk spin-down and making noise

2013-03-10 Thread don bright
Just dist-upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and I have started noticing it here too. Not only the 'chkhkhk' every 10 seconds, verified by iotop, but every now and then there is a high-pitched very soft whine as though it is spinning... i can stop this simply by running 'find /' and hitting ctrl-c. I

[Bug 597759] Re: does not recover properly from failed project loading

2012-03-03 Thread don bright
confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597759 Title: does not recover properly from failed project loading To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 365300] Re: Randomly I get double clicks when I do a single click.

2011-11-10 Thread don bright
having this problem recently on 10.04 on logitech usb mouse. found it even easier to verify with following command: xev | grep state clearly shows this for a single click: state 0x10, button 1, same_screen YES state 0x10, button 1, same_screen YES state 0x110, button 1,

[Bug 365300] Re: Randomly I get double clicks when I do a single click.

2011-11-10 Thread don bright
fixed by experimenting with system/preferences/mouse/left-hand and right-hand, to verify it was left-mouse-button-hardware and not software. then i cleaned my mouse. seems to have fixed it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to