Bug#720309: gimp: Gimp erroneously assumes I want to convert all files to .xcf

2013-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
improvement. So although gimp works, I consider this insistence on xfc a (small) design bug. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64

Bug#677041: xloadimage: Error (FPE) when trying to clip an image

2012-06-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: xloadimage Version: 4.1-19 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Trying to put a background image on my rightmost screen. (Laptop with an extra display connected, total 2960x1050) *

Bug#675014: libroar2: Could the dependency on libdnet please be optional?

2012-05-29 Thread Helge Hafting
will be _needed_ in order to use libroar2. It is fine that libroar2 will use DECnet _if it is there_, but it'd be nice if the package could be installable and useable without DECnet. That would avoid bloating the machine with never-used stuff. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid

Bug#657439: apt: MMap ran out of room is bad. Please auto-adjust Cache-limit

2012-01-26 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.9 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I ran apt-get upgrade * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? The crash message

Bug#657441: apt: Error msg mentions nonexistant config file apt.conf

2012-01-26 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.9 Severity: minor Apt crashed when Dynamic MMap ran out of room. The error message suggested increasing the Cache-Limit in apt.conf, and also referred to the man page for apt-conf. Now, that man page exists, but not the file itself. The limit turned out to be in the

Bug#652878: /usr/bin/localc: typing goes to the wrong oocalc window, instead of the one with focus

2011-12-21 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: libreoffice-calc Version: 1:3.4.4-2 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/localc Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I opened two spreadsheets, using separate oocalc commands. One spreadsheet for editing,

Bug#652086: sysklogd deadlocks when LDAP user database is in use

2011-12-14 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: sysklogd Version: 1.5-6.1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? I upgraded debian testing today, and then the boot hung! * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective

Bug#648231: samba-doc: samba-schema-FDS.ldif.gz is invalid, according to ldapadd/slapd

2011-11-09 Thread Helge Hafting
://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/OpenLdap:_Switch_to_dynamic_config_backend_%28cn%3Dconfig%29#Convert_schema_files_for_import I have created such a file and it worked for me. It is attached as samba.ldif, if you want to use it. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid

Bug#645903: xpdf mangles the window title for files with utf8 in the filename

2011-10-19 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: xpdf Version: 3.02-21 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropiate *** * What led up to the situation? Running xpdf on any file with a non-ascii filename, and a utf-8 locale. * What exactly did you do (or not do)

Bug#617378: This bug affects the LyX document processor

2011-07-28 Thread Helge Hafting
LyX uses xindy to make indexes, the effect of the bug is that no index is produced. Simple workaround for users: apt-get install clisp=1:2.48-3 This downgrades clisp, and then the indexes works as they should. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Bug#624678: I can confirm this bug

2011-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
udev so it can run a little later. Maybe running laptop-mode later is best - or do we need power-saving from the first 10s of bootup? Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#630840: /usr/games/freeciv-gtk2: The main window jumps to the center of the screen for no good reason

2011-06-17 Thread Helge Hafting
. Also, the city view window one opens from the main window always appear centered on the screen - even if center is a long way away, and even if I always move the city view somewhere else. But this is not a bug, only a hope for enhancement. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy

Bug#622597: openoffice.org-writer: Copy from a heading erroneously copies the (unselected) heading number also

2011-04-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: openoffice.org-writer Version: 1:3.3.0-8 Severity: normal This is a regression in copying, it wasn'tt like this before. Example: I have a document with the heading 1.2 Multiprotocol label switching and want to copy that in order to paste it into another editor (LyX). I select the

Bug#498164: [fail2ban] Allow repeated attacker to be blocked

2011-04-01 Thread Helge Hafting
, using a rule specifying a much longer ban. This also have the advantage of catching cases where someone tries to break in through several different services. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#620364: fail2ban: Fail2ban doesn't cope with last message repeated 50 times

2011-04-01 Thread Helge Hafting
that. But fixing fail2ban would be better. log compression is useful, and a program that calls itself a log parser ought to understand. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700

Bug#616417: Comment in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server mentions the wrong file

2011-03-04 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: isc-dhcp-server Version: 4.1.1-P1-16 Severity: minor The file /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server has a comment that says it is sourced by /etc/init.d/dhcp. But the latter file does not exist. I suggest the comment is changed to: # sourced by /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server which is the

Bug#602181: bash-completion: Running /etc/bash_completion takes 5s,, slowing every new shell

2010-11-02 Thread Helge Hafting
use cpu time too. I solved my problem by purging bash-commpletion, that took away the 5s delay. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64

Bug#589182: Installing libisc52 tries to overwrite files in libisc50

2010-07-15 Thread Helge Hafting
, or libisc.so.50 is a wrong filename. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores

Bug#576617: libgconf2-4: gconfd-2 enters infinite loop,preventing other apps from starting forever

2010-04-12 Thread Helge Hafting
To rule out user account oddities, I created a new account for these tests. I can give ssh access if that helps. What is file descriptor #15 ? (You can look at which open or pipe system call returns 15 earlier in the strace.) Seems to be a socket for X11. strace gcalctool: [...]

Bug#576617: libgconf2-4: gconfd-2 enters infinite loop, preventing other apps from starting forever

2010-04-06 Thread Helge Hafting
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 09:43:36AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: severity 576617 important thanks Le mardi 06 avril 2010 à 00:35 +0200, Helge Hafting a écrit : Programs that uses gconf, such as icedove and iceweasel, fail to start up. When I start them, gconfd-2 uses 100% cpu forever

Bug#576605: kmail pop up two dialog boxes that obscure each other

2010-04-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: kmail Version: 4:4.3.4-1 Severity: normal When I started up kmail for the first time, I got two dialog boxes on top of each other. (Using dialogs to deliver messages to the user is bad UI design, but that is not the bug here) The visible one was just the tip of the day box. It could

Bug#576617: libgconf2-4: gconfd-2 enters infinite loop, preventing other apps from starting forever

2010-04-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: libgconf2-4 Version: 2.28.0-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Well, I can't say the package is unuseable on _every_ system, only mine. So perhaps grave is too much. Programs that uses gconf, such as icedove and iceweasel, fail to start up. When I start them,

Bug#574244: Two minute iceweasel startup time, due to gconf trouble

2010-03-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.6-3 Severity: normal When I start iceweasel, even in safe mode, two full minutes pass before the window appear. After that, browsing seems to work as normal. But this waiting is not exactly interesting. I get a small window with a big error message: Failed to

Bug#572002: cups fail to parse documented Allow ip/netmask

2010-02-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: cups Version: 1.4.2-4 Severity: normal man cupsd.conf says I can write allow-directives like this: Allow ip-address/netmask So I entered: Allow 10.10.0.10/255.255.0.0 Cups failed to parse this, logged an error, and refused to start up. Adding some spaces helps though, this

Bug#569498: digikam: Database screwup, albums no longer match what's on disk

2010-02-11 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: digikam Version: 2:1.1.0-1 Severity: important I have used digikam for many years, to view and tag my photos. After not using it for a while, I had problems starting digikam. An upgrade to 2:1.1.0-1 fixed that. But then digikam surprisingly asked me where my albums was, as if the old

Bug#556450: A guess at what happens, and a fix/workaround

2010-01-04 Thread Helge Hafting
is intended. Since it is an interface change, it'd be nice to have a more informative error message. Instead of unknown error, something like: Username is not allowed to read credential file /etc/samba/credentials Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#554850: closed by Johann Felix Soden joh...@gmx.de (Re: Bug#554850: pdftk messes up non-ascii characters in output filenames)

2009-11-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: Package: pdftk Version: 1.41+dfsg-1 Hi Helge, Thanks for your report. The non-ascii filename problem should be already solved. Please update to version 1.41+dfsg-1 or higher. I can confirm that the problem is solved in version 1.41+dfsg-2. Thanks! Helge

Bug#536059: icewm: Taskbar half invisible with two different-height screens

2009-07-07 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: icewm Version: 1.2.37+1.3.4pre2-3 Severity: normal This is a regression for two-screen setups. (Laptop with LCD and a VGA monitor) Earlier icewm put the taskbar in one of the screens, and contained it there. If it got full of running programs, they simply got less space each. Now the

Bug#506212: xserver-xorg: After upgrade, X starts but there is no keyboard, user stuck

2008-11-19 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.4~4 Severity: normal After an upgrade, I restarted X and it came up but with no keyboard at all. After powering off and rebooting without X, I found this in Xorg.0.log: (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled.

Bug#501459: user can mount, but not umount, a cifs filesystem

2008-10-07 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: mount Version: 2.13.1.1-1 Severity: normal At work, I have a home directory on a windows server. Therefore, my laptop has a /etc/fstab entry for it so I can mount it. I use the user option in order to avoid needing root to mount it. Mounting this works fine, but I cannot umount for

Bug#498718: icewm doesn't let me move windows all the way from one monitor to the next, using xrandr1.2

2008-09-12 Thread Helge Hafting
-in screen only. At work, (and whenever I can), I plug in an extra monitor and use xrandr to use it at its ideal resolution. I keep the machine on all the time, so a static setup doesn't work that well. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy

Bug#498252: [iceweasel] tools-clear private data doesn't clear places.sqlite

2008-09-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.1-1 Severity: normal The menu tools-clear private data doesn't clear everything. to reproduce: 1. Browse around a bit 2. Clear the URL bar and type something like www into it. Notice that iceweasel suggest various sites you have seen before. 3. Use tools-clear

Bug#497510: iceweasel regression: cumbersome file upload dialog

2008-09-02 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: iceweasel Version: 3.0.1-1 Severity: normal Some webpages allow uploading of files, and iceweasel then bring up a file upload dialog. This dialog used to work well. I could type in the pathname directly, which tend to be the fastest. Or I could paste it in using mouse middle-click,

Bug#496513: runit fails to umount /var on shutdown (nscd interaction)

2008-08-25 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: runit Version: 2.0.0-1 Severity: important I first noticed that /var is always checked on reboot. I also see a failure to umount /var due to filesystem being in use, shortly before the laptop turns itself off. I then put lsof /var and ps aux in the umountfs script, to see what was

Bug#496546: libsmbios-bin: dellBiosUpdate fails without the --force_mono switch

2008-08-25 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: libsmbios-bin Version: 0.13.13-1 Severity: normal Doing a dellBiosUpdate -u -f bios.hdr will seem to work (kernels 2.6.25, 2.6.26 and 2.6.27-rc4) but the bios will not be updated upon reboot, due to the ROM image missing. Upgrading works fine when the --force_mono switch is

Bug#489503: apt: There is no easy way to avoid unwanted but recommended extra packages

2008-07-06 Thread Helge Hafting
. Another possible workaround that avoids bandwith wasting is to download packages one by one and install using dpkg. That is very cumbersome for packages that has many dependencies - exactly the reason for having apt in the first place. Helge Hafting -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump

Bug#473564: iceweasel: Iceweasel hopelessly slow when opening 10 tabs from http://vg.no

2008-03-31 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: iceweasel Version: 2.0.0.12-1 Severity: normal I sometimes read the newspaper at http://vg.no My way of reading is to right-click each interesting article and select open in a new tab. That way I quicly finish reading all the headlines before reading each article. But - opening 5 os

Bug#470898: kghostview comes up blank with a .pdf that xpdf shows flawlessly

2008-03-31 Thread Helge Hafting
Sune Vuorela wrote: On Friday 14 March 2008, Helge Hafting wrote: Package: kghostview Version: 4:3.5.8-2+b1 Severity: normal Kghostview fail to show this file: http://www.aitel.hist.no/~helgehaf/kghostviewbreaker.pdf I made it using pdflatex, and other pdf viewers (acrobat, xpdf) have

Bug#472956: openoffice.org-writer: When scrolling, a popup with page x/y obscures some of the text

2008-03-27 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: openoffice.org-writer Version: 1:2.4.0~rc6-1 Severity: minor When scrolling, a small popup appear saying things like page 5/9 (text from heading) This is clearly intended as a useful feature, but the placement is such that it obscures some of the text in the middle of the window. That

Bug#472960: openoffice.org-writer: Unexpected popups gets in the way and slows down work

2008-03-27 Thread Helge Hafting
have to be resized slightly to make room for the toolbar, but one can at least keep scrolling without interruption. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental

Bug#470898: kghostview comes up blank with a .pdf that xpdf shows flawlessly

2008-03-14 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: kghostview Version: 4:3.5.8-2+b1 Severity: normal Kghostview fail to show this file: http://www.aitel.hist.no/~helgehaf/kghostviewbreaker.pdf I made it using pdflatex, and other pdf viewers (acrobat, xpdf) have no problems showing it. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid

Bug#470284: wireshark: Bad wording in the save before quit dialog

2008-03-10 Thread Helge Hafting
is the way to go, but the wording is hopeless. Do I want to contine cancelling wireshark, or do I want to cancel the cancelling?. My suggestions for better wording on the two first buttons: Quit without saving Don't quit This makes it clearer. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release

Bug#462548: libsmbios-bin: dellBiosUpdate uses a wrong path in /sys/

2008-01-25 Thread Helge Hafting
in 2.6.24 has more changes incompatible with the dellBiosUpdate utility. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-hh3

Bug#451511: xserver-xorg-video-ati: The ati driver unexpectedly seems to perform worse than the VESA driver

2007-11-22 Thread Helge Hafting
Brice Goglin wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: Minor severity as the driver works as intended. I find the low performance odd though. If the accelerator hardware is slower than VESA for some operations, then surely the unaccelerated VESA way could be used for those things. So it seems to me

Bug#451255: xloadimage misrenders png files

2007-11-14 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: xloadimage Version: 4.1-16 Severity: important This version of xloadimage misrenders png files that iceweasel and gimp have no problems with. I will attach a screenshot showing the problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900,

Bug#371071: A png file showing the problem

2007-11-12 Thread Helge Hafting
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 13:37:11 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: The attached small png file shows what the problem looks like. While working, bad cells suddenly turn good again, but this is not easy to force. I have seen that it happens in columns other than

Bug#447593: libqt4-core: qt apps ends with ASSERT when bringing up the file dialog

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: libqt4-core Version: 4.3.2-1 Severity: important The problem also happens for Version 4.3.1-2 The LyX editor uses qt4, and the development version crashes for me whenever it brings up the file dialog. In order to Open or Save As or include graphichs. At first I thought this was a

Bug#446889: xemacs21 wrecks some unicode characters in existing text files

2007-10-16 Thread Helge Hafting
, but they don't have a po-mode either. :-( Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8

Bug#437312: icewm: RaiseOnClickClient=1 doesn't work anymore

2007-08-11 Thread Helge Hafting
. But the title bar is often obscured, and the frame is very thin and hard to hit. I just want the window to be raised when I click somewhere inside it. Therefore, I have RaiseOnClickClient=1 in my .icewm/preference But it doesn't work. :-( Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release

Bug#435374: libqt4-core: qt4 loose performance by using direct rendering that falls back on sw

2007-07-31 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: libqt4-core Version: 4.3.0-4 Severity: normal I have not seen the bug myself, but I report it on behalf of lyx development. The LyX word processor uses qt4 as its interface. Some users have seen a large slowdown, it turned out that they had machines where DRI was implemented by a

Bug#435374: Acknowledgement (libqt4-core: qt4 loose performance by using direct rendering that falls back on sw)

2007-07-31 Thread Helge Hafting
it because it will be slower than any alternative. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#348831: xserver-xorg: matrox G550 w. 16-bit color now gets lots of painting errors. Mostly white stripes

2007-06-29 Thread Helge Hafting
in the next weeks. I have now tested the G550 with 16-bit color and the unstable xorg. The problem is gone, you can close my bug. The G550 is a joy to use now, as it were before the bug. It even works well with 24-bit color these days. :-) Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Bug#352618: xserver-xorg: Display ruined by white lines on matrox G550, 16-bit colors

2007-06-13 Thread Helge Hafting
weeks. I tested it, and the bug is gone! Version: xserver-xorg-video-mga1:1.4.6.1.dfsg.1-3 It is nice to have the G550 back again - the alternative was a horribly slow Radeon 9200 SE with always-unstable DRI. The G550 is much quicker, and 24-bit color seems to work too. Helge Hafting

Bug#352618: xserver-xorg: Display ruined by white lines on matrox G550, 16-bit colors

2007-05-31 Thread Helge Hafting
weeks. I haven't tried using that card for some time. I still got it, but I am busy moving so I don't have the opportunity to test it right now. I'll probably try again someday though, the card is faster than the radeon PCI card in use at the moment. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#409285: This prevents me from using lilo - can't install kernels!

2007-04-23 Thread Helge Hafting
... Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-rc5-mm1 Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell

Bug#416624: Problem solved

2007-04-13 Thread Helge Hafting
It turns out that icewm still work, after using the new menu settings-focus-custom After that, I get the good old pointer focus specified in the .icewm file. So, this bug can be closed. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#416624: icewm: Pointer focus don't work, it used to.

2007-03-29 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: icewm Version: 1.2.30-1 Severity: normal Pointer focus don't work; I move the pointer over some other window, but that window don't get focus. Instead, focus remain at whatever window that had focus before. Focus is changed only by clicking, but I don't want to click unnecessarily. I

Bug#416687: [PATCH] udev fails looking for obsolete /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug

2007-03-29 Thread Helge Hafting
]; then unmount_devpts Helge Hafting -- Package-specific info: -- /etc/udev/rules.d/: /etc/udev/rules.d/: totalt 8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2006-05-28 20:53 020_permissions.rules - ../permissions.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-08-10 20:26 025_gpsd.rules - ../gpsd.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-10

Bug#416687: [PATCH] udev fails looking for obsolete /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug

2007-03-29 Thread Helge Hafting
Marco d'Itri wrote: On Mar 29, Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because I don't have /proc/sys at all - it is deprecated! It's the first time I read this. Please provide an authoritative reference. Is this sufficient? http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0601.0

Bug#415789: digikam: Digikam grabs keyboard focus when it shouldn't

2007-03-21 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: digikam Version: 2:0.8.2-4 Severity: normal I launched digikam from an icewm menu. Knowing that it takes som time to start, I decided to work with another app in the meantime. This work was hampered by digikam stealing keyboard focus _three_ times as it started up. Now, it is

Bug#413977: xgdvi does not coexist with texlive, it demands tetex

2007-03-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: xgdvi Version: 1.2.4-6 Severity: normal I tried to install xgdvi. It insists on pulling in tetex packages, which conflict with texlive that I use. I may be wrong, but I think viewer apps are able to view dvi files no matter what kind of latex were involved in creating the dvi. Please

Bug#395511: firefox: Still can't open documents automatically from now on

2007-02-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Eric Dorland wrote: reassign 395511 iceweasel thanks * Helge Hafting ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Package: firefox Version: 1.99+2.0b2+dfsg-1 Severity: normal I gave this experimental version a try. Bugs were expected, here is a long-standing one: After installing firefox, I removed

Bug#234535: #234535: xserver-xfree86: X server can be crashed by xfstt font server (DoS attack)

2007-02-01 Thread Helge Hafting
font-related crashes lately. Problems with truetype fonts are long gone. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#394288: This bug is the same as 'segfault on corrupt /var/cache/apt/*.bin', a bad mmap.

2006-10-27 Thread Helge Hafting
. Inspecting the file showed only a couple of lines of text, it looked like pieces of a package description. Perhaps apt shouldn't be so trusting. If such a cache file is corrupt, just zap it. I deleted the file, and could again upgrade my debian.' Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Bug#393283: RFC: change chown *not* to look up numeric user/group names

2006-10-20 Thread Helge Hafting
to create the 0 user and 0 group when making the change to nsswitch.conf? * Or several of the above? Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#394288: apt segfaults when Reading packages lists...

2006-10-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.2 Severity: normal First, apt-get dist-upgrade started failing due to unwriteable /usr, and I killed it with CTRL+C Then I remounted /usr, but now apt-get never get further than Reading package lists... and then it segfaults. Some actions also manages to print 0%

Bug#393283: coreutils: 'chmod' unnecessarily calls into name services, breaking bootup with ldap

2006-10-18 Thread Helge Hafting
Jim Meyering wrote: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: coreutils Version: 5.97-5 Severity: important Actually a critical bug as it prevents bootup. On the other hand, it probably don't affect that many people yet. The problem is that this command: chmod 0:0 filename

Bug#391838: closed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) (Re: Bug#391838: udev seems to both require and conflict with hotplug?)

2006-10-18 Thread Helge Hafting
) Subject: Re: Bug#391838: udev seems to both require and conflict with hotplug? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 01:09:04 +0200 To: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

Bug#393657: reportbug dies with UnicodeDecodeError: when including a file in the report

2006-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
: ** Environment settings: INTERFACE=text ** /home/helgehaf/.reportbugrc: reportbug_version 2.58 mode standard ui text realname Helge Hafting email [EMAIL PROTECTED] smtphost mail.aitel.hist.no -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800

Bug#393653: apt-get update loops, infinite download of the same .pdiff files

2006-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: apt Version: 0.6.46 Severity: critical Tags: security Justification: breaks unrelated software Feel free to change severity as fit - critical is the highest but being unable to upgrade or install packages breaks the whole system as it gets more and more outdated with time. And of

Bug#393653: Sorry for a wrong report

2006-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
You can close this bugreport. After letting apt-get update run for a couple of hours, it completed and is now performing a dist-upgrade. I don't know why it took so much more time than usual, but there is no critical bug at least. Sorry for the noise. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#393279: tfm-arphic-bsmi00lp: Package depends on tetex-bin, which makes it impossible to use with texlive

2006-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
able to do anything tetex-bin can. Please consider changing the dependencies so this package will be satisfied by either tetex-bin OR texlive-base-bin Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700

Bug#393278: tfm-arphic-bkai00mp: Package depends on tetex-bin, which makes it impossible to use with texlive

2006-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
able to do anything tetex-bin can. Please consider changing the dependencies so this package will be satisfied by either tetex-bin OR texlive-base-bin Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700

Bug#393281: tfm-arphic-gbsn00lp: Package depends on tetex-bin, which makes it impossible to use with texlive

2006-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
able to do anything tetex-bin can. Please consider changing the dependencies so this package will be satisfied by either tetex-bin OR texlive-base-bin Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700

Bug#393282: tfm-arphic-gkai00mp: Package depends on tetex-bin, which makes it impossible to use with texlive

2006-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
able to do anything tetex-bin can. Please consider changing the dependencies so this package will be satisfied by either tetex-bin OR texlive-base-bin Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700

Bug#393283: coreutils: 'chmod' unnecessarily calls into name services, breaking bootup with ldap

2006-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: coreutils Version: 5.97-5 Severity: important Actually a critical bug as it prevents bootup. On the other hand, it probably don't affect that many people yet. The problem is that this command: chmod 0:0 filename will do a completely unnecessary call into the name service switch. This

Bug#387376: ssh: Can't have different host keys for different ports but same address (NAT)

2006-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: ssh Version: 1:4.3p2-3 Severity: normal I have several PCs behind a NAT firewall. I want to be able to ssh into any of them, going via a single one is bad because I can't know which ones are up in advance. So the NAT router forwards various ports to the different servers.

Bug#386589: lilypond: LilyPond wrongly depends on tetex, prevents use of texlive instead

2006-09-08 Thread Helge Hafting
could be changed so that lilypond is satisfied by either tetex or texlive. Installing with force-depends isn't really an option as I upgrade my testing/unstable system at least weekly and apt-get will then insist on fixing this everytime. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing

Bug#383870: fetchmail: Fetchmail duplicates my SPAM every 10 minutes - ARGH!

2006-09-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Matthias Andree wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Helge Hafting wrote: Still, rejecting on TO address is tricky, mailing list mail is usually not addressed to me. Unfortunately, you haven't shown your configuration file yet. I suspect you're using a wildcarded

Bug#384594: firefox: Firefox wastes time on downloading stuff when I do switch page direction

2006-08-25 Thread Helge Hafting
, as I don't usually switch page direction, but I guess this is used a lot more by people who read both english pages and pages in right-to-left languages. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable

Bug#383870: fetchmail: Fetchmail duplicates my SPAM every 10 minutes - ARGH!

2006-08-23 Thread Helge Hafting
. Thanks for all the tips on workarounds and configuration, there is clearly a lot I could do to avoid downloading that spam in the first place. Still, rejecting on TO address is tricky, mailing list mail is usually not addressed to me. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#383870: fetchmail: Fetchmail duplicates my SPAM every 10 minutes - ARGH!

2006-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: fetchmail Version: 6.3.4-4 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable I have been using fetchmail for many years - it runs every 10 minutes fetching from a few accounts. The mail is then fed into a local exim, because I used to have several users on this machine.

Bug#376259: lynx ftp download: Want save as default, not help

2006-07-01 Thread Helge Hafting
out I could report it as a wish. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17

Bug#376216: apt: Same dist-upgrade over and over, database not updated?

2006-06-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: apt Version: 0.6.44.2 Severity: important Usually, apt-get dist-upgrade will install some packages. Rerunning it without an intervening update is supposed to find everything in order. But not so anymore. Rerunning the dist-upgrade wants to install the same set of packages again and

Bug#374947: jikes: Cheksum mismatch even after fresh reinstall - cause found

2006-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
hence I assumed they would go away automatically. Thanks, that solved the problem. There were indeed symlinks, there were nothing wrong with your packages at all. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#375922: Install several texlive-packages, and watch updmap-sys run over and over

2006-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
-upgrades, then it could be used on uninstall as well. Helge Hafting -- Package-specific info: If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries (latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces

Bug#374947: jikes: Cheksum mismatch even after fresh reinstall

2006-06-27 Thread Helge Hafting
Adam Majer wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: Package: jikes Version: 1:1.22-4 Severity: minor debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes/copyright debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes/changelog.gz debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes

Bug#374947: jikes: Cheksum mismatch even after fresh reinstall

2006-06-27 Thread Helge Hafting
) got interrupted. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#374947: jikes: Cheksum mismatch even after fresh reinstall - cause found

2006-06-27 Thread Helge Hafting
for any of the three packages. My guess: over-eager cutpaste when making postinst scripts? ;-) Probably not a real problem, except it trips up debsums and stores wrong licencing info. Helge Hafting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#375351: console-tools: loadkeys always segfaults when I try to load a keyboard map

2006-06-25 Thread Helge Hafting
as long as loadkeys only deal with the keyboard, and normally having two keybaords didn't matter either. This downgrade solves my problems: # apt-get install console-tools=1:0.2.3dbs-56 libconsole=1:0.2.3dbs-56 Now loadkeys don't segfault any more. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian

Bug#374948: xfonts-scalable: Checksum error after fresh install

2006-06-22 Thread Helge Hafting
installs with the following checksum error: debsums: checksum mismatch xfonts-scalable file /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/fonts.scale Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700

Bug#374947: jikes: Cheksum mismatch even after fresh reinstall

2006-06-22 Thread Helge Hafting
with the following checksum errors: debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes/copyright debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes/changelog.gz debsums: checksum mismatch jikes file /usr/share/doc/jikes/changelog.Debian.gz Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian

Bug#374949: aspell-en: Checksum errors even after fresh install

2006-06-22 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: aspell-en Version: 6.0-0-5 Severity: normal I run debsums now and then, looking for signs of intrusion or disk errors. When a package have errors, I reinstall it with apt-get --reinstall install package and retests. Suggested fix: update the wrong checksums. This package installs with

Bug#374192: gnumeric: printing doesn't take advantage room on rotated printout

2006-06-17 Thread Helge Hafting
with a custom size. My custom paper had the same height as the width of an A4 paper, and the same width as the height of A4 paper. This pdf file printed correctly. Getting a correct landscape print is possibly, but only by jumping through hoops. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release

Bug#371071: A png file showing the problem

2006-06-08 Thread Helge Hafting
The attached small png file shows what the problem looks like. While working, bad cells suddenly turn good again, but this is not easy to force. I have seen that it happens in columns other than the first one too now. Helge Hafting

Bug#371071: gnumeric: Rendering error - first column is usually unreadable

2006-06-07 Thread Helge Hafting
look amateurish. I'll follow up this report with a small PNG showing my problem. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell

Bug#369484: slapd: Bug in initscript, could wreck database

2006-05-30 Thread Helge Hafting
. The obvious fix is to change the line as above. I have tested the pidof command, pidof /usr/lib/slapd does nothing, while pidof /usr/sbin/slapd gives me the correct pid. Helge Hafting -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800

Bug#369484: [Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#369484: slapd: Bug in initscript, could wreck database

2006-05-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:53 AM +0200 Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: slapd Version: 2.3.23-1 Severity: normal I was reading the /etc/init.d/slapd script, in order to make an equivalent start/stop script for initng. I noticed this snippet

Bug#366107: Installing tex-common gets stuck after giving invalid group

2006-05-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Frank Küster wrote: Hi everybody, Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] A nice fix for tex-common, would be to do minimal validation of the group name entered. For example, see if getent groupname works. Shellscript test: if getent group $GROUPNAME ; then echo ok

Bug#366108: debconf: Misconfigured package can block further installs, and can't be reconfigured

2006-05-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.0 Severity: normal I noticed this while doing a dist-upgrade. The package tex-common asked for a group to own font files, and I mistyped it. tex-common then failed in its post-install script, and blocked further upgrading. Now, this would be easy to fix if I could

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