[Bug 643714] Re: Thinkpad T410s will not suspend

2010-11-22 Thread Bart Samwel
I have the same problem on my T410. The device usb1 is a usb hub, but the only submodule normally attached to this hub (if you haven't plugged in anything else) is the webcam. Turns out that if I suspend-blacklist the uvcvideo driver by adding a file uvcvideo.conf to /etc/pm/config.d with the line

[Bug 512192] Re: Can't configure Elan tech touchpad on Dell Inspiron 11z, Asus K7I0C and maybe also Dell Mini 10 (not V), ASUS k40in, Asus U81A and ASUS UL80-VT.

2010-04-25 Thread Bart Samwel
Another confirmation: the patch fixes things on my UL30A as well. -- Can't configure Elan tech touchpad on Dell Inspiron 11z, Asus K7I0C and maybe also Dell Mini 10 (not V), ASUS k40in, Asus U81A and ASUS UL80-VT. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512192 You received this bug notification because

Re: [Bug 515871] [NEW] support unmounting wifi modules to reduce wattage

2010-02-02 Thread Bart Samwel
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 08:20, Ritesh Raj Sarraf r...@researchut.com wrote: I think what we need here is a new module, something like exec_cmd. It definitely will not be a start/stop kind of thing. Perhaps the start-stop-programs module can be extended to support in-line commands to be

Re: [Bug 280648] Re: SUSPEND_METHODS advertised but not implemented

2010-01-18 Thread Bart Samwel
Yes, still an issue: $ sudo rgrep SUSPEND_METHODS /etc/acpi /usr/share/acpi-support $ So it's advertised in the config file but not implemented. 2010/1/18 Przemysław Kulczycki przemekkulczy...@gmail.com Is this still an issue in Ubunu 9.10? /etc/default/acpi-support contains:

[Bug 425411] Re: Computer suspends immediately after resuming if power is unplugged while suspended

2010-01-13 Thread Bart Samwel
#47 works on my Samsung NC-10 as well. I don't think it's a proper fix though -- but it does indicate where the problem lies. In particular, the difference between a failing situation and an expected situation is mediated by the presence of a battery event immediately after resume. And apparently

Re: [Bug 210485] Re: Usplash shows dirty fs check as routine check, allows cancelling

2009-08-27 Thread Bart Samwel
Can say that it is -- but then again, recently I've finally gotten all of my systems to suspend-to-RAM correctly, so I don't have much chance to see this happening. I'd say, consider it fixed until somebody else reports it again! Cheers, Bart On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 21:13, Philip

[Bug 333406] Re: Menu hotkey Alt+F1 and auto-hide panel do not play well together

2009-07-16 Thread Bart Samwel
That gnome-panel status update is incorrect, the upstream marked it as RESOLVED AS DUPLICATE for this bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525756 That's not the same as Invalid AFAIK. -- Menu hotkey Alt+F1 and auto-hide panel do not play well together

[Bug 333406] Re: Menu hotkey Alt+F1 and auto-hide panel do not play well together

2009-07-16 Thread Bart Samwel
Actually, it's bug 576261 that was marked RESOLVED DUPLICATE, but the bug watch now points to 525756 and lists that as RESOLVED DUPLICATE while the source is UNCONFIRMED? Eh? -- Menu hotkey Alt+F1 and auto-hide panel do not play well together https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333406 You received

Re: [Bug 387057] Re: laptop-mode doesn't sense power state changes

2009-06-15 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi guys, Note that the Ubuntu package assumes that it's being controlled by acpi-support, which handles these power events as well. It's not a very nice solution, but they simply keep sticking to it because of either laziness (i.e. lack of manpower) or historical reasons. :-/ Don't know how

[Bug 343203] [NEW] [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NC10] suspend/resume failure

2009-03-15 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pm-utils I get suspend/resume failures which may or may not have anything to do with NetworkManager crashing on resume, and me having to restart NetworkManager by hand. Anything I can do to help debug this? ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: This

[Bug 343203] Re: [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NC10] suspend/resume failure

2009-03-15 Thread Bart Samwel
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23881878/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23881879/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23881880/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 291062] Re: MASTER - Network Manager sometimes has enable networking unchecked/disabled when resuming from suspend

2009-03-14 Thread Bart Samwel
I've been running with the changed 55NetworkManager file for a couple of days now, and it's not working properly for me. Two symptoms: Once I got a hang on resume, which is new. Perhaps there should be a timeout on the dbus-send call? Or better, perhaps the call on resume should be async, while

[Bug 341749] [NEW] powernowd and acpid assume lsmod in /sbin, but it is in /bin

2009-03-12 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: powernowd I just upgraded to current jaunty (march 12th) and rebooted. The init script for powernowd gave me an ugly error about not being able to find /sbin/lsmod. And it's true: it's /bin/lsmod, not /sbin/lsmod. The same problem is present in the init

[Bug 331866] Re: error installing toolbar:[Exception... Node was not found code: 8 nsresult: 0x80530008 (NS_ERROR_DOM_NOT_FOUND_ERR) location: chrome://global/content/bindings/toolbar.xml Line:

2009-03-07 Thread Bart Samwel
I've got the same problem. It goes away when I disable the webfav module, so it's probably a bug in that package. ** Also affects: webfav (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- error installing toolbar:[Exception... Node was not found code: 8 nsresult: 0x80530008

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-06 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Thierry, Thierry Carrez wrote: I am trying to solve the bug in the (2) case here. If you are in the (3) case (and a lot of you probably are) you should either switch to system setting mode or drop usage of CIFS mounts in favor of Nautilus gvfs-smb mounts. Thanks very much for the detailed

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-06 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Thierry, Thierry Carrez wrote: I am trying to solve the bug in the (2) case here. If you are in the (3) case (and a lot of you probably are) you should either switch to system setting mode or drop usage of CIFS mounts in favor of Nautilus gvfs-smb mounts. Thanks very much for the detailed

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Thierry Carrez wrote: OK, I uploaded a network-manager upgrade for intrepid to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~ttx/+archive/ppa This release (built on the latest network-manager in intrepid-proposed) basically prevents network-manager from being shut down by sendsigs... From my testing this

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Steve, Steve Grecni wrote: Thierry, I just installed your ppa network-manager packages on Intrepid, and it's still hanging on shutdown (using wireless) with CIFS VFS errors. A fairly fresh UMPC install on a Dell Mini 9. I ran a continuous ping on the machine and network is unavailable

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Steve, Steve French wrote: A couple clarifications: 1) We really want the network file systems to be unmounted (or at least synced) before the network goes away. You do not want to risk losing file system data which has been cached by the Linux memory management layer. 2) If there is

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Bart Samwel wrote: Would it help to sync before I reboot from the GUI, so that all pending dirty data is flushed to the cifs fs? For the record: nope, that doesn't help. Still hangs. -- CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211631 You

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Thierry Carrez wrote: OK, I uploaded a network-manager upgrade for intrepid to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~ttx/+archive/ppa This release (built on the latest network-manager in intrepid-proposed) basically prevents network-manager from being shut down by sendsigs... From my testing this

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Steve, Steve Grecni wrote: Thierry, I just installed your ppa network-manager packages on Intrepid, and it's still hanging on shutdown (using wireless) with CIFS VFS errors. A fairly fresh UMPC install on a Dell Mini 9. I ran a continuous ping on the machine and network is unavailable

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Steve, Steve French wrote: A couple clarifications: 1) We really want the network file systems to be unmounted (or at least synced) before the network goes away. You do not want to risk losing file system data which has been cached by the Linux memory management layer. 2) If there is

Re: [Bug 211631] Re: CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down

2009-03-05 Thread Bart Samwel
Bart Samwel wrote: Would it help to sync before I reboot from the GUI, so that all pending dirty data is flushed to the cifs fs? For the record: nope, that doesn't help. Still hangs. -- CIFS/SMBFS shares not unmounted before network is shut down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211631 You

[Bug 334549] Re: Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10

2009-02-26 Thread Bart Samwel
** Attachment added: cat /proc/interrupts http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23156394/proc_interrupts.txt -- Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 334549] Re: Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10

2009-02-26 Thread Bart Samwel
** Attachment added: lsusb -vv http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23156396/lsusb.txt -- Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 334549] Re: Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10

2009-02-26 Thread Bart Samwel
I just posted the output of lsusb -vv and cat /proc/interrupts. -- Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 333389] Re: After launching app that starts with a dialog, focus not on that dialog

2009-02-25 Thread Bart Samwel
Great, thanks! -- After launching app that starts with a dialog, focus not on that dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89 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 334549] [NEW] Bluetooth mouse lag with heavy wifi traffic on Samsung NC10

2009-02-25 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bluez On my Samsung NC10 netbook, if the wireless network traffic is high (e.g. 800 kb/s download) the bluetooth mouse starts lagging several seconds. This makes it unusable, I have to resort to using the touchpad which is fine. This is on up-to-date

[Bug 333389] Re: After launching app that starts with a dialog, focus not on that dialog

2009-02-24 Thread Bart Samwel
Interesting thing you say there: I don't use the window-picker-applet, I just use Alt+Tab to switch between windows. When I add it to my panel, it works as expected. But that should be a choice -- I have no need for a window picker, it doesn't add any value for my keyboard-centric usage pattern

[Bug 321957] Re: maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_closure_invoke()

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Same problem here; x86 architecture. I was exiting a bunch of programs in a row, and then navigating to the quit button in the big on-desktop menu provided by the netbook remix. It crashed when I had the quit menu open, or just before. -- maximus crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_closure_invoke()

[Bug 333389] [NEW] After launching app that starts with a dialog, focus not on that dialog

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netbook-launcher I installed the netbook remix, and one thing I noticed is that if I start an application from the netbook-launcher that starts with a dialog box, then that dialog box doesn't get the focus. This is especially nasty if the dialog box is

[Bug 333396] [NEW] Expanded auto-hide panel at bottom still subtracted from desktop size

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel When I open the properties of my panel and select: Expand: YES Auto-hide: YES Position: Bottom And then start an application (say, Thunderbird), then the application doesn't use the whole desktop, the size of the non-hidden panel is

[Bug 333406] [NEW] Menu hotkey Alt+F1 and auto-hide panel do not play well together

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel When I open the Gnome menu using the hotkey Alt+F1, and the menu is on an auto-hide panel, the menu appears immediately, and then the panel animatedly unhides below it, while the menu stays in place (i.e., on top of the panel). The menu then

[Bug 333396] Re: Expanded auto-hide panel at bottom still subtracted from desktop size

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
No, I've disabled desktop effects, no compiz or anything. -- Expanded auto-hide panel at bottom still subtracted from desktop size https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 333396] Re: Expanded auto-hide panel at bottom still subtracted from desktop size

2009-02-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Sebastien Bacher wrote: do you get the issue using compiz? that seems a wm bug rather than a gnome-panel one With compiz the behaviour is gone. Note that I can't properly reproduce anymore now -- the windows start out wrong but then get corrected to the right size a bit later. Perhaps I only

[Bug 302251] Re: package libcanberra-gtk0 0.6-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play', which is also in package libcanberra-gnome

2009-02-22 Thread Bart Samwel
Chris, you said on 2009-02-04 that this bug was fixed ages ago. But was it? I installed my system by installing 8.10 and then upgrading to jaunty, on 31 January 2009. And I experienced this problem. So I'm afraid it's not completely fixed! -- package libcanberra-gtk0 0.6-0ubuntu3 failed to

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2009-02-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Nicolò Chieffo wrote: I'm on acpi-support 0.119 and pm-utils 1.2.2.4-0ubuntu2 When I'm on battery I hear very frequently the spin down noise. I bought my new laptop 1 month ago and the load cycle is 5180. Do you think I suffer this bug? Probably. But 5180 in one month is fine: that's about

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2009-02-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Nicolò, Nicolò Chieffo wrote: Thanks for the information. Anyway I noticed that leaving for 15 minutes my laptop on battery (with 128 as -B configuration), the Load_Cycle raised of 15 (more or less). So I get one load cycle a minute (fortunately only on battery). Is this the same case of

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2009-02-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Nicolò Chieffo wrote: It's ok for me that my disk saves power while on battery, but I cannot understand why once the read head is unloaded, every minute it is loaded again. If the PC is idle who is causing the load cycle? There might be a process that every minute accesses the disk, which is

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2009-01-29 Thread Bart Samwel
SirLancelot wrote: After latest acpi-support update bug looks like fixed on my 8.10 but with one exception. When I close my laptop screen disk start to load/unload cycles again. Is it a rule on laptop hard disk with closed screen? Is it Your idea to make something like protection of moving

[Bug 283128] Re: Keyboard indicator shows additional layout null

2009-01-22 Thread Bart Samwel
Hmmm, I never use an external keyboard but I do have the ?? layout. It replaced my USA International (with dead keys), and it still works, it just looks funny. Same problem or different problem? -- Keyboard indicator shows additional layout null https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283128 You

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2009-01-15 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Steve, Steve Langasek wrote: Ralph, Jakob, thank you for the analysis. I've prepared a new upload of acpi-support to hardy-proposed, and will work on fixing this for intrepid and jaunty shortly. ** Changed in: acpi-support (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Released = In Progress **

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-12-28 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Alexey, Alexey Borzenkov wrote: Hanno, I don't really remember, but I think back when I was investigating problems with my Samsung drive I found that iotop didn't show all the interesting values and was patching it to be more precise. Also, please be aware, that querying smart will always

[Bug 114363] Re: flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close

2008-11-11 Thread Bart Samwel
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 114363] Re: flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close

2008-11-11 Thread Bart Samwel
Aaargh, tried to add linux-source-2.6.27 but it now added linux instead. And there's no linux-source-xxx after 2.6.24. What's going on here? -- flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-11-10 Thread Bart Samwel
bojo42 wrote: @angel chen: good question. i'm somewhat confused by that, but when laptop mode is disabled in general in /etc/default/acpi-support then logically it shouldn't be enabled by default on battery either. but you could you tell me how you started laptop mode when cat

[Bug 114363] Re: flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close

2008-11-06 Thread Bart Samwel
Yes. I run an up-to-date Intrepid as of 2008-11-06 and my npviewer.bin goes to 100% cpu usage (on TWO cpus!) when I navigate away from a youtube page. Running flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.12.36, sound card is snd- hda-intel (sigmatel). -- flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-10-29 Thread Bart Samwel
Milan wrote: Igor: AFAIK, laptop-mode is not enabled by default. You need to tweak /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf and switch the ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_BATTERY option so that CONTROL_HD_POWERMGMT=1 really takes effect. So the bug does not come from here. The problem is that the acpi-support

[Bug 280648] [NEW] SUSPEND_METHODS advertised but not implemented

2008-10-09 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi-support The config file of acpi-support (version 0.111 and up) advertises SUSPEND_METHODS, but this is not implemented in the Ubuntu version of acpi-support. The config file was copied verbatim from Debian, which does support this construct, but the

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-10-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Ryan Waldroop wrote: @ Felipe: Actually, with further testing, my laptop appears to be fixed while on AC power, but it's still cycling a lot on battery. The wiki page linked in the opening bug post has a three step process to check if everything is fixed and change the values if you like.

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-10-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: Why is acpi-support still used in Intrepid? Shouldn't Ubuntu use pm- utils only by now? The acpi-support package has two functions. One is suspend, the other is to translate hardware specific events into generic ones (such as custom keys). I'm considering a

Re: [Bug 229579] Re: please merge laptop-mode-tools 1.41-1 from Debian unstable main

2008-06-22 Thread Bart Samwel
Tormod Volden wrote: Bart, can you please comment on the patch in bug #206217 (also submitted to Debian), since I would like to include it in the new merge? Sorry about the delay. It's been applied to the upstream as well -- works like a charm. Cheers, Bart -- please merge laptop-mode-tools

[Bug 229579] Re: please merge laptop-mode-tools 1.41-1 from Debian unstable main

2008-05-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Note that 1.42-1 has been uploaded to the Debian archive. -- please merge laptop-mode-tools 1.41-1 from Debian unstable main https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229579 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Alexey Borzenkov wrote: Also, more on laptop-mode. In config file comments I've seen that it is disabled by default (and it seems devs tried to make it not so obvious how to really enable it), because it causes odd hangs on some computers. What sort of hangs are we dealing with? If this was

Re: [Bug 229579] Re: please merge laptop-mode-tools 1.41-1 from Debian unstable main

2008-05-13 Thread Bart Samwel
Tormod Volden wrote: Bart, I'll wait for 1.43 before I try another merge :) :-) Well, then at least don't merge 1.41 yet, it has some bugs that you don't want to have around. Notably, it doesn't detect AC power when the AC adapter is not called AC in sysfs -- and that's more common than you'd

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-05-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Akshay Srinivasan wrote: Brian :- About your fix :- Creating a new file , didn't really do any disk operation - atleast not immediately - so this means laptop-mode is actually working. Paradoxically , firefox some how does instantaneous write operations- laptop-mode fails to work

Re: [Bug 197346] Re: smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-04-29 Thread Bart Samwel
MichaelE wrote: Hi got the same problem on a laptop (8.04 upgrade from 7.10, 32bit) with WLAN and CIFS shares. I found another bug report Bug #184676 and think it is the same problem? There is a workaround by changing the order of the rc-scripts -- umount before closing the network

Re: [Bug 197346] Re: smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-04-29 Thread Bart Samwel
MichaelE wrote: Hm, at least not with my laptops. Connection stays open even after logout. But do not know whether there is a setting to steer this behaviour. Even if it does, what if somebody turned off the wireless network switch, pulled the network cable plug, ...? Then you're still going

Re: [Bug 205506] Re: iwl3945 goes defunct, requires rmmod + modprobe

2008-04-20 Thread Bart Samwel
Bart Samwel wrote: Leann Ogasawara wrote: Hi Guys, Just curious about which version of the iwl3945 driver you are using. You can find this by running: modinfo iwl3945 The reason I ask is that the 'linux-backports-modules' package has an updated version of the iwlwifi drivers, version

Re: [Bug 205506] Re: iwl3945 goes defunct, requires rmmod + modprobe

2008-04-18 Thread Bart Samwel
Leann Ogasawara wrote: Hi Guys, Just curious about which version of the iwl3945 driver you are using. You can find this by running: modinfo iwl3945 The reason I ask is that the 'linux-backports-modules' package has an updated version of the iwlwifi drivers, version 1.2.25. I'm

Re: [Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-15 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Andrea, Andrea Ratto wrote: Bart Samwel: FWIW, in Debian I solved this by removing the acpi-support logic for laptop mode tools completely That is the quick way to fix it, exactly what I have on my laptop. Though I think that in the long run would be better to do it the other way

Re: [Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-15 Thread Bart Samwel
Hi Andrea, Andrea Ratto wrote: acpi-support does support running scripts on lid clode. It does not notify a battery critical event though. Maybe that functionality could be added to acpid and thus to acpi-support? Does it require polling? Laptop mode tools uses the acpi battery event to

[Bug 89269] Re: power.sh: wrong laptop_mode activation

2008-04-14 Thread Bart Samwel
For those still reading this bug report, I would like to add my $0.02 to Andrea's suggestions. It's always been a bit of a mystery to me why Ubuntu handles laptop mode the way it does. All of the functionality (enabling/disabling based on battery/ac power, based on lid switch, hdparm settings

[Bug 210485] [NEW] Usplash shows dirty fs check as routine check, allows cancelling

2008-04-01 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: usplash I just had a routine check at bootup, of two file systems. My dmesg shows that both file systems were dirty. However, usplash allowed me to cancel the first routine check. The second one was not cancellable. This is on Hardy, up to date as of

Re: [Bug 205506] [NEW] iwl3945 goes defunct, requires rmmod + modprobe

2008-03-24 Thread Bart Samwel
I just had the same thing again. dmesg output looked pretty much the same. I now tried just rmmod iwl3945 + modprobe iwl3945, and then it worked again. Before trying that, I also tried restarting nm-applet and NetworkManager, which did not make it work again. Cheers, Bart -- iwl3945 goes

[Bug 203793] Re: [hardy][iwl3945] 3945ABG cannot associate to public WPA2 PSK network

2008-03-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Fixed here too, I'm back online. -- [hardy][iwl3945] 3945ABG cannot associate to public WPA2 PSK network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 205506] [NEW] iwl3945 goes defunct, requires rmmod + modprobe

2008-03-23 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-generic I've observed this several times, not often. I start a large download, and the iwl3945 connection simply goes down and does nothing anymore. Here's the dmesg output from the link association: [ 420.161250]

[Bug 203793] Re: [hardy][iwl3945] 3945ABG cannot associate to public WPA2 PSK network

2008-03-22 Thread Bart Samwel
Here's an extra data point: I'm seeing the same problem on my machine. The data: - Hardy, up to date until March 22, 2008. - It worked yesterday, now nm tries to connect but I get no bulbs. I have to kill -9 NetworkManager, and then manually restart it, if it starts to try to use the wireless

[Bug 203793] Re: [hardy][iwl3945] 3945ABG cannot associate to public WPA2 PSK network

2008-03-22 Thread Bart Samwel
Oh, and I forgot to mention: it's a public WPA2 PSK network for me as well. -- [hardy][iwl3945] 3945ABG cannot associate to public WPA2 PSK network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 203711] [NEW] Routine check stays on-screen after check is done

2008-03-18 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: usplash I just got a routine check on one of my disks at bootup. The stuff is displayed nicely on the bootup screen, but after the check finishes, the text (Routine check etc.) remains during the remainder of the boot sequence. No indication that it's

[Bug 83831] Re: Boot failed to complete after fsck

2008-03-18 Thread Bart Samwel
Just had a spontaneous one. Worked like a charm, problem is gone! Did have a minor nit, but that's a separate issue which I reported as #203711. -- Boot failed to complete after fsck https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 203338] [NEW] serpentine hangs at exit after burning audio CD

2008-03-17 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: serpentine I just burned an almost-full 80-minute audio CD. Then I inserted a new blank CD. Then I tried to exit serpentine. I had to Force Quit it, because it was not responding. This is on Hardy alpha, up to date as of 17 March 2008. ProblemType:

[Bug 203338] Re: serpentine hangs at exit after burning audio CD

2008-03-17 Thread Bart Samwel
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12710577/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12710578/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12710579/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added:

Re: [Bug 83831] Re: Boot failed to complete after fsck

2008-03-11 Thread Bart Samwel
Martin Pitt wrote: Bart, recently a few bugs in usplash have been fixed which caused hiccups like those. Do you still get the problem on current hardy? (With usplash version 0.5.16) I'll keep an eye out for it. I have my file systems set to check every 30 days, so I'll expect one to trigger

[Bug 199983] Re: nvidia-glx-new restricted driver no longer offered for GeForce Go 7900GS

2008-03-11 Thread Bart Samwel
Problem was solved by the latest upgrade. I don't know if fix released is the right status, but it *was* fixed. ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- nvidia-glx-new restricted driver no longer offered for GeForce Go 7900GS

[Bug 197346] Re: smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-03-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Hmm, I didn't actually report it to nautilus, that change was made by Dereck Wonnacott. I was already wondering about that, but I thought that it might be some Ubuntu-internal distribution of responsibility thing. :-) Anyway, I run Hardy alpha, following daily updates. I don't know if earlier

Re: [Bug 197346] Re: smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-03-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Sebastien Bacher wrote: reassigning to network-manager but that's likely the wrong place too, describing how you do the mount and easy steps to trigger the hang would be a good idea most likely Hi Sebastien, Here's the steps (my comments are embedded in the output; I started tail -f

[Bug 199983] [NEW] nvidia-glx-new restricted driver no longer offered for GeForce Go 7900GS

2008-03-08 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nvidia-glx-new I run up-to-date Hardy alpha, 64-bit version, on a Dell Inspiron 9400 with an nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS. I used to use the binary nvidia-glx- new driver. However, for a while now (in the order of one or two weeks), I'm no longer offered

[Bug 83831] Re: Boot failed to complete after fsck

2008-03-06 Thread Bart Samwel
Just to add another data point, I've just seen the same, or a very similar problem with Hardy alpha (up to date as of March 6, 2008). And I saw it another time somewhere in the last month. What I just saw: I get a fsck at boot on an ext3 fs that hasn't been checked in a while (so it's not an fs

[Bug 197346] Re: smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-03-02 Thread Bart Samwel
** Description changed: When I do an fstab smbfs mount through a network interface which is managed by NetworkManager, and then shutdown, the network connection is gone immediately, and then during shutdown the unmounting of the smbfs - file system hangs, probably because it doesn't get a

[Bug 197572] [NEW] kernel update modules not installed

2008-03-02 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-generic I just installed the latest Hardy alpha updates (March 2, 2008) and rebooted. The updates included linux-image-2.6.24-11-generic, but unlike other times when I upgraded, linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-11-generic was not installed. I don't know

[Bug 197346] [NEW] smbfs umount hangs during shutdown because NetworkManager network connection is gone

2008-03-01 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: When I do an fstab smbfs mount through a network interface which is managed by NetworkManager, and then shutdown, the network connection is gone immediately, and then during shutdown the unmounting of the smbfs file system hangs, probably because it doesn't get a response

[Bug 191704] Re: hidd binary removed form bluez-utils package unable to connect as a result

2008-02-14 Thread Bart Samwel
Confirmed here as well. Please fix! -- hidd binary removed form bluez-utils package unable to connect as a result https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191704 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 59695] High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2008-02-10 Thread Bart Samwel
Akshay Srinivasan wrote: So , the hard disk doesn't exactly go into suspend when the disk head is parked, so the kernel doesn't get to know that the disk head is parked(because standby=parking) - it interprets this as a sign that the hard disk is in Active/Idle mode.So it doesn't bother

Re: [Bug 183033] Re: Intel Core 2 Duo - Resume from suspend, CPU Frequency Scaling is gone on CPU1

2008-01-17 Thread Bart Samwel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68191 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68191 enigma_0Z wrote: Hmm lshw reports: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU Can you tell me if /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq is an independent file or a symlink on your system? As far as monitoring tools

Re: [Bug 183033] Re: Intel Core 2 Duo - Resume from suspend, CPU Frequency Scaling is gone on CPU1

2008-01-16 Thread Bart Samwel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 68191 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68191 enigma_0Z wrote: I'm not too sure that it is a duplicate, but it may be related. #68191, the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_govenor reports performance or userspace whereas on my system two

[Bug 178402] Re: [hardy alpha 2] missing language error

2007-12-30 Thread Bart Samwel
I saw this twice: first on an upgrade from Gutsy, but I've had to reinstall because that upgrade went totally wrong (couldn't login anymore at some point, no idea what was going on). Anyway, I've just had the same problem on a fresh Hardy alpha 2 install. I don't remember exactly what I did, but I

[Bug 178402] Re: [hardy alpha 2] missing language error

2007-12-30 Thread Bart Samwel
OK, removing the LANGUAGE= line removed the error message. -- [hardy alpha 2] missing language error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178402 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 179457] Dutch standard keyboard does not exist

2007-12-30 Thread Bart Samwel
Public bug reported: In System - Preferences - Keyboard - Layouts I can select keyboards for Netherlands, and then I can select a Standard keyboard. This so- called standard keyboard layout is _very_ unrealistic for the Netherlands. Yes, it's the official Dutch keyboad layout. No, you can't buy a

[Bug 178832] Re: Window bar disappeard after enable Extra in Appearance Preference

2007-12-30 Thread Bart Samwel
I can confirm this, I was just about to report the same problem. Switching back to normal visual effects gives me back my title bars immediately. -- Window bar disappeard after enable Extra in Appearance Preference https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178832 You received this bug notification because

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-12-06 Thread Bart Samwel
Wouter Deconinck wrote: My hard disk spins up when you call hddtemp. Sorry to spoil the fun. Cheers! # hdparm -C /dev/sda hddtemp /dev/sda hdparm -C /dev/sda /dev/sda: drive state is: standby /dev/sda: TOSHIBA MK8034GSX: 41°C /dev/sda: drive state is: active/idle Hi Wouter,

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-12-05 Thread Bart Samwel
= 59 degrees celcius : use apm 128 Most disks should be able to handle temperatures up to and including 60 degrees celcius (within the operating temperature spec) so switching to an apm of 128 when the temperature is 59 degrees should be safe. Chris Jones, Bart Samwel,others what do you think

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-28 Thread Bart Samwel
Brian Visel wrote: From what I gather, Ubuntu synchronizes with Debian periodically, and individual packages are sometimes synchronized as well. But it is not an immediate process. It would probably be a good idea to synch this change over to Ubuntu, but I'm not sure who's responsible

[Bug 135548] Re: [Gutsy] Action on critical battery isn't triggered - regression

2007-11-27 Thread Bart Samwel
Note that the laptop-mode.conf settings won't help. Ubuntu has taken the laptop-mode-tools package from Debian, ripped its guts out (the part that listens on ACPI events) and failed to mention this anywhere in the config files. By default, the whole thing is even disabled. Again, no mention in the

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-27 Thread Bart Samwel
Mark, Although I agree with some points you make, I want to question some other assumptions. Mark Thomas wrote: Disabling the APM feature of a drive can never be a fix. Parking the drives is a feature of the disk, and the The Load_Cycle_Count is supposed to go up, albeit slowly, during

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-27 Thread Bart Samwel
Brian Visel wrote: It is not the place for the operating system to save the user from themselves. Whose opinion is that? I would argue that it is, indeed the operating system's place to save the user from themselves. ...and especially w.r.t. hardware, I might add! The OS is supposed to be

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-27 Thread Bart Samwel
Chris Jones wrote: Bart Samwel wrote: Whose opinion is that? I would argue that it is, indeed the operating system's place to save the user from themselves. ...and especially w.r.t. hardware, I might add! The OS is supposed to be You are actually all talking about saving users from

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-26 Thread Bart Samwel
Mark Thomas wrote: The Debian update is the workaround not the fix: * Set hdparm power management to 254 for all hard drives. I'd be happier to see the known idle-writers fixed first, so we can start finding out what else causes the problem. I'm concerned that with a workaround in

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2007-11-22 Thread Bart Samwel
ubuntu_demon wrote: Since it's currently impossible to recommend to turn laptop_mode on by default I'm currently recommending this to people who are heavily affected : * use apm 128 while on battery (most head parks, best protection from bumps, lower power usage) * use apm 254 while on AC

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