[Bug 1424466] Re: Devel package not installable in 14.04.2 (mesa-lts-utopic

2015-02-25 Thread Charl P. Botha
Under 14.04.2, it is completely impossible to install the OpenGL Utility Library (GLU) development files. This is a showstopper if you do OpenGL development make use of GLU, something that is very often the case. In 14.04.1 this worked without a hitch, one could install libglu1-mesa- dev

[Bug 1268771] Re: NVIDIA Prime fails with Linux 3.13

2015-02-02 Thread Charl P. Botha
I'm seeing exactly this behaviour with nvidia-346 (from xorg-edgers, because I urgently need libGLESv2.so which is NOT included in the nvidia-331 packages for amd-64; a bug) and nvidia-340 (same reason) on kernel 3.13.0-45 and Ubuntu 14.04 I can get bumblebee working on this setup, and can

[Bug 1316265] Re: Maximized Window's Title Bar Does Not Merge into Menu Bar after Performing Super+W (window spread) filtering

2014-06-05 Thread Charl P. Botha
On my Ubuntu 14.04 setup I am definitely seeing an interaction between using the spread function and whether windows maximize correctly or not. However, it is slightly different from the OP. It very often happens that a window shows the incorrect behaviour (i.e. maximizing does NOT merge its

[Bug 957843] Re: files in eCryptFS Private directory get corrupted

2012-05-24 Thread Charl P. Botha
I'm copying a part of my comment on bug #509180, because in fact what I'm seeing on my systems is what's described in this bug report here. In short, I'm also seeing the 0-length lower file on ext4 leads to IO Error in mounted ecryptfs bug. It's truly shocking that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is shipping

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2012-05-24 Thread Charl P. Botha
For those of you seeing specifically the 0-length lower file resulting in IO errors in the mounted ecryptfs filesystem, please go to the report for that: bug #957843 -- remember indicate that the bug affects you, and to subscribe to it. (both will increase the bug heat) -- You received this bug

[Bug 509180] Re: ecryptfs sometimes seems to add trailing garbage to encrypted files

2012-05-22 Thread Charl P. Botha
It seems like this bug (also see duplicate https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/529002 ) is unfortunately still very much present on 12.04. $ uname -a Linux cpbotha-e6410 3.2.0-24-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 1 16:18:50 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ find

[Bug 692462] Re: unity confused with chrome/chromium web apps

2012-05-04 Thread Charl P. Botha
I'd like to add a hopefully useful data point. I've installed bamfdaemon, libbamf and libbamf3-0 version 0.2.116 from https://launchpad.net/~unity-team/+archive/staging/+packages on an up- to-date 12.04 AMD64 installation. 1. The new bamf indeed solves the problem where I start Chrome, and then

[Bug 692462] Re: unity confused with chrome/chromium web apps

2012-05-04 Thread Charl P. Botha
correction: In case #2, Chrome proper is grouped incorrectly with the FIRST started application shortcut icon, not the last. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692462 Title: unity

[Bug 776499] Re: gvim gets no global menu, timeout warning on the console

2012-05-01 Thread Charl P. Botha
In the released 12.04, vim-gnome, started from gnome-console, unfortunately keeps its own menubar when maximized, instead of merging with global. Starting gvim with -f fixes this behaviour. gvim when started from searching in the dash shows the correct behaviour. -- You received this bug

[Bug 134035] Re: qt4-dev-tools should depend on qt4-doc otherwise the assistant do not work

2008-02-12 Thread Charl P. Botha
I'm having the same problem: The following packages have unmet dependencies: qt4-dev-tools: Depends: libqt4-core (= 4.3.2-0ubuntu3) but 4.3.2-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed E: Broken packages in other words: ME TOO! -- qt4-dev-tools should depend on qt4-doc otherwise the assistant do not

[Bug 134035] Re: qt4-dev-tools should depend on qt4-doc otherwise the assistant do not work

2008-02-12 Thread Charl P. Botha
Whoops, please ignore my ignorant whining. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/+bug/162836 describes how to fix this (the problem, not my ignorant whining, that's not fixable!) -- qt4-dev-tools should depend on qt4-doc otherwise the assistant do not work

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] fglrx breaks over suspend/resume

2007-12-21 Thread Charl P. Botha
I've checked and double checked, it does seem that I can suspend and resume (with about 66.6% success rate) with the new fglrx 7.12 release. On this HP NC 8430 with X1600 mobility, I have an up to date Gutsy install with the latest ATI drivers installed via Envy. Setting

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] fglrx breaks over suspend/resume

2007-12-11 Thread Charl P. Botha
@David McNally: As far as I can see from http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux- radeon.html version 7.11, released on November 21 2007, is the latest. According to a number of reports earlier on in this thread, this driver does NOT fix the problem. Could you double-check? Which version

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] fglrx breaks over suspend/resume

2007-10-16 Thread Charl P. Botha
@Philipp Kern: There is no open source support for the X1600. @Timo Jyrinki: Please stop with the apologetics. 1. Desktop effects DO work on fglrx, but you have to go the Xgl+Beryl path (I tested this on 7.04). 2. *WHO* exactly is going to stop wasting their time with workarounds and work on

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-12 Thread Charl P. Botha
See the announcement of the Ubuntu 7.10 Release Candidate: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/710rc The fact that suspends with fglrx cause hard crashes is not even mentioned. However, intermittent lockups with i810 are mentioned, along with a workaround. I have the feeling that ABSOLUTELY NOBODY

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-08 Thread Charl P. Botha
I can confirm that 2D operations are somehow also affected (significantly slower). This is yet another reason why removing the fglrx kernel module is not really a workable solution. -- [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121653 You received this bug

[Bug 134819] Re: suspend/hibernate failure (gutsy and fglrx)

2007-10-07 Thread Charl P. Botha
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 121653 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121653 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 121653 [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m -- suspend/hibernate failure (gutsy and fglrx) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134819 You received this

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-03 Thread Charl P. Botha
Terry, I like the way you think, this would definitely be the way to go! However, I'll bet you a beer (heck, make that two if you ever end up in my neck of the woods) that this doesn't get officially fixed before Gutsy gets released. :) There is too little time, I've seen irc logs where

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-02 Thread Charl P. Botha
I am seeing the same behaviour on an HP NC8430 laptop (ATI X1600, Core Duo T2500, Gutsy Gibbon up to date on 2007-10-02, fglrx 7.1.0-8.37.6+2.6.22-12.4). Both suspend and resume don't even get to the flashing power light (this is how my laptop shows that it's in ACPI S3 suspend) stage, but

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-02 Thread Charl P. Botha
I understand that one is dependent on ATI for a fix. However, isn't it wise to include at least SOME kind of workaround or documentation in Gutsy concerning this problem? Will anyone even get around to that seeing that this bug has been classified wishlist ? It really makes a fantastic

[Bug 121653] Re: [gutsy] Suspend to Ram does not work on Z61m

2007-10-02 Thread Charl P. Botha
This is the path I'm planning to take (seems to be the only alternative on X1600 if you want full resolution), but as I said in my first post, I *need* the GPU (3D acceleration) support. Also, some sane default should be implemented, as fglrx + SLUB + suspend/hibernate guarantees a hard crash

[Bug 81170] Re: [feisty] etodo conduit times out when syncing with a palm device

2007-04-09 Thread Charl P. Botha
I can confirm this bug with a Palm Tungsten C and the Ubuntu Feisty beta (up to date as of 2007-03-10). EToDo continues forever, the palm pilot times out eventually. Disabling the EToDo conduit allows the sync to complete successfully. -- [feisty] etodo conduit times out when syncing with a