[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-06 Thread Peter Belew
This happened this morning while I was attempting to update on my Averatec 3280 laptop. Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Linux cupid 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2

[Bug 443326] [NEW] Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager This system was updated online to Karmic from 9.04, leaving the legacy grub in place (0.97-29ubuntu45). When I ran Update Manager today, one of the listed upgrades was for grub-common (version 2) - as follows: Changes for the versions:

[Bug 443326] Re: Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33044240/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33044241/XsessionErrors.txt -- Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub

[Bug 443326] Re: Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
This sort of error would especially be a problem for someone updating with apt-get or aptitude, without carefully examining the list of updates. -- Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443326 You received this bug notification

[Bug 443344] [NEW] Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager While trying to update this system a few minutes ago, Update Manager showed a list of updates, and then shortly after I clicked on the button for starting the downloads, the program froze after displaying a message saying that the deamon

[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33044781/Dependencies.txt -- Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443344 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
in `ps aux` output, I find peter 5193 2.8 9.1 86332 43704 ?S10:22 1:16 /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager So I killed it. -- Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443344 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
I then tried running update-manager again. Both this time and the previous time I noticed that the program requested authentication twice, which is odd. After clicking on Install Updates, a message popped up 'Waiting for other tasks', presumably the dead daemon. peter23332 7.3 8.9 85676

[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
Then I tried to run `apt-get update` and found there's still a lock E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? which is not surprising since update-manager

[Bug 443344] Re: Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
After deleting the lock file, I was able to complete the update with apt-get. -- Message daemon died appeared while running update-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443344 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

Re: [Bug 438454] Re: NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered

2009-10-05 Thread Peter Belew
Having tried this a few minutes ago, I'm convinced that this is still very buggy, and also very confusing to use. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to retest this and provide more details. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Launchpad Bug Tracker 438...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: This bug was fixed

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Belew
Note: the Pulse utilities may seem a bit confusing at first, since there are many choices for configuration of output devices, only a few of which may work on a given machine. -- Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438474 You received

[Bug 323287] Re: pulseaudio don't play on rhythmbox

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Belew
This may be a duplicate of bug #438474, and the solution for that may apply here - to install the appropriate Pulse Audio volume and output chooser utilities. -- pulseaudio don't play on rhythmbox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323287 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 436341] Re: Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

2009-10-04 Thread Peter Belew
This was an even more serious problem when I booted this system this morning: this message kept repeating for several minutes, and I was afraid the OS would never finish booting. The message shows up 199 times in dmesg (attached) ** Attachment added: dmesg from boot at 07:23 PDT this morning

[Bug 436341] Re: Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

2009-10-03 Thread Peter Belew
A really serious problem is that I can't use a console screen (tty1...tty6) because the message keeps repeating on console screens. (Beta Karmic updated as of 3 oct 09) -- Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436341 You received

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-10-03 Thread Peter Belew
This was solved by installing the PulseAudio Device Chooser and Volume Control. Ubuntu has changed to using the PulseAudio sound utilities. I did an upgrade install from Ubuntu 9.04 on this system - the installer installed some PulseAudio components, but not those. I'm not sure if a fresh install

Re: [Bug 438454] Re: NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered

2009-10-02 Thread Peter Belew
It sounds like you need to configure your networking manually - in particular /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/network/interfaces - which have manual pages. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM, vexorian vexor...@gmail.com wrote: in my case, the configuration dialog also crashes, can't send the report since

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-10-02 Thread Peter Belew
This still happening on 2 Oct 2009 at 9:46 PDT updated to Beta with further updates. -- Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 436341] Re: Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

2009-10-02 Thread Peter Belew
I've added contents of /var/log/dmesg after booting. This is still happening with the beta + a number of updates installed as of today. ** Attachment added: dmesg http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32897170/dmesg -- Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

Re: [Bug 436109] Re: nm-connection-editor crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_button_set_label()

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Belew
Adding the PPA and updating does not fix this for me. However, now the network settings, including IP, gateway, additional route, etc. are retained SOMEwhere, so they show up the next time the Network Settings dialog is run, but they have no effect: nothing shows up in /etc/network/interfaces, the

Re: [Bug 436109] Re: nm-connection-editor crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_button_set_label()

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Belew
A note: I also have the resolvconf package installed. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Mike Basinger mike.basin...@ubuntu.com wrote: Fixed for me allso. -- nm-connection-editor crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_button_set_label() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436109 You received this bug

[Bug 440179] Re: service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32792157/Dependencies.txt -- service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440179 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 440179] Re: service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Belew
This problem occurs on both my test systems for Karmic, for all the alpha versions I've tried. -- service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440179 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 440179] [NEW] service fails to start/stop/restart a daemon

2009-10-01 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysvinit-utils The 'service' program (in sysvinit-utils) fails to start, stop, or restart a daemon, as follows: r...@lightning:~# service networking restart restart: Unknown instance: It should have the same effect as the following: r...@lightning:~#

Re: [Bug 436109] Re: nm-connection-editor crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_button_set_label()

2009-09-30 Thread Peter Belew
I ended up having to hand-edit /etc/network/interfaces to provide the static IP address and default route, also either /etc/resolv.conf or some config file for the resolvconf file (if that's installed) to make things work. The NetManager GUI is useless for that, and it should not be. Plus the

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-29 Thread Peter Belew
I finally got the boot into FreeBSD to work. Here's what I put in 40_custom before running update-grub: #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-29 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, the problem of *detection* of FreeBSD or other BSD systems is NOT solved yet, but at least we know how to set up a boot selection for FreeBSD manually. -- FreeBSD not detected by os-prober https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432254 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic (regression from jaunty)

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
Until now, the wi-fi killswitch had no effect on this laptop, running either Ubuntu or Debian versions, over a period of several years. So when this was finally implemented in this alpha release, I was caught by surprise and didn't realize at first what was happening. -- wifi does not work on

[Bug 438454] [NEW] NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager uname -a output: Linux lightning 2.6.31-11-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 25 06:37:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Karmic alpha 6 with updates up to the current time CPU model name : VIA Samuel 2 With a default /etc/network/interfaces file,

[Bug 438454] Re: NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32653969/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: IfupdownConfig.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32653970/IfupdownConfig.txt ** Attachment added: IpAddr.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32653971/IpAddr.txt **

[Bug 438474] [NEW] Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio I get virtually no sound output when using pulseaudio, running rhythmbox or trying to make default window sounds heard. The system is an Averatec 3180 laptop. Ubuntu version and kernel version (Karmic alpha updated a few minutes ago online)

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32658352/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32658353/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32658354/ArecordDevices.txt

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
This is probably the same as bugs #408784 and #323287, which report NO sound output, but in this case I was trying to play some particularly loud music and had selected an output mode which works a little. It's very faint. -- Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

[Bug 438474] Re: Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
Correction: The system is an Averatec 3280, NOT 3180. Launchpad would not let me edit this!! -- Sound output with Rhythmbox and pulseaudio is extremely faint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 438454] Re: NetworkManager fails to set IP and route information entered

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
Notes about the UI: - The fields for entering IPs, masks, etc. are very narrow - it's necessary to drag the edges of the dialogs to provide enough space. - You can't use tab or space to move from field to field - you have to use the mouse to move from the IP field to the netmask field, etc. If

Re: [Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Belew
I put the following in 40_custom and then ran update-grub: #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. menuentry freebsd {

Re: [Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-26 Thread Peter Belew
On my initial attempt to do this, I somehow made the system unbootable. I have a working installation with the legacy GRUB, but I don't want to touch that because I am in the middle of doing some work with the FreeBSD on that system and don't want that to be unbootable. So I've reinstalled

[Bug 436097] Re: nm-applet assert failure: ERROR:applet.c:537:applet_menu_add_items_top_and_fold_sorted_helper: assertion failed: (items)

2009-09-24 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32393862/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32393863/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32393864/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 436341] [NEW] Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

2009-09-24 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: While booting Karmic (Alpha 6 plus updates to present time) many (30 to 50) messages cardbus cards are not supported are displayed. They show up in /var/log/kern.log. Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic

[Bug 436341] Re: Many cardbus cards are not supported booting Karmic on Averatec 3280

2009-09-24 Thread Peter Belew
The message cupid kernel: [ 805.200043] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: cardbus cards are not supported. occurs 46 times in kern.log (and on the screen while booting). ** Attachment added: recent portion of kern.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32414706/last-kern.log -- Many cardbus

[Bug 435417] Re: aptd crashed with LookupError in remove_from_connection()

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 422585 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/422585 ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32325647/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32325648/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
This shows the RaLink pci card ** Attachment added: lspci output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32327613/lspci.txt -- wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 435441] [NEW] wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: I am running Karmic, updated from 9.04 yesterday, with online updates up to a few minutes ago. Since installing this version, wi-fi interfaces don't work, but Ethernet does. Several wifi interfaces were working well under 9.04. Karmic was installed online using update

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
This shows the Hawking HWUG1 USB wireless adapter, with the RaLink RT2501USB chipset. ** Attachment added: lsusb output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32327653/lsusb.txt -- wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435441 You received this bug notification

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
This shows that the drivers for the RaLink devices are loaded. ** Attachment added: lsmod output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32327735/lsmod.txt -- wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435441 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
The Hawking USB HWUG1 USB wireless adapter with the RT2501USB chipset does work on a desktop system which is also running an up-to-date Karmic OS. -- wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/435441 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
I have run the Network Manager from both Gnome and Xfce. This system is dual-boot between Ubuntu and Debian Lenny. The wireless cardbus cards work well from Debian (the Hawking USB adapter is not yet supported under Lenny). Also, I have tried a NetBSD-live-2007 live cd, and wifi works fine from

[Bug 435441] Re: wifi does not work on Averatec 3280 in Karmic

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
I also verified that this problem occurred when running the Alpha 4 and Alpha 6 live CDs. THEN - I happened to push the wireless button on the laptop. This was the problem - after years, the wireless software in Ubuntu looks at this button on this particular laptop, at least. The other OSes I

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
This problem also occurs with the live CDs for Karmic Alpha 4 and Alpha 6. I am continuing to use an xorg.conf file, as above, in my Karmic installation on this laptop, in order to restrict screen resolution to 1024x768 and lower. Again, refer to #296142 for some details. This computer works best

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
My current version information running Karmic is DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Linux cupid 2.6.31-10-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 17:33:42 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux That includes updates to today, 23 Sept

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Belew
I just updated the above Karmic installation (which uses the legacy GRUB 1) and noticed an update of os-prober. In this contact (without GRUB 2 installed) it produces no screen output when run. I would assume this program requires that GRUB 2 is installed, though. -- FreeBSD not detected by

[Bug 239912] Re: Thank you for overwriting my bootloader

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Belew
I think that if Ubuntu is being installed in separate partitions from existing Linux partitions, one reasonable approach would be to install GRUB in the new partitions, and somehow inform the user that one should set up chainloading from the original. If some other OS's boot loader is in the MBR,

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Belew
FreeBSD is installed in one or more primary partitions, which FreeBSD refers to as 'slices'. Then the slices are broken down into partitions, identified by lower-case letters. This subdivision is different from the usual DOS/Windows/IBM scheme of dividing extended partitions. In Linux fdisk, a

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Belew
Some Links http://www.bsd.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/ http://www.pcbsd.org/ http://www.openbsd.org/ http://www.netbsd.org/ -- FreeBSD not detected by os-prober https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Belew
I would suggest downloading the boot-only mini-CD image from here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/7.2/ and doing a minimal install after booting from that (it will allow you to install from an FTP site, such as that one). That will take up a whole primary partition ('slice').

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-21 Thread Peter Belew
Actually I have given up on this issue, for all practical purposes. I just installed 9.04 first, then did the online update with Update Manager - which is advertised NOT to replace the legacy GRUB with GRUB 2. The procedure is described here: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha5 I do

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-19 Thread Peter Belew
I would like to create an entry in grub.cfg by creating a file for that in /etc/grub.d and running ubdate-grub2 I have tried modifying /etc/grub.d/40_custom as follows: #!/bin/sh exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
That was a 9.04 Alpha-4 CD. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Bryce Harrington br...@bryceharrington.org wrote: ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)       Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
I have just booted a Karmic Koala 9.10 disk (with the Aug 1 kernel build) on this system and eventually (it's only a 400 mHz system) it comes up fine in 1024x768 resolution. The Display Preferences dialog shows a number of possible lower resolution settings. I tried several of the selections, down

[Bug 432254] [NEW] FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: os-prober I have a multiboot system with Windows XP, Ubuntu 9.10 alpha, and FreeBSD 7.2 installed. After Karmic Alpha-4 (upgrading with apt-get up to the time of the bug report) installing with Grub 2 in the MBR, the FreeBSD partition is not recognized.

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32000627/Dependencies.txt -- FreeBSD not detected by os-prober https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432254 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 432254] Re: FreeBSD not detected by os-prober

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
Note that I can boot into Ubuntu or FreeBSD by 1) use the Windows NT Pro tools to replace the Windows MBR 2) use Linux (Knoppix or another live CD) to make the desired partition bootable instead of /dev/sda1 3) reboot. I have to make sure a boot loader is in the Ubuntu partition /dev/sda2

Re: [Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
It turns out I had actually built an openchrome driver some time ago (I have to look at my Launchpad email to determine the date) in order to deal with this or a related problem. At any rate, I downloaded the current sources from the OpenChrome server, copied in the patched via_driver.c file, and

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
Please see my comments in bug #296142 regarding my earlier installation of the openchrome driver (in both ubuntu and debian). Also, I tried the live CD for Karmic Koala 9.10, and the only real problem with display is that it also chooses a too-high resolution for the screen, so that only the

Re: [Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
Thank you - since I'm away today, I may not get to this until tomorrow. I assume this means I'll have to download the rest of the source and build and install the driver . On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Bartoszgan...@poczta.onet.pl wrote: If it easier for you please replace the

Re: [Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, I have no idea where to get the rest of the sources (configuration and makefiles etc) to build this. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Peter Belewabcru...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you - since I'm away today, I may not get to this until tomorrow. I assume this means I'll have to

[Bug 415192] Re: apport-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_icon_set_render_icon()

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: ApportLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441542/ApportLog.txt ** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441543/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441544/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 414330] [NEW] When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-vesa System with S3 ProSavage8 running 8.04.3 LTS crashes on logout The 8.04.3 LTS system runs Ok, but crashes when switching to a text console, when logging out (to change users), or when shutting down. (See below) This is the same

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: lspci --vv output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381465/lspci.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381466/Dependencies.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: lsmod output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381507/lsmod.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: /var/log/messages http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381619/messages -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Information about file system usage ** Attachment added: fdisk and df output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381714/fdisk.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: /var/log/kern.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381742/kern.log -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381853/Xorg.0.log -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: xorg.conf - using vesa driver http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381801/xorg.conf -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
From comments to bug 217004: From Tormod Volden: Peter, I updated the Hardy xserver-xorg-video-savage package on https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa to the latest version, so you can try it (I haven't tested it myself). From me to Tormod Volden: Tormod - installing your savage

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I finally submitted this problem with the vesa driver as bug 414330 half an hour ago, using the ubuntu-bug program. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Peter Belewabcru...@gmail.com wrote: I've been unable to report the bug on the vesa driver - Launchpad won't let me report any new bugs! BTW

Re: [Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I'm downloading the Karmic alpha 4 ISO right now. Also I downloaded and installed the new vesa driver - r...@billy:/home/peter/crash# dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.2.1-1ubuntu1~hardy_i386.deb (Reading database ... 112177 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I just booted the Karmic CD with no special settings, and it came up with the Savage driver running at 800x600. I've enclosed the I'll try the safe-mode text boot next ... ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log - running savage driver http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30397835/Xorg.0.log -- When

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
When I put 'text' in the command line (after selecting safe mode with the menu) I eventually get a login prompt. How do I log in at that point? -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I booted the Karmic alpha 4 CD in safe mode, and X came up eventually in 800x600 resolution, apparently using the savage driver, after trying vesa first. The log is interesting ... a lot of tests resulted in a useable mode selection. I would certainly appreciate the revival of the old boot-time

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, I was able to insert the xorg.conf file while running from the CD. I mounted the disk partition with /etc/X11 on it, and copied xorg.conf into the live CD's /etc/X11, switched to a text console, and restarted X with 'service gdm restart'. The Gnome screen came up with half a dozen

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here's xrandr.log In this case, I renamed the xorg.conf file to xorg0.log, to disable it, switched to a text console, shut down X with 'service gdm stop', and ran the command xinit -e 'sh -c xrandr --verbose xrandr.log ' ** Attachment added: xrandr.log after performing this procedure.

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Karmic Koala 9.10 live CD: I have just tried the 9.10 Karmic alpha 4 live/desktop cd on this Averatec laptop. As before, it boots properly and starts the X server, but with too high a screen resolution. The maximum resolution of the screen is 1024x768. It is necessary to put an xorg.conf file

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
I created a minimal xorg.conf file (attached), and placed it in the livecd's /etc/X11/ directory (in RAM). I then ran 'sudo gdm restart'. When gdm had restarted, and Gnome stuff appeared, the resolution was then 1024x768. You can see the various resolution settings which I could select, in the

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log generated starting gdm without the xorg.conf in place. Note the several allowed screen resolutions greater than 1024x768, which this display cannot handle (except by cropping the display to 1024x768. Either: 1) the system has to determine the maximum screen resolution automatically,

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the Xorg.0.log file generated when restarting gdm with the above xorg.conf file in place. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log after starting with xorg.conf in place http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30406199/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
I've been unable to report the bug on the vesa driver - Launchpad won't let me report any new bugs! BTW this system is set up to triple-boot into XP, Ubuntu, and FreeBSD 7.1. I just set up Xorg and Gnome on the FreeBSD partition - and the vesa driver on that behaves the same way - the system

[Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
I recently did a new installation on the gBox computer mentioned above. It now runs hardy 8.04.3 LTS with a vesa driver - I installed it by installing first 6.06.1 LTS (in safe mode with screen resolution specified explicitly) then upgrading. This system works, but crashes when switching to a text

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks, Tormod - I just downloaded xserver-xorg-video- savage_2.3.1~git20090813.36ab23a9-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy_i386.deb to my laptop ... is that the right one? I'll install it once I get back to that system. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Tormod Voldenbugpost.tor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
Tormod - installing your savage driver solved the problem. After installing it, I disabled Xorg running at runlevel 2 by renaming the symlink to gdm in /etc/rc2.d and restarting the system (with the reset button this time), then booting and determining that 'reboot' works properly from the shell,

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on this system. On starting the installer, I specified the screen resolution as 1024x768x24. The installation went well, though this system is slow by today's standards. Now I am doing an online upgrade to 8.04 LTS. I'm not sure what driver was selected. In the

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
In my case, the upgrade to 8.04 after the installation of 7.10 went well. The display driver selected in xorg.conf is 'vesa'. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Peter Belewabcru...@gmail.com wrote: I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on this system. On starting the installer, I specified the

[Bug 411164] [NEW] Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati I am able to make video work on this system running the 6.06 LTS live/desktop CD, manually selecting the screen resolution. But I am unable to get Xorg to work under later releases. In this case, I installed 8.10 using the

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Result of lspci -vv ** Attachment added: lspci -vv output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089592/lspci.txt -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
lsmod output ** Attachment added: lsmod output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089614/lsmod.txt -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf file based on one generated running 6.06 LTS ** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089711/xorg.conf -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf.new - generated on FreeBSD 7.1 using command Xorg -configure on the same system. Running the same command on Ubuntu crashed. ** Attachment added: xorg.conf.new from FreeBSD http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089746/xorg.conf.new -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log - from trying to run with vesa driver. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log - running vesa http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089776/Xorg.0.log -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log - trying to use ati driver ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log - running ati driver http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30092974/Xorg.0.log2 -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because

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