[Bug 1851470] Re: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to

2019-11-14 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851470 Title: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to To manage

[Bug 1851470] Re: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to

2019-11-14 Thread Simon Oosthoek
This problem appears to be gone in 5.0.0-36 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851470 Title: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1851470] Re: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to

2019-11-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
The machine is hanging when the bug has been triggered, so I cannot use apport. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1851470] Re: cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to

2019-11-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
kern.log when the bug triggers ** Attachment added: "kern.log when bug triggers" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1851470/+attachment/5303216/+files/kern.log-cephfs-5.0.0-32.bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1851470] [NEW] cephfs mounts hangs machine when written to

2019-11-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: As reported on the ceph-users mailing list, the latest HWE kernel for ubuntu 18.04 (and the current kernel for disco 19.04) has a problem with cephfs mounts when you write to it. (kernel version 5.0.0-32) We are using cephfs to write backups to with amanda (virtual tapes)

[Bug 1790794] [NEW] ispell trips over trailing quote character

2018-09-05 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 16.04... The ispell-autobuildhash has problems with the dutch dictionary, because some of the words in it contain a single quote as the last character. Examples: Abbas' Abdelaziz' Adrianus' Aeneas' etc. These are typically names ending with an s or z where the

[Bug 1719078] [NEW] sddm has the option to show password and it cannot be turned off

2017-09-23 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: It appears that there is no way to turn off the toggle to show the password in plain text. There are a lot of situations where accidentally having this toggle to show passwords on, while not expecting it. When people are looking at the screen who should not know the

Re: [Bug 1099217] Re: tuxpaint pen up down problem

2013-03-24 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Hi Pere, I apologise for the confusion, I didn't notice I was using a version installed from source. When using the system version the problem is gone! The bug can be closed Cheers, Simon Pere Pujal i Carabantes ppu...@airtel.net wrote: Hi Simon usual mode painting: click/holdclicked ,

[Bug 1099217] [NEW] tuxpaint pen up down problem

2013-01-13 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: I've been letting my daughter play/paint with tuxpaint since about 3-4 years (she's 5+ now). I think there's a change in behaviour since the last release (12.10) in that now the pen up/down has changed to be a toggle instead of click while moving the pointer to paint, no

[Bug 990677] [NEW] improving deb install process efficiency

2012-04-28 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: While doing an upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 I noticed a lot of moments where I thought, why isn't this done more efficiently? For example, some packages have actions that need to be performed, databases updated, fonts re-indexed (or whatever). And the user gets only This may

[Bug 529072] Re: it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a lot

2011-10-04 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I agree with Matthieu, probably the focus by hover thing, not a bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529072 Title: it is difficult to edit text in text fields - keyboard is ignored a

[Bug 845458] [NEW] oneiric beta-1 install cd (lubuntu) doesn't boot on older laptop

2011-09-09 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: I've noticed this before in the released version of 11.04 and now again in the beta-1 of oneiric that my older laptop cannot boot from the install-cd. It comes up with the language choice interface and I can select try lubuntu without installing, but then it hangs. The

[Bug 606491] Re: start: Job is already running: anacron

2011-08-15 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I got this too, and after reading the comments, I think it's both (ana)cron and apt doing something wrong. This may also be a security bug, since apt will keep a lock and automatic updates (which is configured on my system) may not be running due to a stuck apt process. The apt process is really

[Bug 819231] [NEW] I get errors in the mail when a file open fails

2011-08-01 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: I get loads of error lines like this: readline() on closed filehandle FILES at /usr/sbin/popularity-contest line 104. Turns out that in this perl script, the open command (line 102) is used untested (not if (open FILES.), but just open FILES ) the offending lines

[Bug 819231] Re: I get errors in the mail when a file open fails

2011-08-01 Thread Simon Oosthoek
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819231 Title: I get errors in the mail when a file open fails To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 819277] [NEW] update-grub ignores submenu entries

2011-08-01 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: yesterday I tried installing natty (11.04) on my old laptop (it's one I bought late 2002). I was unable to boot the install CD's of xubuntu 11.04 and also linux mint LXDE with a similar problem. I then tried 10.04.2 xubuntu and I was able to normally install on the laptop.

[Bug 819277] Re: update-grub ignores submenu entries

2011-08-01 Thread Simon Oosthoek
The actual bug is related to the possible and proposed answers to this question. update-grub or grub appears unable to address entries that appear in the submenu (e.g. for previous releases' kernels) to be used as the default startup kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 758592] Re: KPackageKit fails to obtain authentication

2011-05-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I have this as well, the dialogue is also unhelpful as it is not specified which username is used to verify the password entered with. (Neither the current user's nor the root's password work) In my case I was opening a website with a video in a tab of akregator for which I didn't have the

[Bug 758592] Re: KPackageKit fails to obtain authentication

2011-05-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Error message when trying to select a different default language ** Attachment added: selectnewlanguageerror.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kpackagekit/+bug/758592/+attachment/2122799/+files/selectnewlanguageerror.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 758592] Re: KPackageKit fails to obtain authentication

2011-05-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I think this is because the user was not a member of the group admin, I don't know if this is changed behaviour since 10.10, because I only notice this now. Previously the user was a member of adm, but not admin. In user management, selecting user may administer the system invokes this change.

[Bug 631430] [NEW] copy to primary selection doesn't work

2010-09-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: fpm fpm buttons to copy the user/password to the primary selection don't do that, instead nothing is in the primary selection (paste using middle mouse button results in empty string being pasted) A workaround (even less safe than copy to primary

[Bug 628691] [NEW] links in e-mail don't open in external browser

2010-09-02 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird After upgrading to 10.04.1, I now have thunderbird 3.x instead of 2.x and today I noticed that clicking on a link in an e-mail message in thunderbird didn't open the link in my browser as expected. in the thunderbird error console I noticed

[Bug 628691] Re: links in e-mail don't open in external browser

2010-09-02 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628691/+attachment/1536938/+files/Dependencies.txt -- links in e-mail don't open in external browser https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628691 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 628691] Re: links in e-mail don't open in external browser

2010-09-02 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Yes, I'm running kde sc 4.5.0 from deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu lucid main -- links in e-mail don't open in external browser https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628691 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 543064] Re: ensure that x-www-browser is used if no http handler is found through gnome integration

2010-09-02 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Like Albert Zeyer says, please document the process/workaround that mitigates this for *ubuntu 10.04 in this bug. I'm referring to Steve's comment: Per Chris, this is mitigated by having the gnome components shipped in the main package now and should be deferred to maverick. tnx Simon --

[Bug 627648] Re: firefox/thunderbird default to US Letter for papersize

2010-08-31 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627648/+attachment/1532672/+files/Dependencies.txt -- firefox/thunderbird default to US Letter for papersize https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 627648] [NEW] firefox/thunderbird default to US Letter for papersize

2010-08-31 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird Often after upgrading or installing ubuntu (now running 10.04.1) I notice (after a while, since I don't print that often from browser/e-mail client) that the papersize is set to US Letter again. I'm not quite sure why this happen, because I

[Bug 134159] Re: atop Kernel patch doesn't work

2010-08-27 Thread Simon Oosthoek
perhaps a more recent version of atop and kernel patch would work? see: http://www.atoptool.nl/ most recent release is 1.25 from april 2010 -- atop Kernel patch doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134159 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 527870] Re: karmic - lucid CDROM only upgrade fails

2010-05-29 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I confirm SmokeyD's comment after removing the xubuntu-desktop package, I could start the upgrade... Cheers Simon -- karmic - lucid CDROM only upgrade fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 60429] Re: doc: Upstart lacks documentation

2010-04-13 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Changed in: upstart Status: Fix Released = New -- doc: Upstart lacks documentation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60429 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 60429] Re: doc: Upstart lacks documentation

2010-04-12 Thread Simon Oosthoek
(I like the idea of upstart, so please don't consider this as bashing!) I'd like to see this bug re-opened, because there's still not sufficient documentation and some aspects of upstart indicate that it may be immature for a LTS release (IMHO). Some items I'd like to see addressed: - a graphing

[Bug 504361] Re: OpenOffice, export pdf/A-1a cannot be read by acrobat 9

2010-02-05 Thread Simon Oosthoek
In the last few months, I've sent out a few cover letters for a job application using OO.o and then exporting to PDF, assuming this would be readable on ANY system. On two occasions I've had an (embarrassing) situation that I had to resend the letter using plain text or (gulp!) MS office .doc

[Bug 372364] Re: move vim-tiny to / filesystem?

2009-09-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
There may be another reason why nano should not be the only editory in /bin for emergencies... Nano breaks lines when they become too long and it inserts newlines to do this. For long configuration lines or shell script lines, this breaks stuff just by using the nano editor to edit those lines.

[Bug 372364] Re: move vim-tiny to / filesystem?

2009-09-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
ok, that's useful (the -w flag being the default). As you can see, I never ran into this issue myself ;-) -- move vim-tiny to / filesystem? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372364 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 356156] Re: install image not working on aspire one

2009-09-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I'd like to retract this bug, since I have no intention of following up on it (I don't use the remix version and it was a beta anyway...) /Simon -- install image not working on aspire one https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356156 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 372364] Re: /bin/vi missing (POSIX compliance?)

2009-05-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
It was pointed out to me that a /usr/bin/vi is always available, so posix compliance may not be at issue in that respect. However, my point was that /bin/vi is not available in a default install and this _is_ a problem if you have a separate /usr partition that has problems being mounted for some

[Bug 372364] [NEW] /bin/vi missing (POSIX compliance?)

2009-05-05 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: I've noticed a few times now that nano is the default editor in Ubuntu, which I can to a certain extent understand because of the learning curve of the vi editor. However, I do believe the vi editor is specified in the posix standard as part of the Unix command set. As a

[Bug 37720] Re: ioport, gtf, mmapr and mmapw binaries no longer available on dapper

2009-04-23 Thread Simon Oosthoek
could it be that up until version 8.10 of *ubuntu no scanpci is included in the package? I think this command is in the LPI objectives and I've seen it mentioned a few times for suggested fixes in the ubuntu forums, but there's no package that includes this command in intrepid (don't know about

[Bug 356156] [NEW] install image not working on aspire one

2009-04-06 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: I downloaded the image: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/beta/ubuntu-9.04-beta-netbook-remix-i386.img to try on my acer aspire one. I made a bootable usb stick (1024MB) using unetbootin and proceeded to boot from it. The initial loading of the kernel took a long time

Re: [Bug 229077] Re: nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04

2008-10-31 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Sorry, I haven't had time to test it, besides, I can only test it on a production machine. I'll test it soon on the final kubuntu... /Simon -- nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229077 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 229077] Re: nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04

2008-07-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
The latest update (today) didn't fix this bug for me... -- nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229077 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 229077] Re: nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04

2008-06-17 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Currently, I haven't seen the crash repeated, but the purple second login is still the case. When switching back, the purpleness is carried over to the first login. The colours return to normal after switching to a text console (also purple) and then switching back to the first, graphical,

[Bug 229077] [NEW] nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04

2008-05-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: First of all, the hardware and use case: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER

[Bug 229077] Re: nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04

2008-05-10 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14431156/xorg.conf -- nvidia xserver crashes when using start new session hardy 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229077 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 207040] Re: libuuid user created with uid 500

2008-03-27 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Based on this script for Fedora: http://osdir.com/ml/redhat.fedora.directory.user/2005-12/msg00430.html I did this using the attached script (well, a less modified version, but that didn't work on files with spaces). I hope this is useful! /Simon ** Attachment added: script to change uid/gid

[Bug 180794] Re: access to usb device denied in latest hardy package

2008-03-26 Thread Simon Oosthoek
my scanner is working again as normal user, thanks! /Simon -- access to usb device denied in latest hardy package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 207040] [NEW] libuuid user created with uid 500

2008-03-26 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity Due to legacy reasons, I am using a uid of 500 for my main user, but (k)ubuntu assume uid's for normal users start at 1000. I know how to adjust my kdmrc to show users from uid 500 up, but now installation or upgrade of a new package in today's

[Bug 207126] [NEW] libxmi(-dev) is missing for ubuntu-hardy(64)

2008-03-26 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: The next version of hugin (currently only available from subversion) requires the latest enblend (which will be version 3.1 when released). Requires libxmi to compile. site: http://www.gnu.org/software/libxmi/ sources: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu/prep/libxmi Cheers Simon

[Bug 207126] Re: libxmi(-dev) is missing for ubuntu-hardy(64)

2008-03-26 Thread Simon Oosthoek
sorry, it's in libplot ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Invalid -- libxmi(-dev) is missing for ubuntu-hardy(64) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207126 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 180794] Re: access to usb device denied in latest hardy package

2008-03-25 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Just for my understanding, sane-backends isn't a package name, but it is packaged in sane-utils? Also, can you state the exact version of the update, because it isn't working yet on my machine (amd64 kubuntu hardy, updated a few minutes ago). my version is 1.0.19-1ubuntu2 (which is the same as

[Bug 188552] Re: [hardy] libsane miss udev rules

2008-03-24 Thread Simon Oosthoek
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 180794 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180794 I confirm this and this is very important, people with linux supported scanners not being able to use them properly is a definite show stopper! ** Also affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 180794] Re: access to usb device denied in latest hardy package

2008-03-24 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Ok, that wasn't a useful comment, I just noticed the duplicates in the menu ;-) Wouldn't it make sense to do both the 45-libsane.rules and the new consolekit solution? They may at some point conflict somewhat, but I don't think it will do much harm in the transition phase. Something that worries

[Bug 180794] Re: access to usb device denied in latest hardy package

2008-03-24 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Here are some bugs that are/could be related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/121082 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/188552 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/181129 -- access to usb device denied in latest hardy package

[Bug 121082] Re: permission problems for sane devices

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Oosthoek
yes, that is probably what sets the permissions, and also the thing that should put the user in the scanner group, but I don't know what that is ;-) Cheers Simon -- permission problems for sane devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121082 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 121082] Re: permission problems for sane devices

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Also affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- permission problems for sane devices https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 121082] Re: permission problems for sane devices

2008-03-22 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I'm trying hardy heron beta1 and I have this same problem. (NB, commands below ran after changing permissions, so xsane is not running as root) when I run lsusb, I can see the device is 004:004: Bus 004 Device 006: ID 07cc:0501 Carry Computer Eng., Co., Ltd Bus 004 Device 004: ID 04b8:011b

[Bug 201565] [NEW] please update exiftool to 7.20 in hardy

2008-03-12 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libimage-exiftool-perl Several things have been fixed, among others, the writing of exif info to TIFF files (used in hugin-svn) Thanks, Simon ** Affects: libimage-exiftool-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- please

[Bug 140418] Re: bouncy the hungry rabbit doesn't start (in gutsy)

2007-11-04 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I confirm the fix, all it needs now is an update to the package... -- bouncy the hungry rabbit doesn't start (in gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140418 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 134311] Re: hald-addon-hid-ups eats memory

2007-09-29 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I also have this problem, it started after I finally found out my APC UPS (350 as well) wasn't configured in my system. At some point it also gets CPU hoggy... top - 22:24:38 up 15 days, 23:39, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.19, 0.86 Tasks: 207 total, 5 running, 202 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0

[Bug 140418] bouncy the hungry rabbit doesn't start (in gutsy)

2007-09-17 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bouncy starting bouncy from the commandline, I get this: $ bouncy Traceback (most recent call last): File game.py, line 27, in module from map import * File /usr/share/games/bouncy/map.py, line 7, in module import euclid, collide, objects,

[Bug 10225] Re: Simpler integration for local device permissions

2007-07-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Re Martin Pitt: please don't assume a particular way of storing authentication and authorisation details, that's what pam is for. The main issue is that, pretty much as Jerome describes it, authentication is best handled centrally in office environments ( 10-ish users), and authorisation is best

[Bug 117447] Re: bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se after upgrade to 2.6.20-16

2007-06-22 Thread Simon Oosthoek
nearly a month further, I'm still on 2.6.20-15... At least the priority is now high :-) /Simon -- bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se after upgrade to 2.6.20-16 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117447 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 117447] Re: bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se after upgrade to 2.6.20-16

2007-06-22 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I did notice and install a kernel-image update. For some reason I can't find the specific version of the currently installed kernel-image package (I don't want to spend time finding out how). Anyway, the update didn't fix my problem, but it may have been due to not using labels, but /dev/sdb1

[Bug 117447] Re: bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se after upgrade to 2.6.20-16

2007-06-22 Thread Simon Oosthoek
After changing the kernel, fixing the nvidia driver problems I got and finding the right UUID's, I figure it all works now. Apologies for the implied accusations of tardyness and my lazyness after the .29 update. I hope the others who posted here also have their problems fixed now. /Simon --

[Bug 116996] Re: sata disk in ide mode with kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (ata_piix broken?)

2007-05-29 Thread Simon Oosthoek
aol mode: Yup, me too see https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117447 for my details -- sata disk in ide mode with kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (ata_piix broken?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact

[Bug 117447] bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se

2007-05-28 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kernel-image-2.6.20-16-386-di I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I think I had the following situation happening: long uptime of kubuntu feisty with regular updates, no rebooting. So I skipped the 2.6.20-15 upgrade and went straight from 2.6.17 to

[Bug 117447] Re: bad irq stuff (irqpoll) happening on asus p4p800se

2007-05-28 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Just added the dvdburner again, and it's working fine. kernel is: 2.6.20-15-386 I did notice that the -16 kernel also had hyperthreading turned on (again). $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel

[Bug 82312] Re: [nvidia-glx] Using nvidia-glx driver, X is blank after install or upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go) without option UseDisplayDevice DFP

2007-05-08 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Loic, thanks for the advice, I didn't intend the negative vibe of my message, but I guess Sitsofe's comment triggered an old sour spot in my mind. I'll try to be more careful next time. Regarding this bug, it was part of my set of problems that the display was blank, so I thought it was the same

[Bug 109703] Re: [nvidia-glx] X module Int10 fails to initialize - Feisty

2007-05-04 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I don't know if this makes sense, but dolphinhomer, could you try changing the config to something simpler. I was given the advice in bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82312 (see there for specifics) to indicate my tvout config in a different way and it seemed to work (after messing a round a

[Bug 82312] Re: [nvidia-glx] X is blank after upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go)

2007-05-03 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I upgraded my old laptop from edgy to feisty yesterday, I only use this laptop to view videos on my TV and the upgrade broke this completely, I cannot get my TV-out to work anymore using the nvidia glx drivers. the graphics hardware is the GeForce4 420 Go the relevant sections of my xorg.conf:

[Bug 82312] Re: [nvidia-glx] X is blank after upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go)

2007-05-03 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I can't get 8776 to compile on the feisty kernel and 9629 doesn't fix the problem. Could it be a kernel-nvidiamodule interaction problem? Anyway, I'll be reverting to edgy on this machine :-( -- [nvidia-glx] X is blank after upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82312 You

[Bug 82312] Re: [nvidia-glx] X is blank after upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go)

2007-05-03 Thread Simon Oosthoek
thanks, the line Option ConnectedMonitor dfp, crt, tv did help eventually! After I got a working single monitor display going and this line in the Screen section, the nvidia-settings picked it up and configured it (first with the screens in the wrong order, causing the login screen to appear on

[Bug 82312] Re: [nvidia-glx] X is blank after upgrade (laptop/Geforce Go)

2007-05-03 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Hey, nice warning, but I thought the problem was related and relevant, turned out it wasn't and as a side effect, I got a fix. If you discourage people from posting additional information (which may not be relevant, but not everyone can tell), you will discourage people from writing bugreports

[Bug 106804] Re: update-manager free space check broken when /var/cache/apt/archive is a symlink

2007-04-17 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Thanks for the fix, the symlink patch changes the behaviour so that it doesn't cancel for lack of diskspace anymore. I haven't actually started the upgrade yet, but I see no reason why it wouldn't. Of course, requiring so much diskspace in /var is rediculous, as well as the by default

[Bug 106965] please update libqwt to 5.0 in feisty

2007-04-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: This is a wish, not a bug. It seems libqwt doesn't have much priority when looking at http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi- bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=sourcenamesversion=allexact=1keywords=libqwt please update it to the latest version (both libqwt and libqwt-dev). In

[Bug 106804] Re: update-manager free space check broken

2007-04-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Attachment added: main.log http://librarian.launchpad.net/7337231/main.log -- update-manager free space check broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 106804] Re: update-manager free space check broken

2007-04-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
** Attachment added: apt.log http://librarian.launchpad.net/7337233/apt.log -- update-manager free space check broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 106804] Re: update-manager free space check broken

2007-04-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
term.log was empty From the main.log, I suppose that the correct mount-point isn't found 18:13:36,050 DEBUG Dir /var/cache/apt/archives/ mounted on /var but in actual fact, /var/cache is a symlink to another fs. BTW, the symlinks command $ symlinks /var other_fs: /var/cache - /local/cache

[Bug 106804] update-manager free space check broken

2007-04-15 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager when testing the update-manager -d to upgrade from kubuntu edgy to feisty beta4, the program broke off, because it didn't find enough space available in /var/cache/apt. Ok, fine, I ran apt-get clean, re-ran update-manager, the same problem

[Bug 68256] Re: kde: Openoffice doesn't see remote cups printers, just generic printer

2007-03-28 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Probably the kprinter configuration was set to connect to a specific server or this was carried over from older KDE settings. It's a bit hard to check now, because I've moved house since then and my network has changed quite a bit. -- kde: Openoffice doesn't see remote cups printers, just

[Bug 48509] Re: Power Saving in Display

2007-02-27 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I'm disappointed that this isn't fixed in 3.5.5 as well, as it is quite frustrating to have no control over a user setting. Especially one that affects the lifetime of monitors and real world energy use. Some people actually care about the world's climate! The problem seems to be that the setting

[Bug 64813] Re: Openoffice deadlock if starting Impress whilst writer/calc open dialog visible

2007-02-07 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I'm having similar problems on edgy's openoffice (calc in my case) when started from the commandline, I see this: (process:5085): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2240: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function (process:5085): Gdk-CRITICAL **:

[Bug 64813] Re: Openoffice deadlock if starting Impress whilst writer/calc open dialog visible

2007-02-07 Thread Simon Oosthoek
When started from the commandline it seemed to work ok, but then it hung upon saving the file (at choosing save as from the file menu). Not just openoffice hung, but the entire desktop didn't respond to mouse or keyboard events. Windows from other programs (xosview, konsole) were updating during

[Bug 64813] Re: Openoffice deadlock if starting Impress whilst writer/calc open dialog visible

2007-02-07 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I installed the openoffice.org 2.1 packages from the rpms after conversion by alien. I get the same type of problems with this version. I'm starting to suspect that NFS plays a role in this, since my homedir is mounted from a debian server over NFS. current mount options are: server:/local/home

[Bug 64813] Re: Openoffice deadlock if starting Impress whilst writer/calc open dialog visible

2007-02-07 Thread Simon Oosthoek
ok, found something that fixes my issues http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=332043 (says: install nfs-common on the client side) -- Openoffice deadlock if starting Impress whilst writer/calc open dialog visible https://launchpad.net/bugs/64813 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 10225] Re: Simpler integration for local device permissions

2007-02-01 Thread Simon Oosthoek
simple solution (it seems) see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktopHowTo -- Simpler integration for local device permissions https://launchpad.net/bugs/10225 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 10225] Re: Simpler integration for local device permissions

2007-01-30 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I confirm this request emphatically! I'm moving away from Mandriva to Kunbuntu and this is something I will have to figure out now, since we have a centralised authentication system and the only local user is used only during the installation. I'm aware this is not the philosophy of the ubuntu

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-19 Thread Simon Oosthoek
So far, I've not noticed this problem in Edgy, using the same firefox and thunderbird from the central installation on NFS. So my conclusion is that it has to be something other than firefox or thunderbird that consumes memory (under that process ID) or not giving it back (X-server). Is this

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-19 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Ok, to reproduce (I'm assuming the NFS bit is irrelevant here) Also, I've not actually tried this sequence yet - install kubuntu 6.06 and updates on a P4 with an Intel MB and built-in graphics (i810 driver, see hardware below) - install firefox 2.0.1 and thunderbird 1.5.0.9 from mozilla.org (my

[Bug 73617] Re: SRU proposal

2007-01-17 Thread Simon Oosthoek
it would really help a lot of people if this was pushed through a bit, it's a very annoying bug! (and open for about 4 months now) -- SRU proposal https://launchpad.net/bugs/73617 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-16 Thread Simon Oosthoek
After working less than a day using firefox and thunderbird (not package based) I had about 1 GB RAM and 1 GB swap in use, logout and restart X-server reset that to normal values. I upgraded to dapper from mandriva 2006 (clean install of dapper), but the mozilla apps ran/run from a shared NFS

[Bug 48509] Re: Power Saving in Display

2007-01-15 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Please, can this bug be given a higher priority? It seems like a trivial bug to fix and it will save megawatts in energy worldwide after it is fixed! Think of the children! It may make the difference between our world and waterworld ;-) BTW, with fixed, I mean in an update to Edgy, not in

[Bug 78772] memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Yesterday I installed dapper (6.06 LTS) on my machine at work and ran updates rebooted a few times due to other config changes, such as NIS and NFS. I left it on overnight and this morning I found it had consumed almost all my memory and swap space (1GB RAM and 2GB of swap).

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
thanks for the confirmation, I really hope there's a fix for it, because this would block me from installing kubuntu 6.06 on our office desktops. /Simon -- memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06? https://launchpad.net/bugs/78772 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Ok, I've played around a bit with xrestop and I think it is the combination of firefox/thunderbird and xorg. top gives a bit misleading indication of the Xorg server it seems, xrestop gives about 100-250M less memory as total than what top indicates. Using firefox or thunderbird increases the

[Bug 78772] Re: memory leak in xorg i810 of 6.06?

2007-01-11 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I don't know if this is a sensible observation, but it appears as if the second run of firefox/thunderbird seem quite normal or even small in their use of xorg memory. (with second run, I mean: start FF/TB, use it, close it, wait until xrestop/top show they're gone and then start FF/TB again.)

[Bug 73441] Re: openoffice write zoom misses options page width, optimal and entire page

2006-11-27 Thread Simon Oosthoek
this is on kubuntu 6.10 (edgy) on a thinkpad R52 laptop with intel graphics -- openoffice write zoom misses options page width, optimal and entire page https://launchpad.net/bugs/73441 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 73441] openoffice write zoom misses options page width, optimal and entire page

2006-11-27 Thread Simon Oosthoek
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org In the zoom options, only the numerical percentage options are available, the textual ones page width, optimal and entire page are not visible next to the radio buttons and cannot be selected. ** Affects: openoffice.org (Ubuntu)

[Bug 48509] Re: Power Saving in Display

2006-11-26 Thread Simon Oosthoek
I have something similar, Whenever I log out or reboot, my powersaving settings in System Settings - Monitor and Display is reset to 2 or 5 hours, which is a weird setting as a default, but when I change it to 15 min, it changes right back when I re-login. I'm using amd64 with kubuntu edgy

[Bug 68256] Re: kde: Openoffice doesn't see remote cups printers, just generic printer

2006-11-18 Thread Simon Oosthoek
It seems that it's not openoffice, but cups itself that is configured not to show network printers. changing the browsing option in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf will correct this (at least, for me) before: Browsing Off after: Browsing On I don't understand why this is configured this way by default,

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