[Bug 240738] Re: syndaemon sometimes fails to disable the touchpad

2011-07-07 Thread spbrereton
Well, I decided to add myself as this is seriously annoying. I have a MacBook Pro with a HUGE trackpad and anytime I go near a the y, u, 6 or 7 keys the cursor moves and my text ends up being inserted elsewhere. Othertimes it will randomly copy a block of text and then the next key press

[Bug 498940] Re: Background icons layout problem while using dual monitors

2011-02-17 Thread spbrereton
As far as I'm concerned, that's acceptable - perhaps even desirable behaviour. For example if you moved your status and applications bar to the left monitor then the icons would have to move down (which is probably how windows/macos would do it), but it doesn't seem like a big issue to me. More

[Bug 600524] Re: battery always shows empty

2011-02-17 Thread spbrereton
I'm not sure I agree with it being xface4-battery-plugin. I have the same issue in Gnome. As well as the other commonly reported issue that because the system doesn't correctly report the discharging of the battery the system will just shut off when the battery runs out - despite the battery

[Bug 270123] Re: Wrong battery status

2011-02-17 Thread spbrereton
I'm not sure if this is the same bug or a different one. All I know is that it makes my laptop unusable as a laptop since I never know when the battery is about to quit... lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Release:10.04 acpi -b -a Battery 0: Charging, 0%, charging at

[Bug 715196] [NEW] Panel won't auto-hide when not set to expanded

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
. Panel_1 will be off to the right and auto-hide when not brought to focus. This is the behaviour on the other machine. spbrereton@spb:~$ cat .gconf/apps/panel/toplevels/panel_1/%gconf.xml ?xml version=1.0? gconf entry name=auto_hide mtime=1297173143 schema=/schemas/apps/panel/toplevels

[Bug 715196] Re: Panel won't auto-hide when not set to expanded

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
** Attachment added: screenshot showing panel_1 not autohiding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715196/+attachment/1838260/+files/Screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 715196] Re: Panel won't auto-hide when not set to expanded

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
I can confirm this only happens when there is a second monitor. I detached the external monitor. I rebooted. Panel behaved as expected. I attached the external monitor. Panel appeared without prompting and stayed there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 481576] Re: Action on critical battery is not triggered - gnome-power-manager

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
Also confirmed on the MacBookPro - 2.1 I really don't see how this can claim to be a production ready OS if it can't at least tell me my battery is about to die. I don't usually run it with a battery, but that's to save my battery. However, this bug makes me very reluctant to use my laptop as a

[Bug 715476] [NEW] Battery statistics are not correct.

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager This is not strictly a new bug - but it covers two that have expired (#421070 and #49661) and probably others as well. Symptoms: Battery is not reporting charging when it is Battery is not reporting discharging when it actually is

[Bug 715476] Re: Battery statistics are not correct.

2011-02-08 Thread spbrereton
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[Bug 215074] Re: macbook battery info not readable, appears empty

2010-10-01 Thread spbrereton
I have exactly the same issue as reported in comment 22. (and second the comments in 24, and the query in 25). $ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate:0 mW remaining capacity:

[Bug 215074] Re: macbook battery info not readable, appears empty

2010-10-01 Thread spbrereton
And it's not related to 23 as far as I can tell.. -- macbook battery info not readable, appears empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215074 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 644310] [NEW] package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-09-21 Thread spbrereton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Just doing a regular update - and then this happened. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic-pae Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic-pae i686

[Bug 644310] Re: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-09-21 Thread spbrereton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644310/+attachment/1617769/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Df.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644310/+attachment/1617770/+files/Df.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt

[Bug 644310] [NEW] package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-09-21 Thread spbrereton
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba Just doing a regular update - and then this happened. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic-pae Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic-pae i686

[Bug 644310] Re: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2010-09-21 Thread spbrereton
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644310/+attachment/1617769/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Df.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644310/+attachment/1617770/+files/Df.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt

[Bug 413419] Re: Boot messages show on Acer Aspire One

2009-09-28 Thread spbrereton
Got it reinstalling 9.04 on top of 9.10 development release when updates on Karmic went wrong. MacBook Pro 2.2. I can't boot. Kernel panic - not syncing VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0) -- Boot messages show on Acer Aspire One https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413419 You

[Bug 274234] Re: [intrepid] Xorg fails to start xserver-xorg-video-radeon (CD_INVALID_OPCODE)

2009-09-28 Thread spbrereton
sounds like I just ran into this upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic Alpha 6 -- [intrepid] Xorg fails to start xserver-xorg-video-radeon (CD_INVALID_OPCODE) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274234 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 155288] Re: Xorg.conf's default setup for the Macbook Pro touchpad isn't correct

2009-09-23 Thread spbrereton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 94055 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94055 I know it says to comment here only if this duplicate status is wrong - but I'm attached to the original bug and I don't see this level of technical input there. Worryingly, I don't see progress on this bug

[Bug 346072] Re: solarwinds crashed with SIGFPE in vbo_exec_vtx_flush()

2009-09-21 Thread spbrereton
I suppose it makes sense for me to add I'm on a MacBook Pro 2.2 - and running Karmic.. -- solarwinds crashed with SIGFPE in vbo_exec_vtx_flush() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/346072 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 67188] Re: Error activating XKB configuration. - Requires manual xorg.conf editing

2009-09-17 Thread spbrereton
Martin Thank you very much! I have done that - and there is now no annoying error message. Even if I add a second layout (German). Even if I add the second layout as German-Mac :) :) So, I'll leave this bug and join the other? Now I just have to find why my keyboard isn't passed back to my

[Bug 94055] Re: MacBook Pro touchpad too sensitive

2009-09-17 Thread spbrereton
MacBook Pro 2.2 running Karmic What annoys me is that no matter how much I move the slider for sensitivity in gSnaptics the marker is always in the same place when I come back. Typing is a nightmare because the cursor constantly shifts.. -- MacBook Pro touchpad too sensitive

[Bug 412944] Re: [Karmic] Removing Flash Plugin causes annoying package managing problems

2009-09-16 Thread spbrereton
I confirm - running as root: rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm and then as user sudo apt-get auto-remove worked for me. I guess reinstalling (sudo apt-get install adobe- flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1) would work too.. -- [Karmic] Removing Flash Plugin causes annoying package managing

[Bug 67188] Re: Error activating XKB configuration. - Requires manual xorg.conf editing

2009-09-16 Thread spbrereton
Thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I am in the wrong bug - but 327963 doesn't seem to be right for me either. In effect, I have no need for any variant of the Mac keyboard. I have a MacBook Pro 2.2 (now running Karmic, though the problem was also in Jaunty). I installed VirtualBox 3.0 to run XP

[Bug 67188] Re: Error activating XKB configuration. - Requires manual xorg.conf editing

2009-09-16 Thread spbrereton
And I thought I was being so clear.. :( Forget VB for a minute.. Currently my Keyboard model is Generic 102 (was previously 105). My layouts are USA Mac and Germany (thought I haven't yet used that layout - so in essence, we're only concerned with USA MAC (which is setup as default and which

[Bug 67188] Re: Error activating XKB configuration. - Requires manual xorg.conf editing

2009-09-10 Thread spbrereton
I'm confused. It seems to be that that solution is to set the keyboard to Generic and not have the proper settings.. That can't be right. Can it!? -- Error activating XKB configuration. - Requires manual xorg.conf editing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67188 You received this bug