[Bug 1948347] [NEW] ubuntu-restricted-extras installation hangs asking in whiptail prompt

2021-10-21 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: Description:Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Release:20.04 ubuntu-restricted-extras: Installed: 67 Candidate: 67 Version table: *** 67 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/multiverse amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status In up-to-date

[Bug 1880339] Re: package sgml-base 1.29.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

2020-09-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I had a version of this bug. - starting from 18.04 LTS, with all package updates - software-updater didn't offer 20.04 (surprised me this many months after 20.04 was released) - followed https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-18-04-lts- to-20-04-lts-today - all went well until

[Bug 1791761] Re: No mail retrieving from a local popa3d server with thunderbird 1.52.9.1

2020-07-10 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Oops: The problem has gone away. I'm not sure why. Things that I did: - updated thunderbird (that didn't fix the problem by itself -- I did that before posting #2) - did a software update on the server (Fedora 32). But that doesn't explain the problem since the problem arose WITHOUT a

[Bug 1791761] Re: No mail retrieving from a local popa3d server with thunderbird 1.52.9.1

2020-07-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I had a problem much like this. - in 2020 January. - Ubuntu 18.04 - broke when I updated Thunderbird from 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 - fixed when I rolled it back and pinned it. With recent updates, even 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 failed in a way that seems the same. I then updated to the latest

[Bug 1264368] Re: GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID was not found when attempting to remove it - warning when leaving Network menu of g-c-c

2016-02-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I'm getting this too. /var/log/syslog gets this: Feb 17 11:17:01 redback console-kit-daemon[3481]: GLib-CRITICAL: Source ID 373 was not found when attempting to remove it >From reading this launchpad entry, I infer that it is a bug in each application that generates this. So perhaps my message

[Bug 1284397] Re: iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000.

2014-02-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
It might be useful to look at these Fedora bz entries. Not sure. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046935 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069403 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1046935 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046935 ** Bug watch added: Red

[Bug 1262752] Re: nvidia_304 not blacklisted or removed when nvidia_304_updates is installed.

2014-01-11 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Just happened to me again. After an upgrade to Linux version 3.2.0-58-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #88-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 17:37:58 UTC 2013 $ sudo dkms status [sudo] password for hugh: nvidia-304, 304.88, 3.2.0-53-generic, x86_64: installed

[Bug 1262752] Re: nvidia_304 not blacklisted or removed when nvidia_304_updates is installed.

2013-12-29 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have experienced this problem on my Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS system. Here's an extract from dmesg output: [ 30.521761] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 304.108, but [ 30.521763] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.88. Please [ 30.521764] NVRM: make sure that this kernel

[Bug 1241684] Re: Upgrade 13.04 to 13.10 Fail real-time signal 0

2013-10-23 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I think I hit this too. Very puzzling because I first I used the GUI without invoking it from a terminal. It worked for a while and then silently went away. Not even an oil slick. When I invoked it from a terminal (sudo update-manager -d) it had this Signal 0 message (which makes no sense to me

[Bug 791833] Re: Dell ST2220T Monitor responds to touch only on warm boot from windows

2013-08-18 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
How can I nominate this for Precise? Quantal? Raring? I've experienced the symptoms with each (not all the same). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/791833 Title: Dell ST2220T Monitor

[Bug 1184067] Re: grub-mount burns through CPU without reason

2013-08-11 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Yeah, it does seem slow. I'm installing 13.04 on my Acer Revo (Intel Atom) box. It already has DOS, Fedora 19, and 13.04 (I'm installing another 13.04 to track down a bug). Before installation even asks where to install, it does a grub- mount, burning just under 2 minutes of CPU (I was watching

[Bug 791833] Re: Dell ST2220T Monitor responds to touch only on warm boot from windows

2013-08-10 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
@Jose #56: lsusb does as you say. There is a bit more with -v. Identical on Fedora 19. I don't see the dmesg errors that you see. I said that touch was working with 12.10 to some extent (I didn't test much). Well, it isn't working on 13.04. The first and maybe second click work but after

[Bug 588262] Re: Can't burn ISO images.

2013-07-15 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This but persists: it is in 12.04 LTS with all current updates applied. There are several problems. The first one is that K3b incorrectly reports the problem. wodim fails with an I/O error, well into burning: Track 01: 10 of 625 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x. Errno: 5 (Input/output

[Bug 480671]

2013-07-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I'm using Firefox 22.0 on Fedora 19. I tried to log into a site typing a lowercase name. Auto completion offered both the lower case and initial caps version. But nothing I tried would let me get the lowercase name (tab, mouse click (on choices, or on other part of form), arrow key). Jesse on

[Bug 980710] Re: black font on black background in xfce terminal

2013-06-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
For some unknown reason, this problem showed up on my system recently (XFCE / Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS system with all updates). Deleting ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml and logging in again didn't fix it for me. (See #7) That file contains property name=ThemeName

[Bug 1038093] Re: Fedora17 and ArchLinux dont appear in GRUB menu

2013-05-21 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Still broken in 12.04 LTS. Surely it is time to support Long Term Support. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038093 Title: Fedora17 and ArchLinux dont appear in GRUB menu To manage

[Bug 963920] Re: Cheese doesn't start, hangs with 100% CPU

2013-04-15 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I updated for 10.04 LTS AMD64 = 12.04 LTS AMD64 in the last few days. Cheese went from working to failing in the way described above: At launch, it took 100% CPU and did not even show a window. This was true with and without my HP USB webcam plugged in. I wanted to give a useful traceback but the

[Bug 963920] Re: Cheese doesn't start, hangs with 100% CPU

2013-04-15 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Addendum to #10: guvcview works fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/963920 Title: Cheese doesn't start, hangs with 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1038093] Re: [regression] Fedora17 and ArchLinux dont appear in GRUB menu

2013-03-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
@Jefrey Walton I agree: it is amazing that this is not fixed. Especially when the status is Fix Released. But there is an easy manual work-around: before running update-grub, mount the non-Ubuntu Linux boot partitions. Then os-prober finds them! -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 863741] Re: apt doesn't want to replace portmap with rpcbind on upgrade

2013-02-26 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This bug is NOT fixed. I just updated my up-to-date 10.04 system to 12.04. I'm hitting this bug now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863741 Title: apt doesn't want to replace

[Bug 863741] Re: apt doesn't want to replace portmap with rpcbind on upgrade

2013-02-26 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Although Update Manager cannot deal with the problem, this seems to fix it: sudo apt-get install rpcbind -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863741 Title: apt doesn't want to replace

[Bug 1038093] Re: [regression] Fedora17 and ArchLinux dont appear in GRUB menu

2013-01-21 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I don't know in what sense the Fix [is] Released. I just updated my 12.04 and 12.10 systems and, after the updates, they still exhibited the bug. Please explain. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 833952]

2012-12-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I'm getting a particularly frustrating variant of this problem with firefox 17.0 on 64-bit Fedora 17 Gnome. I get a stack of these cookie confirmation dialog boxes and I wish to click allow for Session on each of them. The top of the stack won't take a click! If I drag the FF window, some of

[Bug 833952]

2012-12-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
See also https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633763 Cookie confirmation dialogs should be tab-modal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/833952 Title: cookie dialogues can pile up

[Bug 791833] Re: Dell ST2220T Monitor responds to touch only on warm boot from windows

2012-10-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Touch on ST2220T works with 12.10 but not 12.04. Since 12.04 is LTS, I respectfully request that the fix be backported. I'm not sure what multitouch support is supposed to look like, so I don't know if it works with the ST2220T under 12.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 873058] Re: Jockey fails to install binary ati driver (post release) version

2012-10-24 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Romano: +1 12.04 is LTS: supported of some more years. Furthermore, Mythbuntu only supports LTS, and the proprietary driver is necessary for home theatre applications. So: this needs to be fixed for 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1033538] Re: k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears

2012-08-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033538 Title: k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1033538] [NEW] k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears

2012-08-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: k9copy should be run as a regular user but it needs superuser privileges for some reasons. It apparently invokes a kdelib routine kdesu to escalate its privilege. In my case, the main k9window becomes unresponsive, awaiting kdesu's result. But there is no kdesu window for

[Bug 1033538] Re: k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears

2012-08-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
A little more data from another run. Here's what ps laxgwf shows while kdesu is waiting vainly for a password. 0 1000 2562 2510 20 0 835828 50804 n_tty_ Sl+ pts/2 0:03 | \_ k9copy 4 0 2575 2562 20 0 53220 1992 n_tty_ Ss+ pts/4 0:00 |

[Bug 1033538] Re: k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears

2012-08-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
A work-around: When googling for one of the messages, I found this thread (in Italian, which I don't understand): http://www.linuxmind- italia.org/index.php?topic=11584.0. The last message seems to say that things worked after he deleted .kde. I renamed ~/.kde so it would not be found by KDE.

[Bug 1033538] Re: k9copy calls kdesu but kdesu password window never appears

2012-08-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
** Patch added: the difference between the old .kde (failure) and the new .kde (success) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k9copy/+bug/1033538/+attachment/3250583/+files/dot-kde.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 995544] Re: Video corruption after login (GeForce 6150 LE)

2012-06-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46557 Work around: pass mem=2g to kernel (from grub) ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #46557 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46557 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 722019] Re: Failed to install the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This Maverick bug looks a lot like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/859539 (Oneiric). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722019 Title: Failed to install the

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This bug affects me. I invoked usb-creator-gtk without knowing that was its name: I used Startup Disk Creator from the Dash Home thing on my Unity desktop (Oneiric + updates). It would be wise to keep names consistent. The thing failed after 10 minutes of copying files to the thumb drive. This

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
** Attachment added: message from usb-creator-gtk installation failed: Failed to install the bootloader; Quit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/859539/+attachment/2662361/+files/Screenshot%20at%202012-01-08%2001%3A21%3A22.png -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
It is extremely confusing and stupid that authenticating to policykit (or whatever puts this up) has no effect on the outcome. Failure has already happened. ** Attachment added: policy kit(?) popup. usb-creator has ALREADY given up, so authenticating here doesn't help.

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This Oneiric bug looks a lot like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/722019 (Maveric). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859539 Title: usb-creator-gtk fails to

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-01-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Hmm. Still fails for me with --allow-system-internal. This time I ran from the command line: usb-creator-gtk --iso=Ubuntu11.10/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso --allow-system-internal No logging appeared on stderr (or stdout for that matter). The command did not complete until I had entered the

[Bug 903306] Re: no reaction on shortly pressing power button

2012-01-03 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I experience this bug in 11.10 + updates for AMD64. There are other sightings on the web: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2011-December/032588.html https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3t=46554 I don't know if this is a unity-greeter bug or a bug in acpid's

[Bug 903306] Re: no reaction on shortly pressing power button

2012-01-03 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/792242 power button shuts down immediatly (no warning) This seems to be a different manifestation of what is likely the same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 873058] Re: Jockey fail to install binary ati driver (post release) version

2011-12-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
@ Martin Pitt #23 Is your proposed fix to nvidia-common supposed to fix jockey's handling of installing proprietary AMD drivers (fglrx)? That seems rather counter-intuitive. I have a fresh AMD64 installation of Oneiric, plus all updates (but no -proposed). Jockey fails with the message sorry

[Bug 876189] [NEW] many bugs are fixed between simple-scan 1.0.3-0ubuntu1 and 3.2.0

2011-10-16 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: There are many bugs fixed between simple-scan 1.0.3 (the latest version released for Lucid) and the current version, 3.2.0. I've used the version in https://launchpad.net/~robert-ancell/+archive/simple-scan (2.32.0.1-0ubuntu1) but it too has serious bugs fixed in 3.2.0.

[Bug 741628] Re: simple-scan creates broken PDF's

2011-10-12 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Since 10.04 LTS is still supported, could you backport the fixed version of Simple Scan to 10.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/741628 Title: simple-scan creates broken PDF's To

[Bug 785569] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522

2011-07-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
From reports in various fora, this bug is common. http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?31961-Notes-on-Acer-Aspire-One-522 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1680348 A workaround has been found: unload the wired ethernet module before entering the WPA password. Works for me.

[Bug 785569] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522

2011-07-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785569 Title: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522 To manage notifications about this

[Bug 775034] Re: Natty freezes due to Acer Aspire One 522 wireless

2011-07-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This bug is similar to 785569 Be very clear whether your wireless card is Broadcom BCM 4313 or some Atheros chipset. This bug is for BCM4313. I found that I could crash with either the BRCM80211 driver or the WL driver. This makes me think that the problem is with the atl1c driver (part of the

[Bug 785569] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522

2011-07-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Also see bug 775034 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785569 Title: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 785569] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522

2011-07-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Another workaround: If you add PXE netbooting at the front of the BIOS boot options, somehow the wired interface gets set up in a way that prevents the atl1c and WL drivers from causing our problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 785569] Re: Ubuntu 11.04 freeze on Acer AO 522

2011-07-16 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have an ao522. In my case, the problem is with the wireless support. When I connect to my wireless, shortly after (immediately or sometimes after a delay) the system locks up hard. No X updates (clock on desktop does not advance). No response to keyboard or mouse or soft poweroff. This is a

[Bug 443113] Re: Error probing SMB2 boot message on nVidia ION chipset (Acer Aspire Revo, ASrock ION 330, ASUS netbooks...)

2011-07-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I don't understand the Won't Fix. This bug shows up in Lucid LTS which is still supported. See the status near the top Nominated for Lucid by Amano. It definitely shows up in Lucid, even with recent updates. How could creating a clone of this bug report help anything? -- You received this

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2011-03-31 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
If you read enough of this bz entry, you will see that it cannot be fixed by a new Adobe Flash. Proof: I have the problem but don't have Flash installed. My best guess is that this is a GTK bug. You will see hints of this if you read the whole bz entry. Or just look for GTK. -- You received

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2011-03-31 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
@Nigel: Your BIOS has chosen to set up the MTRRs in a way that cannot be fixed by the kernel (or mtrr-uncover) without changing the memory caching ranges. The BIOS uses overlapping ranges. That won't work when the system wants to change uncachable to write-combining for an X driver. The kernel

[Bug 443113] Re: Error probing SMB2 boot message on nVidia ION chipset (Acer Aspire Revo, ASrock ION 330, ASUS netbooks...)

2010-11-20 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
@sylvain Bourdette: Is the message still in dmesg output in Maverick? -- Error probing SMB2 boot message on nVidia ION chipset (Acer Aspire Revo, ASrock ION 330, ASUS netbooks...) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443113 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 617885] Re: gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR **

2010-11-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I experienced this gparted failure with the 10.10 i386 live-cd. I could work around it with the .deb in message number 58. -- gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR ** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617885 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 541620] Re: Ralink RT3090 Wireless Not Supported in Lucid

2010-08-03 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have an Acer Revo R1600 with one of these wireless devices. Out of the box, Lucid's driver didn't work. To fix it, I created an empty file in as described in #12 and elsewhere. It works for me. I don't have the machine at hand to check exactly what I did, but I do have the output of dmesg.

[Bug 475145] Re: DVI port detection worked before but fails now

2010-07-02 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This is a real bug. It affects me in Lucid 10.04 LTS. It did not affect me in 8.04 LTS. Some Radeon 7000 VE cards have two VGA connectors and some have one VGA and one DVI connector. The current code assumes tow VGA. A fix has been checked in upstream:

[Bug 541620] Re: Ralink RT3090 Wireless Not Supported in Lucid

2010-07-02 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
How different is an RT2860 driver from an RT3090 driver? Is it better to use the built-into-lucid 2860 driver or try to install Markus' 3090 package? BTW, Markus' PPA doesn't work for Lucid even if the .deb does. It needs a populated lucid directory. -- Ralink RT3090 Wireless Not Supported in

[Bug 543008] Re: Ubiquity can't find the sata hard disk (promise 376 chip)

2010-06-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I see no value in insults. I hit this problem. It is real. This launchpad entry helped me work around the problem. I expect never to hit it again. I'm here to help make things better for other Ubuntu users. My disk drive has never been used in RAID and yet dmraid detected that it had. How

[Bug 573618] Re: Installer does not detect hard drive partitions

2010-06-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
See this bug that has been determined (correctly, I think) to be not a dmraid bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmraid/+bug/543008 My particular experience was quite a surprise and wasted a lot of time. Some details are in that bug report. dmraid decided that my (only) disk was part

[Bug 543008] Re: Ubiquity can't find the sata hard disk (promise 376 chip)

2010-06-28 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I added to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/573618 -- Ubiquity can't find the sata hard disk (promise 376 chip) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 543008] Re: Ubiquity can't find the sata hard disk (promise 376 chip)

2010-06-27 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I experienced this too when trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 i386 (released version). My computer is an old eMachine, with the original disk. It has never been RAIDed. Heck, the machine doesn't have the appropriate controller and has never had a second drive. I had a difficult time figuring out

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2010-05-16 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I think that Flash provokes the bug more often than other things, but I don't think that this is a Flash bug. Read my comment #92. My desktop is Fedora 11. I get these crashes regularly if I leave a lot of tabs open for a long time. I don't have Flash installed on the system. I don't know if

[Bug 455852] Re: Flash hangs on any cbc.ca/video site

2010-04-04 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I assume that this is the wrapper: www.cbc.ca/video/swf/UberPlayer.swf I don't know much about flash. I did a swfdump (from swftools) on it. I got a set of warnings: Warning: Invalid jump instruction jump from 60 to 143 (120) Warning: Invalid jump instruction jump from 118 to 128 (125) Warning:

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2010-03-30 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
For what it's worth, I just had this hit me again but on Fedora 11 with Firefox 3.5.8 on x86-64. Note: I don't have Flash on the system. The fact that it is Fedora should not be important since this is an upstream bug. Removing the warning does not remove the bug, it just obscures it. If the

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2010-03-27 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I don't think that the bug is related to Flash: I get it without having Flash on my system. I do think that Flash makes everything worse :-) Again, I point to this bug report: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21583 Unfortunately, that report has been diluted by a bunch of Cairo

[Bug 523639] [NEW] dueling window managers fill disk with logging flood

2010-02-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythbuntu-gdm-theme On Ubuntu 9.10 + mythbuntu on AMD64 with all current updates: My disk is filling up with messages logged in /var/log/gdm/:0-greeter.log. These messages are repeated: Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display :0.0 already has a

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2009-12-30 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Micah said it's only a warning, so nothing bad should happen. Please read comment 67. This diagnostic is a warning of bad things going on. They will eventually bite you unless you restart FireFox. -- Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401823 You

[Bug 401823] Re: (firefox:24993): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead - overeager XID caching

2009-11-21 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I don't think that suppressing the warning message fixes the underlying bug. This is a rather deep bug. Have a look at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21583 -- (firefox:24993): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead - overeager XID caching

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2009-08-16 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
re mtrr-uncover: I updated it to deal with a change to kernel header asm/mtrr.h that hijacked a symbol that I had used. The link is now ftp://ftp.cs.utoronto.ca/pub/hugh/mtrr-uncover-2009august14.tgz Best advice: look in that directory for the newest version, indicated by the filename. --

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2009-08-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
ilna: I notice that error now on my Fedora 11. I'm too lazy to check, but it looks as if the kernel header changed and hijacked a symbol that I had been using. quick fix: issue this shell command in the mtrr directory sed -i -e 's/\mtrr_type\/_dhr/g' mtrr-uncover.c Then make again. I am a

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2009-08-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
ilna: Glad to hear that the kernel's clean up code worked. Could you post the /proc/mtrr contents when cleanup is not enabled? I'd like to see what it is fixing. -- MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2009-08-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This version of mtrr-uncover should compile cleanly with the new asm/mtrr.h header file. ftp://ftp.cs.utoronto.ca/pub/hugh/mtrr-uncover-2009august14.tgz Thanks, ilna, for pointing out the problem. -- MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB

[Bug 253204] Re: MTRR ioctls don't work as documented

2009-07-26 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I tried to use apport-collect but it required more access rights than I am willing to give it. Please read #3 -- #1 is confusing. This bug still exists in 9.04. It also exists in Fedora 11. It is in upstream (I'm sure, by code inspection). Note: I said that MTRRs with length =4GiB were not

[Bug 316644] Re: package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

2009-07-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
** Attachment added: /var/log/dpkg.log.4.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29269295/dpkg.log.4.gz -- package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316644 You

[Bug 316644] Re: package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

2009-07-19 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This was not a distribution or release upgrade. It was just an upgrade within 8.10. So there is nothing in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ I will attach /var/log/apt/term.4.gz, a logrolled version of term that covers this period. Unfortunately, it ended abruptly, and is incomplete. This was not caused

[Bug 341898] Re: MythTV Frontend does not work with RADEON DRI

2009-06-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
As far as I can tell from this thread, the best current answer of Jaunty+MythTV users with ATI video cards was given here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/341898/comments/87 That was six weeks ago. Is there going to be an update to fix the underlying problem in the near

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2009-05-13 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I'm now using Ubuntu 9.04 on my x61t. GLXgears now reports varying amounts in the range 900 to 1150 without any mucking with MTRRs. That suggests that the Intel X video driver now uses the PAT mechanism. Good! The MTRRs are still overlapping. I had to change mtrr-uncover to deal with a

[Bug 360898] [NEW] boot record written to wrong partition

2009-04-13 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity I installed the 9.04 beta AMD64 on my Thinkpad x61t. Using advanced on one of the screens (I forget which one), I specified that grub's boot record should be installed on /dev/sda9 (the only choice besides /dev/sda) (I admit that I don't

[Bug 310893] Re: bluetooth mouse will not connect

2009-03-30 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Is there a new version to try for Intrepid? -- bluetooth mouse will not connect https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310893 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 318447] Re: bluetooth mouse will not work in jaunty

2009-03-09 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 310893 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/310893 On my Thinkpad x61t, running 64-bit Intrepid, my bluetooth mouse will no longer pair. I use the bluetooth applet. The device seearch sees the device Rocketfix Bluetooth Mouse When I select it and press

[Bug 220628] Re: firefox-3.0b5 received an X Window System error: 'BadIDChoice'

2009-03-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
lessoffensive: No, I have not tested the patch. I'm actually experiencing the problem on Fedora 10 (my main desktop). I use Ubuntu on some computers but not long enough to experience this problem. I am also concerned that the patch isn't in a final form yet. If I remember correctly, the

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2009-03-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I have a thinkpad x61t with an intel video chipset. I have installed 4G of RAM. I am running Intrepid with 64-bit kernel 2.6.27-11-generic. The Intel X driver works but cannot set the frame buffer to write combining. glxgears reports 450 FPS. If I run mtrr-uncover (see above) and restart X,

[Bug 220628] Re: firefox-3.0b5 received an X Window System error: 'BadIDChoice'

2009-02-22 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
See the libxcb project bugzilla entry https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20254 See the firefox project bugzilla entry https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458092 -- firefox-3.0b5 received an X Window System error: 'BadIDChoice' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220628 You

[Bug 255195] Re: repeated crash BadIDChoice on hardy

2009-02-15 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 220628 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220628 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 220628 firefox-3.0b5 received an X Window System error: 'BadIDChoice' -- repeated crash BadIDChoice on hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255195 You

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

2009-02-11 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Is there a fix for Intrepid? I'm trying to install Mythbuntu 8.10 and have hit this problem. I duplicated the problem with Ubuntu 8.10. (For what it is worth, Fedora 10 has this problem too.) -- install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2009-01-13 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
George Lesica: your message appeared in the kernel log (dmesg) whereas the message reported in the first report is from the xorg log. I think that the message in the xorg log might vary between video drivers. The one in kernel log should be consistent. I'm surprised that you have this problem

[Bug 316644] Re: package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

2009-01-12 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21150512/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21150513/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21150514/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 316644] [NEW] package linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

2009-01-12 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-generic update manager was installing a lot of packages. The installation of this package failed. I have not yet tried to reboot. Here is the output of uname -a (reflecting the previous kernel): Linux redaver 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2008-12-13 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
With regard to my earlier comment ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/224404/comments/42 ): I have updated the mtrr-uncover a few times. Look for the newest appropriately named tarball in the ftp directory: ftp://ftp.cs.utoronto.ca/pub/hugh/ --

[Bug 255195] Re: repeated crash BadIDChoice on hardy

2008-11-24 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
For what it is worth, I've been experiencing this for some time on 64-bit Fedora 9. And I don't have any plugin for Flash. It isn't reproducible. It happens every few days. I'm having trouble using gdb on Firefox so I don't have much diagnostic information to add. GDB keeps stopping the

[Bug 116189] Re: firefox crashed

2008-11-24 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/255195 -- firefox crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116189 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 246269] Re: Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work without v86d

2008-10-06 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
denisius.sion in #58 (probably 3 messages up, but I cannot tell until after I post) seems to have an MTRR problem. This message means that the kernel is refusing to change the type of an MTRR as the driver is telling it to do: [ 16.285745] mtrr: type mismatch for fb00,80 old: write-back

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2008-09-18 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I've written the program. It works on my one system. Who knows if it works anywhere else. Fetch it from ftp://ftp.cs.utoronto.ca/pub/hugh/mtrr-uncover- 2008sept18.tgz Untar it. cd into the new directory. Type make. Read the manpage man ./ mtrr-uncover.8 Run the command (just a test!)

[Bug 210780] Re: MTRRs set up incorrectly with 4GB RAM - X slow

2008-09-18 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
2.6.27 has been ported to Hardy (a good thing: Hardy is LTS). Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work because v86d is needed. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/236937/comments/3 I've written an experimental userland program to rejig MTRRs. Read about it here:

[Bug 224404] Re: MTRR is not properly setup on Intel Northbridge Chipset (P35, X38, X48) with more than 3GB RAM and with Memory Remapping Enabled

2008-09-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I'm trying to write a program to rejig MTRR settings to avoid this problem. More details to follow if it works. It would help me if people would post the contents of /proc/mtrr for their systems. If you have a BIOS setting that avoids the problem, please post /proc/mtrr for both. It would also

[Bug 236937] Re: dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory

2008-09-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I see v86d is problematic: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/246269 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/189621 Before Hardy can move to 2.6.27 this will need to be solved. (I'm on AMD64, if that matters.) -- dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory

[Bug 246269] Re: Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work without v86d

2008-09-08 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
This bug affects Hardy when the 2.6.27 kernel is installed from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/pub/next/2.6.27-rc3/{all,hardy} I installed this because of the response to 236937. Is there any .deb containing v86d made available for Hardy? -- Switched from vesafb to uvesafb, but uvesafb can't work

[Bug 236937] Re: dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory

2008-09-07 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
I wish your message had explained where to find the .debs and a procedure to install them. I fetched things from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/pub/next/2.6.27-rc3/{all,hardy} and installed them. The out of memory message is now gone -- thanks. Reading the dmesg output, I now see several disturbing

[Bug 253204] Re: MTRR ioctls don't work as documented

2008-08-03 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
[I got some help from BenC and mjg59 on freenode's #ubuntu-kernel] It turns out that the kernel's IOCTL code just bails (returns an all-0 struct) if the MTRR size field is =4G. There is no room in the size field of struct mtrr_gentry (defined in /usr/include/asm/mtrr.h). See case

[Bug 253204] [NEW] MTRR ioctls don't work as documented

2008-07-30 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier
Public bug reported: The kernel's Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt or Documentation/mtrr.txt describes the ioctl interface to the MTRRs. The sample code for printing out the MTRRs (mtrr-show.c) fails to print many of the values. I think that this is a bug in the ioctl implementation, not the

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