Re: File bug report

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Martin,

On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 17:41, Martin Nielsen  wrote:

> I can't figure out how to file a bug report.
> I'm on Ubuntu Server and I got a random kernel panic.
> The guys here https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2497601,
> recommended i filed a bug report.
>
I Googled for it and found:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Bugs

It tells you how to file a kernel bug report for Ubuntu.

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Re: Call for testing: 23.10 candidate images

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Hi Lukasz,

On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 at 10:28, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Most of you already know, but sending out an e-mail just in case.
> We're in the middle of the 23.10 release week right now, with an
> official set of release candidate images available here:
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/449/builds


Thank you for that. Downloaded Ubuntu 23.10 rc and tested it, and
registered my results.

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Re: Good afternoon, I'm new here in the community.

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Hi Erik,

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 18:00, Erik Chendo Tegon  wrote:

> Good afternoon, I'm new here in the community.
> I wish I could contribute better with feedbacks from the ubuntu desktop
> gamer community on ubuntu.
> Is there space here? How do I get heard?
>

Welcome :)

In general either wait for people to post questions or... post questions
yourself?

Or, perhaps, start a discussion on a topic you'd like to know more about.

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Re: Call for testing: 23.04 candidate images

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P.S...

What is the difference between AMD64 and Legacy AMD64??


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Re: Call for testing: 23.04 candidate images

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Hi Lukasz,

As requested, I did the install. It installed and worked. I just had to do
a bit of trickery with the BIOS's BOOT MODE.

Here is how I (eventually) got it to work
This is some stuff specific to my "Viglen Genie" PC to get OS to install
and boot.
1. Enter BIOS by pressing ESCape.
2. Set BOOT MODE to LEGACY
3. Reboot and install OS from USB memory stick
4. Enter BIOS by pressing ESCape.
5. Set BOOT MODE to UEFI
6. Reboot system - the OS should boot now.

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Yesterday's Ubuntu 22.10 daily spin

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Hi,

On Saturday, I was working on a Viglen Genie computer with Windows 7 on. So
I booted dban and wiped the SSD, booted memtest86+ and verified the RAM was
OK.

Then I installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 on it. No problem.

So I decided to install Saturday's 22.10 daily spin. It installed fine.
Then I rebooted and the system suddenly seemed to have lost its SSD drive.
Cue panic.

So I wandered around the BIOS setup program and ended up at the "Boot"
submenu. The entry for "Boot mode select" was set to "LEGACY" so I looked
at it, found out that it could also be set to "UEFI". I set the system for
"UEFI" and the computer started booting again. Has something changed?

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Re: 22.04.1 - Recovering from a failed install that attempted to encrypt the device.

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Hi,

Also: the system in question, a lenovo ThinkPad x230i, is a small laptop.

Using a VENTOY formatted USB flash drive I managed to boot 20.04.3 and then
update to 20.04.4.

Then I persuaded the system to boot my Ubuntu 22.04.1 USB flash drive. So I
installed that OK, rebooted, and it is working. Just not encrypted, though.

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22.04.1 - Recovering from a failed install that attempted to encrypt the device.

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

So, I have a lenovo ThinkPad x230i, which I attempted to install Ubuntu
22.04.1. on with encryption. The install failed with the message
"ubi-partman failed with the exit code 10" and now I cannot  boot my system
- from SSD or USB flash drive.

*On a normal startup I see:*
*1. *BIOS splash screen
2. Then a CPU register dump.
3. Then I am thrown into a grub (version 2.04) prompt.

Any ideas?

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04.1 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

On Tue, 9 Aug 2022 at 13:54, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> As you know, we had to delay 22.04.1 by a week to get an additional
> fix in. This has now happened and new release candidate images are
> building as we speak. Please start testing as soon as the new images
> for your favorite flavors appear on the tracker:
>
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/437/builds
>
> The ones with "(re-building)" in the name are still building, but many
> have already finished.
>
> Let's give those as much testing as possible and, hopefully, we'll
> have a swift release on Thursday.
>

I downloaded the abovementioned file and installed it on my lenovo x201
ThinkPad.

It worked fine. Somehow the bug (present in Ubuntu 22.04)  that crashed the
system if the O.S. had not been installed using the "Safe graphics" option
has been fixed. I rebooted it a few times and went online.

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04.1 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 23:58, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> We just finished building our first official set of 22.04.1 release
> candidate images. From what we're seeing so far things seem to be
> looking quite nice, so fingers-crossed for those being our final ones!
>
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/437/builds
>
> Please pick your favorite flavor and start testing! And be sure to
> report your results on the isotracker above.
>

I downloaded the abovementioned iso, Ubuntu 22.04.1 on an HP Elitebook
8730w largish laptop. It has 4GiB RAM and a 320GB HDD.

The install went like a dream and it works.

I went to the isotracker and, after logging in, reported the successful
install. In fact, the Canonical website stuff was the most demanding part
of the process.

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Nio,

About my ThinkPad x201 crashing when installing Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64.

First off, it was a graphics bug, installing in "Safe Graphics" mode seems
to have solved the problem. Thank you!

Secondly, I followed your advice here:-

> Maybe you can run the system-info script and supply the output via a
> [link to a] pastebin. This will give us more details about the system
> (hardware and software configuration).
>
> https://github.com/UbuntuForums/system-info/

After the successful install of Ubuntu 22.04, I ran system-info straight
away and the shell script sent the results to:
Uploaded Report: 2022-07-10  13:41:39 BST (+0100):
View at: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/pZZdQhbNkS/

I did a software update, watched the ACCU 2022 Keynote speech on YouTube
and the system was fine. So I ran system-info again and the result were
sent to:-
Uploaded Report: 2022-07-10  16:40:01 BST (+0100):
View at: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Dh9kbjRs2w/

If the problem is actively being chased down, I can devote the ThinkPad
x201 for that activity (e.g. installing and running things), if that would
help matters

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Nio,

On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 16:15, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> Yes, I agree, that it might be be a graphics bug.
>

OK. I am quite unwell at the moment, Can't think clearly. I tested positive
for Covid this morning.

Will chase this problem up when I'm feeling better.

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi,

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 17:51, Ian Bruntlett  wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 15:14, Nio Wiklund  wrote:
>
>> "Startup Disk Creator" is a cloning tool and gives the same result as
>> dd. So I think you can focus on testing other things that the developers
>> need (to find what is wrong). For example, have you tried with a
>> community flavour (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu) of Jammy?
>>
>
> I have successfully installed Lubuntu on my x201. I have had a system
> crash / freeze but I am chasing down a theory.
>
Spoke too soon. Managed to crash/freeze the system whilst moving a terminal
window that had top running in it.

I thought it might be a WiFi bug. Now I think it might be a graphics bug.

I'm not feeling very well at the moment.

I will, however, accept suggestions on how to isolate this bug.

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Nio,

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 15:14, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> "Startup Disk Creator" is a cloning tool and gives the same result as
> dd. So I think you can focus on testing other things that the developers
> need (to find what is wrong). For example, have you tried with a
> community flavour (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu) of Jammy?
>

I have successfully installed Lubuntu on my x201. I have had a system crash
/ freeze but I am chasing down a theory.

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Nio,

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 15:14, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> "Startup Disk Creator" is a cloning tool and gives the same result as
> dd. So I think you can focus on testing other things that the developers
> need (to find what is wrong). For example, have you tried with a
> community flavour (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu) of Jammy?
>

1. I'm experimenting with my x201. I thought "Why not just boot Jammy
Jellyfish and leave it running *without* interacting with the GUI window
offering to "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" ? It has been sitting quite
contented doing nothing but not crashing/frozen for just over 50 minutes
now.

2. OK. Could you recommend a place to download lubuntu Jammy Jellyfish beta
from, please?

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Brian,

Here we go...

Used "Startup Disk Creator" to put the Jammy Jellyfish iso onto a 4GB USB
flash drive. Booted x201 from it and chose "Try Ubuntu" and eventually the
GUI desktop appeared. Went into a terminal emulator window and typed in
"top". System froze after 3 minutes of uptime (according to top).

Tried again. This time waited a bit, waiting to see if it would
crash/freeze. After a little bit of time, chose "Install Ubuntu". Progress
indicator was one disc out of 7. Was typing in Wi-Fi password for
networking when system froze/crashed. Progress indicator was three discs
out of 7.

Tried again, This time not choosing anything. So far 19 minutes have
elapsed without a crash.

Am willing to do more tests, if required...

Also. Would you like me to use "dd" on my USB flash drive, just to rule out
the possibility of a problem with "Startup Disk Creator"? I believe the
relevant command is something like this (can you confirm?) :
sudo dd if=path_and_filename_of_iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi Brian,

On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 at 12:17, Brian Murray  wrote:

> > Still experimenting with Ubuntu 22.04 beta iso x86_64 Desktop on my
> > ThinkPad x201. The install media is a USB flash drive with VENTOY on it.
>
> Our official instructions for creating the install media do not include
> using VENTOY and subsequently it makes me rather suspicious as its
> entirely possible the tool is doing strange things when creating the
> installation media. Could you please try just dd'ing the image to the
> USB drive?
>

Will get onto that now.

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Re: Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi All,

Still experimenting with Ubuntu 22.04 beta iso x86_64 Desktop on my
ThinkPad x201. The install media is a USB flash drive with VENTOY on it.

TL;DR. Tried the initial menu options for the install and it still crashes.

Details...
1. Booting into "Safe Graphics Mode". System complained repeatedly that it
could not disable software acceleration and then eventually halted with a
blank screen.

2. Booting into "OEM install (for manufacturers)". Booted into install GUI
OK, system stopped responding within seconds.

3. Booted into memtest86+ 5.31b. After about 40 minutes, one complete pass
finished - "Pass complete, no errors, press Esc to exit".

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Ubuntu 22.04 freezing on a lenovo ThinkPad x201

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Hi,

TL;DR. The bug was introduced after Ubuntu 21.10. It stops Ubuntu from
being installed.

Details...

The bug. When I boot Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 install media (USB flash drive
formatted with VENTOY) , it crashes, most often in the initial stages of
the Ubuntu installer. By crash, I mean the display does not change, the
keyboard is ignored, and the mouse/trackpad cursor does not move either. I
have also tried installing Ubuntu 22.04 from a dedicated USB flash drive
and Ubuntu also crashed. So I don't think it is a VENTOY problem.

I've been doing more testing.

1. I did a full pass of memtest86+ 5.01 from the SSD in the x201 (the one
with Ubuntu 18.04.6 on) with no errors.

2. Using a USB flash drive formatted with VENTOY, I booted Ubuntu 21.04,
chose "Try Ubuntu" and the system ran fine for 15 minutes running top and 2
bash terminal windows (which was enough for me to consider it OK). Kernel
is 5.11.0-16 14th April 2021.

3. Using a USB flash drive formatted with VENTOY, I booted Ubuntu 21.10,
chose "Try Ubuntu" and the system ran fine for 15 minutes running top and 2
bash terminal windows (which was enough for me to consider it OK). Kernel
is 5.13.0-19 7th Oct 2021.

4. I will be available tomorrow and some time tonight for more testing.

5. Because the system freezes quite early on, it is nearly impossible to
run ubuntu-bug on behalf of Ubuntu 22.04.

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Brian,

On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 11:26, Brian Murray  wrote:

> Could you elaborate as to what "system repeatedly froze after booting"
> means?
>
OK. The system would boot from USB and then, when trying to install Ubuntu
22.04 2022-04-19, the system would stop responding - the mouse/trackpad
cursor would no longer move.


> Are you running the operating system off the USB flash drive in the "Try
> Ubuntu" mode?
>
No. I am using it in the "Install" mode.


> What exactly does freezing mean to you?
>
Stopping responding to mouse/trackpad - cursor no longer moves.


> Can you find anything in the journal regarding what is going on?
>
I can't get at it because the computer has crashed.


> It'd really be quite helpful if you were to report a bug in Launchpad
> using ubuntu-bug so we have details about your system at hand.
>
OK. Assuming that I boot Ubuntu 22.04 2022-04-19 from USB and choose the
"Try Ubuntu" mode, what command(s) do you want me to type in? Looking at
the man page for ubuntu-bug takes me to the apport-bug man page.

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 10:49, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Thank you for your testing, as always! This is a bit worrying. How
> much memory does your ThinkPad x201 have? From the spec I see by
> default it had 2GB, which might be a bit low memory for our current
> needs - at least the freezing seems to sound like memory issues.
>

ThinkPad x201 specs...
RAM: 8GiB
CPU: Intel Core i7 M620 @2.67GHz, 64 bit.
Storage: Crucial SSD 512GB

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

I've done some more testing of Jellyfish 2022-04-19 on my ThinkPad x201
this morning.

I put the Jammy Jellyfish 2022-04-19 iso onto a different USB flash drive
which isn't using Ventoy. Again, the system repeatedly froze after booting
it.

I also booted into the ThinkPad's current OS (Ubuntu 18.04.6) and played
around with it and left it running for a while. No problems there so I
still don't think the ThinkPad is at fault.

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Re: Call for testing: 22.04 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 14:24, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> We are now finishing building our latest batch of 22.04 release
> candidate images to the iso-tracker. From what we're seeing so far
> things seem to be looking quite nice, so fingers-crossed for those
> being our final ones!
>
> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/432/builds
>
> Please pick your favorite flavor and start testing! And be sure to
> report your results on the isotracker.
>

I had a spot of bother with the iso for Ubuntu (64 bit). I attempted to
install it via USB memory stick which is configured to use Ventoy.
Attempted to install it on my lenovo ThinkPad x201 and it consistently
crashed in the installer pretty early on in the install process.

It probably isn't the ThinkPad at fault. To verify that, I booted into it's
OS (Ubuntu 18.04.4) and did a Software Update (634.9MB download) and it
worked fine. I am hoping it is a problem with my memory stick which I will
chase up tomorrow evening. It is now running 18.04.6 quite happily.

HTH,


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Re: 22.04 Beta call for testing!

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Hi Lukasz,

I installed Ubuntu 22.04 beta this afternoon on an HP tx1000 laptop.

I had previously installed an earlier version onto this laptop and got
graphics corruption when the nouveau driver was in use.

To get around it, I had to disable nouveau which I did by using this
information from
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-blacklist-nouveau-nvidia-driver-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau >
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >>
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

And the contents of that file should be:-
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Then you do this:-
sudo update-initramfs -u

Then you reboot and graphics are working OK.

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Testing Jammy Jellyfish (22.04) on an ACER Chromebook 14 CB3-431

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

Thought this info might be of use to someone...

Using information from https://mrchromebox.tech/#faq on the special
firmware on the system.

I downloaded the ISO, put it on a Ventoy USB stick and had to "play around"
with the firmware UI to get it to boot from the USB Ventoy stick.

Then I installed Ubuntu 22.04 from yesterday.

This gives you a system that boots you straight to the GRUB command line.

To get around that, do this:-

1. Press ESC at the firmware screen.

2. Experiment with the Boot Maintenance Manager to Boot from file. Pick the
first entry. Then EFI → Ubuntu → grubx64.efi
3. Login to Ubuntu 22.04
4. Do these commands:-
sudo su
mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT
cp /boot/efi/EFI/[distro name from above]/grubx64.efi
/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi

You should now have a system that can boot straight into Ubuntu 22.04.

Note: I am not sure how elegant this solution is. But it does have the
advantage of working.

Personally, I prefer PC type systems to Chromebooks but I didn't have a
choice in the matter.

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Re: Call for testing: preliminary 20.04.4 release candidate images ready!

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H Lukasz,

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 at 23:34, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Some moments ago we published our first official release candidate
> images for the 20.04.4 point-release. We seem to have most known
>

OK. I have just installed it on a Lenovo ThinkPad T420. The install went
well.

One thing I noted was that my Ventoy USB stick wasn't accepted by my
system's boot menu (pressing F12 at BIOS splash screen).

After a modest panic, I tried a dedicated USB for the iso and that USB was
permitted by my system's boot menu.

I intend to do some more testing tomorrow.

Right now, it's late and I need some sleep :)

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Re: 21.04 (beta) x86_64 tested

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Hi Paride,

On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 at 17:59, Paride Legovini 
wrote:

> It says "(archived)" because the beta images have been released already.
> If you want to report an issue with the ISO images the first step is to
> file a bug on Launchpad against the buggy component, and then link the
> bug to the "daily" builds in the ISO tracker.
>

Well, I don't know *which* package to report the issue (redundant Nautilus
icons on the Dash and Desktop) to, Once I know that I can run ubuntu-bug on
it.

I downloaded and tested the 21.04 beta iso because there was a call for
testers for it on the Ubuntu mailing lists. I've done that (as you know).
Should I have been testing the daily iso build instead? Should I junk these
results, download a newer iso and test that?

I believe the ISO tracker page for the 21.04 beta iso is
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/422/builds - I am not sure
how to link a bug number on that page.

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21.04 (beta) x86_64 tested

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Hi,

I tried reporting this on
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/422/builds but it said it was
"(archived)".

I tested this on a Dell Dimension E520 Tower PC with an old out of date
Ubuntu (19.10) and Fedora 31.

It installed fine on top of Ubuntu 19.10, plays nicely with Fedora 31.

I noticed one little glitch - on the Desktop (and on the Dash) are
unnecessary icons for Nautilus to access the root (/) partition and the efi
partition.

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Re: Ubuntu hang on PC/Laptop

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Hi Ahsan,

1. Would like to know more about the system you are using. What is the
output of these two commands:-
lsb_release -a
uname -a

2. You are using NVIDIA graphics. That can cause system crashes if you are
using NVIDIA's drivers.
You can always try using the open-source Nouveau device drivers instead,

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Re: Call for testing: ubiquity-based 20.04.2.0 desktop image respins

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Actually, as well as thanking the nouveau team, I'd like to thank the
Canonical teams for their hard work, too.




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Re: Call for testing: ubiquity-based 20.04.2.0 desktop image respins

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Hi Lukasz,

I needed to update an old laptop that had been in an office ever since
Covid and Lockdown began.

Details: HP EliteBook 8730w with Nvidia graphics.
Installation media: USB memory stick with 20.04.2.0 desktop image on it.

Installed this on it:-
$ sha256sum focal-desktop-amd64.iso
93bdab204067321ff131f560879db46bee3b994bf24836bb78538640f689e58f
 focal-desktop-amd64.iso

OK, so it *does* install OK and it *does* boot.

However it gets very hot and crashes, with only the mouse pointer moving.
Personally, I think it *might* be an Nvidia problem.

I did choose to install the 3rd party software etc. Maybe I should have
avoided that? So I rebooted and quickly went into "Software & Updates"
chose "Additional Drivers" and told it to switch from the Nvidia driver to
the Nouveau device driver. Exercised the system a bit, using gnome-clocks
as a timer. So far it has gone on for just over 20 minutes without
crashing. Kudos to the nouveau team!

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Re: Call for testing: 20.04.2 release candidate images ready!

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Hi Lukasz,

On the page
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/420/builds/226354/downloads
"Download links for Ubuntu Desktop amd64", there is a minor error. It
refers to "MD5 checksum" and it should refer to "SHA256 checksum".

I installed the iso with no problems.


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GNOME and desktop icons

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Hi,

I tend to use the icons on the Desktop as a kind of level 3 cache for my
brain. With Ubuntu 20.04.1 sometimes the icons appear when I log in,
sometimes a smattering of icons appear.

I was wondering... what is the motive for this change? It seems a little
extreme to me.

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Re: Testing 20.04 and 20.04.1 - some feedback

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Hi All,

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 15:44, Ian Bruntlett  wrote:

> Looking forward to downloading 20.04.1 for a full install test.
>
On http://releases.ubuntu.com/focal/ the MD5SUMS and SHA1SUMS files are for
the previous release - 20.04

Fortunately, the SHA256SUMS file is the right one.

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Testing 20.04 and 20.04.1 - some feedback

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Hi,

I installed 20.04 on an old Dell Tower PC (x86_64 architecture) and it is
behaving OK. After one software update, I checked the release details and
it had become 20.04.1.

Looking forward to downloading 20.04.1 for a full install test.


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evince isn't printing all of my PDFs

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

TL;DR
Evince printing is broken. When will a new version of Evince hit the
repositories?

Detail...
I am using Evince, to print stuff for the Traveller tabletop RPG. It does
show the contents on screen OK it is just printing that is a problem.

One example would be the Traveller errata PDF from here:-
https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/travupdate.pdf

When I printed that, the background and title printed OK but everything
else was ignored.

I also tried to open it in LibreOffice Draw but it really didn't like it.

Hardware in use:
Lenovo ThinkPad x230i, 4GiB RAM.

Software in use:
evince 3.28.4.0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

Firefox prints it correctly.

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Re: Hello from Josef

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Hi Joe,

On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 17:34, Joe Miller  wrote:

> Nice to meet you all!
>
Nice to meet you, too :)

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Re: Focal Fossa Beta milestone delayed

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Hi Lukasz,

On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 09:32, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> The image building issues have now been resolved and all the new Beta
> isos are now built and ready to test [1]. Please pick up your favorite
> flavor and resume testing as soon as possible.
>

*The install.*
I downloaded and installed this from USB flash drive:-
d3eff3d41d9d32a0b8a87e4faf8aef25  focal-desktop-amd64.iso

The install went relatively smoothly - 1 little bug with the partitioner.
Logged in, went online with Firefox, had a look at LibreOffice Writer.


*Little bug in partitioner.*
I was installing on top of the previous beta of Ubuntu. So, as usual, I
went for the "Other" option to set up the partitions. I clicked on my root
partition to activate the "Format" option. When the dialogue box closed,
the partitioner formatted the partition right away, stating that this was
because the partition size had been changed (it hadn't).

*Logging results.*
I went to this page to log the success of the install:-
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/411/builds/210065/testcases

I clicked on "Passed with no bugs" and... nothing happened. Not sure if
that means my results were logged or not.

Thank you!
>
No problem :)

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Re: Focal Fossa Beta candidate builds ready to test

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Hi Brian,

Yesterday I downloaded and installed this iso:-
f3d899e230f1d348beda80e2560a2fcd  focal-desktop-amd64.iso

I must say that the install has improved since I last installed it
(Saturday). In particular, the issue with the partitioner GUI being a bit
clumsy has been resolved.

I then tested it again this morning - web browsing and a peek at
LibreOffice Writer and that was OK.

I did try to log that progress (see below) and am not sure that it worked:-
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/411/builds/210016/testcases

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS beta - testing feedback.

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Hi,

Downloaded it and MD5SUM from:-
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/411/builds/209821/downloads

Checked with MD5SUM to ensure that the iso downloaded OK.

Installed it on my Dell Inspiron Tower PC. It only has 2GiB RAM. Chose the
"other" option for hard drive partitioning.

The dialogue box for that appeared on the top left hand corner of the
screen and was 1) very confused and 2) I eventually got it going/ All I
needed to do was use existing partitions, 1 as swap, 1 as ext4 / .

Install went pretty much OK after that.

Only used it to boot, go online with Firefox and use emacs to edit
/etc/default/grub to output boot info to the screen during boot-up.

emacs was slightly strange in that when I highlighted a block of text, it
was highlighted with a light grey background which I found confusing.

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Re: A new subscriber

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Hi Oleksandr,

As another volunteer... welcome! There are two releases of Ubuntu a year -
one in April, one in October. Pre-release files are available from the
Ubuntu websites for people like you and me to download and test :)

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Re: Ubuntu 14.04.6 RC images for testing

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Hi Lukasz,

Installed Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS on this computer...
Samsung NC10 Netbook, hostname: hawking
Intel Atom N270, 1.66GHz, 32-bit, 2GiB RAM, 149.05 GiB hard drive, no
optical drive, Ethernet and WiFi connections
Screen dimensions: 1024 x 600 pixels, 270 x 158mm
Resolution: 96 x 96 dots per inch

On booting I got a strange message about /dev/mapper/cryptswap1 being
missing. Further examination showed that somehow I had enabled encryption
on my $HOME dir. This was not my intention.

Used system a bit and it seemed OK (short of time).

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Re: Xenial 16.04.4 Call For Testing (All Flavours)

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Hi All,

Early this morning I downloaded the new 16.04.4 32-bit iso. Here is its
MD5SUM info:-
1b4bac9d6353b37c5467b415292625bd *xenial-desktop-i386.iso

In a nutshell:
* Installed O.S. on Dell Latitude D610.
* Was going through my checklist of things to do - mainly installing
software, configuration.

Ran out of time. The system behaved itself, though.

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Re: Xenial 16.04.4 Call For Testing (All Flavours)

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Hi Lukasz,

On 23 February 2018 at 22:33, Lukasz Zemczak 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Some time ago our first release candidate builds for all flavours that
> released with xenial have been posted to the ISO tracker [1] into the
> 16.04.4 milestone.
>
> As with each point-release, we would need volunteers to grab the ISOs
> of their flavour/flavours of choice and perform general testing. We
> obviously are mostly looking for regressions from 16.04.3, but please
> fill in any bugs you encounter (against the respective source packages
> on Launchpad). There is still time until the target release date on
> 1st of March, but for now we're not considering pulling in any more
> fixes besides ones for potential release-blockers that we encounter.
>
> With enough luck the images that have been made available just now
> might be the ones we release on Thursday.
>
> Thank you!
>
> [1] http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/386/builds


OK, I've downloaded these two isos:-
f10dfd15204c47177da81a3029c54220 *xenial-desktop-amd64.iso
8513386307089f23f03a924b108740f5 *xenial-desktop-i386.iso

Now I only had enough time to install it on a 32-bit system, a Dell
Latitude D610. I worked my way through my lubuntu-refurbishing-a-computer
notes that can be found from the bottom of this page:-
https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software and the whole
system worked fine although I had to do a bit of searching to work out how
to get internal Wi-Fi working (install packages firmware-b43-installer".

I was going to log this but when I got to this page -
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/386/builds - it said the
builds were being rebuilt. What is all that about?

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Re: Laptop Batteries

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Hi Comme,

On 18 July 2017 at 09:03, Comme ci comme ca  wrote:

> Has a failing (external) battery caused BIOS failure for you? The only
> message I get is "system failure; replace system disk". Let us factor out
>
Is the battery you are referring to the CMOS battery that is typically
somewhere on the motherboard? The only problem I've found with a failing
CMOS battery is that the date and time are wrong. But once you've logged in
I would have thought Linux would have updated the date and time anyway.

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Re: I'm stopping contributing

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Hi Jono,

On 8 June 2017 at 17:22, Jono Bacon  wrote:

> There is a huge amount of value in video communication, and it can be an
> easier form of communication for non native-English speakers too.
>
Yes, I appreciate that. My point of view is that, whilst I would like to
make time available to watch YouTube messages, I don't have the time.

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Ubuntu 17.04 in the news

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Hi There,

The Register has published an article about Ubuntu 17.04. Here it is:-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/03/ubuntu_17_04_review/

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Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x86_64 - gnome-software always crashing

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Hi,

Every so often I get a crash report stating that /usr/bin/gnome-software
has crashed. I would have copied and pasted the crash report window's
contents here but it didn't allow that.

I don't actually run gnome-software - it just runs every so often and I get
a crash report.

I presume that people who want to investigate this further would like more
information. Let me know what kind of information you would like and I'll
e-mail it to this list.

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Re: Self-introduction

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Hi Steven,

On 18 November 2016 at 17:41, Steven Le Flohic  wrote:

> I've just joined the Ubuntu QA team and thought that I would introduce
> myself. I'm Steven, from central Scotland, and I've been using Ubuntu on
> the desktop since 2004 (Warty Warthog). I thought that it was about time
> that I made some sort of contribution!
>

Welcome! I live not so far from you - Northumberland!

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Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

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Hi Steve,

On 24 October 2016 at 07:16, Steve Beattie  wrote:

> What are the specific versions you are seeing?
>
Here they are:-
i$ cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
i
$ uname -a
Linux turing 4.4.0-45-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 19 14:12:37 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release:16.04
Codename:xenial

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Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

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Hi Alberto,

On 23 October 2016 at 02:19, Alberto Salvia Novella 
wrote:

>
> Wouldn't it be better to configure security updates to automatically
> install?
>

Where security is concerned, I rely on more than one thing. Software
Updater on my computer is configured to "Download and install
automatically" when there are security updates available.

At one stage Software Updater would run and give you details about updates
in a window. I miss that. Is there a configuration setting for that?

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Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

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Hi Chris,

On 22 October 2016 at 20:24, chris hermansen  wrote:

> Ian and list,
>
Thanks for that, much appreciated.

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Re: LibreOffice and Java

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Hi Eric et al.,

On 6 October 2016 at 18:19, Eric Adler  wrote:

> FWIW I have a  standard Ubuntu 16.04 installation and LibreOffice
>  Version: 5.1.4.2
> Build ID: 1:5.1.4-0ubuntu1, and the spell check works just fine.
>
I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, installed from scratch, LibreOffice 5.1.4.2
10m0(Build:2) and spelling checking is still not working.

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Re: I won't be supporting Yakety

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Hi Alberto,

On 15 September 2016 at 17:23, Alberto Salvia Novella  wrote:

> This is to warn that I won't be debugging Yakety. The reason is I will be
> sticking with long term releases as a test for a while, as I suspect those
> are better suited for most people.
>
> This is important because I'm who sets importance to most bugs in Ubuntu,
> and that discovers the critical ones early on before release. So it could
> happen that Yakety is more unstable than previous Ubuntu releases.
>
> Good luck, muahaha! (*^0^*)
>
OK. I typically test Lubuntu (32-bit) on a Samsung NC10 Netbook. Intend to
do more testing on a couple of 32-bit tower systems I have "inherited".
Might even find time to try Ubuntu(64-bit) on another "inherited" system.

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Re: LibreOffice and Java

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Hi Simon,

On 11 September 2016 at 17:55, Simon Quigley  wrote:

> Two acronyms I keep in mind when installing Java on a system:
>  1. JRE = Java *Runtime* Environment
>  2. JDK = Java *Development* Kit
>
> > ian@turing:~$ java --version
> > The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
> >  * default-jre
>
> Install this one.
>
Did that earlier. No luck.

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LibreOffice and Java

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Hi,

I have been told that the reason why LibreOffice Writer is failing to do
spelling checking is that because Java is not installed on my system
(LibreOffice Writer 5.1.4.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.1, 64 bit).

Did a bit of checking:-

ian@turing:~$ java --version
The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
 * default-jre
 * gcj-5-jre-headless
 * openjdk-8-jre-headless
 * gcj-4.8-jre-headless
 * gcj-4.9-jre-headless
 * openjdk-9-jre-headless
Try: sudo apt install 
ian@turing:~$ which java

All I need to know now is which Java package(s) I should install.

Any suggestions?

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Re: Startup Disc Creator

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Hi All,

I've added a "me, too" to the bug report, and some more information in case
it is needed :)

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Re: Startup Disc Creator

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Hi All,

On 8 September 2016 at 18:51, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This kind of USB drives, cloned from the iso files, have a very special
> system of partitions, that is not recognized correctly by gparted. It is
> made from a 'hybrid' iso file, and should work from both a DVD disk and USB
> pendrive.
>
> Another program, lsblk, is more successful. Make a very wide terminal
> window and run the command
>
> sudo lsblk -fm
>
> After all, the important thing is that the computer can boot from it, not
> that gparted can read it ;-)
>
Indeed. I've just finished playing around with things and my NetBook can
boot the Flash Media from all 3 of its USB ports. However, GPartEd doesn't
recognise the drive and Linux doesn't automount it so I can't have a look
at the drive's contents using a file manager.


On 8 September 2016 at 18:55, Alberto Salvia Novella <es204904...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Ian Bruntlett:
> The flash drive is not being recognised. To quote GPartEd, "Unable to
> detect file system!".
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?




*Yes, I have. I thought the device was broken. Please open a new report
about it, and I will confirm and triage it for you. *
OK.. how many do you want me to create? Both GPartEd and the system in
general can't access the data on the flash drives. However, you can install
Lubuntu with them so that's OK.

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Startup Disc Creator

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Hi,

I am running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, 64-bit.

For some time I have been using Startup Disc Creator to create Lubuntu
32-bit install media (on USB flash drives).

However, today, when I was attempting to create a Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
desktop 32-bit install USB flash drive using Startup Disc Creator (0.3.2),
it would write the iso to the flash drive OK. Except for one thing. The
flash drive is not being recognised. To quote GPartEd, "Unable to detect
file system!".

Does anyone else have this problem?

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Re: Introduction

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Hi Tim,

On 8 September 2016 at 08:49, Donald Timothy Tribble 
wrote:

> I look forward to working with all of you.
>
Welcome :)

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Re: Hi!

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Hi Tux,

On 30 July 2016 at 08:23, Nio Wiklund  wrote:

> Den 2016-07-30 kl. 03:15, skrev Tux Ace:
>
>> I want to contribute. My plan is to test new releases on old XP boxes
>> because people turn to linux if their xp machine is unsafe. Any help to
>> get
>> me started would be appreciated.
>>
>
I've been doing that for years now. I use lubuntu because 1) it works well
on old computers and 2) it is easier for Windows XP users to use.

I have produced an illustrated brief guide to Lubuntu Linux that is handed
over to people when they are given a lubuntu PC. It can be downloaded from
the bottom of this page -
https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software and you are
welcome to give it to your users.

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Re: MOUSE-BUG

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Hi,

On 27 April 2016 at 16:42, johana yañez  wrote:

> morning, my name is johana and I've updated to ubuntu 16 from 14 one, and
> my usb mouse stop working, I've used it in another pc with other operative
> system but it still working.
>
> it just turn it on and then stop working on ubuntu 16.04
>
> i have searched information about it and there are people who have the
> same problem with no solution
>
> can u help me with?

Does your PC have more than one USB port? Have you tried each one?

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Re: I have asked LibreOffice developers to get rid of some toolbar buttons

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Hi Alberto,

On 21 April 2016 at 14:58, Alberto Salvia Novella 
wrote:

> As you probably have noticed, most buttons in LibreOffice toolbars are
> never or rarely used. So I have asked its developers to keep only those
> buttons that are currently or constantly used as default configuration.
>
> Here is the bug report, in case you want to give some input yourselves:
> (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99435)
>

I quite like the way it is at the moment.

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Screen savers

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Hi,

What with flat screens being so common, I appreciate that people regard
screen savers as redundant - except when they are used to lock a computer
after they are unused a certain amount of time.

However, I help people with mental health problems use FLOSS. When a
computer's screen goes black, some people report that behaviour as a system
crash.

Ideally I'd be able to have a screen saver that I can configure with a
message something like "Please use the Shutdown option to switch off this
computer".

Tried Googling for this and didn't see much. Tried the Dash and System
Settings as well and didn't notice anything there either.

Any ideas?

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GNU tar

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Hi All,

Ubuntu 15.10 only has tar version 1.27.1 and I want to use format
specifiers specific to 1.28.

Does anyone know when the new tar will become part of Ubuntu?

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Re: LibreOffice 5.0.2.2

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Hi,

On 14 February 2016 at 19:23, Alberto Salvia Novella <es204904...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ian Bruntlett:
>
>> Would it be a good idea to give people the option to, say, run
>> "LibreOffice Legacy" (i.e. v4) as well as LibreOffice 5?
>>
>
> Why not just fix it?
>
It is a bug. I believe a lot of work went into the move from v4 to v5. The
more you change something, the greater the chance/risk of a bug creeping in.

And, even if it would not be fixed, who uses Drawn on their daily work?
>
In decreasing order, I use Write extensively, Calc when I'm drawing up a
shopping list and Draw when I'm doing nice disc-inlays.

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LibreOffice 5.0.2.2

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Hi All,

Was using LibreOffice Draw to do some nice inlays for Ubuntu CDs (stored in
DVD boxes) when Draw crashed, losing 10 minutes worth of work.

This is the first time I've experienced a LibreOffice crash that I can
remember. Would it be a good idea to give people the option to, say, run
"LibreOffice Legacy" (i.e. v4) as well as LibreOffice 5?

Am just relieved I wasn't working on something important.

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Re: Adding hardware profile to wiki table

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Hi Ken,

On 2 January 2016 at 14:28, Router  wrote:

> Today I signed up to do some testing. I created a hardware profile of my
> test PC per the instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Hardware
> However, I have no idea how to add my information to the table. The
> instructions say if I am not familiar with editing wiki pages to ask so I
> ask :-)
>
You are nearly there! You are on the right page :)

You need to make a note of the web address of your hardware profile. I
created one following steps A and B on the table for my Samsung NC10. In
that case, I ended up with a web address of
https://gist.github.com/21b61903871ee685fc79 You will need web address of
your computer's hardware profile for step C.

To quote the instructions on the page, when performing stage C, take this
advice in mind:-
*(Please follow the instructions on this page very carefully and edit only
the TOP TABLE. If you need help with editing a wiki page, just ask.)*

I am completely confident at editing HTML but even so I get nervous when
editing this table...

At the top of the page are some options. First thing to do is to make sure
you are logged in. If you aren't logged in, click on "Login" - if you need
more details, ask. Assuming you are now logged in, click on the "Edit"
option at the top of the page. You can now edit the raw page. Be very
careful. Follow the instructions. Use the "Preview" button and don't
hesitate to click on "Cancel" if you want to start over again.

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HP LaserJet M1132 MFP bug fix

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Hi All,

Bit of good news - when I did a software update today on Ubuntu 15.04 I
noticed it included new HP printer software.

This fixed a bug that stopped me being able to print on my HP LaserJet
M1132 MFP. It was a bit cranky and I had to send my print job twice.

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Re: Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) released

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On 23 April 2015 at 17:34, Nicholas Skaggs nicholas.ska...@canonical.com
wrote:

 Thanks to everyone who helped test, filed bugs, and in general made Vivid
 the release it is today!

It's always nice to make a contribution :)



 To get Ubuntu 15.04
 ---

 In order to download Ubuntu 15.04, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download


Done that. Had to hunt around for the MD5s - you can get them from
http://releases.ubuntu.com/vivid/

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Re: Some isos not booting

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On 8 April 2015 at 19:51, Nio Wiklund nio.wikl...@gmail.com wrote:


 Hi Elfy,

 Which iso-file is it: Date? 32/64 bits? desktop/alternate?


Also, to confirm the iso file's identity, could you post its MD5? To get it
run md5sum filename.iso from the command line.

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Re: Invisible LibreOffice Writer window

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Did some more research today. Discovered that ALT+SPACE brings up the
Maximise / Minimise / Resize / etc menu.

Got to my invisible window, pressed ALT+SPACE, resized the window to
something visible and then... everything started working again :)

On 2 February 2015 at 16:20, Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Fixed!

 Simply press CTRL+Super+ either Down or Up (I can't remember which).

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Re: Invisible LibreOffice Writer window

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Fixed!

Simply press CTRL+Super+ either Down or Up (I can't remember which).

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Re: Introducing myself to the Ubuntu Community

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Hi Nikola,

You seem to be interested in programming. Have you heard of the ACCU (
accu.org)? They have two magazines - CVu and Overload of which Overload is
available for free from their website (
http://accu.org/index.php/journals/c78/).

Not sure if you're into Linux or not but Linux Voice (
http://www.linuxvoice.com) states No later than nine months after first
publicaton, we will relicense all of our content under the Creative Commons
CC-BY-SA licence, so that old content can still be useful, and can live on
even after the magazine has come off the shelves

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Recent Ubuntu 14.04.1 update wobble

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Hi,

I'm using a Dell Optiplex GX60 (hostname: rutherford). This morning it
asked to do a big update. Did that, no problem. After the update it asked
to do another, smaller update. Did that, no problem.

Did a reboot and the PC froze with a blank screen. Tried CTRL+ALT+Function
keys to get a terminal session going. No luck.

Did a hard shutdown. Switched PC on. Got to login screen and the graphics
went a bit wobbly before settling down and working (I'm typing this message
on that very computer).

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Re: Recent Ubuntu 14.04.1 update wobble

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Hi,

A clarification: I''m using a Dell Optiplex GX280, not a GX60.

The problem repeated itself. Switched on PC, got to where the login window
should be. Got the nice Ubuntu screen but no login window.

Used CTRL+ALT+F1, logged in and typed in sudo shutdown -r now. System
rebooted and I reached the login screen.


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Re: Recent Ubuntu 14.04.1 update wobble

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Hi Alberto,

On 29 November 2014 at 16:14, Alberto Salvia Novella es204904...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Ian Bruntlett:

 Did a reboot and the PC froze with a blank screen. Tried CTRL+ALT+Function
 keys to get a terminal session going.


 Please follow the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/kaxuoht, as it is
 the simplest way we can handle the bug.


This bug is an occasional thing. Has only happened twice. Only today.

I took your advice and looked at the instructions. I think they are mainly
relevant to reproducible problems. However, the instructions did say to run
a memory test. I've just finished running memtest86+ and the memory passed
with flying colours.

Is that sufficient for the moment?

BW,


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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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Hi,

Made some progress.

linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic root=UUID=etc ro nomodeset quiet
splash vga=768
You see some kernel messages. Then X starts up Then a kernel message about
starting up NTP appears and a few messages after that, we have a big black
screen. At this point I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 and logged in as a text mode
user. Now all I need to do is to find the appropriate package to install
the Intel 810 graphics drivers from. I prefer to do a sudo apt-get install
but have recently discovered the text mode package manager aptitude.

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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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Hi Walter,

On 25 October 2014 23:02, Walter Lapchynski w...@ubuntu.com wrote:

 I think professionalism in programming would suggest creating a bug
 report. Indeed, that is the best place to have all this
 troubleshooting information exist. This way bug triagers, users, and
 developers can sort through it and try to make sense out of it.

Point taken. However I want to avoid clogging up developer's time with bug
reports that were either caused by the tester or tester's hardware. I've
done all the testing I can and got nowhere. This bug, however, has got me
stumped. Could you refer me to a particular page to report this bug? I have
an Ubuntu One account and am subscribed to these e-mail mailing lists:-
* ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com
* lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com

I can tell you as Lubuntu's Release Manager, we had no such bug come
 up during the cycle except the one I already mentioned that was fixed
 and that affected all flavors.

OK. Please bear in mind that whilst I have some Linux experience I find the
Ubuntu site difficult to  navigate.


 Please make sure to subscribe the Lubuntu Packages Team, by the way.
 Thanks!

Done that :)

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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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OK... to eliminate hardware failure being the problem, I dug out my Ubuntu
14.04LTS CD-R and reinstalled it on my Dell test system. When it comes to
logging on, I do tend to get a white and black screen with some squiggles.
This computer works fine with 14.04LTS and fails with 14.10.

Just to test the system further I ran the Software Updater and it ran OK.
Towards the end it was quite slow but the system's performance is fine.

Looked in the dmesg text and that revealed my graphics is being supplied by
an Intel 810 chipset.


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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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P.S. I have a few ideas up my sleeve to try and install this lubuntu image.
Will take some time so will try it out tonight.

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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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Hi All,

On 23 October 2014 10:15, Ian Bruntlett ian.bruntl...@gmail.com wrote:

 P.S. I have a few ideas up my sleeve to try and install this lubuntu
 image. Will take some time so will try it out tonight.

Tonight, during the install, when the message Undefined video mode number
: 314. Press ENTER to see video modes available appeared I pressed ENTER
and chose video mode 0. Booting this system still results in a white screen
with a black squiggle on it.

I downloaded the official 14.10 alternate lubuntu 386 installer and will be
trying it at the weekend.

The isos I'm working with are:
e4f3ad46fa269104b01aff422d17b079  utopic-alternate-i386-20141022.iso
49c072a9492201456b22200d66f697d5  lubuntu-14.10-alternate-i386.iso

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Re: Final Image Testing for Utopic!

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Hi Phil,

On 21 October 2014 23:27, Phill Whiteside phi...@phillw.net wrote:

 @ Ian, I see no notification on that bug of anyone rejecting the fix. Will
 you please ensure you have an up to date image. As this bug would also
 knock out ubuntu server, I would expect people to be squealing really
 loudly by now.

The bug number is 1380774 and according to
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/defects is already fixed.

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Re: Hello

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi All,

Thank you for your kind replies.

There are many ways for Ubuntu volunteers to communicate. I've got an
Ubuntu One account. I am subscribed to this list. And I've joined the
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/ page.

As I mentioned before, I'm quite active with Ubuntu and lubuntu installs.
So here's my first bit of feedback...

Yesterday I downloaded and installed lubuntu.

Here are the technical details:-
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 630M Sep 28 17:10
lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian  444 Sep 28 17:07 MD5SUMS_lubuntu
ian@rutherford:~/isos$ md5sum lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso
62da9daeaa314fa22b6fbced57568827  lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso

It installed OK with no problems. However, when booted up, apart from the
BIOS screen, nothing is displayed. This PC originally had a working lubuntu
14.04LTS running on it perfectly.

Hardware used:-
Dell Optiplex GX50
1.3GHz Celeron
512MB RAM
20GB Hard disc
CD-ROM drive

Grub2 does run. I've switched it on and pressed the left shift button to
get to the Grub2 screen and played around with that to no avail.

1. Hope I've got the right place for this image test report.
2. Hope it is useful :)

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Hello

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

I would like to contribute to free software projects. Here is an
introduction to me...

I am a volunteer at a mental health charity -
http://www.contactmorpeth.org.uk/.

Because people with mental health problems are typically short of cash, I
have a free software leaflet alongside a web page :
http://contactmorpeth.wikispaces.com/SoftwareToolkit

I keep my scribblings about I.T., table top RPGs, Sinclair QL and mental
health on https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/

I have been using Ubuntu for sometime. I have installed lubuntu onto
systems for a number of friends and Contact makes my lubuntu introductory
leaflet available.

I am an active ACCU member.

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