Bug#762274: ITP: libx11-keybord-perl -- Keyboard support functions for X11

2014-09-20 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Mike Gabriel wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mike Gabriel mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de * Package name: libx11-keybord-perl Version : 1.4 Upstream Author : Erick Calder ecal...@cpan.org * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/X11-Keyboard * License

Bug#740070: sendmail orphaned

2014-06-12 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
yes me to i used to use sendmail in past for internet mail and or local mail. there never was a problem except that certain people (who are promoting other mail programs) keep trying to destroy it. i'm not a maintainer (yet? i have no passwords microsoft didn't steal/block me from using)

Bug#740070: 740070

2014-06-12 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
even if i want to contribute pathches and etc i don't have a mainframe to recompile all breakage and... the ammount of breakage is too daunting to shake a stick at -- this was NOT the state of things when the last era of maintainers inheirited charge of historic softwares

Bug#705971: debian-installer hangs when tty console in use (console-setup)

2013-04-23 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
snip What do you mean by a TTY console during the installation? Lowering the severity anyway as I don't think this is a bug (if one) that affects all installs. With all the install problems reports? I would certainly expect having to open up a shell to fix things to install MORE THAN

Bug#692309: installation-guide: 3.6.2. Boot Device Selection: Booting debian-installer from a USB stick

2012-11-05 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
i like anything that helps fresh meat install without hours of crap ! :) personaly i wish you could add this in contributions as working with a particular version of debian (an important aspect for dist. tars) and do so without allot of admin approval. thanks all, -- John Brian Potkin

Bug#669605: debootstrap can't install base-files and base-passwd

2012-04-23 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
hi i'm not a DM yea but the script installs awk/mawk before any depends and it gets in reguardless. try not calling out awk as depends since that is pre-scripted (it's to get dpkg running i think) why force didn't work i'm unsure Have Fun ! -- John Adrian Ban wrote: Package: debootstrap

Bug#653406: GRUB2 2 many problems ?

2012-01-15 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
and not providing decent detail for any of them is the best way to get yourself ignored. On 27.12.2011 20:53, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: Package: grub-common Version: 1.98+20100804-14 Boot method: downloaded 52 CDs, mounted loopback Image version: squeeze 6.0.1 Date: 12-12-2011 Machine

Bug#653406: GRUB2 2 many problems ?

2012-01-15 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
grub-mkrescue images can be dd'ed to floppy when small enough (--compression=xz --diet AFAIR) Yes it can. And you can insmod and boot. It's just an unusable pain without a dependancy resolver (which won't dd due to code choices in grub2 additions, rather it will but part b won't find part

Bug#655050: realpath: oops - /dir/file/.. wrong output pretty sure!

2012-01-08 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Robert Luberda wrote: John Hendrickson wrote: Hi there! /* * BUG for realpath_(1) (not realpathS(1)) * * $ realpath /var/spool/mail/file/.. * /mnt/sda2/home/var/mail * * BUG you can't .. a file: not supposed to be able to * (it will then trick a script into treating file like a

Bug#653406: GRUB2 2 many problems ?

2011-12-27 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Package: grub-common Version: 1.98+20100804-14 Boot method: downloaded 52 CDs, mounted loopback Image version: squeeze 6.0.1 Date: 12-12-2011 Machine: bios doesn't support boot from usb or lan. no CD drive. Processor: amd64 Memory: 256m Partitions: a root partion, an empty root partiion, the

Bug#652672: busybox: modprobe does not handle builtins

2011-12-20 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Put code in a kernel but don't want kernel params, sysctl, /proc, or /sysfs to wake it? Instead wishing modprobe will wake it ?? Sorry I interrupted :) - John Unlike the modprobe utility from module-init-tools, busybox' version fails for built-in modules: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#652672: busybox: modprobe does not handle builtins

2011-12-19 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
I hate to say anything no knowing the full story. I was just installing. The initrd.gz off netinst CD does has depmod. If you use it then your ext4 module loads right? Without depmod you could edit the modules.dep et al files with nano and that should work too, if I remember correctly. I

Bug#468209: Towards multi-arch: Multi-Arch: same file conflicts

2011-11-19 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
not that i'm multi-lingual (i use google to translate!) don't we get all .mo avail. in packages already? (i hope) # locate *.mo | wc 13341 13341 648305 ... and if build/tar admins say choose another method why not try asking them what? can't i delete .mo locally if i'm bitwise

Bug#649274: Forming a new upstream for timidity (and reporting various issues with current deb pkg)

2011-11-19 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
If timidity doesn't get IPv6 support soon ? I don't see IPv6 as important. It's a major maintenance burden (a hack to firewall, configure, ...), IPSs use it to dominate ISP sales, and so far no one claims to have a final spec on it. when is IPv4 over IPv6 a sin? are bsd sockets a sin (they

Bug#633388: apt-cache dotty goof ??

2011-07-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this Bug report. This is an automatically generated reply to let you know your message has been received. Your message is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other interested

Bug#633388: cupt: please handle upgrades skipping a release better D

2011-07-12 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: [ dropped debian-dpkg, since the question is on the level higher, as Jonathan IIRC pointed already in threads on debian-dpkg@ ] Hi Jonathan, John and Sara, On 2011-07-09 20:12, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: [...] The heuristic, roughly speaking

Bug#633388: cupt: please handle upgrades skipping a release better

2011-07-12 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Jonathan Nieder wrote: John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: As to skipping releases - we can't all be continual updaters :) But you can use http://archive.debian.org/, no? :) funny. but hey! I cna't access my government without an updated web browser. it can lead to REAL arrest

Bug#633388: cupt: please handle upgrades skipping a release better D

2011-07-09 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Jonathan Nieder wrote: Package: cupt Version: 2.1.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, The following report is distilled from several messages from John Hendrickson. Sometimes he likes to upgrade the whole system straight from Debian release N to N+4 or so. Yes, I know that's not supported. Yes, a

Bug#622894: xserver-xorg: VT switching does not work.

2011-04-15 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
rununtil you get it sorted out why... there are program(s) to refresh vga text mode / save restore vesa. run it and you'll have your text terminal. note because VT depends on kernel etc you problem might depend on how you start x, not just X drivers or a flaky video card Enno Deimel

Bug#622750: general: shutdown -r does not reboot

2011-04-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
I'm not a debian bug handler but... try shutdown -t0 -r now and re-submit if it doesn't work (I think specifying time is required?) Christoph Pleger wrote: Package: general Severity: normal Hello, when I am logged in (by ssh or on tty1-tty6) as root on the machine where I am writing this

Bug#622750: general: shutdown -r does not reboot

2011-04-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
is never executed. you didn't delete any rc.d scripts in /etc/ did you? John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: I'm not a debian bug handler but... try shutdown -t0 -r now and re-submit if it doesn't work (I think specifying time is required?) Christoph Pleger wrote: Package: general

Bug#615975: Bug 615975

2011-04-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
diagnosis by deletion ?? it seemed to work after deletion. that's crazy - simply crazy. an it should be there if the wrong thing is on 7100 of course of course. people manage that themselves if the new XML font junk fails to - delete it it will be back in Stuart Scharf wrote: I also

Bug#621835: xmodmap -e 'remove lock = Caps_Lock' no longer works.

2011-04-10 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
I use xmodmap. No way is it obsolete. It's who's job? To break unix software by making time honored standards obsolete a little at a time? - John jida...@jidanni.org wrote: OK, setxkbmap -option caps:none worked. Thanks! CB == Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org writes: CB Well, nobody

Bug#619033: xserver-xorg-video-intel: External screen shakes

2011-03-20 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
but you can set the sync modes before X startup or after - so saying it is UBUNTU's error is wrong. it is Ubuntu's correctness to use the better frequencies maybe VERY NORMAL. I have used vga extended cables or switchbox, but not with that exact card - and using them reduces quality video

Bug#618622: crash when resizing screen while running a fullscreen application

2011-03-18 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Why blame X ? many desktops / window managers will send X a HUP signal on exit. a bad application might even do it. First show was closed by UNIX or X itself decided to exit. Michal Suchanek wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.9.99.903-1 Followup-For: Bug #618622 Still a

Bug#617969: xserver-xorg-core: Weird behavior/crash with specific usage

2011-03-15 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
You said radeon right? I don't have that but here's some tips. /usr/X11R7/bin/Xorg (that's the name of your real X server) automatically makes a config (example /etc/X11/Xorg-config-4). What you want is to run Xorg with option to save the config. Editing that config you'll see mouse,

Bug#616010: xserver-xorg: dexconf fails to generate xorg.conf file

2011-03-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
stupid but I must say... the video triangle (chip interfaces, documentation, sheer number of new plans and lack of drivers) is worse than the bermuda triangle ! Julien Viard de Galbert wrote: CCing the bug Back, I guess your point of view might be shared by other users. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011

Bug#617969: xserver-xorg-core: Weird behavior/crash with specific usage

2011-03-13 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
my experience with that is you *might* have a memory problem with your video card with the lockup statement included that adds to the possibility that might be so on the other hand I can't see it so you might just need graphics libs needing to be re-installed Best is if you can try a

Bug#617208: Fails if started by init

2011-03-08 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
if you don't mind my butting in I notice when I start gdm xdm has *no* environment. I have no comment on whether this or that app uses that particular env. var. though. Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2011-03-08 11:31:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: [adding Thomas to Cc, as this concerns xterm]

Bug#617208: Fails if started by init

2011-03-08 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
hi I wrote www.sourceforge.net/projects/xdm-options/ one reason I've used xdm for so long is that having my environment in xterm was more important to me than how X got started I think the C-coded display managers out there don't bother with /etc/profile or ~/.profile like a login should -

Bug#617208: never mind

2011-03-08 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
OH DANG it! I didn't see your doing this from a gdm desktop. NEVER MIND. Vincent Lefevre wrote: [adding Thomas to Cc, as this concerns xterm] FYI, libxt/1:1.1.0-1 also breaks xterm: XAUTHORITY is removed from the environment, meaning that I can no longer start X applications from xterm when

Bug#616301: xserver-xorg-video-radeon:screen goes black, system hangs after 2sec:[youtube(FF/Opera)-reset req.]

2011-03-06 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
I haven't heard of many chips that won't hang given the wrong instructsion whether it's GPU or keyboard controller. Sounds like more than a driver issue but a choice of driver issue. How are you going to have it both ways without an ammount of care you have no time for? having interrupting

Bug#616301: xserver-xorg-video-radeon:screen goes black, system hangs after 2sec:[youtube(FF/Opera)-reset req.]

2011-03-06 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
part of them once. Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 19:49 -0500, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: I haven't heard of many chips that won't hang given the wrong instructsion whether it's GPU or keyboard controller. Of course. This is why the kernel driver filters

Bug#615959: happens more often

2011-03-04 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
Johannes could you please tell me if you see this? I'm unsure if my mail is working. I had the problems you speak of at one time. I had *thought* my gnome were installed but infact the libs were not all installed correctly. Was it an installer problem? I don't remember - but the problem

Bug#616511: xserver-xorg-video-vesa: Blank screen on ATI R580

2011-03-04 Thread John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
I'll restate the obvious. note I'm not part of xserver-xorg-video-vesa team - so look for more answers. make sure your linux kernel has radeon support. make sure X loads the modules. make sure X.org supports the chipset that is actually on the card. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to