Bug#651601: Appears to be fixed

2011-12-10 Thread ael
As noted in the upstream ticket, this now seems to have been resolved with josm-latest and (possibly repeatedly) clearing preferences. I will close this bug. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#650210: xserver-xorg: /usr/bin/X segfault at address 0x8

2011-11-28 Thread ael
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 03:00:54AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: ael law_ence@ntlworld.com (27/11/2011): Attempting to start x as a normal user segfaults. You're getting VESA here. Starting as root succeeds... And MGA there. Yes, but I noted that the same problem arises

Bug#640391: Possible fix ark3116

2011-10-26 Thread ael
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 09:09:47AM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: 2011/10/25 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 08:40:09PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: I think I got it. The ark seems sensitive to a specific combination of setting the termios and enabling interrupts

Bug#640391: Possible fix ark3116

2011-10-25 Thread ael
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 08:40:09PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: Hi ael, I think I got it. The ark seems sensitive to a specific combination of setting the termios and enabling interrupts/submitting the interrupt urb. The old driver does not suffer because it does not use the interrupt urb

Bug#624443: Closing

2011-10-23 Thread ael
No problems recently so will close. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#629243: xserver-xorg-1:7.6+8 - xserver-xorg-1:7.6+9 culprit?

2011-10-23 Thread ael
I now believe that the problem arose on the xserver-xorg upgrade to 1:7.6+9. I will consider whether I should raise a new bug against xserver rather than synaptics... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#629243: Synaptics right button disabled

2011-10-22 Thread ael
The Synaptics right button disabled is present almost every time I start X. One new datum: if I rmmod psmouse; modprobe psmouse then on the controlling terminal (but not in /var/log/Xorg.log) I get [typed by hand since copy-and-paste no longer possible]:

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-21 Thread ael
This problem with a partially disabled touchpad - the right button failing to work is especially problematic - seems to have become more severe. Restarting X repeatedly is now failing to clear the problem. I can see no obvious recent package upgrade that might explain the problem. But many of the

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-20 Thread ael
I have now found that the problem that I encountered is more subtle. 1) Only some of the synaptics functions were disabled. In particular, the second right (button 3) was not recognised. However scrolling was still working. 2) Restarting X re-enabled full button recognition. Maybe a race

Bug#629243: Synaptics touchpad disabled:

2011-10-20 Thread ael
My synaptics touchpad is not longer working because the module is uloaded: - extract from Xorg.log -- [40.390] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event11) [40.390] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass

Bug#645436: cups: Useless error message in http-support.c

2011-10-15 Thread ael
Package: cups Version: 1.5.0-8.01 Severity: normal Tags: upstream patch I am trying to locate a bug in cups which currently looks like a broken pipe. After attempts to write to a socket, an http status of HTTP_ERROR is returned which does not have a case in the relevant switch statement in

Bug#645329: cups: Building with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt nostrip or just noopt fails

2011-10-14 Thread ael
Package: cups Version: 1.5.0-8 Severity: normal The cups package does not support debugging (beyond providing cups-debug). In particular setting DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to either noopt nostrip or just to noop means that dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b ...fails. This is a real problem because I am

Bug#644205: gdb backtrace

2011-10-12 Thread ael
to try to understand how the error arises. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#644205: http-support.c httpStatus problem...

2011-10-11 Thread ael
-lang_default = cupsLangDefault(); switch (status) { ... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: Test result

2011-10-09 Thread ael
help:-( I could maybe hack around with the source a bit trying to change register bits. I must have a 16450 datasheet somewhere which should help a bit with avoiding messing up the known bits. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#644205: Severity increased. Reinstallation compounds problem..

2011-10-08 Thread ael
I have changed the severity to grave since this problem completely disables printing via cups. I tried purging and then reinstalling the packages: cups-drivers-gutenprint cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common ghostscript-cups and cups-ppdc. Using the localhost web admin page, there are no

Bug#640391: ark3116 driver regression: oscilloscope shows no transmission

2011-10-08 Thread ael
with ubuntu, so I might be able to help. It *should* be straight forward, but you never know... I will have a quick attempt tonight, but may have to leave things to at least tomorrow if there are any complications. I too am very interested to see what happens... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#640391: ark3116 new version

2011-10-08 Thread ael
into the kernel without problems. Off the get the get the gps and ark3116 hardware. Fingers crossed :-) ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: Test result

2011-10-08 Thread ael
is behaving just as before. Very disappointing: sorry again to be the bearer of bad news... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#644205: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error InvalidArgs....

2011-10-04 Thread ael
that now parallel provides more information: # /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel direct parallel:/dev/lp0 Brother HL-1250 series Brother HL-1250 series LPT #1 MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,PCL,PCLXL;MDL:HL-1250 series;CLS:PRINTER; ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: ark3116 driver regression: oscilloscope shows no transmission

2011-10-03 Thread ael
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 09:45:23AM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: 2011/10/3 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: Under the old working kernel, I saw packets in both directions. For the record, the gps tx line was swinging between +5.6V and -5.4V, while the ark3116 board was driving the gps rx

Bug#644205: Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel does not exist! - but it does...

2011-10-03 Thread ael
Package: cups Version: 1.5.0-8 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropiate *** * What led up to the situation? * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? * What was the outcome of this action?

Bug#640391: ark3116 driver regression: oscilloscope shows no transmission

2011-10-02 Thread ael
a connection to an ordinary serial port is there? Is there anything else I can do at this stage? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#643693: Panning failure: 1 or 2 pixels only

2011-10-01 Thread ael
. After the upgrades, and the same xrandr command, the panning seems to be restricted to approximately 601 or 602 pixels. This is surely a bug, or is the xrandr command not the correct way to enable panning across a virtual screen? Is there some documentation I have missed? ael

Bug#643693: Panning failure: 1 or 2 pixels only

2011-10-01 Thread ael
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 12:42:26PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:47:54 +0100, ael wrote: I now confirm that panning seems to be restricted to 1 or 2 pixels (vertically in this case). To summarize, before the recent upgrades, panning worked as expected

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-10-01 Thread ael
support. I have yet to check other aspects and get an oscilloscope on the signals, nor try the other experiments suggested, so this is partial and to be continued. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-10-01 Thread ael
-3.0.0 in the next message. Any suggestions before I get the oscilloscope out? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-10-01 Thread ael
think. I just might get the 'scope out later this evening if I have time. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-10-01 Thread ael
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 06:01:24PM +0100, ael wrote: 3) Both ark and garmin attached and working. pin 2 (tx on gps) : 0.01V on module load pin 3 (rx on gps) : -5.52V on module load Looks to me as if I reversed pins 2 3 above, although it is what I wrote down at the time... ael

Bug#643693: x11-xserver-utils: [xrandr] xrandr no longer sets up virtual screen

2011-09-29 Thread ael
. As noted in the first report, current changes to 1024 x 1024 despite --mode 1024x600. I am not sure whether that is significant. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-29 Thread ael
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 04:35:31PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: Hi ael, I have a real RS232 port on a desktop (back at home now), so I guess I could connect from the netbook USB - ark3116 - RS232 desktop. I will have to see what cables I have, but I think I have a very old RS232 breakout

Bug#643693: x11-xserver-utils: [xrandr] xrandr no longer sets up virtual screen

2011-09-28 Thread ael
Package: x11-xserver-utils Version: 7.6+3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropiate *** * What led up to the situation? * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? * What was the outcome of this

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-28 Thread ael
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:55:40PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: 2011/9/21 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: I have just done another test. This because that garmin odd connector often fails to make proper contact. So in this case I first verified that I could use gpsbabel successfully

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-21 Thread ael
. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-20 Thread ael
that it was making contact: I tried to check carefully, although that is not always reliable. I'll try to see if my 3116 still works with a 3.0 kernel, hopefully tomorrow. Maybe that brings us further. Thanks again, ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-18 Thread ael
-- As far as I can see that is just the same as when debug is not set. Or did I get the parameter wrong? I can't see any acknowledgement that debug is set. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-18 Thread ael
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 01:55:50PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: 2011/9/18 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 01:17:51PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: [Previous messages are logged at http://bugs.debian.org/640391. I have now tested properly with debug=1. Unfortunately

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-18 Thread ael
converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Hope something here gives a clue... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-16 Thread ael
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 01:17:51PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: 2011/9/13 ael law_ence@ntlworld.com: On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 08:56:54PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: [Previous messages are logged at http://bugs.debian.org/640391. truncated the termios data. Could you please rerun

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-14 Thread ael
contact. I am pretty sure that it was ok for this run, but it is just possible that the connector was playing up. (Known problem on this model, I fear.) ael fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(0, 3), st_ino=4026532018, st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=1024, st_blocks=0

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-13 Thread ael
echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt echoctl echoke ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-09 Thread ael
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:33:29PM +0200, Bart Hartgers wrote: Hi Ben, ael, I am reading this on my phone and will not be able to look into this properly (ie access a computer) before next week. In the mean time: strace logs would be very useful. And maybe the problen has to do

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-08 Thread ael
already aware? I doubt that it is a debian specific bug... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-07 Thread ael
On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 04:16:11AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 19:46 +0100, ael wrote: On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 12:11:26PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Regression

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-05 Thread ael
On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 09:07:17PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 19:42 +0100, ael wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Regression in the ark3116 (perhaps interaction with usbserial). The hardware is a USB -serial port

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-05 Thread ael
On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 09:07:17PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 19:42 +0100, ael wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Regression in the ark3116 (perhaps interaction with usbserial). The hardware is a USB -serial port

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-05 Thread ael
with my current limited connectivity if it would help. But at least I can recover my gps data for now. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#640391: linux-image-3.0.0-1-686-pae: ark3116 driver regression

2011-09-04 Thread ael
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-3 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Regression in the ark3116 (perhaps interaction with usbserial). The hardware is a USB -serial port converter. It was last used on this machine running debian testing in December 2011. It ran successfully with the debian kernel

Bug#627933: Regression: hot plugging sdhc card on Acer Aspire One

2011-05-26 Thread ael
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 05:00:35PM +, maximilian attems wrote: On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 05:49:03PM +0100, ael wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.38-5 Severity: normal The Acer Aspire One netbook has two card readers, left right. Until recently (sorry not sure when regression

Bug#627933: Regression: hot plugging sdhc card on Acer Aspire One

2011-05-25 Thread ael
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.38-5 Severity: normal The Acer Aspire One netbook has two card readers, left right. Until recently (sorry not sure when regression happened) hotplugging the right hand card worked. But now such a card is only seen on cold boot. I am reporting on a system which

Bug#627200: offlineimap: INBOX is not writable

2011-05-18 Thread ael
Package: offlineimap Version: 6.3.3-3 Severity: important offlineimap fails to update local INBOX: traceback: == * Processing account ntlspam Copying folder structure from Gmail to Maildir Establishing connection to

Bug#627200: Perhaps a merge with 626417

2011-05-18 Thread ael
on the upstream mailing list where I see that bug 626417 is almost certainly the same problem. Turning off -1 to stop most multithreading cures the problem here, so I suspect a race condition exposed in 6.3.3-3 which maybe was hidden in earlier versions. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist

Bug#624443: Further information: may be amd64 specific

2011-05-01 Thread ael
) === So it nows looks as if there is a udev problem on the amd64 system since things seem to work on i386. I will try and find time to dig deeper into this as time permits. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#624443: udevadm monitor on succesful i386

2011-05-01 Thread ael
-0:1 - ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 1 16:09 usb-MStar_Semiconductor__Inc._Mass_Storage_Device_14273211-1575-4252-9161-419514811863-0:1-part1 - ../../sdd1 === ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ

Bug#624576: Resolved

2011-04-30 Thread ael
small touchpad on a netbook. I know that others have found such examples helpful: they have emailed me about getting touchpads working. Thanks for the help. I will now close this bug. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#624576: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Touchpad configuration lost after upgrade: InputClass being applied to the wrong devices

2011-04-29 Thread ael
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.4.0-1 Severity: important After the recent testing upgrades, my Synaptics configuration specified in my xorg.conf:- -- Section InputClass Identifier SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
to reboot :-) I am now trying to find where InputClass evdev touchpad catchall and InputClass touchpad catchall are defined and whether these are the root cause of the problem. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#624576: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Touchpad configuration lost after upgrade: InputClass being applied to the wrong devices

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 09:46:53PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:03:38 +0100, ael wrote: Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.4.0-1 Severity: important After the recent testing upgrades, my Synaptics configuration specified in my xorg.conf

Bug#624576: 50-synaptics.conf

2011-04-29 Thread ael
I have just discovered /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf I hadn't seen any documenataion of these new configuration files :-( Moving 50-synaptics.conf out of the way changes things: the touchpad is now configured in some as yet unknown way. It is far too sensitive and is almost

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:06:55PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 20:57:14 +0100, ael wrote: I tried adding Option Device/dev/input/event10 into xorg.conf in the hope that it would ensure that the configuration would be applied to the touchpad alone

Bug#624576: Specifying Device

2011-04-29 Thread ael
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:41:26PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 21:36:25 +0100, ael wrote: Ok. I saw the MatchIsTouchpad in 50-synaptics.conf and was about to look at the man page. I guess these are new parameters since I last read the man page. So you added

Bug#622885: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Graphics freeze after starting X and moving first xterm window: solid, reproducible.

2011-04-16 Thread ael
release. I confirm that NoAccel appears to fix the problem on 1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2. Although the non accelerated version is very painful compared to nv :-( . Will test unstable version later today, I hope. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#622885: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Graphics freeze after starting X and moving first xterm window: solid, reproducible.

2011-04-16 Thread ael
with Turning off acceleration fixes the problem as with the earlier version. I will report upstream when I have read about their tracking system Thanks for the help, ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#568288: mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument

2011-03-21 Thread ael
is talking to a kernel which is not configured for the right version, it is a tall order for it to diagnose that that is the problem. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#568288: mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument

2011-03-20 Thread ael
I was at when I reported the bug: I confess that I had forgotten about the report. Maybe I had something wrong in the kernel configs, but I doubt it. As noted above, I only had version 4 configured in one of them: might that have upset the negotiation/default somehow? ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#596214: apt-cdrom -m broken

2010-12-30 Thread ael
Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect false; fixed it here as well. Thanks. Sorry for long delay: maybe I wasn't subscribed, but I didn't see your response before. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Bug#596214: apt-cdrom -m broken: appears to be trying to mount

2010-09-09 Thread ael
Package: apt Version: 0.8.0 Severity: important Since testing update to 0.7.97.1, apt-cdrom -m add has ceased to work. Example: with debian-testing-i386-DVD-1.iso mounted on /dvd: /dev/loop3 on /dvd type iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop3) running apt-cdrom -m add gives:

Bug#575085: grub-rescue-pc: grub-rescue-floppy.img missing

2010-04-28 Thread ael
install the package; you should find them in /usr/lib/grub-rescue/, and the documentation in /usr/share/doc/grub-rescue-pc/README.Debian should work. Just checked on one machine and indeed the files are there... Apologies if I somehow missed them. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist

Bug#547001: Trackballs under X now configured in xorg.conf again

2010-04-17 Thread ael
Trackball configuration moved from hal to udev, but with xserver-xorg-core version 1.76-2 it has moved back to xorg.conf. To help others with similar track balls, here are InputClass clauses which work with a range of Logitech trackballs. Of course, you may want to modify the details according to

Bug#577773: xserver-xorg-core: No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

2010-04-15 Thread ael
, and I imagine that I will need to do the same for a Synaptics touchpad on a netbook. To save others the time and trouble, I am happy to make them available to others. I could add them to an existing bug (probably the one on trackballs). Or should they appear as examples in one of the packages? ael

Bug#577773: xserver-xorg-core: No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

2010-04-14 Thread ael
(ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event*, GOTO=xorg_marble_end #ENV{ID_PATH}!=platform-i8042-serio-1, GOTO=xorg_marble_end # Above for PS/2, misses USB. name below seems to be enough ATTRS{name}==ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse, GOTO=marbles ATTRS{name}==Logitech USB Trackball

Bug#576918: linux-image-2.6-686: Keyboard disabled: atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0 ...

2010-04-11 Thread ael
correlation with the spurious interrupt message, I doubt that I have enough information to make a useful bug report. And I should probably try with the latest git kernel before reporting. So it may take a while ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#576918: linux-image-2.6-686: Keyboard disabled: atkbd.c: Spurious ACK on isa0060/serio0 ...

2010-04-08 Thread ael
: 1 MIS: 0 ael -- - System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG

Bug#576918: Spurious ACK does not seem to be the real problem

2010-04-08 Thread ael
I have just observed a correct boot (keyboard working), but with the atkbd.c Spurious ACK ... present in /var/log/messages. So this is much less clear than I thought. I have a good and bad versions log /var/log/messages am now wondering on how to best compare them. I need to look into a diff

Bug#575806: console-setup-mini does not change fonts: had to install console-setup instead

2010-03-29 Thread ael
, all these things work. So the mini version is broken? ael --- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.33 (PREEMPT) Locale

Bug#575446: grub-mkrescue

2010-03-28 Thread ael
is deprecated. Mode %d isn't recognized. Use set gfxpayload=WIDTHxHEIGHT[xDEPTH] before linux command instead.\n, and so on ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#575446: grub-rescue-pc: Package contains no longer includes images or info on how to create them

2010-03-25 Thread ael
this package contains no binaries, no images, and not even a hint about how to create rescue images or media. So it has no purpose as it stands. Just adding a simple example of how to create rescue floppy and one for a rescue iso would mean it has some use. ael

Bug#575085: grub-rescue-pc: grub-rescue-floppy.img missing

2010-03-23 Thread ael
Package: grub-rescue-pc Version: 1.98-1 Severity: minor packags description says: This package contains two GRUB rescue images that have been built for use with traditional PC/BIOS architecture: - grub-rescue-floppy.img: floppy image. - grub-rescue-cdrom.iso: El Torito CDROM image.

Bug#548320: grub image too large for floppy

2010-03-23 Thread ael
is broken? Using --force did however work: I can't see why blocklists should not be safe on a ro boot rescue floppy? There needs to be a note, perhaps along the above lines, on how to produce a floppy image. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#573962: extlinux assumes update-extlinux should always be used.

2010-03-17 Thread ael
- So yes, this bug needs to be re-opened a mechanism to flag whether or not extlinux is booting the host system needs to be introduced. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#573962: linux-image-2.6.32-3: Package fails to install: Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d...

2010-03-15 Thread ael
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-9 Severity: important File: linux-image-2.6.32-3 # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64_2.6.32-9_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 231498 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 2.6.32-9

Bug#573977: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux problem prevents kernel updates!

2010-03-15 Thread ael
Package: extlinux Version: 2:3.85+dfsg-1 Severity: important Please see bug 573962 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573962 which perhaps should have been transferred to to extlinux rather than closed... -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing

Bug#573962: closed by Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org (Re: Bug#573962: linux-image-2.6.32-3: Package fails to install: Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d...)

2010-03-15 Thread ael
extlinux. Even after purging that package /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux remained! I had to manually delete it. I was not actually using extlinux to boot the host system. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#573962: [...@precise.conquest: Re: Bug#573962: extlinux: postrm.d script prevents kernel updates]

2010-03-15 Thread ael
bug, purging extlinux did not remove the script (which was a symbolic link), so maybe it was some historical relic which might not recur. I will try find time tomorrow to make the test... ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Bug#567003: [z...@debian.org: Re: Bug#567003: firestarter does not install properly?]

2010-03-12 Thread ael
the GUI and you go through the process, you will get Ok, but it was not documented anywhere that I found. PS I'm not the firestarter package maintainer So the lack of documentation isn't your fault :-) Thanks for the reply. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ

Bug#563385: Trackballs

2010-03-06 Thread ael
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 01:05:00PM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: ael wrote: I could send my rules if it would be useful. Yes, please, it could help some people, especially the submitter. In my quick reply, I hadn't noticed that this was a bug report. My working udev rules are already

Bug#571941: 1.10.0-1 from unstable corrects problem

2010-03-01 Thread ael
gnumeric 1.10.0-1 from unstable fixes this problem, so perhaps this bug can be closed. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#571941: libgoffice-0.8.so.7: cannot open shared object file

2010-02-28 Thread ael
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.9.17-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable == $gnumeric xxx.gnumeric gnumeric: error while loading shared libraries: libgoffice-0.8.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such

Bug#570448: gpm fails silently

2010-02-19 Thread ael
/deadlock. Maybe the hardware itself latched up somehow: it certainly looks like something of that sort. So I suggest that this bug is closed: if it happens again, I can reopen. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#570448: gpm fails silently

2010-02-18 Thread ael
Package: gpm Version: 1.20.4-3.3 Severity: important This update to gpm has broken my mouse support. gpm seems to load (although initialy I saw crashes). It seems to run as gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2 taken from /etc/gpm.conf. (It is hard to write this with no cut paste)

Bug#569068: offlineimap: Unknown IMAP4 command: 'selectedfolder'

2010-02-09 Thread ael
Package: offlineimap Version: 6.2.0+nmu2 Severity: normal I encountered the bug reported at:- http://software.complete.org/software/issues/show/197 The fix there solved the problem. So the debian package needs updating? -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers

Bug#568288: mount.nfs: mount(2): Invalid argument

2010-02-03 Thread ael
of problem negotiating the nfs version between the client server? And a totally misleading error message? ael -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

Bug#558318: Trackball udev support (patch included)

2010-01-29 Thread ael
-trackball.rules Here are the contents: - # Logitech Marble Mice PN 804377-, PN 810-000767 or # PN 804251- connected via USB or PS/2 # Marble FX or Marble Mouse (ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event

Bug#558318: Trackball udev support (patch included)

2010-01-29 Thread ael
or # PN 804251- connected via USB or PS/2 # Marble FX or Marble Mouse (ael) ACTION!=add|change, GOTO=xorg_marble_end KERNEL!=event*, GOTO=xorg_marble_end #ENV{ID_PATH}!=platform-i8042-serio-1, GOTO=xorg_marble_end # Above for PS/2, misses USB. name below seems to be enough ATTRS{name}==ImExPS

Bug#558318: 558...@bugs.debian.org

2010-01-28 Thread ael
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Bug#567003: firestarter does not install properly?

2010-01-26 Thread ael
Package: firestarter Version: 1.0.3-8 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable - Installing firefighter from aptitude:- === Unpacking firestarter (from .../firestarter_1.0.3-8_i386.deb) ...

Bug#565878: network-manager: depends on dhcp3-*: bloat when static IPs

2010-01-19 Thread ael
Package: network-manager Version: 0.7.2-2 Severity: wishlist network-manager pulls in dhcp3-client dhcp3-common which are unneccessary when static IPs are used. So it becomes impossible to have a slim efficient installation on light weight machines. Perhaps a meta-full package might be needed

Bug#549312: Looks as if this only occurs with more than 1 dvd

2010-01-19 Thread ael
on the earlier dvds is cached somewhere: the dvd is changed, and when that cached path is used later, it is, of course, no longer valid. This bug would seem to make debian installation from multiple DVDs nearly impossible: so pretty serious for those without high bandwidth connections. ael

Bug#565511: ext4.ko module missing from initramfs

2010-01-17 Thread ael
. Will experiment more later today: I ought to try the whole thing with ext3 and see if I get swap partition problems again. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#565511: re-installation partition problem [so not initramfs related?]

2010-01-17 Thread ael
no wasted space with partman, so simply guess sizes. The installation then completed without problems - using ext3. ael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

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