Bug#298309: Old samba bug #298309: noexec added to the mount command without explicitely asked

2005-12-14 Thread J. Grant
Hello, Thanks for your follow-up email Christian. Unfortunately my hard drive failed on my debian sarge install :( Currently I am running Kubuntu 5.10 on another drive. In samba bug #298309 you reported about an issue when trying to mount a SMB share using the smbfs file system. You mention

Bug#340220: ttf-bengali-fonts 0.4.4

2005-11-21 Thread J. Grant
Package: ttf-bengali-fonts Version: 0.4.4 Hi, I just got this error, I wonder if you are aware of this problem already. I've not reported to the other package maintainers. Kind regards JG # apt-get install ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-dustin ttf-farsiweb Re

Bug#313189: acknowledged by developer (Bug#313189: fixed in wine 0.9-1)

2005-11-06 Thread J. Grant
Great, thanks. Kind regards JG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#328722: Frequent Mozilla crashes after updating to 1.7.8-1sarge1

2005-09-16 Thread J. Grant
Package: mozilla Version: 1.7.8-1sarge1 Since updating to 1.7.8-1sarge1 from the sarge release in around May I have experienced frequent crashes when using Messenger and Mozilla browser window. Below is a backtrace I managed to recover from gdb of the last crash. Kind regards JG (Gecko:3432

Bug#326605: fdisk v2.12p from util-linux 2.12p-4

2005-09-04 Thread J. Grant
Package: util-linux Version: 2.12p-4 Hi, Just using this package and I get an odd message from fdisk Command (m for help): o Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. The

Bug#304255: acknowledged by developer (Bug#304255: fixed in liblivemedia 2005.06.16-1)

2005-07-18 Thread J. Grant
Hi Sam, Thanks for updating his. I just had a quick look at the index: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/ and also: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libdevel/liblivemedia-dev I'm wondering if the updates have not filtered through yet? Kind regards JG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#313189: wine package description revision proposal

2005-06-12 Thread J. Grant
Package: wine Version: 0.0.20050524-1 Currently: == Windows Emulator (Binary Emulator) This is an ALPHA release of Wine, the MS-Windows emulator. This is still a developers release and many applications may still not work. This package consists of the emulator program for r

Bug#304101: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#304101: "Inadmissible path" bug in openoffice.org v1.1.2)

2005-05-22 Thread J. Grant
Hi Rene J. Grant wrote: I do not know what version the dictionary was, the package name was not displayed as part of the error. I presume it comes with openoffice.org packages? If you know the name of the English localisation package could you let me know for my records please

Bug#305063: debconf problem when removing packages

2005-05-04 Thread J. Grant
cause I am certain it is valid. Please include my email address in replies Kind regards JG On 22/04/05 00:31, J. Grant wrote: Hi Joey, Thank you for your reply. On 21/04/05 02:00, Joey Hess wrote: J. Grant wrote: I am using a January debian sarge install (see attached txt file) which today I upgra

Bug#307568: Debconf Perl code has many "Use of uninitialized value in join or string"

2005-05-03 Thread J. Grant
Package: debconf Version: 1.4.30.13 Hello, There are several of these "Use of uninitialized value in join or string" errors when I install a new package. Please include my email address in any replies, jg AT jguk dot org Kind regards JG # apt-get install vorbis-tools Reading Package Lists... Don

Bug#304101: "Inadmissible path" bug in openoffice.org v1.1.2

2005-04-18 Thread J. Grant
Hi Rene, Thanks for your reply [..] using OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 I get this error popup when I try and use English dictionary. Exactly which version? And can you please try 1.1.3 which is in sarge for some weeks now? I do not know what version the dictionary was, the package name was not displa

Bug#305064: apt-get --purge does not purge, need to use dpkg --purge instead

2005-04-17 Thread J. Grant
Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.1 Hello, I am expencing a problem purging on my uptodate testing computer. I noticed that these commands do not scuessfully work: # apt-get --purge remove iamerican wamerican Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package iamerican is not install

Bug#305063: debconf problem when removing packages

2005-04-17 Thread J. Grant
Package: debconf Version: 1.4.30.13 Hello, I am using a January debian sarge install (see attached txt file) which today I upgraded to the latest versions for sarge. During the configuration and re-configuration post upgrade I selected KDE as the display (my desktop, which works without fault sinc

Bug#305061: Documention on what "rc" "ii" and other codes mean

2005-04-17 Thread J. Grant
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.27 Hello, I am trying to find out what the codes mean in the output which I cannot find documentation on at present.. I did dpkg -l |less and I get these headings Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-

Bug#304911: apt (0.5.28.1) improvement, multiple instances

2005-04-16 Thread J. Grant
Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.1 Only one instance of apt-get appears to be allowed to run at anyone time. it would be better if multiple copies were allowed to run, and they would then use a spool dir to manage communication with the other instances. Also before installing they should check if tho

Bug#304910: apt (0.5.28.1) improvement, searching

2005-04-16 Thread J. Grant
Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.1 Hello, I am using debian testing (sarge) and I have an improvement suggestion # apt-get install chatzilla Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package chatzilla This ideally would suggest a list of packages which contained th

Bug#304905: mozilla-mailnews 1.7.5-1 spell checking SIGSEGV

2005-04-16 Thread J. Grant
Package: mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 To repeat, add this text to an email stored in Drafts -- Homepage: http://jguk.org/ Blog: http://jguk.org/blog.rss Radio: http://jguk.org/#radio = Select and delete it from the msg, then click spell check. It then

Bug#304255: liblivemedia-dev (2004.11.11a-1)

2005-04-11 Thread J. Grant
Package: liblivemedia-dev Version: 2004.11.11a-1 Hello, I notice the present deb package description is quite brief http://packages.debian.org/testing/libdevel/ == liblivemedia-dev (2004.11.11a-1) multimedia streaming library == Could this be enhanced to include the key points?

Bug#304101: "Inadmissible path" bug in openoffice.org v1.1.2

2005-04-10 Thread J. Grant
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.2 Hello, using OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 I get this error popup when I try and use English dictionary. "Inadmissible path. /usr/lib/openoffice/share/autotext/english_uk does not exist" This is my locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 There are two issues. 1) For some reason th

Bug#300706: debian sarge (debian-installer system) dvdrom and floppy issues

2005-04-10 Thread J. Grant
Hi Christian Thank you for your response. [...] I have udevd proces running, I just have the debian sarge defaults Known issue :-( Package "udev" will get installed with the "desktop" task. This can break things on "/dev". To fix this you have to at least reboot after installation once more. There

Bug#300659: mozilla-mailnews 1.7.5-1: slow down when highlighting / selecting text

2005-03-20 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 Hello, I am experiencing a stall when highlighting / selecting text with the mouse. I have a 2.2GHz machine and Mozilla Mail never used to stall when I was using 1.6 on Mandrake Distro I think perhaps there is some GUI problem. I am using all default

Bug#300613: mozilla-mailnews 1.7.5-1: Clicking print causes SIGSEGV

2005-03-20 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 Hello, I have a repeatable case where mozilla mail crashes when I try and print an email. Steps to replicate 1. Open email. 2. Click print. I attatch mozila_mailnews_print_segfault.txt which is a gdb log of the SIGSEGV. Let me know if you require futher

Bug#300400: courier-imap (3.0.8-3): Leaving shell scripts in /etc/init.d and /etc/rcX.d

2005-03-19 Thread J. Grant
Package: courier-imap Version: 3.0.8-3) Hello, There is a bug I experienced after I removed courier-imap and courier-base from my debian sarge system: apt-get remove courier-imap courier-base When I rebooted I found that the startup runlevel scripts were left beind and generating errors because the

Bug#300392: mozilla-mailnews 1.7.5-1:Priority is lost when saving a composed email in Drafts

2005-03-19 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 Hello, I have noticed that Priority is lost when saving a composed email in Drafts. To replicate, compose an email, set the propiority to High, and save in Drafts. Reload the message and see the Prority is lost. Kind regards JG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#300393: mozilla-mailnews 1.7.5-1: "Return receipt" flag is lost when saving a composed email in Drafts

2005-03-19 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 Hello, I have noticed that "Return receipt" flag is lost when saving a composed email in Drafts To replicate, compose an email, select "Return receipt", and save in Drafts. Reload the message and see the "Return receipt" status is lost. Kind regards JG --

Bug#300328: English locale bug in OpenOffice

2005-03-18 Thread J. Grant
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.2dfsg1-3 Hello, I have recently installed Debian Sarge with English (Britain). I did not install any US English locales. My locale is set to en_GB.UTF-8. I just loaded OpenOffice.org Writer and it is defaulting to US spelling. I wonder if you are already aware

Bug#299526: TAB character corrupted in mailnews display

2005-03-14 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-mailnews Version: 1.7.5-1 My Inbox defaults to display in UTF-8, when I receive an ISO-8859-15 email with the tab character in the subject it appears corrupted. for example this text in a subject: "Tab space is corrupted" See attached screenshot for an example of this proble

Bug#298777: mozilla-browser Debian Package 1.7.5-1 probelm with UTF-8 on about: page

2005-03-09 Thread J. Grant
Package:mozilla-browser Version: 1.7.5-1 Hello, I am using Mozilla Debian Package 1.7.5-1. I go to "about:" and the text is normal, I Edit->Prefs->Appearance and change the western Proportional font size to 30. When I click OK, the about: page refreshes and has large fonts. I think this is a bug

Bug#298309: samba noexec fails (http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/samba)

2005-03-06 Thread J. Grant
Package: samba Version: 3.0.10-1 Hello, I wonder if you could help me solve a problem I am haing with samba on debian sarge. kernel 2.6.8-1-386. There seems to be something which is adding "noexec" to my mount line which is breaking the mount I do this command $ mount now1g Password: Then in th

Bug#298277: dovecot-imapd script problems

2005-03-06 Thread J. Grant
Package: dovecot-imapd Version: 0.99.14-1 Hi I am using dovecot imap mail daemon on debian sarge. it looks to be just what I need. Using kernel 2.6.8-1-386. I noticed a missing newline at the end of this command btw: # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Restarting mail server: dovecotnow2g:/etc/dove Whe