Bug#496967: general: System completely blocks any input

2008-08-29 Thread Lawrence Williams
This sounds like a kernel panic to me. Anyone else have any thoughts? - Lawrence On Friday, August 29, 2008 03:21:13 pm Frank Küster wrote: I should have been more specific here. It's not only the input, it's   the output as well. For example, if aptitude is downloading packages   in an rxvt

Bug#420585: short-term workaround

2007-06-12 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hi, A short-term workaround for using nvidia-kernel-source with kernel 2.6.21 is to add the following two lines to the top area of makefile.kbuild in the nvidia module source: PARAVIRT_OPS := $(shell grep D paravirt_ops /boot/System.map-$(shell uname -r) | colrm 9) EXTRA_LDFLAGS := --defsym

Bug#350061: pwc doesn't override upstream kernel module

2006-01-29 Thread Lawrence Williams
-apus/ 2.6.15-1-powerpc64/ 2.6.15-1-powerpc-smp/ 2.6.15-1-powerpc/2.6.15-1-powerpc-miboot/ ibook:/usr/src# find /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-powerpc -name pwc.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-powerpc/kernel/drivers/usb/media/pwc/pwc.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-powerpc/misc/pwc.ko Lawrence

Bug#350061: pwc doesn't override upstream kernel module

2006-01-29 Thread Lawrence Williams
/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-powerpc/misc/pwc.ko Lawrence Williams wrote: Package: pwc-source Severity: important Hi, I recently compiled the pwc module for 2.6.15-1-686-smp, only to discover it doesn't load with modprobe. It always loads the in-kernel pwc module (which is included

Bug#350061: pwc doesn't override upstream kernel module

2006-01-26 Thread Lawrence Williams
Package: pwc-source Severity: important Hi, I recently compiled the pwc module for 2.6.15-1-686-smp, only to discover it doesn't load with modprobe. It always loads the in-kernel pwc module (which is included by Debian kernel packages ). I have worked out a quick patch that will make it load

Bug#350063: pwc-modules doesn't depend on kernel-image/linux-image

2006-01-26 Thread Lawrence Williams
Package: pwc-source Severity: important Hi, I have another quick patch for you as well :) This one makes the build pwc-modules package to depend on the kernel package it was built for. In debian/control.modules.in, below the Providles: pwc-modules line, add: Depends: linux-image-_KVERS_ |

Bug#273018: Fixed in NMU of libsdl1.2 1.2.9-0.0

2006-01-25 Thread Lawrence Williams
Thanks for pointing that out :) I was reviewing the NMUs done recently ( I am planning on uploading a new version to mentors tonight and seeing sponsorship ) and I noticed the same thing. As i've always said, many eyes makes bugs disappear :) Lawrence Original Message Follows From:

Bug#346957: libsdl1.2: FTBFS: build-depends on removed xlibs-dev

2006-01-15 Thread Lawrence Williams
January 2006 08:48, Adeodato Simó wrote: * Lawrence Williams [Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:44:05 -0330]: Hello, Hi, Thank you for the report Mr. Simo. I can do a new release if I can find a sponsor. Would you be willing to help? In case of RC bugs, it's easy to find sponsors. I recommend

Bug#347328: Please disable kernel pwc (Philips USB webcam) module by default

2006-01-14 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, So basically a symlink could be created from the installed pwc-modules pwc.ko file to /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates and it would work? Thanks for the insight :) Lawrence On Wednesday 11 January 2006 06:33, you wrote: pwc-source should put the modules in /lib/modules/$(uname

Bug#347328: Please disable kernel pwc (Philips USB webcam) module by default

2006-01-14 Thread Lawrence Williams
one? Basically is there a variable that, at build time, will be automatically replaced with the kernel version ( output same as 'uname -r' i guess??)? Thanks Lawrence On Tuesday 10 January 2006 03:35, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:31:50AM -0330, Lawrence Williams wrote: Package

Bug#347328: Please disable kernel pwc (Philips USB webcam) module by default

2006-01-09 Thread Lawrence Williams
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: important Hi, I am asking for the in-kernel pwc module (Philips USB webcam) to be disabled by default, as it doesn't work with the majority of their webcam chipsets commonly in use. More importantly, it also conflicts with the resulting package built from the

Bug#337668: FTBFS: broken build-dependency on xlibmesa-dev

2005-11-05 Thread Lawrence Williams
This bug will be fixed in the next libsdl1.2 package release (currently available on mentors.debian.net) if i can ever get a sponser :) Lawrence Original Message Follows From: Alexander Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Alexander Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Bug#335689: libsdl1.2: Please add big-endian arm (armeb) support

2005-10-25 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, This support is forthcoming in the next version of libsdl1.2, which will be uploaded as soon as I can find a sponsor with time :) Thank you for your patch ;) Lawrence On October 25, 2005 09:59 am, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: Package: libsdl1.2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The

Bug#329943: problem resolved??

2005-10-05 Thread Lawrence Williams
It appears that this bug is caused by the linux kernel packages. When I recompiled the 2.6.12-10 package against the current gcc 4.0.2, performance returned to what I expected from my computer. Using PlanetPenguin Racer(?? right name?) as an example. With the 2.6.12-1-686 kernel, I was getting

Bug#329943: libsdl1.2debian: SDL-Sound is very bad

2005-10-03 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, I have been able to reproduce this problem with some SDL games that use OpenGL for rendering. I will do more testing on this though. Could you please reply with the games that have this problem? (just a reply to the bugs.debian.org address will be fine). Thanks! On September 24, 2005

Bug#329943: more info

2005-10-03 Thread Lawrence Williams
I tried the 1.2.7+1.2.8cvs20051007-5 release you verified as working, only to discover it no longer does. I recompiled in a current sid chroot and it exhibits the same problems as the current version in unstable. One thing: are you using binary drivers for an ATI or nVidia video card? If so,

Bug#298602: ITP: klibido -- usenet news binary grabber for KDE

2005-09-16 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hey, Good work. If you need any help beta testing the packages or the like, let me know. I am a big fan of KLibido. Unfortunately the packages provided by upstream are broken since the C++ transition and KDE 3.4.2 Later! Lawrence On September 16, 2005 11:04 am, Fathi Boudra wrote: hi, As

Bug#326701: Fix

2005-09-07 Thread Lawrence Williams
one went away, now its back and I can switch it back and upload that. On Mon, 05 Sep 2005, Lawrence Williams wrote: A simple solution that works is to download the source and change the Depend on libwxgtk2.4-1-python to python-wxgtk2.6. Build and the packages will work fine. I did

Bug#326701: Fix

2005-09-05 Thread Lawrence Williams
A simple solution that works is to download the source and change the Depend on libwxgtk2.4-1-python to python-wxgtk2.6. Build and the packages will work fine. I did it myself and like it much better. Lawrence -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#317578: libsdl1.2-dev: Broken build dependencies and dependencies on libaa1-dev

2005-07-09 Thread Lawrence Williams
This will be fixed in the next build. Thanks for reporting it :) Lawrence On July 9, 2005 06:17 pm, Roger Leigh wrote: This needs fixing very soon, because it is causing all packaged build-depending on libsdl to FTBFS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Bug#315561: serious

2005-07-03 Thread Lawrence Williams
I will setup a pbuilder sid environment this afternoon and rebuild sdl against slang2. Lawrence On July 3, 2005 03:59 pm, Alastair McKinstry wrote: I am marking this bug serious as it is release-critical (FTBFS). It  is also holding up the transition of several other packages to libslang2;

Bug#303233: njbtools: Uninstallable in sid

2005-05-18 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, I think I have figured out a solution, as it seems to build fine against libnjb1. Seems some API has changed upstream since 1.1 I will investigate further. If my solution works, I will try to get an upload sponsored ASAP. Thanks! Lars Wirzenius wrote: Furthermore, njbtools FTBFS with

Bug#265625: Working on packaging

2005-02-28 Thread Lawrence Williams
I am resuming work on LSongs after a slight absence, due to my realization of two things: 1) LSongs can go into 'contrib'. It only needs to have debhelper and python2.3-dev to build. However, it's other dependencies can be satisfied from the Marillat repo and would be available via apt-get. I

Bug#294475: libsdl1.2: FTBFS of '3dwm' (amd64/gcc-4.0): 'anonymous enum' uses anonymous type

2005-02-23 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, Sorry for the delay regarding my response. I have been incredibly busy outside of Debian. I will review your patch and make a new version of the packages ASAP. Have a nice day! Lawrence Andreas Jochens wrote: Package: libsdl1.2 Severity: normal Tags: patch When building the package

Bug#280565: acknowledged by developer (Fixed)

2005-01-20 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, Have you always had problems with SDL or did it just start recently ( and previous versions worked )? Thanks! Lawrence Gerfried Fuchs wrote: * Lawrence Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-01-19 17:36]: I closed the bug because I was unable to reproduce it using the latest version

Bug#280565: acknowledged by developer (Fixed)

2005-01-19 Thread Lawrence Williams
Hello, I closed the bug because I was unable to reproduce it using the latest version of the package and Debian unstable. Is your system up-to-date? I am packaging a new upstream version of SDL and let you try it out :) Lawrence Gerfried Fuchs wrote: reopen 280565 thanks * Debian Bug Tracking

Bug#291145: sun-j2re1.5 depends on sun-j2re1.5debian and sun-j2re1.5debian depends on sun-j2re1.5

2005-01-18 Thread Lawrence Williams
package: java-package Severity: grave For whatever reason, the java packages created with java-package and the packages containing the debian-specific stuff ( like Firefox integration, etc. ) cause a cyclinic dependency problem. In my case, sun-j2re1.5 depends on sun-j2re1.5debian and

Bug#290221: Incorrectly patched

2005-01-17 Thread Lawrence Williams
Oops I've fixed it and am building the -5 revision right now. Hopefully it will get uploaded today. Lawrence Original Message Follows From: Daniel Schepler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Daniel Schepler [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#285074: Bug#278582: marked as done (SDL Parachute Deployed when using aRts version of libsdl)

2005-01-10 Thread Lawrence Williams
a -4 revision tonight with the fixes already included. Would you be able to upload it for me? Lawrence Original Message Follows From: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lawrence Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#285074: Bug#278582: marked as done (SDL