Bug#860317: upgrade to latest stretch version breaks

2017-04-20 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 17:20 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > > Ok, suspicion confirmed. Run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and drop > ::1 > from the listening interfaces. > > cu Andreas Yes, that fixed it. Thanks

Bug#860317: upgrade to latest stretch version breaks

2017-04-19 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Wed, 2017-04-19 at 18:45 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2017-04-17 "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." wrote: > [...] > > paniclog and mainlog contains this: > > 2017-04-17 14:30:26 IPv6 socket creation failed: Address family not > > supported by protocol >

Bug#860317: upgrade to latest stretch version breaks

2017-04-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Tue, 2017-04-18 at 18:50 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2017-04-17 "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." wrote: > > On Sat, 2017-04-15 at 13:33 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > On 2017-04-14 "Brent S. Elmer" wrote: > > [...] > > > > Ap

Bug#832431: getting 444 error

2016-07-25 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: galileo Version: 0.5.0~git160510-1 Severity: grave Recently I started getting a 444 error when running galileo. $ galileo # A serious error happened, which is probably due to a # programming error. Please open a new issue with the following # information on the galileo bug tracker: #

Bug#804183: upgrade to 1.10.4-1 creates circular inclusion

2015-11-23 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 01:13 +, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 23/11/15 20:11, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote: > > My system may have been in an odd state due to this bug causing the > > 1.10.4-1 upgrade to perpetuate the circular dependency.  How do I > > get > > my s

Bug#804183: upgrade to 1.10.4-1 creates circular inclusion

2015-11-23 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I just installed 1.10.4-1 and the circular inclusion came back. Setting up dbus (1.10.4-1) ... A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon. Please reboot the system when convenient. Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Circular inclusion of file '/etc/dbus-1/system.conf.dpkg-bak' S

Bug#804183: dbus fails to start, circular inclusion of *.dpkg-bak

2015-11-09 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Sat, 2015-11-07 at 15:09 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > Control: retitle 804183 downgrading dbus from 1.10.2-1 leads to > circular inclusion of s*.conf.dpkg-bak > > Before upgrading to 1.10.2, had you modified /etc/dbus-1/s*.conf? > No. > Please show me anything relevant to dbus from /var/l

Bug#804183: dbus fails to start, circular inclusion of *.dpkg-bak

2015-11-05 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: dbus Version: 1.10.2-1 Severity: serious dbus just broke my system. I had dbus 1.10.0-3 installed on my system then I upgraded to 1.10.2-1. After some series of upgrades, bluetooth stopped working so I was reverting packages that I had recently upgraded one of which was dbus. So, I down

Bug#774670: cdrom will not eject

2015-01-05 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: eject Version: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-13.1 Severity: grave The cdrom on my lenovo w500 will not eject. I played an audio CD in alsaplayer and when the CD was done, the CD would not eject using the botton on the drive, or using the Removable Devices applet, or the file manager, or the com

Bug#772955: sane-utils fails to start after upgrade

2014-12-12 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: sane-utils Version: 1.0.24-5 Severity: serious Scanning stopped working recently so I tried upgrading the sane packages to see if that helps. I get the following error in the Synaptic terminal window: (synaptic:9872): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 'pid > 0' failed

Bug#757330: libvirt-daemon-system: fails to install

2014-08-27 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I am also getting an error with installing. I have an up to date jessie i386 system and I am getting the error E: Internal Error, No file name for libvirt-daemon-system:i386 I have not done anything at all with libvirt on my system other than let it upgrade when new versions come out. If I try

Bug#729877: Re: Bug#729877: black screen with cursor no greeter

2013-11-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 19:11 +0100, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > Yes, CONFIG_CGROUPS is needed atm, otherwise logind fails to create a session, > then libpam-systemd doesn't set the required env variables (particularly > XDG_SESSION_ID) and the greeter fails to run. (see bug #729674). > > I am

Bug#729877: black screen with cursor no greeter

2013-11-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 15:48 +, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 18/11/13 14:35, Brent S. Elmer wrote: > > Kernel: Linux 3.10.7.130911 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) > > That's not a standard Debian kernel. My guess would be that some options > required by systemd-logind are not

Bug#729877: black screen with cursor no greeter

2013-11-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer
ls -l on /sys shows that the permissions are dr-xr-xr-x I suppose that is why the mkdir fails. I get the same error if I try to create /sys/fs/cgroup using mkdir with root. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

Bug#729877: black screen with cursor no greeter

2013-11-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer
I forgot to mention, I also ran pam-auth-update --force as was mentioned in one of the bug reports. I did not help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#729877: black screen with cursor no greeter

2013-11-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: gdm3 Version: 3.8.4-6 Severity: serious I upgrade my jessie thinkpad w500 today with the new gdm3 and gnome packages that recently moved to testing. When I rebooted, I do not get a gdm3 greeter to log in. I only get a black screen with a cursor that does move around the screen. -- Sy

Bug#676984: exim 4 upgrade breaks Python smtplib

2012-06-19 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I upgraded exim4 in wheezy this morning and I am getting the same gnome-keyring error as in this bug report. I am getting the error in a Python program that uses smtplib to send email. I used the snapshot directory to downgrade the exim4 packages in wheezy before today and the problem went away.

Bug#670097: downgrading gnome-shell seems to help

2012-05-18 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On May 15 I upgraded gnome-shell and dependent modules. That corresponds to when gnome-shell started freezing. gnome-shell was freezing several times a day on my laptop. It has been a day and a half since downgrading and I have not had any freezes so far. Here is what I had to do to downgrade a

Bug#670097: gnome-shell: random hang causes data loss

2012-05-17 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I have had this problem on two different computers starting in the last day or two. Both are running Wheezy and I generally apply updates daily. One of the computers is a Lenovo w500 laptop with a radeon video card and I am using the free radeon video driver. The other is a desktop with an Nvidi

Bug#660084: I am using nvidia

2012-03-04 Thread Brent S Elmer
Yes, I do using Nvidia and the 295 upgrade probably about coincides with when evolution started crashing. I have several wheezy machines all up to date and the only one that crashes evolution is the one using nvidia. The others are radeon or noveau. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-r

Bug#638012: still a problem

2011-12-22 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
This is still a problem. Is it going to be addressed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#642312: unhandled exception importing SHA26

2011-09-21 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 08:58 -0400, Brent S. Elmer wrote: > Package: winpdb > Version: 1.4.8-1 > Severity: grave > > When I try to debug a python program in winpdb, I get an unhandled exception > importing SHA26. > > The following line is causing the problem: > >

Bug#642312: unhandled exception importing SHA26

2011-09-21 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: winpdb Version: 1.4.8-1 Severity: grave When I try to debug a python program in winpdb, I get an unhandled exception importing SHA26. The following line is causing the problem: from Crypto.Hash import SHA256 in the file /usr/share/pyshared/Crypto/Random/Fortuna/SHAd256.py It looks lik

Bug#631997: linux-image-2.6.39-2-486: black screen after grub menu

2011-06-28 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.39-2 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable My computer never boots with 2.6.39-2-486 or 2.6.38. Currently I am running a custom built 2.6.30 kernel. When I boot with 2.6.39 or 2.6.38 the screen goes black after I select the kernel in grub. Nothi

Bug#631294: [udev] upgrade from udev 167-3 to 170-1 broke system(no mouse or keyboard)

2011-06-22 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: udev Version: 170-1 Severity: critical --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I have a wheezy box that I upgraded udev from 167-3 to 170-1 last week when the new udev package hit testing. After the upgrade, I have no mouse or keyboard when X starts. Now that the new udev is i

Bug#548394: [gnome-power-manager] gnome fails to start, Install problem

2009-10-12 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Something in the gnome upgrade changed which totally broke my gnome. I don't think it had anything to do with gnome-power-manager. I submitted a bug report to gnome-session. I tried several things to try to make it work. The only thing I could do to make it work was delete .gnome2 and .gconf.

Bug#546836: any information yet?

2009-09-21 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Any information on this bug yet? Do you need any more information from me? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#546836: [xserver-xorg-video-mga] black screen when X starts

2009-09-15 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: xserver-xorg-video-mga Version: 1:1.4.11.dfsg-1 Severity: grave --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I upgraded xserver-xorg... that hit squeeze recently. I also updated xserver-xorg-video-mga. When I restarted X, I don't get a gdm login screen it is just black. I can sti

Bug#546603: [xorg] have no mouse or keyboard after xorg upgrade

2009-09-14 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: xorg Version: 1:7.4+4 Severity: critical --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I upgraded my squeeze box this morning to the new xorg that just hit testing. When I get the gdm prompt I have no keyboard or mouse. I can connect to the computer remotely which is how I am sub

Bug#543669: [synaptic] crashes when select range of packages with shift left-mouse

2009-08-26 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: synaptic Version: 0.62.7+b1 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- When I try to select a range of packages to upgrade in synaptic by left mouse clicking on the first upgrade and holding shift and left mouse clicking on the last upgrade, synaptic crashes. I

Bug#532623: closed by Julien Cristau (Bug#532623: fixed in xorg 1:7.4+3)

2009-06-15 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
I rebooted the computer hoping that X might work when the computer came up. X did start but it had some problems. I was running metacity before trying to install the xserver-xorg version from sid and ran into all of the problems installing. I noticed some animation when I started windows in gnom

Bug#532623: closed by Julien Cristau (Bug#532623: fixed in xorg 1:7.4+3)

2009-06-12 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 20:03 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:16:42 -0400, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote: > > > It still hangs when I try to install. After it hung the first time I > > removed the left over locks and tried to reinstall and it hangs again.

Bug#532623: closed by Julien Cristau (Bug#532623: fixed in xorg 1:7.4+3)

2009-06-11 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 20:03 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > What does the process list look like when it hangs there? > Something like 'ps uxf' as root (keeping only the relevant processes if > you want). > > Cheers, > Julien Now it is hanging here: Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+3) ...

Bug#532623: closed by Julien Cristau (Bug#532623: fixed in xorg 1:7.4+3)

2009-06-11 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 16:06 +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the xserver-xorg package: > > #532623: [xserver-xorg] install hangs at Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2) > > It has been closed by Julien Cr

Bug#532623: [xserver-xorg] install hangs at Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2)

2009-06-10 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 16:00 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > severity 532623 grave > kthxbye > > > Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2) > > > What is it doing when it hangs? Add 'set -x' at the top of > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst and run dpkg --configure -a. > > Cheers, > Julien Here

Bug#532623: [xserver-xorg] install hangs at Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2)

2009-06-10 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 16:00 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > severity 532623 grave > kthxbye > > > > What is it doing when it hangs? Add 'set -x' at the top of > /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postinst and run dpkg --configure -a. > > Cheers, > Julien Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2) ... + .

Bug#532623: [xserver-xorg] install hangs at Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.4+2)

2009-06-10 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.4+2 Severity: critical --- Please enter the report below this line. --- This bug report is not being submitted from the machine the bug is on so disregard the package information. The machine the bug is on is severely broken due to trying to install xserver-xo

Bug#527385: [flashplugin-nonfree] flash does not work, Adobe Flash Player: GTK1.x environments not supported.

2009-05-07 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: flashplugin-nonfree Version: 1:2.6 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Flash just gives me a gray box in iceweasel or any other browser. When I run iceweasel from the command line to try and see what the problem is I get the following: Adobe Flash Player:

Bug#526950: [gnome-panel] gnome-panel freezes on login

2009-05-04 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
GSA application. Thanks On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 21:26 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le lundi 04 mai 2009 à 12:37 -0400, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. a écrit : > > Starting last week, my gnome-panel would freeze on login. The panel would > > paint part of the > > applets then freeze. I c

Bug#526950: [gnome-panel] gnome-panel freezes on login

2009-05-04 Thread Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
Package: gnome-panel Version: 2.24.3-1+b1 Severity: critical --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Starting last week, my gnome-panel would freeze on login. The panel would paint part of the applets then freeze. I could still move the mouse around the screen but nothing worked and

Bug#519564: Fixed in 2.6.8

2009-03-27 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
Yes, 2.6.8 fixes the problem. On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 20:23 +0100, Patrik Fimml wrote: > Hey, > > can you confirm this problem is resolved with abiword-2.6.8? > > Patrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Bug#521282: [pulseaudio] 0.9.14-2 broke sound

2009-03-26 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: pulseaudio Version: 0.9.14-2 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I upgraded pulseaudio from testing yesterday and it broke my sound. I have a Thinkpad T42p and had sound mixing working before the upgrade. I have no system sounds now. The sound tests wor

Bug#519564: [abiword] toolbars grayed out

2009-03-20 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Here you go. On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 17:07 +0100, Patrik Fimml wrote: > Please run gdb abiword again, interrupt it when it hangs, and do the > following (please attach the terminal output): > > (gdb) frame 2 > (gdb) p *context > (gdb) frame 0 > (gdb) step > > If stepping hangs, you can stop debugg

Bug#519564: [abiword] toolbars grayed out

2009-03-13 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: abiword Version: 2.6.4-5+b1 Severity: grave --- Please enter the report below this line. --- When I open abiword, there are no toolbars. I tried opening it from the command line to see if there are any errors written and none were. I am attaching a screenshot. --- System informatio

Bug#514501: [gnumeric] recent gnumeric-common broke gnumeric

2009-02-07 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
Package: gnumeric Version: 1.8.3-5 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- When I updated gnumeric-common recently, it uninstalled gnumeric. Now gnumeric won't run of course. When I try to install gnumeric, I get the error: gnumeric: Depends: gnumeric-common (=1.8.3-

Bug#477491: error in migration

2008-04-28 Thread Brent S. Elmer
When I try to migrate I get an error: sh-3.1$ which moin.py /usr/share/python-support/python-moinmoin/MoinMoin/script//moin.py sh-3.1$ moin.py --config-dir=/etc/moin --wiki-url=http://localhost/profitwiki/ migration data Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/python-support/python-m

Bug#477491: Acknowledgement ([python-moinmoin] upgrade from 1.5.8 to 1.6.2 broke wiki(no RequestModPy))

2008-04-25 Thread Brent S. Elmer
One problem with the migration instructions in README.migration.gz is that moin is not in the path for user www-data. I can find moin in /usr/share/moin/server/moin and use the full path but I get the following error when I run it. /etc/moin# /usr/share/moin/server/moin --config-dir /etc/moin --w

Bug#477491: [python-moinmoin] upgrade from 1.5.8 to 1.6.2 broke wiki(no RequestModPy)

2008-04-23 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: python-moinmoin Version: 1.6.2-1 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- When I upgraded from 1.5.8 in lenny, it broke my wiki. Here is the error: MOD_PYTHON ERROR ProcessId: 5423 Interpreter:'127.0.0.1' ServerName: '127.0.0.1' DocumentRoot: '

Bug#474726: new wine broke Lotus Notes

2008-04-07 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: wine Version: 0.9.58-1 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I just upgraded to the latest wine version in testing and it broke Lotus notes. Lotus notes won't display after being minimized. All that shows is the frame and the minimize, maximize, close bar

Bug#460176: trackerd consumes 100% cpu continually

2008-01-14 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Forwarded Message From: Brent S. Elmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:22:49 -0500 Sorry, My email was not working and never got your mail. I just found your reply in the bug reports on the internet. I have s

Bug#454164: broke X on mobility firegl T2

2007-12-03 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: fglrx-driver Version: 8.43.2-1 Severity: critical --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I moved from 8.40.4-2 to this version and it broke X. Even worse is that I cannot revert to the previous version. You can see my ATI card in the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/a

Bug#454163: 8.43.2-1 broke X and can't revert to 8.40.4

2007-12-03 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: fglrx-driver Version: 8.43.2-1 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Can't revert to previous fglrx version after 8.43.2 breaks X because of whatever 8.43 does to libGL.so. belmer:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i fglrx-driver_8.40.4-2_i386.deb dpkg - warnin

Bug#452751: does not compile under linux-source-2.6.22

2007-11-24 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
Package: linux-uvc-source Version: 0.1.0.svn120-2 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- I get the following errors when trying to compile: dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean /usr/bin/make -C /usr/local/src/modules/linux-uvc clean \ KERNELPATH=/usr/local/src/linu

Bug#442259: Pan crashes when navigating to messages with .png attachments

2007-09-14 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
Package: pan Version: 0.129-1 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Pan crashes(segmentation fault) when I go to a message with .png attachments in it using the navigation buttons(read more, or read next unread). If I just click on the message, it doesn't crash but t

Bug#441221: backlevel cups works

2007-09-07 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
I still had backlevel versions of cups in my cache so I reverted to the following and printing works again. dpkg -i cupsys_1.2.12-1_i386.deb dpkg -i cupsys-client_1.2.12-1_i386.deb dpkg -i cupsys-common_1.2.12-1_all.deb dpkg -i cupsys-bsd_1.2.12-1_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Bug#441221: get postscript error when printing

2007-09-07 Thread Brent S. Elmer, Ph.D.
Package: cupsys Version: 1.3.0-3 Severity: serious --- Please enter the report below this line. --- Sometime recently printing started failing. I get the following error in cups_error: E [07/Sep/2007:09:19:17 -0400] [Job 584] pdpr: 5010-606 The value postscript that was specified or defaulted

Bug#388271: fglrx-control: fireglcontrol give "Floating point exception"

2006-09-27 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Yes, that was it.  I set my display size in xorg.conf and qt applications started working again. Thank you very much. On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 00:02 +0200, Flavio Stanchina wrote: Brent S. Elmer wrote: > I moved qtrc out of the way. I don't think there is any difference. >

Bug#388271: fglrx-control: fireglcontrol give "Floating point exception"

2006-09-26 Thread Brent S. Elmer
wrote: Please keep [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the cc; this information should be recorded in the bug report. Brent S. Elmer wrote: > I downloaded qt-x11-free-dbg and ran your debug version of > fireglcontrol. I didn't download the source to debug but here is the > gdb info anyway: As far as

Bug#388271: fglrx-control: fireglcontrol give "Floating point exception"

2006-09-19 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: fglrx-control Version: 8.28.8-0.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable fireglcontrol doesn't work it just gives "Floating point exception" -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable   APT prefers testing   APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i38

Bug#387138: openoffice.org crashes on startup

2006-09-12 Thread Brent S. Elmer
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.4~rc1-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Openoffice.org displays the splash screen then gives the following error on startup.   I had the problem in 2.0.3-6 so I tried the version in unstable to see if it fixed it and I get the same e