Adam: as a bypass, try
$ sudo rmmod pcspkr
For more info, see links on my initial comment.
This bug seems to affect a lot of users, but there has been no progress
in three years...
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Yes, I'll be happy to try out open files limit bug bypass as soon as I
see the symptoms again.
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Smeuuh: It's not just 8.10 Intrepid, it also happens in 8.04 Hardy. Or
did you mean that it was fixed in Intrepid alpha, then broken on
Intrepid release?
Thanks for the open files limit bug bypass and diagnoses.
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Yes, the issue is present in Hardy.
Disabling the beep is not at all obvious to beginners - many students
ask about removing the beep every week.
I have not tested if it's there on Intrepid.
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I had the same problem on a different machine, an amd64 Gutsy 7.10.
Could be bypassed like above, by symlinking the .ICE-unix/NUMBER from
strace to .ICE-unix/CORRECTNUMBER.
Symptoms included slow evince start, can't open menu in OpenOffice,
OpenOffice crashing.
The machine had been running long
Session is started in the default way: I have hardy amd64 installed from
live cd. I start my session by logging in from gdm's graphical login
screen.
I tried logging out and restarting X with alt-ctrl-backspace, but it did
not fix the problem. I just installed this machine, so I don't know if
it
This is how OpenOffice.org does not start:
$ strace oowriter
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rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
read(10, #!/bin/sh\n/usr/lib/openoffice/pr..., 8192) = 59
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0x7f3fd7387770) = 9590
This problem occurs to me on a freshly installed, updated Hardy on
amd64. When it's happening, OpenOffice does not start and vim opens very
slowly. Thus, it makes a desktop nearly unusable.
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Confirmed
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When this problem is happening:
- OpenOffice does not start
- vim is starts slowly
- It takes 7 seconds to open an xterm window
The socket in /tmp/.ICE-unix/ has a different number than the one
programs are looking for.
I time over 7 s when I start xterm and close the window as soon as it
Problem can be bypassed by creating a symlink.
From strace I can see that programs are looking for socket /tmp/.ICE-
unix/6026. With 'ls', I can see that instead there is a socket /tmp
/.ICE-unix/6943. So I can bypass the problem by creating a symlink:
$ cd /tmp/.ICE-unix/
$ ln -s 6943 6026
$ ls
Ceronman sent screenshots.
** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
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Please just change the default of Gnome Terminal to no terminal bell.
This should be a really low hanging fruit.
Hardy Beta still has this problem. Details of test setup
http://myy.helia.fi/~karte/ubuntu_hardy_8.04.html#don_t_beep_at_me
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Works in 6.06 Dapper with normal updates.
I'm the original reporter and there has not been activity for a while.
Thus, I close the bug.
Details of my working (including battery charge) setup with Travelmate
3000: Explained
http://myy.helia.fi/~karte/acer_travelmate_3004wtmi_with_linux.html ,
Connect to Server dialog is still broken in Hardy Beta.
At least adding the port number 22 to GUI should be quite simple.
Tested with Hardy Beta with this setup:
http://www.iki.fi/karvinen/ubuntu_hardy_8.04.html
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Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Default font is ugly in Hardy Beta's gnome-terminal.
Looks like a font smoothing problem. It of course used to work in Dapper
and Gutsy. I could not image using terminal for any longer period with
this font problem.
Hardy Beta, dc7700,
I agree: no beep is the best.
When user presses tab, there is nothing to beep about. Users attention
is already on screen. There is no danger at sight. Long operation has
not just ended. And there is no point in (beep) telling (beep) the (beep
beep) whole office (beep) that user is (beep) using
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This problem also exists in 6.06 LTS Dapper.
A bypass is to view the file in xpdf, which replaces unknown fonts with
those it can render correctly. I think PDF standard requires viewers to
have some fonts, so those fonts are not embedded by default. Because of
this, a lot of pdf:s are shown
xforcevesa bypasses Radeon 9600 problem. The bug exists in Dapper and
Edgy.
Just helped on a similar problem:
0) On a computer with ATI Radeon 9600 (and AMD64 processor)
1) Boot with Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper AMD64 version Live CD
Boot starts normally, and splash screen is shown. When GDM should start:
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
Status: Needs Info = Unconfirmed
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Very similar bugs, ATI Radeon 9x00:
Bug #67487 : [regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X
starts - drm lockup: OK, also running AMD64 with ATI Radeon 9700XT and
having the black screen + lockup issue on the Edgy liveCD.
Bug #67487 :
[regression][rv280] black screen and console
Public bug reported:
Software updates available icon on tray (on the top right corner) looks
like a shutdown button. Quickly looking, it is similar to television
remote shutdown button or system: logout: shutdown icon. Easier to
mistake on small screens than large.
** Affects: ubuntu-artwork
Battery load level is shown now, thanks for the bugfix (where ever it
was). There are still sometimes delays in seeing power
connect/disconnect and problems with Gnome critical power level
detection, but they are a different issue.
As the original reporter of the bug, I confirm that this is now
The freeze is fixed now. I don't need any special options for booting.
Now only kernel related problem with the machine is failure to get a
picture to screen after suspend-to-ram (bug #46064).
Thanks a lot for the fix!
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gam_server leaks memory on my machine too. Hangs the whole system unless
killed. Can be killed as normal user. Using Breezy, Gnome and gamin
0.1.5-0ubuntu1.
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Public bug reported:
Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Running software updates on Dapper 6.06 beta 2, debconf asks user to
select the desired default display manager. There is only one option,
gdm.
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In .xscreensaverrc, pointerHysteresis controls this. However, there is
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Gnome Clock format can't be changed in gconf-editor, even though it has keys
for that.
$ gconf-editor
Edit:Find: clock
/apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/clock/prefs/format
Key description: If set to custom, the clock will display time
according to the format specified in the custom_format
Gnome Bug 122601 – Add possibility to format the hour using a gconf key and
strftime
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122601
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Can set a custom date format with
$ gconf-editor
search: applet_
Find clock applet among about 5 applets.
Change for example 2006-04-16 16:39 Sun w15
custom_format: %x %H:%M %a w%W
format: custom
Clock format changes immidiately.
When format is custom, Clock applet, right click: Preferences
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Public bug reported:
Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Gnome-terminal ingnores locale LC_CTYPE.
To reproduce
1) Set LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8, described in detail on
** Attachment added: lspci -v on 3004WTMi
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To sum up, I am using noapic irqpoll as my default boot options. Works:
CDROM, network, battery meter, cpu scaling. Broken: sound, suspend-to-RAM,
external display.
I have not tried dist-upgrade with the installation I am using now, because
that's what broke it last time.
I have testing
I have a lot of IRQ related warnings in dmesg.
I can't run dmesg after complete freeze. I had to install the system again from
CD to use it.
Now I have Dapper Flight 6 and
$ uname -r
2.6.15-19-386
$ dpkg --list hal|grep hal
ii hal0.5.7-1ubuntu10 Hardware Abstraction Layer
$ cat
Public bug reported:
Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Confirmed
Description:
Bash beeps every time user presses tab, often many times for every
command line given.
On an office full of Ubuntus, continous beeping is
I think system should have sensible defaults. Inputrc config is not possible
for non-computer literate users.
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Public bug reported:
Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
To reproduce
1) Install Ubuntu Dapper Flight 6 to Acer Travelmate 3004WTMi, Intel Centrino
2) System:Administration:Software properties
- Remove: CDROM
+ Add:
Tried booting with noacpi irqpoll but without quiet splash.
The system seems to go into infinite loop on boot, printing millions of times:
(timestamp) serial8250: too much work for irq3.
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Tried booting with noacpi irqpoll but without quiet splash.
Should have been noapic irqpoll.
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The problem was probably caused by dist-upgrade, or not booting between upgrade
and dist upgrade.
I installed from scratch using Ubuntu Dapper Flight 6 i386 install CD, then
ran sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y upgrade, rebooted, and gdm screen
came up. After showing gdm screen, for about
Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37139
Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Minor mouse movement (tram passing by, walking around) stops
xscreensaver.
With an optical mouse on an
Public bug report changed:
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Description changed to:
Minor mouse movement (tram passing by, walking around) stops gnome-
screensaver.
With an optical mouse on an uneven surface, it is sometimes
difficult to click an icon to throttle
Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34603
Comment:
$ LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 date
Mon Mar 20 16:31:34 CET 2006
This is precisely what the en_DK locale prescribes.
No it is not. I have filed a bug against date (coreutils) too. en_DK
date would be 2006-03-20 17:49
For
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Comment:
Also, locales work correctly in 'ls':
$ LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 tee tee 18432 2006-02-03 20:11 foo.txt
$ LC_TIME=en_US ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 tee tee 18432 Feb 3 20:11 foo.txt
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Public bug reported:
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Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Gnome-terminal beeps on tab. On an office full of Ubuntus, continous
beeping is annoying.
Beeping can be
Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34603
Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Clock applet does not show international ISO-6801 date format, even
though EN_DK locale English (Danish) is
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Comment:
Yes, I have language-pack-gnome-en 20051011.
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Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/34629
Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
1) Select some text.
2) Click somewhere on the document.
3) Click mouse wheel.
Text should be pasted like it works
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Comment:
Copy-pasting with wheel works in other X applications. I guess it is a
gedit bug as I have seen it on other systems gedit too.
I just tried it on another computer and on different Ubuntu version
(Dapper flight 5) and it
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Comment:
This works for me like that too. However, after selecting text, left
click on the document background.
- start gedit
- type some text to gedit
- double click on text
left click on the document background.
- middle
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Comment:
It works now, but after a considerable (20 s - 30 s) delay. In the
morning, the AC icon did not work at all but was always on. I don't know
why the behaviour has changed for the better, I have tested lot of
configurations
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Added: lshal on acer 3004wtmi running on battery
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Comment:
Now computer knows when AC is unplugged, but on unplug shuts down
computer.
After 'sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade', a new icon appeared
on gnome panel: Power Manager 2.13.5. Now I have linux 2.6.15-15,
Public bug report changed:
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Comment:
Gnome battery meter does not know if AC is plugged or not, but power
manager knows it. Shutdown on battery critical can be disabled in power
manager preferences, but the default should be to not shut down computer
-
Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30038
Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Gnome Battery Charge Monitor does not show battery load level with
SmartBatteries. SmartBatteries use i2c for
Public bug reported:
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Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Severity: Normal
Priority: (none set)
Status: Unconfirmed
Description:
Connect to Server: SSH asks user for target port and directory. Normal
end users don't usually know these.
The
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