[Bug 46203] Re: Icon in the notification area is not always transparent

2007-07-22 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I get a non-transparent update icon in the latest Gutsy, gnome. Are there some people who never get this problem? Is there a way to capture the icon (determine the file) when it's present? -- Icon in the notification area is not always transparent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46203 You receive

[Bug 126774] Re: package update proceeds without adequate disk space

2007-07-18 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I was using Feisty's latest version of apt, by the way. -- package update proceeds without adequate disk space https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126774 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubun

[Bug 126774] package update proceeds without adequate disk space

2007-07-18 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" for a big upgrade. The apt checked to see whether I had enough disk space to download all the files (ie I didn't at first, and it refused to upgrade. I made more space). But that is inadequate space, as there needs to be

[Bug 121214] Re: Gutsy(beta) install did not recognise other Linux distros on disk, ie they do not appear in GRUB

2007-06-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Hi. It was the Live CD, ie standard x86 one, 32 bit... Thanks -- Gutsy(beta) install did not recognise other Linux distros on disk, ie they do not appear in GRUB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121214 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug co

[Bug 121214] Gutsy(beta) install did not recognise other Linux distros on disk, ie they do not appear in GRUB

2007-06-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I installed Gutsy(beta) next to Feisty and some old /fat32 OS. i.e. other OSs on other partitions of the disk. The resulting GRUB menu.list includes Gutsy and Windows but NOT Feisty. I am pretty sure that Feisty's installer recognised a neighbouring linux distro (which was

[Bug 121124] Re: Installing new version (Gutsy) next to old reformats swap; makes swap fail on boot in other OSs

2007-06-19 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Judging by fstab in Feisty (old) OS, the swap (/dev/sda6) id was: # /dev/sda6 UUID=e971928e-487d-469b-823a-062cf5b39738 noneswapsw 0 0 whereas, "sudo vol_id -u /dev/sda6" now gives: 4b7543af-65a7-4e9f-a52b-8868e82914cf But actually, the problem may be differe

[Bug 121124] Installing new version (Gutsy) next to old reformats swap; makes swap fail on boot in other OSs

2007-06-18 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: I had Feisty installed. I installed Gutsy on a new partition, sharing /home and /swap. I let Gutsy reformat /swap on installation. Gutsy works okay, but Feisty fails to boot due to the /swap now being unusable. I suspect it got a new ID assigned, which Feisty's /etc/fstab

[Bug 48306] Re: dependencies don't include a modem driver

2007-06-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Wait... That previous comment explains why my proposed solution (depend on slmodem) is wrong. But the described behaviour is still unacceptable. Maybe efax could be dependent on a metapackage which installs slmodem if necessary and a dummy/nothing otherwise. -- dependencies don't include a mo

[Bug 113864] Re: Display password in cleartext

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This is a significant security issue: when the target directory is on a remote site via ssh, not only is the remote password stored in plain text in the config file (maybe that's okay), it is emailed (to root, which is then under standard ubuntu installation forwarded on to some major user) upon ev

[Bug 114374] Re: sbackup does not complete remote backup; eventually crashes with gnome-vfs-modules-CRITICAL error

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I'm refiling this with a better name and description: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/116076 ** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- sbackup does not complete remote backup; eventually crashes with gnome-vfs-modules-CRITICAL error https:/

[Bug 116076] sbackup using remote target fails ungracefully over wireless connection (with gnome-vfs-modules-CRITICAL error)

2007-05-21 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup Binary package hint: sbackup This problem is quite reproducible for me over an apparently very high quality wireless connection. Sbackup should deal appropriately with connection breakage, or whatever else could be going wrong with the remote

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The post above seems to describe a problem that happened repeatably over a wireless connection but not so far wired. I don't know why, but maybe the connection was intermittent and sbackup does not catch breaks in the connection. So I don't claim this is a problem that has been introduced in fixi

[Bug 114374] sbackup does not complete remote backup; eventually crashes with gnome-vfs-modules-CRITICAL error

2007-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup v1.3 and v1.4b are not completing the files.tgz file. After only a minute of transfer (e.g,. 30MB out of 1100MB), the tar and ssh processes stop and sbackup remains silent. About half an hour later, it crashes with the following: (process:21843

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This may be a separate bug, but it's worse... [again, I wonder, am I the only one trying to use this as my remote backup solution?!]: when I run sbackup from the command line, it SILENTLY fails to finish the backup. That is, an incomplete .tgz file is written. After only a couple of minutes, it s

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-12 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
WARNING : ssh://cpb:@gcra-ubc.com:/home/cpbl/private/backup/2007-04-12_10.00.27.151010.cpbl-laptop.ful/ver doesn't exist ! Deleting the incomplete snapshot I: Upgrading to v1.4: ssh://cpb:@gcra-ubc.com:/home/cpbl/private/backup/2007-04-11_10.00.29.252716.cpbl-laptop.inc WARNING : ssh://cpbl:@gc

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-12 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
If I already sent this privately, it didn't make it to the launchpad. This version still doesn't work for me over remote backup site: ..remote site:/._10.00.27.151010.cpbl-laptop.ful/ver doesn't exist ! Deleting the incomplete snapshot Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/sbackupd

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
sudo sbackupd ERROR : Unexpected Exception : gnomevfs.Handle.read() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given) ERROR : Unexpected Exception : gnomevfs.Handle.read() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given) ERROR : Unexpected Exception : gnomevfs.Handle.read() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given) ERROR : Unexp

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Okay, that was a stupid question -- sbackup is written in Python. However, I ran it and get the following error now: this is new to me.: sudo sbackupd Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/sbackupd", line 426, in upgrader.upgrade_target( target, purge ) File "/usr/share/sbac

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks, Ouattara!! It's great that someone is finally able to help this poor piece of software. But how do I know that your new version is not stealing my passwords (which, btw, for the ssh feature are stored in text format in sbackup and even EMAILED in open text to the root user (which then co

[Bug 36594] Re: New upstream called Skencil

2007-04-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This doesn't look like a bug. Anyway, skencil is incorporated into Ubuntu releases now. ** Changed in: sketch (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: sketch => skencil Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- New upstream called Skencil https://launchpad.net/bugs/36594 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 96022] Re: Skencil crashes at start

2007-04-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 81567 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 81567 [apport] skencil.py crashed with SIGSEGV in free() -- Skencil crashes at start https://launchpad.net/bugs/96022 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 81567] Re: [apport] skencil.py crashed with SIGSEGV in free()

2007-04-06 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I've the same problem on Feisty. But when I run it with the Valgrind instructions, it doesn't crash!! c -- [apport] skencil.py crashed with SIGSEGV in free() https://launchpad.net/bugs/81567 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

[Bug 71671] Re: /etc/papersize contains "a4" rather than "letter" in Edgy

2007-03-30 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I have installed the latest Feisty as a fresh install, and this bug is unaddressed. The default paper is still a4, despite my locale. -- /etc/papersize contains "a4" rather than "letter" in Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/71671 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[Bug 68971] Re: Math symbols not displayed, substituted with red TeX tags

2007-03-24 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The dependency on latex-xft-fonts is still missing in Feisty, and so LyX is still horribly broken looking out of the box. Apparently this is fixed in version 1.3.4-2, according to a LyX changelog: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/lyx/lyx_1.3.4-2/changelog However, the version in

[Bug 67814] Re: gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site https://launchpad.net/bugs/67814 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 86298] Re: simple-restore-gnome (sbackup) chrashes

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Same here. I am using the latest Edgy. $ sudo simple-restore-gnome Password: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/simple-restore-gnome", line 442, in ? SRestoreGTK() File "/usr/sbin/simple-restore-gnome", line 107, in __init__ self.load_tree(self.default_target) File "

[Bug 78349] Re: Empty past backup directory causes simple-backup to fail silently

2007-02-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Paul, >For a work around install sbackup_0.10.3_all.deb from Edgy from this link. Thanks! I tried that. It claimed to be the same version I already had installed, and it indeed still has the same bug. I do not have a fix. The older, Breezy version has other problems and I certainly don't want to

[Bug 78349] Re: Empty past backup directory causes simple-backup to fail silently

2007-02-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Empty past backup directory causes simple-backup to fail silently https://launchpad.net/bugs/78349 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 68159] Re: Crash when using the down arrow

2007-01-14 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
This happens very frequently to me. It is typically, or always, when I am returning to the LyX window from another application (actually, virtual desktop page) and the first key I press in LyX is some navigation key (arrow, pageup/down, etc). I'm still on Edgy with Lyx 1.4.2. Anyone else getting

[Bug 78349] Re: Empty past backup directory causes simple-backup to fail silently

2007-01-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Description changed: Binary package hint: sbackup A month ago simple-backup stopped working for me. Now, nothing happens on schedule. If I initiate a manual backup, the process is launched but becomes defunct after a few seconds; no backup. If I run sudo sbackup from the c

[Bug 78356] simple-backup fails to delete directories (over SSH) when erasing old backups

2007-01-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup When using "erase old backups older than N days" with a remote (SSH) target, the contents of old backup directories but not the directories themselves are deleted. The existence of these old, empty directories also causes sbackup to crash, as rep

[Bug 78349] Empty past backup directory causes simple-backup to fail silently

2007-01-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup A month ago simple-backup stopped working for me. Now, nothing happens on schedule. If I initiate a manual backup, the process is launched but becomes defunct after a few seconds; no backup. If I run sudo sbackup from the command line, I get:

[Bug 78347] Re: Remote target works in test but causes simple-backup to fail quietly

2007-01-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I misdiagnosed it... I need to change the description, so I'll refile a separate bug. ** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Remote target works in test but causes simple-backup to fail quietly https://launchpad.net/bugs/78347 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 78347] Remote target works in test but causes simple-backup to fail quietly

2007-01-07 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup A month ago simple-backup stopped working for me. Now, nothing happens on schedule. If I initiate a manual backup, the process is launched but becomes defunct after a few seconds; no backup. If I run sudo sbackup from the command line, I get:

[Bug 77759] aterm fails to display/format accented characters

2007-01-03 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: aterm I launch an "aterm" using the latest Edgy. In the resulting shell, I call "man" on some program, for instance: man xterm The man page is not properly rendered! See, for instance, its second (standard-length) page. Many characters (accents, etc)

[Bug 69777] Re: Gnome menus lack highlighting for Dapper account under fresh Edgy install

2006-12-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Ah, thanks -- good idea. Yes, the problem seems to be with my theme's making use of "H20-gtk2" for "controls", which seems not to work for me under Edgy. I don't know why that is, but I'll withdraw the bug, unless someone else is interested. Thanks! ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) St

[Bug 74228] Duplicate directories allowed

2006-12-02 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup When selecting directories to include, duplicates are not rejected. ** Affects: sbackup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Duplicate directories allowed https://launchpad.net/bugs/74228 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 68971] Re: Math symbols not displayed, substituted with red TeX tags

2006-11-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Can the appropriate person mark/send this upstream? This is a serious bug. (And I just had a great embarassment showing off LyX!). ** Changed in: lyx (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Math symbols not displayed, substituted with red TeX tags https://launchpad.net/bugs/68971 --

[Bug 72284] Re: All nautilus windows become unresponsive when asked to copy a large directory into burn:///

2006-11-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Okay, it's not any large directory that causes a problem. But this one (untar it), drag directory into burner seems a robust crash: http://grad.econ.ubc.ca/cpbl/tmp/2000.tgz I did as you asked while the windows were unresponsive: (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread -1242395744 (LWP 9106

[Bug 68159] Re: Crash when using the down arrow

2006-11-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
LyX crashed for me spontaneously (I think after a navigation key press as well), with: Assertion triggered in Point CoordCache::get(const LyXText*, lyx::pit_type) by failing check "posit != it->second.end()" in file ../../src/coordcache.C:64 I'm using LyX 1.4.2 July 13 2006 on Edgy. -- Crash

[Bug 72284] All nautilus windows become unresponsive when asked to copy a large directory into burn:///

2006-11-17 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus-cd-burner I can't think of a more basic task for nautilus cd burner to be able to handle... so not sure what's wrong. I'm on the latest edgy. I insert a blank CD. I choose to make a data CD. I open another nautilus window. I drag a large folder

[Bug 69411] Re: GNOME CD burner hangs on "Write to Disc" dialog

2006-11-17 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Same problem here, with the latest fresh edgy, but I am not trying to copy a complex structure. I am just trying to burn three shallow directories albeit with lots (2000) files adding up to not much (100 MB). I cannot get it written, neither to the CD nor to an ISO file. The greyed-out dialog ac

[Bug 71671] /etc/papersize contains "a4" rather than "letter" in Edgy

2006-11-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libpaper1 I have the latest Edgy, installed fresh. Various ps/pdf tools/apps fail due to the default papersize not being set in accordance with my local (Canada). I have the latest libpaper1 already installed. Yet /etc/papersize contains the characters "

[Bug 71581] After installing php-mode, emacs comes up in "C Abbrev" mode for php files

2006-11-12 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: php-mode I have the latest edgy. Regardless of what's in my .emacs file, after installing php-mode package, emacs comes up in "C Abbrev" mode for .php files. ** Affects: emacs-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- A

[Bug 63461] Re: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0"

2006-11-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
It seems this is a problem with nvidia-glx-legacy only? Can this be fixed? I believe this bug happens on fresh installs, not just upgrades, so it needs dealing with. It appears to be a problem with the released version of Edgy, and the latest as of 11 Nov 2006. ** Changed in: mesa-utils (Ubunt

[Bug 63689] Re: direct rendering not working with nvidia proprietary driver.

2006-11-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 63461 *** ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 63461 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0" -- direct rendering not working with nvidia proprietary driver. https://launchpad.net/bugs/63689 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-11-04 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
recent version fixes this. ** Changed in: soundconverter (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Committed -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

[Bug 69826] Default font looks horrid

2006-11-01 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: emacs21 On a fresh edgy install, the default font for emacs is tiny, unaliased, and very difficult to read. Hm, is this a bug? I don't think it was ever like that in earlier distributions. It ought to default to something reasonably readable. ** Affect

[Bug 69777] Menu has no highlighting

2006-11-01 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel I installed edgy fresh, but with some old /home. New users work okay, but my Dapper user gets no visible highlighting etc when using the menu in the top gnome-panel. I click on a menu and can navigate, can see the cursor (an arrow), but I

[Bug 69767] Time for backup always reverts to "never"

2006-11-01 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup New Edgy install with: Installed: 0.10.3 I edit the "when" to say daily at a given time. I Save. Save is confirmed. Nothing happens. I rerun the simple-backup-config to find that it says "never" again. This is repeatable. (boy, do I ever have

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I've listed the gnomevfs.NotFoundError failure mode above as a new bug, since I cannot get a working backup: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/67814 -- sbackup remote target fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/44260 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 67814] gnomevfs.NotFoundError even when the "test" works in remote backup site

2006-10-23 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup I enter a remote ssh site for the backup (using version 0.10-1) and get a green light. I can ssh from a shell to the site no problem. But the backup fails with (two cases shown below, one with a colon, one without, in the ssh url): Date: Mon, 23

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-10-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks. I couldn't find a .deb, so compiled it. Great! It seems not to get upset at unicode characters anymore, unless the following error output is related: (There do seem to be various other troubles so that I wouldn't list this as a releasable app. I might play with it more and make another bu

[Bug 66443] creates extra subdirectory when processing a folder

2006-10-16 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: soundconverter I'm using version 0.9.2. settings are to use same folder as original i added a folder, clicked on convert the app made a subfolder within the bottom level folder with its same name! and if it's not done and i rerun it, it creates yet anothe

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-15 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Sorry.. i've posted a few times lately without enough experimention. You can ignore the last post. I don't konw what's going on. I still don't have a smoothly working backup, but I don't know why. -- sbackup remote target fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/44260 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-14 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Yet another update: Okay, maybe this is what had gone wrong before: The "test" function works without a colon, but the actual back up resulted in the following error. With the colon back in, the backup went ahead fine. Anyway, I'm just happy to know one option that works for what I'm doing (sch

[Bug 44260] Partial retraction

2006-10-14 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Oops! Aigars, I'm sorry it does seem to work without a colon now(!). It is just the root-based path that I find unintuitive, then, I guess (though I could have sworn I tried that earlier... :( ) It would be best if the user did not have to experiment much to figure it out, ie to guess what "remot

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks. Documentation is very important once an application is useful and popular! Thank you for sbackup. I will file a doc bug, but there is also a programming bug, it seems to me: the sample string in the ssh:// box is wrong. In my version, it reads: ssh://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/remote/dir

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Aha. ssh://robert:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/robert Something lke that works for me. But the sample string given in the dialog box is not of that format at all! There is no colon at the end of the host (contrary to ssh convention) in the example. Moreover, there is no indication that an absolute p

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-11 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
That is a shame about shared key logins, but I've also tried with a target that does not. I've also tried erasing root's known_hosts. The only difference is that when pressing the "test" button I got a dialogue box warning me that it was an unknown host. I chose to log in anyway, and then got t

[Bug 44260] Re: sbackup remote target fails

2006-10-10 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
No, it is not working for me, or else I am doing something wrong. I get the same error as before. I am using version 0.10. -- sbackup remote target fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/44260 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bu

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-30 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Gautier, I am not sure whether you intended me to download a new version and carry on testing, but I have provided sets of music which seem to give a reproducible error here. I would point out that the functionality for me fails differently if I (1) select a file by typing its path, (2) select a

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-29 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Hey, want the music, too? This is not the whole directory tree, but contains the examples above: http://grad.econ.ubc.ca/cpbl/lptmp/ This is a temporary location; please destroy the music when the bug is fixed. :) -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 --

[Bug 63045] mysql not enabled in php.ini after install of php-mysql

2006-09-29 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: php5-mysql I don't think this was an issue in earlier versions, but in [42949372.96] Linux version 2.6.15-27-server ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 SMP Sat Sep 16 02:57:21 UTC 2006 with apache2 and mysql and php5 i

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-29 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
[Gautier sent me a link, privately] Behaviour fails on several levels. I can detail others separately, but if I select "single file" and give it the same one as before (by clicking through menus), the app does nothing, but says: [1301][cpbl@:~/tmp/dl/soundconverter-0.8.8]$ ./soundconverter.py So

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-28 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I am not seeing the attachment. Thanks! c -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
To be explicit: I am using: SoundConverter 0.8.7 -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
I sent it. By the way, if I "add file" and, rather than clicking through directories, I type the path (using tab completion) in the file selection dialog, I get an error dialog box: Could not retrieve information about the file error accessing 'file:///home/cpbl/music/brigitte/dumas/le%20cours%

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
That bug fix didn't help. ** Changed in: soundconverter (upstream) Importance: Unknown => Undecided Bugwatch: Debian Bug tracker #385181 => None Status: Fix Released => Unconfirmed -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The Debian bug which is now fixed is NOT this problem. I have installed the fix for that bug, and this one still exists in the very latest version. -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

[Bug 62571] Soundconverter silently fails when inadequate permissions

2006-09-27 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: When the directory is not writable, a requested conversion claims to be done in the main window, but nothing is written. The cause of the problem is only written to stderr, which is hidden if the app is launched by gui: Cannot set permission on '/home/cpbl/music/ogg' In

[Bug 62528] Re: Fails with unicode characters in filename

2006-09-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
** Summary changed: - Breaks with unicode characters + Fails with unicode characters in filename -- Fails with unicode characters in filename https://launchpad.net/bugs/62528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 62528] Re: Breaks with unicode characters

2006-09-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
The first file it barfed on had a single e with acute accent (french music) Worse -- I have now tried the program on a single file with no accents, and (separate bug!?) I get stderr output: using encoder: vorbisenc (Ogg Vorbis encoder (deprecated)) Writing to: 'file:///home/cpbl/music/brigitte/d

[Bug 62528] Breaks with unicode characters

2006-09-26 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: soundconverter Under dapper, latest soundconverter gives "Invalid character in filename" and dies, just because there are some accented characters in the filename. Even using "replace odd characters" in options doesn't help. The program ought to have no

[Bug 61154] Re: Frequency settings not saved

2006-09-20 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Sorry. I follow daily Dapper updates and have got: > apt-cache policy sbackup sbackup: Installed: 0.9-1 Candidate: 0.9-1 Version table: *** 0.9-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Frequency settings not saved https://launc

[Bug 61154] Frequency settings not saved

2006-09-18 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sbackup I'm running the latest Dapper. I use the Simple Backup Config gui to change the frequency settings, e.g. to daily or weekly or etc. I save results. I receive a "settings saved" dialogue box. The file /etc/sbackup.conf has a new modification date,

[Bug 44258] Re: Selection of custom backup location is ignored

2006-08-13 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Thanks. It seems to be working now, in the latest Dapper. I'm closing this bug. ** Changed in: sbackup (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Selection of custom backup location is ignored https://launchpad.net/bugs/44258 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[Bug 55792] Wrong filename given in dialog when saving in CSV/text mode

2006-08-09 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openoffice.org Start a new spreadsheet. Put something on more than one "sheet"; e.g. put a number in the first sheet and then click on another sheet tab and put a number there. Choose to "save as". A save dialogue arises. choose a filename. Choose a fi

[Bug 50873] "Connect to server" results in broken network share on desktop from failed mount

2006-06-24 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus On the latest Dapper, From nautilus, I choose to make a network share "connect to server" with: SSH Under "server", I enter anything wrong, e.g. a nonexistent host: none.edu After clikcing on "connect", a folder appears on my desktop, even thou

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