[Bug 1632601] Re: initramfs fails to bring up networking with multiple interfaces, even when an interface is specified

2016-10-12 Thread David Masover
Workaround: In /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, I simply set: IP=eth0 DEVICE=eth0 If my analysis is correct, DEVICE is ignored and I can simply use IP. If so, I think there are still at least two bugs here: Autodetection doesn't work with multiple interfaces (and it's clear from the code

[Bug 1632601] [NEW] initramfs fails to bring up networking with multiple interfaces, even when an interface is specified

2016-10-12 Thread David Masover
Public bug reported: Discovered in Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS in initramfs-tools version 0.122ubuntu8.3 I expect that, when I set "DEVICE=eth0" in /etc/initramfs- tools/initramfs.conf, my system will bring up DHCP on eth0, and ignore any other interfaces on the system (nothing is plugged into eth1), so

[Bug 1205452] Re: Eclipse unusable in Kubuntu Saucy (almost immediate JVM segfault)

2013-10-20 Thread David Masover
Problem still exists for me. Changing the GTK theme does not help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1205452 Title: Eclipse unusable in Kubuntu Saucy (almost immediate JVM segfault) To

[Bug 1205452] Re: Eclipse unusable in Kubuntu Saucy (almost immediate JVM segfault)

2013-10-20 Thread David Masover
...and for what it's worth, a fresh download of Eclipse Kepler from eclipse.org works fine. Why is Ubuntu's Eclipse held back to 3.8? Maybe an upgrade would solve this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1196667] Re: Please remove appmenu-gtk from Ubuntu

2013-10-18 Thread David Masover
This has caused https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/126 Is there any way to either roll this back (so as not to break functionality), or anything on the roadmap to fix it properly? I'll take obsolete over gone any day. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 776650] Re: Build qemu-kvm with native VDE support

2013-01-19 Thread David Masover
I'd like to expand on Dwight's comments a bit. Qemu network cards have two sides, the side the VM sees (virtio is probably fastest, if you can get drivers for it), and the backend, which is how that's connected to anything else. Here are the backends it has: -net user. Dirt simple to set up. Pure

[Bug 776650] Re: Build qemu-kvm with native VDE support

2013-01-19 Thread David Masover
I'd like to expand on Dwight's comments a bit. Qemu network cards have two sides, the side the VM sees (virtio is probably fastest, if you can get drivers for it), and the backend, which is how that's connected to anything else. Here are the backends it has: -net user. Dirt simple to set up. Pure

[Bug 580242] Re: Kmail cannot send to groups

2010-06-05 Thread David Masover
Slight problem there: The list has the right number of people, but with that plus sign view, it's also entirely blank addresses. I can't add them (or adding them has no effect), and don't seem to be able to drag them anywhere. -- Kmail cannot send to groups https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580242

[Bug 580242] [NEW] Kmail cannot send to groups

2010-05-13 Thread David Masover
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepim There are several related issues here: When attempting to send to a group, the group is not available for autocompletion. (This worked with the equivalent Distribution List in Kubuntu 9.10.) Selecting it in the Select Recipient dialog adds it as

[Bug 580242] Re: Kmail cannot send to groups

2010-05-13 Thread David Masover
** Attachment added: screenshot.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48415248/screenshot.png ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48414443/Dependencies.txt -- Kmail cannot send to groups https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580242 You received this bug notification

[Bug 430416] Re: [KARMIC] Dell XPS 1330 does not mount SD card from built in card reader

2009-12-01 Thread David Masover
I see more or less the same errors as fubarbundy: [ 298.600034] mmc0: Timeout waiting for hardware interrupt. [ 298.600044] sdhci: == REGISTER DUMP == [ 298.600053] sdhci: Sys addr: 0xd347e184 | Version: 0x0400 [ 298.600060] sdhci: Blk size: 0x7008 | Blk cnt:

[Bug 430416] Re: [KARMIC] Dell XPS 1330 does not mount SD card from built in card reader

2009-12-01 Thread David Masover
Well, that's amazingly inconsistent. Sometimes, nothing happens until I remove the card (30 seconds or so later), in which case I get an error about the card being removed. Sometimes, I get the above message. I then tried to plug this card into an HP PhotoSmart printer, which gave me an error. I

[Bug 201887] Re: Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly when pressing the numlock key

2008-09-10 Thread David Masover
Offtopic, but any chance that the mapping of command/option is one of the quirks? Being able to have alt and win be where my muscle memory thinks they are, without having to switch manually when switching keyboards (I've got a PC laptop that I plug this keyboard into), would be awesome.

[Bug 236148] Re: Nexuiz 2.4.2

2008-08-27 Thread David Masover
Not even 2.4.1 -- it's 2.4-1, which I take to mean 2.4, Ubuntu patch 1. The problem is, even if the game is playable, there's a nag screen which I haven't found a way to turn off short of modifying the code. By nag screen, I mean something which flies through the screen, blocking your view, while

[Bug 254544] [NEW] Ruby1.9 is hopelessly out of date

2008-08-03 Thread David Masover
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ruby1.9 $ grep DESC /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 8.04.1 $ ruby1.9 --version ruby 1.9.0 (2007-12-25 revision 14709) [x86_64-linux] $ svn info http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_0_0 (snip) Last Changed Rev: 14711 Last Changed

[Bug 201887] Re: Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly when pressing the numlock key

2008-07-22 Thread David Masover
I'm not sure what the clear key does, though a quick Google search shows: http://www.google.com/search?q=os+x+clear+keyie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 The link doesn't work well for me, but the Google summary of the first result includes: The Clear key, of course, acts like the clear key on a calculator...

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-06-07 Thread David Masover
Thomas, not every instance of UUIDs not being recognized -- at least in the way we're discussing here -- is a bug. Sometimes, it is difficult or impossible to recognize them. Sometimes, it makes no sense to recognize them anyway. Look at the examples which the script already deliberately ignores.

[Bug 223245] Re: Konsole line spacing too large

2008-04-27 Thread David Masover
It's not a bug that the spacing is different. It is a bug that there's no way to change it. -- Konsole line spacing too large https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223245 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-26 Thread David Masover
From what I could tell, the UUID was simply never tracked down. I didn't investigate too much -- net user-visible result is, the machine hangs in the initramfs for several minutes before it finally concludes that it couldn't find anything to mount the root filesystem with. It could be that the

[Bug 113658] Re: When apt-cacher is used, Update-Manger fails (not #78673 duplicate)

2008-04-25 Thread David Masover
Still not fixed, upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04. What's weird is that using a proxy worked fine with the graphical updater -- this only affects my server. I have bandwidth to spare, but right now, none of the mirrors do. Oh well -- looks like that's 2 gigs more bandwidth wasted because of this bug.

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-25 Thread David Masover
Still exists in Hardy, a year and a half after first reported. Just spent the past hour or two figuring out that this was (yet again!) the issue, and then re-hacking update-grub (as my version had, of course, been nuked by the system update) Is anyone paying attention? Where should I send my

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-25 Thread David Masover
Does it help to assign to a person? (And am I allowed to do so?) ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Steve Langasek (vorlon) -- edgy update-grub destroys kopt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 201887] Re: Slim USB Apple Keyboard not working correctly..

2008-04-23 Thread David Masover
Tommy, probably way too late, but I thought I'd mention, for the record: When you type: sudo echo 2 /wherever Bash sees: (sudo echo 2) /wherever What you probably want is something like sudo su -, then you can just edit it. Or echo 2 | sudo tee /wherever will work, too. I still want to know

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-13 Thread David Masover
Oh, and let's not forget -- menu.lst now lies. It provides a number of options, with instructions on how to use them -- which are then messed with by update-grub. And update-grub, by the way, contains a hardcoded switch statement -- looks like /dev/md[0-9] is now supported. Great. I run a

[Bug 62195] Re: edgy update-grub destroys kopt

2008-04-13 Thread David Masover
Also: I agree that /dev/foo is error-prone, for auto-generated /dev/sd* corresponding to physical devices. However, my /boot is by UUID just fine, and the RAID device is also assembled by UUID. By the time we get to RAID, LVM, or simple custom device-mapper stuff, it's already pretty much a

[Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

2008-03-28 Thread David Masover
Steve, short answer, yes, you should tell IBM that their software sucks. Or, specifically, that it's relying on a very dangerous and WRONG assumption, and that it's trivial for them to fix. It should not be the distro's job to fix IBM's bugs. -- Script that are using bash could be broken with

[Bug 145548] Re: [UNMETDEPS] okular has unmet dependencies

2008-01-25 Thread David Masover
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 131405 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131405 Looks as though there is a version of libpoppler, for qt4, but it's not libpoppler1. Also looks like this needs kde4, so should probably be removed until that's available in Kubuntu (or moved to the kde4

[Bug 154190] We're sorry, the upgrade tool crashed.

2007-10-18 Thread David Masover
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Traceback (most recent call last): File /tmp/kde-root/adept_managerB34mqa.tmp-extract/dist-upgrade.py, line 59, in module app.run() File /tmp/kde-root/adept_managerB34mqa.tmp-extract/DistUpgradeControler.py, line 1346, in run

[Bug 144104] pysol-sound-server should be updated for python2.5

2007-09-22 Thread David Masover
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pysol-sound-server It installs one file to /usr/lib/python2.4/site- packages/pysolsoundserver.so However, I do not have python2.4 installed; I'm using python2.5, and so is pysol. Thus, pysol cannot enable sound. ** Affects: pysol-sound-server (Ubuntu)

[Bug 92749] Re: bcm43xx_microcode5.fw not available or load failure on starting

2007-08-16 Thread David Masover
Maybe I should open a new bug instead for this... But maybe you should have the bc43xx kernel driver depend on the bc43xx firmware as a Debian package itself? Then modify the bc43xx-fwcutter program to create a simple Debian package and install that by default, rather than just dump the firmware

[Bug 61850] 63 megs of source archives...

2007-07-17 Thread David Masover
I'm trying my best to be polite, because this bug has been open for over a year now... Can someone provide a bit of status here? Is this intended to be fixed in Gusty? Is there a reason it can't be fixed in Feisty? Would it be at all helpful for me to post a patch of my changes, when I'm done?