[Bug 1588589] [NEW] Grub failed because of UEFI mode instead of BIOS mode

2016-06-02 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
Public bug reported: I am trying to replace my 14.04 to 16.04. I formatted my older ext4 / and ext2 /boot but preserve my older /home. while trying to install I had a warning about being in UEFI mode but I had no choice, I don't know how to boot the USB key in any other way than the one I chose

[Bug 1362919] Re: gcalctool 3.10.2 report incorrect expression when switching from hexa to decimal

2014-09-22 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
bugzilla 735654 reports that the fix will be released only in the next major release hex-decimal-hex conversions always has been a must for an OS, will I have to downgrade my version of Ubuntu to be able to work until next major release? -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 722019] Re: Failed to install the bootloader

2012-11-22 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
I had the problem and my workaround was to run usb-creator-gtk as a regular user (i.e.: not as root) and also by slowly take my time to enter my password when usb-creator-gtk is trying to install the bootloader. My best guess as the why: I believe the partition table is set to be re- read just

[Bug 529366] Re: Regression: usb-creator-gtk fails to set the boot flag on the partition and exits.

2012-11-22 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
As I wrote in bug #722019: I had the problem and my workaround was to run usb-creator-gtk as a regular user (i.e.: not as root) and also by slowly take my time to enter my password when usb-creator-gtk is trying to install the bootloader. My best guess as the why: I believe the partition table

[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: System policy prevents installing the bootloader

2012-10-11 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
My best guess of what the problem is: The application is trying to install the bootloader while some buffers (linux buffers, or hardware buffers, I don't know and I don't care) are not finished writing data on the usb key. After 10 failed attempts I finally succeeded by waiting for my usb key

[Bug 542404] Re: Package gnome is uninstallable due to conflicting dependencies on epiphany and swfdec-mozilla

2010-11-15 Thread Denis-Carl Robidoux
This bug is making me turning in circles I switched repositories, I've tried the Main and a specific Canadian but always the same dependencies problem apt-get install gnome Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could