Re: [Bug 1428278] Re: Trying to install 14.10 on an Acer Aspire S7 392-9890

2015-03-05 Thread John McFarlane
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1303790 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1303790 Thank you. Following further wrestling with the BIOS, I am able to install 14.04 by disabling RAID altogether so am not blocked. On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > *** This bug is a dup

[Bug 1428278] Re: Trying to install 14.10 on an Acer Aspire S7 392-9890

2015-03-04 Thread John McFarlane
As this issue relates to partitioning during installation, thought I'd add the output of Boot Repair. Note that this is after successfully making it through the installation process without crashing so it's not quite the same case. http://paste.ubuntu.com/10532643/ -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 1428278] Re: Trying to install 14.10 on an Acer Aspire S7 392-9890

2015-03-04 Thread John McFarlane
In response to the suggestion to create fresh installation media I downloaded 14.04 again (I originally reported the bug with 14.10 but had previously hit issues with 14.04). Firstly, this is 14.04.02 now and I've double-checked the MD5 sum before creating bootable instance on an 8GB USB stick. Thi

[Bug 1428278] [NEW] Trying to install 14.10 on an Acer Aspire S7 392-9890

2015-03-04 Thread John McFarlane
Public bug reported: EFEI (or whatever the damn thing is) is on. Tried the default partition suggestion. Been trying many times to do a clean install on this wretched array. Had several crashes and other mishaps. When trying with 14.04 previously I would get a dialog that says: "(XXX XXX)" literal

[Bug 1072141] [NEW] package libart2.0-cil 2.24.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: package libart2.0-cil is already installed and configured

2012-10-27 Thread John McFarlane
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1072139 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072139 Public bug reported: This either happened when I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 or when I was installing monodevelop & gdc and software center stopped responding so I quit it. ProblemType: Package DistroRele

[Bug 1072139] [NEW] package libglade2.0-cil 2.12.10-4 failed to install/upgrade: package libglade2.0-cil is already installed and configured

2012-10-27 Thread John McFarlane
Public bug reported: This either happened when I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 or when I was installing monodevelop & gdc and software center stopped responding so I quit it. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libglade2.0-cil 2.12.10-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.2

[Bug 1072140] [NEW] package libart2.0-cil 2.24.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: package libart2.0-cil is already installed and configured

2012-10-27 Thread John McFarlane
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1072139 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072139 Public bug reported: This either happened when I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 or when I was installing monodevelop & gdc and software center stopped responding so I quit it. ProblemType: Package DistroRele

[Bug 694425] Re: openconnect does not interoperate with resolvconf

2012-03-27 Thread John McFarlane
On my machine (12.04 openconnect as launched by NetworkManager appears to be using: --script /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-openconnect-service-openconnect- helper So might this issue be related to that guy? For full context I found this dns resolution issue to be specific to 12.04 (tested it on 2 m

[Bug 963093] Re: Unity 5.8: Flickering and corruption on Unity UI elements

2012-03-24 Thread John McFarlane
unity --reset fixed it for me too. Logging in/out and still working great. I did notice that at some point, the "auto hide" bit toggled. Easy enough to fix via the unity compiz plugin settings. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 801978] Re: unity window manager ignores input

2011-10-12 Thread John McFarlane
I experience this behavior every few days (Oneiric). The only resolution I've found is to log out and back in again (unity --reset only fixes it for a few minutes, before the problem comes back). I also haven't been able to determine any sort of usage pattern that causes it. -- You received thi

[Bug 862989] Re: nm-applet don't show available networks for connection

2011-09-30 Thread John McFarlane
Confirmation that 0.5.0-0ubuntu2 fixed my machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862989 Title: nm-applet don't show available networks for connection To manage notifications about t

[Bug 838470] Re: Skype not showing in indicator

2011-09-26 Thread John McFarlane
Confirmation: The indicator works when launching skype, and continues to work after login. Nice work! $ dpkg -l | grep sni-qt ii sni-qt 0.2.4-0ubuntu1 ii sni-qt:i3860.2.4-0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 838470] Re: Skype not showing in indicator

2011-09-24 Thread John McFarlane
With the i386 versions of sni-qt and libdbusmenu-qt2 I almost have a working indicator. The indicator is there when skype is launched, but [visually] goes away as soon as I'm logged in. If I put my mouse where the indicator was, I can get to skype's indicator menu and things - just can't see it.

[Bug 838470] Re: Skype not showing in indicator

2011-09-24 Thread John McFarlane
I'm currently running 11.10 beta2 and also do not have a working indicator. $ dpkg -l skype:i386 libdbusmenu-qt2 sni-qt ii libdbusmenu-qt 0.9.0-0ubuntu2 ii skype:i386 2.2.0.35-0onei ii sni-qt 0.2.2-0ubuntu3 There also appears to be a few bugs related to this topic, in case any of t