[Bug 1581088] Re: Middle mouse (wheel-click) button stopped working after upgrade to 16.04

2018-05-07 Thread Leo Milano
Ok, I guess this is embarrassing, but as I was trying James' workaround in #92 , I started thinking that somehow the signal was weak or intermittent. A few minutes later, Solaar (the GUI that displays status of Logitech wireless devices) tells me that the battery level in the mouse was down to 5%.

[Bug 1581088] Re: Middle mouse (wheel-click) button stopped working after upgrade to 16.04

2018-01-07 Thread Leo Milano
Same as Kristin #85 : Disconnecting the USB receiver in a port, and connecting it in the USB port just besides it, has been working for some time now. Middle click is now recognized in System Settings. Ubuntu 16.04, NVIDIA drivers. xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2

[Bug 1495276] Re: cupsd assert failure: cupsd: entrygroup.c:245: avahi_entry_group_free: Assertion `*_head == _item' failed.

2017-04-09 Thread Leo Milano
I guess this is obvious. But this bug still happens in Xenial. lmilano@grisell:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" lmilano@grisell:~$ dpkg -l |grep cups-client ii cups-client

[Bug 1504698] Re: NetworkManager crashes after reboot

2015-10-24 Thread Leo Milano
Just a quick note.This problem persists after the official release of 15.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1504698 Title: NetworkManager crashes after reboot To manage

[Bug 1504698] [NEW] NetworkManager crashes after reboot

2015-10-09 Thread Leo Milano
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1500399 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500399 Public bug reported: I upgraded my HP Chromebook 14 from 15.04 to 15.10 beta. After cold boot, NetworkManager crashes and I get the popup to send a bug report for a NM crash. There is no network, either.

[Bug 1504698] Re: NetworkManager crashes after reboot

2015-10-09 Thread Leo Milano
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1500399 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500399 An automatic comment stating that this bug is a duplicate has been added, but the allegedely original bug doesn't seem to exist. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1504698] Re: NetworkManager crashes after reboot

2015-10-09 Thread Leo Milano
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of private bug 1500399 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1504698 Title: NetworkManager crashes after reboot To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1422004] Re: pkservice.py crashed with AttributeError in __init__(): 'module' object has no attribute 'MainLoop'

2015-05-06 Thread Leo Milano
Thank you, Till, I was looking for the proper place to change the tag :) Cheers, Leo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422004 Title: pkservice.py crashed with AttributeError in

[Bug 1422004] Re: pkservice.py crashed with AttributeError in __init__(): 'module' object has no attribute 'MainLoop'

2015-05-06 Thread Leo Milano
Hi I enabled 'proposed' vivid updates, installed hplip 3.15.2-0ubuntu4.1 , and I could successfully run the hp-plugin component. As far as my local machine goes, the package fixes the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1448794] [NEW] hp-plugin needs /usr/bin/python to point to python3*

2015-04-26 Thread Leo Milano
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Vivid, my HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP would not work anymore, and trying to install the binary driver, as prompted by the HPLIP utility would fail. After fiddling for a good hour, I realized that the utility was failing to load the python modules for hplip:

Re: [Bug 1437692] Re: cups-browsed crashed with SIGABRT in __GI_____strtof_l_internal()

2015-04-13 Thread Leo Milano
Yes, indeed, the crashes are not happening anymore, sorry, I should have updated this. On Apr 13, 2015 9:11 AM, Till Kamppeter 1437...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Most probably fixed in cups-browsed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2. Please update and re-open this bug if you still have problems. ** Information

[Bug 1308264] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Beta 2 stuck at Switched to clocksource tsc when booting up, then resumes booting to the login screen, after 1 minute

2015-01-25 Thread Leo Milano
Same here, I am running the current version of Xubuntu 15.04 on an HP Chromebook 14 Falco, and the (50s) delay disappears when using the tpm_tis.force=1 option in grub. I wonder if this has to do with loading Ubuntu from coreboot, since the setting is related to Trusted Platform management

[Bug 1240848] Re: ~/.cache/upstart takes up around 70GB of space due to unity and mediascanner

2014-11-12 Thread Leo Milano
Ok, before rebooting, I just removed the offending file. It is growing at a rate of 1Gb every 10s or so. I will try logging out and in, and see if the log is still growing continuously ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1240848] Re: ~/.cache/upstart takes up around 70GB of space due to unity and mediascanner

2014-11-12 Thread Leo Milano
It just happened here. I will need to clean up and reboot. This is how it looks like lmilano@grisell:upstart$ ls -lh unity7.log -rw-r- 1 lmilano users 53G Nov 12 16:03 unity7.log lmilano@grisell:upstart$ tail unity7.log _xgeWireToEvent: Unknown extension 148, this should never happen.

[Bug 1240848] Re: ~/.cache/upstart takes up around 70GB of space due to unity and mediascanner

2014-11-12 Thread Leo Milano
To be clear: I removed the file before rebooting, but it got regenerated and refilled at a furious pace, with the same message: _xgeWireToEvent: Unknown extension 148, this should never happen. At that time, top was reporting upstart as the most process, obviously caught in an infinite loop

[Bug 1353940] Re: webgl no longer works

2014-11-08 Thread Leo Milano
Same here, Ubuntu 14.10, Intel Haswell i5 graphics. The following workaround (suggested in the chromium issue shown above) works for me: google-chrome -disable-gpu-sandbox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1386077] Re: [Dell XPS 13 9333] Touchpad not detected on Ubuntu 14.10

2014-11-04 Thread Leo Milano
Christopher, I am not sure what you mean. I experienced exactly the same bug as described here (Touchpad not detected on Ubuntu 14.10) on exactly the same hardware (Dell XPS 13), under the exact same conditions (upgrade from 14.10). I am providing information in the interest of helping handle the

[Bug 1386077] Re: [Dell XPS 13 9333] Touchpad not detected on Ubuntu 14.10

2014-11-03 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. I have an xps 13 running ubuntu 14.10. When I upgraded from 12.04 (as installed by dell) into 14.04, I had to blacklist i2c_hid. After upgrading to 14.10, i needed to remove the blacklisting, as others reported. Here is the interesting thing: I needed to blacklist two different i2c

[Bug 1240848] Re: ~/.cache/upstart takes up around 70GB of space due to unity and mediascanner

2014-10-26 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. My 120Gb SSD just filled up. Good thing I'm an advanced user and I could manage to find the offending folder. A newbie would just need to give up. The harddrive analyzer would not give any info (maybe because the disk was full). In my case, it was unity7.log, which was about 50Gb. Is

[Bug 1307746] Re: [SRU] pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-10-20 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Chris Thank you for uploading the package. Unfortunately, I already upgraded the machine where I had the crash to Utopic. I tried on another machine running trusty, and both before and after enabling proposed (and therefore upgrading to 0.93-3ubuntu0.1 ), pitivi loads just fine. So, all I can

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-23 Thread Leo Milano
Another update. As of today, pitivi is not crashing anymore. I've been running updates daily, though I didn't see remember having seen any pitivi update. The changelog doesn't show any recent changes, either: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/p/pitivi/ I guess some

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-20 Thread Leo Milano
Ouch, it might be the same issue. I don't have gnome-shell installed, and installing the metapackage didn't enable a session in lightdm. The Ubuntu (Unity) shell prouces the same crash. But sudo pitivi works fine. I'll look around to enable a gnome-shell session and try from there. Thanks for the

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-20 Thread Leo Milano
Ok. It looks like running from the gnome-shell doesn't help. This is what I added to my Kubuntu install: * gnome-shell * ubuntu-gnome-desktop Now I can login to Ubuntu (unity), Gnome (gnome-shell, I believe), Gnome Classic, KDE Plasma and others. Pitivi crashes in all of them, whether from

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-19 Thread Leo Milano
I just tested installing the Unity package to see if a more typical Ubuntu installation would not crash, but I had not luck. I'll gladly help with testing if anyone has any ideas of what to try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1307746] [NEW] pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-14 Thread Leo Milano
Public bug reported: I just upgraded to Kubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) yesterday, and pitivi stopped working. It segfaults immediately, with the following stdout error: lmilano@grisell:crash$ pitivi Missing soft dependency: - pycanberra not found on the system - enables sound notifications when

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-14 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: Apport crash report from /var/crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pitivi/+bug/1307746/+attachment/4083897/+files/_usr_bin_pitivi.1002.crash -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1307746] Re: pitivi crashed with SIGSEGV in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock()

2014-04-14 Thread Leo Milano
** Description changed: - I just upgraded to Kubuntu 12.04 yesterday, and pitivi stopped working. - It segfaults immediately, with the following stdout error: + I just upgraded to Kubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) yesterday, and pitivi stopped + working. It segfaults immediately, with the following stdout

[Bug 1119209] Re: Lightdm does not start on a netboot of Kubuntu 13.04

2013-03-24 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. I have a Dell Vostro A90 with a Minimal KDE install, and lightdm as the DM, running 13.04 daily updates . It is set up to autologin. In thefin last couple days, upon reboot, the computer comes to a command line login. You can login, and then run sudo lightdm, or sudo service lightdm

[Bug 1119209] Re: Lightdm does not start on a netboot of Kubuntu 13.04

2013-03-24 Thread Leo Milano
Confirmed! I launched BUM, and lightdm was not selected. I activated it, rebooted, and everything is back to normal (the graphical login goes on normally). Hope this helps! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 986374] Re: oneiric-precise upgrade failed: E:Internal Error, Could not early remove python-minimal

2012-04-20 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. Patrick's workaround (thanks) wasn't quite enough. I needed to run it on the python program sudo apt-get install -o APT::Force-LoopBreak=1 python -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-11-05 Thread Leo Milano
This is still an issue in Oneiric. Here is my case: * a computer with two hard-drives. One of the MBR of these is used to bottup normally * I introduced a USB stick with Kubuntu 11.04, booted from USB, and upgraded to Oneiric (11.10) After the upgrade, the MBR in the HD of the desktop

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-15 Thread Leo Milano
I just had another crash. Even though I had some success with the migration, KMail sometimes freezes, folders take a long time to refresh and show the contents of the emails, and this is the most recent crash (I will install the debug symbols). Soprano is disabled right now, as it tends to crash

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-15 Thread Leo Milano
And this is the standard output of the previous crash lmilano@grisell:~$ kmail [1] 3308 lmilano@grisell:~$ /usr/bin/kmail(3309) Soprano: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply - Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-15 Thread Leo Milano
And this is a new stack trace, now that I installed the debug symbols. By the way, folks, help here is appreciated, but venting is inappropriate. This is not a forum, but a bug tracker. Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f878f9787a0 (LWP 3309)): [KCrash Handler] #6 deref (this=0x7f877f3c2bd8) at

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-12 Thread Leo Milano
So, here is a summary of the migration (see comment #18 above): • it completed successfully after a long time (more than one hour for about 20k emails on a 3core fast desktop) • it added a new IMAP Google account/folder I didn’t have and seemed to slow things down significantly •

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-11 Thread Leo Milano
Thanks, Clay! I removed ~/.kde/share/config/kmail-migratorrc and re- ran kmail-migrator --interactive. This time I got a the migration tool to complete and show a succeeded check mark at the end. The command line showed some errors or warnings. The message notification widget showed a bunch of

[Bug 857828] Re: kontact migration to 11.10 fails

2011-10-10 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. I lost all my email settings. The migration failed in the first login after the upgrade. I got a pop up asking me to run kmail- migrator --interactive manually. But if I do, I get the following error: lmilano@grisell:config$ kmail-migrator --interactive kmail-migrator(9148) main:

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-16 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Clint Thanks for the changes in failsafe.conf, neat work! A ten second countdown would probably give slightly better feedback to the user (but it isn't essential or anything): $PLYMOUTH message --text=Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration... || : sleep 10

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-15 Thread Leo Milano
Yes, Damian, this is the same bug. To double check, you can temporarily edit that file (using sudo), and add a # character in from of the ppp0 related lines. This should bring your boot time back to normal. So, a couple questions, mostly because it's not clear who is affected: 1) have you ever

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-13 Thread Leo Milano
Clint: something to consider. How would people (except for advanced users) fix their interfaces files? Can we provide a bash script installed by default, that will allow people to quickly install a vanilla interfaces files? It could also save a backup, and optionally restore it with another

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Jeremy: Could either a new bug for this issue be opened or [...] Done! https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/839595 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839595 Title:

[Bug 847782] Re: Ubiquity writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
** Description changed: In certain situations, ubiquity writes an auto ethN line /etc/network/interfaces. This means that the boot up process, including - bringing up the X system by upstart, will be delayed for whatever grace - period is defined in /etc/init/failsafe.conf . This is currently

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Sorry for the typo in my last statement, the new bug report is bug #847782 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/847782 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839595 Title:

[Bug 845914] Re: Failsafe boot delay causes a real delay on every boot

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
I think this is mostly a duplicate of bug # 839595 . And the short of it, is that upstart seems to be doing the right thing, but ubiquity seems to be the problem. A new bug report has been reported for ubiquity, bug #847782 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 847782] Re: Ubiquity writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Scott: it seems clear that a permanent connection in a machine needs to be there, yes. However, it is assuming that any user who has ethernet plugged in needs that. This seems dangerous, particularly because it makes people have subsequent 3 minute boot up times. Why not just ask the user? (and

[Bug 847782] [NEW] Ubiquity writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Public bug reported: In certain situations, ubiquity writes an auto ethN line /etc/network/interfaces. This means that the boot up process, including bringing up the X system by upstart, will be delayed for whatever grace period is defined in /etc/init/failsafe.conf . This is currently 120

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Clint: good point about annoying vs safer. Overall, I don't think we know, at installation time, what the user intends to do. In my case, for instance, I never intended to create any static connection. Actually, I configured a DHCP ethernet connection. I really had no intention of persisting the

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
** Description changed: - In certain situations, ubiquity writes an auto ethN line + In certain situations, ubiquity writes an auto ethX line in /etc/network/interfaces. This means that the boot up process, including bringing up the X system by upstart, will be delayed for whatever timeout

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Thanks, Robert! I will update the description, since this is very relevant. Basically, the installer is always adding auto ethX to the interfaces file, provided there is an ethernet connection at install time. This means the problem will be much more widespread than we had thought. I think the

[Bug 847782] Re: installer writes a permanent ethernet entry in interfaces file

2011-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
** Description changed: - In certain situations, ubiquity writes an auto ethX line in - /etc/network/interfaces. This means that the boot up process, including - bringing up the X system by upstart, will be delayed for whatever - timeout is defined in /etc/init/failsafe.conf (see bug 839595).

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-09 Thread Leo Milano
Clint, I'll give it a swirl. Where exactly do you add --verbose? Do you mean to remove the quiet linux boot parameter? Or add splash=verbose ? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-09 Thread Leo Milano
Will do. I assume you mean to run a grep on syslog right after I login (or pls let me know otherwise). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839595 Title: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-09 Thread Leo Milano
Robert, Chris, I think you are both hitting also the other problem I encountered, namely the fact that X is not starting until failsafe is up (even though theoretically this should not be the case). Could you please look at comment #21 by Clint and post the info he is asking for as well? I will,

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-09 Thread Leo Milano
Clint. The biggest issues it that we are not sure, but it is plausible that a large proportion of the existing systems will suffer a 2 minute delay after the upgrade. How about we test this: * remove the offending ethN line from /etc/networking/interfaces * reboot * connect the laptop/desktop to

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-09 Thread Leo Milano
Three is a crowd! I have 4 machines running kubuntu. Two started out with regular CD/USB live image installed to disk. The other two were installed from the netinstall mini-iso, connected to ethernet. These two are the only ones where I see an auto ethN. I also played in one of my machines

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-08 Thread Leo Milano
Yes, that's correct. Is that something that should not be there? Thanks! santisofi@minime:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-08 Thread Leo Milano
Scott, is this how things are intended to work? My current understanding is: * pre-start exec sleep N means wait up to N seconds for the preconditions to be satisfied. In this case, these are a network up and a fs up. I thought it meant Wait at least N seconds, but I guess I was wrong. * The

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-08 Thread Leo Milano
@ Scott: thanks for the detailed response. It all makes sense now. I am guessing perhaps wicd wrote that entry in my interfaces file. I haven't edited this file by hand. @ Clint: yes, I think it makes sense to add this to the release notes. Thanks for updating the description. It seems like this

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-08 Thread Leo Milano
. Cheers -- Leo #!/bin/bash # # 2009, Leo Milano # # Credits: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11582 # http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/09/04/two-way-conversion-of-unix-time-seconds-since-1970-and-regular-time/ # # Customize this if needed log_file=~/boot_time.log # A trick to make sure

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-08 Thread Leo Milano
Hi, Just an update: Lightdm also gets penalized and waits the sleep time declared in failsafe.conf before loading -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839595 Title: failsafe.conf's 30

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-07 Thread Leo Milano
Hi After installing this version of upstart is making, my netbook takes extra 100 seconds to boot. CTRL-ALT-F1 shows me that that the network security us being brought up. Any thoughts? Could this be a coincidence? Boot time (as measured with a script) has regressed incredibly over the last few

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-07 Thread Leo Milano
Oh yes, changing that value in failsafe.conf brings back the old boot times: tried setting to 12 and then 1, and it definitely fixed things: ( I added the //comments ) Wed Sep 7 17:13:34 PDT 2011. Boot Time [s]: 156 // Sleep 120 Wed Sep 7 18:59:59 PDT 2011. Boot Time [s]: 51 // Sleep 12

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-07 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: dmesg for a boot with sleep = 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/839595/+attachment/2370271/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 839595] Re: failsafe.conf's 30 second time out is too low

2011-09-07 Thread Leo Milano
One more thought, just by looking at the script and the behaviour on my system. The bug description states as far as I can understand, the 30 second sleep in failsafe.conf means that /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf will start within AT MOST 30 seconds of 'filesystem' and 'ifup lo' having occurred. It

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-05 Thread Leo Milano
Colin: do my logs shed any light? Let me point out that updates to grub during the life of the distro did not ruin the MBR. It has only (and consistently) happened when upgrading to a newer distro version. With that in mind. Why don't we ask the user for confirmation before writing to the MBR?

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Colin, I am attaching the required info. Apparently I can only add one at a time. Thank you so much for looking into this. Cheers! Leo ** Attachment added: sudo debconf-show grub-pc grub-pc.txt

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: sudo cat /var/log/installer/partman partman.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435/+attachment/2110797/+files/partman.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: sudo cat /var/log/installer/syslog syslog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435/+attachment/2110798/+files/syslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: df -h df-h.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435/+attachment/2110800/+files/df-h.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 Title:

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: sudo blkid blkid.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435/+attachment/2110801/+files/blkid.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
Ok, I added all the info, I hope it helps. I took the liberty to add a couple more useful outputs. My computer boots from /dev/sdb , but I always keep a grub in /dev/sda just in case. Both of them failed to load grub after the upgrade (I only run grub-install /dev/sda every once in a while, I

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
I noticed a reference to a third partition in the grub-pc output: grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1001FALS-00J7B1_WD- WMATV1484210-part3 Does this mean that the upgrade is trying to install grub on a partition instead of the MBR? But, assuming that's the case, why does the old

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2011-05-02 Thread Leo Milano
Same here. My desktop system with 2 sata hard drives just rendered itself unbootable after upgrading Kubuntu 10.10 - 11.04 As far as I can tell, Fix Released is not a proper characterization for this bug's status, and this is a CRITICAL bug. I really don't mean to flame, but we can't afford

[Bug 646862] Re: skype crashes after signing in

2010-09-27 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Jacob, All, I restored (+r) to both binaries and Skype is still working fine. It really seems to have been a regression introduced by ia32-libs (and now fixed). Good work everyone! -- skype crashes after signing in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/646862 You received this bug notification

[Bug 646862] Re: skype crashes after signing in

2010-09-26 Thread Leo Milano
Here the workaround was enough to let me start skype but I had no audio (mic/speakers) in skype. The new ia32libs restored audio, good enough to complete a call (however I never undid the workaround, that is I didn't restore the original file permissions) -- skype crashes after signing in

[Bug 641297] Re: kded crashes at login

2010-09-17 Thread Leo Milano
I had the same crash, Kubuntu 64 bit, after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 beta. Removing all the obex related packages did the trick, many thanks to Erdewit. This is a really problematic bug. It would prevent networkmanagement from working at all (the computer would not connect to the wireless

[Bug 496435] Re: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR

2010-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
Same here, it hit me when upgrading from Kubuntu 10.04 to 10.10beta, on an amd64 system with multiple sata drives. I had to boot from the live image and chroot. Shouldn't that part of a grub/system upgrade ask for user input, since this is SO critical? This is a killer for non-experts! --

[Bug 609280] Re: Grub error : symbol grub_xputs not found

2010-09-12 Thread Leo Milano
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 Hi This is a duplicate of bug # 496435 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/496435 Cheers Leo ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 496435 upgrades of the grub-pc package can

[Bug 546578] Re: [RS480] black screen after a few user switches

2010-05-09 Thread Leo Milano
Here is something encouraging. This morning (May 9) I tried the xorg-edgers ppa again, and now the crash on logout is gone. No workarounds, no mess. This is, again, in Kubuntu/KDM. If anyone wants to try, here are the instructions. From the command line: To install: sudo add-apt-repository

[Bug 539708] Re: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster failed

2010-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
Hi all I just tested the hpcups driver from the proposed repository in my system (Kubuntu Lucid, HP Deskjet F380), and the bug is fixed. I no longer get the black background. Great work everyone involved! Cheers, -- Leo -- /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster failed

[Bug 553573] Re: Printing on hp printer has black background

2010-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Till I just tested the hpcups driver from the proposed repository in my system (Kubuntu Lucid, HP Deskjet F380), and the bug is fixed. I no longer get the black background. I will also post the good news in bug 539708. Great work everyone involved! Cheers, -- Leo -- Printing on hp printer

[Bug 553573] Re: Printing on hp printer has black background

2010-05-03 Thread Leo Milano
** Attachment added: Screenshot of my printer config http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47699568/printer-hpcups.png -- Printing on hp printer has black background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553573 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 546578] Re: [RS480] black screen after a few user switches

2010-05-02 Thread Leo Milano
With my hardware (ATI HD 3500), I get the black screen in Kubuntu with the open source stack (radeon, etc). If I enable fglrx in the Hardware Drivers section, the issue is gone. The latest packages from the xorg- edgers ppa also produce the crash. -- [RS480] black screen after a few user

[Bug 529882] Re: black screen when switching between multiple X session

2010-04-23 Thread Leo Milano
Same behavior here, ATI open source driver, current Lucid, but this is with KDM and Kubuntu. I'll probably try with a more current mainline kernel. -- black screen when switching between multiple X session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529882 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 464712] Re: Black screen + freeze when suspending or hibernating with mounted SD Card

2010-04-11 Thread Leo Milano
Just to confirm, this is still happening in Lucid, Dell Mini 9 (Vostro A90). -- Black screen + freeze when suspending or hibernating with mounted SD Card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464712 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 535108] Re: Hide console messages while Plymouth is running

2010-03-28 Thread Leo Milano
Same here, I needed the FRAMEBUFFER=y workaround. Not that kubuntu-desktop _is_ installed here, but cryptsetup is not. Meaning: if you don't know about the workaround, you won't get the splash screen. Is this a packaging issue? Thanks! -- Hide console messages while Plymouth is running

[Bug 538031] Re: hp printer prints totally wrong - non-text lines are black rather than white

2010-03-28 Thread Leo Milano
I just printed an email from gmail, using Chrome, and I got a full page in black. Solid black. This is using an HP F380 AIO. I tried again from Adobe (a previously saved PDF), same problem. This is in Lucid. The same printer works fine in Karmic. -- hp printer prints totally wrong - non-text

[Bug 538031] Re: hp printer prints totally wrong - non-text lines are black rather than white

2010-03-28 Thread Leo Milano
Ouch. Too bad. I was going to ask what driver you were using :-). My machine was using hpijs in karmic, and when I upgraded to Lucid it was picked up as hpcups, which was not working fine. From the KDE System Settings I reconfigured the printer to use hpijs (instead of the _recommended_ hpcups),

[Bug 538524] Re: boot hangs on splash screen, doesn't switch to KDM

2010-03-17 Thread Leo Milano
I can confirm the fix here, too (Radeon HD3450, Kubuntu Lucid, KMS). Great work! I'll follow up in the smooth transition bug 540177 -- boot hangs on splash screen, doesn't switch to KDM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu

[Bug 540177] Re: KDM needs plymouth transition patch

2010-03-17 Thread Leo Milano
I'll provide feedbback for this, I am running Kubuntu Lucid + KMS with a Radeon HD3450. Right now, plymouth shows perfectly at shutdown. On boot up, though, it only pops up _very_ late (about a second before KDM loads), and it's only displayed for a fraction of a second. Cheers! -- KDM needs

[Bug 353278] Re: [jaunty] kpackagekit doesn't prompt for user password

2010-03-17 Thread Leo Milano
@nerdy_kid: I believe this bug HAS been fixed, and I marked it as such above. However, Lynx marked this as NEW again, and undid this. I think the confusion has to do with what this bug is about, although it was explained above by Jonathan in post #64. We need a new bug report for the missing

[Bug 527083] Re: plymouth broken on radeon 7500

2010-03-16 Thread Leo Milano
I am not sure if I am in the right bug report, I found several similar reports when trying to file a gub with ubuntu-bug. I have an R600 card (Radeon HD3450). KMS has been working fine in Lucid, but the latest update to plymouth killed it (boot up hangs at the plymouth screen). This is Kubuntu

[Bug 527083] Re: plymouth broken on radeon 7500

2010-03-16 Thread Leo Milano
Thanks Scott, and sorry for the misreport. -- plymouth broken on radeon 7500 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527083 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 538097] Re: Apport cannot connect to crash database

2010-03-14 Thread Leo Milano
Same here, I am trying to report a critical bung in plymouth. This is the console output: l...@grisell:~$ apport-bug plymouth QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/leo/.config/ibus/bus

[Bug 353278] Re: [jaunty] kpackagekit doesn't prompt for user password

2010-03-13 Thread Leo Milano
Wow! I am running latest Lucid and I just realized that policykit-kde is not available for Lucid, either! This is the behavior: * policykit-1-gnome is installed * If I open KPackageKit and select updates, I can install them with NO authentication! (Is this expected?) * If I install new packages

[Bug 418246] Re: it87 (sensors) module broken, needs automatic adding of a kernel line during installation

2010-03-07 Thread Leo Milano
Has anyone tried in Lucid? The worlaround (acpi_enforce_resources=lax) works here in Karmic, but it doesn't in current Lucid. l...@grisell:~$ dmesg |grep lax [0.00] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-server root=UUID=e1c15c83-23cf-4bfb-a043-ba9469332293 ro quiet splash

[Bug 418246] Re: it87 (sensors) module broken, needs automatic adding of a kernel line during installation

2010-03-07 Thread Leo Milano
Ouch! Thanks Hernando!!! Yes, I can confirm that the workaround still works (and it's still needed, unfortunately) -- it87 (sensors) module broken, needs automatic adding of a kernel line during installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418246 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 527482] Re: unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/lxdm.conf

2010-02-27 Thread Leo Milano
I just tested in latest Lucid, same issue. Is this a local problem in my computer or a packaging issue? I don't really use Lubuntu, but I am trying to help because I came across this bug and it seems like a biggie. -- unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to

[Bug 527482] Re: unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/lxdm.conf

2010-02-27 Thread Leo Milano
Hi Julien, Yes, that certainly works, the install script is missing the check for /etc/lxdm l...@grisell:~$ sudo mkdir /etc/lxdm [sudo] password for leo: l...@grisell:~$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-default-settings Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state

[Bug 527482] [NEW] unable to make /etc/lxdm/default.conf.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/lxdm.conf

2010-02-24 Thread Leo Milano
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lubuntu-default-settings In the latest upgrade of lubuntu-default-settings for Lucid (version 0.5), I got the error described in the bug report summary. Uninstalling and re-installing didn't help. It seems to be a missing target for a symlink. Here is a

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