[Bug 1492764] Re: [drm:intel_pipe_config_compare [i915]] *ERROR* mismatch in ips_enabled (expected 1, found 0)

2016-05-02 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Update: I spoke too soon. After another reboot I just get endless i915 crashes and X dialogs telling me I'm in low graphics mode - so only text mode for me. Various attempts to purge and reinstall Nvidia/Bumblebee failed, probably because this seems to be an Intel problem. I'm attempting to

[Bug 1492764] Re: [drm:intel_pipe_config_compare [i915]] *ERROR* mismatch in ips_enabled (expected 1, found 0)

2016-05-01 Thread Leslie Viljoen
After upgrading my Asus laptop to Ubuntu 15.10 I got dumped to black screen with a flashing cursor. To fix this I had to: 1. run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" to finish installing packages that were already downloaded 2. run "sudo apt-get install --reinstall resolvconf" - because apt told me

[Bug 301278] Re: All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC

2016-03-25 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Marked invalid as requested. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301278 Title: All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC To

[Bug 301278] Re: All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC

2016-03-06 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Sorry, this was reported over 7 years ago, I doubt it has any relevance any more. My old Mac Mini is long since packed away and probably too slow to be worth using with today's software. Thanks for taking a look though. Should I close this bug report or something? -- You received this bug

[Bug 1269232] Re: NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 730M] [10de:1290] does not supported

2014-06-20 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I have a similar card ( GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] and a similar problem. I could not install the proprietary driver automatically. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 Gnome. I solved it by installing something called Bumblebee, following these instructions:

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-11-10 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I've been running 3.4 since early August and haven't had a single lock- up. I've run all kinds of 3D games, virtual machines, databases, even 3D Windows games using Crossover. I'm certain this lock-up issue is resolved in 3.4. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-11-10 Thread Leslie Viljoen
@flm The only other issue I've had is with Intel wifi which I mostly mitigate by disabling N-mode. See my comment at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/994104 if you need that work-around. I've not had the i965 problem probably because my display driver is an i915. Do an lsmod

[Bug 1016294] Re: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable

2012-10-27 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Aw, seems there's no way to install Skype on Quantal. Glad I did a thorough review with the live CD before upgrading! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016294 Title:

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-10-15 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I see 3.2.0-32 is in the 12.04 updates today - any word on whether that fixes these freeze ups? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10 Title: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse,

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-10-15 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I asked because I couldn't see anything related in the changelog... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10 Title: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard) To manage

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-10-03 Thread Leslie Viljoen
3.4 is great in terms of freezing but introduced an Intel Wifi problem for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/994104 Still the lesser of two evils though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 994104] Re: Wireless performance issues on kernel 3.4.0-1-generic (iwlwifi)

2012-10-02 Thread Leslie Viljoen
This bug makes daily work a real pain - my wifi is constantly going down and I have to press the hardware kill switch twice to get it back up again. As a work-around, based on the upstream report, I have been running a script to force the adapter into (slower) g-mode: sudo rmmod iwlwifi sudo

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-08-13 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I've tried 3.4 for 7 days and haven't had any lock-up, but that newer kernel has issues with some Wifi cards, including mine, so I've had to go back to 3.2.0-90 and live with the rarer lock-ups. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-07-18 Thread Leslie Viljoen
@pep: see line 4 at the top of this bug: Testcase: running several glxgears and gzip instances as with an attached script Please read comment #71 and #72. Adding unrelated noise does not help - rather find or open a new bug report. This one has a specific test case. Does anyone still have a

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-07-17 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Paul: run uname -a and see which Kernel you have. IMPORTANT: there is more than one freezing bug! The one relevant to this bug is exposed by the script posted above - don't keep commenting here if you have a different problem! I will attach the script you need to run. On a kernel with the bug,

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-07-12 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Timo, your -90 kernel has fully solved the lock up caused by the glxgears script above. I still have hard lock-ups once every two weeks or so but like you say, the cause of that is probably something else entirely. Its very hard to determine causes when there's no evidence to examine afterwards!

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-06-20 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I want to confirm that the kernel in comment #38 solved the almost daily lock ups for me too (sorry to me too). The linux-image-3.2.0-26-generic kernel in the precise-proposed software source did NOT fix it. For anyone looking for a solution and needing to work right now: 1. The problem is

[Bug 999910] Re: [IVB]12.04 64 bit System freezes (mouse, keyboard)

2012-06-20 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I spoke too soon. Though the script caused a lock in seconds with the linux-image-3.2.0-26-generic kernel and ran for a good 40 minutes without a lock up on the linux-image-3.2.0-26-generic kernel, I just had another lock up now. So there's some further issue. System: Dell Inspiron 7520, Ivy

[Bug 682850] Re: gvfsd-smb[14571]: segfault at c ip 08056b82 sp bfceb560 error 4 in gvfsd-smb[8048000+1f000]

2010-12-30 Thread Leslie Viljoen
During rsync: Dec 30 13:18:48 lesliev-eMG620 kernel: [ 2105.434893] gvfsd-smb[2213]: segfault at c ip 08056b82 sp bfcc5140 error 4 in gvfsd-smb[8048000+1f000] Dec 30 13:27:50 lesliev-eMG620 kernel: [ 2647.996788] gvfsd-smb[2500]: segfault at c ip 08056b82 sp bff6e8f0 error 4 in

[Bug 330056] Re: does not handle VPN connections in dispatcher

2010-10-17 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Can this patch please be added to the distribution now? The patch was added in January and the October release of Maverick still does not contain it - what can be done? -- does not handle VPN connections in dispatcher https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330056 You received this bug notification

[Bug 511302] Re: You do not have the required permissions to use this drive.

2010-08-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Same here, worked after I unmounted. Thanks guys! You can use administration - disk utility (palimpsest) to unmount it but I can't remember if that's in the default install. Anyway, it would be nice if Brasero were fixed to handle this more elegantly. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker

[Bug 511302] Re: You do not have the required permissions to use this drive.

2010-08-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Upstream bug report here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607773 -- You do not have the required permissions to use this drive. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511302 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 353495] Re: (K)ubuntu fails to install GRUB on Amilo Si 3655 notebook

2010-07-29 Thread Leslie Viljoen
The work-around above fails in Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) because the grub command is missing from grub2. See the following thread for an updated work-around: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9635712#post9635712 After a lot of searching I have been unable to determine whether this is a

[Bug 53709] Re: Exclude webcollage from the xscreensaver packages

2010-04-09 Thread Leslie Viljoen
PLEASE people, this solution is not good enough! PLEASE can this screen saver be packaged separately? My boss installed the extra screen savers and this morning called me to come and look at the porn that UBUNTU was displaying on his work computer for all to see. Since this screen saver is a

[Bug 472694] Re: [Karmic][Aspire 3620] Kernel oops during suspend... WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/kernel/power/suspend_test.c:52 suspend_test_finish+0x80/0x90()

2010-03-13 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I have this problem on an HP 6830s laptop. Please let me know if there is any further information I can provide, I can always reproduce the problem. My syslog: Mar 12 07:19:54 lesliev-laptop kernel: [10599.964200] [fglrx] Power down the ASIC . Mar 12 07:19:54 lesliev-laptop kernel:

[Bug 467785] Re: suspend hangs in Karmic Koala

2010-03-07 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Since my last comment I have not seen this hanging problem once in four months on my HP 6730b. I suspend at least once a day. I can only guess it was a fluke or that it has been fixed for me since then. -- suspend hangs in Karmic Koala https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467785 You received this bug

[Bug 467785] Re: suspend hangs in Karmic Koala

2009-11-25 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I definitely had no SD card in my reader when this happened to me, but I can also say that it has not happened again yet. I suspend between 2 and 4 times per day, so for me it seems to be a very rare problem. -- suspend hangs in Karmic Koala https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467785 You received

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-11-25 Thread Leslie Viljoen
This happened again to me tonight and sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart fixed it again. I am attaching my syslog, showing the errors and a gap (in which I restarted network manager) and the messages immediately following the restart, which may help someone solve this problem. **

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-11-25 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Looks like upstream has fixed this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493018 This comment http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1239871 indicates that the driver http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download#Where_to_download_bleeding_edge may solve this problem, but I haven't

[Bug 460232] Re: Celestia graphical glitches in all rendering modes

2009-11-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Affects me too: description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: p...@:00:02.0 version: 07 width: 64 bits

[Bug 352228] Re: Intel Wireless 5300 AGN: iwlagn: No space for Tx

2009-11-11 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Still happening to me (perhaps once a day) with kernel 2.6.31-14-generic, and not the hardware switch. Network manager 0.8~a~git.20091013t193206.679d548-0ubuntu1. Wireless card: PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection Perhaps this is an interaction between iwlagn and network-manager.

[Bug 467785] Re: suspend hangs in Karmic Koala

2009-11-10 Thread Leslie Viljoen
To correct my earlier comment, this has actually only happened once so far in Karmic. Kernel 2.6.31-14-generic. If anyone has an idea on how to debug the problem, I'm willing to try (I assume this is a kernel issue). -- suspend hangs in Karmic Koala https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467785 You

[Bug 467785] Re: suspend hangs in Karmic Koala

2009-11-08 Thread Leslie Viljoen
This doesn't happen every time but I have seen it more than once, on my HP 6730b laptop, with Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset graphics. Attaching detailed hardware list in case someone needs it. ** Attachment added: Hardware details for HP 6730b http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35381356/lshw.txt

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-22 Thread Leslie Viljoen
FYI: Rolling back to Ubuntu 9.04 and applying all the latest updates leaves me with kernel 2.6.28-16 and working wireless - firmware completely taken care of by jockey. Nice :-) -- Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203819 You received this bug

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-22 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Tracey: is this with Ubuntu 9.04? Does Hardware Drivers show anything? I will attach lshw -C network, in case that helps. My steps were: 1. Install Ubuntu 9.04 i386 Desktop (even the live CD had working wireless, Hardware Drivers indicatingBroadcom STA wireless driver) 2. Apply all upgrades I

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-15 Thread Leslie Viljoen
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203819 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Wooh! I got the wireless working! I used Kernel 2.6.32-999-generic and had to download firmware. Here are the steps: 1. First connect the computer to the Internet with a cable (this is the easiest way) 2. Go here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds 3. You will likely be pointed

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-09 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Not working at all in Karmic Beta with kernel 2.6.31-11. No sign of the wireless card in iwconfig/ifconfig. lcpci says BCM4312 rev 01. The laptop is a Lenovo G530 4446-22G. The link above for a work-around no longer seems to work. -- Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

[Bug 203819] Re: Broadcom bcm4312 wireless not detected at all

2009-10-09 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Followed steps here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff#Step 2b: sp33008 Driver Download/Extraction They did not seem to work - the still no device in ifconfig/iwconfig, even though the modules seem to be loaded. lshw -C network says: configuration:

[Bug 301278] Re: All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC

2009-08-19 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I think the problem is lower than SDL, but I could not determine where with any certainty. You can follow more of the discussion at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=50 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #50 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=50

[Bug 297842] Re: Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed)

2008-11-27 Thread Leslie Viljoen
XfDesktop crashed reliably for me when I right-clicked on an FLV file on my desktop. Perhaps it was trying to display properties that don't exist for all desktop icons, such as the open with section at the top. You should be able to duplicate that behaviour like so: 1. go to a terminal 2.

[Bug 301278] [NEW] All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC

2008-11-23 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Public bug reported: This problem's first symptom is that you are completely logged out of your X session as soon as you try to run something like Tuxpaint on PPC. I have seen it on Fedora, Debian Lenny and Intrepid. Etch worked fine, probably because directfb was version 0.9. I have stepped

[Bug 297842] Re: Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed)

2008-11-19 Thread Leslie Viljoen
** Description changed: Thunar segfaults immediately when run on a G4 (PowerPC) Mac Mini. xfdesktop crashes almost as quickly (I had to click on a desktop icon). Here's my adventures with this bug: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=977120 I did an apt-get source in order to

[Bug 83733] Re: Save buttons not working

2008-11-17 Thread Leslie Viljoen
This problem is reported upstream here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449087 It has not been solved yet, even in the new release that has been packaged for Jaunty. -- Save buttons not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83733 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 297842] Re: Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed)

2008-11-16 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I'd be happy to check the Jaunty packages, where can I get them? I tried the package search, but obviously that's not for PPC. -- Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297842 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 297842] Re: Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed)

2008-11-16 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Oh, I downloaded them but they won't install under Intrepid because of dependencies on a newer libpcre3. I assume you meant to try a full Jaunty install then, which I can't do right away. -- Thunar segfaults on powerpc (rebuild needed) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297842 You received this bug

[Bug 136435] Re: smc - Secret Maryo Chronicles - unmet dependency in Gutsy

2008-11-15 Thread Leslie Viljoen
This problem does not seem to exist in Intrepid. Perhaps this bug should be closed? -- smc - Secret Maryo Chronicles - unmet dependency in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 297842] Re: Thunar segfaults on powerpc

2008-11-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Fixed packages uploaded for xfdesktop too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=982270 This solves the desktop icons disappearing problem. -- Thunar segfaults on powerpc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297842 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 297842] [NEW] Thunar segfaults on powerpc

2008-11-13 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Public bug reported: Thunar segfaults immediately when run on a G4 (PowerPC) Mac Mini. xfdesktop crashes almost as quickly (I had to click on a desktop icon). Here's my adventures with this bug: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=977120 I did an apt-get source in order to debug the

[Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

2008-10-02 Thread Leslie Viljoen
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5889487#post5889487 -- [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 152913] Re: Meld syntax highlighting does not work

2007-12-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Same version works for me, comparing C++ and Ruby files. Perhaps it would be useful if you mentioned what your file types and file names are. Meld does not syntax highlight my C++ files if they are called *.bak, but I think that's fair. -- Meld syntax highlighting does not work

[Bug 152913] Re: Meld syntax highlighting does not work

2007-12-14 Thread Leslie Viljoen
The hash causes syntax errors: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/lib/meld/task.py, line 131, in iteration ret = task() File /usr/lib/meld/filediff.py, line 671, in _set_files_internal set_highlighting_enabled( self.textview[i].get_buffer(), files[i],

[Bug 136435] Re: smc - Secret Maryo Chronicles - unmet dependency in Gutsy

2007-12-05 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Ok, I have written a script that should detect simple environmental regressions - as in this bug. I will upload, and hopefully someone will at least give it a try with the next Ubuntu release before it goes out. The script requires Ruby, wajig and apt-file to be installed. Apt-file must be

[Bug 110838] Re: Oolite runs very slowly

2007-12-04 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I have confirmed this problem on Gutsy. glxinfo indicated direct rendering is enabled, and I do indeed have high-speed 3D in Tremulous and Warsow. The problem is quite obvious when leaving the first station, if the 'down' key is held to loop around, the station is rendered at around one frame per

[Bug 136435] Re: smc - Secret Maryo Chronicles - unmet dependency in Gutsy

2007-12-04 Thread Leslie Viljoen
I have almost completed the script to run basic regression tests. We'd just need a test machine with a big pipe to the full Ubuntu repository and it could at least verify that the packages with menu entries are startable in each new distribution release. ie. it would catch the above bug. -- smc

[Bug 136435] Re: smc - Secret Maryo Chronicles - unmet dependency in Gutsy

2007-12-01 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Surely we need a regression testing system that can pick up bugs like this? Perhaps a script could install from a collection of packages and run each associated executable, expecting the program to remain running for a certain amount of time. Programs which require interaction should not

[Bug 162898] package libsdl1.2-dev missing sdl.pc

2007-11-15 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Public bug reported: I am running: Linux macmini 2.6.17-12-powerpc #2 Sun Sep 23 21:05:55 UTC 2007 ppc GNU/Linux (originally edgy) This file list: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libsdl1.2-dev/powerpc/filelist ..shows /usr/lib/pkgconfig/sdl.pc, but that file seems missing from the Ubuntu

Re: [Bug 110838] Re: Oolite runs very slowly

2007-10-22 Thread Leslie Viljoen
On 10/20/07, Eddy Petrisor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what does 'glxinfo | grep -i direct' say? Hm, sorry, I don't have that Linux install any more. I'll try again with Gutsy when I get it... Leslie -- Oolite runs very slowly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110838 You received this bug

[Bug 110838] Oolite runs very slowly

2007-04-28 Thread Leslie Viljoen
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: oolite My uname -a: Linux lesliev-inspiron 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux From GLXINFO: OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GM 20061017 x86/MMX/SSE2 OpenGL