[Bug 1372399] [NEW] Cannot adjust screen brightness on dell xps 13

2014-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Public bug reported: The screen brightness of my notebook cannot be adjusted and is stuck in a super low brightness.. I can barely see. This problem started on 2014-09-12 and because I work with an external hdmi monitor most of the time it took me a while to notice it. I am pretty positive it

[Bug 1371785] Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1372399 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372399 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1372399 Cannot adjust screen brightness on dell xps 13 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1372399] Re: [XPS 13 L322X] Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Thanks Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch), I downloaded the updated bios and created the boot usb. I then changed my BIOS boot mode to Legacy in order to be able to boot from the USB. I must have done something wrong for my UBS drive was not bootable. Result: I was UNABLE to update the BIOS. I

[Bug 1371785] Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-19 Thread Luciano Panepucci
** Attachment added: sudo lspci -vnvn https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1371785/+attachment/4209258/+files/lspci-vnvn.log.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1371785] Re: Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-19 Thread Luciano Panepucci
** Attachment added: cat /proc/version_signature version.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1371785/+attachment/4209259/+files/version.log.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1371785] [NEW] Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-19 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Public bug reported: The screen brightness of the notebook cannot be adjusted and is stuck in a super low brightness.. I can barely see. This problem started last week and because I work with an external hdmi monitor most of the time it took me a while to notice it. I am pretty positive it

[Bug 1183942] Re: [Dell XPS 13 (L322X)] Cannot adjust screen brightness

2014-09-12 Thread Luciano Panepucci
This problem started affecting my TODAY. dell xps 13 ubuntu 12.04 WITH the “New Hardware Support” installed a couple days ago. The issue seems to have emerged from the last update. What information should I provide to get help??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 954661] Re: backlight brightness not adjustable by default on Dell XPS 13

2014-09-12 Thread Luciano Panepucci
This problem started affecting my TODAY. dell xps 13 ubuntu 12.04 WITH the “New Hardware Support” installed a couple days ago. The issue seems to have emerged from the last update. What information should I provide to get help??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 939768] Re: Can't use Ctrl as a modifier key to bring up Guake 0.4.2-7 (Precise)

2013-03-23 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I tryed: $ gconftool --type string --set /apps/guake/keybindings/global/show_hide ControlAlts $ gconftool --type string --set /apps/guake/keybindings/global/show_hide Alts Both gave me a keybinding error pop up. I am stuck with ShiftAlts that works. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 901547] Re: xmlcopyeditor does not start - needs a no-change rebuild in both Precise and Quantal

2012-08-17 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I followed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmlcopyeditor/+bug/967087/comments/11 and it works. mkdir ~/compilexmlcopyeditor cd ~/compilexmlcopyeditor sudo apt-get purge xmlcopyeditor sudo apt-get build-dep xmlcopyeditor sudo apt-get source xmlcopyeditor cd xmlcopyeditor-1.2.0.6 sudo

[Bug 879632] Re: 'quick open' and 'file browser panel' conflict

2012-03-28 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Thanks Doug, so I need to upgrade to 12.04 or is there a way to fix it in my 11.10 installed system? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879632 Title: 'quick open' and 'file browser

[Bug 879632] Re: 'quick open' and 'file browser panel' conflict

2012-03-26 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Sorry, where is the fix? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879632 Title: 'quick open' and 'file browser panel' conflict To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 840806] Re: Unity not running after installing proprietary video drivers

2011-11-18 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I have a Dell Inspiron 15R with an AMD Radeon HD 6470M. OS : 64 bit Ubuntu 11.10 Three weeks ago all was ok with 3D working nicelly. Last week I updated the system and the 3D is lost. Output of sudo lshw -c video: *-display description: VGA compatible controller

[Bug 840806] Re: Unity not running after installing proprietary video drivers

2011-11-18 Thread Luciano Panepucci
After todays system update unity 3d came back to normal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840806 Title: Unity not running after installing proprietary video drivers To manage

[Bug 848250] Re: Tomboy sync fails on Oneiric, New Note Template already exists

2011-11-09 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I think this is the same bug that affected me and for witch I have found a workaround/solution and posted it on askubuntu.com at http://askubuntu.com/questions/71733/tomboy-notes-failed-to- synchronize/71882 I have beem suggested by a comment to post it here so here it goes: In my new ubuntu

[Bug 550625] Re: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work

2011-10-27 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hi Luigi, My inspiron 15r is less than 2 months old! :-) There might be some diff because mine was bought in Brasil... What do you get from running the following command on your shell? xinput list Luciano -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 550625] Re: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work

2011-10-26 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hi quarara, I have the same hardware (Dell Inspiron 15r) and ubuntu 11.10 release. My touchpad was working in a super basic (move and click) mode. After reading all the comments I got it working by installing Seth's psmouse-alps-dkms_0.10_all.deb from comment #492. Now I have: - touchpad

[Bug 550625] Re: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work

2011-10-23 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hello Seth, I have 11.10 installed on a Dell Inspiron N5110: $ uname -a Linux synapse 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I try to install I get: $ sudo dpkg -i psmouse-alps-dkms_0.10_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package

[Bug 550625] Re: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work

2011-10-23 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Sorry. I tryed againg and it worked! Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550625 Title: Alps touchpad is recognized but synaptics clients and scrolling do not work To manage

[Bug 582199] Re: No sound on Dell Optiplex 380 (ALC269Q, probably new chip)

2010-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I have a Dell Optiplex 980 and have the same issue with the front jacks not playing audio. The David Henningsson HDA_Analyzer (setting the Active Audio Mixer to 0x0c) works BUT on PIN 0x21. 0x21 is: Jack Type: HP Out Location: Front After restart the problem persist and I am just afraid to

[Bug 582199] Re: No sound on Dell Optiplex 380 (ALC269Q, probably new chip)

2010-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Sorry. Some comments where hidden and just now I found a the same bugreport for the 980. -- No sound on Dell Optiplex 380 (ALC269Q, probably new chip) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 588031] Re: [Realtek ALC269] no sound on external speaker jack (Optiplex 980)

2010-09-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with Lucid 64bits 2.6.32-24-generic and have the same issue with the front jack not playing audio. The David Henningsson HDA_Analyzer on Bug #582199 (setting the Active Audio Mixer to 0x0c) works BUT on PIN 0x21. 0x21 is: Jack Type: HP Out Location: Front After

[Bug 552227] Re: gwibber-accounts crashed with KeyError in get_account_data()

2010-06-28 Thread Luciano Panepucci
the only thing that worked for me was comment #80 as follows: for those who have issues on ubuntu 10.4, do the following: open terminal type: rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/gwibber and hit enter open system monitor and kill any gwibber process reload gwibber and proceed to add facebook ...when you login to

[Bug 478969] Re: inkscape crashes with gnome globalmenu

2010-06-23 Thread Luciano Panepucci
How to Fix the inkscape globalmenu problem on 10.04 Lucid First I removed globalmenu and Inkscape and reinstalled Inskscape but the problem persisted! I believe i has something to do with the fact that my Lucid installation is actually an Upgrade (from 8.04) rather than an actual installation.

[Bug 478969] Re: inkscape crashes with gnome globalmenu

2010-06-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hello, I have this exact same problem with: Inkscape 0.47 r22583 (Apr 4 2010) globalmenu-panel-applet 0.7.5 I am running a 10.04 fully updated that was upgraded from a Hardy installation. Starting from the command line I get: $ inkscape GLib-GObject-ERROR **: Attempt to add property

[Bug 478969] Re: inkscape crashes with gnome globalmenu

2010-06-22 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Just an update: I removed the globalmenu applet from the panel, logged out and back in and the problem persists. So I guess this error occurs just by having globalmenu installed. :-( to bad for me... -- inkscape crashes with gnome globalmenu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478969 You received

[Bug 157266] Re: gnome-terminal with --command option fails after first time

2010-02-02 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hello, Sorry if I sound arrogant or inconvenient in any way, it is not my intention. It just happens that I would very much like this to work and cant understand why this bug endures until now if it was reported back in 2005 (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324407#c1).. Why can't the

[Bug 157266] Re: gnome-terminal with --command option fails after first time

2010-02-02 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hi, just to let you know that I found a way to leave the prompt open and operational http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-296628.html Basically you just have to create a script that initiates the command /bin/bash then if you want to run some specific command whe that shell opens you need

[Bug 480004] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 install problems

2009-11-24 Thread Luciano Panepucci
mine is a fresh 9.10 install. Display came up very low res. Hardware Drivers presented three options. Choosing the recommended (185) gave me a blank screen and the LCD complained about refresh rate out of range.. running $sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg did nothing. from the shell

[Bug 480004] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 install problems

2009-11-24 Thread Luciano Panepucci
No, it is a LG flatron 17 -- Ubuntu 9.10 install problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480004 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 146828] Re: gdm uses incorrect screen resolution

2009-04-11 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I also had this issue after gutsy2hardy update with nvidia card. The gdm login screen had a super high virtual resolution. I remember going trough a lot of trouble getting the desktop resolution ok. Commenting the virtual line in xorg did not work for me. What worked for me was leaving just the

[Bug 146828] Re: gdm uses incorrect screen resolution

2009-04-11 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Forgot to mention something that I dont know if has anything to do with the issue... While trying to solve my gdm login resolution I considered using xrandr as a pre-gdm-script but while testing it on the shell as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution it did not work so I never

[Bug 217368] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-04-28 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Sorry if this question is not placed in the proper place but since it regrds updrading.. I have other computer (amd64) with Gutsy 64bits installed and I am not shure whether I should try the automatic upgrade or download the ISO and install from scratch... Do you have any sugestions? again

[Bug 217368] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-04-28 Thread Luciano Panepucci
HEllo, Yes, as I described in my last comment. After waiting a really long time (many hours) with the progress bar still stopped I pressed crtl+c. Only then the process actually stoped and prompted me to report a bug. Just to make myselt clear I mean I really waited many hours before pressing

[Bug 217368] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-04-15 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Hello Richard, After the distribution upgrade failed I restarted and there was a notification of the problem and I clicked it. It then tried to continue the upgrade but stopped at the same point. One detail I did not explain in detail is that both the first and the second time what happened was

[Bug 217368] [NEW] package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-04-14 Thread Luciano Panepucci
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager I got the following terminal output on the upgrade distribution window: Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating

[Bug 217368] Re: package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2008-04-14 Thread Luciano Panepucci
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13426244/Dependencies.txt -- package update-manager 1:0.87.16 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Bug 141269] Re: nautilus stoping responding then opening directory witch contains 1600 photos. After update 16 Sept.

2007-11-08 Thread Luciano Panepucci
But nautilus does not crash. It only hangs for many seconds. I did not find info on how to obtain a trace during the hang? Can you give me some info on that? -- nautilus stoping responding then opening directory witch contains 1600 photos. After update 16 Sept.

[Bug 141269] Re: nautilus stoping responding then opening directory witch contains 1600 photos. After update 16 Sept.

2007-11-06 Thread Luciano Panepucci
I moved to gutsy making a fresh install and now I'am having a similar issue that I do not remember having on Feisty: When I open a directory with many files (700 pitctures in this case) Nautilus grays out for 30 seconds while Loading... the contents. However, in my case it comes back with the