[Bug 156645] Re: Power button options should include Do Nothing

2012-03-27 Thread Mike Coleman
:-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156645 Title: Power button options should include Do Nothing To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 765819] Re: Launcher - Make Launcher left of screen reveal more responsive and less prone to false positives

2011-12-30 Thread Mike Coleman
One easy change that seems to largely fix the problem for me is to increase the Edge Reveal Timeout to 1000 (one second). This pretty much eliminates Unity jumping open when I don't want it, at the price of a small, occasional wait. The main bad thing about this is that it's poor user interface

[Bug 885676] [NEW] unity taskbar steals focus when mouse nears left edge

2011-11-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: With the Unity interface in oneiric, every time I move the cursor near the left edge of the screen, the task bar pops out and steals the focus from the application I'm using. As far as I can tell, there is no way to alter this behavior. I probably encounter this at least 20

[Bug 885684] [NEW] launchpad requires unmemorable insecure passwords (see xkcd)

2011-11-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: The launchpad password filter (passwords must contain a digit and a punctuation character) requires passwords that are difficult to remember and insecure as well. See http://xkcd.com/936/ . (No, this is not a joke.) ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided

[Bug 821727] Re: Remove strong password requirements

2011-11-03 Thread Mike Coleman
My bug (885684) got merged into this one even though it's not quite the same thing. Specifically, I don't have a problem with requiring strong passwords, as long as the requirement is that they be strong in terms of bits of information, and that the user is allowed to meet this requirement as

[Bug 746128] Re: brasero crashed with SIGSEGV in brasero_volume_get_gvolume()

2011-04-17 Thread Mike Coleman
For those who may experience this, you can work around the crash by copying to a file first, and then burning from that file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746128 Title: brasero

[Bug 763195] [NEW] package unity-asset-pool 0.8.18-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./usr/share/doc/unity-asset-pool' (which I was about to install): Input/output error

2011-04-16 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity-asset-pool Was doing an update to beta1. Last updated about a week ago or so? ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: unity-asset-pool 0.8.18-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux

[Bug 763195] Re: package unity-asset-pool 0.8.18-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./usr/share/doc/unity-asset-pool' (which I was about to install): Input/output error

2011-04-16 Thread Mike Coleman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763195 Title: package unity-asset-pool 0.8.18-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./usr/share/doc/unity-asset-pool' (which I was about

[Bug 763195] Re: package unity-asset-pool 0.8.18-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./usr/share/doc/unity-asset-pool' (which I was about to install): Input/output error

2011-04-16 Thread Mike Coleman
Looking further, the directory in question was actually corrupted, apparently due to either an I/O error or perhaps a kernel bug. In any case, I'm confident it has nothing to do with this package. ** Changed in: unity-asset-pool (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug

[Bug 749799] [NEW] package flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-04-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree This happened when installing the ubuntu-restricted-extras package on a virtually new installation of 11.04. I'm not sure whether the plugin itself is working or not. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package:

[Bug 749799] Re: package flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-04-03 Thread Mike Coleman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749799 Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned

[Bug 749799] Re: package flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-04-03 Thread Mike Coleman
After checking, it does look like the plugin is working (at least for youtube). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749799 Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.2.153.1ubuntu1 failed to

[Bug 230533] Re: No Global Hotkeys by default

2010-10-31 Thread Mike Coleman
I don't use Amarok anymore, nor do I have access to the machine I was seeing this on, so I guess you can close it out. -- No Global Hotkeys by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 50198] Re: Timeout has expired error on resume from hibernate

2010-07-18 Thread Mike Coleman
This is currently occurring on about 40% of resumes for me (ubuntu 10.04), on a Dell Inspiron 1420N (sold with ubuntu). Just to clarify, for me, I always see either behavior (a), or I see (b) followed by (c). Over several ubuntu releases, it seems like this problem has disappeared and

[Bug 529696] Re: brasero can't copy audio cd (useless error message)

2010-06-23 Thread Mike Coleman
Another data point: I upgraded a machine to LTS last night, and I'm seeing the bug being described here. -- brasero can't copy audio cd (useless error message) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/529696 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 501427] Re: pdsh mishandles command argument quoting

2010-03-27 Thread Mike Coleman
I looked a little at fixing this, but ended up deciding that it'd be better to just re-implement the parts of pdsh that I need as a bash script. I've just released this as 'h', available here: http://code.google.com/p/h/ I'd love it if someone would like to package this... -- pdsh

[Bug 428306] Re: default search engines are removed and readded (keywords wiped) with upgrade

2010-01-12 Thread Mike Coleman
This has been happening to me for years, as best as I can recall. It's a very annoying bug (higher than Low priority, IMO). -- default search engines are removed and readded (keywords wiped) with upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428306 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 503432] [NEW] nmap scans wrong network when invalid (?) range specified

2010-01-05 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nmap Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 nmap: Installed: 5.00-2 Candidate: 5.00-2 Version table: *** 5.00-2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ sudo nmap -sP

[Bug 503432] [NEW] nmap scans wrong network when invalid (?) range specified

2010-01-05 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nmap Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 nmap: Installed: 5.00-2 Candidate: 5.00-2 Version table: *** 5.00-2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ sudo nmap -sP

[Bug 501427] [NEW] pdsh mishandles command argument quoting

2009-12-29 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pdsh Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 pdsh: Installed: 2.18-1 Candidate: 2.18-1 Version table: *** 2.18-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status A command like $

[Bug 501432] [NEW] pdsh mishandles gender queries

2009-12-29 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pdsh Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 pdsh: Installed: 2.18-1 Candidate: 2.18-1 Version table: *** 2.18-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status The documentation says that the

[Bug 485875] [NEW] pdcp tries to run nonexistent /usr/bin/pdcp.bin

2009-11-20 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pdsh The file /usr/bin/pdcp.bin does not exist, but /usr/bin/pdcp references it. Not sure whether it's actually supposed to exist or not, but this makes pdcp useless. Description:Ubuntu 9.10 Release:9.10 pdsh: Installed: 2.18-1

[Bug 420718] [NEW] sox: wav file causes segfault

2009-08-28 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libsox-fmt-base When playing the attached wav file (generated with a Creative Rhomba PA50), sox segfaults. The desktop (Nautilus?) preview feature plays this file fine. The desired behavior would be to play the file, possibly with a warning if it's

[Bug 420718] Re: sox: wav file causes segfault

2009-08-28 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: 15s wav file that demonstrates segfault http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30946734/Voice001.wav -- sox: wav file causes segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 347235] Re: libtheora-dev package is missing theora/codec.h and libtheora{enc, dec}.{a, la, so} files

2009-08-28 Thread Mike Coleman
Can this be pushed out as a Jaunty update? The current version (without this fix) is totally useless... -- libtheora-dev package is missing theora/codec.h and libtheora{enc,dec}.{a,la,so} files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347235 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 410022] Re: sudo doesn't propagate $PWD

2009-08-07 Thread Mike Coleman
I'm not that crazy about code that relies on $PWD, either, but nonetheless there's quite a bit of it out there that does. The reason I'm thinking of this is a bug is that virtually every environment in which you can run a program under Linux will include a $PWD variable, and similarly virtually

[Bug 410022] [NEW] sudo doesn't propagate $PWD

2009-08-06 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sudo The $PWD environment variable isn't being propogated/set by sudo. The command 'sudo printenv' doesn't mention PWD, for example. This is bad because it's a very standard env var, and many scripts expect it to exist. sudo: Installed:

[Bug 410022] Re: sudo doesn't propagate $PWD

2009-08-06 Thread Mike Coleman
Kamus, Thank you for your response. If you think this explanation should go in the question database, I think that's great. That notwithstanding, I would like this to be triaged as a bug. I believe the default Ubuntu configuration should provide the $PWD variable in the 'sudo' environment.

[Bug 410022] Re: sudo doesn't propagate $PWD

2009-08-06 Thread Mike Coleman
With due respect, I believe that this is a bug, and not a question nor a wishlist item. Either $PWD belongs in the sudo default environment or it does not. If it does, this is a bug, it should be fixed, and probably that won't be very difficult to do. If $PWD is being left out of the default

[Bug 230533] Re: No Global Hotkeys by default

2009-07-21 Thread Mike Coleman
I have verified that Amarok still grabs a number of keys globally. (They're all Meta keys, but still...) I've only used it for a few minutes, so I'm not sure whether the keypress stackup problem still exists. I'm running an updated Ubuntu Jaunty. $ apt-cache policy amarok amarok: Installed:

[Bug 307909] Re: on wake from suspend, power button is pressed leading to hibernation

2009-07-07 Thread Mike Coleman
FWIW, this no longer appears to be happening in the latest release. (However, I did manually edit my when the power button is pressed to do nothing.) -- on wake from suspend, power button is pressed leading to hibernation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307909 You received this bug notification

[Bug 351840] Re: [Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420] suspend/resume failure

2009-04-06 Thread Mike Coleman
I'm also seeing this (w/Inspiron 1420), starting recently. I guess in the past it's worked most of the time--I suppose 2-10% failure might be what I'm seeing, too. magaio: One reason is because the makers of all of this hardware are doing a half-assed job of sticking with the standards (when

[Bug 340100] Re: [jaunty] very choppy sound with normal visual effects

2009-04-02 Thread Mike Coleman
Dave: Today I'm no longer seeing (hearing :-) the problem. That could be due to updates or maybe it's intermittent. [I do still have an occasional interruption of audio during disk activity (e.g., app swapping back in), but this is a different problem, and I guess not that annoying.] --

[Bug 349137] [NEW] amarok font disaster (unreadable - unusable)

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: amarok On a vanilla English system running the latest alpha, I just installed amarok, ran it, and two unreadable windows popped up. I'm including a screenshot of the top one, to give an idea. Description:Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release:

[Bug 349137] Re: amarok font disaster (unreadable - unusable)

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: Screenshot-Configure - Amarok.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24371762/Screenshot-Configure%20-%20Amarok.png -- amarok font disaster (unreadable - unusable) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349137 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu

Re: [Bug 349137] Re: amarok font disaster (unreadable - unusable)

2009-03-26 Thread Mike Coleman
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 334657 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/334657 Ah. I am on a vertical LCD monitor, so apparently that's it. Thanks! On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan Thomas echidna...@kubuntu.org wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 334657 ***    

[Bug 315965] Re: [i965,jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend

2009-03-21 Thread Mike Coleman
For what it's worth, I hadn't seen this bug for a while, but I recently upgraded and now it's back again (intermittently). I'm at xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu2. -- [i965,jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315965 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 156645] Re: Power button options should include Do Nothing

2009-03-15 Thread Mike Coleman
If you're saying this is now one of the options in the vanilla install, thanks very much for making this change!!! -- Power button options should include Do Nothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156645 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 340100] [NEW] [jaunty] very choppy sound with normal visual effects

2009-03-09 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: After upgrading my system an hour ago, I notice that sound (rhythmbox w pulseaudio) is extremely choppy. On a hunch, I disabled normal visual effects, returning to none. This provided immediately relief. I guess this is an audio driver and 3d code fighting over something?

[Bug 340100] Re: [jaunty] very choppy sound with normal visual effects

2009-03-09 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23669675/lspci-vvnn.txt -- [jaunty] very choppy sound with normal visual effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340100 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 319339] [NEW] [jaunty] x server (intel) very sluggish, using 30% CPU when idle

2009-01-20 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel Within the last week or so on Jaunty, my X server has become extremely sluggish. It uses 25-35% CPU all of the time, even when the machine is idle. Occasionally I see the cursor jumping back and forth--not sure whether this is

[Bug 319339] Re: [jaunty] x server (intel) very sluggish, using 30% CPU when idle

2009-01-20 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21480136/lspci-vvnn.txt -- [jaunty] x server (intel) very sluggish, using 30% CPU when idle https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319339 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 319339] Re: [jaunty] x server (intel) very sluggish, using 30% CPU when idle

2009-01-20 Thread Mike Coleman
Just to clarify, the bad behavior is present start immediately after a reboot. -- [jaunty] x server (intel) very sluggish, using 30% CPU when idle https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319339 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 315965] Re: [i965,jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21278420/lspci-vvnn.txt -- [i965,jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315965 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 318089] [NEW] [jaunty] playing ogg w ogg123 causes underruns, while play (sox) same file works fine

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio Playing an ogg file with ogg123 causes underruns (noise), while playing the same file with sox (play) works fine. In the former case, pulseaudio uses 10% CPU steadily, vs maybe 1-2% in the latter. I'm not sure how to diagnose this, but I

[Bug 318089] Re: [jaunty] playing ogg w ogg123 causes underruns, while play (sox) same file works fine

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: this is the log for about 60 seconds of ogg123 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21280529/pulseaudio-ogg123.log -- [jaunty] playing ogg w ogg123 causes underruns, while play (sox) same file works fine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318089 You received this bug notification

[Bug 318089] Re: [jaunty] playing ogg w ogg123 causes underruns, while play (sox) same file works fine

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: this is the log for about 60 seconds of play http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21280534/pulseaudio-play.log -- [jaunty] playing ogg w ogg123 causes underruns, while play (sox) same file works fine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318089 You received this bug notification

[Bug 315809] Re: [Jaunty] Sound card outputs start muted after recent updates to use pulseaudio

2009-01-10 Thread Mike Coleman
I also had this problem, which I worked around using 'alsamixer -c0' and unmuting things. This is particularly pernicious because the default sound control that Jaunty provides doesn't have these mute buttons, at least for my hardware, nor are they apparent when I run just 'alsamixer'. (My

[Bug 315965] [NEW] [jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend

2009-01-10 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel In Jaunty of Jan 10, the X server is crashing on resume from suspend. This wasn't happening two weeks ago or so... X log attached. Description:Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release:9.04

[Bug 315965] Re: [jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend

2009-01-10 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log.old http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21094638/Xorg.0.log.old -- [jaunty] x server crash on resume from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315965 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 294745] Re: [i965Q] glx doesn't repaint on rotated screen

2009-01-02 Thread Mike Coleman
I tried this just now with Jaunty Alpha 2, and it appears to be fixed. Thanks! -- [i965Q] glx doesn't repaint on rotated screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2009-01-02 Thread Mike Coleman
Another wrinkle. I'm on intrepid, and have been seeing this bug. I just booted a Jaunty live cd (alpha 2) to look at another bug. This bug is also fixed. *However*, when I rebooted into my Intrepid install, but bug was also fixed (i.e., bad behavior is not occurring). I don't believe that any

[Bug 308823] Re: The shut down the computer dialog should not act on a timer

2008-12-24 Thread Mike Coleman
I discovered a fairly simple workaround for this problem. If you edit a file called ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml and change the value for the entry with name power to nothing, this seems to keep this countdown dialog from ever appearing. (I suspect that if you edit

[Bug 308823] Re: The shut down the computer dialog should not act on a timer

2008-12-22 Thread Mike Coleman
My original explanation of this problem was unfortunately somewhat confused, and emphasized the problem I'm having with my hardware (an Inspiron 1420N, ironically chosen in an attempt to avoid such problems). My apologies for my confusion. Let's rewind and assume that my hardware works

[Bug 308823] Re: The shut down the computer dialog should not act on a timer

2008-12-21 Thread Mike Coleman
Hmm. Currently when I wake up my laptop, I must immediately race to unlock the screensaver, deiconify the shut down the computer dialog, and press cancel, all before its 60 second countdown has passed. If I do not accomplish this, my computer shuts down. (Not five minutes ago I failed this

[Bug 308823] [NEW] The shut down the computer dialog should not act on a timer

2008-12-16 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: The Shut down the computer dialog that is activated when I press the power button should not act automatically on a timeout. The problem is that this dialog is sometimes born iconified, sometimes locked behind a screensaver, the keyboard may be hosed, or the dialog is

[Bug 307909] [NEW] on wake from suspend, power button is pressed leading to hibernation

2008-12-14 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: On a Dell Inspiron 1420N, running the latest public update of Intrepid, I'm seeing buggy behaviors on wake from suspend. Sometimes it works correctly, but other times it would immediately hibernate while waking from suspend--then I could wake from hibernate and keep going.

[Bug 156645] Re: Power button options should include Do Nothing

2008-12-14 Thread Mike Coleman
I also have this problem. In my case, for some reason the power button is pressed (i.e., not by me) during wakeup from suspend. I could work around this with a do nothing option, but instead my best alternative is ask me. This almost works, except that for some reason the dialog box is either

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Coleman
Well, now the bug is back again. This is after a reboot and possibly after package upgrades, so either an upgraded package caused the regression, or it's intermittent. Argh. -- metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290342 You received

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Coleman
I had previously reported that this bug was gone, but apparently it is not. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = New -- metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290342 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Coleman
Here's the lspci output. I don't think it's changed. ** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20241686/lspci-vvnn.txt -- metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290342 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Coleman
And the Xorg log... ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20241692/Xorg.0.log -- metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290342 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 296375] Re: rhythmbox hangs after a few days (too many threads?)

2008-11-12 Thread Mike Coleman
One further comment, just by looking at the output of 'ps auxwwm', I can see that rhythmbox is starting a new thread every couple of minutes more or less. This almost certainly coincides with the start of each new song. So the bug would seem to be that these threads are not correctly being

[Bug 296375] Re: rhythmbox hangs after a few days (too many threads?)

2008-11-11 Thread Mike Coleman
Here's a backtrace. It's a hang, but I'm not sure it's exactly the same hang (the notable difference is that in this case, the app won't repaint and the CPU is spinning, whereas before I think it was repainting and sleeping--maybe that's not a meaningful difference, though). As before there are

[Bug 296375] [NEW] rhythmbox hangs after a few days (too many threads?)

2008-11-10 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox I've noticed that recent versions rhythmbox hang after they've been running a few days (at least for me). I tried attaching to a hung program with gdb. I did notice that there were over 500 threads, which seems odd, but I have no idea what

[Bug 294745] Re: glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen

2008-11-07 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19460076/lspci-vvnn.txt -- glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 294745] Re: glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen

2008-11-07 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19460064/Xorg.0.log -- glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 294745] Re: glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen

2008-11-07 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: (this time as root, if it matters) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19460104/lspci-vvnn.txt -- glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 294745] [NEW] glx doesn't repaint on rotated intel i965 screen

2008-11-06 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel When my screen is rotated (I use 90 degrees left), programs like glxgears do not update correctly. Specifically, if I start glxgears, its display is approximately correct, except for a black bar across the top of the window (20%

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-11-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Hmm. I did an update and reboot over the weekend and the problem is gone. Maybe someone noticed it and patched it quickly. Anyway, for completeness, here's my lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation

[Bug 290342] [NEW] metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: In the most recent intrepid update (i.e., a package changed within the last couple of weeks), the default window manager is getting the screen size wrong somehow, which is causing significant problems, because windows are being placed off of the screen. The attached partial

[Bug 290342] Re: metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta

2008-10-28 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: screenshot demonstraging bug http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18966425/ubuntu-metacity-bug-0.png -- metacity (?) gets screen size way wrong in latest intrepid beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290342 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 274829] Re: Print install asks me to install rastertospl2 which is not needen/installable

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Coleman
** Description changed: I have a printer (Samsung ML-2010) shared via a ubuntu 8.04 box. When I installed it in intreprid it gave me a dialog I had to install rastertospl2 before printing (Installation did finish). I tried to install it but it is not in the repos. When I tried

[Bug 283322] [NEW] confusing fsck message/behavior after upgrade to Intrepid Ibex

2008-10-14 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ibex yesterday, upon reboot an fsck was performed on all of my disks. The messages displayed, however, led me to believe that the machine had hung. Specifically, the splash screen switched to a text console, some fsck messages were shown, and at the very

Re: [Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965]

2008-10-06 Thread Mike Coleman
Done. Thanks. --Mike On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Bryce Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, I've forwarded your bug upstream to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17930. Could you please subscribe to that bug in case they need additional information or wish you

[Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

2008-09-14 Thread Mike Coleman
A typical Ubuntu install has thousands if not tens of thousands of executables. What happens if a significant fraction of these start requiring an I agree on installation/upgrade/execution? Personally I think it would be completely appropriate to strip the Mozilla and Firefox labels off of the

Re: [Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965]

2008-07-02 Thread Mike Coleman
Unfortunately I have no way to reproduce this at the moment, as display rotation no longer works under the current version. (The server doesn't crash--it just isn't usable.) -- web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225400 You received

[Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965]

2008-07-01 Thread Mike Coleman
I finally got to try this, though it was on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, rather than the original machine. Unfortunately, with this new intel package (2.3.1-1), the server hangs up right after being rotated (the screen is drawn and the cursor works, and the cursor bitmap changes as

[Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965]

2008-05-15 Thread Mike Coleman
The problem seems not to occur without rotation. Disabling visualization appears to have no effect (the display still blanks). The machine is pingable after the display blanks--I suspect that it's still running, except for the X display being unusable. When I clicked on the link without

[Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot [Q965]

2008-05-15 Thread Mike Coleman
Playing with it some more, I'm able to reproduce the problem with the totem application by itself, with a local mp3 file. It seems to hang the rotated X server *some* of the time when visualization is turned on and never when visualization is turned off. Without rotation, it does not hang, but

[Bug 230533] [NEW] should not steal global keys by default

2008-05-14 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: amarok Amarok should not bind any keys globally (i.e., grabbing them away from other applications) by default. This is quite obnoxious and particularly so because amarok seems to have bugs in this area. In particular, I see my keypresses stacking up

[Bug 225400] [NEW] web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot

2008-05-01 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg In Ubuntu 8.04, with 1:7.3+10ubuntu10, on an Intel 965Q display, I'm getting a crash or black screen when I click on an MP3 file link in Firefox (3 beta 5). Once the screen is blank, it appears that the machine is still running, and I *think* a

[Bug 225400] Re: web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot

2008-05-01 Thread Mike Coleman
** Attachment added: X.org.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14071327/Xorg.0.log.old -- web page - X server crash/blank, no display until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225400 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA problem

2007-08-31 Thread Mike Coleman
Me neither. The computer I had was replaced. (It was still pretty snappy, but that's the policy.) (My new ICH8-based system doesn't seem to have the problem, at least not with Tribe 5.) On 8/31/07, jerrylamos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't test this bug any more since my computer with the

[Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA problem

2007-06-26 Thread Mike Coleman
For what it's worth, I tried GG Tribe 1 just now, and I also am not able to boot. Can anyone point to any ongoing discussion of progress on this bug? I've googled around a bit but I'm not seeing anything. I wonder if anyone is even working on it... -- Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA

[Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA problem

2007-05-23 Thread Mike Coleman
Ubuntu new with Feisty is trying to do more things in parallel to speed up boot time. If this parallel system is active at the point when the error occurs, this suggests another possible cause. Perhaps the startup dependencies are incomplete and there is a race or something. (This might

[Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA problem

2007-05-23 Thread Mike Coleman
I tried booting with *both* hard drives disconnected, to test whether the (software) RAID filesystem present on them was causing my problems. The first time I tried it (no break=top, no modprobe piix), it booted up! Always skeptical, I tried it again, and it failed, just as before. I did try the

[Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail..., but piix fix doesn't work for me

2007-05-22 Thread Mike Coleman
I have a system that generally runs Linux/Ubuntu fine, but the 7.04 live CD fails, just as described here. I tried the 'modprobe piix' fix, but this didn't work for me. The system has a SCSI as well as IDE interface, but there are no SCSI drives attached. It has 2 IDE hard drives and an IDE

[Bug 106864] Re: Feisty boot fail can't access tty IDE SATA problem

2007-05-22 Thread Mike Coleman
I get the first prompt because of break=top, do a modprobe piix which causes a short barrage of IDE-related messages that look correct to me, then an exit. At that point there are several more pages of messages, and then a new prompt. (Actually some messages appear after the prompt--I'm assuming

Re: [Bug 89533] Re: [UFVe] important new upstream release

2007-04-21 Thread Mike Coleman
I see. Thanks!! On 4/21/07, Tollef Fog Heen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Mike Coleman | Hi, I'm the original submitter. It sounds like this bug is being | closed, and I don't see why. Until version 1.5 (or better) is in | Ubuntu, the problem as described still exists. First, it's

Re: [Bug 89533] Re: [UFVe] important new upstream release

2007-04-20 Thread Mike Coleman
Hi, I'm the original submitter. It sounds like this bug is being closed, and I don't see why. Until version 1.5 (or better) is in Ubuntu, the problem as described still exists. Regards, Mike On 4/20/07, Tollef Fog Heen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nobody actually uploaded the new version;

Re: [Bug 89533] Re: important new upstream release

2007-03-05 Thread Mike Coleman
Yes. Oops. Thanks for working on this! Mike On 3/5/07, Luca Falavigna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you referring to http://lwn.net/Articles/222086? -- important new upstream release https://launchpad.net/bugs/89533 -- important new upstream release https://launchpad.net/bugs/89533 --

Re: [Bug 89536] Re: git-core needs better description

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Coleman
Luca, The new description for the Debian 1.5 package looks good to me: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/git-core -- fast, scalable, distributed revision control system Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is

Re: [Bug 89533] Re: important new upstream release

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Coleman
Hi Luca, This article from LWN was the best coverage I could find of what's changed. I guess looking at it it doesn't jump out as a major difference. I think the documentation is much improved, and the confusing update index command has mostly been replaced by simpler things. If anyone told me

[Bug 89489] evms bug hangs upgrade (LTS - 6.10)

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evms On a laptop, an upgrade from a vanilla LTS installation to 6.10 (via update-manager -c) hangs, apparently during upgrade/install of evms. Below are some relevant lines from ps. I don't believe I've done anything unusual on this box that would

[Bug 89489] Re: evms bug hangs upgrade (LTS - 6.10)

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Coleman
After completing this upgrade, I don't see any obvious fallout. Nonetheless, this problem would completely stymie a novice user, I think. -- evms bug hangs upgrade (LTS - 6.10) https://launchpad.net/bugs/89489 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 89533] important new upstream release

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: git-core The new upstream version of git (==1.5) is a huge improvement over previous versions, and is arguably the first version really ready for use for mere mortals. Please upgrade ASAP. Thanks!! ** Affects: git-core (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 89536] git-core needs better description

2007-03-03 Thread Mike Coleman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: git-core The current description is misleading--it mostly says something about the package internals, rather than describing what the package is for (version control). Git is very similar to Mercurial or Bazaar-NG, and also quite similar to, though an