[Bug 1304805] Re: KDE desktop login failure: Could not start d-bus. Can you call qdbus?

2014-07-20 Thread Sam Azer
FYI I had this problem today (installed some updates recently) and my system refused to login after rebooting today. Removed the double-quotes as mentioned above and it's working now. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1142213] Re: emacs23/24 GUI does not start when run in Kubuntu 13.04 with oxygen-gtk theme enabled

2013-05-07 Thread Sam Azer
Enjoying k/ubuntu 13.04 very much. Switched to the development snapshot of emacs for now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1142213 Title: emacs23/24 GUI does not start when run in

[Bug 994843] [NEW] package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-05-04 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Requested info: Description:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release:12.04 slapd: Installed: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 Candidate: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 100

[Bug 994843] Re: package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-05-04 Thread Sam Azer
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openldap in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994843 Title: package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script

[Bug 994843] [NEW] package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-05-04 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Requested info: Description:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release:12.04 slapd: Installed: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 Candidate: 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 100

[Bug 994843] Re: package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-05-04 Thread Sam Azer
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994843 Title: package slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 484244] Re: Cannot choose ISO image when disc inserted in CD drive

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Azer
I have this problem also; Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/64383 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484244 Title: Cannot choose ISO image when disc

[Bug 484244] Re: Cannot choose ISO image when disc inserted in CD drive

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Azer
(sorry - please ignore the previous comment - I posted to the wrong bug) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484244 Title: Cannot choose ISO image when disc inserted in CD drive To

[Bug 416215] Re: Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of konquerer launch buttons in the task bar (and a rapidly bouncing konquerer icon near the mouse!)

2011-06-25 Thread Sam Azer
** Changed in: plasma-widget-flickr (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416215 Title: Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of

[Bug 665687] Re: Failed to initialize the nvidia-173 kernel module in Maverick

2011-05-13 Thread Sam Azer
Sorry guys - didn't see the above notes until now. In fact the problem was fixed some weeks ago. I saw that an updated version of the driver was available and tried it in 10.10 and it was working again. I have been using it in Natty since beta 2. Thanks again for your excellent service! -- You

[Bug 769680] Re: during kubuntu-desktop upgrade to Natty, gnome packages are removed if python is hold back to 2.7

2011-05-03 Thread Sam Azer
You guys are all super-stars! Thanks, as always, for your service to the community! God bless, Take care, --Sam. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769680 Title: during kubuntu-desktop

[Bug 769680] Re: during kubuntu-desktop upgrade to Natty, gnome packages are removed if python is hold back to 2.7

2011-04-25 Thread Sam Azer
Thank you, Jean-Baptiste. Please note that I don't directly use python and did not manually pin any python package to any special version. I'm guessing that the python problem was solved when I re-installed virt-manager. dist-upgrade did not make any changes (probably because I've already re-

[Bug 769680] Re: upgrading from 10.10beta to 11.04b2 removes virt-manager and qemu-kvm

2011-04-24 Thread Sam Azer
Please note that, after playing with the upgraded system for a while, it's clear that there are actually a great number of packages missing. To name only a few that I've installed recently: doxygen, evince and a moment ago I found out that that ODBC driver that I was using with OpenOffice Base is

[Bug 769680] Re: upgrading from 10.10beta to 11.04b2 removes virt-manager and qemu-kvm

2011-04-24 Thread Sam Azer
Sorry Thanks! p.s. still finding lots of missing packages. wasn't able to play mp3's using amarok because gstreamer0.10-plugins-good was removed. Thanks again! ** Attachment removed: files in the /var/log/dist-upgrade/date-time dir for the upgrade in question

[Bug 769680] [NEW] upgrading from 10.10beta to 11.04b2 removes virt-manager and qemu-kvm

2011-04-23 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager Problem: * after the upgrade the Virt-Manager is gone. * after re-installing virt-manager it shows no VM's (a deeply disturbing discovery!) * after studying the problem for a while it turns out that qemu-kvm is also missing

[Bug 769680] Re: upgrading from 10.10beta to 11.04b2 removes virt-manager and qemu-kvm

2011-04-23 Thread Sam Azer
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769680 Title: upgrading from 10.10beta to 11.04b2 removes virt-manager and qemu-kvm -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 726126] Re: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system.

2011-02-27 Thread Sam Azer
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726126 Title: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 726126] [NEW] Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system.

2011-02-27 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox Using: Kubuntu 10.10 beta 4.6 Firefox 4b12 Adobe Flash 10.2r152 NoScript 2.0.9.8 Problem: * NoScript, configured to block all flash objects including those on whitelisted pages, is not blocking the flash objects. * Flash objects run on page

[Bug 726126] Re: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system.

2011-02-27 Thread Sam Azer
* After disabling Adobe Shockwave in the plugins panel it seems that NoScript is able to detect the reference in the page to the flash object. It correctly displays the panel for the flash object. * If the Flash plugin is re-enabled things seem to work as expected. -- You received this bug

[Bug 726126] Re: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system.

2011-02-27 Thread Sam Azer
(sorry - no longer able to reproduce the problem with noscript but very happy that it's blocking flash again.) ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 726126] Re: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to block it. It also crashes my system.

2011-02-27 Thread Sam Azer
(don't know how to cancel a bug so I marked this one as invalid.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726126 Title: Adobe Shockwave Flash runs in spite of NoScript settings trying to

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Serge, To be more precise: * rdesktop from the current workstation to a Windows VM on the current workstation connects correctly (rdesktop connects correctly) to PulseAudio on the current workstation. This allows the rdesktop user to hear the sound being produced by the Windows VM through

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
FYI I am now running kubuntu 10.10. Just tried a Windows XP VM with KVM set to emulate an intel integrated audio card. There is still no sound from the VM to PulseAudio. Rdesktop to the VM loads the RDP driver correctly in Windows and the sound comes through. Please let me know if there's a

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
THANK YOU!! First let me say that the command line options that you listed above work perfectly. That's already a big step forward. As you can see from the initial set of error messages provided by Peter Bienstman, the original problem was a connection refused message. I don't remember what

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Serge, I'm not the right person for this job. It may be there's something wrong with the way kvm asks for pulse resources. There might also be a resource conflict between the virtual network devices and the virtual sound device. I've put a few hours into it but I'm not knowledgeable enough to

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Serge, To be more precise: * rdesktop from the current workstation to a Windows VM on the current workstation connects correctly (rdesktop connects correctly) to PulseAudio on the current workstation. This allows the rdesktop user to hear the sound being produced by the Windows VM through

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
FYI I am now running kubuntu 10.10. Just tried a Windows XP VM with KVM set to emulate an intel integrated audio card. There is still no sound from the VM to PulseAudio. Rdesktop to the VM loads the RDP driver correctly in Windows and the sound comes through. Please let me know if there's a

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
THANK YOU!! First let me say that the command line options that you listed above work perfectly. That's already a big step forward. As you can see from the initial set of error messages provided by Peter Bienstman, the original problem was a connection refused message. I don't remember what

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Serge, I'm not the right person for this job. It may be there's something wrong with the way kvm asks for pulse resources. There might also be a resource conflict between the virtual network devices and the virtual sound device. I've put a few hours into it but I'm not knowledgeable enough to

[Bug 665687] Re: Failed to initialize the nvidia-173 kernel module in Maverick

2010-12-06 Thread Sam Azer
FYI - installed kubuntu 10.10 from scratch on the same notebook - Used Jockey to activate the nvidia-173 driver. - (Got a few delays and strange messages along the way, but...) - found that nvidia 173 works fine. The problem is therefore most likely to be an incompatibility or a setting that

[Bug 665687] [NEW] Failed to initialize the nvidia-173 kernel module in Maverick

2010-10-23 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nvidia-173 * After upgrading from kubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 (beta at the time,) the nvidia drivers were not working due to dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/extra- modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData * The above bug was quickly fixed and an updated

[Bug 665687] Re: Failed to initialize the nvidia-173 kernel module in Maverick

2010-10-23 Thread Sam Azer
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/665687/+attachment/1708452/+files/Xorg.0.log -- Failed to initialize the nvidia-173 kernel module in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665687 You received this bug notification

[Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 drivers in Maverick

2010-10-18 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Guys, It's always good to help improve communication, understanding and cooperation - anytime and anywhere... FWIW, I see many people dropping Windows (even though it's a very solid OS these days,) and moving to MACs and PCs running Ubuntu. In fact Ubuntu is now a mainstream operating system

[Bug 416215] Re: Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of konquerer launch buttons in the task bar (and a rapidly bouncing konquerer icon near the mouse!)

2010-10-10 Thread Sam Azer
This bug was fixed some time ago (at least for me.) -- Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of konquerer launch buttons in the task bar (and a rapidly bouncing konquerer icon near the mouse!) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416215 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 575899] Re: x server fails to start correct

2010-10-08 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Folks, I'm currently having this problem following an upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10beta. The latest update of nvidia-173 in the beta repos, 173.14.28-0ubuntu1, writes the following into the log file: [ 376.793] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure [

[Bug 626918] Re: Nvidia 173 driver does not work with xserver 1.9

2010-10-06 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Folks, I tried the new nvidia_173 package and would like to confirm, as noted previously, that the miEmptyData symbol not found bug has been resolved. X now loads the driver - but the driver reports that it can't find the screen (on my notebook with a G-Force FX card.) I think you guys can go

[Bug 626918] Re: Nvidia 173 driver does not work with xserver 1.9

2010-10-05 Thread Sam Azer
Hey Guys, Thanks for the links (in another bug?) about how to downgrade to the previous X version and the links for the updated nvidia_173 driver and the temporary repo that it's in until it can be pushed out to the general community. You guys are GREAT!! -- Nvidia 173 driver does not work with

[Bug 626918] Re: Nvidia 173 driver does not work with xserver 1.9

2010-10-04 Thread Sam Azer
Hi Guys, I'm really loving 10.10 and thank you again for all your great work! While waiting for the new fix to arrive here's a work-around that's working for me: * make sure you have a (previously working) /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. * change the line, in the xorg.conf file, that loads the nvidia

[Bug 626918] Re: Nvidia 173 driver does not work with xserver 1.9

2010-10-04 Thread Sam Azer
In case it helps: * The 10.04 backports-ppa code was working perfectly for me - no problems worth mentioning. My system was up-to-date with the latest kernel and available packages. I only had trouble after the upgrade to 10.10 (ie: do-release-upgrade -m desktop -f kde -d) of a couple of days ago

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-06-24 Thread Sam Azer
FYI I also did an online upgrade from karmic to lucid but everything works perfectly except KVM. Pulseaudio works fine from KDE apps like amarok as well as Adobe Flash under Firefox and Chrome. I remember I lost cups-pdf during the upgrade but everything sound-related upgraded perfectly. The only

[Bug 575919] Re: no sound: pulseaudio connection refused

2010-06-24 Thread Sam Azer
FYI I also did an online upgrade from karmic to lucid but everything works perfectly except KVM. Pulseaudio works fine from KDE apps like amarok as well as Adobe Flash under Firefox and Chrome. I remember I lost cups-pdf during the upgrade but everything sound-related upgraded perfectly. The only

[Bug 408555] Re: ZTE MF636 3G modem sometimes is not connecting in Lucid

2010-05-10 Thread Sam Azer
Similar experience for me: The modem is detected automatically in 10.04 and the /dev/ttyUSB0,1 2 devices appear - but then no joy from the Network Manager in the KDE desktop (This time I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 10.04.) However: wvdial works great and the modem appears to be working well

[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-03-27 Thread Sam Azer
* I'm guessing the version of Kubuntu was 9.04 back in November. * Sorry I can't remember what version of the kernel or of the X-Server was - but it was whatever was shipping in the Backports PPA at that time. * In case it helps, the uname string from my main workstation is currently Linux

[Bug 480471] Re: KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2010-03-27 Thread Sam Azer
If I remember correctly KDM was calling a long-gone X process (something that was running before the system was rebooted.) KDM was returning a meaningless error text because it could not talk to the long-gone process. Xinit had the same problem but returned a more helpful error message. I was

[Bug 385739] Re: Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_unref_tree_helper: assertion `node != NULL' failed when deleting quick search text

2010-03-09 Thread Sam Azer
Much appreciated! Thank you! -- Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_unref_tree_helper: assertion `node != NULL' failed when deleting quick search text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385739 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 408555] Re: ZTE MF636 3G modem cannot used in Karmic

2009-11-10 Thread Sam Azer
(My modem just disappeared again. Not sure what triggers the problem or why; have removed knetworkmanager and modem-manager again.) -- ZTE MF636 3G modem cannot used in Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 480471] [NEW] KDM refused to start but gave no indication as to why

2009-11-10 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdm * Tried to reboot my main workstation today (due to problems of unknown origin.) * System displayed various messages in a jumble on the text console. It took a while to figure out that there was a prompt hiding under the text. KDE did not boot. *

[Bug 408555] Re: ZTE MF636 3G modem cannot used in Karmic

2009-11-09 Thread Sam Azer
My MF636 was also disconnecting after about 10 minutes consistently but is now working reliably. Checking /var/log/dpkg it seems that many packages were updated recently including udev and libgudev. In my case I insert the modem, eject the USB drive, wait a few seconds then run sudo wvdial to

[Bug 442683] [NEW] Upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10 - could not install the upgrades

2009-10-04 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde * ran update-notifier-kde -d as per instructions on Kubuntu web site. * (this worked fine on my notebook computer - at first it stopped due to files not found on the mirrors but later it just worked perfectly.) * after downloading

[Bug 442683] Re: Upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10 - could not install the upgrades

2009-10-04 Thread Sam Azer
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33002951/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33002952/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33002953/ProcStatus.txt -- Upgrading

[Bug 442683] Re: Upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10 - could not install the upgrades

2009-10-04 Thread Sam Azer
* Attempting to upgrade via the Alternate CD upgrade method produced an error message indicating that there was a problem with the dependencies for a package called: openoffice.org-filter-binfilter * manually removed this package * upgrade is now installing. As far as I can tell the only

[Bug 416215] [NEW] Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of konquerer launch buttons in the task bar (and a rapidly bouncing konquerer icon near the mouse!)

2009-08-19 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: plasma-widget-flickr * Package is called Flickr on Plasma, a desktop widget - but I get the same error with other links. * Steps to reproduce: Click on the speed-menu item (in Flickr on Plasma,) for visiting the web page of the currently displayed

[Bug 416215] Re: Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of konquerer launch buttons in the task bar (and a rapidly bouncing konquerer icon near the mouse!)

2009-08-19 Thread Sam Azer
Sorry, forgot: * Linux 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 19:25:34 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux * Recent updates from: http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu- ppa/backports/ubuntu * Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks again! -- Clicking on a web link fails but displays thousands of

[Bug 406608] [NEW] sound was working fine until latest KDE 4.3 updates arrived

2009-07-29 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: System: * Linux dev3 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:19:55 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux * KUbuntu 9.04 * Latest updates from PPA repo installed. * Everything was working great (removed the Network Manager applet to avoid crashing when booting/shutting down KVM

[Bug 406608] Re: sound was working fine until latest KDE 4.3 updates arrived

2009-07-29 Thread Sam Azer
Sorry to report: * The Xine back-end started working again. * Rebooted and tested again: it's working. As with others who have reported this issue I have no idea why it's working again - no idea what I did to improve the situation. (On the plus side the Audigy card has a Bass/Treble adjustment

[Bug 369265] [NEW] synaptic:18724 assertion tree view node != NULL

2009-04-29 Thread Sam Azer
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic Release: Kubuntu 9.04 Arch x86 uname --all: Linux mpc 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Description: * Turned-on the experimental package (want to try the latest Amarok.) * Reloaded the package info