[Bug 1322384] Re: Parole Media Player fails to play audio CD

2022-04-10 Thread Simon Reed
I am getting this problem with a commercial DVD that plays OK on a Linux Mint PC. I have tried my PC's internal DVD drive and a USB DVD drive and multiple DVDs and get: Error GStreamer backend error Could not read DVD. This may be because the DBVD is encrypted and a DVD decryption library is

[Bug 1750937] Re: 4.4.0-116 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers (on 14.04 and 16.04) due to outdated gcc-4.8

2018-04-06 Thread Simon Reed
Running Xubuntu 14.04 and just upgraded to 3.13.0-144 from 3.13.0-143 and needed to re-apply the fix again. The fix I have used is to edit /usr/src/linux- headers-3.13.0-144/include/linux/vermagic.h $ cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-144/include/linux $ diff vermagic.h vermagic.h.WAS 27,28c27

[Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Simon Reed
To be fair it is an annoying issue but not one that is so fatal one would not be able to recover a system. It leaves the system not working. That's is more than just annoying. Also, I actually did re-install the operating system at least once because of this bug to try to get this PC working

[Bug 1044111] Re: blkid is hanging on probing nonexistant floppy drive

2015-06-03 Thread Simon Reed
Is there no better solution than to say Change your BIOS settings? There is nothing to put the idea in the user's mind that that may be the problem, especially these days when many users have never seen a floppy disk in their lives. blkid will make gparted lock up for 20 minutes or more, other

[Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error: objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file

2015-05-03 Thread Simon Reed
Interesting some have said Xubuntu is not affected. I have been and still am. Xubuntu 14.04 Today I got the following during the update and system errors on rebooting: Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-51-generic

[Bug 1044111] Re: blkid is hanging, or at least taking a long time to process partition statistics

2015-05-01 Thread Simon Reed
I'm not sure whether to update this bug or: - bug 155047 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/155047 - bug 1029149 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1029149 as I suspect they are really all duplicates as they suffer the symptoms of this blkid bug. I have

[Bug 718635] Re: Error message Your computer does not have enough free memory when core dump or stacktrace failed to be created is misleading

2015-03-09 Thread Simon Reed
I got this running warzone2100 (at the very end of the campaign, BTW). I am using 4.5GB of my 7.8GB available and using 120KB of my 16GB swap file. Xubuntu 14.04 Linux simonX64 3.13.0-46-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 2 18:23:39 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (Incidentally, I re-loaded

[Bug 554183] Re: [Upstream] paste special intermittently does not work

2014-11-25 Thread Simon Reed
Currently getting this in : LinuxMint 17 (qiana) 3.13.0-24-generic LibreOffice Version: 4.2.7.2 Build ID: 420m0(Build:2) I am trying to copy and paste text from Wikipedia (or even this web page) to a Writer document. Paste Special is lowlighted and does not work. Shift-Control-C is ignored.

[Bug 1154740] Re: Incorrect Incorrect answer message in parallel / meridian question

2014-07-10 Thread Simon Reed
Lines of latitude and parallels traverse from north to south while lines of longitude and meridians traverse from east to west. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1154740 Title:

[Bug 713648] Re: Review window stuck at signing in

2014-03-31 Thread Simon Reed
I am getting the same symptoms in Xubuntu 13.10, GNOME 3.8.4, Kernel 3.11.0-18-generic, GCC version 4.8 (x86_64-linux-gnu), Xorg version 1.14.5 (17 December 2013 10:06:15AM). It is Ubuntu Software Centre 13.10 Loading it from the command prompt, selection Transmission, and clicking on 'Write

[Bug 195483] Re: Sound Juicer - MP3 quality doesn't change

2014-02-23 Thread Simon Reed
Does this bug still exist? The recent reviews (2013) for Sound Juicer complain about the poor quality. presumably because of this bug. (If bug it is. Having read all of the above I now cannot tell what it is.) On trying to decide on CD ripping software to produce MP3s to run under Xubuntu

[Bug 342890] Re: Cannot play DVDs - Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file

2014-01-07 Thread Simon Reed
@Bryce Harrington: Hi; there hasn't been comments on this bug for a couple years; is anyone still experiencing this issue? Yes. Xubuntu 13.04 Parole 0.5.0 xubuntu-restricted-extras is installed. libdvdread4 is installed. libdvdcss2 is installed Installed RegionSet; region was already set

[Bug 1011367] Re: ping does not work. gnome-nettool builds improper commandl.

2013-11-22 Thread Simon Reed
I am running: Xubuntu 13.10 Release: Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) GNOME: 3.8.4 Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic Xfce version 4.10 Network Tools 3.8.1 Unlimited requests, when cancelled, says: An error occurred when try to run 'Ping' /bin/ping ping -b -n www.bbc.co.uk 5 requests says: An error occurred when

[Bug 1044972] Re: gbrainy incorrect answer expected 14 PM

2013-03-13 Thread Simon Reed
I have seen this in gbrainy v2.1.2 on Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit in a UK English. I have had 2 PM rejected when it wanted 14 PM, and I have had 13 PM accepted on another occasion. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1154740] [NEW] Incorrect Incorrect answer message in parallel / meridian question

2013-03-13 Thread Simon Reed
Public bug reported: gbrainy v2.1.2 on Xubuntu 12.04 in UK English. Question: for words parallel / meridian what goes with longitude? The question / answer are right, but the Incorrect answer message is wrong. I got it wrong (because I had never come across 'parallel' in reference to geodesy!)

[Bug 1020575] Re: VidWhacker screensaver just gives cannot open no such file and 0-length data

2012-07-29 Thread Simon Reed
Tormod, a quick response to be going on with: I added your PPA to my sources list, and in Synaptic Package Manager selected the 6 xscreensaver packages at version 5.19-1~pre for upgrade. On upgrading I get this error: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/xscreensaver-data_5.19-1~pre_amd64.deb: trying to

[Bug 1021948] Re: [nvidia] glblur screen saver giving a BadWindow error

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Reed
As requested, /var/log/Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1021948/+attachment/3216191/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1021948] Re: [nvidia] glblur screen saver giving a BadWindow error

2012-07-07 Thread Simon Reed
Thank you, Tormod. Your request prompted me to read the Xorg.0.log file. It said I needed to re-install my NVidia driver: [ 85336.862] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X [ 85336.862] (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in

[Bug 1021948] [NEW] glblur screen saver giving a BadWindow error

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Reed
Public bug reported: The GLBlur screen saver consistently gives me an error: X error in glblur: X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 137 (NV-GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 4 () Resource id in failed request: 0xa0002b Serial

[Bug 1021948] Re: glblur screen saver giving a BadWindow error

2012-07-06 Thread Simon Reed
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[Bug 1020575] [NEW] VidWhacker screensaver just gives cannot open no such file and 0-length data

2012-07-03 Thread Simon Reed
Public bug reported: I have configured VidWhacker to point at a directory of .gif, .jpg and .bmp image files (which I use successfully for other screensavers) but when it activates it says: sh: 1: cannot open filename: No such file vidwhacker: 0-length data xscreensaver: 14:48:03 0: child pid

[Bug 1020575] Re: VidWhacker screensaver just gives cannot open no such file and 0-length data

2012-07-03 Thread Simon Reed
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[Bug 1013007] [NEW] update-grub sets an incorrect root=UUID= in grub.cfg

2012-06-14 Thread Simon Reed
Public bug reported: Whenever I run update-grub, the entries in grub.cfg for one of the partitions has conflicting UUID entries, like this: --- menuentry Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-21-generic (on /dev/sda8) --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod

[Bug 1013007] Re: update-grub sets an incorrect root=UUID= in grub.cfg

2012-06-14 Thread Simon Reed
** Attachment added: grub.cfg showing the problem for /dev/sda8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013007/+attachment/3188821/+files/grub.cfg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013007

[Bug 1013007] Re: update-grub sets an incorrect root=UUID= in grub.cfg

2012-06-14 Thread Simon Reed
Phillip, you are right. Thank you. So it is not a bug. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Opinion ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 984785] Re: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME

2012-06-06 Thread Simon Reed
I am running Xubuntu 11.10 and lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.6 and no Unity- greeter. I have 4 of these files: -rw--- 1 simon simon 0 2012-05-19 08:38 .goutputstream-1XUFEW -rw--- 1 simon simon 0 2012-05-26 22:25 .goutputstream-R841EW -rw--- 1 simon simon 0 2012-06-03

[Bug 973654] [NEW] Audio CDs default to Exaile but gmusicbrowser is installed

2012-04-04 Thread Simon Reed
Public bug reported: I am using a new, clean PC with a newly downloaded installation of Xubuntu 11.10 64-bit. I put in an Audio CD and I cannot make it play. I can see the WAV files in the File Manager, but no way to play them. If I (illegally) copy them to the hard drive, I can play them, but

[Bug 973654] Re: Audio CDs default to Exaile but gmusicbrowser is installed

2012-04-04 Thread Simon Reed
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[Bug 973654] Re: Audio CDs default to Exaile but gmusicbrowser is installed

2012-04-04 Thread Simon Reed
** Description changed: I am using a new, clean PC with a newly downloaded installation of Xubuntu 11.10 64-bit. I put in an Audio CD and I cannot make it play. I can see the WAV files in the File Manager, but no way to play them. If I (illegally) copy - them to the hard drive, I can