[Bug 1790350] Re: Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
Noticed some errors were being shown as coming from ftp.hk.debian.org, so tried an unconventional experiment of setting up VPN to a HongKong server, selecting ro-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu ftp.hk.debian.org/debian as the best mirror for my new location and attempting cache update from there.

[Bug 1790350] Re: Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
When I try to run a partial upgrade, I get "Can't install ubuntu-desktop It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug using 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal." I don't propose to report this as a seperate bug since I'm guessing it's all

[Bug 1790350] Re: Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
I have tried to overcome this problem by changing "Download from" from Isle of Man Server (where I had been staying) to UK server (where I am now) and then to Main server, but none of these changes have prevented Software updater from coming up with "Failed to download repository information"

[Bug 1790350] Re: Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
Here are the reported details (which I struggle to understand) after witnessing several minutes of apparently successful cache updates: W:GPG error: http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian stretch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY

[Bug 1790350] Re: Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
Software updater reports "Failed to download repository information -- Check your internet connection" but my internet connection otherwise appears to be working fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1790350] [NEW] Software updater failing to download some necessary updates

2018-09-02 Thread Sleepy John
Public bug reported: This problem occurred when trying to invoke software updater to resume regular updating after months of failing to update ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic

[Bug 1498985] [NEW] 14.04.2 crashed during first installation

2015-09-23 Thread Sleepy John
Public bug reported: I'm not sure exactly why the crash that occured on this first installation on an old Thinkpad R61e automatically brought me to a bug report here. It didn't give me a chance to verify if I made some error myself or had a dud installation DVD or what, so at this stage the

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10/12.04

2013-02-17 Thread Sleepy John
Marius B K wrote [QUOTE]You could just try it yourself using a live CD/USB stick. It would also ve interesting to know if a firmware upgrade would solve it.[/QUOTE] Yes, reasonable suggestion, and I do now have a working live 12.04.2-desktop-i386 USB stick. but sorry, no valid data-enabled

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10/12.04

2013-02-16 Thread Sleepy John
No need to apologise for your English, KinaPorras, it's fine! But sorry to read this trouble is still ongoing, now on an E353 as well as E220. I've been holding off on an upgrade to 12.04 from my 11.10 in the hope that a real solution to this bug will be found. This whole problem started

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-07-17 Thread Sleepy John
Or is there an easy way I could download and test MM_06 on my Oneiric in such a way that I could revert to my MM_05 in case MM_6 failed and I completely lost my internet access as a result? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-07-16 Thread Sleepy John
Thanks Marius and Aleksander.I'd like to try this patch, but since I'm entirely dependent on my E220 and MM for my inernet access just now, I'm worried in case it doesn't work as planned and I can't get back on- line at all. What steps can I take to pre- save my existing MM and restore back

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-06-19 Thread Sleepy John
Let me first express my thanks and appreciation to madbiologist for his #211 and #212 review and comments. Sorry to be so slow in responding; the truth is that I lost my focus on this topic while I had access to an alternative landline broadband, but now that I'm trying to get back on my

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-06-09 Thread Sleepy John
I would like to second Pablo's request for step by step instructions. I know there are some workarounds that will allow me to log-in with Oneiric and my E220 so I'm not totally cut off from the internet, but I am still confused about this bug supposedly now being fixed, and yet I still have

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-06-04 Thread Sleepy John
In response to Mathiew-tl's [QUOTE] Oneiric should have a similar patch applied from what is in Precise, if you have all the updates installed and your modem is working, then this tells me the patch itself is not the issue;[/QUOTE] I should like to make it clear that my E220 is still *not*

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-06-03 Thread Sleepy John
I have to go along with Pablo's comment above. Where exactly are we now with this bug? I'm aware of lots of good investigative work having been done, some problems and solutions having been found, and I can see reports of fixes having been released in both Oneric and Precise, but I'm still

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-06-03 Thread Sleepy John
Thanks for that info, Pablo. I think it reinforces my view that a review is needed.I haven't installed Precise myself yet because I was afraid what you now confirm might be the case despite a Precise fix having been released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-05-09 Thread Sleepy John
Confirm I'm also seeing the same original problem in 12.04 when I test it from a live CD -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868034 Title: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 and E1550 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-01-08 Thread Sleepy John
I have also installed the workaround Mark describes in post #110. In my case modemmanager_0.4+git.20110124t203624.00b6cce-2ubuntu1_i386.deb I find now that if my Huawei is plugged in at bootup, it will connect correctly first time when I request it, but if I don't make the USB connection

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-01-07 Thread Sleepy John
As one of the mere users who rely on a Huawei E220 for my internet access, and as one who doesn't fully undertand what's going on with getting this bug fixed, I'm finding it frustrating to see the status keeps changing and no apparent progress being made towards correcting it. Maybe I

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-01-07 Thread Sleepy John
I'm pleased to see the recent progress being made by Mark and Aleksander (comments #102 - #104), though not happy that the priority still remains listed as low. Meanwhile last night I managed to locate syslog file entries from both Maverick (ver 0.4) and from Ocelot (ver 0.5) for plugging

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2012-01-07 Thread Sleepy John
OK, I've now posted two attachments: mmMavsyslog- shows both kernel and MM entries on Maverick (mm ver 0.4) mmOcesyslog- shows both kernel and MM entries on Ocelot (mm ver 0.5) ** Attachment added: syslog from installed Ocelot

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-12-12 Thread Sleepy John
Almost identical in my case, too: dpkg -l network-manager modemmanager Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-12-02 Thread Sleepy John
Josua Dietze (digidietze) wrote on 2011-12-01: #76 Is it possible for an E220 to be left in the wrong state when it's switched off? Not that I know of. Power gone = back to install mode. Always. No known exceptions. This would not make sense anyway: the point of the whole process is to have

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-30 Thread Sleepy John
Just thinking aloud to try and understand this problem better, we know that the E220 can appear as two different USB devices, depending on which way it's switched. In one mode it looks like a storage device, and in the other it looks like a modem. Do we know whether these two modes are

[Bug 868034] AlsaDevices.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] AplayDevices.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] AcpiTables.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[Bug 868034] BootDmesg.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] CurrentDmesg.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Lsusb.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] NetDevice.lo.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] PciMultimedia.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] PciNetwork.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] NetDevice.eth0.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] UdevDb.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] ProcInterrupts.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] UdevLog.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] PulseSources.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Card1.Amixer.values.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] WifiSyslog.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] NetDevice.ppp0.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] NetDevice.wlan0.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] IwConfig.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] IpAddr.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] ProcModules.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] PulseSinks.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Dependencies.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Lspci.txt

2011-11-28 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-16 Thread Sleepy John
I might have spoken too soon because I can't get that addition to blacklist.conf fix, which seemed to be working perfectly for me yesterday, to work at all today.Still checking, though. Is anyone else seeing it either working or failing? -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-16 Thread Sleepy John
Shrijit - This bug thread was opened specifically to talk about about the problems that have appeared with the Huawei E220 on Ubuntu 11.10 that were not there on Ubuntu 11.04. It does appear from what some posters here say, that 11.10 is also causing the same or similar bugs to show up on

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-15 Thread Sleepy John
Per Ronny - It might be helpful if you could do some checking and post on here the model numbers of any other GSM modems that are giving other people trouble on Ocelot. This could help to clarify how widespread the problem generally is, and aid developers in pinpointing the cause. If

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-15 Thread Sleepy John
Yes!!Adding that blacklist usb_storage to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf has worked in my case. So long as it doesn't upset any other USB iunctions, that looks like a good fix to me! Thanks Akila. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-08 Thread Sleepy John
Sorry, I'm not so familiar with the methods used to determine status and importance here, and am curious to know what factors lie behind the decision to classify this bug with importance Low.From my own personal standpoint as someone who relies on an E220 for my regular daily internet

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-11-02 Thread Sleepy John
Thanks for two votes of confidence above, but seriously I don't see this code as anything more than a temporary workaround until a properly designed fix is found. In my setup, it only worked after a manual USB unplug/replug, and I'm sure there must be a better way of simulating this

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-10-31 Thread Sleepy John
For what it's worth, I've found this inelegant workaround will get me on-line again after my E220 has been depowered: CODE sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 1003 -V 0x12d1 -P 1003 -R Then unplug and replug the dongle, and now it will connect. An lsusb check shows that the Device # for the E220

[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-10-30 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 868034] Re: Huawei E220 can't connect on Ubuntu 11.10

2011-10-29 Thread Sleepy John
I am experiencing similar problems after upgrading my Acer Aspire One to 11.10 from 11.04. Once connected, my E220 will disconnect and reconnect quite reliably provided it continues to be powered on via its USB connection. Howver if I unplug it or depower it by swirching off, I cannot get it

[Bug 832153] Re: SeaMonkey crashes when Reply is pressed on some websites

2011-08-30 Thread Sleepy John
I have solved this issue with the help of Mozillazine SeaMonkey Support. Full details at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=40t=2292263. where you will see I've made some recommendations about documentary changes to alert others to the hazard I fell victim to. Both SeaMonkey

[Bug 832153] [NEW] SeaMonkey crashes when Reply is pressed on some websites

2011-08-23 Thread Sleepy John
Public bug reported: When I try to reply to post #25 on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1828629page=3, my SeaMonkey v2.0.13 crashes, and I have to reopen it and reply yes to the 'Would you like to restore your session' page that comes up. The same thing happens repeatedly and the only

[Bug 832153] Re: SeaMonkey crashes when Reply is pressed on some websites

2011-08-23 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 832153] Re: SeaMonkey crashes when Reply is pressed on some websites

2011-08-23 Thread Sleepy John
The more web browsing I try with SeaMonkey, the more crash instances I'm discovering. Now I'm finding that simply opening an e-mail in Googlemail causes a crash.It's happening so much that although SeaMonkey has been my favourite browser and mail client on my old laptop, I can't really use

[Bug 830450] [NEW] gnome-screensaver crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

2011-08-21 Thread Sleepy John
Public bug reported: This occurred when running off a Natty Live CD some time after having pressed the Try Ubuntu button. On this occasion I hadn't started to perform any tasks on this Live platform.Using an Acer Aspire netbook 522. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package:

[Bug 830450] Re: gnome-screensaver crashed with SIGABRT in __kernel_vsyscall()

2011-08-21 Thread Sleepy John
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[Bug 830389] Re: software-center crashed with AttributeError in convert_desktop_file_to_installed_location(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'replace'

2011-08-20 Thread Sleepy John
Hope this helps. I'm not 100% sure how well the software center is able to operate in Live CD mode, but I'm following advice from http://rodsbooks.com/gdisk/download.html so that I can run FixParts from Live Natty CD to work on my partition table problem. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 830389] Re: software-center crashed with AttributeError in convert_desktop_file_to_installed_location(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'replace'

2011-08-20 Thread Sleepy John
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830389 Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in convert_desktop_file_to_installed_location():

[Bug 509727] Re: sun-java6-plugin does not create symlink in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

2010-01-20 Thread Sleepy John
Adding my endorsement to the fact that I lost Java in SeaMonkey 2.0.2 when I upgraded from 1.1.17, and it was only thanks to nanotube's above workaround that I was able to restore my Java.To avoid others running into the same problem, the above-proposed change to postinst script appears to

[Bug 305906] [NEW] Debconf hang when updating menu.lst

2008-12-06 Thread Sleepy John
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic A relative newbie, I was in the process of installing 73 new updates to my Ubuntu 8.10 using Update manager - Installing software - Applying changes -Configuring linux-image-2.6.27-9 when a Debconf asked What would you

[Bug 305906] Re: Debconf hang when updating menu.lst

2008-12-06 Thread Sleepy John
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20273149/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20273150/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20273151/Dependencies.txt **