[Bug 1899458] [NEW] On upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04, power profile not imported

2020-10-12 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: My 18.04 (on which a server runs) was set up to never suspend. After upgrading to 20.04, the power profile was set to suspend after 20 minutes of inactivity. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:20.04.25 ProcVersionSignature:

[Bug 1428651] Re: termio ioctl returns incorrect value for suspend character

2020-07-21 Thread Steven Pemberton
Since I ran into this bug again today, and since it hasn't been touched in the 5 years since I reported it, I thought I would just add the code to program around it, for those people who come here with the same problem (if there are such people). replace #include struct termio sgbuf;

[Bug 1868732] Re: Single Sign-on dialogue has no [OK] button

2020-07-10 Thread Steven Pemberton
For others who end up here unable to activate Livepatch because of this bug, here is how you can activate it from the command line: 1. sudo snap install canonical-livepatch 2. go to https://auth.livepatch.canonical.com and generate a token. 3. sudo canonical-livepatch enable and you're done.

Re: [Bug 366104] Re: [Jaunty] Install incorrectly reports no other OS on system

2020-05-07 Thread Steven Pemberton
Just to report that this really discourages me from doing work to report bugs. I put quite a lot of work into reporting a bug, discovering what was going wrong. Apparently no one does anything. Ten years later I get a message that this version of the operating system is no longer

Re: [Bug 1868732] Re: Single Sign-on dialogue has no [OK] button

2020-03-25 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:00:39 +0100, Khurshid Alam wrote: > Hittin Enter, or TAB+Enter should work. Afraid not. I'd already tried that. > It isn't u-c-c bug. The issue is > in gnome-online-accounts. It's always hard discovering which program you should be reporting a bug for. Sometimes

[Bug 1868732] [NEW] Single Sign-on dialogue has no [OK] button

2020-03-24 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: 1. Software updater says "You can use Livepatch to keep your computer up to date" 2. I click on the Livepatch button 3. Which says I have to log in to my Ubuntu One account 4. Up pops a dialogue box, which allows me to fill in my email and password 5. And no OK button.

[Bug 1810157] Re: Failed to install, reporting readonly filesystem

2019-01-02 Thread Steven Pemberton
This is the first time that a Ubuntu release has failed to install for me. In fact it bricked my Acer Aspire S7 (which is this report). Luckily I managed to reinstall 16.04 without problems. I tried to install 18.04 several times, but it repeatedly failed. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1810157] [NEW] Failed to install, reporting readonly filesystem

2018-12-31 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: Nothing much more to say. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394

[Bug 1701085] Re: package linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

2017-07-06 Thread Steven Pemberton
Bear in mind that this bug report is only of a symptom of the real bug, which is gnome-software hanging during an update (which it seems to do regularly). So doing the install and update as explained above fixes the symptom, but not the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1701353] [NEW] package linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128

2017-06-29 Thread Steven Pemberton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1701085 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701085 Public bug reported: "Ubuntu Software" was installing an OS update, and hung. I looked online, and most people said the solution was to reboot, which I did. When it restarted I got this error message.

[Bug 945310] Re: Unable to mount audio disc

2016-11-06 Thread Steven Pemberton
I tried doing an apport-collect, but it wouldn't let me, because the bug has been closed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945310 Title: Unable to mount audio disc To manage

[Bug 945310] Re: Unable to mount audio disc

2016-11-06 Thread Steven Pemberton
I'm getting this bug now on 16.04. It repeatedly tries to access the drive, and stacks up dozens of messages "Unable to mount Audio Disc: Drive /dev/sr0 does not contain audio The file system seems to attempt to mount it continually until I eject the disc (see image). ** Attachment added:

[Bug 1314556] Re: Unable to mount Android MTP device

2016-04-24 Thread Steven Pemberton
Just tried it with 16.04 and my Ubuntu phone, and the problem is still there... indeed rather embarrassing that my Ubuntu computer can't talk to my Ubuntu phone. This bug is now two years old by the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1573581] [NEW] Showing wrong times for imported calendars

2016-04-22 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: I have imported two .ics feeds from two different services, and the times for both feeds are out by two hours. Two hours is exactly the time difference between my timezone and UTC, so my guess is that the feeds are delivering the times in my timezone time, and calendar is

[Bug 1536073] [NEW] Touch screen activity does not affect screen timeout

2016-01-20 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: Normal keyboard and mouse activity causes the screen timeout to be reset; however if you are just using the touch screen, scrolling, tapping etc, the screen timeout doesn't notice and the screen eventually blanks unless you use the mouse or keyboard again. ProblemType: Bug

[Bug 902113] Re: Ubiquity reports No root file, use partitioning menu but there is no partitioning menu

2015-07-21 Thread Steven Pemberton
Well, I understand that Ubuntu 11.10 has expired, but *has the bug been fixed*? That's the important thing. Otherwise other people will still come up against it, and not be able to install Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1457026] [NEW] Doesn't display well on high-dpi screen

2015-05-20 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: I have a 200+ dpi screen, and so use unity-tweak-tool regularly to adjust the zoom factor. Unfortunately, the tool doesn't display well in exactly this situation (see screen dump), so that it is very hard to work out which icon to click on. Other programs (such as the file

[Bug 1314556] Re: Unable to mount Android MTP device

2015-05-13 Thread Steven Pemberton
I seem to have the same problem with MTP and a Nokia Lumia device wunning WP 8.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314556 Title: Unable to mount Android MTP device To manage

[Bug 1403867] Re: Desktop/wallpaper flickers dreadfully

2015-04-24 Thread Steven Pemberton
This bug continues in 15.04. Desktop is apparently never redrawn, so when I close or minimise a window, it leaves behind ghosts of the animation as it minimises. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1428651] Re: termio ioctl returns incorrect value for suspend character

2015-03-06 Thread Steven Pemberton
termios.h says there are 17 characters (0..16) in the c_cc buffer. If I print them all out (here I've run it three times), it seems like 4 characters change their value between calls: 8 (VSTART) 9 (VSTOP) 10 (VSUSP) 16 (VEOL2) 0:3 1:28 2:127 3:21 4:4 5:0 6:1 7:255 8: 18 9:122 10:99 11:255

[Bug 1428651] Re: termio ioctl returns incorrect value for suspend character

2015-03-06 Thread Steven Pemberton
** Attachment added: Print all 17 chars using tcgetattr https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-defaults/+bug/1428651/+attachment/4336011/+files/termio3.c -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1428651] [NEW] termio ioctl returns incorrect value for suspend character

2015-03-05 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: When calling ioctl to request some special key bindings, it seems to return a random value for the Suspend binding (see attached C file). On my system, if I do a stty -a I get this: $ stty -a speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?;

[Bug 1403867] Re: Desktop/wallpaper flickers dreadfully

2015-02-25 Thread Steven Pemberton
I spoke too soon. Although it doesn't happen so quickly now, and the ghosts left behing don't flicker anymore, the desktop eventually does not get redrawn, leaving ghosts of what was on the screen behind. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1403867] Re: Desktop/wallpaper flickers dreadfully

2015-02-20 Thread Steven Pemberton
With the latest update of 14.10 this problem seems to be resolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403867 Title: Desktop/wallpaper flickers dreadfully To manage notifications about

[Bug 1409650] [NEW] Export to video adds no sound

2015-01-12 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: When exporting a project to video, no matter what format I try to export to, all the resulting videos are silent. I ran openshot --debug and got this: NEW SDL CONSUMER [libx264 @ 0x7f4fc03e7b60] [Eval @ 0x7f4fd67fb4c0] Undefined constant or missing '(' in 'dct8x8' [libx264

Re: [Bug 1403994] Re: Installer crashes

2014-12-19 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 03:35:43 +0100, Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com wrote: You have to specify a filesystem to be mounted as the root directory ( / ). Well, it really isn't clear from the interface of this program how you do that. It talks of a partitioning menu, which doesn't exist. It seems

[Bug 1403858] [NEW] usb-creator crashes on startup An unhandled exception occurred: first argument must be the method signature string: GLib.Variant('a{sv}', {}).

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1302295 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302295 Public bug reported: This is both on 14.04 and 14.10. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.56.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10 Uname:

[Bug 1403858] Re: usb-creator crashes on startup An unhandled exception occurred: first argument must be the method signature string: GLib.Variant('a{sv}', {}).

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1302295 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302295 Ah sorry; just found it, this is a duplicate of 1302295 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1302295 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1302295 usb-creator-gtk errors

[Bug 1403867] [NEW] Desktop/wallpaper flickers dreadfully

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: Since 14.10 the only way to use the system is with apps full-screen, because the background/desktop is constantly flickering. If you close a window, it leaves flickering ghosts of itself, like a nightmare. See enclosed ogv file for an example. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease:

[Bug 1403994] [NEW] Installer crashes

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: AFter trying out Ubuntu from a USB stick, I clicked on Ïnstall Ubuntu 14.04.1 and during install (possibly while installing grub) it crashed... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubiquity 2.18.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4

[Bug 1403994] Re: Installer crashes

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
Yes, I tried it again, it was during grub-install /dev/sda Hmm. So what do I do now?? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1403994 Title: Installer crashes To manage notifications about

[Bug 1302362] Re: Installer crashed while installing package `grub2'.

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
I fail to see how this bug report can be classified as invalid. The crash happened. It is a fault in Ubuntu setup. It needs to be fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302362 Title:

Re: [Bug 1403994] Re: Installer crashes

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:43:21 +0100, Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com wrote: Which option did you chose from the installer menu? Side by side, format, or something else? Format (i.e. replace everything) The problem is that it is trying to install grub to /dev/sda, but it needs to be installed

Re: [Bug 1403994] Re: Installer crashes

2014-12-18 Thread Steven Pemberton
On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:43:21 +0100, Phillip Susi ps...@ubuntu.com wrote: Which option did you chose from the installer menu? Side by side, format, or something else? The problem is that it is trying to install grub to /dev/sda, but it needs to be installed to

[Bug 1171027] Re: Unable to play midi files Ubuntu 13.04 Invalid Commandline

2014-05-28 Thread Steven Pemberton
I am still getting this with 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171027 Title: Unable to play midi files Ubuntu 13.04 Invalid Commandline To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1307385] [NEW] lsdvd fails on a dvd

2014-04-14 Thread Steven Pemberton
Public bug reported: I'm trying to play, or rip, a DVD, I don't mind which, and every program fails. I finally tried an lsdvd on the DVD, and got the following message: libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access *** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:914 *** *** for

[Bug 1076389] Re: [12.10] eDP with external monitor plugged in, only external monitor works

2014-01-07 Thread Steven Pemberton
Problem still exists in 13.10. I will try to find time to test the 14.04 daily tomorrow. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1076389 Title: [12.10] eDP with external monitor plugged in,

[Bug 912702] Re: [MASTER] Endlessly many Wireless Network Authentication Required dialogs put up

2013-11-16 Thread Steven Pemberton
I had this problem last night. The cause in my case was that I changed the network password from another machine, and the machine that the problem was on was left on all night. When I got to it in the morning there were many dozens of Wifi network identification required dialogue windows open,

[Bug 988290] Re: Resolution change with KVM switch on Precise

2013-11-01 Thread Steven Pemberton
This is still happening in 13.10, but there is a difference: before 13.10 one of the ways to get back to the right resolution was to start 'System Settings', and then start 'Displays'. That would fix the resolution (without having to click on 'Apply'). Since 13.10 just starting 'System Settings'