[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-21 Thread buddycat
SOLVED! google chrome on linux. no muss no fuss no crappy crap. thanks. -- ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscrib

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-19 Thread buddycat
and thanks for zero help and the load of crap worth of denials and other roadblocks you have deigned to claim make this ticket "incomplete." you are full of it (or more likely yourself). if you ever pull your head out and decide to fix this, then by all means let me know that you are willing to wor

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-19 Thread buddycat
well congratulations. upgraded to the latest ubuntu build of ff 3.5.6 and guess what? safari is broken again. what gives. really. why don't you just leave building stuff to the people who write it and stop screwing with what is a pretty reasonable browser. done with ubuntu builds of firefox. --

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-09 Thread buddycat
please update the status of this ticket. i have supplied the requested information. -- ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-03 Thread buddycat
also, while it is true that hearts of space (www.hos.com) does now work, it didn't in jaunty and i had a really hard time figuring it out. when i finally did, it was fixed by disabling ubufox. my point is that rather than getting more stable with every release, you keep breaking things that are rea

[Bug 239231] Re: Cannot name workspaces

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
ditto for me on three installs of koala. this has been a problem for several releases and is another papercut. i use 10 desktops so not having names is really inconvenient. can we have an estimate as to when this will be fixed? -- Cannot name workspaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239231 You

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
under the heading of papercuts, more user problems fixed by disabling ubufox: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=924085 http://tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30153 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/+bug/273020 i will stop there with the links, but i think it is

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
flashplugin-installer: Installed: 10.0.32.18ubuntu1 Candidate: 10.0.32.18ubuntu1 Version table: *** 10.0.32.18ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status flashplugin-nonfree: Installed: (none) Candidate: 10.0.32.18ubuntu1

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
please see the following threads that document other user's experiences with ff mods breaking things like buttons and icons other other toolbars and reverting user changes etc etc. simply googling for "ubuntu firefox modifications" breaks OR problems yields many, many relevant (and unresolved ticke

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
as an aside what benefit is there really to ff mods? installing out of date packages that are more easily installed with the ff extensions? is this really necessary? -- ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490615

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
also, i have reproduced this problem on three new installs of karmic on 2 64 bit amd machines and a 32 bit pentium. all behave the same way and all now work because i removed the ubuntu ff mods and then created a new profile. just creating a new profile with ubuntu ff mods enabled results in the si

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-02 Thread buddycat
hi, umm...i think that in my previous comment about an hour ago i made it clear that i created a new profile. in fact, just to be sure, i removed the entire .mozilla folder and had it create a new one. secondly, i have been in touch with safari techs who report that the flash player has problems

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-12-01 Thread buddycat
this has nothing to do with firebug. please read more carefully. the issue is that enabling ubuntu firefox modifications breaks some flash based applications. to reproduce the problem follow these steps (which now includes steps to discount your corrupt profile theory): 1) move existing profile fr

[Bug 490615] Re: ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-11-30 Thread buddycat
sorry, first paragraph should be: when i installed a stock non-ubuntu firefox binary and linked it to the ubuntu flash player (ie same player as ubuntu packaged firefox - flashplayer-installer) all works fine. that made me think that there was a problem with the ubuntu packaged firefox. i then d

[Bug 490615] [NEW] ubuntu modifications 0.8 (and earlier) breaks some flash based apps like o'reilly safari

2009-11-30 Thread buddycat
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.5 i have found at least two sites that i use often that do not work properly with ubuntu firefox modifications enabled: 1) hearts of space (streaming audio): www.hos.com - flash itself works, but the non flash links do not. when install a non-

[Bug 129477] Touchpad synaptics not working on lenovo 61 w/ gutsy 32bit

2007-11-02 Thread buddycat
i just purchased a lenovo r61 (intel duocore) that has an alps touchpad (checked hw manager in xp to confirm this) that gets recognized as a generic mouse and thus, none of the synaptics work and synaptics module gets unloaded by xorg. (no synaptics event device etc.). hwinfo --mouse shows generic