[Bug 568988] Re: [Lucid][Ubuntu 10.04][ATI cards] Slow/freeze windows management (resize, maximise, .etc) with fglrx driver + compositing desktop.

2010-05-05 Thread Dana Goyette
It looks like something similar to option C is going on upstream now: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-May/008085.html -- [Lucid][Ubuntu 10.04][ATI cards] Slow/freeze windows management (resize, maximise, .etc) with fglrx driver + compositing desktop.

[Bug 432353] Re: ath5k: phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip

2010-05-03 Thread Dana Olson
I realize the bug is upstream, but just adding another report here - I also have an Acer Aspire One with Ubuntu 10.04 final, receiving this bug. It seems to be much more frequent in 10.04 than it was in 9.10 or 9.04. -- ath5k: phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip

[Bug 534677] Re: [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-05-01 Thread Dana Goyette
It looks like radeontool fails silently, instead of telling the user to run it under sudo. I also had to escape the asterisk to pass it to radeontool: sudo radeontool match \* Here's my radeontool output on 2.6.34-rc5 kernel from kernel-ppa -- this is the broken case. I can't seem to recall a

[Bug 534677] Re: [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-05-01 Thread Dana Goyette
More correctly, I can't remember _whether_ it ever worked before. -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-04-30 Thread Dana Olson
Can't install Ubuntu 10.04 final due to X crashing due to this bug. A workaround is found in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1465883 I was able to install, but now am stuck in 640x480 resolution. -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-04-30 Thread Dana Olson
Sorry, I posted my comment #114 before seeing the rest of the comments in the thread. I thought I had seen them all, but apparently not. I followed some advice (re-enable kms, disable dri and change driver to intel in xorg.conf) from Chris' link in his comment #113, and *so far* I am not having

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-04-30 Thread Dana Olson
As a follow-up, my system ran fine for a little bit with the fixes I mentioned in post #115, but then after a while the screen went black and I couldn't do anything but hold the power button in to power off. The system wouldn't even reboot with Alt+SysRq - K, S, U, B... This is not very fun - I

[Bug 561958] Re: calibre-mount-helper missing

2010-04-29 Thread Dana Olson
Same issue here. I am using a Sony Reader 300 (PRS-300) that I just bought today. -- calibre-mount-helper missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561958 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 332081] Re: Panel volume icon state changes to mute when volume reaches zero

2010-04-26 Thread Dana Goyette
On my HP laptop with capacitive volume-control softkeys, zero volume and mute are two vastly different states: hardware mute is indicated by the hardware mute button / LED turning orange, and mutes the internal speakers no matter what state the OS is in. In Windows 7, the mixer offers a

[Bug 566238] [NEW] wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. -- CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not set

2010-04-18 Thread Dana Goyette
Public bug reported: In the Lucid TI OMAP kernel, NetworkManager and wicd, as well as all command line tools such as iwlist, fail to work. This seems to be due to CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT being disabled. Example error from NetworkManager: NetworkManager: WARN wireless_get_range(): (wlan0):

[Bug 566238] Re: wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. -- CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not set

2010-04-18 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44730503/Dependencies.txt -- wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning. -- CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566238 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 513887] Re: Flash, Java, etc. does not work with out of process plugins and causes Firefox to become unresponsive

2010-04-15 Thread Dana Goyette
For the time being, I've worked around this bug by creating my own wrapper around mozilla-runtime. I dpkg-diverted mozilla-runtime out of the way: sudo dpkg-divert --local --add --rename /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.3a4pre/mozilla-runtime I then created in a text editor (nano) and marked executable

[Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] [ubuntu 9.10] [ubuntu 10.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2010-04-14 Thread Dana Goyette
To be fair, I've noticed a similar lag and 100% CPU usage during resize operations on the ATI open-source driver (hardware: RV635), the Intel open-source driver (hardware: GMA950), and the nvidia binary driver (hardware: GF6200 IGP on Athlon64). The ATI binary driver just lags more severely than

[Bug 547124] Re: Starts in low graphic mode due to segmentation fault at 0xc4

2010-04-11 Thread Dana Goyette
Same issue happens for me with an NV17. I have attached the output of gdb, with debug symbols installed. ** Attachment added: nouveau_segfault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43870377/nouveau_segfault.txt -- Starts in low graphic mode due to segmentation fault at 0xc4

[Bug 552794] Re: pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render()

2010-04-05 Thread Dana Goyette
I downloaded the raw gui.py file from the googlecode link and replaced my gui.py file. -- pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 552794] Re: pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render()

2010-04-05 Thread Dana Goyette
... Ah, I see now... I replaced the wrong file. I've reinstalled pybootchartgui and manually edited draw.py -- and now I'll try rebooting to see if that fixes it. If it does, then that makes this bug invalid due to incorrect modification of files. -- pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in

[Bug 552794] Re: pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render()

2010-04-05 Thread Dana Goyette
Okay, now I can confirm: this was my mistake -- now pybootchartgui works correctly for me. -- pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 555315] [NEW] CPU Scaling does not work when AC adapter is plugged in

2010-04-04 Thread Dana Leonard
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-applets Ubuntu 9.10 gnome-applets: Installed: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 When unplugged, the tool from the panel works just fine and cpufreq-info shows the range of frequencies available as 800-2270. When the AC adapter is

[Bug 555315] Re: CPU Scaling does not work when AC adapter is plugged in

2010-04-04 Thread Dana Leonard
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43104354/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43104355/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43104356/ProcStatus.txt -- CPU Scaling

[Bug 314600] Re: [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic

2010-04-01 Thread Dana Goyette
Interestingly enough, I've found that the fglrx version in Lucid no longer gets this panic, even without disabling acpi-services or modifying GDM's upstart settings. However, the 8.720 driver also has other regressions, in things such as suspend/resume support. If anyone still DOES have the

[Bug 553386] Re: Plymouth theme should use circular progress indicator

2010-04-01 Thread Dana Goyette
This is also true of the Ubuntu default theme; thus, I am marking this as affecting plymouth (the source package for plymouth-theme-ubuntu- logo). When we had usplash, booting was indicated by a progress bar filling from left to right, and shutting down was indicated by emptying from left to

[Bug 552794] Re: pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render()

2010-04-01 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: EliteBook-lucid-20100331-4.tgz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42857191/EliteBook-lucid-20100331-4.tgz -- pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 552794] Re: pybootchartgui crashed with TypeError in render()

2010-03-31 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42708738/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42708740/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42708742/ProcStatus.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 516825] Re: plymouth doesnt show any splash as soon as a console= commandline option is used on boot

2010-03-30 Thread Dana Goyette
Unfortunately, this is still broken for me -- in my case, on x86_64, but same idea: console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 if I boot with plymouth:debug, I still see serial console found; disabling splash. My desired behavior would be to show the splash on tty0, but not hide output on ttyS0.

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-03-22 Thread Dana Goyette
I've discovered something new (on another laptop): By installing these drivers on my non-multi-finger-capable laptop, I've obtained multi-finger support: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/synaptics-driver-enables-multitouch-gestures-on-older-trackpads/ I had initially thought it had upgraded my

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-03-22 Thread Dana Goyette
I can confirm... using the side of one finger, or three fingers immediately adjacent, does give me just one contact area. Also, I do still have the spazzing issue on the netbook. -- Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308191 You received this bug

[Bug 534677] Dependencies.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238081/Dependencies.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 534677] CurrentDmesg.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238078/CurrentDmesg.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 534677] Re: [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager With the deprecation of hal, gnome-power-manager must rely on the BACKLIGHT property in xrandr; however, the ATI open-source drivers seem not to support this property

[Bug 534677] DevkitPower.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: DevkitPower.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238083/DevkitPower.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 534677] GConfNonDefault.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: GConfNonDefault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238084/GConfNonDefault.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 534677] Lspci.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: Lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238090/Lspci.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 534677] Lsusb.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: Lsusb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238109/Lsusb.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 534677] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcCpuinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238110/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 534677] ProcModules.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcModules.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238112/ProcModules.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 534677] RelatedPackageVersions.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: RelatedPackageVersions.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238115/RelatedPackageVersions.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 534677] ProcInterrupts.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcInterrupts.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238111/ProcInterrupts.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 534677] UdevDb.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevDb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238121/UdevDb.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 534677] UdevLog.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238123/UdevLog.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 534677] gnome-power-bugreport.txt

2010-03-18 Thread Dana Goyette
apport information ** Attachment added: gnome-power-bugreport.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41238128/gnome-power-bugreport.txt -- [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/534677 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 399565] Re: extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute()

2010-03-16 Thread Dana Goyette
Judging based on the I have the same problem in my own application comment, I'm marking this as confirmed in libfftw. ** Changed in: fftw3 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399565 You received this bug

[Bug 480030] Re: Pidgin not shown in indicator-applet

2010-03-09 Thread Dana Goyette
It looks like the libnotify plugin itself is intentionally blacklisting itself: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/485844 -- Pidgin not shown in indicator-applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 534677] [NEW] [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-03-08 Thread Dana Goyette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager With the deprecation of hal, gnome-power-manager must rely on the BACKLIGHT property in xrandr; however, the ATI open-source drivers seem not to support this property (regardless of whether KMS is enabled). With HAL removed, g-p-m

[Bug 534677] Re: [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-03-08 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40528556/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: DevkitPower.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40528557/DevkitPower.txt ** Attachment added: GConfNonDefault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40528558/GConfNonDefault.txt

[Bug 534677] Re: [lucid] Broken backlight control with Radeon open-source drivers

2010-03-08 Thread Dana Goyette
To clarify, there are two interacting bugs here: One is that Radeon doesn't support BACKLIGHT, and the other is that the old HAL-based way no longer works. The preferred action would be to fix the former, rather than the latter. ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 523610] Re: rsyslogd spins CPU on older kernels

2010-02-21 Thread Dana Goyette
This also happens on the kernel-ppa 2.6.32-rc8 kernel (which means that kernel must lack some necessary kernel patch, or something.) The line that keeps repeating: Feb 21 12:55:49 EliteBook kernel: Cannot read proc file system: 1 - Operation not permitted. Feb 21 12:56:19 EliteBook kernel: last

[Bug 314600] Re: [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic

2010-01-30 Thread Dana Goyette
I noticed that, as quickly as the change to gdm fixed it, the next upgrade of fglrx (not sure which version) re-broke it even after the init tweak. -- [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314600 You received this bug notification

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-01-29 Thread Dana Goyette
I've attached a video of my touchpad spazzing out as I try moving around with two or three fingers. Unfortunately, gtk-recordmydesktop can't keep up with the desktop drawing under compiz, and I need compiz to get the showmouse flame-ring. Observe how it leaves trails from movements way too fast

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-01-29 Thread Dana Goyette
An attempt at making the spazzing more visible: Annotate plugin. I would imagine fixing the multi-finger detection should fix this spazzing cursor issue. ** Attachment added: dana_nocrash.profile http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38539487/dana_nocrash.profile -- Multi fingers touch doesn't be

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-01-29 Thread Dana Goyette
er, attached the wrong file... grr. Sorry about that. ** Attachment added: out-2.ogv http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38539513/out-2.ogv -- Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308191 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 512589] [NEW] Xorg doesn't see multi-finger capabilities of touchpad

2010-01-25 Thread Dana Goyette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg I have a Samsung N130 netbook with a multitouch-capable Synaptics 7.2 touchpad, but for some reason, Xorg doesn't see the multi-finger capabilities that the touchpad offers. I shall attach a debug-info file from the mouse control panel in Windows

[Bug 512589] Re: Xorg doesn't see multi-finger capabilities of touchpad

2010-01-25 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38383987/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38383988/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38383989/Dependencies.txt **

[Bug 512589] Re: Xorg doesn't see multi-finger capabilities of touchpad

2010-01-25 Thread Dana Goyette
... on second thought, this may be a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input- synaptics/+bug/308191 . I shall attach my synaptics debug info there. ** Attachment added: SynDiag2010-01-25_16-16-08.log

[Bug 308191] Re: Multi fingers touch doesn't be correctly recognized

2010-01-25 Thread Dana Goyette
I just reported a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/512589 -- but then realized it's most likely a duplicate of this bug. Handy hint for in Windows: go to the mouse control panel and press alt-shift-i, and it will give you a debug dialog. I have attached the saved

[Bug 422986] Re: mmc_core sdhci_pci sdhci and mmc_block not available in initramfs_tools

2010-01-24 Thread Dana Goyette
One additional comment: on systems that offer bootability from a Ricoh SDHC controller, the initramfs will also need to include the ricoh_mmc driver -- this driver disables the proprietary Ricoh MMC controller so the standard SDHC controller can handle the cards instead. -- mmc_core sdhci_pci

[Bug 506510] Re: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in FatalError() when using guest session

2010-01-19 Thread Dana Goyette
Something to consider trying to allow apport to catch Xorg crashes (at the expense of not getting a stacktrace in xorg log): enable NoTrapSignals in xorg.conf. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-November/006332.html -- Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in FatalError() when

[Bug 496994] Re: i can't change brightness of LCD screen on my notebook. only in 9.10.

2010-01-18 Thread Dana Goyette
I'm not sure if this is the same bug, but when using gnome-stracciatella-session (i.e. no notify-osd), brightness control keys do not work. ?field.comment=I'm not sure if this is the same bug, but when using gnome-stracciatella-session (i.e. no notify-osd), brightness control keys do not work.

[Bug 507073] Re: zeya.py crashed with OSError in fill_db() (upon trying to index dangling symlink)

2010-01-13 Thread Dana Goyette
find /home/username/ugly.tga, where the symlink itself is /home/dana/ugly.tga. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 13 08:50:34 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/share/zeya/zeya.py InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

[Bug 507073] Re: zeya.py crashed with OSError in fill_db() (upon trying to index dangling symlink)

2010-01-13 Thread Dana Goyette
is that it can't find /home/username/ugly.tga, where the symlink itself is /home/dana/ugly.tga. + I had a broken symlink in my home directory, and every time zeya tries to index it, zeya crashes. To reproduce, you should be able to merely create a dangling symlink. Interestingly enough

[Bug 491521] Re: Decorations and RGBA

2009-12-17 Thread Dana Goyette
Speaking of Nautilus, I get some assertion failures, currently: (nautilus:3021): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_set_back_pixmap: assertion `pixmap == NULL || gdk_drawable_get_depth (window) == gdk_drawable_get_depth (pixmap)' failed (nautilus:3021): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **:

[Bug 314600] Re: [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic

2009-12-06 Thread Dana Goyette
Another new discovery: with acpi-services on, I save more power than with acpi-services off, even if both Battery and AC-Power are set to low power usage in amdccle. However, in exchange, having acpi- services enabled makes suspend fail -- system hangs even before going into suspend. -- [HD

[Bug 475945] Re: i have created an account with last.fm and can login on website but not on rhythmbox music player. it says incorrect username or password. my username and password are correct.

2009-11-27 Thread Dana Rae Park
I have the same problem as Greg. When accessing Last.fm preferences Account Login within Rhythmbox, the login box is flaky, i.e. erasing my passord before it is fully entered. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 yesterday. -- i have created an account with last.fm and can login on website but not on

[Bug 390508] Re: notify-send ignores the expire timeout parameter

2009-11-24 Thread Dana Goyette
Another good example of a need for duration: I have a script bound to my toggle ambient light sensor key that gives this short notification: Ambient Light Sensor ON / OFF(shows only new state) I can read those 4 words about 20 or 50 times in the ten seconds the bubble remains on the screen.

[Bug 153768] Re: External SATA (eSATA) removable disk detected as system-internal

2009-11-18 Thread Dana Goyette
As seen in kernel.org bug report: Rejecting as INVALID. If someone has a machine with working ahci external port marking, I have patches to test but given that most other controllers don't have such feature, I think we need hal whitelisting one way or the other. -- hmm, I could use such

[Bug 477782] Re: eSATA external drive requires password to mount

2009-11-14 Thread Dana Goyette
A related bug report (though started back in HAL days): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/153768 -- same issue of eSATA not being detected as external. -- eSATA external drive requires password to mount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477782 You received this bug notification

[Bug 314600] Re: [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic

2009-11-12 Thread Dana Goyette
I've just discovered something interesting, after some time experimenting in Karmic -- somehow, I managed to catch a line about failed to connect to acpid just before the crash. Apparently, the acpi-services part of the fglrx driver explicitly depends on having acpid up and running by the time

[Bug 153768] Re: External SATA (eSATA) removable disk (formatted with Ext3) not mounted automatically: hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 1000

2009-10-24 Thread Dana Goyette
For me, the problem is even more irritating... if I hotplug my eSATA drive that has two partitions (one NTFS and one ext3), it pops up an authentication dialog for one (and is MISSING the remember this feature!) and for the other, it just plain says Not Authorized. But perhaps that's a

[Bug 153768] Re: External SATA (eSATA) removable disk (formatted with Ext3) not mounted automatically: hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 1000

2009-10-24 Thread Dana Goyette
Also: Since HAL has been deprecated, and replaced by devkit-disks in Karmic, shouild we attach this bug to the corresponding package now? -- External SATA (eSATA) removable disk (formatted with Ext3) not mounted automatically: hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 1000

[Bug 367049] Re: notify-osd is losing performance

2009-10-24 Thread Dana Goyette
My (HP laptop) keyboard also causes the lag on notify-osd, and it's particularly bad when at minimum or maximum volume -- it's actaully faster to kill notify-osd than to wait for it to stop spazzing. I have attached a log of my keyboard behavior ( xev | grep --line- buffered KeyPress | ts %.S |

[Bug 369682] Re: AutoFS direct maps not working with NFSv4 exports

2009-10-23 Thread David Dana
Well, to be blunt, you are the person we haven't heard from in a while. I posted this bug report six months ago, and the only reason you are even making comments here is because Karmic Koala is about to be released - no one even took the time to look at the problem. Six months is an order of

[Bug 369682] Re: AutoFS direct maps not working with NFSv4 exports

2009-10-23 Thread David Dana
Well, to be blunt, you are the person we haven't heard from in a while. I posted this bug report six months ago, and the only reason you are even making comments here is because Karmic Koala is about to be released - no one even took the time to look at the problem. Six months is an order of

[Bug 438244] Re: ubuntu-xsplash-artwork contains redundant graphics

2009-10-03 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, I know Fedora does some interesting stuff with their Leonidas wallpaper -- it's actually an XML file that selects different images depending on the aspect ratio of the display. Perhaps we could do the same here. -- ubuntu-xsplash-artwork contains redundant graphics

[Bug 439004] Re: 9.10 bootup lacks refinement (excessive scrolling, font + text-mode switches)

2009-10-02 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, I seem to have having similar issues on my laptop (Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 7200RPM hard drive). Oddly enough, I have sometimes seen udevd sit there for around 10 seconds, doing seemingly nothing. I believe in my case, sreadahead may just not be working -- I see spew at boot of No

[Bug 408378] Re: elilo.efi boot failure karmic vmlinuz-2.6.31-x-generic

2009-09-27 Thread Dana Goyette
I can confirm this on my UEFI-based HP EliteBook 8530w laptop -- I also get the hard-reboot upon trying to start the kernel. -- elilo.efi boot failure karmic vmlinuz-2.6.31-x-generic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408378 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 268506] Re: Cannot configure Synaptics TouchStyk settings (e.g. sensitivity, tapping, press/select)

2009-09-24 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, I can confirm that this issue still exists in Karmic. uname -a: Linux EliteBook 2.6.31-10-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 17:33:14 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Attempting apport-collect gives this: ... Collecting apport information for source package linux... No additional information

[Bug 433778] Re: ibus latex input method (package ibus-table) doesn't wait for backslash before triggering

2009-09-22 Thread Dana Goyette
** Also affects: ibus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- ibus latex input method (package ibus-table) doesn't wait for backslash before triggering https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433778 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 433778] [NEW] ibus latex input method (package ibus-table) doesn't wait for backslash before triggering

2009-09-20 Thread Dana Goyette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ibus-table With the old SCIM input method framework, one could use the LaTeX input method (package scim-tables-additional) to enter useful symbols, such as \pi for π and \Pi for Π, but the new IBUS framework seems rather broken. Instead of waiting for a

[Bug 399565] Re: extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute()

2009-09-15 Thread Dana Goyette
** Also affects: fftw3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399565 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 412598] Re: Xsplash only uses the default wallpaper during transition to desktop.

2009-08-27 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, I'd say, in the autologin case, it should stick with the boot-stage background all the way up to the desktop. This would match the existing behavior of autologin without xsplash -- that is, it goes from usplash to desktop, skipping the gdm background entirely. -- Xsplash only uses the

[Bug 412598] Re: Xsplash only uses the default wallpaper during transition to desktop.

2009-08-26 Thread Dana Goyette
The only oddity now is that it still switches back and forth between xsplash and gdm-background several times. I believe xsplash should at least follow the gdm user's background -- that is, the background used at the login screen itself. Try it yourself (change the gdm user's background to

[Bug 412598] Re: Xsplash only uses the default wallpaper during transition to desktop.

2009-08-26 Thread Dana Goyette
To clarify, what I mean by 'several times' is that you see xsplash (brown), and then login screen (blue, in my case). Once you log in, it then shows brown, then blue, then the user's wallpaper. A nicer behavior would be to have at least the _second_ instance of xsplash (between gdm and

[Bug 392039] Re: [Mobility Radeon HD] fglrx DRI initialization failed

2009-08-21 Thread Dana Goyette
hmm, I was mentioning the issue on IRC, and Kano told me to check in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/framebuffer ... and lo and behold, it's hardcoded to load i915: if modprobe -q intel_agp modprobe -q i915; then FB=kms fi ;; The so suggested

[Bug 392039] Re: [Mobility Radeon HD] fglrx DRI initialization failed

2009-08-21 Thread Dana Goyette
er, the so is me altering a sentence, and then getting sidetracked in the middle of it. Should be He. -- [Mobility Radeon HD] fglrx DRI initialization failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392039 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 392039] Re: [Mobility Radeon HD] fglrx DRI initialization failed

2009-08-21 Thread Dana Goyette
** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - [Mobility Radeon HD] fglrx DRI initialization failed + initramfs scripts hard-coded to load i915; blocks loading fglrx -- initramfs scripts hard-coded to load i915; blocks loading fglrx

[Bug 412598] Re: Xsplash only uses the default wallpaper during transition to desktop.

2009-08-19 Thread Dana Goyette
As it is right now, before login, xsplash flickers several times between black, white, the default wallpaper, and my custom gdm wallpaper. After login, it then flickers several more times, between custom gdm wallpaper, white, black, default wallpaper, gdm wallpaper again, and finally my user

[Bug 405413] Re: Network connections disappear from list after making available to all users

2009-08-14 Thread Dana Goyette
For myself, I also see existing connections disappear from the list -- for example, my Auto Home connection, where Home is the SSID. All it takes for me to see this happen is the following: Connect to the network using the normal menu, and enter passphrase. Then open the connection editor,

[Bug 405413] Re: Network connections disappear from list after making available to all users

2009-08-13 Thread Dana Goyette
I can confirm this same behavior; oddly enough, it only started happening for me after I upgraded to Karmic and NM 0.8. network-manager package Version: 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 -- Network connections disappear from list after making available to all users

[Bug 405413] Re: Network connections disappear from list after making available to all users

2009-08-13 Thread Dana Goyette
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Network connections disappear from list after making available to all users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405413 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 411042] Re: application-specific volume control affects master volume

2009-08-13 Thread Dana Goyette
I agree... flat volumes are horrible, in terms of user experience. I managed to blast myself the other day, by turning up Totem's volume (because it was too quiet) ... and oops, now it turned up the sound card, too! BAM! I'm just glad I didn't have headphones on at the time! Windows (Vista,

[Bug 404219] Re: Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also)

2009-07-24 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, something new I just noticed: the latest gnome-settings-daemon FORCES me to choose either two-finger scrolling OR edge-scrolling, and does not allow both -- thus overriding my preference I have set in a custom FDI file! In addition, it's not content to just reset the settings once it

[Bug 404219] Re: Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also)

2009-07-24 Thread Dana Goyette
er, correction: key is scroll_method. -- Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 28835] Re: Unmount in volume right-click menu, is tech-speak and undiscoverable

2009-07-21 Thread Dana Goyette
Another good use case for the difference between unmount and eject: card readers. With my Kingston USB multri-reader under Karmic, I went to unmount a CompactFlash card so I could manipulate partitions on it, using the eject icon in the Nautilus sidebar... and then was confused when I couldn't

[Bug 394985] Re: fglrx: Unknown symbol find_task_by_vpid

2009-07-14 Thread Dana Goyette
Slightly better than that is the patch here: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17731page=21 Aside from fixing 2.6.30 compatibility, ATI / AMD should replace all their calls, as shown in Kano's patch; so far, that symbol removal seems to be the only significant change from 2.6.30 to

[Bug 399565] Re: extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute()

2009-07-14 Thread Dana Goyette
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29031005/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29031006/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29031007/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 399565] Re: extace crashed with SIGSEGV in fftw_execute()

2009-07-14 Thread Dana Goyette
** Description changed: Binary package hint: extace Using PulseAudio, of course; distro is Karmic. Just attempting to open the voiceprint app extace results in it segfaulting. gdb gives this: + (gdb) r + Starting program: /usr/bin/extace + [Thread debugging using libthread_db

[Bug 268506] Re: Cannot configure Synaptics TouchStyk settings (e.g. sensitivity, tapping, press/select)

2009-07-13 Thread Dana Goyette
Marking this as affecting linux task, because the separation of the Generic PS/2 Mouse is almost certainly part of the problem. The Xorg Synaptics Driver still has framework for using a stick... but the kernel renders that existing framework useless. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 284319] Re: mute, brightness buttons on new HP 6930p laptop

2009-07-06 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, looks like some progress is being made on the Mute-LED front. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/msg/d71c68275456957a As I discovered when testing the 2.6.31-rc2-based kernel, this fix applies only to the 'mobile' model (which lacks the second capture stream and the dock inputs),

[Bug 240553] Re: evbug.c spams logs and causes high system loads

2009-07-04 Thread Dana Goyette
This is not only a nuisance; it's a real security hazard, as well! If you think about it, having the kernel report every keycode in dmesg... is like having a world-readable keylogger installed. In my case (on karmic), evbug was loading even when blacklisted; to actually disable it, I had to

[Bug 395558] [NEW] With notify-osd, low disk space notifications become spam

2009-07-04 Thread Dana Goyette
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon When a mounted volume becomes low on disk space, something -- notify-osd claims it's gnome-settings-daemon -- pops up a notification to tell the user. Under the old notification daemon, this would pop up as a bubble, once per

[Bug 314600] Re: [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic

2009-07-04 Thread Dana Goyette
Hmm, the issue still happens for me with 8.620, on Karmic (2.6.30-10-generic); I haven't yet tried it on Jaunty. the aticonfig --acpi-services=off workaround still works. -- [HD 3650] fglrx versions newer than 8.543 cause system hang and panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314600 You

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