[Bug 474955] [NEW] Video output distorted when changing display mode from HP laptop screen to Panasonic Projector (NVIDIA driver 185)

2009-11-04 Thread davescafe
Public bug reported: Issue summary: When a projector is plugged-in to the VGA port of my HP laptop, I can press functionF4 and the display mode toggles from my laptop screen to the projector. This worked successfully with Ubuntu 8.10. However, with Ubuntu 9.10, the result is that the video

[Bug 474966] [NEW] gdm un-mutes speaker on laptop after I have muted it (I don't want bongos heard in meeting)

2009-11-04 Thread davescafe
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Issue description: In corporate setting, it is not appropriate for the login sound (bongos) to be heard when I boot my Ubuntu 9.10 laptop. I have specifically muted the speakers, but when I reboot, the login screen un-mutes the speakers and plays

[Bug 474966] Re: gdm un-mutes speaker on laptop after I have muted it (I don't want bongos heard in meeting)

2009-11-04 Thread davescafe
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35126145/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35126146/XsessionErrors.txt -- gdm un-mutes speaker on laptop after I have muted it (I don't want bongos heard in meeting)

[Bug 322210] Re: [needs-packaging] PPD for Dymo LabelWriter 400 not complete

2009-10-30 Thread davescafe
I am also stranded by the absence of the DYMO driver in Ubuntu 9.10. Besides the comments on this page, I found this information helpful when manually installing the driver from dymo.com: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-861781.html -- [needs-packaging] PPD for Dymo LabelWriter 400

[Bug 295536] Re: cups-pdf fails bad status reported and no pdf created

2009-05-06 Thread davescafe
Defect exists in Ubuntu 9.04. I am NOT able to work-around this using the uninstall/reinstall procedure mentioned in above thread. I AM able to work around this using François Letendre solution of: $ sudo aa-complain cupsd -- cups-pdf fails bad status reported and no pdf created

[Bug 76283] Re: duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop

2009-05-05 Thread davescafe
Defect does not seem to be present in Ubuntu 9.04. I cannot reproduce on 9.04, although with the same hardware, I was able to see this defect on 6.10 and 7.04. -- duplicate entries for devices in nautilus desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76283 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 292030] Re: Bluetooth mouse stops after a while

2008-12-09 Thread davescafe
Problem fixed for me by following the recommendation by murphy.md previously in this thread (2008-11-10). Specifically, followed these steps: 1. Right-click on the bluetooth icon in the quickstarter tray 2. Selected, Always visible 3. Removed my known device HP Bluetooth PC Card Mouse 4. Add

[Bug 253323] Re: no grub installed when installing ubuntu 8.10 alpha3

2008-10-31 Thread davescafe
I think this bug affects me as well. Short Summary: Live CD install of 8.10 desktop i386 released fails to install a /boot/grub directory. After install is complete, Ubuntu will not boot from the local machine. Hardware Config: Motherboard = Asus P4P800-E Deluxe (Series: Socket478) GFX = MSI

[Bug 253323] Re: no grub installed when installing ubuntu 8.10 alpha3

2008-10-31 Thread davescafe
Resolution (workaround?) Follow-up to my previous post. Here's what I did to get it working: I suspected the problem may have been that I used the Partition Editor on the Live CD to resize my /home partition prior to Ubuntu 8.10 installation. Specifically, before I installed Ubuntu 8.10, I did

[Bug 151447] Deleted user persists in Login Window Preferences Security tab

2007-10-10 Thread davescafe
Public bug reported: The name of a deleted user continues to be available (selectable) in the Login Window Preferences | Security tab, in the drop-down menu associated with Enable automatic Login. This only happens when the user that is deleted is remains selected for automatic login. The

[Bug 76283] Nautilus Gnome desktop display two memory card icons if Ubuntu is booted with memory card inserted

2007-04-24 Thread davescafe
Nautilus and the Gnome desktop display two memory card icons if Ubuntu is booted with memory card inserted. This only happens when the memory card is inserted before Ubuntu is booted. If I insert the memory card into my USB reader after Ubuntu boots, I will only see one icon, as expected, in

[Bug 57790] Re: xserver-xorg-core_1.0.2-0ubuntu10.4_i386.deb significantly degrades performance of VMware Server 1.0.1

2006-08-26 Thread davescafe
I posted too soon. I thought I had a good understanding of what was going on, but my testing since then has revealed that I can reproduce the performance degradation of VMware using multiple versions of xserver-xorg-core, and, I have been able to successfully run VMware without performance