[Bug 1819497] Re: gnome-control-center autonomously uninstalling

2019-03-11 Thread dbclinton
Ok, thanks. It still feels like rather odd behavior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819497 Title: gnome-control-center autonomously uninstalling To manage notifications about this b

[Bug 1819497] Re: gnome-control-center autonomously uninstalling

2019-03-11 Thread dbclinton
These are the commands I used to cause the bug: 1st time: sudo apt purge wpasupplicant 2nd time: sudo apt install wicd-gtk sudo apt remove network-manager-gnome network-manager -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1819497] [NEW] gnome-control-center autonomously uninstalling

2019-03-11 Thread dbclinton
Public bug reported: Over the last couple of weeks gnome-control-center has autonomously uninstalled (or perhaps just disabled) twice: once as I uninstalled wpa_supplicant, and the second time when I uninstalled NetworkManager (and installed WICD instead). In both cases, trying to run gnome-con

[Bug 1785537] Re: Opening video from compressed archive can freeze X

2018-08-05 Thread dbclinton
Here's the relevant /var/log/syslog output: Aug 5 20:21:02 workstation dbus-daemon[3251]: [session uid=1000 pid=3251] Activating service name='org.gnome.Totem' requested by ':1.156' (uid=1000 pid=17150 comm="file-roller /home/dbclinton/Desktop/review/a9c60d1"

[Bug 1785537] Re: Opening video from compressed archive can freeze X

2018-08-05 Thread dbclinton
The video file that caused the most recent crash was an MP4 15.9BM when uncompressed. I've successfully opened many files that were much larger than that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 1785537] [NEW] Opening video from compressed archive can freeze X

2018-08-05 Thread dbclinton
Public bug reported: Perhaps I shouldn't do this, but I often open compressed videos using Totem from within Archive Manager. A couple of times over the past month my desktop session has frozen as Totem loads. The mouse still moves, but it can't interact with screen objects. The keyboard doesn'

[Bug 1628289] Re: snapd should depend on squashfuse (for use in containers)

2017-07-25 Thread dbclinton
Just to update my previous comment: poking around Stéphane Graber's blog a bit suggests to me that I really shouldn't expect success with this using less than 16.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 1628289] Re: snapd should depend on squashfuse (for use in containers)

2017-07-25 Thread dbclinton
I've installed squashfuse on my Ubuntu LXC container (under Ubuntu 16.04.2) and then tried to install the NextCloud snap, but it's still failing with this same error: error: cannot perform the following tasks: - Mount snap "core" (2381) ([start snap-core-2381.mount] failed with exit status 1: Job

[Bug 1408212] Re: Turn on/off the Large Text in Universal Access, it doesn't work immediately

2015-07-09 Thread dbclinton
I'm still getting this bug running Gnome-Fallback. Here's my uname -a: Linux WD-System 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 10:34:39 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:

[Bug 477167] Re: can't set bootable flag when partitioning during install

2014-06-13 Thread dbclinton
This one hit me while installing on an ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 mother board and an Intel i5-3470 Ivy Bridge CPU with 16GB RAM. But it doesn't stike me as having much too do with that part of the profile: I'm trying to install it to two 3TB HGST Deskstar NAS drives. -- You received this bug notif

[Bug 478761] Re: failed to start scanner: Invalid argument

2014-06-01 Thread dbclinton
@JoKer I meant that when you choose a USB port on your PC to plug in your scanner, make sure it's an older USB 2.0 port rather than USB 3.0 - in almost all cases USB 3.0 ports can be easily identified by a bright blue pin rather than black or white. By the way, just this past week the same "fix"

[Bug 478761] Re: failed to start scanner: Invalid argument

2014-05-01 Thread dbclinton
I can confirm that switching my Brother DCP-7060D from a USB 3.0 port to USB 2.0 got it working - finally defeating the "Invalid argument" error! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478761 T

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2014-01-14 Thread dbclinton
I'm OK as I am right now. Thanks again! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262377 Title: Screen rendering problem To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2014-01-14 Thread dbclinton
Just in case a VirtualBox session in fact bypasses Trinity driver, I ran a live session with the daily build and the problem was solved for that, too. The only thing was that I'm not aware of any way to run gnome-fallback in a live session... David -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2014-01-14 Thread dbclinton
Hi, Sorry it took me so long to get to this, but I finally managed to download the daily build and run it (in VirtualBox) on my machine. I tried with both Unity and Gnome-Fallback (which is what I'm using on my real install) and the problem had disappeared for both. Unless VB interfaces differen

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2014-01-06 Thread dbclinton
Hi, I'll try to load the dev iso on to a usb device and run a live session on my machine some time in the next few days. Thanks, David -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262377 Title: S

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2013-12-23 Thread dbclinton
Update: installing fglrx seems to have solved the screen rendering issue on both of my computers...but not the flicker. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1262377 Title: Screen rendering

[Bug 1262377] Re: Screen rendering problem

2013-12-21 Thread dbclinton
In a very unhappy coincidence, I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a completely different box running the Radeon HD 7480D video driver and I'm getting the exact same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 1262377] [NEW] Screen rendering problem

2013-12-18 Thread dbclinton
Public bug reported: I'm running 13.10 with Gnome-Fallback and a Trinity Radeon HD 7540 and I'm encountering flickering (among individual objects - not the whole display), screen regions being randomly shaded (in at least Firefox and LibreOffice Calc) and object drawing failures (the grid in a

[Bug 636711] Re: 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system

2010-12-04 Thread dbclinton
This may be helpful. I've got two nearly identical Compaq Evo desktops at the office. One loaded 10.10 flawlessly from the usb and the other one died on the squashfs file system mount (using the very same usb). Since they're so similar, the differences might be important. I've uploaded the lshw out

[Bug 636711] Re: 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system

2010-11-21 Thread dbclinton
And here are my two cents: I've tried to install the 10.10 desktop i386 iso (md5 checked out fine) on a Compaq Evo desktop using a CD and then two separate USB drives (trying on at least three separate USB ports) with no success. Each time I ended up in initramfs with messages like mount: mount

Re: [Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-09-13 Thread dbclinton
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 16:08 +, E. Rinehart wrote: > Also, since this trouble seems to be linked to Intel display drivers, > has anyone "solved" this problem by adding a cheap video card to their > system? > I've tried adding different video cards but I believe the problem is with the on-board

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-06-21 Thread dbclinton
@Tim Thanks for the correction. However, I see that 855gm-fix-exp-dkms comes with a bit of a threat of its own: "Stability may suffer with this version. If you experience frequent crashes than please install the non-"exp"-version of this package." And 855gm-fix-dkms isn't perfect either: "Know

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-06-20 Thread dbclinton
I first added ppa:glasen/intel-driver to my repositories and then installed libdrm (actually it was called libdrm2 - marked for upgrade - in my synaptic) and xserver-xorg-video-intel (also marked for upgrade). I assume that would have got the job done. Is there something I missed? Thanks -- MA

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-06-20 Thread dbclinton
I installed the Glasenhart patch on my Edubuntu thin client server - two of the clients have i845 chips. There was no improvement in the client experience: it still makes it to the login screen but crashes as soon as the user completes the login process. I haven't had the guts to install Brian Roge