[Bug 1652646] [NEW] Xorg freeze

2016-12-26 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Playing video, e.g. in vlc or chrome causes the whole machine to hang after 5-10m of video playing. I also tried vlc --avcodec-hw none which I found in another similar bug but it still crashes. It happens with DVDs and also more modern codecs. Everything worked fine on

[Bug 1650880] [NEW] version of xpra in 16.04 (LTS) is an explicitly unsupported version

2016-12-18 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: https://www.xpra.org/trac/wiki/Versions says that there are only 2 supported versions, 0.14.x (supported until 2017 and backward compatible with many old versions, including the version shipped in 14.04 LTS) and 1.0.x (supported for 2 more years). 0.15.x which ships with

[Bug 1429885] Re: package shared-mime-info 1.3-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

2016-05-20 Thread Fergal Daly
So is there another bug somewhere for the fact that a spurious crash reports are coming up during upgrade to 16.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1429885 Title: package

[Bug 1337609] Re: Laptop lid standby issue on Kubuntu 14.04 LTS

2016-01-31 Thread fergal
I see the same problem. Sometimes the computer sleeps immediately on result, sometimes I have time to type in my password and exit the screensaver before it sleeps again. It always resumes the second time. uname -a Linux lugh 3.16.0-51-generic #69~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 15:32:41 UTC 2015

Re: [Bug 601265] Setting Ctrl-Tab as the shortcut to switch workspaces gives different behaviour to other key combos

2011-07-08 Thread Fergal Daly
It's unlikely I will get to test this in natty any time soon. I can confirm that it is still broken in the 10.04 which is LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601265 Title: Setting

Re: [Bug 575091] Re: python pymtp crashes with segfault

2011-07-08 Thread Fergal Daly
FYI, this approach to C extensions is extremely brittle. While I was happy that pymtp existed, it can be broken again at any time by the addition or reordering of fields in the C library. If this is to be a supported module then the packager of libmtp will have to be involved in order to ensure

[Bug 700747] [NEW] Broadcom wireless driver can-t install on 10.10

2011-01-09 Thread Fergal
Public bug reported: initramfs tools 0.98.1ubuntu6 failed to install ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun

[Bug 700747] Re: Broadcom wireless driver can-t install on 10.10

2011-01-09 Thread Fergal
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700747 Title: Broadcom wireless driver can-t install on 10.10 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 573524] Re: mtpfs : Transport endpoint is not connected

2010-10-10 Thread Fergal Daly
After much trouble with alternatives (also crashing), I recently just downloaded the source, installed all the necessary dev packages and built it myself and it works just fine. I still don't understand why though because both version are 0.9 and the packaged version doesn't seem to have any

[Bug 656804] [NEW] I cannot type in a Custom command that begins with one of the predefined commands.

2010-10-08 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center To reproduce: 1 Set out to make a Custom terminal command say gnome-terminal -geometry 80x40 2 System - Preferences - Preferred Applications 3 System Tab 4 Select Custom 5 Start typing gnome-terminal -geometry 80x40 Bug: As soon as

[Bug 656804] Re: I cannot type in a Custom command that begins with one of the predefined commands.

2010-10-08 Thread Fergal Daly
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656804/+attachment/1678614/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcEnviron.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656804/+attachment/1678615/+files/ProcEnviron.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt

[Bug 575091] Re: python pymtp crashes with segfault

2010-09-25 Thread Fergal Daly
Simple patch. ** Patch added: fix-pymtp.diff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymtp/+bug/575091/+attachment/1635255/+files/fix-pymtp.diff -- python pymtp crashes with segfault https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575091 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 622414] [NEW] apt-get install gnome fails in kubuntu 10.04

2010-08-22 Thread fergal
Public bug reported: Package: apt-get (?) Description:Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release:10.04 I'm running a fresh install of kubuntu 10.04 (KDE 4.4.2). I want to install gnome along side, so I did sudo apt-get install gnome which failed with the error Reading package lists... Done

Re: [Bug 616115] Re: sawfish is missing depencency on rep

2010-08-13 Thread Fergal Daly
confirmed fer...@fergal-glaptop:~$ dpkg -l rep Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription

[Bug 616115] [NEW] sawfish is missing depencency on rep

2010-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sawfish rep is not list as a depdendency, so executing sawfish-ui gives me exec: 8: rep: not found. installing rep fixes this error and sawfish-ui runs correctly. ** Affects: sawfish (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- sawfish

[Bug 575091] Re: python pymtp crashes with segfault

2010-08-03 Thread Fergal Daly
It seems the python code is out of sync with the C code. In particular, there are fields missing from the python struct definitions with the result that the next field is often incorrect, leading to following a bad pointer (not a pointer at all actually). I've attached a patch that adds the

[Bug 433358] Re: sawfish-ui fails with broken pipe

2010-07-29 Thread Fergal Daly
From apt-cache showpkg: 1:1.3.5.2-1ubuntu1.1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_lucid-proposed_universe_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status) So I think I'm using the right package Several problems: 1 I created a test account (with a fresh homedir) and chose sawfish on

[Bug 573524] Re: mtpfs : Transport endpoint is not connected

2010-07-10 Thread Fergal Daly
Same with my Creative Zen (041e:4157). Worked fine on hardy but is broken on lucid. -- mtpfs : Transport endpoint is not connected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 601265] Re: Setting Ctrl-Tab as the shortcut to switch workspaces gives different behaviour to other key combos

2010-07-05 Thread Fergal Daly
Also, it is not possible to change directions without releasing all keys. So if I hold Ctrl and hit Tab, I move right. If I keep holding Ctrl and hit Shift-Tab, I move right again. I should have moved left. -- Setting Ctrl-Tab as the shortcut to switch workspaces gives different behaviour to

[Bug 601264] [NEW] reportbug crashes due to incorrect os.uname call

2010-07-02 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: reportbug This is lucid with reportbug 4.10.2ubuntu1 Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 Here's the end of the stack trace File /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/reportbug/debianbts.py, line 594, in generic_infofunc utsmachine =

[Bug 601265] [NEW] Setting Ctrl-Tab as the shortcut to switch workspaces gives different behaviour to other key combos

2010-07-02 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: metacity fer...@notpot:~$ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 Not entirely sure if this is in metacity, please redirect if necessary. When I set Ctrl-Tab as the key combo for Switch to the workspace on the right of

[Bug 433358] Re: sawfish-ui fails with broken pipe

2010-07-01 Thread Fergal Daly
I see the same thing in lucid. Is this package maintained in Ubuntu? There seems to be no individual listed. -- sawfish-ui fails with broken pipe https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433358 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 331580] Re: Fails to start in recent jaunty releases

2010-02-13 Thread fergal
For what it's worth, I also see this bug in 9.04. As a work around, I noticed in synaptic that tcl 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5 were all installed. I uninstalled tcl8.4. ds9 was also uninstalled. Idownloaded ds9 from the author's site, and that worked without complaint. I don't know if this information will

[Bug 391882] Re: Make Samba easy to disable and enable in KDE

2010-01-09 Thread Fergal Daly
update-rc.d samba disable assuming upstart pays attention to the rc directories. AlsoI http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-startstop-disable- services-in.html explains where to get GUI for this called BootUp- Manager. Although I am stunned that there isn't something built in to to do

Re: [Bug 157666] Re: pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

2009-05-02 Thread Fergal Daly
Jaunty, no sadly I can't however I've finally got onto Hardy and it seems that while the password box may disappear mid-typing, focus is not shifted to an auto-login IRC channel which is the main problem. -- pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

Re: [Bug 157666] Re: pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

2009-04-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Thanks for asking. I'm still stuck on dapper (!) for the next few weeks and then will be on hardy. I'll let you know then. -- pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-02-03 Thread Fergal
Video now works with visual effects set to none but it is a pain in the a**to have to change this every time I want to see a video -- can't play avi video Movie player closes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323570 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-02-01 Thread Fergal
Yes both are installed Thanks for the interest -- can't play avi video Movie player closes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323570 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

RE: [Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-02-01 Thread Fergal
In all avi files. Mplayer simply disappears. I'm considering install Ubuntu 8.04 instead of 8.10 as I'm having some issues with it. Windows vista media players are working fine -Mensaje original- De: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] En nombre de Jonas Enviado el:

RE: [Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-02-01 Thread Fergal
Yes same in VLC disappears but have sound not picture on Dragon player -Mensaje original- De: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] En nombre de Jonas Enviado el: domingo, 01 de febrero de 2009 16:39 Para: fergaldor...@gmail.com Asunto: [Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video

[Bug 323570] [NEW] can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-01-31 Thread Fergal
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: totem Ubuntu 8.10 Installed on Dell Inspiron 6400 Movie player crashes closes when trying to see .avi video ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer Package: totem-gstreamer 2.24.3-0ubuntu1

[Bug 323570] Re: can't play avi video Movie player closes

2009-01-31 Thread Fergal
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21852084/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21852085/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21852086/ProcStatus.txt -- can't play

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2009-01-22 Thread Fergal Daly
My setup works again with intrepid, so this bug has been fixed somehow. -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-guidance in ubuntu. --

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-09-17 Thread Fergal Daly
Could someone change this to something other than wishlist as this is impacting at least 2 people with uninteresting hardware that used to work just fine. -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202164 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 157666] Re: pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

2008-09-02 Thread Fergal Daly
Kind of, the IRC window doesn't grab focus but now the Buddy List window does :(. I'll go ping my upstream bug. -- pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
I have a rather unexotic setup and I don't have non-free drivers installed. I'm running the RADEON driver. In order to get X to start at all, I have to comment out displayconfig-restore. If I do that X starts just fine. If I then run displayconfig-restore, X dies with this trace Backtrace: 0:

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16694735/xorg.conf -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
I have reopened this because I can reproduce this bug on a box with a default config file and only 1 monitor. This is a regression from 7.10 ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix = New -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
Sorry, that should be *or* doing anything with mplayer -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 202164] Re: [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash

2008-08-10 Thread Fergal Daly
Seems I can reliably crash X with a few lines of python doing anything with mplayer. Python script attached. ** Attachment added: crashX.py http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16695582/crashX.py -- [hardy] displayconfig-restore causes X to crash https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202164 You received

[Bug 239133] Re: all man pages refer to non-existent info pages

2008-06-12 Thread Fergal Daly
It's definitely in 6.06LTS, I actually looked around for some way of closing the bug or changing the status but couldn't find it. I was looking in actions which seems like a good place to put a change status button, even if there is a shorter way somewhere else. -- all man pages refer to

[Bug 239133] [NEW] all man pages refer to non-existent info pages

2008-06-11 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: coreutils Version: all versions up to 8.04. Example, man cat gets a doc that says at the bottom. SEE ALSO The full documentation for cat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cat programs are properly installed at your

[Bug 239133] Re: all man pages refer to non-existent info pages

2008-06-11 Thread Fergal Daly
Sorry, you are right. I thought I had checked 8.04 but checking again, I see exactly what you say. -- all man pages refer to non-existent info pages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239133 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 150963] Re: evolution should allow me to configure it to not switch emails/folders when space is pressed at the end of a message

2008-01-10 Thread Fergal Daly
Magic space bar will be switch-offable. It is hard for me to understand how a major change to the most important key in the application was not switch-offable. Anyway, see comment #18 on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237989 -- evolution should allow me to configure it to not switch

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-12-18 Thread Fergal Daly
Is there a .deb somewhere? -- I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 157666] Re: pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

2007-11-22 Thread Fergal Daly
** Summary changed: - pidgin keeps stealin focus from its own password dialog + pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog -- pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157666 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 157666] Re: pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog

2007-11-22 Thread Fergal Daly
Since this bug has not been touched, I filed an upstream bug http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4032 -- pidgin keeps stealing focus from its own password dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-11-06 Thread Fergal Daly
Simon, you can also go to Edit-Plugins and disable the notification plugin in there (apologies if you knew this already, it's not clear from your post). -- I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156292 You received this bug

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-11-06 Thread Fergal Daly
That makes a some kind of sense - if your plugin has no prefs GUI then unless you default it to being on, nobody will ever use it. -- I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156292 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-29 Thread Fergal Daly
I'm on 7.10 (evo 2.12). My previous install was whatever came before that and it didn't have those keys at all. I think I see the problem. I also have the notification plugin enabled (I hadn't ever seen the plugin prefs before). So the problem here is really that there is no interaction between

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-28 Thread Fergal Daly
Yes I agree this is most likely not a bug in n-d, it just notifies what it's told (I the time of filing the bug, I had no idea what n-d was). I don't have m-n-e [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ dpkg -l mail-notification-evolution No packages found matching mail-notification-evolution. but even if I did, it

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-28 Thread Fergal Daly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ gconftool-2 -R /apps/evolution/mail/notification notification = true blink-status-icon = true but I have no idea how that got there, my prefs widget is definitely set to no notification. In fact, twiddling my settings has no impact on the output of that command. Is it

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-28 Thread Fergal Daly
For the benefit of anyone else suffering from this gconftool-2 -s /apps/evolution/mail/notification/notification -t bool false gconftool-2 -s /apps/evolution/mail/notification/blink-status-icon -t bool false does the trick, but that doesn't address the root cause. -- I get visual notifications

[Bug 157666] pidgin keeps stealin focus from its own password dialog

2007-10-27 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pidgin This can happen in many ways but a simple example is to have 2 accounts, #1 requires a password, #2 doesn't. While you're still typing in the password for #1, #2 logs in and pops up the chat window. Now your password is not being typed into the

[Bug 156292] Re: I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-26 Thread Fergal Daly
** Also affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/156292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug

[Bug 156292] I get visual notifications of new mail despite requesting no notifications

2007-10-23 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: notification-daemon In evolution, Edit-Preferences-Mail Preferences-New Mail Notification is set to Do not notify me when new mail arrives Every time new mail arrives I get a popup thingy that goes away after a few seconds. Looking further, I think

[Bug 122329] Re: ds9 in feisty hangs on exit (version in dapper is okay)

2007-09-20 Thread fergal
The latest version (4.13?) of ds9 from the sao website fixes this annoying problem http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/ -- ds9 in feisty hangs on exit (version in dapper is okay) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122329 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 54412] Re: Screen stretched vertically to double size, only top half visible in TV out.

2007-09-09 Thread Fergal Daly
The ATI drivers don't work at all with gutsy. The free drivers don't do TV out. It turns out that the VESA drivers work just fine actually seem to cause lower CPU usage! So the prblem still exists but is presumably WILL NOT FIX. Thanks. -- Screen stretched vertically to double size, only top

[Bug 130553] diff is confused by japanese filenames

2007-08-05 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: diff Using diff 2.8.1-11ubuntu Here's some output from a diff -r [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/other/100g/mungo/backuppc# diff -qr . /media/mirrored/100g-2/backuppc/ File ./log/BackupPC.sock is a socket while file

[Bug 130553] Re: diff is confused by japanese filenames

2007-08-05 Thread Fergal Daly
By the way, comparing the files individually shows there are no diffs. diff -qr on just the directory with those files gives the same problem. Creating dummy files with just those names in another directory does not reproduce. Nor does recreating the whole directory with dummy files. I can't do

[Bug 120459] lesspipe relies on $SHELL to tell which shell it's running from

2007-06-14 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: less $SHELL is set once, on login so doesn't tell you what shell you're currently running from. I log in to tcsh and when I execute bash as a shell I see. bash: setenv: command not found bash: setenv: command not found I traced this back to this piece

[Bug 120266] dbus sometimes holds a reference to deleted files

2007-06-13 Thread Fergal Daly
seem to have anything else unusual open and if I delete another random file it doesn't end up with a reference to it. Here's what lsof has to say, the file in question is holy_smoke.mpg . dbus-daem 12448 fergal cwd DIR 254,540962 / dbus-daem 12448 fergal rtd

[Bug 120266] Re: dbus sometimes holds a reference to deleted files

2007-06-13 Thread Fergal Daly
I'm on feisty and my dbus is 1.0.2-1ubuntu3 -- dbus sometimes holds a reference to deleted files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 71336] Re: service-admin doesn't launch

2007-03-13 Thread Fergal Daly
Just to be clear, while Daniel's problem is solved, there is still a bug, /usr/local should not be part of PATH in a system script. -- service-admin doesn't launch https://launchpad.net/bugs/71336 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 71336] Re: service-admin doesn't launch

2007-03-13 Thread Fergal Daly
Daniel's problem was with /bin, my problem was with /usr/local/bin. Do you agree that it is inappropriate to include /usr/local/bin in a system script? Would you like to me to open a separate bug specifically for this? -- service-admin doesn't launch https://launchpad.net/bugs/71336 --

[Bug 71336] Re: service-admin doesn't launch

2007-03-13 Thread Fergal Daly
Sure, I'll try ubuntu-devel -- service-admin doesn't launch https://launchpad.net/bugs/71336 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 71336] Re: service-admin doesn't launch

2007-03-12 Thread Fergal Daly
This is almost certainly because you have a custom version of perl installed in /usr/local/bin. This is a bug in /etc/dbus-1/event.d/70system-tools-backends which sets PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin System scripts should never include /usr/local in their

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-12-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Luke, you are proposing to add a special case to the Services dialog for avahi. The sevices dialog is a generic piece of code that knows nothing about individual services. To justify such a change one would have to explain why avahi daemon is special and can't just work the way everything else

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-12-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Another question. Why is avahi started by dbus in the first place? -- /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless https://launchpad.net/bugs/56426 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-12-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Luke, I 100% agree with you, I have already been arguing that avahi daemon should just work like everything else. Your comment seemed to be suggesting that the services dialog should be modified to twiddle the /etc/default/avahi-daemon. The question about why dbus? was for the avahi maintainers -

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-12-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Joseph. You seem to have conveniently forgetten the other link I posted, so I'll post it again. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html This is the debian policy on how daemons should work. start for starting, stop for stopping and update-rc.d for enabling and disabling. By the

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-11-27 Thread Fergal Daly
So, is there something wrong with the fix where we make the initscript a normal initscript (ie it does what it's told) and we just don't link it into /etc/rc.* or the dbus directory. Then the GUI tool can just invoke update-rc.d to turn it on or off, like a good Debian citizen? --

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-11-05 Thread Fergal Daly
too lazy or stupid to read the initscript I was neither too stupid nor too lazy to read it. The point is that I *should not have to*. Luckily enough I was able to figure this out. Ubuntu is supposed to be for everyone and many people wouldn't be able to figure this out. In case you still

[Bug 56426] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless

2006-11-05 Thread Fergal Daly
'This is a Debian standard,' It's not a standard or a standard it's just something that some packages do and I can't see any benefit to it. The actual Debian standard is here http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html which is quite clear Maintainers should use the abstraction

[Bug 65587] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-13 Thread Fergal Daly
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 56426 *** I'd argue that /etc/inti.d/avahi-daemon start should start it unconditionally and then the toggling on and off should be done with the addition or removal of symlinks. That's how rcX.d works and it looks like that's how dbus works too. rcX.d comes

[Bug 65587] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
I have avahi daemon installed but it's isn't mentioned in /etc/rc?.d and I can't find anything in /etc that wants to invoke it. I presume this is all related to upstart but I don't really know what's going on. By all means have a script for controlling the daemon however you like but you

[Bug 65587] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
My point is that this is the only initscript in the world which has a don't forget to tweak the obscure ACTUALLY_DO_WHAT_I_SAY setting warning to it. Worse still, it doesn't even have the warning _attached_ to it, you have to find out by debugging the initscript. I doubt I'm the only person who's

[Bug 65587] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
Surprisingly there are others too - bootlogd and tomcat for example but that doesn't make it right. I found the following [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/dbus-1/event.d ls -l total 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1901 2006-09-20 14:15 20hal lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-09-28 17:52 25avahi-daemon -

[Bug 65587] Re: /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-12 Thread Fergal Daly
One other thing, in relation to the other bug you mention. Initscripts should _need_ to print things out or test for interactivity. They should just do what they've always done and start/stop services. If it's correct to add this code to avahi's initscript then it should really be added to every

[Bug 65587] /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start doesn't start anything

2006-10-11 Thread Fergal Daly
Public bug reported: If I install avahi-daemon and then do /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start the daemon should start. Instead I have to change /etc/default/avahi- daemon so that it doesn't set AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0. This setup doesn't seem to serve any purpose. Is there some scenario in which I

[Bug 61887] Re: Remember this password doesn't

2006-10-09 Thread Fergal Daly
I'm running kde and no other gnome apps. I'm up to date and everything is working fine. Thanks. -- Remember this password doesn't https://launchpad.net/bugs/61887 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 54412] Re: Screen stretched vertically to double size, only top half visible in TV out.

2006-10-01 Thread Fergal Daly
Exactly the same for me. I have to use -vo x11 with mplayer to get sane playback. I've just installed edgy and the same too. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None = xserver-xorg-video-ati -- Screen stretched vertically to double size, only top half visible in TV out.

[Bug 61887] Re: Remember this password doesn't

2006-10-01 Thread Fergal Daly
For me it remembers my IMAP password but not my SMTP auth password. I thought I might get some relief with Forget Passwords but that's broken too - it didn't forget any passwords. -- Remember this password doesn't https://launchpad.net/bugs/61887 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list