[Bug 1882815] [NEW] Please update to the latest upstream version

2020-06-09 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: As of now, the latest version is 1:2.29, whereas the Ubuntu version has been at 1:2.27 since 2017. The newest code is at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debmirror/-/tree/master. Updating to at least 1:2.29 will fix the bug preventing a working mirror of Ubuntu 20.04:

[Bug 773896] Re: Evolution does not show persistent alarms in Unity

2013-03-21 Thread greenmoss
No progress for almost two years? Ubuntu should be better than this. What can we do to help debug this, and test solutions? Without persistence, alarms are completely useless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 425172] Re: Add support of new printers

2012-11-29 Thread greenmoss
Another vote for adding more Brother printer drivers here. I spent over an hour working my way through installation of my Brother HL-2270DW. Inexperienced users would have given up. FWIW, here are the manual steps: - download the two deb files from

[Bug 425172] Re: Add support of new printers

2012-11-29 Thread greenmoss
Forgot to mention my Ubuntu version: 12.04.1 LTS (precise) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to brother-cups-wrapper-laser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425172 Title: Add support of new printers To manage

[Bug 727470] Re: on Hardy, missing symlinks for run levels 0 and 6

2011-05-11 Thread greenmoss
Clint, Martin didn't address the question, and this is undoubtedly a bug. The justification is: network if-down scripts will not run as expected. Hardy will be supported for several *years* more, so it makes more sense to fix the bug than to suggest an upgrade. -- You received this bug

[Bug 727470] Re: on Hardy, missing symlinks for run levels 0 and 6

2011-05-10 Thread greenmoss
Sorry, Launchpad Janitor! :) I hope this can be fixed sometime *before* Hardy goes out of support. ** Changed in: netbase (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 16467] Re: [MASTER] aptitude/apt-get segmentation fault on currupted cache

2011-04-14 Thread greenmoss
Please leave your snarks at the door. This problem has been around for ages, as I pointed out earlier. It should be fixed. Arguing about the semantics is unhelpful. Any constructive suggestions you can offer to get it fixed would be appreciated. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 16467] Re: [MASTER] aptitude/apt-get segmentation fault on currupted cache

2011-04-13 Thread greenmoss
It's a bug *somewhere*. Since the problem still exists, the bug report is not invalid. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber.

[Bug 252476] Re: [needs-packaging] OpenFire - Jabber XMPP Chat Server for real-time collaboration (RTC)

2011-03-17 Thread greenmoss
I'm surprised this hasn't been packaged yet. Ohloh.net reports that it is quite popular. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252476 Title: [needs-packaging] OpenFire - Jabber XMPP Chat

[Bug 727470] Re: on Hardy, missing symlinks for run levels 0 and 6

2011-03-10 Thread greenmoss
Martin: One of the symlinks is correctly created (/etc/rcS.d/S40networking), but the other two are not. This is why your scripts work on boot. However, on a stock Hardy system, the /etc/rc0.d and /etc/rc6.d symlinks are missing. Thus your scripts will *not* be invoked on reboot. This is

[Bug 727470] [NEW] on Hardy, missing symlinks for run levels 0 and 6

2011-03-01 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netbase On all of my Hardy (8.04.4) installations, I am by default missing symlinks to /etc/init.d/networking for run levels 0 and 6. Because of this, my scripts in /etc/network/if*down* are never invoked. Please add these symlinks on Hardy: $ ls -l

[Bug 715425] [NEW] iptables-apply ought to use mktemp, not tempfile

2011-02-08 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: iptables The iptables-apply script in iptables is very useful for me. It is however currently using tempfile to generate its temp files. This is a Debian/Ubuntu-only utility, which in turn makes iptables-apply non- portable across Linuxes. It would be

[Bug 423252] Re: NSS using LDAP+SSL breaks setuid applications like su and sudo

2010-09-22 Thread greenmoss
My bug 509734 was marked as a duplicate of this one. This was a special case using the atd job scheduler. At jobs launched by ldap users worked, but at jobs launched by root did *not* work. atd was doing a group lookup, and nss was dropping privileges, thus breaking root-launched at jobs. To work

[Bug 423252] Re: NSS using LDAP+SSL breaks setuid applications like su and sudo

2010-09-22 Thread greenmoss
My bug 509734 was marked as a duplicate of this one. This was a special case using the atd job scheduler. At jobs launched by ldap users worked, but at jobs launched by root did *not* work. atd was doing a group lookup, and nss was dropping privileges, thus breaking root-launched at jobs. To work

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-06-08 Thread greenmoss
The patch fixes the bug. -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to logwatch in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-06-08 Thread greenmoss
The patch fixes the bug. -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 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 585219] [NEW] myth front end crashes when dvd is inserted

2010-05-24 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mythtv I can start the front-end fine normally. If I try to start it with a DVD inserted, or insert a DVD after the front-end is running, I see this in the kern.log: May 24 23:06:30 spinach kernel: [775896.266838] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly;

[Bug 585219] Re: myth front end crashes when dvd is inserted

2010-05-24 Thread greenmoss
** Attachment added: .var.log.mythtv.mythbackend.log.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49053141/.var.log.mythtv.mythbackend.log.txt ** Attachment added: .var.log.mythtv.mythfrontend.log.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49053142/.var.log.mythtv.mythfrontend.log.txt ** Attachment added:

[Bug 585219] Re: myth front end crashes when dvd is inserted

2010-05-24 Thread greenmoss
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 549593 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549593 Yup, looks like a dupe. Sorry! -- myth front end crashes when dvd is inserted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 584229] [NEW] missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logwatch It seems named logging changed a little bit; enough to confuse some existing logwatch named filters. I have fixed this for some recurring rules on my machine. I will attach the output of diff: diff -ruN

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48923963/Dependencies.txt -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to logwatch in

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
** Patch added: output of diff -ruN /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/named /etc /logwatch/scripts/services/named http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48924437/logwatch.diff -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 You received this bug notification

[Bug 584229] [NEW] missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: logwatch It seems named logging changed a little bit; enough to confuse some existing logwatch named filters. I have fixed this for some recurring rules on my machine. I will attach the output of diff: diff -ruN

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48923963/Dependencies.txt -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 584229] Re: missing named filter/service patterns

2010-05-22 Thread greenmoss
** Patch added: output of diff -ruN /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/named /etc /logwatch/scripts/services/named http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48924437/logwatch.diff -- missing named filter/service patterns https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584229 You received this bug notification

[Bug 509734] Re: initgroups() fails when using libnss-ldap (but not nscd)

2010-03-23 Thread greenmoss
Back with more information: After running for a while with at jobs being successfully executed, atd will start giving errors as described above. I have not yet managed to discover the maximum amount of time between an atd restart and a successful atd job execution. -- initgroups() fails when

[Bug 509734] Re: initgroups() fails when using libnss-ldap (but not nscd)

2010-03-23 Thread greenmoss
Back with more information: After running for a while with at jobs being successfully executed, atd will start giving errors as described above. I have not yet managed to discover the maximum amount of time between an atd restart and a successful atd job execution. -- initgroups() fails when

[Bug 509734] Re: execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-23 Thread greenmoss
Here's what I tried: on 1st Karmic machine: manually restart atd atd mail test == it works on another Karmic machine: atd mail test == it fails manually restart atd atd mail test == it works In order to be thorough, I rebooted the first machine, did *not* manually restart atd, and re-tried my

[Bug 509734] Re: execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-22 Thread greenmoss
I removed libnss-ldap, re-tried the at test, and it worked. So you are correct: libnss-ldap and at do not like each other. -- execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509734 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 509734] Re: execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-22 Thread greenmoss
I've had nscd installed since before I noticed this problem. So that didn't work for me. My nscd configuration is the Ubuntu default: # # /etc/nscd.conf # # An example Name Service Cache config file. This file is needed by nscd. # # Legal entries are: # # logfile file #

[Bug 509734] Re: execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-20 Thread greenmoss
strace output is attached ** Attachment added: strace.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38139187/strace.txt -- execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 509734] [NEW] execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-19 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: at In all of my installations of Karmic (5 so far), atd jobs refuse to run. At the requested time of execution, I instead see the following in my cron.log: Jan 19 11:48:00 myhost atd[9054]: Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted Assuming

[Bug 509734] Re: execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted

2010-01-19 Thread greenmoss
Uninstalled apparmor and repeated test; still failed. -- execution fails with Cannot delete saved userids: Operation not permitted https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509734 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 501959] [NEW] ssh2_exec completely broken

2009-12-31 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Environment: $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 9.10 $ dpkg -l libssh2-php Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend

[Bug 89050] Re: Scheduled apt-cacher-cleanup.pl silently fails

2009-11-09 Thread greenmoss
I am experiencing a variant of this, on Intrepid. The 2/dev/null should be removed IMHO, since we *want* to see any errors the script generates. -- Scheduled apt-cacher-cleanup.pl silently fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 16467] Re: [MASTER] aptitude/apt-get segmentation fault on currupted cache

2009-09-17 Thread greenmoss
It is unreasonable to expect users to manually fix apt-get's cache files when they become corrupted. As a long-time apt-get user who has encountered this bug frequently, I can attest to its age, and am surprised it has not been fixed after all these years. For proof, simply see this bug report

[Bug 349636] Re: A subset of input keys temporarily stop working

2009-07-06 Thread greenmoss
I was using TERM=screen. Once I removed this, input started acting normally once again. That would be ok/understandable, except that it was happening very occasionally, for only a few minutes at a time. That makes it seem more buggy. My terminal app: iTerm (OS X) It is a laptop keyboard, but none

[Bug 349636] Re: A subset of input keys temporarily stop working

2009-07-06 Thread greenmoss
Yes, unsetting $TERM removed the problem. Sadly, it re-introduced the Wuff Wuff!! and broken backspace inanity, which is what initially prompted me to look for the poor advice you mention. One would think that *someone* would offer sane defaults; broken backspace is potentially crippling,

[Bug 349636] Re: A subset of input keys temporarily stop working

2009-07-06 Thread greenmoss
Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. What I ended up doing, which seems to have fixed it, is set my terminal app's terminal type to xterm (iTerm: Bookmarks - Manage Profiles - Terminal Profiles - Default - Type - xterm, then close/re-open all terminal windows). That aside, this ticket can be

[Bug 379920] Re: usbutils hash sum mismatch when installing Ubuntu Server 9.04 jaunty amd64

2009-07-05 Thread greenmoss
The problem in my case is that the usbutils .deb file on the CD-ROM is un-readable. Running md5sum on it returns nothing. The other .deb file in that directory is fine. Perhaps a bad image? I'm going to try downloading the .deb from the ubuntu packages site, using wget. I'll put it in

[Bug 379920] Re: usbutils hash sum mismatch when installing Ubuntu Server 9.04 jaunty amd64

2009-07-05 Thread greenmoss
So, that workaround worked for me: 1. get a shell (alt-f3, enter) 2. cd /target/var/cache/apt/archives 3. wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/u/usbutils/usbutils_0.73-8ubuntu3_amd64.deb (or whatever mirror you prefer) -- usbutils hash sum mismatch when installing Ubuntu Server 9.04

[Bug 349636] Re: A subset of input keys temporarily stop working

2009-06-29 Thread greenmoss
Happening again; neither / nor . are working -- A subset of input keys temporarily stop working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349636 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 368832] Re: Ubuntu's facter variable $operatingsystem changed from debian to ubuntu and has broken service providers.

2009-06-19 Thread greenmoss
I can't add much to this ticket, except that it has also affected me, and a request to please push the fix to Jaunty. Also, I didn't find this page when searching for the error string on Google, so here is the error string for others' benefit: warning: Found multiple default providers for

[Bug 375657] [NEW] Please add -q to logrotate.d script

2009-05-12 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mailman The logrotate.d script that comes with mailman sends root the message Re-opening all log files every time it runs /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl reopen. This is only informational, and does not point to any problems. Thus, it should probably be

[Bug 375657] [NEW] Please add -q to logrotate.d script

2009-05-12 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mailman The logrotate.d script that comes with mailman sends root the message Re-opening all log files every time it runs /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl reopen. This is only informational, and does not point to any problems. Thus, it should probably be

[Bug 349636] [NEW] A subset of input keys temporarily stop working

2009-03-27 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: screen $ lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 8.04.2 Release:8.04 $ apt-cache policy screen screen: Installed: 4.0.3-7ubuntu1 Candidate: 4.0.3-7ubuntu1 Version table: *** 4.0.3-7ubuntu1 0 500 http://my.internal.proxy hardy/main

[Bug 313575] Re: VMBuilder/vm.py crash on an alpha char in numeric constant

2009-03-19 Thread greenmoss
** Description changed: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/VMBuilder/vm.py crashes on the line mask = Ox where the initial character is a capital letter O rather than a zero. - This caused the program to fail in Intrepid -- I didn't keep a copy of - the traceback, but replacing

[Bug 340555] [NEW] On HP DL585 G5, getting illegal opcode after installation

2009-03-11 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: After successfully installing Intrepid amd64 on an HP DL 585 G5, I am unable to boot. I receive illegal opcode on a red screen. It looks like the Linux kernel has not yet started to boot when I see this. Possibly an issue due to interaction with the P400 storage controller.

[Bug 340779] [NEW] Grub prompt when booting on HP DL585 G5

2009-03-10 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: After successfully installing Intrepid amd64 on an HP DL 585 G5, I am unable to boot. I receive a grub prompt instead. If I enter boot, I get the message Error 8: kernel must be loaded before booting. ** Affects: linux-ports-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided

[Bug 340555] Re: On HP DL585 G5, getting illegal opcode after installation

2009-03-10 Thread greenmoss
** Description changed: After successfully installing Intrepid amd64 on an HP DL 585 G5, I am unable to boot. I receive illegal opcode on a red screen. It looks like the Linux kernel has not yet started to boot when I see this. Possibly an issue due to interaction with the P400 storage

[Bug 258435] Re: [needs-packaging] enterprise audit shell

2008-08-18 Thread greenmoss
** Description changed: This is a useful-looking shell designed for auditing un-trusted users with shell access. Documented here: http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=10015 Unfortunately, the Sourceforge and Freshmeat projects appear to have - disappeared. However, it is

[Bug 258435] Re: Please package enterprise audit shell

2008-08-15 Thread greenmoss
** Attachment added: eas-2.0.00-1orc.src.rpm http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16860867/eas-2.0.00-1orc.src.rpm -- Please package enterprise audit shell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 258435] [NEW] Please package enterprise audit shell

2008-08-15 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: This is a useful-looking shell designed for auditing un-trusted users with shell access. Documented here: http://www.rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=10015 Unfortunately, the Sourceforge and Freshmeat projects appear to have disappeared. However, it is GPL'd code,

[Bug 246039] [NEW] please backport 64-bit uid patch to 2.5.2

2008-07-06 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: python2.5 I am using package rdiff-backup from hardy on a 64-bit system. rdiff- backup uses python. The 32-bit UID in python is causing rdiff-backup to die during backup runs. I reported the bug on the rdiff-backup package, and the maintainer said it is

[Bug 245844] [NEW] getting OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum

2008-07-05 Thread greenmoss
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rdiff-backup Couldn't get reportbug to work, so submitting here instead: Package: rdiff-backup Version: 1.1.15-1 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** I just installed Hardy amd64 in place of a previous 32-bit Debian