[Bug 512647] Re: blkid fails to detect fat memory stick in camera phone

2013-10-09 Thread randallw
This phone is long gone. I resent the change of status to incomplete. I reported this over 3 years ago and it was ignored. Close it and change it to ignored if you like, but it is not incomplete. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1147729] Re: Thinkpad T430u webcam no longer working in Skype or Google Talk

2013-03-19 Thread randallw
You're fixing this in 12.04 too, right? This was a regression... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1147729 Title: Thinkpad T430u webcam no longer working in Skype or Google Talk To

[Bug 1147729] Re: Thinkpad T430u webcam no longer working in Skype or Google Talk

2013-03-09 Thread randallw
Same problem on thinkpad X131e using 12.04 64bit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1147729 Title: Thinkpad T430u webcam no longer working in Skype or Google Talk To manage

[Bug 659705] Re: BUG: Bad page map in process sleep pte:2000000000000000 pmd:126932067

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Hi, I have a workstation that has been running Hardy with no problems for 1.5 years. When trying to run with the newer versions of Ubuntu, the system hangs (hard lock, power button to reset) a few minutes

[Bug 659705] AplayDevices.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986704/+files/AplayDevices.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] ArecordDevices.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986705/+files/ArecordDevices.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] BootDmesg.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986706/+files/BootDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705

[Bug 659705] Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986708/+files/Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Card0.Amixer.values.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card0.Amixer.values.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986707/+files/Card0.Amixer.values.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986709/+files/Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Card1.Codecs.codec.1.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card1.Codecs.codec.1.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986710/+files/Card1.Codecs.codec.1.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Card1.Codecs.codec.2.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card1.Codecs.codec.2.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986711/+files/Card1.Codecs.codec.2.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Card1.Codecs.codec.3.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Card1.Codecs.codec.3.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986712/+files/Card1.Codecs.codec.3.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] Lspci.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Lspci.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986713/+files/Lspci.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 Title:

[Bug 659705] Lsusb.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: Lsusb.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986714/+files/Lsusb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 Title:

[Bug 659705] PciMultimedia.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: PciMultimedia.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986715/+files/PciMultimedia.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] ProcCpuinfo.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcCpuinfo.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986716/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705

[Bug 659705] ProcInterrupts.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcInterrupts.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986717/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 659705] ProcModules.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: ProcModules.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986718/+files/ProcModules.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705

[Bug 659705] UdevDb.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevDb.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986719/+files/UdevDb.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 Title:

[Bug 659705] UdevLog.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: UdevLog.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986720/+files/UdevLog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 Title:

[Bug 659705] WifiSyslog.txt

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
apport information ** Attachment added: WifiSyslog.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/2986721/+files/WifiSyslog.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705

[Bug 659705] Re: BUG: Bad page map in process sleep pte:2000000000000000 pmd:126932067

2012-04-02 Thread randallw
Hi Christopher, I tested my workstation with the 12.04 beta2 from the ubuntu releases website that you listed, booting the livecd image on a USB stick. I get identical behaviour on my system as with 10.04. If I boot from a USB livecd, then it boots, goes into Unity and then hangs after a few

[Bug 777534] Re: ifconfig eth0 mtu 7000 works but 9000 does not

2011-07-19 Thread randallw
Hi, I came across a similar situation with a realtek 8111DL chipset. If you go to the realtek website, it explicitly says for that chipset that jumbo frames up to 9K are supported. For some of the other (cheaper?) chipsets, such as the 8111B, it does not say this. So this may well be a real

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2011-04-11 Thread randallw
Hi Predrag, Did you try your old graphics card? Did you try the nolapic_timer option? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 Title: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC

[Bug 566003] Re: DVD iso playback fails: AFD Error

2011-01-22 Thread randallw
Works great! Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566003 Title: DVD iso playback fails: AFD Error -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 566003] Re: DVD iso playback fails: AFD Error

2011-01-21 Thread randallw
Hi all, This bug is affecting me in the current 10.04. It is also interesting that mplayer fails to play DVDs, but other players (vlc, totem) work fine for me. Question for package manager: is there a way to get the fixed code into the standard Ubuntu repository so that we don't have to build

[Bug 509329] Re: Both monitors are set too low resolution when second monitor is attached from system start

2010-12-20 Thread randallw
Hi, After updating my lucid laptop tonight (37 days since last update), this problem has magically fixed itself for me. I note that some of the packages in the update were xorg packages and there was a kernel bump also. Whatever it was, now works perfectly thanks. -- You received this bug

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-11-19 Thread randallw
Hi Jason, That is interesting. Just so we're 100% clear: your hard-lockup is still related to APIC bios/kernel options, right? So you can avoid the lockups like me by using the nolapic_timer kernel command-line option or by disabling APIC? Does your laptop use some sort of CPU frequency scaling

[Bug 509329] Re: Both monitors are set too low resolution when second monitor is attached from system start

2010-11-17 Thread randallw
I have an identical problem with a laptop with a radeon xpress 200M graphics card running lucid using the radeon driver. The system boots to 1024x768 on both screens. Trying to change the screen settings with the gnome-display-properties applet allows you to put the laptop screen to native

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-27 Thread randallw
An update: I have been experimenting with kernel command-line params for APIC. Adding noapic make no difference- you still get all CPUs appearing and it still crashes after a few minutes. Adding nolapic has the same effect as disabling APIC in the bios: the system is stable, but you only get 1

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-27 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: with the nolapic_timer kernel option https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/659705/+attachment/1713617/+files/dmesg_nolapic_timer.txt -- hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 You received this bug

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-27 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: with apic debugging messages turned on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/659705/+attachment/1713619/+files/dmesg_apic_debug.txt -- hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 You received this bug

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-27 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: with the noapic kernel parameter https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/659705/+attachment/1713618/+files/dmesg_noapic.txt -- hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705 You received this bug notification

[Bug 659705] [NEW] hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
Public bug reported: Hi, I have a workstation that has been running Hardy with no problems for 1.5 years. When trying to run with the newer versions of Ubuntu, the system hangs (hard lock, power button to reset) a few minutes after logging in. This is true for 10.04.1 (installed) and 10.10

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/1690161/+files/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659705/+attachment/1690162/+files/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
This is the output of dmesg when the APIC option in the bios is enabled (default) about 10 seconds before it crashed. ** Attachment added: dmesg2.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/659705/+attachment/1690209/+files/dmesg2.txt -- hard lock (hang) after a few minutes

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
Here is the dmesg output for the mainline kernel 2.6.32-0206322410-generic. This also hangs, although it wasn't an immediate hard lockup. First the input from the usb keyboard seemed to die (mouse still worked). I tried switching to a text terminal to grab output, but it had hung by the time I got

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
Here is the mainline kernel dmesg output with the APIC option disabled in the bios. Seems stable again (using it now), but again only 1 core of 4 core CPU. ** Attachment added: dmesg_mainline1_noapic.txt

[Bug 659705] Re: hard lock (hang) after a few minutes with APIC enabled

2010-10-13 Thread randallw
This is the dmesg output that contains some interesting errors, however the system hung many seconds after the errors appeared in the log. In all cases, I am doing a tail -f /var/log/messages and nothing ever appears immediately before the system hangs. So the errors that appear in this log might

[Bug 565202] Re: BUG: soft lockup due to APIC being enabled in BIOS

2010-10-08 Thread randallw
Question for Tony: if you disable APIC in your bios, how many CPUs does your system report? I seem to be having a very similar bug to this. I can disable APIC in the bios and the system seems stable, but I only get one of my 4 CPU cores. Cheers, Randall -- BUG: soft lockup due to APIC being

[Bug 627382] [NEW] package is completely broken

2010-08-31 Thread randallw
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: imagej The imagej package appears to have some serious missing dependencies and is completely broken. This is in Karmic. install from the package, then run from command line: $ imagej Open other images in this ImageJ panel as follows: imagej -p 1

[Bug 627382] Re: package is completely broken

2010-08-31 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627382/+attachment/1531671/+files/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627382/+attachment/1531672/+files/XsessionErrors.txt -- package is completely broken

[Bug 512647] [NEW] blkid fails to detect fat memory stick in camera phone

2010-01-25 Thread randallw
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libblkid1 In karmic, my camera phone fails to automount when I plug it in via usb. This works in hardy. I think I have tracked this down, via reading the mount manpage, to the fact that mount cannot autodetect the filesystem type. Plugging in the

[Bug 512647] Re: blkid fails to detect fat memory stick in camera phone

2010-01-25 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38390028/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38390029/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: DKDisksMonitorLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38390030/DKDisksMonitorLog.txt

[Bug 252977] Re: Hardy and Intrepid freeze with kernel error: Eeek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! (-1)

2009-07-07 Thread randallw
Apologies. Please ignore what I have posted above. It seems that I had a bad memory stick in my workstation. All has been well after I removed it. -- Hardy and Intrepid freeze with kernel error: Eeek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! (-1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252977 You received

[Bug 252977] Re: Hardy and Intrepid freeze with kernel error: Eeek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! (-1)

2009-06-25 Thread randallw
Hi, Not sure if this is helpful, but I got this crash today when logging out of gnome. The machine hung at exactly the point where normally gdm would restart. I was using the nv driver and was about to install the proprietary nvidia driver. The only thing that I can think of that might be

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2009-03-03 Thread randallw
Hi, None of the files/directories you mention exist in Hardy, as far as I can tell. Are you sure your suggestion is relevant for Hardy? I also don't think it has anything to do with ext3 vs vfat. The problem appears to be further up the chain. I have a hardy laptop at home that mounts my vfat

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2009-03-03 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: output of 'gvfs-mount -li' after inserting drive http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23394267/gvfs-mount_after.out -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2009-03-03 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: output of 'gvfs-mount -li' before inserting drive http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23394247/gvfs-mount_before.out -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 302679] Re: USB storage do not automatically mount

2009-03-03 Thread randallw
I have posted the requested output in bug #267151, which appears to be the same problem and already has detailed info posted for it. -- USB storage do not automatically mount https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302679 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 335510] [NEW] colour printing highlighted code with oblivion scheme makes text disappear

2009-02-27 Thread randallw
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gedit hardy x86_64 Open some C code with syntax highlighting in gedit and choose the oblivion colour scheme. Keywords like if are bold white on the grey background. When printing, the background becomes white, but the text is also white so it disappears

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2009-01-26 Thread randallw
yes this is a bug. Both the settings in gconf-editor are set to true for me and I have the behaviour that I described above. I posted the detailed debugging above info over 4 months ago now, so I'm guessing that nobody has looked at it and probably nobody intends to. However, I am prepared to

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-11-21 Thread randallw
still an issue for me. If I found a solution to the problem, I would certainly post it. I'm willing to put more time into generating debugging output for this bug if an expert is willing to help. -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug

[Bug 148362] Re: top smtp server in list is always used regardless of default

2008-11-02 Thread randallw
yes I have just reproduced this bug with fresh .mozilla-thunderbird directory on Hardy. Are you using SMTP servers that require a password? Both mine require one. Are you sure that yours sent from the SMTP server that you thought? Try breaking the password on one or both of your servers to make

[Bug 148362] Re: top smtp server in list is always used regardless of default

2008-11-02 Thread randallw
Sorry mate, not my job. I'm just an ubuntu user who happens to know a lot about Unix. I reported this over a year ago. If it was already reported in mozilla bugs, then it should have been fixed already. If not, then why does Ubuntu have a bug tracker? I put hours of work into diagnosing and

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-11-01 Thread randallw
Well, I'm not a kernel developer, but that doesn't look good. Looks like it tries a bunch of DMA modes and they all fail and it ends up going back to PIO mode which is the slow cpu-does-everything mode. I'm not sure if this will make you feel any better, but you could try digging around the

[Bug 148362] Re: top smtp server in list is always used regardless of default

2008-10-30 Thread randallw
still broken in Hardy. I am not currently able to test Intrepid. -- top smtp server in list is always used regardless of default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-10-30 Thread randallw
So have you tried turning on DMA as suggested by the dmesg output? See the second post of this message for how to do it: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=202162 -- DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175022 You received this

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-10-30 Thread randallw
Hi, I think the file you want to modify for options is /etc/modprobe.d/options. Check out the modprobe manpage. /etc/modules just lists modules to load. Also, I don't think the hdparm command can be used for the newer kernels. It is a shame that use of this command as a diagnostic of brokenness

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-10-19 Thread randallw
Hi Claus, Please be advised that the 'hdparm' command doesn't work with the newer kernels. (Any kernel where your device is /dev/scd rather than /dev/hd ) It seems that enough people try it that it is the right thing to do, but it isn't. There will be a few lines in the dmesg output that tell

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread randallw
Hi all, I have just spent many hours trawling the many, many ubuntu bugs about usb disks. Looks like this has been a serious regression in hardy. This bug best describes my problems, so I am putting info here in the hope that it will actually be looked at and resolved. This is a bug for a LTS

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: lshal.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17884639/lshal.txt -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: devices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17884644/devices.txt -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: udev.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17884663/udev.log -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 267151] Re: USB automount lost on hardy upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17884648/dmesg.txt -- USB automount lost on hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267151 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 81767] Re: Suspend to RAM does not work well on HP notebook nx7400 in feisty

2008-09-11 Thread randallw
Seems to be working for me in Intrepid alpha 5 too using live CD. -- Suspend to RAM does not work well on HP notebook nx7400 in feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/81767 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-09-11 Thread randallw
Same again with live CD intrepid alpha 5. dmesg shows DMA activating automatically on boot. Looks good. -- DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175022 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 81767] Re: Suspend to RAM does not work well on HP notebook nx7400 in feisty

2008-08-24 Thread randallw
This problem (keyboard failure after resume) is still present for me in Hardy but appears to be fixed in Intrepid alpha 4 (for me with the live CD, at least). In Hardy, my suggested fix above also doesn't work because the suspend/resume scripts look to be generated automatically. I found a

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-08-24 Thread randallw
I just tried the Intrepid alpha 4 live CD, and this problem appears to be fixed for me (at least as far as the dmesg output shows both the hard disk and the CD using DMA). -- DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175022 You received this bug

[Bug 228624] Re: DVD writer not working since hardy upgrade

2008-07-21 Thread randallw
Thanks for the test kernel. I got it to boot on my laptop, but it didn't fix the problem (dmesg output attached). I tried both with and without the all_generic_ide=1 kernel command line. As an aside, the kernel broke the sound on my laptop. ** Attachment added: dmesg.txt

[Bug 228624] Re: DVD writer not working since hardy upgrade

2008-07-19 Thread randallw
Bugs bugs bugs. Also having this problem. Hardware is: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioV2600CTO all_generic_ide=1 doesn't fix it. Hardware is fine: works perfectly in windoze. Possibly related is that my laptop also suffers from this bug:

[Bug 200337] Re: CD/DVD burning problem in hardy

2008-07-18 Thread randallw
I have recently encountered this problem too after having no problems burning lots of disks. For me at least, I found the problem to be that nautilus-cd-burner doesn't deal with burning a single large (4GB) file properly. k3b burns it just fine and they are both using the same tool

[Bug 233807] Re: NIS not starting correctly which causes automount to fail to start

2008-06-17 Thread randallw
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 224828 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224828 I tried disabling avahi-demon on my workstation and rebooting (with the default setup: S18nis and S19autofs in /etc/rc2.d/) and the problem still exists. So, it isn't avahi-demon. -- NIS not starting

[Bug 175022] Re: DVD playback jerky due to ata_generic module disabling DMA

2008-05-21 Thread randallw
Hi, Thanks for the workaround. I too have this problem on my laptop after a fresh Hardy install. Hardware details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioV2600CTO A few points: - this is a regression of sorts. I did not have this problem with Gusty, but do have it with Hardy

[Bug 137517] Re: [Gutsy] displayconfig-gtk configures my 22 1680x1050 LCD panel wrong.

2008-01-23 Thread randallw
and now the working xorg.conf file. ** Attachment added: working xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11496850/xorg.conf -- [Gutsy] displayconfig-gtk configures my 22 1680x1050 LCD panel wrong. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137517 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 137517] Re: [Gutsy] displayconfig-gtk configures my 22 1680x1050 LCD panel wrong.

2008-01-23 Thread randallw
Both the gutsy live CD and freshly installed version also stuffed up my screen resolution. My monitor is a Planar PL2010M, native resolution is 1600x1200, connected via VGA port. Graphics card is an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2). I'm using nv, not the proprietary

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start for Thinkpad 770E and 390E

2008-01-03 Thread randallw
Hi Leann, Actually, now that I have discovered what is going on, I don't think my problem is a linux/ubuntu bug. It is caused by a broken acpi DSDT on my computer. (I even paid to upgrade my bios before finding that article, and it made no difference). It seems that a broken DSDT is not at all

[Bug 140468] Re: acpi unable to turn fan off

2008-01-03 Thread randallw
Hi, I was having a very similar problem to this (see bug 70739). In particular the negaive temp and fan settings problems seem to be due to a broken acpi DSDT. Following this article: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623633, I fixed my DSDT and now my temperatures are being reported

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start for Thinkpad 770E and 390E

2008-01-02 Thread randallw
Hi all, I have stumbled across the fix to the negative temp problems. See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623633 I tried the hardy alpha2 livecd, and the CPU fan does run, but quite slowly. It is the same as running with the current gutsy kernel. I will try to load up the system enough

[Bug 127173] Re: strange Xorg screen blanking control after resume from suspend to disk

2007-12-29 Thread randallw
I am also having this problem after suspend-to-ram (I haven't tried suspend-to-disk) with gutsy, although this problem has been around for several ubuntu releases I think. My laptop is this one: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompaqPresarioV2600CTO I can supply X config files and/or

[Bug 81767] Re: Suspend to RAM does not work well on HP notebook nx7400 in feisty

2007-12-26 Thread randallw
Thank you so much for posting this workaround! I have been annoyed by this problem for several ubuntu releases now, each time hoping the problem would be magically fixed. Anyway, in case others are having this problem and want to automate this workaround, I did the following. (This is for Ubuntu

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start for Thinkpad 770E and 390E

2007-12-12 Thread randallw
Hi, Alas, nothing has changed for me. Still broken: abacus:~$ acpi -V Thermal 1: passive , 4294967040.0 degrees C No support for device type: ac_adapter abacus:~$ uname -a Linux abacus 2.6.24-1-generic #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 22:06:49 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux abacus:~$ cat

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start

2007-10-23 Thread randallw
I am also having this problem in Gutsy (also in Feisty) so the problem has not gone away. I was having overheating problems and had to turn off the acpi (and apm) service in the services administration menu for the fan to come back on. Otherwise it comes on when you first switch on, but turns off

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start

2007-10-23 Thread randallw
and now the requested files... ** Attachment added: uname-a.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10147705/uname-a.log -- CPU fans won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70739 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.

[Bug 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start

2007-10-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: dmesg.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10147706/dmesg.log -- CPU fans won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70739 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 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start

2007-10-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: version.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10147707/version.log -- CPU fans won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70739 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 70739] Re: CPU fans won't start

2007-10-23 Thread randallw
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10147709/lspci-vvnn.log -- CPU fans won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70739 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 148362] top smtp server in list is always used regardless of default

2007-10-02 Thread randallw
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird I have two smpt servers: one for work (only works inside work network) and one for home (only works from home network). I set up two smtp servers in the account settings window. No matter which one I set as the default, the smtp

[Bug 48642] Re: system half-hangs after wifi scan

2006-09-16 Thread randallw
I have also seen this kernel oops. For me it is repeatble if I try iwlist scan when then card is not yet enabled through the network manager. If the card has been enabled then everything works fine. -- system half-hangs after wifi scan https://launchpad.net/bugs/48642 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 13823] Re: cdparanoia is slow

2006-07-31 Thread randallw
For me this did indeed turn out to be the DMA problem. You can check/set your CDROM's status using hdparm. If hdparm works for your cdrom, then you can enable DMA permanently by editing the /etc/hdparm.conf file. The was a note in the breezy documentation about this, but I haven't been able