[Bug 1265192] Re: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

2014-09-22 Thread staticd
@chris Yeah, this bug wont be fixed till either your patch or the mint one is applied. Preferably both. @stephane: I think the patch is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1259701 , not this one :D btw what do you mean offered to resize and install ? could you

[Bug 1265192] Re: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

2014-09-20 Thread staticd
The bug is NOT fixed in ubiquity 2.19.8 Just tried the latest utopic iso. it has version 2.19.8 of ubiquity. The menu still says Erase ubuntu 14.04 and reinstall instead of Erase entire hard drive To reiterate the problem: The default option is LABELED Erase ubuntu 14.04 and reinstall While the

[Bug 1265192] Re: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other partitions

2014-08-26 Thread staticd
** Also affects: ubuntu-livecd-image (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265192 Title: Install/reinstall wipes out all/other

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-05-22 Thread staticd
@Erick: WT#? it gobbled your XP partition when you said upgrade ubuntu 12.04? Eek! Some please replicate this and see. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265192 Title:

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-27 Thread staticd
Just tried again using the ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso. md5(dccff28314d9ae4ed262cfc6f35e5153). Erase and reinstall wipes all partitions ntfs, ext4 logical/primary. Both when replacing ubuntu 14.04 and when replacing 13.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-18 Thread staticd
Even if you have a single boot system, reinstall ubuntu or replace windows silently erases all partitions on the hard drive. @Dimitri The warning does not unambiguously specify that ALL PARTITIONS including non-OS partitions will be deleted. (e.g. a D: drive on windows or a separate /home

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-05 Thread staticd
@psusi I managed to reproduce it 2 out of 2 times I tried on a virtual box set up with a seperate home and / partition on the pre-existing ubuntu install. It deleted the home partition. Will put up the install logs shortly (as an aside can someone help speedup this bug

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-04-05 Thread staticd
@jsalisbury I think this is more important than just a wishlist. Bundling a driver for ANY other hardware platform wont be relegated to a wishlist status. I''m sorry If I come across as petulant and rude ( :P ) but I believe this is VERY important for two reasons: 1) easy debugging by regular

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-05 Thread staticd
Can some one please look over and clean up this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity I cant understand the deeper debugging section, and how is it different from the What next section where it is suggested to launch ubiquity with the -d flag. How many of these need to be done / which

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-05 Thread staticd
command line option at boot: debug-ubiquity edited /bin/partman to contain set -x started ubiquity with ubiquity -d chose erase existing lubuntu and reinstall previous partition layout: sda1: 4G / ; sda2 2G /home new layout : sda1 4G / ; sda5 2G swap logs: /var/log/installer /var/log/partman

[Bug 1265192] Re: Reinstallation wipes out all/other partitions

2014-04-04 Thread staticd
Is there any hope of making this truly replace OS with distro before 14.04 rolls out for good? (@brian-murray) Failing that We need to remove the replace OS option with the Erase disk option as this is unambiguous about what it does. One way or another this bug HAS to be closed by then. Friendly

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-19 Thread staticd
** Also affects: ubuntu-seeds (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-19 Thread staticd
** Description changed: The iso for trusty lacks the virtualbox-guest-dkms package and hence cannot be tested or used under virtualbox without an internet connection. affected version: amd64 daily build as of march 3 2014 expected behavior: virtual-box-dkms must be installable

[Bug 1281976] Re: Unable to install virtualbox-guest-dkms on scratch install.

2014-03-12 Thread staticd
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281976 Title: Unable to install virtualbox-guest-dkms on scratch install.

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-12 Thread staticd
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288096 Title: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox To manage

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-12 Thread staticd
Umm this is a feature request (missing driver) so there are no logs. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288096 Title:

[Bug 1288096] Re: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-10 Thread staticd
** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288096 Title: missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1287124] Re: memory leak in evince: using gigabytes of ram when selecting text

2014-03-09 Thread staticd
The valgrind log of he operation after normal termination. ** Attachment added: valgrind.log.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1287124/+attachment/4015069/+files/valgrind.log.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1288096] [NEW] missing drivers on trusty iso for virtualbox

2014-03-04 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: The iso for trusty lacks the virtualbox-guest-dkms package and hence cannot be tested or used under virtualbox without an internet connection. affected version: amd64 daily build as of march 3 2014 expected behavior: virtual-box-dkms must be installable from the iso

[Bug 1287124] [NEW] memory leak in evince: using gigabytes of ram when selecting text

2014-03-03 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: When I select text in a certain pdf, evince consumes hundreds of MBs to a few GBs of RAM. This ram is not freed on deselection. High CPU usage accompanies the RAM allocation. version: evince 3.4.0 OS: ubuntu 12.04 fully updated. Steps to reproduce: Open the pdf I have

[Bug 1263099] Re: virtualbox-guest-dkms missing modaliases, for automatic driver installation

2014-02-08 Thread staticd
** Also affects: virtualbox Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263099 Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms missing modaliases, for automatic driver

[Bug 1205660] [NEW] Users cannot dispel notifications if they are disrupting work

2013-07-27 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: There is no method for users to dispel notifications. Current behaviour: when the user hovers the mouse over the notification it blurs. This serves no useful purpose * the notification is blurred, so it is not readable, it is sufficiently opaque to make it a nuisance, It

[Bug 1192995] [NEW] Thunderbird fails to work with http proxies

2013-06-20 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: set the proxy settings manually in thunderbird to any http proxy. try to set up or open an account. Results: Thunderbird fails at password verification. Expected results: Thunderbird should connect to the email servers using the http(s) proxy. (using

[Bug 1191476] [NEW] No simple way to copy text from or view history of notifications

2013-06-16 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: 1)The text in the notification bubbles cannot be selected. This prevents users from copying the text of notifications. 2)Also, notification history cannot be viewed The supposed vision of notifyOSD prevents (1) from ever being resolved. both (1) and (2) are fixed by a a

[Bug 1191476] Re: No simple way to copy text from or view history of notifications

2013-06-16 Thread staticd
btw even the logs are disabled by default in 12.04... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1191476 Title: No simple way to copy text from or view history of notifications To manage

[Bug 879888] Re: Spread - Windows in the spread view should show window titles on mouseover or focus

2012-02-19 Thread staticd
At the risk of repeating (myself #3, marvin #5) can the desired solution be changed to: -In the spread, all windows have the window title placed above or below them -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 879888] Re: Spread - Windows in the spread view should show window titles on mouseover or focus

2011-12-12 Thread staticd
What about an overlay of the titles (in the following format Application:\n window title) on all the windows by default instead of on mouse over or on focus? That way, users will not have to hunt among many similar looking scaled windows. focused windows can have a box around them. Proposed

[Bug 656519] Re: Alt+Space window accessibility menu should not be accessible by right clicking on a window title bar

2011-12-10 Thread staticd
The benefit of being able to access the Alt+Space window accessibility menu via right clicking on a window title bar is outweighed by the cost of added complexity What complexity? can some one clarify? Removal of mouse based navigation just because there is a keyboard short cut is an

[Bug 711199] Re: Dash - No message displayed when no results are returned in the Dash

2011-12-10 Thread staticd
As suggested in https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/899915 could the No results message contain text suggesting look in another lens ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 887142] Re: Allow to turn the launcher upside-down

2011-11-22 Thread staticd
Hey! This will be very useful! I volunteer to turn the dash upside down too. I can complete it by december end - early Jan. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887142 Title: Allow to

[Bug 887142] Re: Allow to turn the launcher upside-down

2011-11-22 Thread staticd
Dash with search bar at bottom left, lens filters at the bottom aligned. so it visually fits in with a hot launch by the bottom right screen corner. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 851958] Re: Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub correctly: error:prefix is not set

2011-11-12 Thread staticd
Deleting the EFI folder seems to cause the boot splash to appear though the menu then doesnt. Might be buggy EFI on the machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/851958 Title: Natty

[Bug 851958] Re: Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub correctly: error:prefix is not set

2011-09-25 Thread staticd
The Oneiric version as of 25 sept has the issue partially resolved. It boots fine but doesn't show the purple splash for the grub menu and while the kernel is being loaded( before the moving dots on a purple background there should be a flat purple background right?). How can I get more

[Bug 851958] Re: Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub correctly: error:prefix is not set

2011-09-18 Thread staticd
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/851958 Title: Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub

[Bug 851958] Re: Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub correctly: error:prefix is not set

2011-09-18 Thread staticd
apport collect fails to run from the terminal: $ apport-collect 851958 ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: Unable to find the server at launchpad.net You can reset the credentials by removing the file /home/user/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials $ rm

[Bug 851958] [NEW] Natty (and meerkat) amd64 desktop live CD/USB fail to boot grub correctly: error:prefix is not set

2011-09-16 Thread staticd
Public bug reported: The Live CD or Live USB for Desktop Amd64 when booted flash the error prefix is not set an then Display the menu (try without installing/install/check disk). Selecting any option just results in a black screen. The purple splash doesn't appear for the grub menu or after