Re: [Bug 206439] Re: smb password protected share cannot be accessed

2012-01-25 Thread wolfwitch
I actually thought this had been resolved and closed years ago... Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2012, at 12:49, Sebastien Bacher seb...@ubuntu.com wrote: is that still an issue? comment #96 seems a specific smb limitation or bug which might be different from this bug -- You received

[Bug 416236] Re: [Regression] No do nothing for laptop lid closed action

2010-02-11 Thread wolfwitch
I did a fresh install of Karmic on my Dell Latitude and this problem came up. I had a similar problem with my HP netbook. I had previously done an upgrade install of Karmic and the Do Nothing option wasn't removed from Power Management. It took me awhile to figure out why my external monitor

[Bug 31215] Re: Multimedia keyboard keys only partially work

2009-04-13 Thread wolfwitch
This has been on-again, off-again for me through the Alpha/Beta cycle of Jaunty. My Natural 4000 keyboard's multimedia/launch keys will work just fine one week, and then stop the next. I figured this close to the release date that the yo-yo-ing would have stopped, but after a week or two of

[Bug 31215] Re: Multimedia keyboard keys only partially work

2009-04-13 Thread wolfwitch
Okay, just to follow-up... I verified that the scan codes are correct and are being read right by Gnome, per the instructions from the link given in Comment 13. I also verified that everything is set up properly in Gnome Setting Manager. What is really odd is the volume controls work just fine,

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-17 Thread wolfwitch
The workaround posted near the top of this bug, submitted by Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto, seems to be the best fix for this for now. It works on my laptops and home desktop when using any keyboard... Just add: kbdrate -r 25 -d 500 ...to /etc/rc.local I just put it right above exit 0 at the

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2009-03-17 Thread wolfwitch
@Gumby- Yes, you would need to restart. The file rc.local runs when your computer boots up (just before Gnome loads). The one problem with this fix is it briefly displays the terminal screen just before gdm loads, which isn't nice visually, but it at least makes the computer usable. @Rich Wales-

[Bug 206439] Re: smb password protected share cannot be accessed

2009-01-20 Thread wolfwitch
Sorry- I just realized this was a different bug than the one I actually meant to look up. Windows AD shares work fine now, but I don't use password-protected SMB shares, so I can't actually confirm that this exact bug is fixed. Sorry for the confusion. -- smb password protected share cannot be

[Bug 206439] Re: smb password protected share cannot be accessed

2009-01-20 Thread wolfwitch
I just installed Jaunty on a test machine, and the Network browser works!!! uPnP devices show up, and if I click on an MS-AD resource- it prompts me for my login credentials (just like way back in Gutsy). So- it appears this whole mess is finally fixed in Jaunty. Thank you to everyone who

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2009-01-20 Thread wolfwitch
This appears to be fixed (finally) in Jaunty. Thanks to everyone involved. -- nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207072 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on

2008-11-21 Thread wolfwitch
Thank you @Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto! That is the best work-around so-far. It was getting to be almost impossible to work effectively because of this bug, and now I can. My keyboard acts exactly as I expect it to now, without repeating characters/spaces, and I can use my arrow keys (another

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on

2008-11-20 Thread wolfwitch
Well, it seems silly (that we have to resort to this)- but Sarath's solution works very well. Just be sure to set the delay all the way to short. -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You received this bug

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on

2008-11-20 Thread wolfwitch
One small annoyance with using the Accessibility work-around, which at this point is less of a problem for me than the insanely repeating keys I'm otherwise experiencing... For some reason, enabling slow keys is disabling the repeat completely on my down and left arrow keys. It is a trade-off I'm

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on

2008-11-20 Thread wolfwitch
I've actually decided, after doing some coding this morning, that it is a trade-off I'm NOT willing to live with. It's unfortunate that with all the advances Linux has made over the last couple of years, we now have to deal with a stupid flaky keyboard driver. Will my mouse stop working next? --

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-11-07 Thread wolfwitch
@Peter van Heun: Is the server/share you are having trouble with requiring authentication? That's where this problem creeps up. It (Nautilus/gvfs) works just fine on open shares, but anything requiring authentication will fail (and in an MS ADS network- will generally get your account locked-out).

[Bug 274995] Re: MASTER storing ALSA mixer element values during shutdown hangs nondeterministically if non-loopback network interfaces are still up

2008-11-07 Thread wolfwitch
Agreeing with the last several posts. This seems to be a growing trend- the Milestone is more important than actual system stability/usability. This became very noticeable to me with Hardy, which has major network usability issues that still haven't been fixed in Intrepid. Issues like this may be

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share Unable to mount location

2008-11-03 Thread wolfwitch
@dawinkley: You'd have to do a 'sudo chmod' command, it is very unlikely that is related to the problem itself, and it is always a very-bad idea to mess with file permissions on system-created files like this. You would likely create a stability or security issue. -- Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust, when AutoAddDevices is on

2008-11-01 Thread wolfwitch
Per the comments later on- disable AutoAddDevices TEMPORARILY. Adjust the key delay/repeat until it is what is desired, then re-enable AutoAddDevices. It's a PITA if it takes you awhile to tweak your keyboard repeat just-right, but it works. Once you re-enable AutoAddDevices- your multimedia,

[Bug 274995] Re: storing ALSA mixer element values during shutdown hangs nondeterministically if non-loopback network interfaces are still up

2008-10-30 Thread wolfwitch
Just wanted to throw my name in as one of those this affects... I had actually hoped it was a fluke that wouldn't carry out of beta, but now that I updated to the Intrepid Release- it's still a problem. Adding: ifconfig eth0 down ...to the top of my alsa-utils fixed it, although I really don't

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2008-10-29 Thread wolfwitch
Me Too post! I'm going to try the work-around. This is really-really- really annoying. I thought I was going crazy at first, because GoogleDesktopSearch keeps popping up every time I just hit the CTRL key, and everything I didn't type really-fast has multiple spaces and/or letters that I have to

[Bug 264196] Re: [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust

2008-10-29 Thread wolfwitch
The work-around, which admitted does fix the repeating-key problem, also disables any multimedia or related special keys on one's keyboard. So- no unexpectedly repeating keys, but also no volume control, mute, play/pause, or feature keys (like browser/email), which all work without it. Kind of a

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-10-27 Thread wolfwitch
Sebastien- If you are referring to my earlier comment- I apologize. I very much appreciate ALL of the work that the volunteer developers and organizers put into Ubuntu. Without all of you, Ubuntu wouldn't happen, and I'm pretty sure we all realize this. My frustration lies in the fact that this

[Bug 221014] Re: Desktop displayed for approx. 30 seconds on restore from hybernate (before password prompt).

2008-10-24 Thread wolfwitch
I'll see if I can reproduce this. I reported this six months ago though, and don't use Hibernate all that often. -- Desktop displayed for approx. 30 seconds on restore from hybernate (before password prompt). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221014 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 221014] Re: Desktop displayed for approx. 30 seconds on restore from hybernate (before password prompt).

2008-10-24 Thread wolfwitch
Well, I can't reproduce this at this time, but I can't reproduce the circumstances either. This was happening with Desktop Effects turned on. I'm currently running Intrepid Beta, and can't enable Desktop Effects for some reason. (I'll fight that on another front.) -- Desktop displayed for

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-10-24 Thread wolfwitch
I installed Debian Etch on a test machine, and this problem doesn't exist. Either they figured out how to fix it, or they didn't use the same buggy gvfs implementation that Ubuntu is. I haven't tried a from scratch install of Intrepid, but I do know the two machines I ran a distro-upgrade on to

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-10-24 Thread wolfwitch
Sort-of the Microsoft philosophy on operating systems- if you don't like our shiny new broken one- please feel free to use the old rusty one that still has the feature(s) you need... Seriously though- anything from upstream on this yet? It's been 6+ months, and there have certainly been enough

[Bug 272314] Re: NSPlugin Viewer ERROR: libnss3.so

2008-10-16 Thread wolfwitch
I think the problem is trying to install this on Hardy 64-bit, and not Intrepid. As John indicated with reference to Ari's post- one should symlink the libraries, not copy them. In any case- I was unable to get this to work with these instructions. I tried symlinking directly to the Firefox

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-10-08 Thread wolfwitch
Agreed/Ditto. I've pretty much given up on it. The best solution I've found is to set up shortcuts to every share I use, since browsing is pretty much impossible. This isn't really Ubuntu's fault since it is a problem with an upstream vendor, but it's a bit ridiculous that this bug has been know

[Bug 241139] Re: Intrepid Ibex: Cannot access samba share Unable to mount location

2008-08-22 Thread wolfwitch
Just throwing in a ditto here and subscribing... This seems to be similar to a bug that started with Hardy, only now it is worse. With Hardy- while you couldn't browse shares through Nautilus, you could manually mount them using the Connect to Server... dialog in Places. You would get an error

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location when server configured with security=share

2008-08-22 Thread wolfwitch
This whole mess is actually WORSE in Intrepid right now. In Hardy, there was at least the option of manually attaching to the share using the Connect to server... dialog. That doesn't work in Intrepid.(!) One gets the usual errant Cannot display location... error message, but it shows up in Places

[Bug 86657] Re: update won't redirect 301 moved premanently the way it should.

2008-07-29 Thread wolfwitch
Possible regression- this started happening with Ibex Alpha 3. NO Automatix. -- update won't redirect 301 moved premanently the way it should. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86657 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 86657] Re: update won't redirect 301 moved premanently the way it should.

2008-07-29 Thread wolfwitch
Just to clarify- this was a brand new install of Ibex Alpha 3 from distribution CD. After one round of updates- started getting almost everything redirected but Apt isn't picking them up. Now I can't update or install much of anything. I had the same problem on the same machine earlier with Alpha

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-06-09 Thread wolfwitch
Unfortunately a gvfs update hit the repositories in the last couple of days. This fixed my patched version, and the version in the repositories is still broken. I can't believe this is taking this long to fix. I'm not blacklisting gvfs from updates because I keep hoping it will get fixed, but for

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-05-29 Thread wolfwitch
@Renzo- Couldn't have said it better myself. Somewhere along the line- I missed the build-dep command. I was able to compile it, but it took close to an hour to track down all the dependencies by hand. Thanks for posting this. -- nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-05-29 Thread wolfwitch
I followed Renzo's instructions and the two problems I reported earlier have gone away. There were obviously some dependencies I missed the first time. It accesses my keyring now once I have saved my login, and opens the server when I double-click on it. To clarify his steps for anyone new: To

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location when server configured with security=share

2008-05-28 Thread wolfwitch
I can't say how to dupe it using Samba shares, but I believe Tien's suggestion of using security=share would do it. Any share requiring authentication should cause this problem to occur. Nautilus won't prompt for credentials, and displays a blank folder when one tries to access a share. In

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location when server configured with security=share

2008-05-28 Thread wolfwitch
Sorry, you are correct. While it appears to be related, and started occurring with the gvfs authentication issue, it is not the exact same problem. -- SMB error: Unable to mount location when server configured with security=share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209520 You received this bug

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-05-28 Thread wolfwitch
I had a hard time collecting all the dependencies and getting autogen to work, but after about an hour of Googling and tinkering I was finally able to get it the patched version of gvfsd-smb-browse compiled and installed. I'm sure just getting the binary posted here would have worked fine, but I

[Bug 207072] Re: nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network.

2008-05-28 Thread wolfwitch
I guess I should have mentioned the other reason I didn't use the binary posted earlier- I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu. I need to compile it on another machine, so I will try to better document the packages and steps I used to get the compile to work. I'll post that here when I can. Unfortunately

[Bug 207739] Re: Mouse Keys Swapped in Terminal Server Client

2008-05-13 Thread wolfwitch
Thanks for your post Andy. I was starting to think this went into a black hole. This is still a big problem for me. I manage a dozen or so servers using rdesktop, and the dyslexic mousing is quite a bit more than just annoying. The change definitely happened when I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy.

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location

2008-05-01 Thread wolfwitch
@pvanderploeg I hadn't tried not including a username. My experience with Windows shares anyway is that I have to include both a username and domain name- or I don't get prompted for a password and get locked out of the domain (by Active Directory). The problem is the same on my home Samba

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location

2008-04-29 Thread wolfwitch
I've noticed a couple of other things... As said earlier- you can mount a share if you use Places = Connect to server and then use an actual share name. There is no way to browse shares through Nautilus. This is a real pain if you have a large network with lots of servers and shares. After

[Bug 221338] Re: SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?)

2008-04-25 Thread wolfwitch
Please delete. While I am having issues with Java apps, this particular issue seems to have been a transient network issue. I'll pursue things from the Java end... ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?)

[Bug 220314] Re: DNS broken in 32 bit java under 64 bit Heron

2008-04-25 Thread wolfwitch
I can definitely confirm this. I believe the update that caused this hit the repositories sometime after Monday afternoon, April 21st, as that's when my Java apps that use DNS stopped working. I've got bugs open with Java and my application devs for this. I'll try the fix posted by Gary. This

[Bug 220314] Re: DNS broken in 32 bit java under 64 bit Heron

2008-04-25 Thread wolfwitch
Installing lib32nss-mdns per Matthias, which solved the problem. I have to agree with Gary- this really needs to be a dependency. -- DNS broken in 32 bit java under 64 bit Heron https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220314 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 221338] [NEW] SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?)

2008-04-24 Thread wolfwitch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gvfs Realized this because a couple of Java HTML authoring apps I used stopped working as of this week (unable to access Web servers via SFTP)... I cannot connect to SFTP/SSH resources through Nautilus. I suspect this is similar to the problems reported

[Bug 221338] Re: SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?)

2008-04-24 Thread wolfwitch
Sorry, obviously the title should have Nautilus in it. -- SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 221338] Re: SSH/SFTP Not Working in Nauilus (Another GVFS Problem?)

2008-04-24 Thread wolfwitch
Terminal connection: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to www.mydomain.com... [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: sftp Gvfs-mount: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ gvfs-mount sftp://www.mydomain.com Added new job source 0x642820 (GVfsBackendSftp) Queued new job 0x643830

[Bug 194249] Re: [fglrx] atieventsd crashed with SIGSEGV in _XSend()

2008-04-23 Thread wolfwitch
Works fine for me. I see a security issue that may bother some people, but I'll probably open another bug for that... (Desktop displayed on restore from Hibernate for about 30-seconds before it switches to locked-screen login.) -- [fglrx] atieventsd crashed with SIGSEGV in _XSend()

[Bug 221014] [NEW] Desktop displayed for approx. 30 seconds on restore from hybernate (before password prompt).

2008-04-23 Thread wolfwitch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-generic When restoring from Hibernate, a dimmed desktop (with any open windows from the hibernated session) is displayed for approx. 30 seconds before the Locked dialog appears and prompts for a password. If a computer

[Bug 34247] Re: Trash always empty.

2008-04-22 Thread wolfwitch
Probably related: The same problem happens in the AVN trash applet. It always shows empty, even when trash is full. Clicking on it opens the appropriate (full) trash folder, but it claims No Items in Trash. -- Trash always empty. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34247 You received this bug

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location

2008-04-21 Thread wolfwitch
I wanted to chime in since I opened a similar bug that apparently got deleted as a dupe... For me, the situation is this: Prior to Hardy, I could browse my corporate Active Directory SMB shares using Nautilus. I was prompted for my login and password if I hadn't previously accessed a share,

[Bug 209520] Re: SMB error: Unable to mount location

2008-04-21 Thread wolfwitch
Quick clarification: This problem only seems to apply to authenticated SMB shares. Shares that do not require authentication work fine. -- SMB error: Unable to mount location https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209520 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 209894] Re: Can no longer access Samba (Windows) shares with latest updates.

2008-04-18 Thread wolfwitch
** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = gvfs -- Can no longer access Samba (Windows) shares with latest updates. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209894 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 209894] Re: Can no longer access Samba (Windows) shares with latest updates.

2008-04-16 Thread wolfwitch
Found this bug, which mine is pretty much a dupe of. I just had the package responsible wrong: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/207072 The problem seems to be the change to gvfs. Unfortunately- except for the patch given in the bug above- no news on an official fix. This has

[Bug 209894] Re: Can no longer access Samba (Windows) shares with latest updates.

2008-04-01 Thread wolfwitch
For what it is worth- I'm having the same problem on three different machines. If I try to attach directly (instead of just browsing) using the Connect to Server option in Places, I get an error: Can't display location smb://windowsserver/ No application is registered as handling this file. I'm

[Bug 209894] [NEW] Can no longer access Samba (Windows) shares with latest updates.

2008-03-31 Thread wolfwitch
Public bug reported: I could access shares on my Windows-based network without any issues on Friday (2008-03-28). After installing updates released since then on Monday morning (2008-03-31), I can no longer access any network shares. I can browse to domains/workgroups and servers- but no shares

[Bug 207739] [NEW] Mouse Keys Swapped in Terminal Server Client

2008-03-27 Thread wolfwitch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tsclient In the latest Hardy beta... I use a left-hand mouse, and in previous versions of tsclient- this was translated properly in my Windows RDP sessions. For some reason- this stopped happening after I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy. In a terminal

[Bug 207740] [NEW] Desktop Effects Disable Window/Full-Screen Toggle in tsclient

2008-03-27 Thread wolfwitch
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tsclient After upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy- if Desktop Effects are turned on- it is impossible to toggle between Full Screen and Windowed mode in a Terminal Server session using tsclient. Hitting Ctrl+Alt+Enter causes a screen flicker, but won't

[Bug 85791] Re: Amarok loops through all songs when the sound device isn't available

2008-01-08 Thread wolfwitch
I just wanted to chime-in on this as it has been a persistent problem with Amarok (and I don't necessarily believe it is a Ubuntu problem). Amarok seems to want to completely take over the OSS (sound server), and won't play nice with any other apps that want to use sound. You may have also