[Bug 677770] Re: Graphical glitches on GM965 since 2.6.37-rc1

2010-11-20 Thread Brian Rogers
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #23382 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23382 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23382 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Graphical glitches on GM965 since 2.6.37-rc1

[Bug 617885] Re: gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR **

2010-11-24 Thread Brian Rogers
The status of the gparted powerpc build is here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/0.6.2-1ubuntu1.1/+build/2060530 There's just a backlog, and the build will start in about 10 hours. -- gparted crash at start: glibmm-ERROR ** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617885 You received this

[Bug 676349] [NEW] Synaptic search is excessively slow and consumes 100% cpu

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic Trying out natty, I noticed that if I do a search in Synaptic using the search button (not the quick search field), the search is extremely slow. It has been running about 30 minutes right now and the progress bar is at about 3/4 complete. It is

[Bug 676349] Re: Synaptic search is excessively slow and consumes 100% cpu

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Rogers
-- Synaptic search is excessively slow and consumes 100% cpu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676349 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 676353] Re: gtg's indicator menu doesn't properly update

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Rogers
-- gtg's indicator menu doesn't properly update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676353 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 676353] [NEW] gtg's indicator menu doesn't properly update

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gtg gtg's indicator menu is only correct at launch. If I add a new task, it shows in the menu as My new task even after I change its name. If I mark tasks as done or even delete them, their menu items remain present in the indicator menu. If I try to

[Bug 676349] Re: Synaptic search is excessively slow and consumes 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Brian Rogers
Yeah, apt version 0.8.8ubuntu3. Come to think of it, scrolling in synaptic is pretty slow. On my Core 2 Duo, it seems to only update the list about 2-3 times per second while scrolling, and it's hitting the CPU hard to do that. -- Synaptic search is excessively slow and consumes 100% cpu

[Bug 676353] Re: gtg's indicator menu doesn't properly update

2010-11-19 Thread Brian Rogers
It appears if gtg loads before the indicator applet is ready and consequently falls back on the notification area, the notification icon menu works properly. -- gtg's indicator menu doesn't properly update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676353 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 677770] [NEW] Graphical glitches on GM965 since 2.6.37-rc1

2010-11-20 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Since 2.6.37-rc1, I see graphical glitches on various UI widgets. This can show as any of the following: - a black rectangle around the URL bar in Firefox - slightly glitchy scrollbars in various programs (most noticeably Konsole) - a lot of graphical corruption occasionally

[Bug 677770] Re: Graphical glitches on GM965 since 2.6.37-rc1

2010-11-20 Thread Brian Rogers
-- Graphical glitches on GM965 since 2.6.37-rc1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/60 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 131094] Re: Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness

2010-09-24 Thread Brian Rogers
That's a 2.6.35 kernel, and Lucid has a 2.6.32 kernel by default. So you can't tell whether 2.6.35 or the patches I added on top of it solved the problem, unless you also test the unpatched 2.6.35. -- Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 You received

[Bug 601299] Re: maverick btrfs slow install

2010-09-25 Thread Brian Rogers
Constant calls to sync and fsync by dpkg are what slow down btrfs so much. If you want to try dpkg with syncing removed, I made a PPA for that: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/btrfs -- maverick btrfs slow install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601299 You received this bug

[Bug 708420] [NEW] package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Aborted)

2011-01-26 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: msttcorefonts crash report icon appeared in panel tray after update and reboot ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12 Uname: Linux

[Bug 708420] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Aborted)

2011-01-26 Thread Brian Rogers
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708420 Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Aborted) --

[Bug 721636] [NEW] nickle crashes on amd64 natty

2011-02-18 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nickle nickle apparently has a buffer overrun when I start it, and produces the message '*** buffer overflow detected ***: nickle terminated' followed by a backtrace. I am attaching the full output. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package:

[Bug 721636] Re: nickle crashes on amd64 natty

2011-02-18 Thread Brian Rogers
** Attachment added: nickle output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721636/+attachment/1859132/+files/nickle-crash.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721636 Title: nickle crashes

[Bug 554172] Re: system services using console output not starting at boot

2011-02-12 Thread Brian Rogers
Upstart has been working fine for me ever since the patch for this bug. If you're still experiencing the symptoms in a closed bug report, the best thing to do is file a new bug. Otherwise fixing the remaining bug isn't on anyone's to-do list, and it's kind of silly to complain that it isn't being

[Bug 715551] [NEW] Thunderbird can't be set as the preferred mail app

2011-02-08 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird Recently in natty, Thunderbird disappeared from the 'Preferred Applications' control panel. If I go to System - Preferences - Preferred Applications, Evolution is selected as the current mail reader, and Thunderbird isn't available in the

[Bug 715551] Re: Thunderbird can't be set as the preferred mail app

2011-02-08 Thread Brian Rogers
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/715551 Title: Thunderbird can't be set as the preferred mail app -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 537050] Re: miro.real crashed with KeyError in wrapper() (Miro keeps running)

2010-04-19 Thread Brian Rogers
Ben, your patch looks fine and fairly clean to me. Even if it's a workaround for what is ultimately a xulrunner issue, I think a workaround in Miro would be preferred over patching xulrunner this late in the Lucid development cycle. So I'd say don't worry for now that something needs to be fixed

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-04-20 Thread Brian Rogers
I have a kernel available in this PPA that might help: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental -- MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-04-09 Thread Brian Rogers
I don't expect disabling KMS to help overall. The nature of this bug is that it's timing-dependent, so just about any change can affect the stability for better or worse. On an affected system, I would often get a repeatable freeze on bootup after upgrading an unrelated package just because the

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-01-17 Thread Brian Rogers
2.8.0.901 has no code changes from 2.8.0-2-gb0aa94f, so I'm advancing to the next version after that. 2.8.0.901-1-g154592a has now been uploaded. The earlier report of a freeze with 2.8.0.901+karmic was either a fluke or due to the fact that it had some patches on top of the upstream 2.8.0.901

[Bug 476817] Re: [i855] [karmic] X freezes with intel 855GM videocard

2010-01-18 Thread Brian Rogers
Have you tried those versions along with also booting with 'nomodeset' in the kernel options? Otherwise that version of the driver probably won't do the right thing. -- [i855] [karmic] X freezes with intel 855GM videocard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476817 You received this bug notification

[Bug 453885] Re: bluetooth in karmic is nonfunctional

2010-05-05 Thread Brian Rogers
Good, it looks like those dumps contain the needed information. Next, you'll have to send that information to the bluez mailing list, so upstream developers can look at it and resolve the issue. See here: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-bluetooth -- bluetooth in karmic is

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Brian Rogers
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Confirmed -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-01 Thread Brian Rogers
I have a kernel for people to try in my experimental PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental It contains the gtt chipset flush v7 patch from http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27187 on top of linux 2.6.34-rc3. This patch has managed to stabilize the system for some

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-04-02 Thread Brian Rogers
I recommend trying the experimental kernel with xorg-edgers. Or if not that, the standard packages. -- [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 542483] [NEW] Most of the gnome session never starts

2010-03-20 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-session After updating Lucid today, upon restart I only got the desktop image and the mouse cursor. The gnome panel and desktop items never appear. My browser and e-mail keys launch Firefox and Thunderbird just fine. I can adjust the volume with

[Bug 542483] Re: Most of the gnome session never starts

2010-03-20 Thread Brian Rogers
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41379525/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41379526/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41379527/ProcStatus.txt -- Most of the

[Bug 542483] Re: Most of the gnome session never starts

2010-03-20 Thread Brian Rogers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 542503 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542503 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 542503 X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain line above [Desktop Entry] invalidates .desktop files -- Most of the gnome session never starts

[Bug 537262] Re: plymouth pid missing from OMITPIDS and terminated by sendsigs - PLEASE NO MORE CONFIRMATIONS/COMMENTS

2010-03-21 Thread Brian Rogers
This bug is still open. That means the problem still exists, and we just need to wait for it to get fixed. People who upgrade will be covered by the fix, which is expected to be available before the release of beta 2 in a few weeks. -- plymouth pid missing from OMITPIDS and terminated by

[Bug 61237] Re: Drag 'n Drop in list view doesn't work

2010-05-03 Thread Brian Rogers
The 'invalid' status is misleading. The upstream bug being tracked was marked as a dup. I'm updating it to track the new bug. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #310819 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310819 ** Changed in: nautilus Status: Invalid = Unknown ** Changed

[Bug 453885] Re: bluetooth in karmic is nonfunctional

2010-05-04 Thread Brian Rogers
I have the latest version of bluez from git in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/ppa This is either a kernel bug or a bug in bluetoothd, so if the newest bluez doesn't work, try the latest kernel here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com /~kernel-ppa/mainline/ If neither fixes

[Bug 453885] Re: bluetooth in karmic is nonfunctional

2010-05-05 Thread Brian Rogers
If it turns out that this has already been fixed upstream, then there's no need to collect and report the info. Try bluez 4.64-2 from my PPA first. If that version works fine, we can find the initialization change that fixed it and backport that to lucid. -- bluetooth in karmic is nonfunctional

[Bug 392709] Re: [karmic] linux-image 2.6.31-1.13 crashes on boot

2009-07-07 Thread Brian Rogers
Christophe, I can see from that backtrace that the crash you are seeing is unrelated to this bug. So please file a new bug report and attach the same information in the new report. Thanks. -- [karmic] linux-image 2.6.31-1.13 crashes on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392709 You received

[Bug 430071] Re: no network since last update

2009-09-15 Thread Brian Rogers
It seems to be fixed now if you update, then restart. -- no network since last update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430071 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 140602] Re: Add two-finger scrolling/two-finger tapping to Touchpad options

2009-08-10 Thread Brian Rogers
Some options are there now in System - Preferences - Mouse, in the Touchpad tab. There's the option to disable the touchpad while typing, and to enable tap-clicks. For scrolling, we have disabled, edge scrolling, and two- finger scrolling, plus a checkbox for horizontal scrolling. If tap-

[Bug 279907] Re: konsole, synaptic, and apt-get can hang for minutes in 'disk sleep' state waiting on flush_cpu_workqueue

2009-08-11 Thread Brian Rogers
I came up with a testcase that would freeze the whole system and sent it upstream. This bug is fixed now. ** Tags removed: needs-kernel-logs needs-upstream-testing ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- konsole, synaptic, and apt-get can hang for minutes in

[Bug 389006] Re: NetworkManager Internet Connection Sharing fails to route DNS

2009-09-07 Thread Brian Rogers
I can confirm this on both a fresh install of Jaunty and on Karmic. In both cases I created an ad-hoc network, which by default enables sharing, but DNS didn't work for clients that connected. ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- NetworkManager

[Bug 15183] Re: Please make bluetooth headset Just Work

2009-09-22 Thread Brian Rogers
In Karmic, pulseaudio handles Bluetooth nicely. In the hardware tab of the sound preferences, you'll find any connected headsets and you can set them for SCO or A2DP. Then an output device (and input device for SCO) becomes available and you can switch to them. No command line operations required.

[Bug 546373] Re: [LUCID] CD tray close automatically after eject

2010-05-01 Thread Brian Rogers
The patch stopped my system from retracting the CD tray right after ejecting, but upon further testing, I noticed it can still leave the disc mounted after it's been removed. It probably can't mount a new disc after that, same as before this patch, but I didn't check that. FrenchNux, do you still

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-24 Thread Brian Rogers
I've uploaded a pair of rc6-based kernels, rc6-nopatch1 and rc6-power3. The 'nopatch' kernel is the baseline to compare against, and rc6-power3 has the proposed revert, the same as rc5-power3. Between these two kernels, the only difference is the proposed change. I'd like to see some testing for

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-24 Thread Brian Rogers
It's expected that the new kernel won't work as well as rc5-power2, since that kernel had additional scheduler enhancements aside from reverting nohz_ratelimit. But those other scheduler changes won't go into the kernel until 2.6.36 so they can get more testing. The important thing to determine

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-27 Thread Brian Rogers
It's just a branch where changes to the scheduler and other related code go before they are merged into the mainline kernel. By running a -tip kernel, you get those changes ahead of time. -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-07-11 Thread Brian Rogers
I just uploaded some new kernels: linux-image-2.6.35rc4-131+ge467e10+nopatch-generic linux-image-2.6.35rc4-131+ge467e10+v9patch-generic Julien, do these kernels help the suspend issue? -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 You received this bug

[Bug 604217] Re: Apport produces endless error messages

2010-07-11 Thread Brian Rogers
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Apport produces endless error messages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604217 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 145262] Re: Unclutter stops mouse functioning properly in fullscreen games

2010-07-13 Thread Brian Rogers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 61105 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61105 Looks like a duplicate of bug 61105... ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 61105 Mouse jumps to center in (sdl?/opengl?) games -- Unclutter stops mouse functioning properly in fullscreen games

[Bug 61105] Re: Mouse jumps to center in (sdl?/opengl?) games

2010-07-13 Thread Brian Rogers
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #237319 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=237319 ** Also affects: unclutter (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=237319 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Mouse jumps to center in (sdl?/opengl?)

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-15 Thread Brian Rogers
For anyone who wants to test a kernel with the scheduling changes that will be merged in 2.6.36, I've uploaded a kernel to this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/power This is Maverick's v2.6.35-rc5 kernel with the sched/core branch from the tip tree merged in. The build system

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-16 Thread Brian Rogers
I didn't include that before, so now I'm uploading a new kernel (2.6.35rc5-power2.1) with the patch from http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/8/122 -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 You

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-17 Thread Brian Rogers
Yeah, I used the second patch. I applied it on top of the tip/sched/core branch. I'll attach it for convenience. ** Patch added: Patch from mailing list http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52089149/0001-Apply-patch-from-http-lkml.org-lkml-2010-7-8-122.patch -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-19 Thread Brian Rogers
It looks like nohz_ratelimit will be reverted for 2.6.35, which is essentially the change included in the power2 kernel. But the power2 kernel also includes changes scheduled for 2.6.36. So to ensure that the revert alone is enough to solve the problem, I'm uploading a power3 kernel with only the

[Bug 608254] [NEW] Missing dependency on python-libproxy (ubuntuone-preferences won't start)

2010-07-21 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntuone-client On Maverick: $ ubuntuone-preferences ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow) ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible) ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-07-21 Thread Brian Rogers
Have you tried power3? -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 598935] Re: [needs-packaging] Thunderbird 3.1

2010-07-21 Thread Brian Rogers
I'd like to see it in Maverick, not just in thunderbird-stable... -- [needs-packaging] Thunderbird 3.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 460246] Re: fsck.btrfs -a doesn’t w ork (called from mountall)

2010-06-14 Thread Brian Rogers
** Changed in: btrfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- fsck.btrfs -a doesn’t work (called from mountall) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460246 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-06-16 Thread Brian Rogers
://launchpad.net /~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes To use this fixed kernel, run the following commands: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brian-rogers/graphics-fixes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade - sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.34-52-generic + sudo apt-get install linux

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-06-16 Thread Brian Rogers
upstream at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26345 . For now, we mark all automatically reported GPU lockups as duplicates of this unless there is a reason not to. A fixed kernel is available at https://launchpad.net/~brian- rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes To use this fixed

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-06-16 Thread Brian Rogers
Julien, did you try linux-image-2.6.34-v9patch-generic from ppa:brian- rogers/graphics-fixes ? It's based on the final 2.6.34, so should have some bug fixes. But if it doesn't work as well as 2.6.34rc7-51-generic, then there's some sort of regression and we'll try to hunt it down. -- MASTER:

[Bug 611502] [NEW] Panel undersizes applets: dead space won't accept clicks, won't update

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-panel Sometimes the panel doesn't set up a couple applets properly. The affected applets take up the normal amount of space, but not all of that space is functional. Some space at the right end of the applets doesn't update and won't accept

[Bug 611502] Re: Panel undersizes applets: dead space won't accept clicks, won't update

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52710117/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52710118/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52710119/ProcStatus.txt -- Panel

[Bug 611502] Re: Panel undersizes applets: dead space won't accept clicks, won't update

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
Notice a junk '9,' in the non-updating area, probably from the applet shifting while the panel was starting. The time is missing from the clock, and the rightmost menu with restart, shutdown, etc, is missing from the indicator applet. ** Attachment added: Screenshot of the problem

[Bug 611502] Re: Panel undersizes applets: dead space won't accept clicks, won't update

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
This shows clearly which region is clickable and updates, and which region isn't. Or more accurately, clicking in the 'dead area' just counts as clicking in the panel. ** Attachment added: Screenshot of the problem, calendar open http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52711498/problem-calendar.png --

[Bug 611551] [NEW] Non-dismissible alert: No packages installed

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-codec-install When trying to play a certain wav file through either the totem plugin in Firefox or through the totem plugin directly, I get prompted to install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, which just happens to not be installable right now in

[Bug 611551] Re: Non-dismissible alert: No packages installed

2010-07-29 Thread Brian Rogers
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52718925/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52718926/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52718927/ProcStatus.txt --

[Bug 607379] Re: thunderbird-bin crashed with SIGSEGV while using quick-search field

2010-07-30 Thread Brian Rogers
** Visibility changed to: Public -- thunderbird-bin crashed with SIGSEGV while using quick-search field https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607379 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 574136] Re: add indicator functionality to network-manager

2010-07-06 Thread Brian Rogers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 518523 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518523 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 518523 Support Application Indicators -- add indicator functionality to network-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574136 You received this bug

[Bug 603198] [NEW] [needs-packaging] Thunderbird 3.1

2010-07-08 Thread Brian Rogers
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: thunderbird Please package Thunderbird 3.1 for Ubuntu 10.10 http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.1/releasenotes/ ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: needs-packaging --

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-08 Thread Brian Rogers
Alban, there is warning of this bug in the release notes: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004#Intel%208xx%20X%20freezes/crashes It's also a bug in the upstream code that every distro pulls from, so it's going to affect every linux distro in existence. You can't escape it by

[Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

2010-05-11 Thread Brian Rogers
The kernel patch from this bug might help: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27187 I placed a kernel with the newest version of the patch in my experimental PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/experimental If it helps, you can provide feedback in the upstream bug

[Bug 585551] Re: mainline kernel makes udevd spin on device removal (inotify event)

2010-05-29 Thread Brian Rogers
I can't reproduce this with the latest mainline kernel. I think it was a kernel regression that's now fixed, so I'll mark the udev task as invalid. ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- mainline kernel makes udevd spin on device removal (inotify event)

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-06-01 Thread Brian Rogers
I put a 2.6.34 kernel with the patches for this issue in this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/power It's not perfect, but it does reduce load balancer wakeups some. A mainline build with fully up-to-date scheduler code might do better. -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-06-01 Thread Brian Rogers
Leif, what was your pre-patch kernel? I'd be interested in a comparison with this kernel: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/linux/2.6.34-5.12 It is the same as my PPA kernel except for the patch, so we can look at the effect of just the patch. Also, I took a look at Lucid and

[Bug 524281] Re: Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled

2010-06-01 Thread Brian Rogers
OK, I found the reason for 250 Hz on i386: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/438234 -- Tens of wakes per second in [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 You received this bug notification

[Bug 486696] Re: mythfrontend crash when internal player plays iso

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Rogers
** Changed in: kernel-package (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- mythfrontend crash when internal player plays iso https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486696 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 486696] Re: mythfrontend crash when internal player plays iso

2010-06-03 Thread Brian Rogers
Do you still experience this issue? I marked it as invalid because it's filed on the wrong package. If it still occurs, please file a new bug report. -- mythfrontend crash when internal player plays iso https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486696 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 410407] Re: Clicking on items in Flash player does nothing [READ DESCRIPTION]

2010-06-06 Thread Brian Rogers
Doesn't this only happen on 64-bit Firefox with the 32-bit plugin using nsplugwrapper? I suspect that's a scenario they don't test. -- Clicking on items in Flash player does nothing [READ DESCRIPTION] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410407 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-15 Thread Brian Rogers
If Ubuntu releases were held up by this kind of bug, Karmic wouldn't be out yet. I helped reinstall Jaunty for someone with an i845 that was locking up on Karmic, for example. And in retrospect, that system had graphical issues even before Jaunty, such as freezing on the splash screen until a VT

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-15 Thread Brian Rogers
They did blacklist KMS support for i8xx in an attempt to fix this, but that didn't work for everyone. I believe reverting to vesa was considered, but that has its own regressions including bad performance, lack of multi-monitor support, and often even a lack of support for a laptop's native

[Bug 548380] Re: [i845G] Lucid Beta 2.6.32-17 browsing Lucid forum screen went black no keyboard

2010-04-08 Thread Brian Rogers
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 541492 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541492 Gdk-WARNING is just a toolkit warning, so it's not a sign of any GPU- related problems. -- [i845G] Lucid Beta 2.6.32-17 browsing Lucid forum screen went black no keyboard

[Bug 537050] Re: miro.real crashed with KeyError in wrapper() (Miro keeps running)

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Rogers
I'm still getting the error message. $ apt-cache policy miro xulrunner-1.9.2 | grep Installed Installed: 3.0.1-0ubuntu1 Installed: 1.9.2.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 -- miro.real crashed with KeyError in wrapper() (Miro keeps running) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537050 You received this bug

[Bug 537050] Re: miro.real crashed with KeyError in wrapper() (Miro keeps running)

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Rogers
Your patch did the trick, though. -- miro.real crashed with KeyError in wrapper() (Miro keeps running) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 539467] Re: SATA link power management causes disk errors and corruption

2010-06-11 Thread Brian Rogers
According to comment 38, this should already be fixed in the kernel in maverick. -- SATA link power management causes disk errors and corruption https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539467 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 131094] Re: Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness

2010-06-11 Thread Brian Rogers
The Phoronix link can be ignored. It was a regression that has since been fixed, and their coverage was quite sensationalist to begin with. -- Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 546373] Re: [LUCID] CD tray close automatically after eject

2010-04-26 Thread Brian Rogers
I have the patch in my PPA, and it fixes the problem for me. https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/ppa ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- [LUCID] CD tray close automatically after eject https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546373 You received this bug notification

[Bug 513903] Re: Must be run as root, which is not secure

2010-04-27 Thread Brian Rogers
The change is in Lucid now, but I don't see what to do to enable packet capture as a user. There's no group named 'wireshark'. -- Must be run as root, which is not secure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513903 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Rogers
Is there 64-bit capable hardware with i8xx graphics? I just assumed it was too old for that. I'm going to post a 2.6.34 (final release) kernel with the latest patch for this bug to my PPA. If there are i8xx machines with 64-bit, I'll make sure to include a 64-bit build. -- MASTER: [i855] GPU

[Bug 276476] Re: INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Rogers
I'm going to update the bug title to help the appropriate action occur. INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds is a diagnostic message for when a process that wants to run in blocked from running for a long time. It's a symptom, not a disease (read: bug). Just like you'd file a new bug if

[Bug 276476] Re: Idle-priority scheduling bug blocks tasks

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Rogers
** Summary changed: - INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds causes system freeze + Idle-priority scheduling bug blocks tasks -- Idle-priority scheduling bug blocks tasks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 276476] Re: Idle-priority scheduling bug blocks tasks

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Rogers
** Description changed: - The following commits can be cleanly cherry-picked into 2.6.28 to fix this bug: - cce7ade803699463ecc62a065ca522004f7ccb3d - 6bc912b71b6f33b041cfde93ca3f019cbaa852bc + INFO: task blocked for more than 120 seconds is a diagnostic message + for when a process that wants

[Bug 276476] Re: Idle-priority scheduling bug blocks tasks

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Rogers
If it appears to have the same cause (in this case, ext4 access or perhaps disk access in general), then follow that bug. If it appears to be triggered by something else, file a new bug. If in doubt, file a new bug. It can always be marked as a duplicate later if after investigation it's revealed

[Bug 268502] Re: Bluetooth doesn't work (hci_cmd_task: hci0 command tx timeout)

2010-05-20 Thread Brian Rogers
You don't have to reinstall to do a clean test. You can just boot the livecd session and test there. -- Bluetooth doesn't work (hci_cmd_task: hci0 command tx timeout) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268502 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 476817] Re: [i855] [i855] [karmic] X freezes with intel 855GM videocard

2010-04-16 Thread Brian Rogers
FYI, the fix I was referring to in the earlier comment has since been included in Lucid and therefore I removed the package from my PPA. The kernel in there is a new, different fix from an upstream bug report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27187 Glad to hear it helps. Anyway, a

[Bug 541511] Re: MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash)

2010-04-19 Thread Brian Rogers
For those who need it, I have a kernel with Daniel Vetter's patch in my experimental PPA: https://launchpad.net/~brian- rogers/+archive/experimental -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541511 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Rogers
We've gone back so far now that we've nearly gone back to the Jaunty version. When you get back to this testing, you may want to do a Jaunty install and see if that suffers from the bug. If it doesn't, we have our good version and it might be easier to step forward from there with newer versions

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Rogers
Yeah, a new video card will bypass the problem, since you won't be using the i845. -- [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/456902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845G] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-02-27 Thread Brian Rogers
I have a kernel patch for people to try. It works around the x11perf freeze, and I'm curious if it prevents random freezing as well. Kernels with this patch, for both Karmic and Lucid, are available in a separate PPA of mine, graphics-fixes: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics

[Bug 456902] Re: [i845g] Karmic stops responding a few minutes after log in

2010-03-03 Thread Brian Rogers
I think the 2.6.32-50 kernel I uploaded for Lucid might perform better. If you want to try it in Karmic, you can get it directly here: https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes/+build/1534570/+files/linux-image-2.6.32-50-generic_2.6.32-50.22_i386.deb -- [i845g] Karmic stops

[Bug 311328] Re: Add pulseaudio output support

2010-02-18 Thread Brian Rogers
It seems to have failed to build mythtv with pulseaudio support. From the buildlog: # Sound Output Support PulseAudio supportno OSS support yes ALSA support yes JACK support yes libfftw3 support no -- Add pulseaudio output support

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