[Bug 309784] Re: Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, I pulled the following packages from the PPA: libdrm2 (2.4.1-0ubuntu7~intrepid) libdrm-intel1 (2.4.1-0ubuntu7~intrepid) xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.5.1-1ubuntu5~intrepid) Bug is CONFIRMED in these newer packages. Console unresponsiveness is still observed, although I'm not seeing the X

[Bug 309784] Re: [iQ35] Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps

2008-12-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- [iQ35] Blank screen, unresponsive console when starting full-screen OpenGL apps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309784 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 306054] [NEW] Not using LDAP for auth, please downgrade libpam-ldap to Recommends:

2008-12-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ldap-auth-client Looking at ldap-auth-client 0.5.2 in Intrepid. I am using LDAP in conjunction with Kerberos authentication and AFS. (This is much like what MIT does on their campus network, except that they use Hesiod instead of LDAP.) In this setup,

[Bug 307044] [NEW] USB HDD automounts fine when connected, but not after reboot

2008-12-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal I have an external USB hard drive, and an Ubuntu Intrepid system with hal 0.5.11-4ubuntu4. When I connect the drive to the system, it is picked up as /dev/sdb, and correctly mounted under /media/fslabel/. All is well. After I reboot the system,

[Bug 297929] [NEW] Allow forwarding to multiple root recipients

2008-11-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ssmtp I use sSMTP in a corporate environment, thanks to the feature of rewriting/forwarding mail that would go to system users to an external address instead. This is much simpler than configuring all the various daemons, etc. with the appropriate mail

[Bug 297929] Re: Allow forwarding to multiple root recipients

2008-11-13 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Patch against ssmtp-2.62 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19633974/ssmtp-multiple-root.patch -- Allow forwarding to multiple root recipients https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 298208] [NEW] keyutils is broken (keyctl segfaults trivially)

2008-11-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: keyutils On a Debian Lenny (beta2) system: # keyctl request2 user debug:hello xyzzy 281487143 On an Ubuntu Intrepid system (keyutils 1.2-7): # keyctl request2 user debug:hello xyzzy Segmentation fault I'm running into problems

[Bug 301202] [NEW] Description for ldap-auth-config/pam_password is incorrect

2008-11-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ldap-auth-config Looking at ldap-auth-config 0.5.2 in Intrepid. More of a fit-and-finish issue, but compare the Default: value below, and the blurb for the crypt option: Template: ldap-auth-config/pam_password Type: select Choices: clear, crypt, nds,

[Bug 302272] [NEW] Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated weight) installed on

[Bug 302278] [NEW] Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xubuntu-desktop Echo of bug 302272. When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated

[Bug 302283] [NEW] Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop Echo of bug 302272. When setting up Ubuntu desktop systems in a corporate/institutional setting that happens to have a central CUPS server and networked printing infrastructure, it is desirable not to have cupsd (and all its associated

[Bug 305281] Re: log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing

2008-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Patch against /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20213329/lsb-base-logging.sh.patch -- log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 305281] [NEW] log_to_console() function breaks when /proc is missing

2008-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lsb-base This report concerns the /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh file, in lsb-base 3.2-14ubuntu2 in Intrepid. The log_to_console() function in this file breaks when there is no /proc filesystem, and set -e is in effect. (Note how it does readlink

[Bug 302272] Re: Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2008-12-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
cups-driver-gutenprint should also be downgraded to Recommends:, as it itself Depends: on cups. -- Downgrade cups to Recommends: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302272 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-meta in ubuntu. --

[Bug 485449] [NEW] [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xubuntu-default-settings This concerns xubuntu-default-settings 0.67 in Karmic. The Xfce panel config file /etc/xdg/xubuntu/xfce4/panel/panels.xml specifies two panels: one at the top (app menu, places menu, a few launcher buttons, system tray, mixer,

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: The Xubuntu default desktop, in practice http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35861666/frankenpanel.jpg -- [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485449 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This is on a system where Xubuntu was installed by running apt-get install xubuntu-desktop on a minimal installation, along with some other customizations (but very few of which touch Xfce). I'll double- check that these aren't confounding the issue. xubuntu-default-settings is definitely

[Bug 485449] Re: [Karmic] Xfce default panel settings do not work as intended

2009-11-20 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, after much digging around, I've encountered a twist that indicates a different sort of bug. The system in question is using gdm-2.20 instead of plain gdm. If the user has no previous config, and I select a session of type Last (i.e. default), then I get the messed-up Xfce panels. If I

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-12-05 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The system has been running with the xorg-edgers PPA drivers for a few days. So far, none of the same GPU hangs have been encountered. However, I'm now seeing intermittent crashes during use of the system, e.g. Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x8133dbb] 1:

[Bug 489474] [NEW] Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall A month or so ago, I installed Ubuntu Karmic on my father's laptop in Florida. I then flew back home to Boston. He was running Windows in VirtualBox, and closed the laptop lid (i.e. ACPI suspend). When he opened it, the system did not come up

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Just for giggles, this is a screenshot taken by my father (with a camera, natch) of the output of the fsck(8) command he typed in. Embarrassing, isn't it? ** Attachment added: The horror! The horror! http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36190710/scary.jpg -- Need newbie-friendly alternative to

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-11-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
jtniehof, I am not suggesting a significant design effort (please re- read the report) and this bug/wishlist item concerns an existing, basic usability failure rather than posit a new would be nice to have idea. If this should be filed against another package, then say so. Otherwise, please allow

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-28 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Another batchbuffer dump. Is this enough to go on, or the more the merrier? ** Attachment added: dri_debug-20091128.tgz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36213676/dri_debug-20091128.tgz -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-29 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Okay, some updates. I wrote a cron script for this system that would automatically record a batchbuffer dump and reboot if and when a GPU crash was detected. This worked well... a little too well. The crash was now occurring before GDM could even auto-login the user, and once I got thirteen dumps

[Bug 500696] [NEW] Target FAT32 filesystem has fsck errors after install

2009-12-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: usb-creator I am using usb-creator 0.2.12 from the Karmic LiveCD to install to a USB thumbdrive. I create a new FAT32 filesystem, check it with dosfsck(8), install the live system on it, re-run dosfsck(8), and see errors. See below for the step-by-step

[Bug 500701] [NEW] Mount /cdrom as read-only if not using persistent files

2009-12-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: usb-creator Wishlist item, filed against version 0.2.12 in Karmic. If the live environment [created by usb-creator] is running off a USB drive, and is not using persistent storage, then mount /cdrom as read- only instead of read-write. This will better

[Bug 500701] Re: Mount /cdrom as read-only if not using persistent files

2009-12-27 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I should add that I've had instances where the filesystem on the USB drive does get corrupted, although I've yet to determine exactly what causes this---attempting to (un)suspend the live system on hardware that doesn't support it very well appears suspect. This is a major problem if you're

[Bug 446891] Re: Should warn that formatting will erase the entire contents of the device (all partitions).

2009-12-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I got burned by this too, though I was fortunate not to have lost as much as others have here. Jesus Christ, this app is the software equivalent of Happy Fun Ball. Thank God it doesn't let you select fixed disks. * Hitting Format when a partition-device is selected should only format the

[Bug 445810] Re: usb-creator operates on mounted filesystems, does not display confirmation dialogs, issue warnings about data loss

2009-12-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I'd also point out Bug #443330 and Bug #446891, which have a similar thrust. I would only demur on the delisting of partition devices---I'd like to be able to install the live system onto one partition of a multi- partition USB drive (e.g. partition 1 is data, and is what comes up under Windows,

[Bug 445810] Re: usb-creator operates on mounted filesystems, does not display confirmation dialogs, issue warnings about data loss

2009-12-21 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Well, the yellow triangles signify either that the partition doesn't have enough free space to do the install, or (I think) that it doesn't have a compatible filesystem (presumably FAT16/FAT32). You may want to blow away a partition, which I think should be allowed, albeit only after clicking

[Bug 445256] Re: Wrong path to X server in gdm.conf

2009-12-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
/usr/X11R6 is an anachronism. (Heck, we're currently at R7, even.) I'm fine with sweeping it away, but if that causes things to break, the presumption is that those will be fixed straightaway. Why is this bug still open? This bug has as trivial a fix as it gets. -- Wrong path to X server in

[Bug 445256] Re: Wrong path to X server in gdm.conf

2009-12-22 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Cody, you uploaded the last (and first, and only) release of this package. Could you take a few minutes to push out this fix? -- Wrong path to X server in gdm.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-12-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
(Sorry for not following up sooner; I am currently travelling and my Internet access has been sporadic.) Geir, my concern is that the Intel hardware on which these freezes have been occurring is quite common, and that reflects very poorly on the development side of things. It's one thing if this

[Bug 445810] Re: usb-creator operates on mounted filesystems, does not display confirmation dialogs, issue warnings about data loss

2009-12-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Are you currently able to make a disk with two FAT32 partitions (say sdb1 and sdb2) and install ubuntu onto sdb2 using usb-creator? Yes, that's exactly how I'm doing it now. With the caveats that... 1. The two partitions have to be created by hand (using e.g. fdisk(8)); 2. usb-creator won't

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-12-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Jonathan, here's my take on these questions: (a) I wasn't thinking along the lines of the system being aware of whether it was properly shut down or not, although I believe the infrastructure is already in place for this to be possible (i.e. Ubuntu recorded a successful boot on startup, and how

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2009-12-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The blueprint looks good, pretty ambitious. Integrating with Plymouth will make it about as slick as it can get. I would tweak the spec by noting that the root filesystem is a special case (can't ignore that one, not least since the usual Ubuntu setup puts everything on one partition), so it has

[Bug 487845] Re: Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete

2010-01-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Subscribed Matthias Klose, from Bug #293944. Matthias, this issue needs a bit more work. Please have a look at the package's debconf script. -- Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487845 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 487845] Re: Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete

2010-01-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I can see where you're coming from, but I think it would be less confusing to the user if local certificates were handled just the same as system-bundled ones. I wouldn't see it as a good thing if the procedure for enabling/disabling a certificate differed depending on whether it were

[Bug 489474] Re: Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails

2010-01-09 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Just as a postscript, an arguable workaround to this issue in Karmic, and likely helpful tweak to anyone who can't do much with a system if sshd isn't running: set FSCKFIX=yes in /etc/default/rcS. From the rcS(5) man page: FSCKFIX - When the root and all other file systems are checked, fsck is

[Bug 465120] [NEW] Choose language dialog to select additional locales has two # locales

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Installing Karmic using the alternate (netboot via PXE) installer, one dialog appears somewhat wonky. See the attached image. Note the first two entries in the locale list. ** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 465120] Re: Choose language dialog to select additional locales has two # locales

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Screenshot of the dialog (taken via VNC on Xen) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34701696/locale-dialog.png -- Choose language dialog to select additional locales has two # locales https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465120 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 465231] [NEW] Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: debian-installer Encountered this using the Karmic alternate installer (specifically, netboot via PXE). Same failure mode on both i386 and amd64. After confirming whether to install GRUB on the MBR, the installer indicates Executing 'grub-install (hd0)'

[Bug 465231] Re: Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Fatal error dialog http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34707168/di-error.png -- Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465231 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 465231] Re: Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Log on tty4 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34707209/di-log.png -- Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465231 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 465231] Re: Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A workaround for this bug: 1. Start up a shell on tty2 or tty3 2. cp /etc/mtab /target/etc/ 3. Edit the newly-created /target/etc/mtab file: Delete all lines except the one specifying the device for /target (note: *not* the tmpfs /target/dev line), and then change /target to /. 4. At the

[Bug 400776] Re: ssh-keyscan(1) hangs if broken server does partial handshake

2009-10-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
The system in question, along with several others, was recently decommissioned and cannot be brought back online. (Honestly, we don't even know which physical machine it was.) This bug was trivially reproducible at the time that the report was filed, but I no longer have the means of doing so.

[Bug 452461] [NEW] Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config

2009-10-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: krb5-config I want to set up /etc/krb5.conf via debconf so that the file specifies kdc for my Kerberos realm, but not admin_server (nor kpasswd) because I want those to be found via DNS. If I do the logical thing, however---give a value for

[Bug 487309] [NEW] Incorrect desktop setup if xfce4-session is invoked directly instead of startxfce4

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-session This concerns xfce4-session 4.6.1-1ubuntu2 in Karmic. This is a second try at reporting the behavior described in Bug #485449. I have a Xubuntu desktop system with much of GNOME taken out, installed with apt-get install

[Bug 487309] Re: Incorrect desktop setup if xfce4-session is invoked directly instead of startxfce4

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Never mind. Someone brought to my attention the distinction between /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/panels.xml (one panel) and /etc/xdg/xubuntu/xfce4/panel/panels.xml (two panels). No merging is going on, and thus there is no bug. ** Changed in: xfce4-session (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid --

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-23 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Another batchbuffer dump tarball from the same system. This one has lspci -vvnn in the bundle. ** Attachment added: dri_debug-20091124.tgz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36003955/dri_debug-20091124.tgz -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

[Bug 487845] [NEW] Support for /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ is incomplete

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ca-certificates This concerns ca-certificates 20090814 in Ubuntu Karmic. Bug #293944 requested better support for adding site-local certificates, and this was implemented by making /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ the place to add these. Code was added

[Bug 262089] Re: Preseeded debconf value for fontconfig/subpixel_rendering is not honored

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
As of Jaunty, the fontconfig-config package no longer uses debconf, thereby making this bug moot. ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Preseeded debconf value for fontconfig/subpixel_rendering is not honored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262089 You received this

[Bug 331812] Re: Group-owned static interfaces do not work

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Thank goodness we now have vboxnetflt (as of VirtualBox's version in Jaunty) and don't have to deal with static virtual interfaces anymore. ** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Group-owned static interfaces do not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/331812 You

[Bug 381517] Re: Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Karmic. -- Cannot disable console blanking in /etc/kbd/config https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381517 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 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-26 Thread Daniel Richard G.
It seems to use i915, but then, the [i845G] tag was assigned by Geir, whom I presume has more in-depth knowledge of the hardware and driver. -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 480404] [NEW] Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gqview This concerns gqview 2.0.4-5 in Jaunty, amd64 platform. I am attaching two Targa image files bundled with a commercial CAD package. They represent an image (8peop17l.tga) and bitmap mask (8peop17o.tga) of a man, standing in place. If thumbnails

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Screenshot: Incorrectly displaying a Targa image file http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505533/screenshot.png -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Targa image file http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505605/8peop17l.tga -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 480404] Re: Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Targa image file (mask) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35505613/8peop17o.tga -- Buggy loading of Targa (*.tga) image files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480404 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 469820] Re: system locks up at random intervals, except mouse

2009-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've encountered the same failure mode here. The keyboard responds only to Alt-SysRq-* keystrokes. This is with an up-to-date Karmic, running on a Dell Optiplex GX260. Here is the relevant extract from /var/log/syslog, with each line's datestamp/host prefix elided: INFO: task i915/0:258 blocked

[Bug 242400] Re: laptop powers off immediately after login

2009-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Confirmed that a BIOS update fixes the problem on *my* dad's M35X-S149 :-) Paul: The sudden power-off during the BIOS update freaked me out too, but after running through that a few times, I noticed that a fraction of a second beforehand it gave a message like update complete, rebooting system.

[Bug 312951] Re: power spontaneously shuts down in graphic mode on toshiba laptop

2009-11-07 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I believe this is a duplicate of Bug #242400 (already resolved). Does updating the BIOS resolve the problem? -- power spontaneously shuts down in graphic mode on toshiba laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312951 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 469820] Re: [GM45] system locks up at random intervals, except mouse

2009-11-15 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hello Geir, I'm attaching a tarball produced as instructed in the wiki page you linked to. Note that this was produced over an hour after the initial freeze, as it occurred while I was away. That aside, the failure mode appears practically the same as the one I reported previously (only some of

[Bug 483928] [NEW] ssh-keyscan(1) exits prematurely on some non-fatal errors

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openssh-client This concerns openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5ubuntu1 in Karmic. I am using ssh-keyscan(1) for its intended purpose: building an ssh_known_hosts file for a large network. Most of the hosts on this network are well-maintained systems, with

[Bug 484020] [NEW] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel This bug report concerns xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 on Karmic. It was originally reported as a comment to bug #469820, and is probably a duplicate thereof, but at the request of Geir Ove Myhr I have filed it as a

[Bug 469820] Re: [GM45] system locks up at random intervals, except mouse

2009-11-16 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Geir, I have filed a separate report as bug #484020. I will not be able to use PPA packages on the system in question (it is now remote for me, and used as a family Internet terminal), but I hope to reproduce the bug on another, more easily-accessible machine. -- [GM45] system locks up at

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Geir, please examine the tarball; Xorg.0.log and dmesg(1) output are in there. Attaching the output of lspci -vvnn. (This command would be good to add to the script on the Troubleshooting X freezes wiki page.) ** Attachment added: Output of lspci -vvnn on the GX260 in question

[Bug 484020] Re: [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning

2009-11-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Let me know if there is anything more you need. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- [i845G] Display freezes (except for mouse pointer) without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484020 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 471962] [NEW] Network filesystems are mounted before DHCP completes

2009-11-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mountall This concerns mountall 1.0 in karmic. I have a network filesystem that is not one of the typical ones, but a fuse-python thing that connects to an LDAP server. When it starts up, it immediately connects to the LDAP server; if it cannot do this,

[Bug 445256] Re: Wrong path to X server in gdm.conf

2009-11-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Please bump this up to High importance. This needs to be fixed in a Karmic update. -- Wrong path to X server in gdm.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 465389] [NEW] init script runlevels do not match LSB defaults

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm Seen while installing mdadm on Karmic: Setting up mdadm (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu13) ... Generating array device nodes... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst: 170: /dev/MAKEDEV: not found failed. Generating mdadm.conf... done. Removing any system startup

[Bug 284548] Re: Typo causes invocation of apt-get-y instead of apt-get -y

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug was fixed in Debian, and Karmic now ships with the fixed version. ** Changed in: module-assistant (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Typo causes invocation of apt-get-y instead of apt-get -y https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284548 You received this bug notification

[Bug 465231] Re: Karmic: legacy grub-install fails, possibly due to missing /target/etc/mtab

2009-10-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A note for those needing a workaround: Both mine and Jim's make some assumptions about how the disk has been partitioned. I assume that /boot is *not* on its own partition, and Jim assumes that it is (and that it is formatted as ext2, on /dev/sda5---adjust accordingly). I'd be a bit careful with

[Bug 452461] Re: Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config

2009-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Sorry for not following up sooner. I want to set up my /etc/krb5.conf file via debconf, as is currently implemented, but I want to do things a little differently from what the scripts have been written to do. Normally, you'd specify something like this in debconf:

[Bug 452461] Re: Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config

2009-11-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Please let me know if any further information is needed. ** Changed in: kerberos-configs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- Cannot elide admin_servers from debconf config https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/452461 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 382615] Re: Hangs at Starting kernel log daemon... with LDAP

2009-10-25 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Hi Mary, I've kind of forgotten about this report, since the bug hasn't bitten me in a while. I *think* the workaround is to run nssldap-update- ignoreusers(8), which adds an ignoreusers line to /etc/ldap.conf that prevents LDAP from being accessed for any system user (which I believe was what

[Bug 208267] Re: openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is still present in Jaunty. Does anyone have an objection to adding java-6-openjdk to the java_home file? -- openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 208267] Re: openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

2009-06-06 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Well, yes, there's ways to *work around* this bug, but the idea is to actually *fix* it. You can't set JAVA_HOME if you're launching Eclipse from the GUI menu, and while Netbeans is fine and good, what if you want to use Eclipse? -- openjdk-6 path should be added to java_home

[Bug 400776] [NEW] ssh-keyscan(1) hangs if broken server does partial handshake

2009-07-17 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: openssh-client This concerns openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Jaunty. I use ssh-keyscan(1) at a company site to create a global ssh_known_hosts file. I've found, however, that the program comes to a halt when it scans one particular system, an

[Bug 389639] [NEW] Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI

2009-06-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose This concerns virtualbox-ose 2.1.4-dfsg-1ubuntu3 in Ubuntu Jaunty. When the GUI presents a dialog with a text entry, the flashing cursor causes strange graphical glitches, usually appearing as a small, mostly- black square at the cursor's

[Bug 389639] Re: Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI

2009-06-19 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: Screenshot of the Create New Virtual Machine dialog, showing a typical example of the glitching in question http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28122516/vbox-gui-bug.png -- Flashing cursor causes graphical glitches in the GUI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389639 You

[Bug 314637] Re: debian/{config, postinst} are both broken for dpkg-reconfigure

2009-03-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Installing this package with a specified location to the local file is broken. This is needed for installations where HTTP access is restricted. This was working in Intrepid. Can we get a fix for this in before Jaunty goes gold? -- debian/{config,postinst} are both broken for dpkg-reconfigure

[Bug 334795] Re: cannot change password

2009-05-30 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Same problem here. My scenario is even simpler: Ubuntu Jaunty, libpam- krb5, no LDAP. Kerberos and Unix authentication profiles activated via pam-auth-update. As root: # passwd passwd: Permission denied passwd: password unchanged Lo and behold, the *root user* cannot change its own password.

[Bug 382061] [NEW] Does not start up with debconf-configured default URL

2009-05-31 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lynx-cur This concerns lynx-cur 2.8.7dev11-2 in Ubuntu Jaunty. I configure lynx-cur to use a site-specific URL as the default startup page, via debconf (lynx-cur/defaulturl selection). When I start up lynx, it goes to http://lynx.isc.org/. What gives?

[Bug 382475] [NEW] Two Screensaver items in Applications Settings menu

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: xubuntu-meta on Jaunty pulls in both gnome-screensaver and xscreensaver, each of which adds a Screensaver item to the Applications Settings menu. See /usr/share/applications/gnome-screensaver-preferences.desktop

[Bug 382535] [NEW] Postinst script invokes nonexistent /dev/MAKEDEV (was /sbin/MAKEDEV intended?)

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mdadm This concerns mdadm 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8 in Ubuntu Jaunty. In the course of installing mdadm, I see 8 Setting up mdadm (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8) ... Generating array device nodes... /var/lib/dpkg/info/mdadm.postinst: 170: /dev/MAKEDEV: not found

[Bug 382615] [NEW] Hangs at Starting kernel log daemon... with LDAP

2009-06-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sysklogd This is similar to bug #218320, but occurs in a different context. The failure mode here is a bit complicated, so bear with me as I describe it. Ubuntu Jaunty system. sysklogd and klogd packages at version 1.5-5ubuntu3. passwd and group lookups

[Bug 382832] [NEW] Need comment for line added to /etc/ldap.conf by nssldap-update-ignoreusers(8)

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libnss-ldap (This is an issue as of libnss-ldap 261-2.1ubuntu1 in Ubuntu Jaunty.) The nss_initgroups_ignoreusers line added by nssldap-update- ignoreusers(8) to the end of /etc/ldap.conf needs a comment at least indicating what added it. For those who

[Bug 382615] Re: Hangs at Starting kernel log daemon... with LDAP

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A couple points worth noting: 1. The deadlock is somewhat timing-dependent. It happens every time on a bare-metal PC, but I am unable to reproduce it on a slower Xen guest system. 2. For whatever reason, this deadlock never happened on Intrepid, all other circumstances being equal (same PC, same

[Bug 382475] Re: Two Screensaver items in Applications Settings menu

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This is starting from a command-line system, and doing apt-get install xubuntu-desktop. I am currently working around this by using apt-get install xubuntu- desktop gnome-screensaver-, going with XScreenSaver (though I don't know if that is supposed to be the favored one). -- Two Screensaver

[Bug 277223] [NEW] Does not use preseeded debconf value for hesiod/rhs

2008-10-02 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hesiod This is in Ubuntu hardy, libhesiod0 version 3.0.2-18.1. Preseeding the debconf database with a value for hesiod/rhs does not work. When the package is installed, it unconditionally uses the system's domain (as given by the search directive in

[Bug 130030] Re: Installation of the plugin asks twice for local copy

2008-10-08 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I can confirm that this bug is still present in hardy. I apt-get-install, say, ubuntu-restricted-extras, which pulls in flashplugin-nonfree. The pair of questions come up first at the Preconfiguring packages stage, and again at the Setting up flashplugin-nonfree stage. This is on a clean system

[Bug 422677] [NEW] SIGSEGV in IA__g_type_check_instance_cast()

2009-09-01 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal This is with xfce4-terminal 0.2.10-1ubuntu2.1 in Jaunty. I've encountered this crash repeatedly. (Note: The following GDB session is with a debug-enabled binary built from the .deb source) $ gdb ./Terminal GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright

[Bug 302272] Re: Downgrade cups to Recommends:

2009-09-03 Thread Daniel Richard G.
This bug is not yet fixed in xubuntu-meta. * cups-driver-gutenprint needs to be moved from desktop-hppa to desktop- recommends-hppa * cups needs to be moved from desktop-* to desktop-recommends-* At the same time, you may also want to update the obsolete hal-cups- utils entry in

[Bug 413862] [NEW] wget -nv prints incorrect total stats

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wget This concerns wget 1.11.4-2ubuntu1 in Jaunty. uris.txt is a file containing lots and lots of URLs. $ wget -nv -O /dev/null `cat uris.txt` [...] 2009-08-14 01:53:40

[Bug 219095] Re: apt-cacher: keep getting 400 No Request Recieved

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
A similar investigation on the Debian side, plus a smaller patch; http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540691#10 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #540691 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540691 -- apt-cacher: keep getting 400 No Request Recieved

[Bug 366293] Re: Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
I've managed to track down the bug, and have put together a (preliminary) patch fix. Details at the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517761#69 -- Non-existent i18n files lead to needless server failover https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366293 You received this bug

[Bug 386048] Re: apt-cacher causes apt-get update to fail signature verification

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Was this a transient issue, or are you still seeing signature- verification failures? -- apt-cacher causes apt-get update to fail signature verification https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386048 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 413872] [NEW] Browse... file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 This concerns firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 in Jaunty. I hit the Attach file button in a Web-mail page, which brings up a file-selection dialog. Normally, this works fine, but here, the window comes up, everything but the

[Bug 413872] Re: Browse... file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock

2009-08-14 Thread Daniel Richard G.
** Attachment added: firefox-bork.strace http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30346774/firefox-bork.strace -- Browse... file dialog leads to mutex-related deadlock https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

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