[Bug 619841] Re: [REGRESSION] e1000e doesnt work on 2.6.35.

2011-04-08 Thread Jim Cline
I am suffering from this bug as well. It should be marked as important -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619841 Title: [REGRESSION] e1000e doesnt work on 2.6.35. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 619841] Re: [REGRESSION] e1000e doesnt work on 2.6.35.

2011-04-08 Thread Jim Cline
Brad, I am running Maverick, but I realized it's not the same bug. I get an IP address, but my problem is that the connection keeps disappearing at random but frequent intervals. I would be willing to test a new kernel. Can I just add an appropriate apt-source to install an alpha kernel with

[Bug 785362] [NEW] can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2011-05-19 Thread Jim Cline
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grace Font tool from the Window menu is supposed to help one find the syntax for special characters. For example, it reports that \f{Symbol}£ is the way to input the less than or equal sign from the symbol font. However when I try to copy and paste

[Bug 785362] Re: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2011-05-19 Thread Jim Cline
In fact, sometimes I can't even paste into grace using the method described above. For example it converts ò into ò which appears as junk in the graph. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 785362] Re: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2011-05-20 Thread Jim Cline
The only work-around I've found is to edit the grace file in a text editor to insert the desired special characters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785362 Title: can't paste

[Bug 785362] Re: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2011-05-20 Thread Jim Cline
I just rebuilt the latest stable grace from the source (grace-5.1.22) and I get the same error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785362 Title: can't paste high-bit characters from font

[Bug 785362] Re: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2011-05-21 Thread Jim Cline
It's definitely a grace bug, since I compiled grace-5.1.0 and the bug is not there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785362 Title: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool --

[Bug 689007] Re: Cannot connect to some unsecured public wifi networks

2011-02-28 Thread Jim Cline
This is not really satisfactory. When I recently installed Ubuntu on my new laptop, only version 10.10 is listed as the current version. That's still the case. So I have to go hunting for an alpha version that might break other things in order to solve this problem? -- You received this bug

[Bug 689007] Re: Cannot connect to some unsecured public wifi networks

2011-02-28 Thread Jim Cline
Has anyone tried a less radical solution like upgrading just the wpa_supplicant package? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689007 Title: Cannot connect to some unsecured public wifi

[Bug 881046]

2013-10-15 Thread Jim Cline
I have this bug when I use xrandr to resize the output to the VGA monitor, and then turn off the LVD using xrandr --output LVDS1 --off. The mouse becomes confined to the left side of the monitor as soon I turn off the LVD. I have version 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.13 of xorg-server, where this problem is

[Bug 883319]

2013-10-15 Thread Jim Cline
I have this bug when I use xrandr to resize the output to the VGA monitor, and then turn off the LVD using xrandr --output LVDS1 --off. The mouse becomes confined to the left side of the monitor as soon I turn off the LVD. I have version 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.13 of xorg-server, where this problem is

[Bug 785362] Re: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool

2012-06-04 Thread Jim Cline
It's a bug, since it used to work, e.g. when I used Debian instead of Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785362 Title: can't paste high-bit characters from font tool To manage

[Bug 1598993] [NEW] xrandr scaling corrupts external monitor output

2016-07-04 Thread Jim Cline
Public bug reported: after doing xrandr --output HDMI2 --scale wxh, using any values except 1x1, the screen becomes increasingly distorted when typing in an editor window. The problem first appears as images of the previous cursor position being left behind, but as typing continues, lines below

[Bug 883319] Re: xrandr --scale restricts area in which mouse moves

2016-07-04 Thread Jim Cline
I have the same bug in a recent build from xenial. I tried downgrading xorg to precise, no difference, mouse still hits the wall when output to internal monitor is turned off. If both monitors are turned on, the problem does not occur. But I like to conserve my laptop screen when I am connected

[Bug 1598993] Re: xrandr scaling corrupts external monitor output

2016-07-05 Thread Jim Cline
For any who are affected by this, here is a work-around. I was able to add a screen resolution that was detected for my internal monitor, but not for the external one, using xrandr --addmode. It gets the width of the screen right, but truncates the bottom. However panning makes the bottom

[Bug 1597984] Re: horizontal scrolling with middle trackpoint button broken

2016-06-30 Thread Jim Cline
Sorry, I withdraw this bug. The solution is to turn off Evdev Wheel Emulation. But maybe some other confused person can benefit from this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1597984

[Bug 1597984] [NEW] horizontal scrolling with middle trackpoint button broken

2016-06-30 Thread Jim Cline
Public bug reported: Horizontal scrolling with the middle trackpoint button on Thinkpad X260 does not work as expected. I noticed the problem in nedit, where holding the middle button while dragging the cursor over the text to be copied is a fast way of copying text. But the cursor does not

[Bug 1034928] Re: Fontconfig warning: Having multiple values in isn't supported and may not works as expected

2016-10-18 Thread Jim Cline
This bug is easy to fix. For example, it will be caused by a section like this: zh-cn zh-sg The correct syntax would be zh-cn zh-sg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1065606] Re: Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 96: Having multiple values in isn't supported and may not works as expected

2016-10-18 Thread Jim Cline
Here is the corrected version of 65-droid-sans-fonts.conf. At least I think it's correct, it gets rid of the error messages. Can some developer please correct it in the distribution? ** Attachment added: "65-droid-sans-fonts.conf"

[Bug 1598993] Re: xrandr scaling corrupts external monitor output

2016-12-30 Thread Jim Cline
I recently reproduced the same problem without using scaling, by connecting to a different external monitor. Now the problem exists in every video mode. Perhaps a problem of compatibility with Sky Lake integrated graphics in Thinkpad X260 -- You received this bug notification because you are

Re: [Bug 1895217] Re: gnome control center mouse settings don't work in other window manager

2020-09-10 Thread Jim Cline
yes I know that. I'm talking about gnome-control-center not saving the settings. On Fri, 11 Sep 2020, Daniel van Vugt wrote: > Anything you want run automatically on login, try putting it in a script > called: > > ~/.xsession > > or > > ~/.xinitrc > > -- > You received this bug

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-23 Thread Jim Cline
okay, so that kernel has the problem again. On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > Thanks mfo for helping out how to disable secure boot and install kernel > > I uploaded a test kernel @ > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/0a8c35897f60b202/ > > There are 17 patches so it

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-23 Thread Jim Cline
Hi, if I install this on top of the previous one using dpkg -i * will that be sufficient? Or do I have to remove the previous packages first? It seems like my grub configuration is somehow set to keeping only two kernels in the boot list. It would be nice if it would keep them all so I don't

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-23 Thread Jim Cline
ok, that's not such a big problem. I'll keep all the versions' deb packages in separate directories so I can easily switch back to one of them if needed. On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: > Hi Jim, > > You can install on top of the previous ones without removing them

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-22 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Maricio, I did as you suggested, but cannot boot, error:/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-47-generic has invalid signature loading initial ramdisk error: you need to load the kernel first --Jim On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: > Hi Jim, > > This is a conflict between the (un)signed

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-22 Thread Jim Cline
thanks, I fixed that and will start testing On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: > It looks like you have secure boot enabled. > Unfortunately test kernels are unsigned and thus require it to be disabled in > your BIOS/EFI menu. > > -- > You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes (fwd)

2020-09-22 Thread Jim Cline
-47.51_all.deb linux-headers-5.4.0-47-generic_5.4.0-47.51_amd64.deb linux-modules-5.4.0-47-generic_5.4.0-47.51_amd64.deb linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-47-generic_5.4.0-47.51_amd64.deb seem to have installed properly. Should I go ahead and reboot? regards, Jim On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Jim Cline wrote

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-23 Thread Jim Cline
this one seems to be good On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > @jcline-physics, > > Thanks for testing. The next is available @ > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/31be3e3551d09f20/ > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => In Progress > > ** Changed in:

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-23 Thread Jim Cline
that one also seems to be good. On Wed, 23 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > Next one is @ > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/c271d18b523bb58e/ > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896482 > >

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-24 Thread Jim Cline
that one seems to be fine. On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > Next one: > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/937d1d5d752513b8/ > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896482 > > Title: >

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-25 Thread Jim Cline
thanks a lot Alex On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > A test kernel with target patches ready for SRU is available @ > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/fixes/ > > The patch in #23 requires three precedent patches. See SRU.log file for > more details. > > Note it is rebased

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-25 Thread Jim Cline
last one you sent with the commit? It is working. On Fri, 25 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > @jcline-physics, > > can you give kernel in #24 a try? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896482 > > Title: >

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-22 Thread Jim Cline
Looks like it is working! At any rate the old kernel started having the problem much sooner while this one is still fine. Thanks very much for your help with this! > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. >

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-09-22 Thread Jim Cline
ok, I can do that On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: > Hey Jim, > > That's very good news! > > I believe Alex should send you more test kernels, > with different sets of patches included/removed, > so to bisect/identify which specific patch(es) > resolve the problem. > > If

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes

2020-10-27 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Alex, my problem came back. Is it possible that livepatch has replaced my working kernel with the broken one again? --Jim On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Alex Hung wrote: > A test kernel with target patches ready for SRU is available @ > https://people.canonical.com/~alexhung/LP1896482/fixes/ > >

[Bug 1540084] Re: xfig crashes when moving a point of an arc

2020-06-05 Thread Jim Cline
This bug probably affects zillions of people, now 7 have reported it. The fix exists, can someone please apply it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1540084 Title: xfig crashes when

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes (fwd)

2020-11-03 Thread Jim Cline
Nov 2020, Jim Cline wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:24:48 - > From: Alex Hung <1896...@bugs.launchpad.net> > To: gxgilt...@gmail.com > Subject: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes > > @jim, &

Re: [Bug 1898389] Re: browser frequently crashing with trap int3

2020-10-30 Thread Jim Cline
thanks, I will try with the updated version and keep you posted On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Olivier Tilloy wrote: > Thanks for the report Gerald, and sorry for the lack of a timely response. > Is this still happening with the latest update available for Ubuntu 16.04 > (version

Re: [Bug 1898389] Re: browser frequently crashing with trap int3

2020-11-01 Thread Jim Cline
the new version of Chromium seems to be a disaster when I try to go to full screen in YouTube. It scatters parts of the screen amongst my various virtual desktops and creates a huge mess, forcing me to kill chromium from the command line. On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, Olivier Tilloy wrote: > Thanks

Re: [Bug 1898389] Re: browser frequently crashing with trap int3

2021-01-26 Thread Jim Cline
My workaround is to close chromium frequently (closing its x-window rather than normal exit from the browser) and restart it, in order to save all my open tabs. This seems to release the excess memory and CPU that is being hogged by this atrocious piece of software. On Tue, 26 Jan 2021,

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes (fwd)

2021-05-20 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Alex, unfortunately that bug has come back. It just took longer to manifest itself after booting. It also affects recognition of the power state and the brightness buttons, which I hadn't noticed before. --Jim -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 1896482] Re: acpi event detection crashes (fwd)

2021-05-21 Thread Jim Cline
Hi Alex, just to make sure that I reinstalled one of the kernels that was supposed to be good (perhaps by accident I reinstalled a bad one), could you direct me to a good kernel on your ftp site? best, Jim -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is