[Bug 774289] [NEW] No notification of Natty upgrade

2011-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Tjhere's an old, expired bug about the same problem with Jaunty. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 774289] Re: No notification of Natty upgrade

2011-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 and I haven't gotten the notification of the Natty upgrade. I've tried several alternate ways of getting it, none of which do anything: 1. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade 2. Synaptic shows no upgrade even after a reload. 3. Neither kpackagekit nor the

[Bug 367495] Re: [intrepid]: no upgrade notification for jaunty received, manual attempt says nothing to upgrade

2011-04-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
I've encountered the same problem with the Maverick - Natty upgrade: no upgrade notification received and no way to get it from synaptic, kpackagekit, upgrade manager, apt-get, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 573524] Re: mtpfs : Transport endpoint is not connected

2011-04-29 Thread Paul Abrahams
Same problem here with a Sansa Clip+, but with a twist. The first time I did it the mount worked correctly, but after that I got the transport endpoint error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 703602] Re: Brightness controls not working

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
I still have this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703602 Title: Brightness controls not working -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Bug 703602] Re: Brightness controls not working

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
I still have this bug. I'll test it in Natty once I have Natty installed. But as of this very moment the upgrade isn't available. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703602 Title:

[Bug 561957] Re: Webcam image flipped - libv4l issue or kernel?

2011-04-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
There is a workaround, though not as yet a fix as far as I know. The workaround is not inconvenient. Put the following into /usr/local/bin/skype (and mark it executable): LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype Assuming you have the correct version of libv4l, the skype

[Bug 270577] Re: mixer settings are lost on reboot

2011-03-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
The recommended magic elixir for this bug is sudo alsactl store 0. It should work, but unfortunately it doesn't. The problem has to do with the shutdown procedures. Once the system is shut down, the damage is already done and the settings are lost. Logging out, however, does not lose the

[Bug 710144] Re: Xsession: unable to launch X session --- not found; falling back to default session.

2011-03-25 Thread Paul Abrahams
And so did I. (also an akonadi error, FWIW). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710144 Title: Xsession: unable to launch X session --- not found; falling back to default session.

[Bug 312569] Re: Unable to make any changes in Date / Time kcontrol

2011-03-23 Thread Paul Abrahams
Running Natty under VirtualBox, the problem does not occur. I set the time manually to a different date and time and then did the automatic setting. It worked. However, the fact that I was running Natty in a virtual environment might be relevant -- I don't know. -- You received this bug

[Bug 668748] Re: Unable to contact time server

2011-03-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
I've encountered the same behavior -- KDE panel clock says it can't contact pool .ntp.org, but I can ping pool.ntp.org. I'm running Kubuntu Maverick 10.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 736533] Re: gpg gives bogus, misleading error message

2011-03-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
I've run the same thing myself on Natty under Virtual Box. In Natty, it runs correctly for me. So the situation is clearly version-dependent, and possibly particular to 10.10. Oddly and confusingly, if you call keyserver.ubuntu.com over the Net and give it the key that Natty accepts,

Re: [Bug 736533] Re: gpg gives bogus, misleading error message

2011-03-17 Thread Paul Abrahams
On Thursday, March 17, 2011 07:19:24 pm you wrote: I just tried to reproduce your problem on 10.04 LTS, but couldn't: $ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A8A515F046D7E7CF Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring

[Bug 736533] [NEW] gpg gives bogus, misleading error message

2011-03-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt When gpg is called as the result of a call on apt-key, it gives a misleading message if the key cannot be found by the keyserver. The following transcript illustrates this: pwa@pwa-K60IJ:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver

[Bug 713880] Re: System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement

2011-03-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem is worse than I originally realized. The touchpad disablement is lost when I exit the Input Devices section of System Settings, not just when I reboot. So in effect there's no way to disable the touchpad ever, even though there's a provision for it. What can I do to remove the

[Bug 720279] [NEW] Cheese package has no icon

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: The 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 version of the package for cheese does not include an icon. A very good icon can be found at /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/share/gallery/www-back/cheese.jpg (on my system at least), but (a) it's a jpg file, which doesn't work as an icon, and (b) in any

[Bug 713880] Re: System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement

2011-02-15 Thread Paul Abrahams
I tried apport-collect -p gnome-control-center 713880 as requested, but got a whole bunch of errors. I tried to post the transcript here, but for some mysterious reason the post was rejected, so I sent it to Fabio personally as a last resort. Unless there's something odd about my system, it

[Bug 714166] [NEW] Update to libv4l killed skype webcam

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Skype under Kubuntu Meerkat on an Asus K60IJ laptop -- a 64bit environment. Until a few weeks ago, the video webcam test worked for me, but now it doesn't.. I can't be sure about the date when it stopped working, but I did discover that the libv4l package was

[Bug 714235] [NEW] Can't get rid of invalid repository in other software

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: synaptic I added an invalid repository to the list in Other Software. (Of course I didn't know it was invalid when I added it.) Then when I did a Reload I got this complaint: Failed to fetch

[Bug 714235] Re: Can't get rid of invalid repository in other software

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
additional clarification: after adding the invalid repository to the list, it didn't show up in the list. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/714235 Title: Can't get rid of invalid

[Bug 713880] Re: System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement

2011-02-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Fabio -- I tried, but I got this: pwa@Asus-laptop:~$ apport-collect 713880 The authorization page: (https://edge.launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=Z80lXR0fpqFwXZtcJjLhallow_permission=WRITE_PRIVATE) should be opening in your browser. After you have authorized this program to access

[Bug 713880] [NEW] System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement

2011-02-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: If I go into System Settings / Input Devices / Touchpad and turn the touchpad off, the setting is not retained after a reboot. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 713880] Re: System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement

2011-02-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
Environment: Kubuntu 10.10 on an Asus K60IJ laptop, fully updated, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713880 Title: System settings doesn't retain touchpad disablement -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 540112] Re: Can not change LCD brightness on Lenovo Y450 laptop

2011-01-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
What is the best way to install the EnableBrightnessControl fix if xorg.conf doesn't exist (a common situation now)? I tried creating xorg.conf as Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver fbdev Option RegistryDwords EnableBrightnessControl=1

[Bug 703602] [NEW] Brightness controls not working

2011-01-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg I first noticed that my screen was too bright and tried to adjust the brightness with Fn-F5. Nothing happened right away, but after that something that looked like a brightness control bar would pop up on my screen every minute or so and then

[Bug 703602] Re: Brightness controls not working

2011-01-16 Thread Paul Abrahams
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703602 Title: Brightness controls not working -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 701685] Re: Internal microphone does not work

2011-01-15 Thread Paul Abrahams
I've determined that the external microphone does work, so the problem is only with the internal one. On much closer examination I determined that the internal microphone is actually working but at a near-zero volume -- certainly nothing usable. The level at max is about 2%. -- You received

[Bug 580183] Re: asus eeepc 1001px in/out jack not functionnal and screen microphone

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Abrahams
Include me on the list of people with speaker/mike woes on an Asus laptop. My machine is a K60IJ. I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 with pulseaudio installed and everything fully updated. The result of lspci -vv is: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev

[Bug 580183] Re: asus eeepc 1001px in/out jack not functionnal and screen microphone

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Abrahams
Addendum: I just discovered that the external mike works as Microphone 1. So it's only the internal one that's the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580183 Title: asus eeepc

[Bug 580183] Re: asus eeepc 1001px in/out jack not functionnal and screen microphone

2011-01-14 Thread Paul Abrahams
Further discovery: the internal speaker isn't totally muted, but it's operating at what I would guess is the 5% level. Not enough to be of any use, though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 701685] [NEW] Internal microphone does not work

2011-01-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 on an Asus K60IJ laptop. I've tried fiddling with alsamixer, etc., with no success. I've also tried using Sound Recorder, and the volume meter shows nothing when I tap the mike or talk. There are quite a few other reports out there about

[Bug 493542] Re: Picture upside Down Webcam Genius EYE 312 ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc.

2011-01-10 Thread Paul Abrahams
I spoke a little too quickly. The image is correctly oriented in cheesd and XawTV -- but not, I just discovered, in Skype. Does anyone know why the Skype behavior should be different? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 493542] Re: Picture upside Down Webcam Genius EYE 312 ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc.

2011-01-09 Thread Paul Abrahams
Good news! My image is no longer upside down in Meerkat, on an Asus K60IJ laptop. :=)) Saves me the agony and risk of disassembling my laptop lid, which might not have solved the problem anyway!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-12-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Some observations: 1. After any change, you probably need to start up alsamixer again and make sure that Front is unmuted and at a good volume. Without that, nothing else is likely to work. 2. If you start up with headphones plugged in, you probably will get sound on both headphones and

[Bug 674741] [NEW] No sound, kmix indicates dummy output

2010-11-12 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I've been regularly updating the alsa-driver package, and it appears to be quite unstable. Each update behaves differently than the previous one, it seems. Here's what I have now, according to the Synaptic history: linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.35-22-generic

[Bug 674741] Re: No sound, kmix indicates dummy output

2010-11-12 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: Snapshot of alsamixer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/674741/+attachment/1731777/+files/snapshot3.png -- No sound, kmix indicates dummy output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/674741 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 674741] Re: No sound, kmix indicates dummy output

2010-11-12 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: The kmix window https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/674741/+attachment/1731786/+files/snapshot4.png -- No sound, kmix indicates dummy output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/674741 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 674741] Re: No sound, kmix indicates dummy output

2010-11-12 Thread Paul Abrahams
I rebooted and the sound was working for perhaps half an hour, but then it died. alsamixer was running at the time, and a snapshot of alsamixer, showing the error messages, might be helpful. The error message began with Connection to PulseAudio daemon closed. ** Attachment added: snapshot5.png

[Bug 423525] Re: IBus daemon is not started message unhelpful

2010-11-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
When trying to start kmix (and not succeeding), I got this: QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method KMixApp::loadCommandLineOptionsForNewInstance() QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths:

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
With the latest version of alsabase (1.0.23+dfg-1ubuntu4), the behavior of alsamixer is peculiar and surprising, but at least not unworkable: (1) With IHP off, front controls the active output even if that output is the HP. Unplugging and replugging the HP mutes it, but it can be unmuted. (2)

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
One other oddity I just discovered: with IHP on, muting either the HP or the front has the effect of muting the front. -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-04 Thread Paul Abrahams
The situation is getting curiouser and curiouser. Early this morning I installed another large batch of updates. After the installation the headphones were working and the alsamixer column was no longer greyed out. But then I rebooted and disaster struck in the form of a hangup at the Checking

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
My experience is not quite the same as Wayne's, possibly because I made the Lucid - Maverick transition earlier. I had the headphones working under 10.10; it was the recent update that killed them. -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Opinion ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = Incomplete -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
After today's system update, the sound doesn't work at all. If I call asound on a .wav file, it hangs. -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
I should have mentioned that the troublesome updates have updated linux- alsa-driver-modules (both server and generic). My current version is 2.6.35-22.201011021600. That module has been updated four times in the last week (11/3, 11/1, 10/31, 10/30). -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
I probably could verify that the updates to linux-alsa-driver-modules are at fault if I could revert to the version before the first update. Here's what that update installed: linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.35-22-generic (2.6.35-22.201010291600) linux-alsa-driver-modules-2.6.35-22-server

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
OK, I succeeded in turning on Independent HP -- but the headphone is still greyed out, and plugging it in with music playing through the front speakers has no effect at all. So I don't even get the muting effect. Because of that greying, I get the impression that the problem is not really

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
Well, it did work correctly until my latest update, so it must be possible to fix it. I'm not sure just what got updated, though -- I did the regular update that Kubuntu recommends. My guess is that the problem lies in the latest changes to alsa-base or pulseaudio. If it helps, I'm guessing

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
This seems related to, though not the same as, Bug 582234. According to the reporter's surmise, the greying of the headphone column means that the headphone is not being detected. So perhaps the issue is hardware- related after all. But it's still related to the update. -- Headphone jack not

[Bug 582234] Re: Main sound mixer mutes automatically every few seconds

2010-11-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
See also Bug 669224. -- Main sound mixer mutes automatically every few seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582234 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 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
I removed that line and rebooted. No change in behavior that I can see. The headphone is still greyed out in alsamixer.. -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
I downloaded the script and tried running it. It printed an informative message about what it was doing and then stopped without producing any visible diagnostic info. I looked at the help and tried running it with the option --output alsainfo. This time it uploaded the collected information to

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
Here is the output of alsa-info, attached. ** Attachment added: alsa-info.txt.z0nZ4pew67 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/669224/+attachment/1719696/+files/alsa-info.txt.z0nZ4pew67 -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
Sorry, I can'f figure out where those settings are. They don't seem to be either in System Settings or in alsamixer. Is that perhaps something in gnome that isn't in Kubuntu? The System tab in the K menu has nothing for preferences. -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
Independent HP shows up as OFF, and M has no effect. I'm attaching two screenshots showing the alsamixer settings (including the greyed-out headphone setting). It took me a while to find Independent HP because even after scrolling, it's labelled just as Independent. ** Attachment added:

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-11-01 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: snapshot1.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/669224/+attachment/1720132/+files/snapshot1.png -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 647539] Re: No sound after Maverick Meerkat upgrade

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
The bug is much worse and more complex than I realized: 1. ubuntu-bug alsa-base hangs on Collecting Information, with the progress bar set at the beginning, and cannot be cancelled. The only way to stop it is to exit the shell. 2. kmix refuses to unmute or display its window. 3. I have no

[Bug 647539] Re: No sound after Maverick Meerkat upgrade

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just installed the latest updates. The built-in sound now works -- but the headphone still does not. I don't see how to report that with ubuntu-bug, since i do get sound -- just not *all* the sound. -- No sound after Maverick Meerkat upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/647539 You

[Bug 669224] [NEW] Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I have an Asus K60 laptop using the VT1708S sound chip. Until the update about a week ago, all sound features worked correctly, and 10.10 had been in use for several weeks. After the last update, the headphone jack became disabled, and is now shown as greyed out in

[Bug 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
-- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 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 669224] Re: Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: alsa-base.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/669224/+attachment/1718641/+files/alsa-base.conf -- Headphone jack not working in Asus K60I https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 617647] Re: [Acer aspire 7736] Playback not working due to incorrect SKU override

2010-10-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
Same problem with an Acer K60I laptop. I tried to use ubuntu-bug audio but got this: Please use the report bug feature, available in the menu of the application, or use ubuntu-bug packagename to report a bug against the particular package. There is no obvious application for this bug, and I

[Bug 617647] Re: [Acer aspire 7736] Playback not working due to incorrect SKU override

2010-10-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
One symptom in my case is that the column for the headphone in alsamixer shows up in grey (and cannot be unmuted). -- [Acer aspire 7736] Playback not working due to incorrect SKU override https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/617647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 647539] Re: No sound after Maverick Meerkat upgrade

2010-10-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
ubuntu-bug audio is useless here. It gives the message: Please use the report bug feature, available in the menu of the application, or use ubuntu-bug packagename to report a bug against the particular package. I have no idea what the appropriate application is, and what would packagename be

[Bug 647539] Re: No sound after Maverick Meerkat upgrade

2010-10-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just followed David Henningsson's advice as to how to report this bug for different hardware. So what is the right way to do that? I've discovered that the soundchip in my Asus K60 laptop is a VIA82xx, which I guess is diffferent from the Intel chips. -- No sound after Maverick Meerkat

[Bug 667787] [NEW] Incorrect fstab entry constructed for Windows 7

2010-10-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: base-installer When my Kubuntu system was installed, /etc/fstab was created as part of the installation process. I'm running a multi-boot system that includes Windows 7. The fstab line for Windows 7 was: /dev/sda2

[Bug 540070] Re: wicd connect to wpa2 wireless network bad password

2010-10-17 Thread Paul Abrahams
I had the problem after upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10. In my case I got past it by dumping wicd and going over to knetworkmanager, even though in the past I've done better with wicd. This is a particularly irksome bug (in the latest wicd, I assume) since there's no way to verify absolutely that

[Bug 648155] [NEW] Add to Desktop doesn't work if different widgets enabled

2010-09-26 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: plasma-desktop If I open the K menu, right-click on an application, and select Add to Desktop, it appears that nothing is being added to the desktop. But in fact the correct item is being added -- to a different desktop! In other words, if I choose Add

[Bug 630320] [NEW] 1280x1024 resolution lost after reboot

2010-09-04 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Before upgrading to kernel level 2.6.32-24, I was unable to get screen resolution better than 1024x768. After the upgrade I can get what I want via System Settings / Display: 1280 x 1024. But the resolution setting is lost after a reboot; after

[Bug 630320] Re: 1280x1024 resolution lost after reboot

2010-09-04 Thread Paul Abrahams
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/630320/+attachment/1543505/+files/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/630320/+attachment/1543506/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt

[Bug 159007] Re: Screen and Graphics lose resolution configuration after reboot

2010-09-03 Thread Paul Abrahams
This problem has resurfaced in 10.04 Lucid. Until the 2.6.32-24 kernel release I was unable to get resolutions greater than 1024x768. This later kernel release solved that problem -- but now I still get sent back to the lower resolution after a reboot. -- Screen and Graphics lose resolution

[Bug 561957] Re: Webcam image flipped - libv4l issue or kernel?

2010-08-30 Thread Paul Abrahams
See also bug #493542 and possibly others. -- Webcam image flipped - libv4l issue or kernel? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561957 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 493542] Re: Picture upside Down Webcam Genius EYE 312 ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc.

2010-08-28 Thread Paul Abrahams
Same problem on an Asus K60IJ laptop. There are numerous posts about this and many laptops affected by it. Windows had the same problem but it was fixed there by using updated Chacony drivers. There is a fix described in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8925031#post8925031, but that's

[Bug 542873] [NEW] Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems Settings, and initial installation

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: There is a constellation of bugs relating to the difficulty in Kubuntu 9.10 in getting the screen resolution above 800x640. 1. The Live CD for Kubuntu 9.10 is stuck in low resolution, with no obvious way to change it. 2. The programs Nvidia X Configuration Settings and

[Bug 542873] Re: Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems Settings, and initial installation

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem does not lie in the drivers from Nvidia, which are perfectly capable of producing high resolutions. This problem is apparently new to Karmic Koala, since I haven't encountered it in earlier versions of Kubuntu. -- Inability to set high screen resolutions in nvidia-xconfig, Systems

[Bug 521703] Re: Provide central application to file bugs

2010-03-19 Thread Paul Abrahams
The Launchpad bug system provides no clear way of reporting bugs in the installation process. These bugs are not associated with packages in any obvious way since the packages haven't even been installed. -- Provide central application to file bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521703 You

[Bug 384347] [NEW] _netdev not working

2009-06-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mount When my system starts up, my /mediavault file does not get mounted initially, though I can mount it explicitly later on. The /etc/fstab entry for it is: //hpmediavault/FileShare /mediavault cifs users,auto,rw,nodev,noexec,_netdev,guest 0 0

[Bug 380938] Re: _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
After changing the user of /mediavault to pwa as you suggested, the unprivileged mount works. But since users is in the fstab line, that shouldn't matter. -- _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380938 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 380938] Re: _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
Here is the output you requested: p...@lepiota:~$ umount /mediavault umount: /mediavault is not mounted (according to mtab) p...@lepiota:~$ mount | grep mediavault p...@lepiota:~$ ls -ld /mediavault drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2009-05-06 00:35 /mediavault p...@lepiota:~$ ls -l $(which mount.cifs)

[Bug 380938] Re: _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-06-05 Thread Paul Abrahams
After changing the user of /mediavault to pwa as you suggested, the unprivileged mount works. But since users is in the fstab line, that shouldn't matter. -- _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380938 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 380938] [NEW] _netdev not working; other mount.cifs problems

2009-05-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running the Jaunty kde3.5 remix (Ubuntu 9.04). I have several related problems with automount of a cifs share, shown by the following transcript: p...@lepiota:~$ mount /mediavault mount error: permission denied or not superuser and mount.cifs not installed SUID

[Bug 298650] Re: Your last Firefox session closed unexpectedly. You can restore the tabs and windows from your previous session, or start a new session if you think the problem was related to a page y

2009-01-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
I have the same problem under OpenSUse 11.1. Firefox simply disappears without warning and with no apparent cause. It even happens when I'm working in a different window, or when I leave the computer idle. I don't even know where to locate any diagnostic information. Typing about:crashes,

[Bug 252434] Re: Firefox closes unexpectedly

2008-12-27 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm having that problem also. In fact, Firefox sometime closes when the computer is just sitting idle. It happens very often. I wish there was a logfile somewhere that might give an indication of the cause. Does anyone know of such? /var/log/messages has nothing. -- Firefox closes

[Bug 213444] Re: 8.04 8.10 nfs clients report internal error when attempting to mount NFS exports

2008-11-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
The NFS mount problem has been around now for quite a while. I think I first reported it (under another number) a couple of years ago. It must be a bug since it should not be possible for a user to provoke an internal error no matter what he or she does. And it's been encountered by quite a

[Bug 213444] Re: 8.04 8.10 nfs clients report internal error when attempting to mount NFS exports

2008-11-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Perhaps if no one can determine the cause of the error, it might be worthwhile to modify the code in order to produce a more revealing (to the code author, anyway) error message. -- 8.04 8.10 nfs clients report internal error when attempting to mount NFS exports

[Bug 70240] Re: Kde error message on kubuntu: The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly

2008-10-24 Thread Paul Abrahams
Just got it again (Kubuntu 8.041). There are many chicken soup fixes around that work for particular people in particular installations, but I have yet to see a clear explanation of the cause of the error and a universal fix for it. There is clearly a bug here. -- Kde error message on kubuntu:

[Bug 273153] Re: Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-26 Thread Paul Abrahams
Automount of memory sticks just started working for me, but I don't know why. The last thing I did was to remove the entry for /dev/sdb1 from /etc/fstab -- but I had tried working without that entry previously, without success. I now can mount two sticks simultaneously and I get the new medium

[Bug 273153] Re: Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Abrahams
It happens with multiple memory sticks as well: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/kubuntu-default-settings# mount /dev/sdc1 /media/USB1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/kubuntu-default-settings# ls -ld /media/USB1 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 16384 1969-12-31 19:00 /media/USB1 [EMAIL

[Bug 273153] [NEW] Automount of memory sticks doesn't work; wrong defaults also

2008-09-22 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: I'm running Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.1. When I insert a memory stick into my machine, it doesn't automount. It is possible to mount it explicitly with mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0, but even then it has the wrong permissions: read-only for anyone other than root (and chmod fails to

[Bug 263456] Re: Adept Third-Party Software out of sync with sources.list

2008-09-11 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem is that since the relationship between sources.list and the listings in adept isn't documented in an obvious place, it's difficult to know the full effect of modifying one or the other. Since there doesn't seem to be a help file for adept, this information could usefully be inserted

[Bug 234688] Re: Plug in USB Drive - Does not automount.

2008-09-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
I'm having similar problems, running Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04.1. I've installed usbmount, and now my USB memory sticks automount just fine -- except that I don't get any notifications. Systems settings / Notifications / Storage Media Notifications shows the expected triplet of Open in New

[Bug 220573] Re: usb stick does not automount in Ubuntu 8.04 RC

2008-09-08 Thread Paul Abrahams
I now find that if I install automount, automounting works perfectly -- except that I get no notifications, even though I've specified them in Systems Settings / Notifications. (Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.1, fully updated.) -- usb stick does not automount in Ubuntu 8.04 RC

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
The trouble is that I haven't been able to locate a copy of the distributed hal.conf, so I can't say what deny lines were in it. I actually deleted them rather than just commenting them out. Meanwhile I've been hunting in vain for some explanation of the contents of hal.conf. -- package hal

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-07 Thread Paul Abrahams
I suppose the central point here is that errors in an existing hal.conf prevent hal from being reinstalled. That in itself is probably a bug, since if you reinstall a package, the reinstallation shouldn't in any case be disrupted by the previous version of that package. -- package hal

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
I found the fix to this, thanks to another post that I cannot locate at the moment. The file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf has contradictory information. Removing the deny lines enables the hal installation to work. The incorrect hal.conf file is a bug in its own right, but I don't know how to

[Bug 267189] [NEW] Contradictory information in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal The file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf contains contradictory policies -- the denys don't agree with the allows. Unfortunately, after fixing the problem in my system, I haven't figured out how to retrieve the distributed version of that file to cite

[Bug 254320] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-06 Thread Paul Abrahams
The problem lies in contradictory policies in the file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf -- the deny's don't agree with the allow's and shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, after fixing the problem, I haven't been able to retrieve the original hal.conf to cite the error more specifically. -- package

[Bug 63450] Re: acpid install fails (because of hal running)

2008-09-04 Thread Paul Abrahams
That doesn't work because of the ubiquitous hal install problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install sysv-rc=2.86.ds1-14.1ubuntu45 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done sysv-rc is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to

[Bug 206634] Re: package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-09-02 Thread Paul Abrahams
I just got the error exit 1 after attempting to reinstall hal. No other configuration problems I'm aware of right now. (Kubuntu 8.04). -- package hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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