[Bug 288954] Re: gnome-keyboard-properties crashes X server when adding layouts

2008-11-07 Thread Reuben Thomas
I no longer have the log file for that particular session. Do you want me to run gnome-keyboard-properties, reproduce the crash, and then attach the log from my current session? -- gnome-keyboard-properties crashes X server when adding layouts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288954 You received

[Bug 295554] [NEW] microcode update does not apply at boot, works later

2008-11-08 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: microcode.ctl At boot I get the following message: Applying Intel IA32 Microcode update... firmware_helper[3893]: main: error loading '/lib/firmware/intel-ucode/06-09-05' for device '/devices/platform/microcode/firmware/microcode' with driver

[Bug 295554] Re: microcode update does not apply at boot, works later

2008-11-08 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19488338/Dependencies.txt -- microcode update does not apply at boot, works later https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295554 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 288912] [NEW] Two spaces in About 1 hour remaining

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager When the update-manager's time estimate is exactly one hour left, it has two spaces in the message About 1 hour remaining (after hour). ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.93.30

[Bug 288912] Re: Two spaces in About 1 hour remaining

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18870389/Dependencies.txt -- Two spaces in About 1 hour remaining https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288912 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 288943] [NEW] Crash when cancel deleting a task

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepim If I try to delete a task, then click Cancel (I found out by clicking on delete by mistake), then ktimetracker crashes. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package: ktimetracker 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron:

[Bug 288943] Re: Crash when cancel deleting a task

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18872161/Dependencies.txt -- Crash when cancel deleting a task https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 288945] [NEW] ktimetracker starts some karm tasks after upgrade

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kdepim When I started ktimetracker for the first time after upgrading from karm, a seemingly random selection of tasks started running immediately. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package: ktimetracker 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu2

[Bug 288945] Re: ktimetracker starts some karm tasks after upgrade

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18872224/Dependencies.txt -- ktimetracker starts some karm tasks after upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 288954] Re: gnome-keyboard-properties crashes X server when adding layouts

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18873272/Dependencies.txt -- gnome-keyboard-properties crashes X server when adding layouts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/288954 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 288954] [NEW] gnome-keyboard-properties crashes X server when adding layouts

2008-10-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center gnome-keyboard-properties crashed my X server when, starting with a UK layout (correctly detected) I added first Greek, then Bulgarian Phonetic, then Israel. When I clicked OK to add the last, the X server exited. On restarting X, my

[Bug 289005] [NEW] gnome-control-center should depend on iso-codes

2008-10-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center If iso-codes is not installed, gnome-keyboard-properties cannot load a file it needs, and new keyboard layouts cannot be added to the setup. Installing iso-codes fixes the problem. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease:

[Bug 289005] Re: gnome-control-center should depend on iso-codes

2008-10-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18880449/Dependencies.txt -- gnome-control-center should depend on iso-codes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 289009] [NEW] Update manager says nothing about apt-listbugs prompt

2008-10-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager If apt-listbugs is installed on a pre-intrepid system, then while upgrading to intrepid it runs during the apt update, and prompts, as usual. This blocks the installation, unless the user thinks to open the terminal, and answer the prompt.

[Bug 290050] [NEW] evdev ignores autorepeat settings

2008-10-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev Whether I use xset r rate or gnome-keyboard-properties, if I let evdev manage my keyboard the autorepeat settings are ignored. If I use kbd, it works fine. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package:

[Bug 290050] Re: evdev ignores autorepeat settings

2008-10-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18953452/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: LsMod.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18953453/LsMod.txt ** Attachment added: LsPci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18953454/LsPci.txt ** Attachment added:

[Bug 272334] Re: Setting AutoAddDevices to false in xorg.conf is required in order to disable Emulate3Buttons

2008-10-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
I think the last response is missing the point of the bug report. The reporter just wants an easy way, using the standard Ubuntu preferences tools, to set the status of middle button emulation. He is not asking for evdev to be reverted. I am in a similar position: with evdev, I cannot change the

[Bug 238530] Re: Please sync with Debian

2008-10-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
I repeat this request, as I've upgraded to intrepid and am still missing the console dialogs. -- Please sync with Debian https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238530 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 117710] Re: gotmail has been superseded by getlive

2008-10-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
Getlive has been packaged, so this bug should be closed and gotmail should be removed. -- gotmail has been superseded by getlive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 288945] Re: ktimetracker starts some karm tasks after upgrade

2008-10-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
It was, as you excellently put it, inappropriately starting previously set tasks. Since it was a one-off bug at upgrade time (starting ktimetracker again shows everything being well), I can't provide a screenshot, sorry. -- ktimetracker starts some karm tasks after upgrade

[Bug 219405] [NEW] Improve package description

2008-04-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gstreamer0.10-pitfdll The last line of the package description points the user to README.Debian. It would be more useful for Ubuntu users if you changed the last line to: For this package to be useful, you should install the w32codecs package from

[Bug 219405] Re: Improve package description

2008-04-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13568209/Dependencies.txt -- Improve package description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 212695] Re: no sound output in totem-xine

2008-04-20 Thread Reuben Thomas
I just noticed the same thing. totem-gstreamer's sound is fine, totem- xine gives not a peep. -- no sound output in totem-xine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 212695] Re: no sound output in totem-xine

2008-04-20 Thread Reuben Thomas
I should add that in my case, xine works fine; it's only totem-xine that doesn't seem to have sound. -- no sound output in totem-xine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 212235] [NEW] Please update sox in hardy to fix bugs

2008-04-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sox SoX 14.0.1 has been out since the end of January, and fixes some important bugs in 14.0.0, particularly low-level file handling bugs dealing with things like using SoX in pipes or on full disks. See here:

[Bug 212235] Re: Please update sox in hardy to fix bugs

2008-04-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13132807/Dependencies.txt -- Please update sox in hardy to fix bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212235 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 212225] Re: [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption

2008-04-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
In fact, straight quotes are not affected, only curly quotes; but man uses curly quotes in e.g. it's in UTF-8 locales. -- [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212225 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 212225] Re: [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption

2008-04-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
Running setupcon on a VT with this corruption problem fixes it. -- [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212225 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 209987] Re: ion3 redraw problem; fixed by latest sid package

2008-04-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Cesare Tirabassi wrote: ion3 has been removed from hardy (see bug 177367). If you have a good experience with the sid package, and since the reason for removal seems to have been resolved in the mean time, you may want to request a sync. Note that we are pretty late in

Re: [Bug 209987] Re: ion3 redraw problem; fixed by latest sid package

2008-04-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Cesare Tirabassi wrote: I can do the paperwork but some evidence about the suitability of the application is needed. If we upload it now in Hardy this will not have undergone any testing whatsoever, in Ubuntu. Perhaps, also Ben wants to tell us something about this?

[Bug 141447] Re: trang segfaults on gutsy (x86 and AMD64)

2008-04-10 Thread Reuben Thomas
trang should be removed from hardy if a solution cannot be found as it's currently useless: you can't run it. At the moment the Debian package has the same problem (even in a slightly newer version) and is orphaned. This is a pity, as I can't find another tool to do the same job. -- trang

[Bug 209987] Re: ion3 redraw problem; fixed by latest sid package

2008-03-31 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13007894/Dependencies.txt -- ion3 redraw problem; fixed by latest sid package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209987 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 209987] [NEW] ion3 redraw problem; fixed by latest sid package

2008-03-31 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ion3 With hardy, ion3 has an odd problem whose exact source I can't track down where the screen blinks every minute or so. It seems to be drawing something then redrawing the screen as normal again. Installing the current sid package fixes the problem;

[Bug 212235] Re: Please update sox in hardy to fix bugs

2008-04-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
Sorry, I'm not so familiar with Ubuntu procedure. I would indeed suggest a backport and if possible an update for hardy, as relative to the included version the newer version includes many bug fixes, including several important ones to bugs that might otherwise cause considerable grief over

[Bug 190909] [NEW] system tray icon shown in window in trayless WM

2008-02-11 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: karm Source: kdepim Version: 4:3.5.7enterprise20070926-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu: gutsy I use the ion3 WM, which has no system tray. When I start karm, its system tray icon comes up in a window of its own. Other applications, e.g. Skype, manage to detect that

[Bug 195514] Re: apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the report

2008-03-17 Thread Reuben Thomas
Why would it be bad to simply put all this in the description? That's what reportbug does, and it's perfectly usable. I'd rather have an imperfect but improved feature soon than a forlorn wishlist item that may never be implemented! -- apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the

[Bug 195514] Re: apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the report

2008-03-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
I'd rather be able to see the information that will be sent before it is sent. That way I don't have to memorise what apport will send, I can edit it any way I want, and although I can't protect myself against malicious coding, I can certainly catch the result of inadvertent privacy leaks by

[Bug 195504] [NEW] When apt-listbugs is installed, GUI package manager hangs

2008-02-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt-listbugs Release: gutsy Version: apt-listbugs 0.0.80 When apt-listbugs is installed on an ubuntu system, it still runs interactively, which means that when the GUI package manager is run it will wait forever for user input if there are pending bugs,

[Bug 195514] [NEW] apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the report

2008-02-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apport When I use apport -f -p PACKAGE, I can't see what extra information apport is adding to the report, so I'm not sure if a given piece of information is there or not. This has both privacy implications (I can't vet what is being sent) and technical

[Bug 195514] Re: apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the report

2008-02-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: ApportLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12199864/ApportLog.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12199865/Dependencies.txt -- apport doesn't say what extra information it includes in the report

[Bug 225410] [NEW] nxml-mode unnecessarily modified Info-default-directory-list

2008-05-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nxml-mode I suspect because of the way that nxml-mode is packaged, its info file ends up in the standard info directory, but in rng-auto.el, rng-add- info-dir is still called on startup to add the lisp directory to Info- default-directory-list, which is

[Bug 225410] Re: nxml-mode unnecessarily modified Info-default-directory-list

2008-05-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14071665/Dependencies.txt -- nxml-mode unnecessarily modified Info-default-directory-list https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225410 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 225733] [NEW] last line of info dir appears blank

2008-05-02 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: texinfo When I run the standalone info reader with info, the last line of the directory is blank. I can navigate it with the cursor keys, demonstrating that text is there, but invisible. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri May 2 15:03:32 2008

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Here's the trace: $ strace -e trace=open stellarium 21|grep home open(/home/rrt/.fonts.conf, O_RDONLY) = 10 open(/home/rrt/.fontconfig/d544ea4b8d8dc2979e64767eed8bccb4-x86.cache-2, O_RDONLY) = 7 open(/home/rrt/.Xauthority, O_RDONLY) = 8 open(/home/rrt/.Xdefaults-canta, O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No

[Bug 237352] Re: ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14989156/Dependencies.txt -- ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237352 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 237352] [NEW] ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ivman I have ivman installed with default settings. When I put a DVD in my drive, it is mounted with uid/gid -1, which means I can't access it. Further, the directory in question, /media/cdrom0, is not even executable by root. The only thing I can find

[Bug 237352] Re: ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
The problem seems to have arisen because the device (/dev/scd0) was mentioned in /etc/fstab, which was written by the Ubuntu installer. So perhaps this is rather an installer bug? Or maybe it's not a bug but a potential problem which needs to be documented? -- ivman auto-mounts DVD with

[Bug 237352] Re: ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
As far as I can tell the actual mounting is done by pmount-hal, so there are now two problems, neither of which is necessarily ivman's, but I'd appreciate guidance on how to proceed: 1. The Ubuntu installer writes an entry for a fixed cdrom drive in /etc/fstab. This seems to prevent disks in the

[Bug 237352] Re: ivman auto-mounts DVD with non-existent uid (-1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Once I removed the /dev/scd0 line from /etc/fstab, automounted DVDs now have the correct user/group (either ivman.plugdev if I run ivman system- wide, or my uid and gid if I run it with ivman-launch) but the DVD is still mounted without execute permission on the directory, so I can't actually

[Bug 237361] Re: Small problem with man page formatting of pmount(1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Also, there's a line break before udf, which there shouldn't be (unless the list of file systems is all meant to be displayed somehow). man pmount should make the problem fairly obvious in any case. -- Small problem with man page formatting of pmount(1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237361

[Bug 237361] Re: Small problem with man page formatting of pmount(1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14991269/Dependencies.txt -- Small problem with man page formatting of pmount(1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237361 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 237361] [NEW] Small problem with man page formatting of pmount(1)

2008-06-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pmount The section formatted thus: .IR udf , \ iso9660 , \ vfat , \ ntfs , \ hfsplus , \ hfs , .IR ext3 , \ ext2 , \ reiserfs , \ reiser4 , \ xfs , \ jfs \ and .IR omfs. leads to bad line breaks in the man page; in particular, a huge horizontal gap

[Bug 238530] [NEW] Please sync with Debian

2008-06-09 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Please sync with the Debian package, which has some useful improvements, in particular console dialogs, which are rather more convenient than X dialogs for users launching vncviewer from an xterm. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Jun 9 12:07:50 2008

[Bug 238530] Re: Please sync with Debian

2008-06-09 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15143705/Dependencies.txt -- Please sync with Debian https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238530 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
For me, I see the original issue in hardy: stellarium segfaults on startup. If I run it with LANG=C stellarium then it starts up fine. Hence, this bug should still be open. -- Stellarium crashes at start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68724 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
By the way, my default locale is en_GB.UTF-8. -- Stellarium crashes at start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68724 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 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Hmm, I now can't get it to start up at all, even with LANG=C. I also tried removing ~/.stellarium, but no luck. -- Stellarium crashes at start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
I don't even have a /var/log/crash directory, and can't find anything similar; should I be looking elsewhere or do I have something not installed? If I run it as a fresh user it seems to work OK. -- Stellarium crashes at start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68724 You received this bug

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
As I already said, deleting ~/.stellarium under my normal user does not help. Also, it ran once (with LANG=C), then not a few minutes later. I checked in /var/crash, but it's empty. -- Stellarium crashes at start-up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68724 You received this bug notification

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Right, but clearly not an application setting issue, as, as I said, I removed the application's settings directory. And I never changed any application settings for stellarium, as my experiments with it never went as far as finding out how to. What settings are you thinking of? -- Stellarium

[Bug 68724] Re: Stellarium crashes at start-up

2008-05-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
As already noted, this bug is not fixed in hardy. I can run stellarium, but only if I try with a newly created user. With my normal user, it crashes, regardless of stellarium's settings (even if there are none). So, there's still some bug, whether it's the original one that caused this report to

[Bug 240880] [NEW] Remove previously known as paragraph

2008-06-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 The paragraph This browser was previously known as Firefox 2, Firebird and Phoenix. should be removed. Rationale: Firefox has been around under that name for some years now. Those who care about the old names Firebird and Phoenix already

[Bug 240880] Re: Remove previously known as paragraph

2008-06-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15406272/Dependencies.txt -- Remove previously known as paragraph https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240880 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 249937] Re: xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length

2008-07-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
xargs -0 touch foo Where foo is a file containing no NUL bytes that is longer than 128Kb. If the file is shorter, I get an error from touch instead, which seems reasonable (file name too long). But why does xargs complain? In fact, I got the error message slightly wrong, it is: argument line

[Bug 249937] Re: xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length

2008-07-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
Stock kernel: Linux canta 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 14:43:41 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -- xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249937 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 249937] Re: xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length

2008-07-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
This is not what I find. Instead, I have: /* * These are the maximum length and maximum number of strings passed to the * execve() system call. MAX_ARG_STRLEN is essentially random but serves to * prevent the kernel from being unduly impacted by misaddressed pointers. * MAX_ARG_STRINGS is

[Bug 249937] Re: xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length

2008-07-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
You're quoting from a non-stock (or at least, non-hardy) kernel. Is this limit re-established in later (Ubuntu?) kernels? If so, I'm deeply disappointed, as this was a great innovation in Linux. If it's Ubuntu- specific, I'd like to know, so I can file a bug against the relevant kernel package.

[Bug 176391] Re: Lyrics plugin fails to load: missing python-glade2

2008-07-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
Reopening this bug: using the latest hardy rhythmbox, if the python- gst0.10 package is not installed then at least the song lyrics and python console plugins will not work. Suggest that python-gst0.10 be added as a dependency or at least a recommends; in the latter case a sensible error message

[Bug 176391] Re: Lyrics plugin fails to load: missing python-glade2

2008-07-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
Sorry, I am slightly off-topic, as the original submitter mentioned python-glade2. That is quite probably required too, but I can't check it as I have several important packages on my system that already depend on it. -- Lyrics plugin fails to load: missing python-glade2

[Bug 249937] [NEW] xargs complains command line is too long, but kernel allows command lines of arbitrary length

2008-07-18 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: findutils I am getting xargs: command line too long errors, but I am generating command lines of only a few hundred kilobytes in length and the kernel is perfectly capable of handling these, as I find if I construct the command-line manually.

[Bug 248210] Re: Package description is not line-wrapped

2008-08-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
Can you please explain what you don't understand about my bug report? It is pretty simple: the package description of autogen is not line wrapped. In other words, the package description is a single line, and does not contain line breaks as it should. -- Package description is not line-wrapped

[Bug 212225] Re: [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption

2008-08-02 Thread Reuben Thomas
The bug should be fixed, surely? I just found a way of fixing the effect once it occurs, not a fix for the bug. -- [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212225 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 212225] Re: [hardy] console quote (in man) corruption

2008-08-02 Thread Reuben Thomas
It's the console font that is being corrupted, so I'd file it against whichever package sets up the console font as a reasonable target; but I have no idea what actually corrupts the data. Presumably if something I run can corrupt the font data, that's a bug in whatever manages the fonts (with

[Bug 254757] [NEW] sepia won't work with emacs-snapshot

2008-08-04 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: sepia Sepia won't install to work with emacs-snapshot. Please fix it. (Currently its dependencies include emacs21 | emacs22; as far as I can see, this is not a limitation of sepia.) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Aug 4 20:57:52 2008

[Bug 248211] [NEW] Needs a final . at end of package description.

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dhcdbd None. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jul 13 21:08:19 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: dhcdbd 3.0-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash

[Bug 248211] Re: Needs a final . at end of package description.

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15999312/Dependencies.txt -- Needs a final . at end of package description. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 248210] [NEW] Package description is not line-wrapped

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: autogen None. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jul 13 21:05:46 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: autogen 1:5.9.3-4 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash

[Bug 248210] Re: Package description is not line-wrapped

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15999289/Dependencies.txt -- Package description is not line-wrapped https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 248215] [NEW] Problem with quoting in man pages

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: coreutils At the bottom of coreutils man pages it says something like: If the info and ls programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils ’ls invocation’ Unfortunately, in UTF-8 locales this command is

[Bug 248215] Re: Problem with quoting in man pages

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15999422/Dependencies.txt -- Problem with quoting in man pages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248215 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 248214] [NEW] Package description refers to non-existent file

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: linux-headers-2.6.24-19's description says: Please read /usr/share/doc/linux-headers-2.6.24-19/debian.README.gz for details, but there is no such file. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jul 13 21:10:36 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules:

[Bug 248214] Re: Package description refers to non-existent file

2008-07-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15999360/Dependencies.txt -- Package description refers to non-existent file https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248214 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 248211] Re: Needs a final . at end of package description.

2008-07-15 Thread Reuben Thomas
Reported to Debian. -- Needs a final . at end of package description. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248211 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 190909] Re: system tray icon shown in window in trayless WM

2008-08-26 Thread Reuben Thomas
The current version of karm in hardy is 3.5.9, so how would I know? :) -- system tray icon shown in window in trayless WM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kdepim in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs

[Bug 190909] Re: system tray icon shown in window in trayless WM

2008-08-26 Thread Reuben Thomas
What I can tell you is that it still happens with the current version of karm in hardy. -- system tray icon shown in window in trayless WM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190909 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kdepim in ubuntu.

[Bug 343407] Re: Please make it possible to send a report directly from the command line

2009-03-15 Thread Reuben Thomas
** Attachment added: ApportLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23893505/ApportLog.txt ** Attachment added: CrashReports.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23893506/CrashReports.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23893507/Dependencies.txt --

[Bug 343407] [NEW] Please make it possible to send a report directly from the command line

2009-03-15 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apport apport now prompts before opening the web form. Please could a command- line flag be added to go directly to the web? You could have an option for each item in the interactive menu, e.g. --view --send --keep, and they need not even be mutually

[Bug 343446] [NEW] Please update glibc-doc to 2.9 manual

2009-03-15 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: The glibc has recently (9th March 2009) been updated for glibc 2.9. Since Jaunty is getting glibc 2.9, please can it have up-to-date documentation too? ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: glibc-doc 2.9-4ubuntu2

[Bug 61120] Re: [edgy] glibc-doc-reference is uninstallable

2009-03-15 Thread Reuben Thomas
This bug can be closed; glibc-doc provides and replaces glibc-doc- reference currently. -- [edgy] glibc-doc-reference is uninstallable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 343446] Re: Please update glibc-doc to 2.9 manual

2009-03-16 Thread Reuben Thomas
Just in case it's still not clear: the manual that originally shipped with glibc 2.9 was for 2.8. The manual has only just been updated. So whatever the version on the glibc-doc package, the manual is out of date, and it would be nice to have it updated to the current manual, which has only just

[Bug 343446] Re: Please update glibc-doc to 2.9 manual

2009-03-16 Thread Reuben Thomas
If you run info libc, you'll see that the manual is for 2.8. Sorry I didn't make that obvious before. -- Please update glibc-doc to 2.9 manual https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343446 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

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

2009-03-20 Thread Reuben Thomas
Would it be possible to keep further discussion to the forums? This bug report is already unhelpfully long, and it's hard to extract the useful information, namely: what is the bug? where is it present? when is it likely to be fixed? how can I work around it? All of these questions are now

[Bug 219405] Re: Improve package description

2009-02-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
Presumably you should also change the mention of Debian packages to Ubuntu packages, as Debian here refers to the distribution, not to the package format. -- Improve package description https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

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

2009-03-12 Thread Reuben Thomas
I notice that the part of the fix for this bug in the X server has now made it into Jaunty (xserver-xorg-core 1.6.0) but the part that needs to go into evdev has not, because it's been applied to the evdev 2.2 branch, and Jaunty currently has 2.1.1. -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing

[Bug 342604] [NEW] Please update to 2.63 (Debian has it)

2009-03-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
Public bug reported: Please update autoconf-doc to the same version as autoconf. Debian unstable now has 2.63. It would be great if Ubuntu had this right for jaunty (Debian failed for lenny :-/). ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: autoconf-doc

[Bug 241652] Re: Some security problems (with fixes)

2009-03-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
The previous comment is incorrect. The bugs were fixed in Lua 5.1 5.1.4, which is not currently in Ubuntu. -- Some security problems (with fixes) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241652 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 241652] Re: Some security problems (with fixes)

2009-03-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
I'm sorry, I don't know what is exploitable by third parties. The obvious questions to ask include: what applications including Lua code take input which could trigger one of the bugs, of which a significant sub-question is: what applications take Lua code as input? Clearly in principle these

[Bug 241652] Re: Some security problems (with fixes)

2009-03-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
Some of the bugs, e.g. 2 10, can cause DoS from correct application code, conceivably triggered by inputs from untrusted sources. But I agree the risk looks small. -- Some security problems (with fixes) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241652 You received this bug notification because you are a

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

2009-04-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
Please stop this noise. The bug IS fixed IN JAUNTY AND KARMIC, as the updated description clearly says, and not in Intrepid. -- [intrepid] keyboard Repeat Keys is failing to adjust https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264196 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

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

2009-04-05 Thread Reuben Thomas
The bug is fully understood and fully fixed, but it's quite complicated, as it involves multiple components, specifically, the interaction between X and kernel auto-repeat. That's also why the suggested workarounds are quite different, and, presumably, why the devs are not keen to backport the fix

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