Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-10-21 Thread Tom
I find that after a decent install most people don't even notice that they are using a different OS. Firefox is there and the menus easy to navigate. Documents open with a double-click. As G stated it is the install process that is the most difficult part. We try to make that easy and many

Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-10-21 Thread Tom
Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-10-21 Thread Tom
that do the odd one or two. Continuing to approach both is probably still best. Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-10-21 Thread Tom
or we could just keep going as we are to achieve critical mass http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/macbook/microsoft_ceo_scoffs_at_mac_share_gains.html http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/09/debunking-the-1-myth.html 4% or perhaps higher seems about right to me. i keep bumping into people

[Bug 476625] Re: Grub2 affected when os-prober incorrectly identifies Windows and Recovery partitions

2010-11-23 Thread Tom
to get more detail! Many thanks and regards from Tom :) -- Grub2 affected when os-prober incorrectly identifies Windows and Recovery partitions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476625 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

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

2010-11-24 Thread Tom
I see the same problem launching System Settings from the konsole on Kubuntu Maverick amd64: ~$ systemsettings systemsettings(10067) CategoryList::updatePixmap: Common Appearance and Behavior settings-application-appearance-and-behavior.desktop

[Bug 421102] Re: new launchpad is a pain

2010-11-15 Thread Tom
Hi :) The filing system is the major pain. Clicking on the Ubuntu logo does now get to the home page of Ubuntu in Launchpad but it is still practically impossible to file any of the answers sensibly. Do i need to post a number of different bug reports about this? Regards from Tom :) -- new

[Bug 636711] Re: 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system

2010-11-17 Thread Tom
I get the same error booting 10.10 from USB on a new Dell M6500 laptop. -- 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/636711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 636711] Re: 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system

2010-11-18 Thread Tom
I get the same error booting 10.10 from USB on a new Dell M6500 laptop. I got this to work by using a different thumb/flash drive - Lexar JumpDrive failed, DaneElec drive worked. -- 10.10 can't mount squashfs file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/636711 You received this bug

[Bug 647748] [NEW] [IDT 92HD71B7X] Playback problem

2010-09-25 Thread Tom
/dev/snd/controlC0: tom2007 F pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD71B7X' Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 15 CheckboxSubmission

[Bug 647748] Re: [IDT 92HD71B7X] Playback problem

2010-09-25 Thread Tom
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/647748/+attachment/1636407/+files/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/647748/+attachment/1636408/+files/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt

[Bug 317070] Re: xl2tpd VPN Server on Ubuntu 8.04

2011-01-26 Thread Tom
from Tom :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/317070 Title: xl2tpd VPN Server on Ubuntu 8.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[Bug 317070] Re: xl2tpd VPN Server on Ubuntu 8.04

2011-01-28 Thread Tom
Lol, an interesting choice. I would have marked this as Solved or Fix released or something but invalid is good for getting it out of the system. Regards from Tom :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 514796] Re: kcmshell4 crashed with AttributeError in createWidget()

2011-02-03 Thread Tom
This bug is happening to me on Kubuntu 10.10 64bit with Python-qt4 - 4.7.2-0ubuntu1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to python-qt4 in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/514796 Title: kcmshell4 crashed with AttributeError

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-22 Thread Tom
ignore all the stuff in marks After looking at html for the first time i couldn't believe how many years i had heard from people that it was complex therefore stayed away. It's easy really. Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-23 Thread Tom
try it on a small partition away from my main stable install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot and than decide whether to commit to it or use a separate /home Oh, dang it, more choices!! Here's this link again http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-23 Thread Tom
6 not 9, but enough to see in another choice of whether to upgrade or not -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-24 Thread Tom
Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-24 Thread Tom
? Diversity breeds success! Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-21 Thread Tom
sometimes catches people's interest even more than just having a working answer. Regards from Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-21 Thread Tom
/medibuntu/+announcement/5648 Hopefully Medibuntu will be available in a few days time but we can't be certain when the issue might be resolved. Many apologies from Tom, 21st April 2010 Regards all from Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565810 You

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-21 Thread Tom
questions as best we can. Many regards from Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565810 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 https

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-21 Thread Tom
WHooo, congrats and many thanks, Definitely just worked on a 10.04b2 :) Regards from an overly verbose Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 565810] Re: packages.medibuntu.org not available

2010-04-21 Thread Tom
in Answers and we have been able to deal with new questions about multimedia in there. Thanks and regards from Tom :) -- packages.medibuntu.org not available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 558954] [NEW] /etc/apache2/conf.d/bugzilla3 breaks server config

2010-04-08 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bugzilla *Problem: Apache2 was running fine with a root in /var/www and the cgi-bin in /usr/lib. After installing bugzilla3 yesterday bugzilla worked (http://host/cgi-bin/bugzilla3; but http://host/; returned The requested URL / was not found on this

[Bug 494476] Re: Smbd, kjournald2 and rsync blocked for more than 120 seconds while using ext4.

2010-04-09 Thread tom
Hi, Is this still alive? Should I post here instead: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276476 ? I've been getting the same errors (INFO: task xyz blocked for more than 120 seconds) since I upgraded to ext4 on my 4TB /home partition. It gets a lot of I/O including rsync backups, smbd and nfs

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

2010-04-09 Thread tom
Hi, sorry for double post (bug 494476) but this one seems to get more attention. I'm getting the same errors (INFO: task xyz blocked for more than 120 seconds) since I upgraded to ext4 on my 4TB /home partition. It gets a lot of I/O including rsync backups, smbd and nfs fileserver for ~20 people.

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-04-11 Thread Tom
with linux, i would hate it to only just work Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 109170] Re: There's no easy way to undo file copying, moving, deletion, etc.

2010-01-15 Thread Tom
hi :) Great, that does make it a lot easier i think! Sorry about all my posts in the upstream bug-report at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167501 Thanks for making this much easier to access Many regards from Tom :) -- There's no easy way to undo file copying, moving, deletion

[Bug 500044] Re: libxvidcore4-dev dependency problem

2010-01-16 Thread tom
** Changed in: xvidcore (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- libxvidcore4-dev dependency problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/500044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 301234] Re: libx264-dev fails to install (libx264.a already in package x264)

2010-01-16 Thread tom
** Changed in: x264 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Invalid ** Changed in: x264 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Fix Released -- libx264-dev fails to install (libx264.a already in package x264) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301234 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 438449] Re: sreadahead tries to access non-existing files

2010-05-06 Thread Tom
Here it says that it's the other way around: sreadahead has been replaced by ureadahead: http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/sreadahead -- sreadahead tries to access non-existing files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438449 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 424803] Re: Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work

2010-04-03 Thread Tom
to try installing as a dual/multi-boot or as a LiveCd in order to let people know if 10.04 has any problems working on your system. Many thanks regards from Tom :) -- Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424803 You received this bug notification because you

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

2010-04-29 Thread Tom
preferred 1024by768. I'm still playing around trying to get the resolution down from low graphics mode!! lol, all fun games. I have a dual-boot (with 9.04) so my machine is still usable :) Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- MASTER: [i855] GPU lockup (apport-crash) https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Bug 570765] Re: [Lucid] no GRUB menu entry for other operating systems

2010-04-30 Thread Tom
things to the last minute? Regards from Tom :) -- [Lucid] no GRUB menu entry for other operating systems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570765 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 572335] [NEW] Typos in manpage for vmhgfs

2010-04-30 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: open-vm-tools The manpage for the vmhgfs module states that the user can place the following line in their /etc/fstab file to have the shared folders mounted at boot time: host:/ /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs defaults 0 0 However, previously in the same

[Bug 518122] Re: Please rebuild for newer version of ImageMagick

2010-05-04 Thread Tom
Marco's package's fix the problem on 10.04 for me. When will this fix find it's way into the repository so I can upgrade my actual server? -- Please rebuild for newer version of ImageMagick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518122 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 396178] [NEW] Asus u3000 hybrid bug

2009-07-06 Thread ToM
Public bug reported: [ 132.565985] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0008 [ 132.565993] IP: [c03a54d3] _request_firmware+0x1f3/0x250 [ 132.566003] *pde = 1f857067 *pte = [ 132.566007] Oops: [#1] SMP [ 132.566011] last sysfs file:

[Bug 204053] Re: Make warning text in Ubiquity red

2009-07-08 Thread Tom
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20480/ -- Make warning text in Ubiquity red https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204053 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

RE: [Bug 430352] Re: [kubuntu] 9.10 Will not read Windows XP HDD

2009-10-03 Thread Tom
removed some proprietary code from the file that has this function. I don't know if there was also a kernel version shift with the 9.10, KDE4.3.3 upgrade. Regards, Tom McLernon -Original Message- From: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] On Behalf Of murmelhunter Sent

[Bug 430352] [NEW] 9.10 Will not read Windows XP HDD

2009-09-15 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: This is a regression from Kubuntu 9.04, KDE 4.2.2, to Kubuntu 9.10, KDE 4.3.0. I have Windows XP one one Hard Drive and Kubuntu on another, and I change boots through BIOS start-up. When I booted from Kubuntu 9.04, KDE 4.3.0 Dolphin used to recognize the Windows XP HDD,

[Bug 430338] Re: You Tube will not play firefox-3,0 package

2009-09-16 Thread Tom
We did try quite a few different things to get this working for TheJayJetson, as you will see from the attached question https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/81678 -- You Tube will not play firefox-3,0 package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430338 You received

[Bug 430615] [NEW] How to change date format in ubuntu dd-mm-yy

2009-09-16 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: please help me. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- How to change date format in ubuntu dd-mm-yy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430615 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 430615] Re: How to change date format in ubuntu dd-mm-yy

2009-09-16 Thread Tom
machine 2. Try to change the date format from mm-dd-yyy to dd-mm-yy or even to yy-mm-dd as some people prefer. Regards from Tom :) ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid = Confirmed -- How to change date format in ubuntu dd-mm-yy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430615 You received this bug

[Bug 298633] Re: All my bookmarks have been deleted, it can't open links from other applications

2009-09-16 Thread Tom
John, in most cases what you say is true. However, in this and a few other cases the problem has not been quite so trivial - hence the bug- reports after people have tried normal methods such as you suggest. Regards from Tom :) ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid

[Bug 199448] Re: [upstream] CALC: can't dragdrop a single cell in the same sheet

2009-09-17 Thread Tom
I have been using CtrlX, CtrlV but it's not always convenient. I think Excel users will miss this feature severely Regards from Tom ) -- [upstream] CALC: can't dragdrop a single cell in the same sheet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199448 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 326155] Re: quick search focus not automatic on starting Synaptic

2009-08-07 Thread Tom
Brilliant, nicely done :))) Thanks for that :)) Regards from Tom :) -- quick search focus not automatic on starting Synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 410589] [NEW] Freeciv audio doesn't work

2009-08-07 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: Freeciv doesn't install freeciv-sound, evidently because it isn't uploaded. Omitting sound is as much a bug as sound not working. ** Affects: freeciv (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Freeciv audio doesn't work

[Bug 410466] Re: [karmic] Unable to logout/reboot/shutdown from within KDE

2009-08-12 Thread tom
I have this same problem but on another account on this same machine and os it's ok. Kubuntu 9.04 KDE4.3. -- [karmic] Unable to logout/reboot/shutdown from within KDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410466 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 280756] Re: System freezes randomly with kernel 2.6.27

2009-08-12 Thread Tom
Hey, thanks for checking up. The bug no longer occurs and has not for some time, my system is now using Jaunty and is very stable. -- System freezes randomly with kernel 2.6.27 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280756 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 378164] Re: xfs: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request

2009-06-16 Thread tom
** Attachment removed: dmesg outputs after the bug occurred http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26916242/dmesg.bug ** Attachment added: dmesg outputs after the bug occurred http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27980117/dmesg.bug -- xfs: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request

[Bug 387746] Re: Focus not automatically in text area on entry to Synaptic Package Manager

2009-06-16 Thread Tom
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 326155 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 Ahh, 326155 being a bug-report that has received no replies and generally seems to have been ignored? -- Focus not automatically in text area on entry to Synaptic Package Manager

[Bug 388187] Re: Synaptic package manager does not start with keyboard focus in Quick Search box (inconvenient).

2009-06-17 Thread Tom
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 326155 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 Again the pre-existing bug-report about this has continued to be completely ignored, presumably through over-sight rather than deliberately and as such it seems quite legitimate to post a ne bu- report about

[Bug 388187] Re: Synaptic package manager does not start with keyboard focus in Quick Search box (inconvenient).

2009-06-17 Thread Tom
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 326155 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 Of course if it was being deliberately ignored for some reason and it is still a bother for people then launchpad should be swamped with duplicate reports until it is at least acknowledged as a problem --

[Bug 326155] Re: quick search focus not automatic on starting Synaptic

2009-06-18 Thread Tom
Thanks David :) -- quick search focus not automatic on starting Synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 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 388187] Re: Synaptic package manager does not start with keyboard focus in Quick Search box (inconvenient).

2009-06-18 Thread Tom
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 326155 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326155 Sorry, it's not the only bug-report of mine that's been ignored and yet still causes problems for people. Sorry to lash out like that Thanks for attending to the original big-report Regards from Tom

[Bug 424803] Re: Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work

2009-09-05 Thread Tom
disconnected for no readily apparent reason. Reconnecting is easy but it does mean i can't download at the moment. Good luck with this one! Regards from Tom :) -- Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424803 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 424803] Re: Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work

2009-09-09 Thread Tom
Thanks, i think it is better to report possible bugs rather than to allow one to escape through into the next phase. Thanks for persisting with this, finding the problem and marking the bug-report as a appropriate. Thanks and regards from Tom :) -- Live CD Karmic Alpha-5 does not work https

[Bug 434518] Re: package postgresql-8.3 8.3.8-0ubuntu9.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-09-22 Thread Tom
Here is more information for anyone looking into the issue: 2009-09-22 11:25:15 MDT FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Invalid argument 2009-09-22 11:25:15 MDT DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=5432001, size=38207488, 03600). 2009-09-22 11:25:15 MDT HINT: This error

[Bug 214725] Re: Confirm Security Exception not working

2009-09-17 Thread Tom
I had the problem with the Add-on 'OMusic 1.5.8.7'. Disabling it took care of the problem for me. -- Confirm Security Exception not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214725 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 119730] Re: Slow SATA performance

2009-09-18 Thread Tom
I guess I'm just adding my two cents here, trying to get this bug noticed. I'm having the same issue, and so is a co-worker who runs pretty much the same setup. If I run windows on my current setup, no problem. Jaunty just seems to be very slow when copying large files between the internal SATA

[Bug 433440] Re: Not a bug, trying to get data for answering a question

2009-09-20 Thread Tom
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32105099/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32105100/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: profiles.ini.txt

[Bug 433440] [NEW] Not a bug, trying to get data for answering a question

2009-09-20 Thread Tom
in firefox. Apols and regards from Tom :) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686 ** Affects: firefox-3.0

[Bug 433440] Re: Not a bug, trying to get data for answering a question

2009-09-21 Thread Tom
is decades behind bug-squad. Apols and regards from Tom :) -- Not a bug, trying to get data for answering a question https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433440 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 410913] Re: sound problems with Ubuntu 9.04

2009-09-21 Thread Tom
a large number of machine (more than 2) to maintain or if you depend on them for business. you would pay for Windows, why not for Linux? http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support Many regards to all from Tom :) -- sound problems with Ubuntu 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410913 You received this bug

[Bug 410913] Re: sound problems with Ubuntu 9.04

2009-09-21 Thread Tom
well and many apologies to you both for mine. Apols and regards from Tom :) -- sound problems with Ubuntu 9.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410913 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-04-30 Thread Tom
Thank's, Ricardo! This works perfectly on my EEE 1000H. -- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 570765] Re: [Lucid] no GRUB menu entry for other operating systems

2010-05-01 Thread Tom
Reinstalling grub2 seems to work in most cases -- [Lucid] no GRUB menu entry for other operating systems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570765 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 518122] Re: Please rebuild for newer version of ImageMagick

2010-05-01 Thread Tom
I have the same problem with a fresh rails install on 10.04. -- Please rebuild for newer version of ImageMagick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518122 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

2010-05-02 Thread Tom
Ricardo's kernel works perfectly for my EeePc 1000H. Thanks Ricardo! But what will happen at the next kernel update? Do I need a new patch? -- [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093 You received this bug

[Bug 597953] [NEW] wesnoth package out of date

2010-06-23 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wesnoth The Wesnoth version available is out of date and has been since at least early April 2010. Please update the package. ** Affects: wesnoth (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- wesnoth package out of date

[Bug 597953] Re: wesnoth package out of date

2010-06-23 Thread Tom
Marking this comment as invalid (would mark it won't fix, but can't) because the package wesnoth-1.8 exists. IMO this is the wrong way to do things - making the latest stable release the base name of wesnoth (and compat- or wesnoth-1.6 for the old version) seems more consistent with the rest of

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-22 Thread Tom
have an opportunity to join forces and make a combined assault using the kind of bad argument that Windows user usually make, that people use formats that everyone can use easily. Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-23 Thread Tom
Lets not forget that although the information is bad and misleading it is at least getting the name out there into the mainstream from the Dell website. A journey of a thousand miles is not completed by the first step and who says we are in a hurry anyway? Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-25 Thread Tom
Yes, having choices holds back Ubuntu (and other versions of linux). Just as everyone needs to be told which clothes to wear and what food to eat. People don't like to have to decide whether to eat vanilla or chocolate ice-cream so the choices should be removed?? Perhaps if there were

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-25 Thread Tom
Business model? We should charge money for a broken system with inherent flaws? Then we can berate users for not buying a newer broken system and force people into buying something else that doesn't work to fix problems introduced by the first thing. Blame the user and charge them a lot for

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-25 Thread Tom
they promote linux, sometimes this may have cost them money. Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-26 Thread Tom
use to make the vote. Many people don't vote even in a country where there are only 2 choices with both of those being almost identical. Perhaps we should go back to monarchy/dictatorships?? Freedom FROM choice seems important to people. Regards from Tom :) Perhaps if there were defaults

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-26 Thread Tom
on an event my business is involved in and linux just happens to get into the story then who do i charge for that?  Who do i pay for random acts of kindness people do for me during the day?   Please, keep your stick on the ice (thanks Landor) Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-12 Thread Tom
with existing systems? (Which is another thing that Windows cannot offer.) Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-13 Thread Tom
Alternatively we could help raise mainstream awareness of options such as Dual-Boot and LiveCd (and with *buntu, Puppy and a rare few others the 'install inside Windows' option) as all of these are easy ways for non-techies to keep data intact. Regards from Tom

[Bug 605379] Re: While trying to open common site like yahoo, some other sites with similar names are opening.

2010-07-14 Thread Tom
Adblock Plus into the search tool in there and choose to install it. Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- While trying to open common site like yahoo, some other sites with similar names are opening. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/605379 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
I experienced the same bug on 9.04 I tried moving the data from a 1TB (sdc) disk to a 1.5TB (sdh) disk and at 40% the machine had a kernel panic: out of memory After the reboot I started pvmove -i 60 -v At the moment it's at /dev/sdc: Moved: 15.5% Finding all volume groups Finding

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
** Attachment added: part of syslog before the kernel panic http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50298619/log -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
** Attachment added: lvdisplay http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50298639/lvdisplay -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
** Attachment added: pvdisplay http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50298640/pvdisplay -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
** Attachment added: vgdisplay http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50298641/vgdisplay -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
** Attachment added: top -b -n1 | grep lvm http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50298644/top -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-13 Thread tom
Forgot to mention that the distribution is fully up to date with all packages and the current version of lvm installed is 2.02.39-0ubuntu9 -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321667 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 321667] Re: memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

2010-06-14 Thread tom
Since this seems to be solved in newer versions of ubuntu, I shall upgrade. For now my solution was to run pvmove several times for different sufficiently small parts of the disk, passing it the :PE-PE parameter. -- memory usage pvmove / Refactor pvmove allocation code

[Bug 594989] [NEW] Lucid Lynx authbind defaults too restrictive

2010-06-16 Thread Tom
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tomcat6 Description:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release:10.04 package: tomcat6 version 6.0.24-2ubuntu1 Bug: To use Tomcat6 on a port below 1023, one has to use authbind. However, /etc/authbind/byuid/106 (the default uid for the tomcat6 user is 106;

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-08-02 Thread Tom
version of Windows complete with all it's vulnerable broken systems and blame the user mentality.  Just smile and walk away.  Usually these people change their attitude once they begin to realise the gems on offer.  I did.   Regards from Tom :) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https

Re: [Bug 579685] Re: unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html

2010-08-02 Thread Tom
you fiond something doesn't work in the alpha/beta.  In linux that is easy, just add a small partition and away it goes.  In Windows you really don't have good options without delving into re-coding their boot-loader.  Ours does it automatically :))   Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- unable

Re: [Bug 579685] Re: unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html

2010-08-02 Thread Tom
in contacting them in the future as they are really good people but might get scared off by anything too complicated.  Potentially they might one day, a far off day, be potential linux users so lets try to avoid scaring them.   Regards from Tom :) -- unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-08-02 Thread Tom
What!! A competent (or higher) computer person lacking communication-with-people skills! Surely not! lol.   Yeh, a big +1 from me on all of that :)   Btw i heard there are 10 sorts of people in the world.  Those that can grok in binary and those that can't. Ciao, and regards from Tom :)   Ps

[Bug 494476] Re: Smbd, kjournald2 and rsync blocked for more than 120 seconds while using ext4.

2010-08-03 Thread tom
Lars, by have success setting you mean avoid the freezes? I'm also running 2.6.32-24-server (but with an adaptec hardware raid) and I haven't had a task blocked for more than 120 seconds. message in my kern.log since Jul 8. However, I think the freezes are still happening just not for 120

[Bug 579685] Re: unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html

2010-06-18 Thread Tom
criticism from a lot of people but does an excellent job so please go easy on him as he has probably not been made aware of this bug until now! Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

[Bug 579685] Re: unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html

2010-06-20 Thread Tom
HI, is html5 relevant in all this? I keep hearing about html5 but am clueless about it. Anyone got a good brief about it? Regards from Tom :) -- unable to get stream from http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579685 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-05 Thread Tom
more fun to write something productive than writing a virus, which i think is one reason why we see so much development and so few viruses in linux-land   Regards from Tom :)   PS Hopefully we are doing something to change the demotivating dynamic of the Windows-world by helping people move

Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share

2010-07-06 Thread Tom
Please can we try to set-up Dual-boot's rather than slash burn. If people need to return machines it is difficult sometimes but dual-boot gets around the issues -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member

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