[Bug 1560797] Re: apt does not configure Pre-Depends: before depending package

2016-04-27 Thread Brian Visel
..as a sanity check, it'd probably be a good idea for the upgrader to check and ensure it's running the latest version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1560797 Title: apt does not

[Bug 1560797] Re: apt does not configure Pre-Depends: before depending package

2016-04-27 Thread Brian Visel
I am having this issue right now. Before updating, I did: sudo apt-get-update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ..and then launched Software Updater. However, it seems that the newest version of the software updater didn't install for whatever reason. As the install is running, if I do:

[Bug 1533912] Re: [wily] Wrong ELF class

2016-03-23 Thread Brian Visel
Resolved by uninstalling/reinstalling libinotifytools0. ** Changed in: inotify-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1533912 Title: [wily]

[Bug 1533912] [NEW] [wily] Wrong ELF class

2016-01-13 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: When I try to use the cli tools such as inotifywait, I get a message like this: ### inotifywait: error while loading shared libraries: libinotifytools.so.0: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32 ### ..in an attempt to provide useful info, here's the output of some commands: ### #

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2015-08-28 Thread Brian Visel
Right? This is just sad. On Aug 27, 2015 9:41 PM, Ryan Waldroop 59...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Seriously? That's how many years? Come on! On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Aaahh Ahh woohoomo...@gmail.com wrote: Back at it in Ubuntu 15.10 -- You received this bug notification because

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2015-08-28 Thread Brian Visel
Right? This is just sad. On Aug 27, 2015 9:41 PM, Ryan Waldroop 59...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Seriously? That's how many years? Come on! On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Aaahh Ahh woohoomo...@gmail.com wrote: Back at it in Ubuntu 15.10 -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1091464] Re: Unable to chainload Windows 8 with Secure Boot enabled

2015-04-20 Thread Brian Visel
This bug affects me on my Dell Inspiron 15 7537, running Ubuntu 15.04. * Secure Boot Enabled * Grub (at least as configured) can't boot windows * By switching the primary boot entry in the BIOS (or by using the F-12 boot menu) I can boot to either Windows or Linux * rEFInd is able to recognize

[Bug 1042379] Re: syndaemon: allow exclusion of shift as a modifier key

2015-03-24 Thread Brian Visel
*bump* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042379 Title: syndaemon: allow exclusion of shift as a modifier key To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1435537] [NEW] Commit dialog no longer retains content if dismissed

2015-03-23 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: Previous (and desired) behavior: Commit dialog retains text if dismissed Current behavior: Commit dialog deletes text if dismissed The prior behavior was useful when staging a commit in parts. At any point during the process, the commit dialog could be brought up, added

[Bug 1236749] Re: Gnome shell extensions disabled at every startup

2015-03-10 Thread Brian Visel
I'm using gnome staging (3.14), so the PPA doesn't help with me personally, but thank you for your work! I hope it solves the issue for others. In the meantime, since the issue is caused by the faulty reboot/shutdown without closing out the session completely, I did this: * Install Suspend

[Bug 1049630]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Visel
It works just fine a quite a few RS690 boards. ah. ..well, it also doesn't work for quite a few RS690 boards. I guess it's academic for me, at this point, though -- I've long since moved on, since I had to keep working and current, and the old driver was dropped. If you're reading this bug

[Bug 1049630]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Visel
On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 04:45 +, bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org wrote: Comment # 68 on bug 35457 from Alex Deucher Setting radeon.vramlimit=64 is also a workaround. __ You are receiving this mail because: * You

[Bug 1049630]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Visel
If you're reading this bug and have this issue, it's been open for nearly three years, and isn't likely to be fixed, as far as I can tell. If 3d acceleration is important to you, it's almost definitely worth it to get some hardware that is better supported. I went with Intel graphics --

[Bug 1049630]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Visel
..agreed, this really shouldn't be marked as a supported card since it's not actually functional. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1049630 Title: gnome-shell weird lines To manage

[Bug 1049630]

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Visel
It is reported as a valid workaround on this very bug report. Has anyone else tried it? I had already gotten a new laptop at the time it was reported, and I don't have access to the old hardware anymore. Hopefully someone else can test it. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 556782]

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Visel
..agreed, this really shouldn't be marked as a supported card since it's not actually functional. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 Title: [rs690m] [Gateway] Graphics corruption

[Bug 556782]

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Visel
It works just fine a quite a few RS690 boards. ah. ..well, it also doesn't work for quite a few RS690 boards. I guess it's academic for me, at this point, though -- I've long since moved on, since I had to keep working and current, and the old driver was dropped. If you're reading this bug

[Bug 556782]

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Visel
On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 04:45 +, bugzilla-dae...@freedesktop.org wrote: Comment # 68 on bug 35457 from Alex Deucher Setting radeon.vramlimit=64 is also a workaround. __ You are receiving this mail because: * You

[Bug 556782]

2013-11-26 Thread Brian Visel
If you're reading this bug and have this issue, it's been open for nearly three years, and isn't likely to be fixed, as far as I can tell. If 3d acceleration is important to you, it's almost definitely worth it to get some hardware that is better supported. I went with Intel graphics --

[Bug 1011257] Re: x-gvfs-show option doesn't work

2013-09-10 Thread Brian Visel
Issue still exists in raring. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1011257 Title: x-gvfs-show option doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with WebKit 2.0+

2013-07-12 Thread Brian Visel
No, they are not placebos. Placebos do not work with code, the code doesn't care whether you believe or not. I can't vouch for the veracity of the cache clearing -- I did nothing of the sort. However, commenting that one line made it so that the software center started. -- You received this

[Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with WebKit 2.0+

2013-07-12 Thread Brian Visel
..and now I can vouch for the veracity of the cache removal. It does indeed reproduce the crash. If software center is crashing: * comment out self.exhibit_banner.set_exhibits([FeaturedExhibit()]) in lobbyview.py * start software center (it runs) * stop software center * uncomment

[Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with WebKit 2.0+

2013-07-12 Thread Brian Visel
..did you see that Tim (darkxst) in comment #29 said he had traced it to a race condition where the image isn't yet available at the time the attempt to display it is made? ..that makes commenting out that line perfectly logical. If you don't attempt to display an image before it is loaded, you

[Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with WebKit 2.0+

2013-07-12 Thread Brian Visel
Bear in mind I am running the Gnome3 PPA, as others generally are in 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/1163886 Title: software-center crashed with signal 5 with WebKit 2.0+

[Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with the GNOME3 PPA on 13.04

2013-06-06 Thread Brian Visel
..latest ppa update for gnome3 worked for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1163886 Title: software-center crashed with signal 5 with the GNOME3 PPA on 13.04 To manage

[Bug 1163886] Re: software-center crashed with signal 5 with the GNOME3 PPA on 13.04

2013-06-02 Thread Brian Visel
..anything I can do to help with this? ..it's happening for me, too, with the latest gnome3 ppa updates (non-staging). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1163886 Title: software-center

[Bug 1171683] Re: software-center close 5 sec after starting

2013-06-02 Thread Brian Visel
Are you running gnome 3.8? ..if so, this is probably a duplicate of Bug #1163886 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171683 Title: software-center close 5 sec after starting To manage

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
I did get evolution to the point where it wasn't crashing every time I started it, but instead crashes every time I search if message body or full message is selected. ..in a very ugly turn of events, deleting all my locally-held mail 'fixed' the problem. Anyways, I tried these two things to get

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
The second part, with the 'rm' commands fixed the problem where evolution was crashing every time I tried to search the message body. ..of course, I lost all that history, though. :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
Don't bother deleting your data, Evolution's back to crashing all the time. *sigh* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166447 Title: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
Ok.. ..so, the state of affairs is: There are apparently two bugs I'm running into: 1) Evolution crashes on startup, consistently, if preview pane is enabled. 2) Evolution crashes when searching through messages and 'message contains' or 'body contains' is the search option. This also can cause

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
I'm using this bug to track the preview issue. If anyone wants to track the search issue, please open a new bug, and reference it here, since both have somewhat similar behaviours. ** Description changed: - If I start evolution, it stays open for about a second, notifies me of - new messages,

[Bug 1166447] Re: evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04 if preview pane enabled

2013-05-01 Thread Brian Visel
Since this is a preview pane issue, and some emails can cause the preview pane to crash, it's worthwhile noting that this is not specific to the preview of a particular email or group of emails -- it happens no matter which email is selected. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 915111] Re: deja-dup Ubuntu One folder is unfortunately named

2013-04-08 Thread Brian Visel
Here's a better idea: Let the user name the folder. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915111 Title: deja-dup Ubuntu One folder is unfortunately named To manage notifications about this

[Bug 915111] Re: deja-dup Ubuntu One folder is unfortunately named

2013-04-08 Thread Brian Visel
..instead of being named deja-dup, the folder can contain a file called: .deja-dup ..with some basic info about the backup. This allows other software to fine the folder without much difficulty. in pseudocode, instead of: if folder_exists('deja-dup'): #do stuff ..it would be: for folder in

[Bug 1041790] Re: [snb] GPU lockup IPEHR: 0x0b160001 IPEHR: 0x0b140001, workaround i915.semaphores=0

2013-04-08 Thread Brian Visel
Occurred while playing vessel. Never ran into the problem on 12.10. I'm available to provide info. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041790 Title: [snb] GPU lockup IPEHR: 0x0b160001

[Bug 1166447] [NEW] evolution crashes on startup after upgrade to 13.04

2013-04-08 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: If I start evolution, it stays open for about a second, notifies me of new messages, then crashes. It does this every time. ..apport does not come up automatically after a crash of evolution, so I ran ubuntu-bug. ..I'll be happy to assist in whatever way is necessary.

[Bug 1165998] [NEW] All apps move to external monitor on lid close

2013-04-07 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: Expected behaviour: 1) closing the lid does not reorganize the applications on my workspaces or 2) opening the lid re-places applications where they came from Actual behaviour: When I have an external monitor plugged in and I close the lid to my laptop, all applications

[Bug 1042379] [NEW] syndaemon: allow exclusion of shift as a modifier key

2012-08-27 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: Firstly, thanks for your work in general -- you make pointing possible, and typing bearable. :-D This is a wishlist item, but I think it's fairly important, and fairly simple to implement: Add an option to disclude 'shift' from the keys considered as modifiers or: Disclude

[Bug 556782]

2012-07-25 Thread Brian Visel
It's disappointing, but I think there are just too many bugs and not enough coders to fix them, and they've got to prioritize. -- on top of that, there's not a *really* good method out there of evaluating the impact of a problem. This is obviously a high-impact problem, considering how common the

[Bug 1008027] Re: Mouse lags and skips during disk usage

2012-06-12 Thread Brian Visel
This problem no longer affects me, and is no longer reproducible. Closing as invalid. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1008027] Re: Mouse lags and skips during disk usage

2012-06-11 Thread Brian Visel
In order to run apport while my system was manifesting the problem, I enabled polling again, updated init, and rebooted, then verified the module was enabled, using 'sudo cat /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll' (which echoed 'Y'). However, the system is no longer manifesting the same

[Bug 1008027] Re: Mouse lags and skips during disk usage

2012-06-03 Thread Brian Visel
Ack. Edited description - This is not a request to remove drm_kms_helper, just to turn its 'poll' option off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008027 Title: Mouse lags and skips

[Bug 1008027] [NEW] Mouse lags and skips during disk usage

2012-06-03 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: This is basically a request to set drm_kms_helper poll=N This currently defaults to Y, which causes the mouse to get laggy / skippy / jumpy and loses clicks d during disk usage. This is really annoying, and is new (by comparison to Lucid) in 12.04. If you are running into

[Bug 908109] Re: [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer incorrectly detects EFI instead of MBR for Grub, boot fails, Lenovo B570

2012-05-21 Thread Brian Visel
Please send inquiries re: the wiki page to me directly, or ask in the forums and update the wiki. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908109 Title: [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer

[Bug 929322] Re: Grub install fails on fresh 11.10 install

2012-05-20 Thread Brian Visel
Tranas - Is this problem happening for you with a Lenovo V570 or B570? This may be a duplicate of #908109. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929322 Title: Grub install fails on fresh

[Bug 996332] Re: Ubiquity installs grub-efi where grub-pc is needed

2012-05-20 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 908109 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908109 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 908109 [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer incorrectly detects EFI instead of MBR for Grub, boot fails, Lenovo B570 -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 908109] Re: [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer incorrectly detects EFI instead of MBR for Grub, boot fails, Lenovo B570

2012-05-20 Thread Brian Visel
**UPDATE FOR INSTRUCTIONS IN POST #6: There were some mistakes in the list I posted above, but unfortunately, I cannot edit my post. For instructions on fixing the problem, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/forum/hardware/LenovoB570 ** Description changed: + There is a wiki article to

[Bug 996247] Re: Payments are failing when using USD but fine with Euros

2012-05-14 Thread Brian Visel
Using euro worked for me, and hey -- a 1% exchange fee by my bank isn't too much. I thought I wasn't going to be able to purchase the game until I saw this bug. It would be nice, though, if it worked in USD. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 908109] Re: Oneiric 64-bit installer Grub no HDD boot Lenovo B570

2012-05-11 Thread Brian Visel
During the installation process, Ubuntu installs the EFI bootloader instead of the regular PC bootloader. This results in a system that is broken in one of the following ways, depending on the configuration of your system: * Boots to windows as if Ubuntu wasn't there (even though it completed

[Bug 908109] Re: [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer incorrectly detects EFI instead of MBR for Grub, boot fails, Lenovo B570

2012-05-11 Thread Brian Visel
** Tags added: oneiric precise ** Tags added: boot-fails -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908109 Title: [Oneiric Precise] 64-bit installer incorrectly detects EFI instead of MBR for

[Bug 556782]

2012-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
There has never been a working version of the radeon driver -- last working version was radeonhd, which is a different driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 Title: [rs690m]

[Bug 556782]

2012-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
Sorry, comment #40 was in response to comment #38 -- I did not see that d4dd10 had responded (accurately and in more specific detail) already. Note -- I'm out of the running on this for now, I've bricked my laptop with a modified bios, and it'll probably take a bit of work to undo. -- You

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2012-04-27 Thread Brian Visel
** Tags added: oneiric precise quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 Title: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 556782]

2012-04-27 Thread Brian Visel
I've installed (and since deinstalled) the modified bios, but it enabled me to do some testing. The system was unstable, and would freeze hard every 3-5 minutes or so when in either sideport-only or uma-only modes. However: Graphics *seem* to work fine (either way, work much better) with

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2012-04-03 Thread Brian Visel
I know it's not much, but I'm placing a $50 bounty on this if someone takes control of this bug and gets it fixed in Pangolin. I'll pay via PayPal. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 922677] Re: resolvconf should only convert /etc/resolv.conf to a symlink at initial installation time

2012-03-29 Thread Brian Visel
I need this package in Oneiric, and have installed the (precise) deb manually. ..is it possible to release this newer version for oneiric? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922677 Title:

Re: [Bug 556782]

2012-03-12 Thread Brian Visel
However, setting the vramlimit to 64 seems (2 reboots later) to clear up the corruption. vramlimit of 128, 256, and 0 (0 is ignored) each result in corruption Can others affected by the problem confirm this? changing the vramlimit improved things somewhat for me, but my system still

Re: [Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2012-02-18 Thread Brian Visel
Ooh, this means this is *VERY* likely a sideport ram issue, and should narrow down the bugfixing process significantly. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11682072#post11682072 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

2012-02-05 Thread Brian Visel
(!) really? ..wow. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 Title: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 869502] Re: Kernel-Panic with 3.0.0.12-generic on asus eee pcs and msi wind (both using rt2800 wifi chipset)

2011-11-13 Thread Brian Visel
@Michael Basse Do you have a d/l link for the (potentially) working version of the firmware so this can be tested? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869502 Title: Kernel-Panic with

[Bug 869502] Re: Kernel-Panic with 3.0.0.12-generic on asus eee pcs and msi wind (both using rt2800 wifi chipset)

2011-11-13 Thread Brian Visel
Changing the firmware didn't fix the issue for me -- using updated firmware with md5 of 66332d7636ee78db31b056aa0e44b097. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869502 Title: Kernel-Panic

Re: [Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-09-30 Thread Brian Visel
*nod* See the above comments on starting a new bug and pushing this issue through to xorg. I'm not able to right now -- I just dont' have the time -- I've defaulted to using Lucid, with the radeon-kms.conf fix. The issue is that there's an entirely new driver framework, and it doesn't work for

Re: [Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-09-18 Thread Brian Visel
I don't know if this works for you, but: Ubuntu has two types of release -- one of them is LTS, or Long-term support. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, because I can have nifty desktop effects and accelerated graphics, which I find both pretty and extremely useful. To do so, you would need

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-06-01 Thread Brian Visel
It seems to decrease the corruption initally, but doesn't fix the issue. My system was workable for about five minutes or so before corruption became a major issue (but I think it depends more on patterns of usage, though -- if I open more apps, corruption shows up more quickly). Also, running

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-19 Thread Brian Visel
Thank you for your expert advice. As soon as I have the availability to follow it, I will. That you took the time to explain the process a little bit better is truly helpful. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 755791] Re: [RS690M] No 3d acceleration in Radeon X1200 with new Gallium r300 / 3d drivers in 11.04

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 556782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 :-) You're absolutely welcome. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755791 Title: [RS690M] No 3d

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
@Pablo: Yes, the workaround doesn't work for natty. Or, more correctly, it kindof works. It provides working 2d graphics (or for some, it seems, working, slow software rendering of 3d graphics). If 3d is not working, Unity (the new desktop environment) will not work. You can try installing

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
Well, no, the idea I had was totally not viable as a workaround. I was thinking of installing or creating a package of the older radeonhd drivers (which do work) for Natty, but but they have an older ABI and haven't been updated because they're being phased out. Looks like the version of X that

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
Disabling KMS disables 3d support altogether. It's not a workaround in the sense of This provides equivalent functionality, it's a workaround in the sense of this provides a functional system. Disabling KMS actually ends up disabling the gallium driver altogether, and allows software rendering

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
..although I do mean 'functional system' in the sense that it's functional, but limited. The default interface (Unity) won't work with software rendering, and therefore the Ubuntu Classic interface must be used. But this is by far not ideal, and a fix is definitely required. -- You received

[Bug 755791] Re: [RS690M] No 3d acceleration in Radeon X1200 with new Gallium r300 / 3d drivers in 11.04

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
I was incorrect when I marked this as a duplicate of the other bug (or at least it's not definitely the same issue). I hate when that happens to a bug I'm working on, and apologize for any inconvenience. Martin, I've re-subscribed you as I believe your reasoning for unsubscribing was that this

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
De-duped bug #755791, as I duped it to this bug too hastily. I would hate it if *this* bug got duped to another inaccurately, and apologize for any inconvenience. Though these two bugs (this one and #755791) have similar workarounds (the workarounds Andre posted above are indeed useful), and

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-08 Thread Brian Visel
** Description changed: - [Edit:] - This bug has been around for almost a year now, and has gotten rather long, so this is a brief summary. + [Edit] + This bug has been around for a bit over a year now, and has gotten rather long, so this is a brief summary. There is a memory corruption issue

[Bug 768236] Re: [RS690] No 3d with Radeon X1200 Series and Ubuntu Natty

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768236 Title: [RS690] No 3d with Radeon X1200 Series and Ubuntu

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
** Description changed: - [Edit:] + [Edit:] This bug has been around for almost a year now, and has gotten rather long, so this is a brief summary. There is a memory corruption issue that affects users of the rs690m, to varying degrees. For many, if not most, it makes the desktop

[Bug 768236] Re: [RS690] No 3d with Radeon X1200 Series and Ubuntu Natty

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 556782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 556782 [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200 * You can subscribe to bug 556782 by following this link:

[Bug 755791] Re: [RS690M] No 3d acceleration in Radeon X1200 with new Gallium r300 / 3d drivers in 11.04

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 556782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 This is a duplicate of bug #556782. This bug has a bug open on xorg, which appears not to be moving. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 556782 [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200 *

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 556782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 768236 [RS690] No 3d with Radeon X1200 Series and Ubuntu Natty ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 556782 [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati

[Bug 612396] Re: No GLX

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
This is possibly a duplicate of bug #556782 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612396 Title: No GLX -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 590393] Re: Full screen or other scaled video playback doesn't work properly on ATI Radeon X1200 (RS690)

2011-05-07 Thread Brian Visel
If you are having the same (or more) problems with lucid, this is probably a dupe of bug #556782 -- The graphics striping around moving windows, etc are graphics memory corruptions or bad addresses in memory. The problem only exists with the new drivers for this card (rs690/x1200). Ubuntu has

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-04-22 Thread Brian Visel
Thank you! :-) IANAE, but I think Wayland uses the same driver.. ..but if Wayland works, I'll use it. :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 Title: [rs690m] Graphics corruption

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-04-09 Thread Brian Visel
I agree, and it skews the bug report statistics. :-( But, all we can do is re-post it on freedesktop.org, and hope it gets attention (which has been done -- at least the posting part, and it had attention for a bit, and then activity ceased). It's a shame, because I thought when I started

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Visel
If pulling the xf86-video-ati drivers from git means anything, this has not yet been fixed. There is another bug open with xorg, (35457). ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #35457 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35457 ** Also affects: linux via

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-03-19 Thread Brian Visel
Just making sure it's known -- ..this means systems with the x1200 / rs690m have *no* accelerated video option. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729386 Title: [Natty] DRI2 fails with

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-03-19 Thread Brian Visel
This bug also affects the terminal, at least when the x session is running. (graphics corruptions show up in the terminal as streaks or distorted images from the x session) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-03-10 Thread Brian Visel
** Description changed: + [Edit:] + This bug has been around for almost a year now, and has gotten rather long, so this is a brief summary. + There is a memory corruption issue that affects users of the rs690m, to varying degrees. + For many, if not most, it makes the desktop unusable. + +

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-03-10 Thread Brian Visel
Oh. Something else I noticed, although I don't know if it's important: When an application (let's say the terminal), is updating regularly, it will affect areas outside of itself on the screen, which we've all discussed -- bleedover from one element on the screen to another. But even when that

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
I do. I disabled it when Maverick came out, because they changed the graphics driver for my card (Radeon, x1200, rs690m) from the.. (I think r300g?) driver to the Radeon driver, and that caused corruptions (which have never been fixed) that get WAY worse with KMS enabled. I can send you a couple

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
that is, bug#556782 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729386 Title: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729386 Title: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken --

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
Just to clarify -- In Maverick, Xorg was working (well enough), with compositing, with KMS off (and only with KMS off). Now, compositing doesn't work with KMS off. If I turn KMS on, compositing does work, but the amount of cross-program graphics corruption makes the system unusable, both with

[Bug 556782] Re: [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
I still have this problem in Natty. Badly. The radeon modeset=0 (disabling KMS) workaround still works, sortof. It reduces the frequency/amount of corruption. However, the underlying problem is still there. ..and with Natty as it is, disabling KMS also disables compositing, unlike with

[Bug 569709] Re: [RS690M] Random screen corruption

2011-03-09 Thread Brian Visel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 556782 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556782 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 556782 [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200 * You can subscribe to bug 556782 by following this link:

[Bug 691493] Re: [Natty]Unity won't start

2011-03-08 Thread Brian Visel
r300 is being phased out, I believe. My card works fine with the r300 drivers, but those are no longer present in the repositories, I think. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691493

[Bug 691493] Re: [Natty]Unity won't start

2011-03-07 Thread Brian Visel
Ok, I've found out a bit. Yes, for some reason my system is falling back to software rendering. Also, the problem of the shell not working only happens when using a secondary login (and by typing 'unity' in a terminal, it does bail appropriately and load Gnome panel and such). It looks like this

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200

2011-03-05 Thread Brian Visel
Login not working properly is a separate issue. ** Summary changed: - [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, breaks login + [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200 ** Summary changed: - [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200 + [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, compositing broken -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 691493] Re: [Natty]Unity won't start

2011-03-04 Thread Brian Visel
I have this bug, and my graphics driver is Radeon. I have GL_EXT_texture from pixmap in both server glx extensions and client glx extensions, but not in glx extensions. GLX version is 1.4. Xorg.0.log says direct rendering is enabled. Some potentially relevant lines from Xorg.0.log: [

[Bug 729386] [NEW] [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, breaks login

2011-03-04 Thread Brian Visel
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati I don't know whether this should be filed under the (more specific) xserver-xorg-video-radeon. Change if need be. I just upgraded to Natty from Maverick. When Unity attempts to start, it fails with the following output: [...]

[Bug 729386] Re: [Natty] DRI2 fails with x1200, breaks login

2011-03-04 Thread Brian Visel
** Attachment added: glxinfo output https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729386/+attachment/1886297/+files/glxinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/729386 Title: [Natty] DRI2 fails

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