[Bug 1055973] Re: Evolution 3.6.0 - Restore from backup fails

2012-10-20 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
This still happens for me on the released version of Ubuntu 12.10, with all updates as of October 20. The symptoms are as above - Evolution restores my 1.2 GB of mail and then starts the first-run dialog all over again. My backup file was made on a system running Ubuntu 12.04. -- You received

[Bug 877905] Re: After upgrading Xserver video does not work properly

2011-10-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I noticed this bug because immediately after the update desktop effects stopped working. The affected system is a Toshiba Portege M700 tablet (Intel i965 video driver). As with the other people who have reported this bug, reverting xserver-common and xserver-xorg-core back to the previous

[Bug 878235] Re: System unusable after update

2011-10-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Try rolling back server-xorg-core and xserver-common - if this is the same issue that's currently plaguing lucid, then that should get you back up and running. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 878235] Re: System unusable after update

2011-10-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Use synaptic - select the package, and use the menu option force version to downgrade the packages I mentioned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878235 Title: System unusable after

[Bug 878182] Re: update to xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.8_amd64 breaks all opengl support (intel chipset)

2011-10-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
This might be the same as Bug #877905 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878182 Title: update to xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.8_amd64 breaks all opengl support (intel chipset)

[Bug 878304] Re: After update netbook launcher not loading / Ubuntu NBR 10.04

2011-10-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
This is probably caused by the xorg update that's causing Bug #877905 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878304 Title: After update netbook launcher not loading / Ubuntu NBR 10.04 To

[Bug 811745] Re: Whole system freeze after safely remove external usb drive

2011-07-27 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I can verify that Herton's 2.6.32-33-generic-pae #71~lp811745r1 kernel solves the lockup problem here. I've tested with two drives that triggered the lockup on the original 2.6.32-33-generic-pae. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 811745] Re: Whole system freeze after safely remove external usb drive

2011-07-18 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I can confirm the same problem happening on a Thinkpad X61 running a fully-updated 10.04. As other users have confirmed, rolling the kernel back to 2.6.32-32 fixes the problem. I have noticed that the crash doesn't happen with ALL external usb stroage. My PSPgo does not trigger the crash. My

[Bug 811745] Re: Whole system freeze after safely remove external usb drive

2011-07-18 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
@Uschiekid Sorry - didn't see you had already deleted the old kernel. Have you tried just installing the older linux-image-2.6.32-32-generic- pae from synaptic? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 591187] Re: wacom tablet touch function rotation only rotates press event, release is unchanged

2011-01-18 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
This bug is still present in 1:0.10.5-0ubuntu4.1 from lucid-proposed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591187 Title: wacom tablet touch function rotation only rotates press event,

[Bug 445852] Re: devkit-disks-probe-ata-smart causes HSM Violations on SSD, and potential hardware death

2010-02-24 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
@Raf As you say, that won't survive a reboot - but your workaround in #172 might be a good thing to add between steps 2 (zeroing the drive) and 3 (starting the installer) of the Karmic installation procedure in #147. Simply starting up the partitioner during installation will trigger the bug and

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-12-09 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I've got to agree with #77 - It isn't an ext4 issue. I installed Karmic on my Eee with ext4 and again with ext2 and got similar errors both times. I can also confirm that even using kernels that cause no problems under Jaunty cause problems under Karmic. So what's different about the boot

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-12-09 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
@Raf #87 I've tested Karmic (ext2 filesystem) with the latest 2.6.28 kernel for Jaunty, with similar results as for the Karmic kernels. (Of course, the same kernel works just fine with Jaunty.) Another issue with upstart being the cause of the problem - as #11 notes, this bug can be triggered

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-12-05 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
The kernel parameter mentioned in #61 has no effect on the stall/HSM violation errors on my ASUS EeePC 701 (booted with the 9.10 Live CD and added the parameter to the kernel options, as I have had to reinstall Jaunty to use the machine daily). Back to the drawing board, I guess. -- SSD stall

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-11-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Here's one test of 2.6.32-rc6 on an ASUS eeepc 701 with 16GB SuperTalent SSD: The original Karmic kernel also shows thus bug with the stock ASUS 8GB SSD. $ uname -a Linux eeepc 2.6.32-020632rc6-generic #020632rc6 SMP Wed Nov 4 10:54:30 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Looks like the same thing is

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-11-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
One more piece of information that may or may not be useful to the develpoers: On my other laptop, I have Jaunty installed with kernel 2.6.30.9 (from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30.9/ ) and the other Intel-related patches from the Jaunty/Intel graphics performance howto at

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-11-16 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I have the same issue as reported above with an eeepc 701 (with 16GB SuperTalent SSD, and also with the original 8GB SSD). An alternate method of fixing a Karmic-corrupted SSD - at least on the 701 - is to boot with ASUS's rescue DVD and allow it to reinstall the default Xandros installation.

[Bug 445852] Re: SSD stall during boot

2009-11-16 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
The eeepc 701 has one SD reader that can be disabled in the BIOS. Disabling it doesn't seem to affect the SSD issues at all on my system. -- SSD stall during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445852 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2008-11-24 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
The package in intrepid-proposed works here on a Thinkpad X41 tablet, at least for this morning's classes. (I teach with the Xournal window maximized but set to 85% zoom, and that combination triggered redrawing/selection problems every time with the previous Ubuntu package) -- [regression,

[Bug 272316] Re: [regression, intrepid] redraw problems, patches from fedora

2008-11-10 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I'm attaching the rebuild I did; I just disabled the patch described here and rebuilt. But do post if it works for you; let's see if we can get this reopened. Ken Arnold's rebuilt package works here as well (so far). Not having a working Xournal is a showstopper bug for this tablet user,

[Bug 207583] Re: [hardy] Two instances of applet icon are displayed in notification area

2008-08-11 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I also see the behavior on my Thinkpad X41 with a fully-updated (as of today) Hardy. It's intermittent - happens most often after a suspend/resume cycle or two. Anything we could do to try and track down what's causing this? -- [hardy] Two instances of applet icon are displayed in

[Bug 215689] Re: Want auto-configuration or gui configuration of Wacom tablets

2008-05-21 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Hardy does not detect my ThinkPad X61T as a tablet and does not enable the WACOM tablet / display by default. I recently installed Hardy on my Thinkpad X41 tablet, and also experienced the issue of a non-working stylus. I noticed that /dev/input/wacom was actually there and configured

[Bug 229981] Re: Error while printing with HP Laserjet: 40 EIO Transmission Error

2008-05-19 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I observe the same behavior using a Jetdirect-connected HP-4050N printer at my office. Gutsy shows no such error. -- Error while printing with HP Laserjet: 40 EIO Transmission Error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229981 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 231236] Re: libtotem-plparser10 Will not install.

2008-05-16 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I'm seeing the same thing (and I'm not the only one - Bug #231237 looks like a duplicate of this bug). Update Manager's response to the dependency problem on my system was to make the update unselectable, although it still shows up in the list. I imagine this would be rather confusing to someone

[Bug 223476] Re: Failure to have openoffice.org-math intalled causes data corruption

2008-05-14 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I'd agree that the simple fact that this package is not installed by default is a bug. Formulas are an integral ( :) ) part of OOo. And if Hardy's OOo packages silently trash any document that CONTAINS a formula, that's a severe bug. I didn't discover that Hardy's install of OOo was broken

[Bug 209408] Re: onscreen keyboard cannot enter password in policykit dialog

2008-05-13 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
1. Open the onscreen keyboard named onboard shipped with Ubuntu. You will use it for the typing instead of your hardware keyboard. This also affects the cellwriter and xvkbd onscreen keyboards that are installable via synaptic. This makes using a Tablet PC is tablet mode an exercise in

[Bug 207583] Re: [hardy] Two instances of applet icon are displayed in notification area

2008-05-09 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I observe similar behavior on a Thinkpad X41 Tablet running Hardy. gnome-power-maanger behaved as expected (one battery icon when on battery power) on this same machine under Gutsy. Both of the icons on my machine seem to show the same estimated run time, though. -- [hardy] Two instances of

[Bug 175488] Re: OpenOffice.org Chart -cannot edit chart title

2008-02-09 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I can reproduce this bug using the OOs 2.3.0 packages provided by Ubuntu, but I *cannot* reproduce it with the latest OOo 2.3.1 packages downloaded from www.openoffice.org. So either this bug *is* Ubuntu-specific, or it's been fixed in 2.3.1. Another workaround, then, is to install the latest OOo

[Bug 152187] Re: Serial Wacom tablet fails to return from ACPI suspend to RAM

2007-12-05 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I can confirm that Tom Jaeger;s patched kernel fixes this issue on a Toshiba M200 for both suspend-to-ram and suspend-to-disk. (I see no LSR safety check messages in my logs and the stylus works). I have another laptop with an integrated serial Wacom tablet - a Thinkpad X41. For what it;s

[Bug 108961] Re: Pen no longer works after resuming from suspend

2007-12-03 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I've just installed Ubuntu Gutsy on a Thinkpad X41 tablet and the pen works fine after a suspend/resume or a hibernate/resume cycle. Has the IBM problem (whatever it was) been fixed in Gutsy? (The Toshiba M200 still, as of 12/3/07, exhibits the symptoms I posted above...) -- Pen no longer

[Bug 152187] Re: Serial Wacom tablet fails to return from ACPI suspend to RAM

2007-11-29 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Same bug, same symtoms on another Toshiba M200 tablet PC running Gutsy with the i386-generic kernel and all updates as of 11/28/07). This sounds similar to bug #108961 (reported on another tablet PC that uses an integrated serial Wacom tablet). I also see this bug when using suspend to disk.

[Bug 108961] Re: Pen no longer works after resuming from suspend

2007-11-16 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I have a Toshiba M200 tablet with the same problem. Is this is a kernel problem rather than a Wacom driver problem. The digitizer in the M200 is a serial device (I think that's true on the Thinkpad X41/X60 tablets, too). When initially booting the system, the digitizer's serial port is

[Bug 25105] Re: incorrect test page printing with SAMSUNG ML1210

2007-11-16 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
Gutsy has the same problem with the Accurate halftoning on my ML-1430. Standard halftoning works, at least on the test page I printed. Unfortunately, Accurate (the broken setting) was the default when I installed. -- incorrect test page printing with SAMSUNG ML1210

[Bug 25105] Re: incorrect test page printing with SAMSUNG ML1210 (on breezy)

2006-11-14 Thread Rick @ rickandpatty.com
I still see the same issues in Dapper, and the same fix (copying over a working ppd file) fixes the problem. I'll experiment when I have time to see if any particular settings fix the problem or make it worse on my Dapper machine - though the corruption does show up with the default settings. --