Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-25 Thread Roderic Jones
I can confirm that the fix works. Well done. I have used Ubuntu for many years and have installed it for family and friends. I initially recommended HP printers because HPLIP worked so well. 5 years ago we downsized and I wanted to archive a lot of stuff and HP did not have a suitable machine for

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-23 Thread Roderic Jones
I have done these tests. a lot of fiddling with the files was necessary because they all have to be owned by root to work. The "old" ppd file produces draft, normal and high printouts as you would expect. The new PPD file produces draft and high output but normal just ejects a blank sheet. This

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-23 Thread Roderic Jones
install of 17.10 and prints correctly! I enclose the PPD file for this. I will do the other tests you sugest later. Rod Jones On 22 August 2017 at 23:18, Roderic Jones <roder...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you discount a kernel problem too lightly. When CUPS has started a > prin

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
I think you discount a kernel problem too lightly. When CUPS has started a print job it has to send it to the printer. In my case over the network. This involves the kernel and or the network driver. I have just tried the daily build of Ubuntu Gnome - the browser can not find google and ubuntu

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
There is no dialog to print in draft either in printing from LibreOffice or from chrome. If I add another printer and it searches for a driver then draft printing is on the menu but printing still does not work. I deleted the PPD files from etc/cups/ppd and copied the old (17.04) PPD file into

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
I have run the ipptool on both 17.04 and 17.10. running diff produces the following: rod@rod-desktop ~> diff out4.txt out10.txt 59c59 < printer-up-time (integer) = 146417546 --- > printer-up-time (integer) = 146414147 On 22 August 2017 at 14:38, Roderic Jon

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
Is this OK? On 22 August 2017 at 14:16, Till Kamppeter <1712...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Please run ipptool with the full printer URI, like this: > > ipptool -tv ipp://EPSON25B56D.local:631/ipp/print get-printer- > attributes.test > out.txt > > Attach the resulting output (here the file

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
I have reinstalled Ubuntu 17.04 from the daily build available today, updated it and only installed Fish, Gdebi, Gparted and Synaptic. The problem persists. The outputs you requested are attached as a file On 22 August 2017 at 09:41, Roderic Jones <roder...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
I think these files are the same. It took me a little while to realise that on filename uses hyphens and the other underscores. Otherwise they are the same. On 22 August 2017 at 09:24, Roderic Jones <roder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here are the two files > > Good luck > > On 21

Re: [Bug 1712019] Re: Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
Here are the two files Good luck On 21 August 2017 at 17:01, Till Kamppeter <1712...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Can you please supply the following files: > > PPD file for your printer (in /etc/cups/ppd/) on 17.04. > > PPD file for your printer (in /etc/cups/ppd/) on 17.10. > > Output of the

[Bug 1712019] [NEW] Driverless printing only prints a blank sheet 17.10

2017-08-21 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Driverless printing works perfectly in Ubuntu 17.04 with my Epson WF 3620. Scanning is also perfect. I have 17.10 on another SSD and driverless printing was working but recent updates have broken this. I reinstalled from the Aug 14th daily build and have updated it daily

[Bug 1704748] Re: Synaptic fails to launch on Ubuntu 17.10

2017-08-14 Thread Roderic Jones
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1551951 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551951 I have been running 17.10 without a problem but updates over the weekend crashed the system. I have reinstalled from today's daily build and both sessions offered (Ubuntu or Ubuntu on Wayland) start the

Re: [Bug 1654724] Re: Crash on install using erase disc

2017-01-08 Thread Roderic Jones
Thank you for your email. You are correct this is a duplicate. I can confirm that running "sudo ubiquity gtk_ui" from a terminal will install it. Rod Jones On 7 January 2017 at 22:04, fossfreedom <1654...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > This is probably a duplicate of this >

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

2016-09-26 Thread Roderic Jones
I just noticed a typo. Ubuntu 16.04 uses 361.42 which is fine -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

2016-09-26 Thread Roderic Jones
This happens to me on a desktop with Nvidia GTX 750 ti. Installing 16.10 works until the driver is installed and then it is no longer bootable. The solution is to use the older driver. You are offered 361.42 (which causes the problem) but the other one 340.96 works fine. Incidentally Ubuntu 16.10

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-25 Thread Roderic Jones
I can confirm that this works but my printer (WF-3250) is not in the list. Experimentation is required. Work Force produces 25 blank sheets for the test print but the WF printers seem to work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-16 Thread Roderic Jones
** Changed in: lsb Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536353 Title: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-16 Thread Roderic Jones
I have wiped Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 and done a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10. the epson-printer-utility_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64 installs and the printer works perfectly - so the defect must be in the 16.04 libraries -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1536353] Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

2016-04-16 Thread Roderic Jones
This is still not working for me. I have Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 on different SSDs and neither of them will print using an Epson WF-3520. The cups-filters packages installed are 1.8.3-2ubuntu2 I see that this effects other makes of printer (e.g. Brother) where the driver has to be

[Bug 914045] Re: Precise alpha 1 live dvd has no video on Llano systems

2012-04-04 Thread Roderic Jones
I have just tried to install 12.04 beta 2 (both 64 bit and 32 bit) on a new Llano system and get this problem. BIOS is shown - there is a lot of activity and the screen goes blank. I solved this problem by installing an Nvidia card. The sound did not work so I have reverted to 11.10 -- You

Re: [Bug 807950] Re: zeitgeist-daemon crashed with LookupError in remove_from_connection(): _zeitgeist.engine.remote.RemoteInterface at /org/gnome/zeitgeist/log/activity at 0xb74ee2cc is not exporte

2011-07-13 Thread Roderic Jones
to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zeitgeist/+bug/807950/+subscriptions -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 788982] [NEW] package libvirtodbc0 6.1.2 dfsg1-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2011-05-27 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: virtuoso-opensource Update manager crashed - new install of 11.10 yesterday ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: libvirtodbc0 6.1.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.9-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic

[Bug 788982] Re: package libvirtodbc0 6.1.2 dfsg1-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

2011-05-27 Thread Roderic Jones
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/788982 Title: package libvirtodbc0 6.1.2 dfsg1-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

Re: [Bug 756297] Re: grub-mount assert failure: *** glibc detected *** grub-mount: free(): corrupted unsorted chunks: 0x09530568 ***

2011-04-14 Thread Roderic Jones
: *** glibc detected *** grub-mount: free():  corrupted unsorted chunks: 0x09530568 *** To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/756297/+subscribe -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone

Re: [Bug 709733] Re: package man-db 2.5.9-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-01-31 Thread Roderic Jones
:  package man-db 2.5.9-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed  post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 709733] [NEW] package man-db 2.5.9-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-01-29 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: man-db Failed during attempt to run and install Natty daily build ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: man-db 2.5.9-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64

[Bug 709733] Re: package man-db 2.5.9-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2011-01-29 Thread Roderic Jones
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709733 Title: package man-db 2.5.9-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 --

[Bug 686076] [NEW] Grub fails to recognise Ubuntu 10.10 on a separate hard disc. Windows 7 is recognised OK

2010-12-06 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub2 I have three hard drives. One has Windows7 Professional - rarely used - the second has Ubuntu 10.10 and the third is for messing about with. Each operating system uses the whole disc. I changed the BIOS to boot from the Messing about disc and

[Bug 686076] Re: Grub fails to recognise Ubuntu 10.10 on a separate hard disc. Windows 7 is recognised OK

2010-12-06 Thread Roderic Jones
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686076 Title: Grub fails to recognise Ubuntu 10.10 on a separate hard disc. Windows 7 is recognised OK -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 611720] Re: software-center crashed with IndexError in _build_view()

2010-09-11 Thread Roderic Jones
Crash occurred when looking at netbeans in software centre and then hiding the window to look at firefox to see if that was the latest version. I have tried it again but I can not repeat it. -- software-center crashed with IndexError in _build_view() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611720 You

[Bug 611757] [NEW] If more than one ubuntu installation on separate discs are present and a new linux image loads grub does not automatically look for the new image unless it is on the first boot disc

2010-07-30 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub I have three SATA hard drives. sda has Ubuntu 10.04-x86 on it, sdb Windows 7 and sdc Ubuntu 10.10-AMD64. The system boots from sda and if that version of Ubuntu updates a new linux image Grub correctly enters it in the menu. If the Development

Re: [Bug 524209] Re: frequent errors while navigating in Software center

2010-02-26 Thread Roderic Jones
while navigating in Software center https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524209 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- frequent

[Bug 436424] [NEW] package sun-java6-jre crashes Ubuntu restricted extras install - does not ask for acceptance of Ts and Cs

2009-09-25 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Installing restricted extras from the new software store the licence screen for Sun Java does not appear. The installation then crashes. Ubuntu Karmic - Daily build 22/9/2009 ProblemType: Package Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 25 08:05:26 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10

[Bug 436424] Re: package sun-java6-jre crashes Ubuntu restricted extras install - does not ask for acceptance of Ts and Cs

2009-09-25 Thread Roderic Jones
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32420504/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32420505/Dmesg.gz ** Attachment added: DpkgTerminalLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32420506/DpkgTerminalLog.txt -- package

[Bug 414178] Re: Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-09-03 Thread Roderic Jones
I have tried alpha 5 and the situation is worse. sda (windows 7) boots to grub legacy and gives a choice of Jaunty or windows. sdb boots to grub2 - karmic no choice sdc boots to grub2 - karmic no choice. There is something seriously wrong with the grub installer. -- Failure to boot Windows 7

Re: [Bug 414178] [NEW] Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-22 Thread Roderic Jones
127481 127482 160655 Extended /dev/sdc5 127481 127482 16033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris 2009/8/20 Felix Zielcke fziel...@z-51.de: Am Mittwoch, den 19.08.2009, 20:19 + schrieb Roderic Jones: Karmic has now been installed but grub (legacy) shows only Jaunty

Re: [Bug 414178] [NEW] Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-20 Thread Roderic Jones
problems with windows as well, there are many reports on the Internet. For some reason grub2 does not seem to able to permanently alter the MBR. Best wishes Rod Jones 2009/8/20 Felix Zielcke fziel...@z-51.de: Am Mittwoch, den 19.08.2009, 20:19 + schrieb Roderic Jones: Karmic has now been

Re: [Bug 414178] [NEW] Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-19 Thread Roderic Jones
/414178 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs

Re: [Bug 414178] [NEW] Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-19 Thread Roderic Jones
by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 title Windows Vista (loader) rootnoverify(hd1,1) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 ### I hope this helps. Best wishes Roderic Jones

[Bug 414178] Re: Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-16 Thread Roderic Jones
** Tags added: grub2 -- Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414178 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 414178] [NEW] Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

2009-08-15 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: I have spent a day remedying this situation and I still do not fully understand what has gone on. I have three hard discs: sda - single partition - Windows Vista was installed on this and more recently windows 7 release candidate. I use this infrequently to run Xara Xtreme

[Bug 316199] Re: PA Sound Preferences mutes Front speaker volume by default

2009-01-19 Thread Roderic Jones
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 315971 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315971 I have had a problem with sound in Jaunty alpha 3. There is no sound on installation of both the 32 bit and 64 versions. I have an Audigy Card and the motherboard sound is turned off in the BIOS. Trying the

Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

2008-11-03 Thread Roderic Jones
]: On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 09:55:34PM -, Roderic Jones wrote: The best solution at the moment seems to be installing Adam McDaniel's kernel (linux-image-2.6.27-7-eeepc). This works perfectly on an eee PC 900. You can download it from: http://www.array.org/ubuntu/index.html If you

Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

2008-11-02 Thread Roderic Jones
on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050

Re: [Bug 289405] Re: Latest update breaks WiFi on Asus EEE

2008-10-27 Thread Roderic Jones
subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- Latest update breaks WiFi on Asus EEE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289405 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 289405] [NEW] Latest update breaks WiFi on Asus EEE

2008-10-26 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: I had been running the Beta of Intrepid successfully on my Asus EEE 900 until last night. Updates were downloaded (including the latest kernel version) and the WiFi stopped working. I have tried with or without the Atheros Driver - it was working before without the Atheros

Re: [Bug 289405] Re: Latest update breaks WiFi on Asus EEE

2008-10-26 Thread Roderic Jones
breaks WiFi on Asus EEE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289405 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- Latest update breaks WiFi

Re: [Bug 179095] Re: No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by sound Preferences

2008-10-07 Thread Roderic Jones
://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179095 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 -- No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card

Re: [Bug 217301] Re: Real Player stream is garbled on BBC radio

2008-04-28 Thread Roderic Jones
://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217301 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel Crucorney Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7NB Telephone 01873 890050 ** Attachment added: About Plug-ins.html http://launchpadlibrarian.net

Re: [Bug 217301] Re: Real Player stream is garbled on BBC radio

2008-04-28 Thread Roderic Jones
: ff3_debug.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13982666/ff3_debug.log -- Real Player stream is garbled on BBC radio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217301 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones Trout Cottage Llanvihangel

[Bug 217301] Re: Real Player stream is garbled on BBC radio

2008-04-27 Thread Roderic Jones
I have had this problem but have found a work around. BBC Radio Player produced garbled sound in Hardy Beta, Release Candidate and in the final release version. I installed Firefox 2 and uninstalled and reinstalled the gstreamer plugins and the BBC radioplayer works perfectly in Firefox 2. Firefox

[Bug 193895] Re: firefox makes realplayer plugin producechoppy sound

2008-04-22 Thread Roderic Jones
I have had this problem with Hardy Beta and now with the Release candidate. I have just done the second clean re-install of Hardy and the problem persists. All other sound is OK - only BBC Radio Realplayer causes a problem. Is there something wrong with the codec? It all worked perfectly in Gutsy.

Re: [Bug 179095] Re: No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by sound Preferences

2008-01-02 Thread Roderic Jones
add a comment here to report the results with your flac files. Stan On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 14:51 +, Roderic Jones wrote: Thank you for your email. I am sorry to say that there is no sound at all. I have a large collection of flac files and these do not play. Incidentally

Re: [Bug 179095] Re: No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by sound Preferences

2007-12-29 Thread Roderic Jones
because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- Roderic Jones -- No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by sound Preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179095 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 179095] No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by sound Preferences

2007-12-28 Thread Roderic Jones
Public bug reported: Fresh install of Hardy Heron A2 produces no sound. I had problems with previous distributions because I have onboard sound (ASUS A8N SLI SE) but these problems have been cured by turning off the onboard sound in the BIOS. I have Gutsy still installed on a different hard disc