[Bug 1642634] Re: indicator-datetime uses excessive memory

2021-08-16 Thread Jeff Silverman
ai_ja_nai (albertomassidda), while it is true that the bug is still alive and kicking, there is a way to work around the issue. See bug 1652789, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator- datetime/+bug/1652789/comments/4 .

[Bug 1871721] Re: Second Monitor on HDMI blank screen/blink screen with Nvidia + Intel & Ubuntu 20.04? (ASUS Laptop)

2021-03-16 Thread Justin Silverman
I think I may be having a related issue. Lenovo P1 Gen 2 Ubuntu 20.04 I am trying to connect 2 external monitors both connected via USB-C All was well for the first 2 hours. Then I unplugged my laptop worked off of battery for about an hour. Tried to plug back into the monitors and thats when

[Bug 1905765] [NEW] Cannot upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04

2020-11-26 Thread Nick Silverman
Public bug reported: Cannot upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 Error message: Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a

[Bug 1633319] Re: memory leak in indicator-datetime

2020-01-26 Thread Jeff Silverman
I had the same problem. Sunk over a day into trying to figure it out. I'm taking no chances: I removed evolution. I might reinstall it sometime when I am no under such a crunch. What I find really frustrating is that I would expect the OOM (Out of Memory) killer to recognize that the process

[Bug 1847153] Re: package virtualbox-dkms (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: installed virtualbox-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10

2019-11-10 Thread Jeff Silverman
Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote on 2019-10-23: please purge the old eoan kernel. Can you go into a little more detail about the best way to purge the old eoan kernel? Also, is there a way to prevent this problem as opposed to dealing with it after the fact? -- You received

[Bug 1405873] Re: -json output not valid when -class filter used

2018-08-27 Thread Jeff Silverman
Still broken: $ sudo lshw -json -C network | jq . { "id": "network", "class": "network", ... "100bt-fd": "100Mbit/s (full duplex)", "1000bt-fd": "1Gbit/s (full duplex)", "autonegotiation": "Auto-negotiation" } } parse error: Expected value before ','

[Bug 1731911] Re: Xwayland crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort() from AbortServer() from FatalError() from xwl_read_events() from ospoll_wait()

2018-04-30 Thread Jeff Silverman
I think I'm experiencing the same problem. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 beta last Tuesday. When I power on my computer, the screen blinks 50-53 times over the span of 2-1/2 minutes (this is perfectly reproducible) and then for the rest of the session, everything works flawlessly. After LinuxFest

[Bug 1631367] Re: Error in sys.excepthook: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg'

2018-01-02 Thread Jeff Silverman
I tried this and it worked. I didn't need to get pip because I already had it, but that's okay, I construe it as an "abundance of caution" step and I commend you. BEFORE: ``` >>> dir(rdatatype) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in NameError: name 'rdatatype'

[Bug 1583009] Re: Error starting domain since update

2017-08-04 Thread Jeff Silverman
There is something else I find confusing: the output I get from lsof doesn't agree with what I see in the file system. At this point, my knowledge of sockets is getting stretched. root@jeff-desktop:/home/jeffs/work/juniper/vmx-17.2R.13# pgrep virt 21491

[Bug 1583009] Re: Error starting domain since update

2017-08-04 Thread Jeff Silverman
I think I am having the same problem. I am running 16.04.3 LTS. I tried apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, but the software revision levels did not change, still at 1.3.1. root@jeff-desktop:/home/jeffs/work/juniper/vmx-17.2R.13# dpkg -l "*libvirt*" Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold |

[Bug 1653360] Re: cannot upgrade to 16.10

2016-12-31 Thread Burt Silverman
I found a way to get around the problem. I look at the Broken/Conflicts packages in /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log. One by one, I attempt to remove them from the system using synaptic. If a removal will cause a few other packages to get removed, and those do not include the Ubuntu Desktop, I go

[Bug 1653360] [NEW] cannot upgrade to 16.10

2016-12-31 Thread Burt Silverman
Public bug reported: I met all the conditions presumably but I still cannot upgrade and it won't tell me what package it finds offensive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.19 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-57.78-generic 4.4.35 Uname:

[Bug 540306] Re: Xsane preview window not working in Karmic

2016-06-28 Thread Jeff Silverman
I experienced this problem with xsane 0.999 under Ubuntu 16.04. I have a Seiko Epson Corp. GT-8200U/GT-8200UF [Perfection 1650/1650 PHOTO] scanner. I have a NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) video card. I found a strange work around at ubuntuforums.org

[Bug 633068] Re: sysinfo crashes on startup

2016-05-04 Thread Jeff Silverman
I just installed 16.04 as an upgrade from 15.10. sysinfo was not installed after the upgrade (I don't know if it was installed before the upgrade). Installed using apt-get When I run the sysinfo command, and click on the system button, it throws an exception: GConf.NoSuchKeyException: Key

[Bug 1309535] Re: Running without pam-kwallet installed issues a warning in auth.log

2015-12-27 Thread Jeff Silverman
://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1511824. Thank you, j. rose. Jeff Silverman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309535 Title: Running without pam-kwallet installed issues a warning

[Bug 854705] Re: dig returns 0 regardless of result of query

2015-10-22 Thread Jeff Silverman
It turns out that the host command will do what you want. jeffs@jeffs-desktop:~$ host www.g00gle.com 8.8.8.8 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: Host www.g00gle.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) jeffs@jeffs-desktop:~$ echo $? 1

[Bug 854705] Re: dig returns 0 regardless of result of query

2015-10-22 Thread Jeff Silverman
It turns out that the host command will do what you want. jeffs@jeffs-desktop:~$ host www.g00gle.com 8.8.8.8 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases: Host www.g00gle.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) jeffs@jeffs-desktop:~$ echo $? 1

[Bug 1503565] Re: vagrant depends on bsdtar which depends on libarchive13

2015-10-12 Thread Jeff Silverman
Works fine on 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503565 Title: vagrant depends on bsdtar which depends on libarchive13 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1503565] Re: vagrant depends on bsdtar which depends on libarchive13

2015-10-10 Thread Jeff Silverman
Works find on 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1503565 Title: vagrant depends on bsdtar which depends on libarchive13 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1503565] [NEW] vagrant depends on bsdtar which depends on libarchive13

2015-10-07 Thread Jeff Silverman
Public bug reported: Installing vagrant on 15.04 fails because of a bad dependency. jeffs@jeffs-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install vagrant Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you

[Bug 1432824] [NEW] package cups-browsed 1.0.61-0ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2015-03-16 Thread Jeff Silverman
Public bug reported: I removed cups because I was getting Entity was too large error messages when trying to configure through the web interface, and I was getting other errors when I tried configuring using the command line interface (I forget which errors, but it has to do with my printer, an

[Bug 997799] Re: remmina fails to login to ssh using identity file

2013-01-09 Thread Jeff Silverman
I can make the connection using the remmina remote desktop client. However, once the connection is made, the client prompts me for a password. That should not be necessary if I have a public key that matches. ssh public key authentication works fine. This may be an xrdp issue. My settings are

[Bug 1070185] [NEW] [, Realtek ALC892, Green Line Out, Rear] fails after a while. The sounds skips, or repeats itself, or sometimes goes very very fast

2012-10-23 Thread Jeff Silverman
Public bug reported: I observe the problem with gnome movie player, rhythmbox, VLC player, firefox and google chrome. It happens on mp3s, mpegs, and flash. If I run Ubuntu 10.04 in a guest virtual machine, then I do not hear the problem, but synchronization between the video and the audio is

[Bug 1014749] Re: can't read uvcvideo (usb video / webcams) devices

2012-09-15 Thread Jeff Silverman
an older USB card hanging around, which I could install and test with - would that be useful at this point in your process? Jeff SIlverman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014749 Title

[Bug 883683] [NEW] package clamav-getfiles (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 7

2011-10-29 Thread Jeff Silverman
Public bug reported: I was running apt-get install clamav when the getfiles step failed. Now, freshclam doesn't work. jeffs@heavy:~/mwaa/Toms_Disk_Drive/Tom$ sudo freshclam [sudo] password for jeffs: ClamAV update process started at Sat Oct 29 16:09:24 2011 main.cvd is up to date (version: 54,

[Bug 883683] Re: package clamav-getfiles (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 7

2011-10-29 Thread Jeff Silverman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883683 Title: package clamav-getfiles (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit

[Bug 467000] Re: insserv doesn't work with upstart

2010-07-06 Thread Neil Silverman
Thanks for this patch! I need to use Likewise to join my company's AD domain, and the domain join tool uses chkconfig to set up some daemons. This is the exact problem I was having, and the patch fixed it. -- insserv doesn't work with upstart https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467000 You received

[Bug 587392] [NEW] package aiccu 20070115-11 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-05-29 Thread Jeff Silverman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: aiccu While attempting to upgrade from 9.10 to 10.4, the installer reported that my copy of aiccu.conf was different from the one the installer had. I asked to look at the differences between the files, and decided that I liked mine better. At that

[Bug 587392] Re: package aiccu 20070115-11 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-05-29 Thread Jeff Silverman
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49337516/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49337517/VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz ** Attachment added: VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz

Re: [Bug 587392] Re: package aiccu 20070115-11 failed to install/upgrade:

2010-05-29 Thread Jeff Silverman
# Under control from debconf, please use 'dpkg-reconfigure aiccu' to reconfigure username JSP10-SIXXS password XXX protocol tic server tic.sixxs.net tunnel_id T31669 # AICCU Configuration # Login information (defaults: none) #username your nichandle/username #password your password #

Re: [Bug 278141] Re: [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic

2010-04-05 Thread Jeff Silverman
. -- Jeff Silverman Linux sysadmin -- [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 505502] [NEW] Brasero failes writing more than one DVD's

2010-01-10 Thread Silverman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero After a first successful DVD write, Brasero can not write another DVD. It returns an Session error : unknown. I am using Brasero 2.28.2 from Ubuntu Karmic. So, to replicate the bug, you should: - burn a DVD; - manually eject the DVD (automatic

[Bug 505502] Re: Brasero failes writing more than one DVD's

2010-01-10 Thread Silverman
** Attachment added: Brasero session log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37677828/brasero-session.log -- Brasero failes writing more than one DVD's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505502 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 505502] Re: Brasero failes writing more than one DVD's

2010-01-10 Thread Silverman
Uh, I figured it out. It is actually a problem related to Wine. I had an application running in Wine beside Brasero. If I close Wine, Brasero works fine. So, don't bother. It is not a problem anymore. Sorry for this. I don't know how to delete this bug report :D -- Brasero failes writing more

[Bug 192963] Re: Alltray close button minimizes to notification area does not work when window button arrangement has been chagned from default.

2009-12-11 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
Yes, in Ubuntu 9.04, this bug is present as described. I haven't tried it in Ubunut 9.10 yet. My system info: j...@jeff-laptop:~ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 9.04 j...@jeff-laptop:~ alltray -v Alltray version

[Bug 472056] Re: crash trying to build portable .net

2009-11-02 Thread Neil Silverman
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34998671/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: PreprocessedSource.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34998672/PreprocessedSource.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt

[Bug 472056] [NEW] crash trying to build portable .net

2009-11-02 Thread Neil Silverman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gcc-4.4 cvm_call.c: In function '_ILCVMInterpreter': cvm_call.c:2083: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'ILInterlockedIncrement' differ in signedness ../support/interlocked_x86.h:53: note: expected 'ILInt32 *' but argument is of type

[Bug 272083] Re: Zenity windows appear underneath others

2009-04-16 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
This bug still exists in Jaunty Beta as of April 16, 2009. I ran 'apt- get upgrade' just five minutes ago. j...@jeff-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 9.04 j...@jeff-laptop:~$ apt-cache showpkg zenity

[Bug 229952] Re: firefox opens files read-only

2009-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
My take on this issue: I think it should at least be a configurable option somewhere. Whenever I download an OO doc from the web, via FireFox, sometimes it would be nice to just be able to manipulate the document without having to Save As first. There are MANY instances where I want to just take

[Bug 229952] Re: firefox opens files read-only

2009-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
It turns out that I agree with you, Nikolaus, especially given that it seems the issue is on OO's end. Anyway, I found a workaround that is fine for my needs: Click on the Edit this File button in OpenOffice. (Between the PDF icon and the Email icon on the normal toolbar) and it pretty much does

Re: [Bug 313607] Re: Having fatal problems installing 8.10 on a parallel IDE drive

2009-01-05 Thread Jeff Silverman
Kyle Cheung wrote: ** Changed in: installation-report (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed Thank you, Kyle. Is there some way to record the progress of booting the machine onto a floppy or a USB mass storage device? Jeff -- Jeff Silverman Linux sysadmin To get my addresses: perl

[Bug 313607] Re: Having fatal problems installing 8.10 on a parallel IDE drive

2009-01-05 Thread Jeff Silverman
I am trying to install 8.10 using the alternate CD-ROM. The installation starts initially with the 8.10 alternate CD in the IDE CD- RW drive. Then it fails at the next step because it thinks the CD-ROM is not in place. So I had the installation create a debug log on a floppy. But that file is

[Bug 313607] [NEW] Having fatal problems installing 8.10 on a parallel IDE drive

2009-01-03 Thread Jeff Silverman
? Is there a way to log more debuging information to e.g. a floppy disk or a USB thumb drive? uname, /proc/version_signature, dmesg are probably not useful as the system won't install. Or am I missing something? Thank you Jeff Silverman jeffsilverm at gmail dot c0m ** Affects: installation

[Bug 278141] Re: [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic

2009-01-02 Thread Jeff Silverman
going to the DVD writer. Thank you Jeff Silverman jeffsilverm at gmail dot c0m -- [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 278141] Re: [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic

2008-12-27 Thread Jeff Silverman
? Thank you Jeff Silverman jeffsilverm at gmail dot c0m -- [hardy/intrepid] read from IDE with VIA VT82C586A interface causes kernel panic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278141 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

Re: [Bug 276445] Re: Madwifi (atheros) driver malfunction induces a system freeze

2008-12-05 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
Howdy. How can I do this? I am using Ubuntu 8.04 w/NetworkManager as the wifi manager. Should I change this on the wireless access point or on my internal wireless card? thanks. On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Ohms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As already said it isn't necessary to know the

Re: [Bug 276445] Re: Madwifi (atheros) driver malfunction induces a system freeze

2008-12-05 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
Okay, thanks. Well, as it turns out, I already have my access point -- a linksys wrt54gl router, actually -- set to use Channel 1. And I always have, even when I was having problems with this bug (which I am not having anymore only because I disabled wireless :( ) Seeya... On Fri, Dec 5, 2008

Re: [Bug 276445] Re: Madwifi (atheros) driver malfunction induces a system freeze

2008-12-04 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
How can I determine what chipset? On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Thomas Ohms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I don't think it's the be motherboard, but it needs to be something specific. Else we would have even more people complaining about this. Let's see: could everybody who has reported

Re: [Bug 276445] Re: Madwifi (atheros) driver malfunction induces a system freeze

2008-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
How would I go about doing that? What am I looking for? What can I do about it? ( I have a laptop -- Lenovo R61 -- and replacing the mobo isn't really an option) Here is my output from `cat /proc/interrupts`. Notice there is a line with wifi0 in it that also lists usb4, ohci1394 and HDA Intel. Is

[Bug 276445] Re: Madwifi (atheros) driver malfunction induces a system freeze

2008-11-17 Thread Jeffrey Silverman
I am having a very similar problem. Random freezing, but it does seem to be caused by high amounts of network traffic. For example, I can consistently freeze my machine when I do an rsync backup of a large directory (as in 50GB or so) over my LAN to a server machine. I am *pretty* sure that I did

[Bug 201590] [NEW] tac-plus 4.0.4.alpha-14_i386 fails to install on ubuntu gutsy

2008-03-12 Thread Jeff Silverman
user:/home/tac-plus:/bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo egrep tacacs|tac-plus /etc/group /etc/shadow /etc/group:adm:x:4:ubuntu,silverman,tac-plus /etc/group:dialout:x:20:ubuntu,silverman,tac-plus /etc/group:fax:x:21:silverman,tac-plus /etc/group:cdrom:x:24:haldaemon,ubuntu

[Bug 159563] MySQL client improperly checks settings files

2007-11-02 Thread Danny Silverman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mysql-client-5.0 From mysql --help: Default options are read from the following files in the given order: /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf Because /etc/mysql/my.cnf is checked twice and ~/.my.cnf is not the final check, customizations in

[Bug 159563] Re: MySQL client improperly checks settings files

2007-11-02 Thread Danny Silverman
Thanks, yes, this is a 6.06 LTS bug. Reading up on SRUs it appears that this bug doesn't necessarily meet the requirements, but it is somewhat broken functionality and if the package happens to get rebuilt in the future for a more serious reason it would be nice to see this rolled in... --