[Bug 792261] [NEW] Pitivi 0.14.0 does not start on Lucid

2011-06-03 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pitivi I installed pitivi 0.14.0 from the gstreamer ppa. The install completes correctly. However, when I start the program, it displays a dialog box saying: You do not have a recent enough version of the GTK+ Python bindings (currently 2.17.0) Install

[Bug 659112] [NEW] Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rosegarden When I play a project that had a track using the fluidsynth-dssi plugin, that track generates full-volume white noise rather than the intended instrument sound. It is just possible to hear the real sound through the noise. To re-create this

[Bug 659112] Re: Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
Further notes: 1. Audio tracks play as expected. 2. Old projects (from Lucid) have the same problem with fluidsynth-dssi tracks 3. Tracks using xsynth-dssi works correctly. Perhaps it is fluidsynth-dssi that is failing... -- Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

[Bug 659112] Re: Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
Ah-ha, running jack-dssi-host fluidsynth-dssi.so creates the same white-noise sound, so it is not Rosegarden, it is something wrong with fluidsynth-dssi (but not fluidsynth standalone) ** Package changed: rosegarden (Ubuntu) = fluidsynth-dssi (Ubuntu) -- Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud

[Bug 659112] Re: Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
To summarize: 1. start jackd at 48kHz 2. run jack-dssi-host fluidsynth-dssi.so 3. load a sound-font. I used /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2, but had the same problem with all other sound fonts that I tried. 4. press 'Send Test Note' I hear loud white noise, with the proper note just

[Bug 659112] Re: Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
Other dssi plugins (xsynth, wsynth) work properly with jack-dssi-host and rosegarden. -- Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659112 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 659112] Re: Fluidsynth-dssi plugin generates loud white-noise

2010-10-12 Thread Stephen Irons
I un-installed fluidsynth-dssi 1.0.0-2 and installed fluidsynth-dssi 0.9.1-3ubuntu4 from lucid (I just copied the deb file across from another computer; dependencies were still satisfied). Both Rosegarden and jack-dssi-host still give the same raucous white-noise sound. Note that Rosegarden

[Bug 592030] Re: Sony DVD+-RW D-Q58A drive does not recognise DVD-R disks

2010-06-13 Thread Stephen Irons
Installed a new linux kernel $ uname -a Linux leonora 2.6.34-020634-generic #020634 SMP Mon May 17 20:34:55 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux I assume this one is suitable? Anyway, it gives a similar result With no DVD-R in drive: $ sudo /lib/udev/cdrom_id /dev/sr0 ID_CDROM=1 ID_CDROM_CD_R=1

[Bug 592030] Re: Sony DVD+-RW D-Q58A drive does not recognise DVD-R disks

2010-06-13 Thread Stephen Irons
Same failure with Linux leonora 2.6.32-0206321505-generic #0206321505 SMP Wed Jun 2 20:11:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux With all of these kernels (lucid 2.6.32, mainline 2.6.32 and mainline 2.6.34), the drive sits there making occasional noises, but reports nothing to dmesg. -- Sony DVD+-RW D-Q58A

[Bug 592030] [NEW] Sony DVD+-RW D-Q58A drive does not recognise DVD-R disks

2010-06-10 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: This bug is identical to lp:561585 except it applies to a different DVD- RW drive, and the problem still occurs with udev 151-10. This is an old Dell laptop running Lucid all up-to-date to today. 1. The drive recognises CDs correctly 2. It does not recognise DVD-R from my

[Bug 592030] Re: Sony DVD+-RW D-Q58A drive does not recognise DVD-R disks

2010-06-10 Thread Stephen Irons
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50053256/AlsaDevices.txt ** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50053257/AplayDevices.txt ** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50053258/ArecordDevices.txt

[Bug 561585] Re: Blank cd/dvd not recognized [LUCID]

2010-06-10 Thread Stephen Irons
I am experiencing this problem with udev 151-12. I have not tested with previous versions. My bug is different from the one reported by Aatriain above. lp:592030 -- Blank cd/dvd not recognized [LUCID] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561585 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 578530] [NEW] Pitivi audio waveform is inaccurate and changes

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pitivi Hooray, I can now import a long (60+ minutes) audio and video file into pitivi 0.13.4 because the timeout is gone (or something). However, when I import a 60 minute WAV file, the following problems occur with the waveform display of the audio

[Bug 578541] [NEW] Timeline zoom slider is hard to control

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pitivi In Pitivi 0.13.4, it is difficult to control the timeline zoom slider with accuracy because the only control is the slider itself. This becomes very obvious when the movie is longer; I make movies of 60 minutes or more. It would be very nice if

[Bug 578530] Re: Pitivi audio waveform is inaccurate and changes

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen Irons
I have just discovered the Pitivi bugzilla database, and found the waveform changes part has already been reported as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609377 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #609377 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609377 -- Pitivi audio waveform is

[Bug 578541] Re: Timeline zoom slider is hard to control

2010-05-10 Thread Stephen Irons
They certainly do work, now that I know about them. I missed the menu items View Zoom In and View Zoom Out in the obvious place in the menu because, as a newbie, I had just discovered the zoom slider and had not really thought to look for the menu items. Perhaps I would change the bug title to

[Bug 574198] Re: USB flash drive and hard drive are not mounted

2010-05-04 Thread Stephen Irons
Problem found and solved. The internal SSD on my netbook has died, so I boot from a tiny USB flash drive. In order to install, I booted off the netbook live USB image on one USB flash drive and installed onto the tiny USB flash drive. During installation, the destination USB flash drive was given

[Bug 574198] [NEW] USB flash drive and hard drive are not mounted

2010-05-02 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: I have an Acer netbook with a fresh install of Lucid. It does not mount USB flash drives properly: 1. if I plug in a USB drive (flash or HD), it does not appear in Nautilus 2. if I plug in a second USB drive (either type), the second one appears as expected. Provided that

[Bug 387573] Re: Drop-down calendar does not close unless you click on it

2009-07-02 Thread Stephen Irons
My wife is a musician; she uses a computer because she has too, for email, writing program notes, etc. She does not just click around and experiment on the computer, because she is afraid she might break things, even though I have repeated explained that she cannot do any permanent damage. She

[Bug 278674] Re: Ubuntu changes WPA2-password by itself

2009-03-17 Thread Stephen Irons
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 273336 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273336 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 273336 [intrepid] alpha 6 - WPA WPA2 Personal won't authenticate short passwords -- Ubuntu changes WPA2-password by itself

[Bug 273336] Re: [intrepid] alpha 6 - WPA WPA2 Personal won't authenticate short passwords

2009-03-17 Thread Stephen Irons
I have the same problem as described by the original poster. In nm-connection editor, create a new network Connection name: Wireless connection 1 Wireless tab: SSID: Q9PDANE813 Mode: Infrastructure Wireless security tab: Security: WPA WPA2 Personal Password: A12B34C56D78E90F12 OK. Close

[Bug 325593] Re: ffmpeg using libavcodec-unstripped does not encode or decode AMR

2009-02-08 Thread Stephen Irons
Under Hardy, Medibuntu provided *-unstripped, which included support for AMR. Under Intrepid, Medibuntu does not provide ffmpeg or lib*-unstripped anymore. Instead, these packages are available in the multiverse repository, which I installed as suggested in

[Bug 325593] [NEW] ffmpeg using libavcodec-unstripped does not encode or decode AMR

2009-02-04 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Ubuntu Intrepid, updated to 2008-02-03 ffmpeg no longer supports AMR NB or WB. Under Hardy, it used to. The codec seems to be disabled. $ ffmpeg -i MVI_0002.3GP -ar 44100 MVI_0002.mp4 FFmpeg version r11872+debian_3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice

[Bug 197831] Re: Evolution adds in front of the word From

2009-01-14 Thread Stephen Irons
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 187977 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187977 This bug has been reported as a duplicate of lp:187977. However, that bug has been marked as 'Fix released', but the problem reported here still exists. This bug should be marked as a duplicate of lp:160396.

[Bug 160396] Re: Evolution inserts erroneous greater than sign

2009-01-14 Thread Stephen Irons
The bug is marked as Invalid, but the problem reported here still exists in Intrepid, Evolution 2.24.2. The comment above suggests that there is a duplicate, but does not refer to it. It is not a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187977, because that refers to a sign after the

[Bug 194230] Re: Unable to change volumes using sliders

2008-12-16 Thread Stephen Irons
Yes, the speaker and microphone volume control sliders in the Audacity toolbar do not work in Intrepid -- and did not work in Hardy either. I always wondered what they were for... http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Linux_Issues says that you have to build Audacity with ./configure

[Bug 298939] Re: Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly

2008-11-19 Thread Stephen Irons
Reported as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561580 -- Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298939 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 298939] Re: Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Strange, twice now, Epiphany has failed when uploading the file...here it is from Firefox... ** Attachment added: 8s (1.5 Mbyte) .WAV file http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19734926/mozart-rehearsal-3-1-x-1.wav -- Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly

[Bug 298939] Re: Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Perhaps I was just too impatient previously... Totem-xine can play this file, and ffmpeg can process it too. Rhythmbox cannot play this file. The Desktop preview feature plays the file correctly. It seems as though the gstreamer plugin that detects the length of the audio in a .WAV file breaks

[Bug 295408] Re: nautilus expanding the first visible folder after using keyboard to select a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
I have a similar problem trying to select a range of files in a directory with files and subdirectories: 1. click the first file 2. shift-click another file I expect the range of files from the first to the last to be selected. Instead the first subdirectory is expanded. I have raised a separate

[Bug 299121] [NEW] Nautilus expands a subdirectory when shift-clicking on a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus When trying to select a range of files in a directory with a few files and at least one subdirectory as follows: 1. click on the first file 2. shift click on a second file I expect the range of files from the first to the second to be

[Bug 295408] Re: nautilus expanding the first visible folder after using keyboard to select a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Incorrect bug report, should have been lp:299121. (Aside: what on earth is https://bugs.staging.launchpad.net? How does it relate to the normal bugs.launchpad.net? How did I accidentally get onto staging? Grrr, all that time wasted, raising a bug report in staging, adding comments, etc, and it is

[Bug 299121] Re: Nautilus expands a subdirectory when shift-clicking on a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Oh, Ubuntu Intrepid recently updated, Nautilus 2.24.1 A bit more clicking around revealed that it depends on the TIME between pressing shift and clicking. Sometimes, when you press the shift key, the little triangular expander on the first subdirectory turns black for a short while, between a

[Bug 299121] Re: Nautilus expands a subdirectory when shift-clicking on a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
And even more clicking around shows that the little triangular expander stays black as long as the mouse is still. As soon as the mouse moves, the little triangular expander turns white again when you move the mouse. To see this: 1. click on a file 2. move the mouse to a different file -- lift it

[Bug 295408] Re: nautilus expanding the first visible folder after using keyboard to select a file

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Added to bug report 299121: And even more clicking around shows that the little triangular expander stays black as long as the mouse is still. As soon as the mouse moves, the little triangular expander turns white again when you move the mouse. To see this: 1. click on a file 2. move the mouse

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2008-11-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Ah-ha. Brasero does detect a CD-R correctly if you first burn a disk using Rhythmbox. It did the following: 1. booted up and logged on 2. inserted a blank CD-R 3. started Brasero: it gave its usual error about 0:00 min free on the CD-R 4. closed Brasero 5. opened Rhythmbox 6. burned a playlist

[Bug 181703] Re: Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R

2008-11-16 Thread Stephen Irons
Same problem with Intrepid 32 bit: cannot burn a blank CD-R as Brasero reports its size as 0 min. A few days ago, however, I did manage to burn a blank CD-R. There were two differences: 1. I was at work and had an Ethernet network connected, so network manager reported the network as being

[Bug 298939] [NEW] Brasero calculates audio duration incorrectly

2008-11-16 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero 1. Drag a 79.4MB audio file into Brasero (about 7:52 minutes according to Totem). -- It complains that the file is shorter than 6 seconds and will be padded at its end -- It displays the length of the track as 0:06 min -- It updates the time

[Bug 107208] Re: Two USB serial adapters get different /dev/ttyUSBn names after reboot

2008-11-11 Thread Stephen Irons
Original poster: The only real solution is to find a USB serial adapter that includes a serial number: I bought some from Dontronics in Australia. There is no real way to tell from the sales brochures, though. I was just lucky. Spending more money is no guarantee, but it makes it more likely that

[Bug 287689] Re: gthumb --import-photos doesn't work in intrepid without intervention

2008-10-27 Thread Stephen Irons
I have this behaviour too. In Hardy, Nautilus did not mount the PTP device so gThumb could read the camera correctly. In Intrepid, Nautilus does mount the PTP device, so both gThumb and f-spot cannot access the camera. This is also documented in

[Bug 257101] Re: evolution fails to display all message recipients

2008-08-25 Thread Stephen Irons
You could always suggest that Evolution is not conforming to RFC-1123 (Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Application and Support). Specifically, section 1.2.2 Robustness Principle. This is Jon Postel's famous statement: Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send. --

[Bug 178895] Re: Audacity does not mesh with PulseAudio

2008-07-23 Thread Stephen Irons
Using pasuspender works for me -- if a PulseAudio application is already playing (eg Totem or Rhythmbox), then it stops while Audacity is running and automatically starts again when Audacity ends. Great. However, it does not solve the problem of bug 202791 or 231651, in which Audacity cannot open

[Bug 244148] [NEW] brasero displays incorrect track duration

2008-06-30 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: brasero While creating an audio CD, Brasero displayed the wrong track duration and burned a bad disk. First, I added some .WAV files to the brasero audio cd project. I then realised that they needed tweaking, so I re- generated the .WAV files from my

[Bug 244148] Re: brasero displays incorrect track duration

2008-06-30 Thread Stephen Irons
Upstream bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=540993 -- brasero displays incorrect track duration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244148 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 217151] Re: Epiphany prints blank pages

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen Irons
The workaround (changing scale to 100%) works for me -- almost permanently. If I select 'File Print Preview', the preview looks good. However, selecting 'File Print' after that, the scale has changed back to 1%. Changing 'File Page Setup' does not affect the scale. It seems as though 'File

[Bug 207941] Re: Kino does not import AVI file from Canon cameras properly

2008-04-20 Thread Stephen Irons
1. the mencoder solution does indeed work. I guess the solution I would like for this bug report is to have mencoder as a 'suggested' or 'recommended' package. I have no idea how package maintainers go about deciding which packages are suggested or recommended, so I will leave it up to the package

[Bug 196400] Re: Gutsy does not recognise Vodafone 715 phone (Huawei U120)

2008-04-08 Thread Stephen Irons
If you plug a micro SD card into the phone, then plug USB to the computer, the phone offers to become a USB mass storage device, and disable the phone function. After accepting this offer, the PC connects to the phone just like any other USB mass storage device. You can close this bug completely.

[Bug 207941] [NEW] Kino does not import AVI file from Canon cameras properly

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kino Kino 1.1.0 Ubuntu Gutsy When importing a .AVI file from Canon still cameras (both A720IS and an IXUS), the import appears to complete, but the imported DV file is very short (about 2s instead of 30s). It appears that most of the frames have been

[Bug 196400] Re: Gutsy does not recognise Vodafone 715 phone (Huawei U120)

2008-03-02 Thread Stephen Irons
I have not tried Hardy. $ uname -a Linux xx 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Before plugging in phone: $ dmesg [ 40.966310] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 55.190698] eth0: no IPv6 routers present After plugging in phone: $ dmesg [ 40.966310]

[Bug 196400] Re: Gutsy does not recognise Vodafone 715 phone (Huawei U120)

2008-03-02 Thread Stephen Irons
Debugging with the aid of Vodafone PC Assist software and a Windows machine: 1. The phone appears as a serial port using driver ...\system32\DRIVERS\hmvmdm.sys. This file is supplied with the PC Assist software. 2. Typing 'AT' into a terminal emulator gets the response 'OK'. But 'ATDT', 'ATH0'

[Bug 197831] [NEW] Evolution adds in front of the word From

2008-03-02 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution When I receive an email that contains the word 'From' as the first word of a line, Evolution changes this to 'From'. ** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Evolution adds in front of the word From

[Bug 197831] Re: Evolution adds in front of the word From

2008-03-02 Thread Stephen Irons
Evolution 2.12.1 Gutsy, updated to 2008-02-28 Apologies, I see it is already reported: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/160396 -- Evolution adds in front of the word From https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197831 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 197831] Re: Evolution adds in front of the word From

2008-03-02 Thread Stephen Irons
But that bug is marked as Invalid instead of being marked as a duplicate of the original. I cannot find the original... -- Evolution adds in front of the word From https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/197831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 153388] Re: Gusty bluetooth OBEX Push (File receive)

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Irons
I had to install package gnome-bluetooth. This gives you three things: * Send To Bluetooth option in Nautilus * gnome-obex-send, a little UI to send a file to a Bluetooth device. I think the Send To Bluetooth option uses this behind the scenes * Applications Accessories Bluetooth File

[Bug 72033] Re: Install gnome-bluetooth by default to enable receiving files via bluetooth

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Irons
This bug may also solve the following bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/144751 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/153388 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-bluetooth/+bug/157882

[Bug 196400] [NEW] Gutsy does not recognise Vodafone 715 phone (Huawei U120)

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: When I plug in a Vodafone 715 mobile phone...nothing visible happens. I believe this phone support USB storage at least. Gutsy up-to-date 2008-02-28 Details of the phone: It is a Vodafone 715 mobile phone. The OEM model is Huawei U120. $ lsusb Bus 003 Device 005: ID

[Bug 196400] Re: Gutsy does not recognise Vodafone 715 phone (Huawei U120)

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Irons
As an afterthought. Bluetooth works just fine with this phone: OBEX send and receive using Nautilus Send To Bluetooth (gnome-obex-send) and gnome-obex-server. Also, synchronising with OpenSync works. However, Bluetooth is slow when trying to send MP3s to the phone, so it would be nice to have a

[Bug 159171] Rhythmbox does not play mms stream unless started with a terminal

2007-10-31 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rhythmbox If I start Rhythmbox from the Application menu or from a launcher as an application (without terminal), then it does not play an MMS stream at http://202.7.7.90/rnz-cfm (or one or two others that I tried). It pops up a dialog box saying

[Bug 153600] Re: xfs /home cannot be mounted on boot

2007-10-18 Thread Stephen Irons
I have /home on a clean ext3 partition with the same problem (changed /etc/apt/source.list to Gutsy, did a dist-upgrade and now /home does not mount). I can delete /home so it does not seem to be locked at that level. I can create a new partition, but cannot mount /dev/sda4 there either: it

[Bug 153600] Re: xfs /home cannot be mounted on boot

2007-10-18 Thread Stephen Irons
I get this error if I use kernel 2.6.22-14-generic and -386. The problem goes away if I reboot with 2.6.20-16-generic and -386 from Feisty, or 2.6.20-16-realtime. -- xfs /home cannot be mounted on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153600 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 34002] Re: USB soundcard unusable through usb-hub

2007-07-24 Thread Stephen Irons
Same problem with cheapo PU552 USB 3D SOUND adapter with Feisty, kernel version 2.6.20-16-generic. This seems to be the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/28840 Should this be another duplicate of that bug? It already has two... -- USB soundcard unusable

[Bug 83715] Re: local loopback interface isn't brought up on boot

2007-05-16 Thread Stephen Irons
This happens on Fiesty release too. At home, I have no wired network connected; I use GnomePPP to dial in to the ISP. Updated to repositories on 2007-05-14. Kernel 2.6.20-15-generic. Immediately after startup:: $ ping localhost connect: Network is unreachable $ ifconfig eth1 Link

[Bug 107208] Re: Two USB serial adapters get different /dev/ttyUSBn names after reboot

2007-04-25 Thread Stephen Irons
Thanks for the reply.I have read various HowTos and will try them out shortly. However, this is only a partial solution. It depends on having USB- serial adapters from different manufacturers. At work, I have FOUR USB- serial adapters, all made by Bafo, connected to the following devices: * a

[Bug 107208] Two USB serial adapters get different /dev/ttyUSBn names after reboot

2007-04-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: I have a laptop with four USB ports. Into one of these ports is plugged a no-name USB widget with 2 more USB ports, a serial port and a parallel port; I guess there is a USB hub in there also. Into one of these new USB ports, I plug a BAFO USB-serial adapter, so there are two

[Bug 107216] Internet connection via dialup modem connected to PL2303 USB serial port fails after dialling

2007-04-17 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: I have a multi-function USB device with a serial port, a parallel port and two USB ports. A dialup modem is connected to the serial port, which is given the name /dev/ttyUSB0. I have configured GnomePPP to dial using /dev/ttyUSB0. GnomePPP dials correctly, and passes some

[Bug 69581] libsvn-javahl no longer installed after updating from Dapper to Edgy

2006-10-31 Thread Stephen Irons
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libsvn-javahl Under Dapper, I had Eclipse installed with the subclipse plugin to access Subversion repositories. I had the javaHL 'adaptor' installed so that subclipse can use the java API for SVN. I had only the Sun JRE installed, because gij gave very

[Bug 48395] Re: ipw3945 produces 99% cpu, making my laptop unusable

2006-10-31 Thread Stephen Irons
The same 99% CPU, fans full-speed problem occurs on my Dell Inspiron 6400 running Dapper with all updates. I have noticed that the problem is much worse during cold weather. On winter morning, the room temperature was below 5C, and the problem would happen every time it started. If I turned

[Bug 48932] Re: i915_wait_irq error: system hangs while running heavy graphics applications

2006-08-07 Thread Stephen Irons
I have updated my whole system to the latest on the official repositories: * linux-image-2.6.15-26-686 version 2.6.15-26.46 * xserver-xorg-core version 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.1 and downloaded from ubuntu.compiz.net * xserver-xorg-driver-i810 version 1:1.6.0-0ubuntu3 as suggested. * Celestia runs

[Bug 48932] Re: i915_wait_irq error: system hangs while running heavy graphics applications

2006-08-07 Thread Stephen Irons
I see that the official ubuntu repositories have libgl1-mesa version 6.4.1-0ubuntu8 and libglu1-mesa version 6.4.1-0ubuntu8, whereas http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2006/05/msg01108.html talks about mesa 6.5.something. I will wait for this to filter down into ubuntu. -- i915_wait_irq error: