[Bug 1590025] Re: Invalid colour specification for setting diff_cmd (diff) in /etc/colordiffrc

2017-06-01 Thread davee
As per my comment from last year above, I don't believe this is a bug. Setting report as INCOMPLETE. ** Changed in: colordiff (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1590025] Re: Invalid colour specification for setting diff_cmd (diff) in /etc/colordiffrc

2016-06-07 Thread davee
I can not reproduce this bug with the version of colordiff you claim you are using. As far as I can see the error message you have posted can only occur if /etc/colordiffrc has come from a *newer* version of colordiff than your colordiff script itself. In fact, the error you see must have been

[Bug 1161826] Re: smarter handling of redirections and add --color option to override auto settings

2013-03-29 Thread davee
You've submitted a patch against colordiff 1.0.9 which is now very old: further versions aren't making it into Ubuntu yet, because they are stuck awaiting the Debian Wheezy freeze to end. See http://www.colordiff.org/ for the latest actual release 1.0.13 and see

[Bug 1161826] Re: smarter handling of redirections and add --color option to override auto settings

2013-03-29 Thread davee
https://github.com/daveewart/colordiff/pull/6 describes the use cases considered for the previous change which is not quite the same as yours. I'm often finding myself fielding conflicting patches from users with different expectations about how colordiff should behave and that makes progress

[Bug 1161826] Re: smarter handling of redirections and add --color option to override auto settings

2013-03-29 Thread davee
To be honest, I agree with you. There is a history of people using 'less' as the 'program' in your examples, though, which complicates things. I'm closing as WONTFIX, but I like your idea, Manuel, and am going to keep a reference to the specifics: if there's a reason to make future definitive

[Bug 1161826] Re: smarter handling of redirections and add --color option to override auto settings

2013-03-29 Thread davee
I don't have permissions to set this to WONTFIX: can someone who has such permissions please do so? Thanks... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1161826 Title: smarter handling of

[Bug 797095] Re: access denied

2011-09-15 Thread davee
Twitux doesn't look to have been updated since 2009. It's likely, as the original bug reporter said, that Twitux does not support OAUTH which means that Twitux is now useless as a Twitter client unfortunately, which is a shame. According to https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/oauth/faq Twitter

[Bug 401823] Re: Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead

2010-04-30 Thread Davee
Freshly installed Lucid Lynx gives me the warnings (firefox-bin:7011): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead -- Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401823 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 560855] Re: Several Problems with Appearance in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.

2010-04-11 Thread DaveE
I have similar problems with lucid. After a reboot, the desktop comes up without panels. To get them back, I use function keys to invoke gnome- appearance-properties select the High Contrast Inverse theme. After some futzing with the panel's properties location, I can finally get the upper main

[Bug 449893] Re: Values returned by colordiff and diff differ

2009-10-13 Thread davee
You have identified a bug which was fixed in colordiff 1.0.9 - see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=470835 In fact, in your report, you note that the problem does not exist in the most recent version of colordiff. This recent version is included in Karmic. Given that this is the

[Bug 402209] Re: colordiff calls diff in the script

2009-07-29 Thread davee
The recommended way to make typing 'diff' at the console actually call colordiff is to use an alias, as described in an example in the man page. I'm unconvinced that this a problem needing a solution: creating the symlink for 'diff' has caused the problem which is not an issue if an alias is used

[Bug 402209] Re: colordiff calls diff in the script

2009-07-21 Thread davee
Can you explain what circumstances would lead to the situation you describe, such that the fix you supply is required? ... fails when diff is actually colordiff itself doesn't make sense - diff is not colordiff. -- colordiff calls diff in the script https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402209 You

[Bug 396252] Re: Firefox 3.5 (Shiretoko): middle-click on link opens _two_ tabs

2009-07-07 Thread davee
Just updated packages this evening and now have: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090701 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Shiretoko/3.5 The problem seems no longer to occur. asac: For what it's worth, there were no extensions installed - I tested using a fresh profile. There may

[Bug 396252] [NEW] Firefox 3.5 (Shiretoko): middle-click on link opens _two_ tabs

2009-07-06 Thread davee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.5 I use middle-click on links to open them in new tabs. Since I installed the Firefox 3.5 packages recently, using middle-click opens _two_ tabs, both with the same content (i.e. the content of the link). If instead one right-clicks on the

[Bug 355509] Re: NM OpenVPN applet won't store Local IP address, simple config using static shared key

2009-05-04 Thread davee
May 4 21:11:32 NetworkManager: WARN nm_vpn_connection_connect_cb(): VPN connection 'myvpn' failed to connect: 'Missing required local IP address for static key mode.'. That's the pertinent line. The GUI for managing the VPN config fails to store the local IP address; this error is correctly

[Bug 269071] Re: Intrepid regression: default route is no longer redirected over VPN tunnel

2009-04-10 Thread davee
@Leprechaun: There must be more to it than that, because I see exactly the same options for openvpn in the 'ps' output for openvpn, but with a *working* redirect. As has been mentioned in some previous comments, I found that setting the option Ignore automatically obtained routes sets the local

[Bug 264144] Re: NetworkManager VPN configuration export does not work

2009-04-08 Thread davee
The correct upstream bug is http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573987 not 551939 - the Gnome bugs were re-organised. The new bug is to implement import/export, i.e. it's just not implemented at all right now. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #573987

[Bug 355509] [NEW] NM OpenVPN applet won't store Local IP address, simple config using static shared key

2009-04-05 Thread davee
Public bug reported: Ubuntu Intrepid. I installed openvpn and network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn0.7~~svn20081015t024626-0ubuntu1 openvpn2.1~rc11-1ubuntu2 I can create a VPN tunnel 'by hand' using appropriate config files and

[Bug 323662] [NEW] twitux: Messages are truncated on initial application load

2009-01-31 Thread davee
Public bug reported: Twitux 0.62 on Intrepid. When application is intially loaded, messages (tweets) are displayed in an unexpanded form, meaning that some messages are truncated. This happens even with the Expand messages option set. This is not a major problem: if one manually reloaded via

[Bug 323662] Re: twitux: Messages do not expand on initial application load

2009-01-31 Thread davee
Actually, I've misunderstood the 'expand messages' tag. (It shows the messages at the base of the application when you click on them, and is not related to whether the messages in the timeline are truncated or otherwise. The bug stands, however. Messages are initially truncated on application

[Bug 102604] Re: Konqueror and Firefox freeze (flash's fault?) on Kubuntu Feisty

2008-10-04 Thread davee
I think the symptoms went away upon upgrading to Hardy, actually. At least, in my case it did. This may mean that the issue was related to a Firefox upgrade... -- Konqueror and Firefox freeze (flash's fault?) on Kubuntu Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102604 You received this bug

[Bug 248917] Re: Colordiff misses one line of output or eats enf-of-line

2008-08-18 Thread davee
I can't reproduce this in in Hardy/amd64 or Hardy/i386, using the exact test files you provide. It would be helpful to exclude a hardware/memory fault on your machine, Alexander. Have you run a (prolonged) memtest? -- Dave (colordiff author) -- Colordiff misses one line of output or eats

[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2008-02-12 Thread davee
What's this concern about losing sudo access? The comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/8980/comments/20 is the first time it has been mentioned here. -- hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8980 You received this bug notification

[Bug 8980] Re: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN

2008-02-11 Thread davee
Wow this is a 4-year old bug! and still Confirmed Ubuntu is dealing with 'enterprise-grade servers' and we have a bug about /etc/hosts ??? How is this a helpful comment? Do you have further information about this bug? Does it still happen in a fresh install of recent release? I'm guessing

[Bug 102604] Re: Konqueror and Firefox freeze (flash's fault?) on Kubuntu Feisty

2008-01-05 Thread davee
This problem is not specific to the version of Flash, nor the version of Firefox. I have two Gutsy installs (one on a desktop, one on a laptop): both have the same version of Firefox and the same Flash plugin. The desktop does *not* have the problem described in this bug. The laptop *does*: the

[Bug 84899] Re: SSH with GSSAPIAuthentication option on SSH servers are very slow

2007-08-28 Thread davee
Further to my comment on 2007-08-23, I have more information. The misbehaviour clearly relates to non-ssh packages/config on the client system in question. I have two Feisty installs, both acting as clients to an OpenBSD server. One connects happily, the other hangs at SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent

[Bug 84899] Re: SSH with GSSAPIAuthentication option on SSH servers are very slow

2007-08-23 Thread davee
I see the same symptoms as Izzy, except my VMware system is OpenBSD. I cannot SSH in either direction. I can, however, SSH via an intermediate other system (Debian/Etch). i.e. Feisty - OpenBSD - FAILS OpenBSD - Feisty - FAILS Feisty - Etch - OpenBSD - OK -- SSH with GSSAPIAuthentication

[Bug 47885] Re: Mouse cursor 'sticks' on screen 2 of dual head display

2007-02-21 Thread davee
I've just hit this bug following an upgrade from Dapper to Edgy. I'm seeing exactly the symptoms that Ivan describes in the initial description. I'm using a dual-head fglrx setup. I'm happy to test/try things to chase this one... The problem is not specific to the ati driver, I think. --

[Bug 66940] Re: Psi version string presents as Debian testing/unstable on Dapper

2006-10-27 Thread davee
Further comment, just to clarify/update: Psi in Edgy (version 0.10-2ubuntu2) has the above symptoms: the version string presents as Debian GNU/Linux (testing/unstable). -- Psi version string presents as Debian testing/unstable on Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/66940 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 66940] Psi version string presents as Debian testing/unstable on Dapper

2006-10-19 Thread davee
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: psi Psi under Dapper presents a version string of 0.10: Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable. This should probably be something Ubuntu-specific. Looking at the source, in src/common.cpp Psi determines its OS and flavour by looking for various pertinent

[Bug 66940] Re: Psi version string presents as Debian testing/unstable on Dapper

2006-10-19 Thread davee
http://flyspray.psi-im.org/task/420 - just spotted this (not-yet- implemented) upstream enhancement to Psi which uses lsb_release to determine the OS/flavour. Given that it returns sensible values under Ubuntu: $ lsb_release --id --codename --release --short Ubuntu 6.06 dapper if this change is

[Bug 38183] Re: KOrganizer has no SAVE menu item or SAVE button

2006-10-16 Thread davee
This problem seems to have gone away at some time since my original report. Saves to local calendar files are now automatic and instant, at least with version 3.5.2-0ubuntu6 - this seems to be the correct and expected behaviour in the absence of an explicit SAVE button! I consider this bug