[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

2015-01-02 Thread msth67
To clarify, which one of the proposed workarounds fixes the issue ? Does fixing in this case mean that no separate /boot partition is needed ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311247

[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

2014-07-19 Thread msth67
Here's another strange fact:I've also experimented with a Grub live cd (Super grub 2disk) and a Grub recovery cd made with grub-mkrescue,they both have troubles finding the partitions on the disk. There are three in total: /boot partition /root partition /swap partition all of them are primary.

[Bug 1289977] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found

2014-07-19 Thread msth67
I can't believe that anyone may chalk this up to a supposedly incorrect setup:as many others have reported,I've just done a clean install (Lubuntu Trusty) from CD to a new hard drive,the installation process finished normally and then the system could not be booted,period. After fiddling with

[Bug 1046563] Re: update-manager never appears on lubuntu precise trusty

2014-07-18 Thread msth67
I still can't get this to work in my current installation of Lubuntu 14.04:I've set all available updates to be displayed immediately,added update-notifier to start up applications,and yet no notifications are ever visible. So far,the only way to find updates has been to manually launch the

[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

2014-07-18 Thread msth67
Follow up to my comment #69 : what is triggering the random READ ERROR message is apparently rebooting the system:cold boot does now (kinda) work with a separate boot partition and the workaround from comment #53 to hide the error message,however attempting to reboot the system often triggers this

[Bug 454566] Re: False positive for SucKit

2014-07-17 Thread msth67
Following comment #30,I've also verified the md5sum of my /sbin/init with the original package on http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and they do match. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to chkrootkit in Ubuntu.

[Bug 454566] Re: False positive for SucKit

2014-07-17 Thread msth67
Following comment #30,I've also verified the md5sum of my /sbin/init with the original package on http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and they do match. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454566

[Bug 454566] Re: False positive for SucKit

2014-07-14 Thread msth67
Same here on Lubuntu 14.04 : on a new install chkrootkit reports Warning: /sbin/init INFECTED but then there's no evidence of this with repeated passes of unhide and rkhunter. Apparently,also running chkrootkit -x and chkrootkit -x does not report the infection,as far as I can see. -- You

[Bug 454566] Re: False positive for SucKit

2014-07-14 Thread msth67
Same here on Lubuntu 14.04 : on a new install chkrootkit reports Warning: /sbin/init INFECTED but then there's no evidence of this with repeated passes of unhide and rkhunter. Apparently,also running chkrootkit -x and chkrootkit -x does not report the infection,as far as I can see. -- You

[Bug 1081019] Re: Benchmark for Harddisk fail

2014-07-12 Thread msth67
I can report the same issue in Lubuntu 14.04 32 bit:trying to benchmark my SSD fails after few seconds with the message: #benchmark error (read only)# Error seeking to offset 2329718784 (g-io-error-quark, 13) Interestingly,I've tried with a live CD of Lucid 10.04 and it can perform the

[Bug 1046563] Re: update-manager never appears on lubuntu precise trusty

2014-07-11 Thread msth67
I can see this bug on a new install of Lubuntu 14.04:no notifications for updates are ever seen,even if there's indeed hundreds of packages to be updated (easily verified either manually launching the GUI update manager or with apt-get -s upgrade) and update-notifier has been added to start

[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

2014-07-09 Thread msth67
Just a clarification,the error message when trying to reinstall Grub in the first case (I was able to boot the system but then it was not possible to reinstall grub from the running system with the usual sudo grub-install /dev/sdX command.) was: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be

[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

2014-07-08 Thread msth67
I've run into this issue after installing Lubuntu 14.04 32 bit on an old laptop upgraded with a new 64GB SSD:the disk had first been partitioned with only a primary root partition (ext4) and swap, the installation process apparently went normally,then after installing the system I did get this

[Bug 862430] Re: window flicker for a short time after switching workspaces

2013-12-07 Thread msth67
It works for me too:now cube is back,I just followed the instructions,dropped libcube.so in ~/.compiz-1/plugins,logged out and then in again,and it works-with just the slightest hint of flicker maybe,but it could be my ATI card as well,or the AMD proprietary driver,who knows. Thanks a lot

[Bug 933776] Re: [regression] scale/spread: Initiate Window Picker for All Windows does not show all windows. It shows only windows from current workspace.

2013-09-16 Thread msth67
This fix works perfectly in Mint 13 64 bit Mate edition,I can also set custom keyboard shortcuts in Compiz preferences to see windows from all workspaces,no issues-just a note,in my case logging in again via Mint's new login didn't do the trick,a full reboot was needed to have things working. As

[Bug 933776] Re: [regression] scale/spread: Initiate Window Picker for All Windows does not show all windows. It shows only windows from current workspace.

2013-04-10 Thread msth67
Apart from Initiate Window Picker For All Windows being still broken to date,I would also point out that,once the plugin action (for a single window,obviously...) is initiated,the right-click (or button 3 ) click to exit the plugin doesn't work as it used to in previous compiz versions,which is

[Bug 1164741] [NEW] Consider extending support for Lucid 10.04.4 LTS

2013-04-04 Thread msth67
Public bug reported: Now that Ubuntu Lucid 10.0.4 has almost reached the end of its life- cycle,considering how much of a dramatic change would be the upgrade to the current 12.04 LTS release,would it be possible to consider an extension of its support,although strictly limited to security

[Bug 1036252] Re: Firefox profile directory not accessible from about:support in LMDE (Linux Mint Debian)

2013-03-21 Thread msth67
** Summary changed: - Firefox profile directory not accessible from about:support in LMDE + Firefox profile directory not accessible from about:support in LMDE (Linux Mint Debian) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 852923] Re: gnome-raw-thumbnailer doesn't do anything

2013-02-12 Thread msth67
In reply to comment #28 : does this fix currently work with the Mate desktop environment ? I've been trying with Mint 12,Mint 13 and Mint Debian and I can't see any raw (Cr2) thumbnail at all,furthermore according to this issue https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-file-manager/issues/21 , Mate

[Bug 875906] Re: gthumb generate empty previews (thumbnails) for cr2 files

2013-02-11 Thread msth67
Bug still existent in Linux Mint 13 and Mint Debian,gThumb can open and display CR2 files but no thumbnails are visible (this actually applies not only to CR2 Canon raw image files but to also to other (possibly all ?) comparable image formats from other camera makers. -- You received this bug

[Bug 852923] Re: gnome-raw-thumbnailer doesn't do anything

2012-12-27 Thread msth67
I've tried this workaround as described in comment 28 both in Mint 13 Mate and Mint Debian Mate,it doesn't work for me,still no thumbnails whatsoever for raw photo files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1036252] Re: Firefox profile directory not accessible from about:support in LMDE

2012-12-09 Thread msth67
I've reported this bug referring to Linux mintdebian (LMDE),and yes,it is still there with any Firefox version I've tried so far,including the current 17.0.01,even in safe mode: the Open Directory button in about:support doesn't work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 267913] Re: hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj

2012-09-16 Thread msth67
I'm using the kernel 3.0.0-20-generic #34 on LUCID and I 've found this bug after searching for the following message : ubuntu-desktop kernel: [ 22.983587] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj. that I've noticed after being forced to shut