[Bug 375264] Re: GM965/GL960: video and compiz issues after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Update: *significant* improvement after enabling UXA accel mode. I can now watch most Flash video in full screen; 3D Compiz plugins "Rotate Cube" and "Shuffle Switcher" work perfectly. I've kept UXA enabled and have not noticed and issues, with stability or otherwise. I'll continue to run it and re

[Bug 388909] Re: [karmic-alpha-2] gparted is accidentally installed by ubiquity

2009-06-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Hi, After a fresh install of Karmic Alpha 2, I've noticed a bunch of packages 'left behind' by the installer. These packages were *not* present on a second machine, which is running karmic but was upgraded twice from an intrepid install. Looking at /var/log/apt on both machines, it seems that int

[Bug 395425] [NEW] Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works.

2009-07-03 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubiquity At the end of the installation, I am taken to the live desktop. This strikes me as weird later, but now I simply reboot into a fully working new grub and karmic partition. Much later, I notice that ubiquity, casper, gparted and other packages tha

[Bug 395425] Re: Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works.

2009-07-03 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Attachment added: "Casper.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28679562/Casper.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28679563/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: "UbiquityDebug.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28679564/UbiquityDebug.gz ** Attachmen

[Bug 395425] Re: Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works.

2009-07-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I've just reproduced yet again, with the broken drive removed. There are two good drives, and I've used 'Use entire disk' on sda. It looks like this is a "duplicate" of #260001 (ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader() ). However, unlike that bug, I'm using the 'Use entir

[Bug 395425] Re: Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works.

2009-07-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I should also note that the crash notification appeared at least a minute into the live desktop session ... -- Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395425 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 395425] Re: Installer silently crashed at the end. Not obvious - installed system works.

2009-07-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
ubu...@ubuntu:/var/log/installer$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00047255 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 *

[Bug 375264] [NEW] GM965/GL960: video and compiz issues after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-11 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel Like others, I began having issues with Intel graphics after upgrading intrepid to jaunty. I happen to be lucky in that mine are not severe compared to others. If I can in any way help speed the fixes along, by testing new code or

[Bug 375264] Re: GM965/GL960: video and compiz issues after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-11 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Attachment added: "LsHal.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26620449/LsHal.txt ** Attachment added: "LsMod.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26620450/LsMod.txt ** Attachment added: "LsPci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26620451/LsPci.txt ** Attachment added: "XorgConf.txt" h

[Bug 375264] Re: GM965/GL960: video and compiz issues after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-11 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Oh, I had just tried to roll this package to the 2.4.1 version, as per this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4 Interestingly, it didn't seem to have any perceptible effect. I'll move back to the jaunty 2.6.3 package now. I'd just realized this would affect any pac

[Bug 375264] Re: [i965] GM965/GL960: video and compiz issues after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-17 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I am happy to report that almost everything works great after enabling UXA. The performance problems are gone, and no stability issues or memory leaks have surfaced. Suspend and hibernation work fine. Specifically, I added this single line to xorg.conf: < Option "AccelMethod" "UXA" Driver ve

[Bug 1264798] [NEW] whoopsie spamming syslog

2013-12-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Fresh install of saucy amd64 on a previously error-free raring machine. In /var/log/syslog: Dec 28 23:50:11 vane whoopsie[1098]: online Dec 28 23:51:12 whoopsie[1098]: last message repeated 5 times Dec 28 23:52:17 whoopsie[1098]: last message repeated 5 times Dec 28 23:53:

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-12-29 Thread Nathan Dorfman
It turns out that there's an even better way to install all versions of Ubuntu, including 13.10, using a USB stick. It's easy, doesn't affect any existing files on the USB drive, and offers maximum flexibility at boot using grub. In my opinion it should be the first and foremost recommended install

[Bug 1084378] Re: [Feature] RDRAND enabling for rngd

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Hello. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this implementation is broken in a subtle but important way: When adding the data returned from rdrand to the system entropy pool, using the RNDADDENTROPY ioctl on /dev/random, it sets the entropy count equal to the buffer size. In other words, claimi

[Bug 1221356] [NEW] hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Following the Ubuntu 13.04 Installation Guide's USB install instructions for amd64 at https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/installation- guide/amd64/ch04s03.html#usb-copy-flexible doesn't work, it seems. I guess not many people are using the hd-media + ISO install method? The ISO is

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Sorry, I think this is the right package now, yes? ** Package changed: debian-installer (Ubuntu) => anna (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221356 Title: hd-media installer rej

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'm using the right files, here the local sha1sums: 3eb9f59aab6e6c8714b98cb8553f9c8ac9a5bcbd boot/ubuntu/raring/amd64/hd-media/initrd.gz 552b3d59f14b0ec9787af84e4f9527bd1966d51a boot/ubuntu/raring/amd64/hd-media/vmlinuz ffed440f1dc1b43d9c170bd21e5ff669a59447f8 isos/ub

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-05 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I just tried this with saucy beta1 (gnome edition, as the unity one isn't available yet), with the same result: Sep 5 22:40:11 iso-scan: ISOS_FOUND='[sdf1] /isos/ubuntu-gnome-13.10-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso (saucy - 13. 10)' Sep 5 22:40:11 iso-scan: Selected ISO: /isos/ubuntu-gnome-13.10-beta1-d

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-06 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Thanks. If there is anything else I can do, let me know. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221356 Title: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO To manage notifications about th

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-06 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Well, I just discovered that the debian wheezy iso has those main /debian-installer files, so I bet their installer would work. I'll try it. This must have something to do with the old alternate install CD, no? I bet they used to have these files as well, and were needed to work with the hd-media

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-06 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Yep, the 12.04 alternate iso has these files: dists/precise% ls -lR main/debian-installer main/debian-installer: total 2 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Aug 20 18:46 binary-amd64 main/debian-installer/binary-amd64: total 47 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 47446 Aug 20 18:46 Packages.gz dists/precise% fgrep -c

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-07 Thread Nathan Dorfman
So what is the "right way" to install Ubuntu from a USB stick going forward? Or is only burning it to a disc supported now? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1221356 Title: hd-media inst

[Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-07 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Nevermind, I see the GUI creator tool now. FWIW, this way had a nice advantage -- instead of overwriting the stick each time, you could have as many ISOs and installers as you wanted, all on the existing vfat filesystem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 1325801] Re: failed to boot from USB disk with error: gfxboot.c32: not a COM32R Image boot:

2016-08-11 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I had this problem with the 16.04.1 desktop amd64 stick I made on my 14.04 system, but I just had to enter "live" at the prompt to boot into the live desktop and install as normal. After doing that and booting into the new live system, it was also easy to "fix" the USB stick permanently with the n

[Bug 1612895] [NEW] Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-08-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: First boot after a fresh install of 16.04 from the 16.04.1 amd64 desktop ISO, with 'download updates' enabled. This is alongside an existing 14.04 installation, which continues to work flawlessly. In particular, this issue cannot be reproduced there. (I've installed the -lts-x

[Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-08-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I also took an ubuntu-bug --save of xorg. Trying to update this report with it didn't work (apport-cli -u tells me I must use apport-collect, which has no option to use an existing save file), but it is attached in its raw form. ** Attachment added: "bug2.apport" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubu

[Bug 1612901] [NEW] Slightly misleading warning after manual partition selection

2016-08-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: This might be too minor to even be worth mentioning, but I just happened to notice that it wasn't quite correct. When installing Ubuntu (using the 16.04.1 desktop amd64 ISO), I selected the 'something else' option for manual partitioning, then did only the following two thing

[Bug 1612901] Re: Slightly misleading warning after manual partition selection

2016-08-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Sorry, not sure how I managed to mark this as package linux. Hopefully I've correctly fixed it to fall under ubiquity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1612901 Title: Slightly misleading

[Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-08-16 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Forgot to mention: in the kern.log attached above, there are some new messages with the 4.8.0-rc2 kernel that weren't present with 4.4.0-31: Aug 15 18:47:06 panzer kernel: [ 310.233191] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out Thes

[Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-08-16 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it's at least as bad with the new kernel; maybe worse. So first of all, "2nd login" doesn't reproduce the issue 100% reliably after all. I tested one last time with kernel 4.4.0-31, and the same exact problem occurred again, but on the 3rd, not 2nd login.

[Bug 1613751] [NEW] NM and gnome-session seem to be syslogging with facility KERN

2016-08-16 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: NetworkManager's copious syslog output is for some reason making its way into my /var/log/kern.log file. This includes a couple dozen lines at startup and a similar amount when connecting to WiFi with DHCP. The NM man page states that the default facility should be DAEMON, a

[Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-08-16 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Forgot to mention: in the kern.log attached above, there are some new messages with the 4.8.0-rc2 kernel that weren't present with 4.4.0-31: Aug 15 18:47:06 panzer kernel: [ 310.233191] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:26:pipe A] flip_done timed out Thes

[Bug 1614263] [NEW] Laptop sometimes doesn't resume after suspend

2016-08-17 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Most of the time, everything works fine, but every 5 or 10 suspends or so I can't resume. Normally the laptop resumes on any keypress. On these occasions, no keypresses, Ctrl-Alt-Dels, or power button presses have any effect. The power button continues to blink slowly indicati

[Bug 1326536] Re: libvirt's dnsmasq setup will read /etc/hosts on the host, resulting in odd resolution behaviour on the VM

2017-03-18 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I had the same problem (on 16.04.02) and came up with a rather dirty, but quick and effective workaround. Simply remove the libvirt-dnsmasq user's ability to read /etc/hosts: sudo setfacl -m user:libvirt-dnsmasq:--- /etc/hosts The libvirt dnsmasq instances will syslog a complaint when they s

[Bug 1613751] Re: NM and gnome-session seem to be syslogging with facility KERN

2017-03-21 Thread Nathan Dorfman
This is actually getting worse in Debian stretch, and there affects almost 2 dozen packages, so it might not even be the packages' (NetworkManager, gnome-session) fault. Anyway, https://bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858399 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #858399 http://bugs.

[Bug 1670875] [NEW] "Fake" transparency, w/ Flashback session and non-compositing WM, no longer works

2017-03-07 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: In Ubuntu 14.04 and earlier, gnome-terminal's transparent background option works well with gnome-session-flashback and a non-compositing window manager. I actually use xmonad, but metacity --no-composite shows the same behavior: instead of real transparency, the portion of th

[Bug 1670875] Re: "Fake" transparency, w/ Flashback session and non-compositing WM, no longer works

2017-03-07 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Nevermind, it looks like support for background images in terminal widgets has been removed altogether, as explained here- https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1635704 ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1671355] [NEW] Outdated gnome-session files break System Settings menu

2017-03-08 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: The System Settings menu stopped working since Trusty. The reason is that the included gnome-session files are out of date: they use gnome- settings-daemon, but the required gnome-control-center is no longer installed by default. While installing that package makes it "work,"

[Bug 1671991] [NEW] init 1 locks you out of system immediately when run from virtual console

2017-03-10 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: I don't think it's just me, as I'm able to reproduce this on 2 physical systems as well as a vanilla qemu/kvm instance, immediately after fresh installs from both ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso and ubuntu-16.04.2 -desktop-amd64.iso When I run 'sudo init 1' or 'sudo telinit

[Bug 1671991] Re: init 1 locks you out of system immediately when run from virtual console

2017-03-10 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Attachment added: "Ubuntu-init1-fail-2017-03-10_22:40:50.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1671991/+attachment/4835768/+files/Ubuntu-init1-fail-2017-03-10_22%3A40%3A50.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subs

[Bug 1671991] Re: init 1 locks you out of system immediately when run from virtual console

2017-03-10 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Oops, I ran ubuntu-bug on 'init' instead of '/bin/init'. If I need to redo it to get more detailed logs, please let me know and I will. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1671991 Title: i

[Bug 1613751] Re: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything

2017-03-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Summary changed: - NM and gnome-session seem to be syslogging with facility KERN + journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything ** Package changed: gnome-session (Ubuntu) => systemd (Ubuntu) ** Bug watch added: github.com/systemd/systemd/issues #5640 https://github.com/syst

[Bug 1613751] Re: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything

2017-03-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #837893 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837893 ** Also affects: systemd (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837893 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 1326536] Re: libvirt's dnsmasq setup will read /etc/hosts on the host, resulting in odd resolution behaviour on the VM

2017-03-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Right, my hack is almost the same as --no-hosts, it just doesn't require patching libvirt. Do you need that entry in your /etc/hosts? If you have a real DNS name, you might not need it at all. If not, but you have a static IP address, you could use that in the hosts file instead of 127.0.1.1. --

[Bug 1613751] Re: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything

2017-03-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** No longer affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613751 Title: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1677027] [NEW] installer silently assumed EFI using removable drive's partition

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: This issue was seen with the Ubuntu 16.04.1 and .2 desktop amd64 ISOs. When the installer boots in EFI mode on a legacy BIOS system, it normally presents the user with the choice of installing in legacy mode or creating a new EFI partition, etc. However, if any existing EFI

[Bug 1677034] Re: superfluous unmount prompts before installation, especially with grub isoboot

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Forgot to mention, this was observed with the 16.04.1 and .2 desktop amd64 isos. ** Description changed: + [edit: Observed with Ubuntu 16.04.1 and .2 desktop amd64 ISOs] + 1. When using grub isoboot and the iso-scan boot parameter, the partition containing the ISO file is mounted at /isodevi

[Bug 1677034] [NEW] superfluous unmount prompts before installation, especially with grub isoboot

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: [edit: Observed with Ubuntu 16.04.1 and .2 desktop amd64 ISOs] 1. When using grub isoboot and the iso-scan boot parameter, the partition containing the ISO file is mounted at /isodevice and then /isodevice/.../ubuntu-whatever.iso is loopback-mounted at /cdrom. However, the gr

[Bug 1677082] [NEW] after suspend and bg, normally running pipeline job labeled "unknown signal (core dumped)"

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: When a pipeline job is suspended and then backgrounded, 'jobs -l' incorrectly lists the status of all but the first command in the pipeline. For example: % cp /dev/null /tmp/emptyfile && tail -F /tmp/emptyfile | fgrep hello | sed 's/^/received: /' ^Z zsh: suspended tail -F

[Bug 1677027] Re: installer silently assumed EFI using removable drive's partition, breaking grub isoboot

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Summary changed: - installer silently assumed EFI using removable drive's partition + installer silently assumed EFI using removable drive's partition, breaking grub isoboot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1671991] Re: systemctl rescue leaves system inaccessible unless run from within active desktop session

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Summary changed: - init 1 locks you out of system immediately when run from virtual console + systemctl rescue leaves system inaccessible unless run from within active desktop session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 1671991] Re: systemctl rescue leaves system inaccessible unless run from within active desktop session

2017-03-28 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Debian stretch has the opposite issue: there, rescue only works if no desktop session is active. Otherwise, whether systemctl is run from within that session or not, the console is left completely unusable; not even Ctrl+Alt+Del works. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858162 exist

[Bug 1662137] Re: 16.04 recovery shell works only for two minutes

2017-03-29 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Although I couldn't reproduce it in a VM, this reliably happens on both of my hardware installs, an old Thinkpad and an Asus Z87-based desktop. The recovery shell is completely unusable. Luckily Ctrl+Alt+Del still reboots the system cleanly. The workaround seems to be to boot directly to the syste

[Bug 1677082] Re: after suspend and bg, normally running pipeline job labeled "unknown signal (core dumped)"

2017-03-29 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #859070 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859070 ** Also affects: zsh via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859070 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer affects: zsh ** Also affects: zsh (Debian) via

[Bug 1613751] Re: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything

2017-03-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Same issue exists in Zenial. However, the fix has just been merged into upstream master. It's a trivial one-line change. ** Tags added: zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613751 Tit

[Bug 1613751] Re: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything

2017-03-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Ugh, I meant Zesty in my previous comment, not "Zenial." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613751 Title: journald forwards to syslog with facility=KERN on everything To manage notifica

[Bug 1677082] Re: after suspend and bg, normally running pipeline job labeled "unknown signal (core dumped)"

2017-10-19 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Fixed in upstream versions 5.4+ and debian-testing ** Changed in: zsh Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1677082 Title: after suspend and bg, normally

Re: [Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-09-01 Thread Nathan Dorfman
nstall and then upgrading X (as well as the kernel)? On Thu, Sep 1, 2016, 11:41 Christopher M. Penalver < christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nathan Dorfman, to keep this relevant to upstream, one would want to > test the latest mainline kernel (now 4.8-rc4) as it is released.

[Bug 1612895] Re: Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins

2016-10-18 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Sorry for the delay. I've just installed the apparent latest kernel, which is v4.9-rc1. So far, I haven't been able to reproduce the problem with it, unlike previous kernels 4.8-rc2 and 4.4.0-{31,34,43}. Looks like it might be fixed! ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confi

[Bug 1491969] [NEW] Search extensions from addons.mozilla.org can't be installed

2015-09-03 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: This seems to be a bug in the Ubuntu version of Firefox -- started with a Mozilla ticket here https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166508 The short version is that search extensions from addons.mozilla.org fail to install with the error "Sorry, you need a Mozilla-bas

[Bug 1069793] Re: Can't install search engines (Tramples over window.external)

2015-09-04 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Bug also exists in fresh installation of 14.04.3. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069793 Title: Can't install search engines (Tramples over window.external) To manage notifications a

Re: [Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Dmitrijs-- it's not as simple as you make it out to be. dding an image over the USB stick requires a stick dedicated to the install, since it will overwrite whatever filesystem was there before. The hd-media installer on the other hand lets you just add/remove ISO files to the existing filesystem a

Re: [Bug 1221356] Re: hd-media installer rejects official raring ISO

2013-09-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Oh, we all agree that it doesn't work. :) I may have misread your comment, but it sounded to me like you were saying "the dd method is just as good," which as I see it would just not be correct. Even if we (reasonably) conclude that one of the methods isn't worth supporting because of simple lack o

[Bug 1069793] Re: Can't install search engines (Tramples over window.external)

2015-09-11 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I ended up removing all four addons from my system (since they seem to be unmaintained and/or deprecated); here are the package names: xul-ext-ubufox - Ubuntu modifications for Firefox xul-ext-unity - Firefox extension: Unity Integration xul-ext-webaccounts - Ubuntu Online Accounts extension for f

[Bug 1001842] Re: No Audio from HDMI After Switching Monitor Off / On

2014-12-03 Thread Nathan Dorfman
I'm having the same problem in Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS using on-board Intel graphics, no binary drivers in sight. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001842 Title: No Audio from HDMI After Swi

[Bug 1217407] Re: whoopsie spams the log with "online" messages

2014-11-25 Thread Nathan Dorfman
On an up to date 14.04 LTS system, I have what I guess is a mild remnant of the original bug? syslog.1:Nov 23 14:45:36 vane whoopsie[1280]: message repeated 73 times: [ offline] syslog.1:Nov 24 08:33:59 vane whoopsie[1280]: online syslog.1:Nov 24 08:34:01 vane whoopsie[1280]: message repeated 3 t

[Bug 1349011] Re: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-11-25 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Description changed: There is an actively maintained NetworkManager L2TP VPN plugin, available as an Ubuntu package here: https://launchpad.net/~seriy- pr/+archive/ubuntu/network-manager-l2tp. Hopefully it will be a part of Ubuntu soon. Like nm-pptp-service, it needs an exception i

[Bug 1349011] Re: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-11-25 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Thanks Thomas, I see that your change has made it to vivid (Ubuntu 15.04). Could this fix be considered for trusty-updates? Without it, users of the L2TP plugin are faced with a rather subtle, but quite undesirable behavior: all DNS queries go to the VPN nameservers, even if the VPN is not a defa

[Bug 1349011] Re: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-11-27 Thread Nathan Dorfman
> \o/ Thanks again :) > That is in most cases the *desired* behavior, On today's systems, I don't think so. Debian and Ubuntu run a dnsmasq instance by default, with the only nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf being 127.0.1.1. Rather than overwrite this local caching server with any remote one, it m

[Bug 1349011] Re: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-11-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Branch linked: lp:~ndorf/ubuntu/trusty/resolvconf/fix_lp_1349011 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349011 Title: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts To manage

[Bug 1349011] Re: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-11-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
** Changed in: resolvconf (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349011 Title: nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts T

[Bug 1217407] Re: whoopsie spams the log with "online" messages

2014-07-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Well, I guess it's a little better than before. Fresh install of 14.04: Jul 26 00:18:18 vane whoopsie[996]: whoopsie 0.2.24.6 starting up. Jul 26 00:18:18 vane whoopsie[996]: Using lock path: /var/lock/whoopsie/lock Jul 26 00:18:18 vane whoopsie[1041]: offline Jul 26 00:18:22 vane whoopsie[1041]:

[Bug 264691] Re: Please add NM option for connecting to L2TP IPSEC VPN

2014-07-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
The network-manager-l2tp package in #37 works very well for me, using Ubuntu 14.04 to connect to a Cisco L2TP/IPsec VPN. (Just a couple of minor tweaks needed to get the IPsec part working, for me.) This project works, is well-integrated with Network Manager, and has an active and helpful develope

[Bug 1349011] [NEW] nm-l2tp-service needs exception in ppp ip-up/down scripts

2014-07-26 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: There is an actively maintained NetworkManager L2TP VPN plugin, available as an Ubuntu package here: https://launchpad.net/~seriy- pr/+archive/ubuntu/network-manager-l2tp. Hopefully it will be a part of Ubuntu soon. Like nm-pptp-service, it needs an exception in /etc/ppp/ip-{

Re: [Bug 1217407] Re: whoopsie spams the log with "online" messages

2014-01-29 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Huh. For me, it started happening immediately with a fresh install of 13.10. Networking is also vanilla -- just using the default "Wired connection" profile, DHCP everything. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs

Re: [Bug 1217407] Re: whoopsie spams the log with "online" messages

2014-01-29 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Eh, my workaround was apt-get purge whoopsie. Very effective. :) I'd like to be a good citizen, though, so I'll reinstall it once I see it marked fixed. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Romano Giannetti wrote: > @Brian: this is what you see if whoopsie is the only thing reporting on > syslog. If

[Bug 804028] [NEW] No keyboard shortcuts to change Mode?

2011-06-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: I realize this isn't an Ubuntu issue. Please let me know if it is not appropriate to file upstream bugs here. Basically: using the keyboard, the fastest way to switch between Advanced, Programming and Financial modes seems to be Alt+M followed A, F or P. It would be nice to

[Bug 804028] Re: No keyboard shortcuts to change Mode?

2011-06-30 Thread Nathan Dorfman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804028 Title: No keyboard shortcuts to change Mode? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcalctool/+b

[Bug 801765] [NEW] Launcher interferes with full-screen apps, shouldn't it hide instead?

2011-06-24 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: The basic problem is that the launcher doesn't auto-hide itself, the way it does for maximized apps, for apps such as gnome-terminal and firefox in full-screen mode. You can see this easily by creating a gnome-terminal profile with a (semi-)transparent background and pressing

[Bug 801765] Re: Launcher interferes with full-screen apps, shouldn't it hide instead?

2011-06-24 Thread Nathan Dorfman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801765 Title: Launcher interferes with full-screen apps, shouldn't it hide instead? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 537499] Re: Conky hides itself behind nautilus desktop

2011-06-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Sorry for the status change, it was a misclick. A little too sensitive for me I guess ;) I found this bug because I'm having the issue, but the 'override' setting seems to work, transparency and all. The default configuration sets it to 'desktop.' Shouldn't it be changed to 'override' instead? Th

[Bug 537499] Re: Conky hides itself behind nautilus desktop

2011-06-12 Thread Nathan Dorfman
One more thing: I had to add 'own_window_hints below' to get it to work with Unity. How about the following changes to the default config (/etc/conky/conky.conf) as a starting point for a config that works okay out of the box on Natty? 1) Change alignment to bottom_right from top_left so we aren'

[Bug 792201] [NEW] launcher leaves focus nowhere after Alt+F1, Esc

2011-06-02 Thread Nathan Dorfman
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: unity After using Alt+F1 to navigate the launcher with the keyboard, then pressing Esc to cancel this mode, the focus is left nowhere. The top panel is blank, and does not show any menus when rolled over. Keyboard input appears to go nowhere. It seems re

[Bug 792201] Re: launcher leaves focus nowhere after Alt+F1, Esc

2011-06-02 Thread Nathan Dorfman
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792201 Title: launcher leaves focus nowhere after Alt+F1, Esc -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman