[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session

2008-11-06 Thread Robert Bernecky
My system still crashes after makeing the Login Window-Gnome change. -- Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
I installed FROM SCRATCH the Ubuntu 8.10 release yesterday. My /etc/adobe directory no longer exists, therefore, and I'm running Firefox 3.0.0. The problem I reported above no longer occurs on my system. So, I'm happy... -- firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

[Bug 215751] Re: doesn't handle when edid data can't be parsed [gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in configuration_new_current()]

2008-11-01 Thread Robert Bernecky
No problems with Ubuntu 8.10, so I think we can close this(unless the failsafe note just above is still relevant?). Thanks! -- doesn't handle when edid data can't be parsed [gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in configuration_new_current()] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215751 You

[Bug 110804] Re: Lexmark Optra E310 not work in edgy, feisty

2008-11-01 Thread Robert Bernecky
This appears to work properly in Ubuntu 8.10. Thanks! -- Lexmark Optra E310 not work in edgy, feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110804 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 290704] Re: [Intrepid] Computer freeze when switching user

2008-11-03 Thread Robert Bernecky
Hmm. I am having same bug, and also some confusion: 1. I am running fglrx on Intrepid release 8.10 on an amd64 SMP box. 2. Switching to guest or guest session produces the black screen and system hang/crash described by Harm Jans. 3. I do not see how to switch users any more - shouldn't

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session

2008-11-04 Thread Robert Bernecky
1. I have the same problem, and am running a dual-head config (fglrx). 2. I copied the /home partition from an Ubuntu Hardy meets the creature from Intrepid Alphas onto this fresh Ubuntu 8.10 release install. 3. I don't much care about the guest stuff, but wanted to switch users. That also

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session

2008-11-04 Thread Robert Bernecky
Deleting and re-adding the guest account did not help at all - immediate crash again. And, I probably screwed up the guest account permissions and/or password, but too bad... -- Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266911 You received this bug

[Bug 252706] Re: gnome-sound-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join()

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
This seems to have been fixed with a complete reinstall of the released version of Ubuntu 8.10, so I think we can close this bug. -- gnome-sound-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252706 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 253109] Re: totem-gstreamer crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join()

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
This seems to have been fixed with a complete reinstall of the released version of Ubuntu 8.10, so I think we can close this bug. -- totem-gstreamer crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253109 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 254286] Re: mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join()

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
This appears to be fixed in the released version of Ubuntu 8.10. However, I did a complete install onto another partition, though, so it may be that upgrading from an alpha release would not work. With that caveat, I think we can close this bug. Thanks! -- mixer_applet2 crashed with SIGSEGV in

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-10-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
After a complete install of the released version of Ubuntu 8.10 on another partition, this is nearly working perfectly. The system loses the ATI Catalyst dual-head settings over a reboot, but things are otherwise good. BTW, installation of the restricted drivers is very nice now! I think we

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-06 Thread Robert Bernecky
Still fails as of 2008-04-06, with this day's upgrades. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux rattler 2.6.24-15-generic #1 SMP Fri Apr 4 03:10:59 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux I've observed the following: 1. Some upgrades disable the nvidia graphics driver, dropping me back into 680x480 land.

[Bug 215758] Re: gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

2008-04-14 Thread Robert Bernecky
I think the yelp stuff is already on my box, even though the update procedure recommended in the DebuggingProgramCrash wiki wasn't able to find any -dbg or -dbgsym stuff. The failing components are all running automagically under the gnome hood, so I'm not sure how to poke it/them to try to

[Bug 215751] Re: doesn't handle when edid data can't be parsed [gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in configuration_new_current()]

2008-04-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
This, and several other gnome-ly failures, no longer occur on my system after I installed recent updates over the weekend. So, that's good news, and we can close this bug. Thanks! My system still fails to initialize properly unless I run gnome in failsafe mode: (the Application/Places/System...)

[Bug 153610] Re: applet.py crashed with IOError in module()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
2008-04-10 I've seen this failure a few times on new updates of Hardy for the past week(?) or so. If it helps at all, the local printer and other hosts are generally powered off when I boot this system. The failure seems to happen more or less spontaneously, shortly after I login to gnome.

[Bug 99505] Re: [apport] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
2008-04-10 Just upgraded a gazillion Hardy components. I was getting gnome-settings-daemon failures before (See bug# 210226), but this one looks new to my system. I'll put a note in 210226 pointing here... Bob -- [apport] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
2008-04-10 Just installed a brazillion Hardy patches. Now seeing several sorts of failures: - repeated gnome-settings-daemon failures (attached) - gnome-power-manager failure (See Bug #99505 attachment) - applet.py failure (See Bug #153610). Bob -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Oops. I thought they got attached automagically. Lemme see if I can find out where they went... Bob -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Hi, James, I looked around, hoping that there would be error log files in /tmp or somewhere else obvious, but I don't see anything. There were several logs generated and sent along, if I believe the crash button stuff on the gnome menu bar... If you can tell me where they were sent, I'll dig

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Hi, James, Here are a few crash logs from earlier today. Thanks for pointing me at /var/crash! ** Attachment added: _usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.1000.crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13342069/_usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.1000.crash --

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: _usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.1001.crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13342146/_usr_lib_gnome-settings-daemon_gnome-settings-daemon.1001.crash -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

[Bug 153610] Re: applet.py crashed with IOError in module()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Here's the data from /var/crash/_usr_share_system-config- printer_applet.py.1000.crash ** Attachment added: _usr_share_system-config-printer_applet.py.1000.crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13341998/_usr_share_system-config-printer_applet.py.1000.crash -- applet.py crashed with IOError

[Bug 99505] Re: [apport] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Here's the dump from /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-power-manager.1000.crash ** Attachment added: _usr_bin_gnome-power-manager.1000.crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13342158/_usr_bin_gnome-power-manager.1000.crash -- [apport] gnome-power-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in XInternAtom()

[Bug 210226] Re: gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs()

2008-04-11 Thread Robert Bernecky
Hi, James. Per your request, I've submitted new bugs: # 215751 gnome-settings-daemon # 153610 system-config-printer # 217758 gnome-power-manager Hope this helps... Robert -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in rw_screen_list_outputs() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210226 You

[Bug 215947] Re: npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV

2008-04-25 Thread Robert Bernecky
/var/crash doesn't have this crash, and I'm not sure exactly how it happens. Usually, I see that videos, e.g., youtube.com are not working, and later on notice that the cpu is whirring away, followed somewhat later by the npviewer.bin crash notice. Not much help, I know... I'll try to get a

[Bug 164172] Re: Print jobs are not working with gnome applications

2008-01-25 Thread Robert Bernecky
Hmm. This is a few minutes after the above post. I just connected a laptop running a 7.04 version of Ubuntu to the same network, and it quite happily prints the PDF file from evince on the laptop to the Lexmark printer. AND, after that print job completed, I was able to print OK from the

[Bug 164172] Re: Print jobs are not working with gnome applications

2008-01-25 Thread Robert Bernecky
I just upgraded CUPS on two 7.10 systems yesterday, then tried to network the Lexmark Optra E310 and an Epson Stylus Photo 800, one on each system. The Epson box's system Gives the problem connecting to the CUPS server error message when I open the System-Administration-Printing window. The

[Bug 110804] Re: Lexmark Optra E310 not work in edgy, feisty

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Bernecky
I'm running, or trying to run, an Optra E310 in 7.10 (I think). I had selected the Optra E310 driver. No go: dies with the inode permission bug. I tried stopping apparmor, with no better luck. I then tried generic PostScript foomatic driver: no go. I then tried generic PostScript

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
My box is an NVIDIA SATA box, too. -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
I have the same problem. The system stalls at during reboot at waiting for root file system, and eventually (a minute or two later) drops into initramfs(?). This often happens when the system does a soft reboot. After power-on, I usually have to reboot 2 or 3 times before it takes off. Looks

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
uname -r: 2.6.24-16-generic I'm attaching /var/log/syslog.0 and dmesg from current boot. I realize this may not help, inasmuch as this reboot obviously worked... ** Attachment added: dmesg from this boot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14229402/dmesg.20080505 -- Ubuntu often stops when

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
I see a few things in the above attachments: I'm going to try to enable the IOMMU at 64MB, if it's not already enabled. I also note that the boot could not find DSDT.aml, but am not sure what to do about that. -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172563 You

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: /var/log/syslog.0 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14229427/syslog.0 -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
I got it to fail again; It looks like IOMMU was already set in the BIOS, as far as I can see... After the above stall completes, we end up in initramfs, with the following message: ATA_ID[4112] main: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for /dev/.tmp-8-16 -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up

[Bug 227003] [NEW] boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
Public bug reported: See also bug#172563. Boot after power-on and some soft reboots (from Linux) cause the system to hang in waiting for root file system. Eventually (several minutes later), the system drops into initramfs, with this message: ATA_ID[4112] main: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: uname -a uname-a.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14231866/uname-a.log -- boot stalls in waiting for root file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: /home/rbe/version.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14231887/version.log -- boot stalls in waiting for root file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: dmesg from this boot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14231928/dmesg.20080505 -- boot stalls in waiting for root file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: sudo lspci -vvnn lspci-vvnn.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14231943/lspci-vvnn.log -- boot stalls in waiting for root file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
Saivann: I've introduced a new bug report #227003, reproducing my experience with this fault. Thanks,. Robert -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber.

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-05-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
Thank you! I suspect some sort of race condition (perhaps related to multi-core?), since the failures are quite erratic. Failure at power-up is quite common. Failure during reboot is more frequent during soft reboot (logoff/shutdown/restart button) than during hard reboot (reset button on

[Bug 222176] Re: initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04

2008-06-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
I'm having similar problems on two ASUS boxes, both with SATA drives attached. One of them, an ASUS V8M-MX/S, refuses to boot AT ALL after the Hardy upgrade. It always drops into the initramfs screen. Adding all_generic_ide fixed it, in the sense that it now boots, but I have no idea if this

[Bug 222176] Re: initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04

2008-06-08 Thread Robert Bernecky
Adding all_generic_ide to the grab boot paragraph/phrase appears to have fixed the problem: several boot-ups from power-on and from panel/runninggreenmanexitsign/restart have proceeded without the hang. I have not observed any hangs since making the change. However, I have NO idea how this

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-06-09 Thread Robert Bernecky
I found that adding all_generic_ide to the /boot/grub/menu.lst stanza was an OK workaround, but I do not know if this affects performance, reliability, etc. Here's the change I made: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic root=UUID=1e3fbd55-5dfa- 4cee-b9c7-8bc8bd3982ff ro splash

[Bug 222176] Re: initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04

2008-06-09 Thread Robert Bernecky
See also bug#172563 and #227003. -- initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222176 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-06-09 Thread Robert Bernecky
This is on two up-to-date Hardy systems, both with Nvidia chipsets on ASUS motherboards, with SATA hard drives. One system absolutely refused to boot after the Hardy upgrade. This did not make me very happy. The other system stalls in the initramfs world about 2 times out of 3 on a power-on or

[Bug 230744] [NEW] Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
Public bug reported: I am running a Hardy system that has been incrementally upgraded from earlier releases via the update manager, through Hardy alphas. The system is an ASUS two-core Opteron, w/ NVIDIA chipset. The gnome panel selection of System/Preferences/Sound appears to hang for about

[Bug 230744] Re: Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: lspci http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14541413/lspci -- Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230744 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 230744] Re: Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: dmesg http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14541427/dme -- Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230744 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 222176] Re: initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04

2008-06-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
I observe the same Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods message on my system, in dmesg. This is WITH the all_generic_ide option in grub. -- initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222176 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 252706] Re: gnome-sound-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in pthread_join()

2008-07-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16368973/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16368974/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16368975/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-07-29 Thread Robert Bernecky
change users from little-green-man icon hangs system. live ssh from other box dies then. -- [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118605 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-07-29 Thread Robert Bernecky
Me, too! I'm running an ATI HD 3450, with Xinerama enabled and apparently working properly. HOWEVER, any attempt to log off, or to change users by either the user switcher or little-green-man menu, result in black screens and hang. Hard reset is the only way out: ctrl-alt-bksp doesn't fix it.

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-07-18 Thread Robert Bernecky
I upgraded the ASUS m/b BIOS per my comments in bug#227176, and the problems went away. I consider this problem resolved, at least on my box. -- boot stalls in waiting for root file system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/227003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 222176] Re: initramfs error/problem ubuntu 8.04 - RESOLVED

2008-07-18 Thread Robert Bernecky
I upgraded the ASUS A8N-VM CSM BIOS to this level (the most recently available on the ASUS web site as of a week or two ago): A8N-VM-ASUS-CSM-1007.ROM I also REMOVED the all-generic-ide line from /boot/grub/menu.lst. Since that time, I have not observed ANY of the hangs I reported earlier. IMO,

[Bug 172563] Re: Ubuntu often stops when starting up

2008-07-18 Thread Robert Bernecky
I upgraded the ASUS m/b BIOS per my comments in bug#227176, and the problems went away. I consider this problem resolved, at least on my box. -- Ubuntu often stops when starting up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172563 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 230744] Re: Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-07-23 Thread Robert Bernecky
1. I am not sure how to tell if I am running the Ubuntu Stable Release or not. I am a bit behind on updates: Update manager claims I can add 104 updates. I am reluctant to do so, because the last several times I've done it, my Nvidia X11 went to bit heaven, and it took a few days of

[Bug 230744] Re: Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-07-23 Thread Robert Bernecky
After reboot, we have a lovely entry in /var/crash, which I'll send along shortly. The bug reporter thingy complained about a number of out-of-date packages, but I can't take the time to deal with broken video stuff again, so will defer updating for the nonce. I'll file the bug report anyway,

[Bug 230744] Re: Preferences/Sound segfaults in gnome-sound-pro

2008-07-23 Thread Robert Bernecky
The bug reporter refuses to send along the dump until I update x11-common, but as noted earlier, I am deathly afraid to do that at present, as I can't be off the air for even more days... I updated all the other libraries that the bug reporter complained about, then rebooted, but I get the same

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-08-05 Thread Robert Bernecky
I'm running Intrepid Alpha 3, and just reinstalled the (July 21?) ATI drivers from scratch. That produces bug#247376. AIGLX settings don't appear to be relevant. So, I consider the ATI drivers to be, at this stage, completely useless for my work. From the looks of the other bug reports hanging

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Bernecky
I have enabled http://ddebs/ubuntu.com hardy-updates and hardy- proposed. A quick eyeball scan does not show anything new in envy or xorg-drivers. I have no idea how to properly (safely) update from intrepid. Can you please give me a hint? Thanks. R -- [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch

[Bug 153610] Re: applet.py crashed with IOError in module()

2008-08-12 Thread Robert Bernecky
I have not seen a recurrence of this fault (unlike the 972 other gnome-related faults I've hit in Intrepid), but here are a few notes: - the other two Ubuntu boxes are running Hardy, of some flavor. - the printer is on a USB connect on one of the other boxes. It MAY have been connected

[Bug 215947] Re: npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV

2008-08-24 Thread Robert Bernecky
Bug just happened again. Bug report filed as #260963. -- npviewer.bin crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 227003] Re: boot stalls in waiting for root file system

2008-08-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
I've just started running this Intrepid kernel (and all the broken video and sound stuff), according to dmesg: [0.00] Linux version 2.6.27-1-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.3.1 (Ubuntu 4.3.1-9ubuntu1) ) #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:19:01 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.27-1. 2-generic)

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-08-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
This just started busting today on my system, after an Intrepid update (an hour or so ago) to kernel (and all its friends): [0.00] Linux version 2.6.27-1-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.3.1 (Ubuntu 4.3.1-9ubuntu1) ) #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:19:01 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.27-1.

[Bug 266911] Re: blank screen when starting second session (tested with guest session)

2009-04-07 Thread Robert Bernecky
1. I still have the bug happening here. However: 2. I have NOT applied any new updates to my system of late, because I have a number of users who are dependent upon measurements (PAPI) made with local kernel mods that I am reluctant to reapply before the next Ubuntu release, scheduled

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx][Intrepid] Computer freeze when switching user

2008-11-20 Thread Robert Bernecky
I disabled the third-party and proprietary hardware drivers (System/Administration/Hardware Drivers), but the system still crashes on. I think the guest session is not relevant, inasmuch as the system crashes instantly if I attempt to switch users, too. Please let me know if I can be any use in

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if guest user already exists

2008-11-20 Thread Robert Bernecky
My system still crashes on switch user. I also removed the fglrx proprietary ATI drivers, rebooted, and observed the same failure. Gnome, AMD64 SMP box, dual-head ATI R3xxx videocard. I'm happy to test any fault isolation ideas. -- Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if

[Bug 270377] Re: content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid)

2008-12-09 Thread Robert Bernecky
As of 2008-12-09, with all Intrepid updates, this problem (failure to redraw windows) has vanished from my system. Not sure exactly when it went away... -- content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270377 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 270377] Re: content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid)

2008-11-15 Thread Robert Bernecky
Unfortunately: 1. I am not running compiz. 2. I have an ATI video card, not an nvidia one. This suggests that the underlying problem remains. -- content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270377 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx][Intrepid] Computer freeze when switching user

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Bernecky
I am using an AMD64, dual-head, with fglrx. It dies on switch users, of course. From what hede says, dual-head is not the problem, and it just seems to be fglrx itself. [I do not understand the implications of abatcher's xinit xterm -- :1 vt8 comment in this regard. Perhaps we can

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx][Intrepid] Computer freeze when switching user

2009-01-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
I am running w/compiz disabled, as far as I can tell. -- [fglrx][Intrepid] Computer freeze when switching user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290704 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen after clicking to start a Guest Session if guest user already exists

2008-11-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
I just installed today's (2008-11-28) new patches to 8.10 Intrepid, and I still get the crash I noted earlier: Attempting to select another user in the user switcher crashes the system immediately. One possible idea: The /home directory was imported from an earlier release, so perhaps some

[Bug 270377] Re: content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid)

2008-11-29 Thread Robert Bernecky
I'm running an AMD-64 SMP Opteron. Perhaps the problem only crops up on dual-head systems? -- content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270377 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen when switching users

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Bernecky
Here's the lspci output. ** Attachment added: lspci -vvnn http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20104841/lspci.vvnn -- Black screen when switching users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen when switching users

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20104861/xorg.conf -- Black screen when switching users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 266911] Re: Black screen when switching users

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Bernecky
Here's Xorg.0.log.old immediately after a reboot following the crash when I attempted to switch users. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log.old http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20106604/Xorg.0.log.old -- Black screen when switching users https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266911 You received this bug

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx]Computer freeze when switching user

2009-10-25 Thread Robert Bernecky
I also share this frustration. Perhaps someone from ATI can give some indication of when/if they plan to repair this problem, If they don't, then we can all remove ATI (and AMD) from our vendor lists. I am going to try to point this out to the folks at Theinquirer and Theregister and see if

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx]Computer freeze when switching user

2009-06-26 Thread Robert Bernecky
Bryce: I can try the new driver over the weekend, but I'm running intrepid. (I'm not intrepid enough to upgrade until I get some major development work out the door). If you think that will be (a) of use to you and (b) work, I'll try it. Please let me know. -- [fglrx]Computer freeze when

[Bug 248398] Re: Firefox crashes on a page.

2008-08-28 Thread Robert Bernecky
Not sure if this is same bug or not. Updated Firefox via system-update to Intrepid current alpha today (2008-08-28). At that time, firefox started breaking even worse than before on AMD-64 Opteron SMP platform. Just going to www.bell.ca breaks it every time. -- Firefox crashes on a page.

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Bernecky
I tried the recommended workaround, and things seem to be Much Better Now, in the sense that the crash no longer happens under Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha somenumberorother: To repeat the workaround, I did this: sudo vi /etc/adobe/mms.cfg I stuck this line in the file, then restarted Firefox:

[Bug 255353] Re: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in gfxXlibNativeRenderer::Draw()

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Bernecky
I'm running Intrepid as well. There IS no /etc/adobe directory on the system, as you correctly noted. I forgot to write that down. Sorry: sudo mkdir /etc/adobe sudo vi /etc/adobe/mms.cfg I stuck this line into that file, then restarted Firefox: WindowlessDisable=true -- firefox crashed with

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-12-30 Thread Robert Bernecky
I don't particularly care about graphics performance, but definitely DO want (1) switch-user to work properly (which, at present, crashes my system), and (2) dual-head support to work properly. So, I may not need the apparently useless drivers from AMD/ATI, if they are the root of the problem,

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
1. I'm running gnome. 2. I think I installed dual-head this way: - normal install of 8.10 release - System/Administration/Hardware Drivers: enable ATI drivers. 3. At this point, I think the system claims that a reboot is needed. I'm not sure if that is the case... 4. I

[Bug 118605] Re: [fglrx] freezes upon Logout or Switch user [patch]

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
Well, I now agree that the bug is still there: after a recent update, if restricted drivers are enabled (ATI fglrx), the system crashes immediately after System/Logout/Change User or on an attempt to change users with the Fast User Switch applet. If restricted drivers are disabled, the user

[Bug 270377] Re: content of window do not redraw automatically (intrepid)

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Bernecky
I am experiencing similar problems with a dual-head AMD-64 SMP box with ATI video card. I have a solid failure, with atomix: the screen does not update properly (see attachment for visual after new game. If I minimize/maximize the window, it refreshes properly. If I move another window over

[Bug 814796] [NEW] Character does not scale properly as font size changes

2011-07-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
Public bug reported: Some information has been provided here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- terminal/+question/165573 Basically, the Diamond character in the APL385.ttf font does not scale correctly when the system font size changes using, e.g.,

[Bug 814796] Re: Character does not scale properly as font size changes

2011-07-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
** Attachment added: Screen shot of xterm and gnome-terminal w/same text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/814796/+attachment/2226545/+files/xtermgnome.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 814796] Re: Character does not scale properly as font size changes

2011-07-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
One possibility is that the APL385.ttf font entry for diamond is either wrong, or has some subtle problem that causes gnome-terminal to get the scaling wrong. The font is available here: www.dyalog.com/downloads/fonts/Apl385.ttf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 814796] Re: Character does not scale properly as font size changes

2011-07-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
Attached is a screen shot from Open Office. In that, you can see that the diamond character displays correctly at different sizes (i.e., slightly larger than the iota and rho) when using Times New Roman, but displays much smaller when using the fixed-width font. From this example, I see that the

[Bug 505053] Re: Installer does not see second IDE drive 32-bit live CD

2010-05-02 Thread Robert Bernecky
I tried installing 10.04 from the CD (day of release version, I think) on a system with one SATA drive and one PATA drive. The SATA drive was clean; the PATA drive has an older version of Ubuntu and Win2k installed on it. The install script showed ONLY the SATA drive - it did not give me any

[Bug 290704] Re: [fglrx]Computer freeze when switching user

2010-03-23 Thread Robert Bernecky
This is the first good news I've heard on this topic in many moons! I'm running Intrepid 8.10, with local kernel mods (PAPI) that I don't want to mess with at present, so upgrading the kernel at this juncture is not something I want to do, at least in the near-term. If someone can give me some

[Bug 1242914] Re: tlmgr unable to set up TLPDB

2014-03-19 Thread Robert Bernecky
I just installed kubuntu 13.10, and ran into exactly the same failure. I removed ALL texmf files, and reinstalled from scratch. Same failure. Removed and reinstalled with install-tl-ubuntu and get the same failure. Perhaps someone can point me at where I can find a working copy of tlmgr? --

[Bug 1404990] [NEW] system monitor wrong if cpu offline

2014-12-22 Thread Robert Bernecky
Public bug reported: I observe two faults in the Ubuntu 14.04LTS system monitor: 1. If a CPU is marked offline, the system monitor does not report any higher-numbered online CPUs. E.g.,: a. Run system monitor - it reports 8 CPUs. b. Mark CPU 3 offline, via: echo 0 |

[Bug 1610598] [NEW] package tex-common 6.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2016-08-06 Thread Robert Bernecky
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1514474 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514474 Public bug reported: The failure happened during the update from Ubuntu 14.04(?)LTS to 16.04LTS. The version that failed was tex-common 6.04. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package:

[Bug 1396379] Re: installer uses first EFI system partition found even when directed otherwise

2021-01-29 Thread Robert Bernecky
I have lost about a month of my time with this bug!! I thought I was doing something wrong with UUID or GPT vs MBR or ZFS or ... It creamed my live benchmark system that I had spent considerable time installing and customizing. Just today, I stumbled onto this archaic bug report, which remains