Re: Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

2013-07-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 July 2013 04:20, Dale Amon a...@vnl.com wrote: I have held back from putting in this report for a very long time as my experience reading this list has led me to believe that no one will much care because Granny Would Never Do That and she certainly Would Never Know How to Do That. I

Re: Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

2013-07-25 Thread Alexandre Strube
It might be (before grub, especially), what does not exclude problems with multiple screens and ubuntu. One of the annoying bugs I see happens when the thinkpad is connected to a docking station that has a displayport... port. This has an external screen attached to it - but this screen is also

Re: Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

2013-07-25 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Dale Amon a...@vnl.com wrote: I have held back from putting in this report for a very long time as my experience reading this list has led me to believe that no one will much care because Granny Would Never Do That and she certainly Would Never Know How to Do

Re: Many, many serious problems with Ubuntu

2013-07-25 Thread James Freer
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Dale Amon a...@vnl.com wrote: I have held back from putting in this report for a very long time as my experience reading this list has led me to believe that no one will much care because Granny Would Never Do That and she certainly Would Never Know How to Do

Problems with 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 server installs

2013-07-25 Thread Patrick Goetz
Hi - I'm bringing this issue to the attention of this list in the hopes of finding out where it is most appropriately addressed. I've recently done a number of server installs using mostly the 13.10 64-bit pre-release ISO, but also testing the problem I'm about to mention using 12.10 and

Re: Problems with 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 server installs

2013-07-25 Thread Robie Basak
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:54:09AM -0500, Patrick Goetz wrote: Since the problem also occurs with the 12.10 and 13.04 server ISO's, I'm not sure that logging a bug on launchpad is the right way to go -- the problem is not 13.10 specific. My next step is to make a note of all the grub

New Developer

2013-07-25 Thread Eric Sage
Hello. I have had a passion for Ubuntu and open source several years now, and although I attempted many times to jump in to contributing, I could never seem to find the courage or correct place to start. So, I'm writing this in the hopes that someone might point me in the correct direction. I

Re: Problems with 12.10, 13.04, 13.10 server installs

2013-07-25 Thread Nicholas Skaggs
On 07/25/2013 12:54 PM, Patrick Goetz wrote: Hi - I'm bringing this issue to the attention of this list in the hopes of finding out where it is most appropriately addressed. I've recently done a number of server installs using mostly the 13.10 64-bit pre-release ISO, but also testing the

Re: New Developer

2013-07-25 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Donnerstag, den 25.07.2013, 13:23 -0400 schrieb Eric Sage: Hello. I have had a passion for Ubuntu and open source several years now, and although I attempted many times to jump in to contributing, I could never seem to find the courage or correct place to start. So, I'm writing