[Bug 1778069] Re: [xfce] nautilus don't open files if set as default file manager

2019-02-14 Thread Alex Mandel
Just adding a note that this can also happen in Gnome on a system without XFCE. Commenting out: x-scheme-handler/file=exo-file-manager.desktop In the file: ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Like the Fedora note above worked. Not sure if a new ticket is needed to address the but outside

[Bug 1510344] Re: Keyboard Backlight Turns on at boot

2016-06-20 Thread Alex Mandel
Just wanted to note this also effect Lenovo T450s, 4.4.0-24-generic #43~14.04.1-Ubuntu . The fix in #46 and #47 seems to work. Will double check if the fix has already made it to my other identical machine on 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1539634] Re: network-manager crashes when using libnl-3-200-3.21.1-1ubuntu1

2016-05-16 Thread Alex Mandel
Also just happened to me on a machine with "proposed" disabled. I fixed by downloading a newer version of network-manager via another computer/usb stick. My system seemed to show a newer version was available, and had I done the upgrade before turning it off it probably would have skipped this

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice

2014-06-19 Thread Alex Mandel
I actually find it's often the enclosure. I have one external 2.5 that beeps and fails to mount on all but 1 usb port on my laptop. Absolutely a power issue - even though I have tried some of those dual power usb cables. It's actually why I'm partial to buying the drive and enclosure separate.

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice

2014-06-17 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/17/2014 10:37 AM, brendanperrine wrote: On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:25:03 -0700 Michael Paoli michael.pa...@cal.berkeley.edu wrote: or wiped, even if not operational? I think the gnome-disks tools may be able to get smart data of usb drives it works for my seagate expansion drives

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Least painful way to upgrade 12.10?

2014-06-17 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/17/2014 11:29 AM, Josh Berkus wrote: All, So I have a Zenbook Prime running 12.10, which is EOL. I understand I'm going to have to step it through upgrades to 13.04 and 13.10 to get it to 14.04. Questions: a) is there a least painful way to do this? b) is there a good way to

[Bug 1231835] Re: PostGIS control file missing

2013-09-27 Thread Alex Mandel
UbuntuGIS Stable (PPA referenced here) does not contain postgis for raring. You installed postgis from the default ubuntu repos and got version 1.5. Version 2 is when the Extension method was introduced. So if you want postgis 2 please use UbuntuGIS Unstable PPA

[Bug 1231835] Re: PostGIS control file missing

2013-09-27 Thread Alex Mandel
Initially assigned to wrong Package, see comment #1 for reason why it's also invalid. ** Package changed: proj (Ubuntu) = postgis (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: postgis (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Install fests

2013-08-11 Thread Alex Mandel
Google Hangout would likely work similarly to that method on 64bit... I'm sure there are some other ways too. Enjoy, Alex On 08/11/2013 04:37 PM, Robert Lewis wrote: If the install is going to be on a 32-bit machine (not a 64-bit machine) you can use Teamviewer remotely to talk her through it.

[Bug 994309] Re: wine is uninstallable

2012-12-14 Thread Alex Mandel
A follow up to my comment #42 above, my issue appeared to be from precise-updates being on by default in my install. That has to be off before doing the pinning or needs to be given a negative pin value to make your stuff revert to stock versions. Once wine is installed it seems ok to turn them

[Bug 994309] Re: wine is uninstallable

2012-12-12 Thread Alex Mandel
A follow up to my comment #42 above, my issue appeared to be from precise-proposed being on by default in my install. That has to be off before doing the pinning or needs to be given a negative pin value to make your stuff revert to stock versions. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 994309] Re: wine is uninstallable

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Mandel
I started looking into this more, did an upgrade, then did a fresh install. Started wondering if I had a PPA with too new of packages that was making the amd64 packages version not be the same as the i386. I think that is the case, but it might not be a PPA since some of the offending newer

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Is this a good place to ask a Ubuntu Command line question... ?

2012-07-30 Thread Alex Mandel
Ubuntu (and I believe Debian) all use the sudo concept. To elevate privaleges to equivalent of root you need to use sudo. sudo su gets you what you probably expected (su to user root). However best practices says you should just use sudo command to do what you want Look for the ubuntuguide and

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu for students... Canonical sponsorship.

2012-05-25 Thread Alex Mandel
On 05/25/2012 03:07 PM, Christian Einfeldt wrote: hi John, On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:21 PM, John Kim jkgodzvis...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think its possible to have Canonical sponsor this project? Our school obviously has limited resources, from laptops to computers. Where are you

[Bug 998525] Re: libpam-krb5 segfaults consistently after upgrade to 12.04

2012-05-24 Thread Alex Mandel
I believe I'm having this issue, though ssh auth via krb5 works, pam based auth in postgres fails with this error. kernel: [68673.518855] postgres[7268]: segfault at 8 ip b4c859ad sp bfd183f0 error 4 in pam_krb5.so[b4c8+c000] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 571476] Re: Trim support missing from Linux kernel

2011-08-07 Thread Alex Mandel
I'd just wanted to add that this doesn't only effect laptop/netbook users. I have a low power server with an SSD (atom 5w) and would love trim support on that. I also recently bought 2 new rack servers each with an SSD drive for scientific computing purposes. I'm not terribly fond of having to use

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] launchpad and documentation

2011-03-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Sounds to me like Seidos is looking for a component to host/write documentation to go along with application development hosted on launchpad. Along with that would be a standard link at the top of each project to it's documentation section. I haven't seen this on Launchpad and am unaware of plans

[Bug 612907] Re: 100% CPU usage on exit

2011-01-18 Thread Alex Mandel
This does not appear to be an ubuntu specific issue: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Shutdown_Hang and the linked https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532435 are possible culprits. ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #532435

[Bug 651287] Re: spatialite doesn't include init_spatialite which is needed for SRID transformations geometry_columns

2010-11-30 Thread Alex Mandel
So I did the following on the commandline: spatialite newdatabase.sqlite The new database created by spatialite appears to have the correct metadata tables that would be created by the init sql. However I could see how if you wanted to convert an existing sqlite db you would need the script. I'll

[Bug 527458] Re: please include status messages/tooltips

2010-11-24 Thread Alex Mandel
I can see various pros and cons of the situation. What I would love is not intentionally limiting customization. Seems that each new version of ubuntu core UI functions get changed in an attempt to make the interface better, but I caution against making it really hard for users to switch or

[Bug 651287] Re: spatialite doesn't include init_spatialite which is needed for SRID transformations geometry_columns

2010-11-23 Thread Alex Mandel
My understanding is that version 2.4+ which is available upstream (and in the ubuntugis ppa) no longer requires this file in order to create a spatial database. Can't seem to find the source of that information right now and need to test that. The file in question I believe is

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Software Freedom Day

2010-08-18 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/18/2010 06:51 AM, Mark Weisler wrote: Ilan Rabinovitch wrote: Hello, Do we have any plans for the upcoming software freedom day? It would be great to setup a table at a local library, farmers market, or similar non-tech venue and spread the word about FL/OSS. Specifically I was

[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Linux Installfest workshop in Davis - Saturday, June 12th

2010-06-01 Thread Alex Mandel
Another local Installfest (Northern Ca/Central Valley)... While not focused on Ubuntu that is the majority of what we install and we will have 10.04 on hand in various flavors. Volunteers and spectators are welcome. A few official disks would be nice if anyone is planning to head this way.

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] No California Ubuntu Mirror?

2010-04-22 Thread Alex Mandel
On 04/22/2010 03:30 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 15:28 -0700, giovanni_re wrote: Must be time for California to pack it up go home. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors No technology going on in this state. Not entirely sure that just because there is not a

[Bug 151145] Re: Evince print fails with Postscript driver

2008-02-15 Thread Alex Mandel
Agreed this should get bumped up. I noticed issues before gusty, anything in evince or kghostview with graphics results in an Error Operand stack message being printed. Just tried Kpdf on a Gnome install and it took a while but worked with the BR3 script driver and the foomatic postscript ppd.