[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1765911] Re: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 with i915

2018-05-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765911 Title: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 with

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1765911] Re: Major performance regression from Ubuntu 17.10 with i915

2018-05-05 Thread Max Bowsher
Similar/same issue observed on HP Spectre 13 (2017 model) which has exactly the same Intel HD 520 graphics. Bad enough that I had to reinstall 17.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2013-04-01 Thread Max Bowsher
The other option for people on Quantal is to upgrade to Raring. There's still no fglrx, but the open source radeon driver has improved a *lot*. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
My FirePro V5700 ceased to work with the fglrx driver with the exact same update, in the exact same way, as described here, and has the same underlying chip as Radeon HDs known to be affected. The AMD website is hardly a shining example of consistency - there's an 8.982 Linux driver offered for

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal

2012-11-07 Thread Max Bowsher
lspci has this to say about it: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730 [FirePro V5700] The balance of evidence regarding the FirePro V5700 seems to be support was dropped in 8.982, and the AMD website is just getting it wrong when it offers 8.982.x for the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@Christopher Penalver: Your comment-less removal of a useful part of the bug description after the confrontations already occurred in this bug is frankly rude. I shall add it back with additional notes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers. + +

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Description changed: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal

2012-11-06 Thread Max Bowsher
@ Christopher Penalver: Why are you so very determined to make this bug's description LESS useful for users? I have a FirePro V5700 [RV730] which is affected by this. The nomenclature HD2000-4000 doesn't identify this card at all. The chip information is vastly more useful in identifying whether

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: [8xxx] Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

2012-10-18 Thread Max Bowsher
This bug is very much still present on Quantal. Environment: Quantal, at time of release. nvidia-current driver package. Quadro NVS 290/PCIe/SSE2 Guest session (no significant customizations) Simply maximizing a gnome-terminal takes more than 2 full seconds. -- You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards

2012-10-16 Thread Max Bowsher
I have added an ubuntu-release-notes bugtask to this bug, because I think it is appropriate to release-note a warning to users of older ATI hardware that due to AMD/ATI's failure to continue to support their hardware, they will not have the option of using fglrx after updating to Quantal. ** Also

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards

2012-10-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Additionally, I'd suggest that the release notes mention the design names i.e. R600 and R700 series as well as the marketing names, as my hardware, which is affected, doesn't include any HD2000-4000 style indication in its lspci output: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 980519] Re: Random log off in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2012-06-26 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 973096 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973096 Reversed spurious security designation by zero-karma user. ** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 660887] Re: Scroll region at bottom edge of pad inoperable in maverick

2010-10-31 Thread Max Bowsher
I will be unable to provide any additional info regarding this bug I reported, as the hardware I was experiencing it on has had an unfortunate encounter with some grapefruit juice, and is now quite dead. -- Scroll region at bottom edge of pad inoperable in maverick

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 660887] [NEW] Scroll region at bottom edge of pad inoperable in maverick

2010-10-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics In lucid, my touchpad functioned normally, including circular scrolling when I enabled that. In maverick, it seems that the bottom edge scroll zone is mispositioned off the edge of the physical touchpad - circular scrolling

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 660887] Re: Scroll region at bottom edge of pad inoperable in maverick

2010-10-14 Thread Max Bowsher
-- Scroll region at bottom edge of pad inoperable in maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics in ubuntu. ___ Mailing

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 384316] Re: radeon driver now depends on ati to be autoloaded, previously it did not

2009-08-18 Thread Max Bowsher
The use case is a desire to uninstall the old -r128 and -mach64 drivers because they are not used on my system. This removes the -ati driver too by dependencies. So yes, it's a situation that would be encountered only when a user was exercising some fairly fine-grained package selection. But, it

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 405943] Re: [regression] rapid pointer movements with touchpad ignored

2009-08-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Confirming these symptoms on Acer Aspire One. I will do a synaptics- report now. -- [regression] rapid pointer movements with touchpad ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 405943] Re: [regression] rapid pointer movements with touchpad ignored

2009-08-13 Thread Max Bowsher
Whilst running synaptics-report, there was a shell error message. The line: if [ $MAJOR -ge 1 ] [ $MINOR -ge 4 ]; then is inadequately quoted. As the line: # NOTE: this won't work outside of X indicates, this part won't work outside of X, in which case $MAJOR and $MINOR will be empty

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 405943] Re: [regression] rapid pointer movements with touchpad ignored

2009-08-13 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: synaptics_report.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30286681/synaptics_report.log -- [regression] rapid pointer movements with touchpad ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 375618] Re: does not pass xkb* settings to xorg server

2009-06-30 Thread Max Bowsher
** Also affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- does not pass xkb* settings to xorg server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375618 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 375618] Re: does not pass xkb* settings to xorg server

2009-06-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Bug reintroduced by fdi file being moved from hal to xorg, but the version introduced in xorg is an old version still affected by this bug. -- does not pass xkb* settings to xorg server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375618 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 393939] Re: package xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu21 failed to install/upgrade: intentando sobreescribir `/usr/lib/hal/debian-setup-keyboard', que est? tambi?n en el paquete hal

2009-06-30 Thread Max Bowsher
The new xserver does (did) not overtake the old settings from hal. This is bug 375618, for which a fix is in progress. -- package xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu21 failed to install/upgrade: intentando sobreescribir `/usr/lib/hal/debian-setup-keyboard', que est? tambi?n en el paquete hal

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391789] Re: mesa 7.4.1-1ubuntu3 crasher regression

2009-06-24 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28299306/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28299307/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28299308/Dependencies.txt **

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391789] [NEW] mesa 7.4.1-1ubuntu3 crasher regression

2009-06-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Installing the mesa 7.4.1-1ubuntu3 packages makes X crash for me reliably when opening and then closing a right-click menu, or clicking on a panel application launcher. Acer Aspire One Intel 945GME ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jun 24 20:25:27 2009

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 391789] Re: mesa 7.4.1-1ubuntu3 crasher regression

2009-06-24 Thread Max Bowsher
Forgot to say, rolling back to -1ubuntu2 fixes the problem. -- mesa 7.4.1-1ubuntu3 crasher regression https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391789 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 357365] Re: Keybindings consisting completely of modifier keys no longer work

2009-06-20 Thread Max Bowsher
Seems to be fixed in Karmic. ** Changed in: libx11 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Keybindings consisting completely of modifier keys no longer work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357365 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 378391] Re: Source rename clobbered local changes (so tapping not working in Karmic)

2009-06-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Tapping is *currently* disabled by default in Karmic, it will be enabled again once wgrant uploads the fixes he has already prepared. In the meantime, you might use the package in my PPA, which is just the one from wgrant's PPA merged with the recent sync from Debian. -- Source rename clobbered

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 384316] [NEW] radeon driver now depends on ati to be autoloaded, previously it did not

2009-06-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati Prior to 1:6.12.2-2ubuntu1, I had only xserver-xorg-video-radeon installed, *without* xserver-xorg-video-ati. This used to work fine. As of that version, X now fails to load the driver unless the -ati wrapper is present. This is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 384316] Re: radeon driver now depends on ati to be autoloaded, previously it did not

2009-06-06 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27587937/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27587938/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27587939/Dependencies.txt **

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 383396] Re: X crashes when screensaver activates

2009-06-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Confirmed. Also reassigning to xserver-xorg-video-intel package. Rolling that back to 2.7.1 avoids the problem. Like Rodney, I also have Intel 915 graphics hardware. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 379203] Re: touchpad tap-to-click doesn't works after update to karmic from jaunty

2009-05-22 Thread Max Bowsher
This is almost certainly related to the following entry in xserver-xorg- input-synaptics' debian/NEWS file: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.1.1~git20090510-1) unstable; urgency=low * Tapping has been disabled by default on many touchpads by upstream, see the NOTES section in the