Just down-loaded the ISO (08/13/13 Version: 0.0.9r970) from
http://vanir.unit193.tk/mir/. I used it to install on my rig described
below. Then, I performed an apt-get update and dist-upgrade to make
sure that I was testing an up-to-date system.
Summary:
(1) While the compositor did try to
One person (forgot who) was running with Mir for a bit and was unhappy
with the experience. This person did not want to go through the bother
of reinstalling their PC with something else + catchup + customizations
as they wanted to keep on trying the preview of Xubuntu 13.10. Maybe
someone
of intent. But, I'm okay with what we have.
On 08/16/2013 02:22 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
One person (forgot who) was running with Mir for a bit and was unhappy
with the experience. This person did not want to go through the
bother of reinstalling their PC with something else + catchup
. You can find them
both in /usr/sbin.
Only the first line (type=unity) need be commented out in order to
invoke X from LightDM without attempting Mir.
On 08/16/2013 03:02 PM, Jimmy Sjölund wrote:
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Richard Elkins
richard.elk...@gmail.com mailto:richard.elk
Norman,
The original problem statement states that you are observing 1Mb/s and
52Mb/s. This might not be simply in one of your ethernet cables.
Please keep in mind that the transfer rate is a series of connections is
always = the transmission rate of the slowest component in the series.
I
Graham,
Do you get to the point where you have a menu and select something?
Default
Install Xubuntu
etc.
If so, which one did you select?
Is it possible that the image-burn to CD/DVD/thumb did not produce a
valid image?
By the way, the installer image was cranky with my adapter
If you are done testing Mir, in addition to commenting out the
unity-system-compositor startup as previously discussed in this list,
you can also get rid of the unity-system-compositor.log display.
In directory /etc/xdg/autostart, move the mir-log.desktop file somewhere
else. Don't delete it
I am a software developer so 'buntu distribution testing is still a bit
new to me. I am up for helping out with testing all the way to release
on my orphaned-by-Intel D2550MUD2 (Cedar View) motherboard. Actually,
Saucy from the Mir testing ISO using the Modesetting X driver has been
running
Of course. Assuming that you are on Xubuntu 13.04, the following
command line should work fine:
update-manager -d
I have done this before in past years to migrate up to the NEXT
development release.
Don't do this if you are on a release that is earlier than 13.04. In
such a case,
There are emergencies (E.g. hosed desktop) when one would like to gather
evidence and find out who is doing what to whom -or- who is waiting for
whom. I have always used Ctrl-Alt-Fn to break out of desktops for this
purpose. I would have found this quite helpful in writing up a bug
report
. If you must use Intel products, try to stay mainstream
like the i915 type of Build 1.
Richard
On 09/24/2013 01:22 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
There are emergencies (E.g. hosed desktop) when one would like to
gather evidence and find out who is doing what to whom -or- who is
waiting for whom. I have
This would also be a good time to warn people about troublesome hardware
platforms. Engineers often are able to experiment until they get their
rig working but what about the non-computer-technical end users?
For example (my own experience of this past year), it's too easy to fall
into the trap
I need to strip all ability to change *anything* on the machines
(network settings, session settings, decorations,
logout/reboot/shutdown, etc.) out of the login screen.
Let me attempt to interpret this request. You still need root to be
able to administrate the machine. But, all other users
Ubuntu Desktop team,
I know that everyone is busy and Unity probably has a higher priority
than XFCE. However, there are a lot of XFCE users in the Ubuntu family
of distros (E.g. Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio). They really need help with
the subject bug.
Developers and other command-line users can
The issues with bug #1208204 are these:
(1) The complaints began in July. As of 70 milliseconds ago, this bug
is not assigned to anyone, with a status of Undecided, and still
marked as New to Ubuntu Studio.
(2) See Peter Flynn's earlier mail. Well-articulated IMO.
(3) If the indicator-sound
I believe that the welcome message during installation refers to
13.10. Anyone else see this?
I downloaded this ISO:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/20131206/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso
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Elfy,
Followed instructions. The sound indicator did not show up on Panel 0
in the right-hand corner. The work-around
(INDICATOR_ALLOW_NO_WATCHERS=yes in /etc/environment and reboot) had
no effect. Be patient and wait for the migration to complete?
The psensor showed up and is useful.
bugs with this rig.
Richard
On 12/14/2013 01:28 AM, Elfy wrote:
On 13/12/13 19:15, Richard Elkins wrote:
Elfy,
Followed instructions. The sound indicator did not show up on Panel 0
in the right-hand corner. The work-around
(INDICATOR_ALLOW_NO_WATCHERS=yes in /etc/environment and reboot) had
thought of. I just do not like errno=2 or 404 surprises.
Richard
On 12/14/2013 01:28 AM, Elfy wrote:
On 13/12/13 19:15, Richard Elkins wrote:
Elfy,
Followed instructions. The sound indicator did not show up on Panel 0
in the right-hand corner. The work-around
(INDICATOR_ALLOW_NO_WATCHERS=yes
I have converted neighbors and family members to home-PC-Linux since
2003, lately exclusively to Xubuntu. They were all non-computer-tech
people with various levels of experience and education. My simple
approach (like an interview):
Would you like to
* avoid being forced to periodically
Richard Elkins richard.elk...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, I followed all instructions in the link 'to the letter' .
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2013-December/009521.html
===
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Trusty/Gtk3Indicators
i.e.
* sudo apt-get
for Photoshop.
Richard
On 12/14/2013 04:55 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
On 12/14/2013 05:59 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
I have converted neighbors and family members to home-PC-Linux since
2003, lately exclusively to Xubuntu. They were all non-computer-tech
people with various levels of experience
So, what have we been testing before the first alpha? (-:
Seriously, it is quite stable and fast. Can't break anything - boring.
BTW, Simon helped me diagnose the /indicator-sound anomaly/. The issue
was that it was not enabled out of the box Why? I have no idea. It
was always enabled by
Instead of yanking a tool which seems to work well for some folks but
not for others, why don't we focus on addressing Xfburn's inadequacies
in the environments where users are observing failures. It would make
sense for those users who are experiencing failures to file bug reports
(if they have
Wow, that was a bit wacky at the first go with the dist-upgrade on
2014-01-16 (last Thursday). Kernel 3.13.0-3 and other stuff caused some
weird mischief (E.g. made suspend to RAM fail).
However, all of the annoyances seem to have been fixed on 2014-01-19
(yesterday, including an update to
Elfy,
The test cases documented
a) Execute `update-manager -d -c` from a terminal
(http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1310/info)
b) ISO-based upgrade
(http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1498/info)
apply to at least 4 distinct upgrade scenarios:
1. 12.04 occupies
this successfully in the past with an
iMac but dare not attempt this today with my wife's Macbook Air without
risking being exiled to the couch!
Richard
On 01/29/2014 11:11 AM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
On 29/01/14 18:47, Richard Elkins wrote:
Elfy,
The test cases documented
a) Execute `update
Good point. The category should be Product (Ubuntu Core). Instead,
the same one or two simple test cases (not enough, IMO) are repeated in
every Ubuntu variant. It looks like they're all clones. See
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/.
It looks like nobody is planning to
I am not sure if this would be classified as a bug in update-manager
version 1:0.194 (Saucy) or an annoying feature.
In *12.04.02 LTS*, when I ran `update-manager -d -c`, whether updates to
the current release are pending or not, I was presented with the option
of selecting the release upgrade to
While it is possible to run simple tasks with that little RAM, I'd
definitely upgrade to at least 2GB. Your performance will improve
noticably if just through a lack of swapping.
On 01/30/2014 04:35 AM, Robin wrote:
No joy on my attempt to upgrade from a fully-updated 12.04 to 14.04
using
It wasn't a question about the test case.
On 01/30/2014 07:03 AM, Elfy wrote:
On 30/01/14 09:36, Richard Elkins wrote:
I am not sure if this would be classified as a bug in update-manager
version 1:0.194 (Saucy) or an annoying feature.
In *12.04.02 LTS*, when I ran `update-manager -d -c
Robin - have you registered at ubuntu single signon? Once you that and
assuming your cookies are turned on, you should be able to visit several
ubuntu sites without logging in again. Sometimes a form filled-in appears
after you login and one just clicks on enter to continue.
On Jan 31, 2014 4:04
Elfy,
Does Robin need some sort of special registration for QA?
On 01/31/2014 04:26 PM, Robin wrote:
On 01/31/2014 02:26 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
Robin - have you registered at ubuntu single signon? Once you that
and assuming your cookies are turned on, you should be able to visit
several
Pushing this along into February .
Time to move along to a different set of apps. We would now like to
concentrate on *Xfce Settings Manager
*
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/306/builds/55995/testcases
Prior to this call the testcases were given a check. They should
Elfy,
Done and all passed this morning. Just some minor issues as noted in
the QA site.
Folks,
Please try (at least) the LiveCD test.
If you have at least 20GB free space,
* Backup all salient data from the current Xubuntu partition or
whatever it is (call it P) to a safe place.
*
Second time - hopefully, it will go in the right place this time (guessing).
Elfy,
Done and all passed this morning. Just some minor issues as noted in
the QA site.
Folks,
Please try (at least) the LiveCD test.
If you have at least 20GB free space,
* Backup all salient data from the
I've had the same experience in the past when downloading by selecting
the ISO directly. If you haven't yet, I would suggest downloading with
`zsync`:
zsync
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/trusty-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync
zsync
I agree with Pjotr. Everyone staying on 12.04 or 12.04.x should stay
with the existing Linux kernel - which can still be bug-fixed if need
be. Support for 12.04/12.04.x continues until next year.
How to fix Xubuntu 12.04.4?. The normal update process.
Our sites should be set on 14.04 LTS.
Very interesting food fight (not trying to criticize anyone specifically).
The issue, IMO, is that some of the 'buntus seem to have a have fuzzy
marketing concepts and no real plans. We might possibly agree that
Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio seem to have well-defined
audiences. Ubuntu
, there is still a tall mountain to
climb, especially in communications.
Richard the pessimist (sometimes)
On 02/15/2014 04:16 AM, PK wrote:
@Richard Elkins: well put. Lightweight, easy to use and elegant, is
what sums it up for me
And fit for modern hardware, as well. But 12.04.4 should be treated
I cannot reproduce this error. I had no trouble executing all of those
steps.
Did you install the xsltproc package from the Ubuntu repositories?
sudo apt-get install xsltproc
Richard
On 02/17/2014 08:11 PM, Jay Torian wrote:
Hello Pasi,
I installed some of the things I needed to
Jay,
There is a prerequisite package that you need (I had it because some
other package that I installed was dependent on it): *docbook-xsl*.
Installation of this package creates the folder including the chunk.xsl
file.
Then, re-run `make`.
Richard
On 02/17/2014 10:39 PM, Richard Elkins
packages are installed:
sudo apt-get install xsltproc docbook-xsl
Richard*
*
On 02/17/2014 10:39 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
I cannot reproduce this error. I had no trouble executing all of
those steps.
Did you install the xsltproc package from the Ubuntu repositories?
sudo apt
Good question. Both Gnome Network Manager and wicd get the job done. I
didn't realize that Xubuntu was taking a position on one or the other
because I am happy with whichever one shows up in my installation.
By the way, did anyone else notice the Debian swirl screen in the Beta
1 ISO
I like the swirl! It sort of looks like a parfait that I can buy at
Sonic drive-ins or Bob's Big Boy.
You can take the boy out of California but you can't take California out
of the boy!
Richard - misses the ocean
On 02/28/2014 04:18 PM, Elfy wrote:
On 28/02/14 22:08, Richard Elkins
Is this because of the token archived in Xubuntu scenario in
Xubuntu Desktop {amd64|i386} for Trusty Beta 1 (archived) i.e. site
admin issue or condition?
Trusty Daily is still reportable. Use that instead of Beta 1?
Richard
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Lutz,
Sometimes, the nvidia card is sufficiently old that ubiquity and X
cannot figure it out automatically. I realize that your time is
important to you but have you tried using Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n = 1..6) to get
a command line login from `getty`? This should work in spite of the
graphics issues
No fair! All we can get across the pond is Stella Artois. )=:
Regards, Richard - formerly of Elsene/Ixelles (in town) and
Corroy-le-Grand (just off the A4)
On 03/12/2014 11:05 AM, PK wrote:
Success! :-)
Xfburn 0.5.0 has been accepted into Trusty:
Go look for an existing bug report.
If found
add yourself to be notified
else
create a new report
fi
On 03/12/2014 02:05 PM, PK wrote:
Just noticed: Mousepad isn't localized in Xubuntu 14.04. It should be,
because my system is Dutch localized and the Dutch translation of
Mousepad was
For my fairly heavy software development/testing, LibreOffice
word-processing / spreadsheets / presentation, and music applications, I
cannot break Xubuntu 14.04 on my testing machine. On my production
machine (just updated to 14.04) and for the other 3 desktop users that I
guided through the
Somewhere along the way from 12.04 to 14.04, it looks like this design
question was addressed. Would you consider upgrading to 14.04 instead?
If you prefer operating with an official release (E.g. production
machine), 14.04 will be official very soon (April).
FYI, the dependencies reported by
My 13.10 system (pre-migration to 14.04) seemed to have a well-behaved
indicator plug-in. Something in the above indicator plug-in version (or
something else?) changed so I get what I think is aberrant behavior.
To clear the air, as it were, I established a baseline by removing the
indicator
I just rebuilt my Trusty XFCE4 configuration from scratch: renamed the
existing $HOME/config/xfce4 folder, logged out, and re-logged in.
New desktop, same symptoms as below.
On 04/03/2014 04:11 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
My 13.10 system (pre-migration to 14.04) seemed to have a well-behaved
.
What can I do to assist? Further information needed? More testing?
Richard
On 04/04/2014 05:12 AM, Simon Steinbeiß wrote:
Dear all,
as Richard Elkins recently noted there have been problems with the indicators
in 14.04, however we've prepared a fix meanwhile.
You can install the updated
the action took effect. GTK is new to me! (-:
On 04/04/2014 05:53 AM, Simon Steinbeiß wrote:
Hey Richard,
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:47:03 -0500
Richard Elkins richard.elk...@gmail.com wrote:
1. The Audio Menu which was not visible before is now visible.
Good to hear.
2. *Still missing
: indicator-power respawning too fast, stopped
Visible on Panel 0:
* Applications
* Sound
* Messaging
Not visible on Panel 0:
* Power
Richard
On 04/04/2014 05:53 AM, Simon Steinbeiß wrote:
Hey Richard,
On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:47:03 -0500
Richard Elkins richard.elk...@gmail.com wrote
Filed as Bug #1302571 for tracking.
On 04/04/2014 06:15 AM, Richard Elkins wrote:
elkins@asrock:~$ killall xfce4-panel
elkins@asrock:~$ xfce4-panel
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process ended, respawning
init: indicator-power main process
Jimmie,
Please take a look at the following list and see if any of them resemble
one of your symptoms.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker
Richard
On 04/07/2014 04:10 PM, Jimmie Houchin wrote:
Hello,
I have had this frustrating problem with Xubuntu 14.04 Beta 2 and
Both! Please. These are separate test cases.
On Apr 8, 2014 1:13 PM, Tiago Ribeiro zak...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Should I update the 12.04 with the beta2 iso or through apt?
Which is best (if any) for testing purposes?
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Elfy ub.u...@btinternet.com wrote:
On
not sure how broad or how narrow the submission should be.
Thanks for your help and guidance.
Jimmie
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1303736
On 04/07/2014 04:51 PM, Richard Elkins wrote:
Jimmie,
Please take a look at the following list and see if any of them
Fabian,
More information is needed to understand this behaviour. I could guess
but I'd rather not.
1. Hardware details - motherboard, CPU(s)/core(s), RAM, etc.
2. Running in VM (E.g. virtualbox) or bare machine?
3. Did you install ground up or upgrade from something else?
4. If upgraded,
I will do what I can today with Intel CPU, chip-set, and graphics RC
testing.
The following other hardware areas could use coverage before 14.04 hits
the general populace:
* NVIDIA graphics (E.g. GeForce GTX)
* NVIDIA APU (E.g. Tegra ver. N on a tablet)
* AMD APU or CPU (E.g. A-Series,
Laurent,
If this is consistent behavior, then please use `ubuntu-bug` to report a
bug. It may be related to the autodetected graphics hardware (correct
or not). That will determine which kernel module and X-Windows driver
to use. Be sure to provide all hardware details in the bug report (E.g.
1. Went to xubuntu.org.
2. Clicked on Download now!
3. Both of the torrent down loads work fine.
4. Clicked on the United States. Result:
http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs-Xubuntu/14.04/release/ (blank
directory)
5. Clicked on Russian Federation. Result:
I would think that the main web site should not be changed until all of
the new downstream sites are ready? This should be a knife-switch cut-over.
Or, just advertise the torrents until the other sites are ready.
On 04/17/2014 02:21 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph wrote:
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at
Lutz,
If you have not yet done so, please file a bug report, providing as many
details as possible. For example, there are many HP Pavilion dv6-
models so which one? What is the nature of the hybrid graphics?
Please email me the bug report number once it is filed. I am going to
try and
Please write up a bug report. Be sure to include the system details
which have listed.
On 04/19/2014 04:53 PM, Chris Lucas wrote:
Good morning!
I've run into an issue with 14.04 recovering from hibernation.
Standby mode seems to work fine, but when resuming from a suspension,
the lock
Jenova,
Arch is one distro and the *buntu family are a separate set of distros
(includes Xubuntu = *buntu base + XFCE). Arch and Xubuntu do not overlap.
It sounds like you are looking to install Arch GNU/Linux + the XFCE
desktop. That is a very popular Arch setup and it works quite well. Go
URL error.
Should have been: http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-15-10-release/
On 11/30/2015 04:00 AM, Jonathan McBrien wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Just letting you know that the link to the 15.10 release announcement
> (http://xubuntu.org/news/15-10-release/) from here
> http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/
>
>
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common code.
I reported it here:
h" <l...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Richard Elkins
> <richard.elk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does such a package inclusion schedule exist? If so, please reply with a
> > URL. Thanks. As 16.04 is in alpha #1, I didn't want to create a b
Does such a package inclusion schedule exist? If so, please reply with
a URL. Thanks. As 16.04 is in alpha #1, I didn't want to create a bug
report nor rush the lsb package developers in any other way.
I am writing as I own an Epson XP-410 multifunction printer whose
drivers
/1536353.
Therefore, there seems to be no reason for excluding the lsb packages
from 16.04.
On 05/09/2016 06:23 PM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
On 2016-05-10 01:56, Richard Elkins wrote:
A reprint of message #31 in bug report #1536353 .
I cannot understand why Xenial (16.04) dropped lsb
A reprint of message #31 in bug report #1536353 .
I cannot understand why Xenial (16.04) dropped lsb in the first place
given how much dependency exists. However, I have tried two of the
suggested solutions and the printer-driver-escpr package provides basic
printing functions for my
/2016 06:23 PM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
On 2016-05-10 01:56, Richard Elkins wrote:
A reprint of message #31 in bug report #1536353 .
I cannot understand why Xenial (16.04) dropped lsb in the first place
given how much dependency exists. However, I have tried two of the
suggested solutions
In Dallas Texas in the USA, mirror.lstn.net should be included in the
list. In my experience, it has been fast and reliable.
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I see! I didn't realize that Limestone did not also include ISO files
and zsync files. Thank you.
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If you are using Firefox to access sites through a proxy (E.g. at work),
you can get to a proxy set-up as follows:
* In Firefox, click on the Open Menu icon (3 parallel lines, at far right)
* Click on on Preferences
* Click on Advanced
* Click on Network
* Click on Connection
By default,
Cannot find Xubuntu Core downloads today - directory "Download links for
Xubuntu Core" is empty:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/384/builds/167441/downloads
linked there from "Xubuntu Core testcases in Bionic Daily" at
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