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brunogirinHi, I confirmed bug 446632 recently but I'm not sure how to take it forward so if someone could have a look and advise what the next step should be, that would be much appreciated00:21
ubot4Launchpad bug 446632 in blender "blender-bin crashed with SIGSEGV in GPU_state_init()" [Medium,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/44663200:21
FFEMTcJhggdh: or anyone else.. I have something that should probably be wishlist, and I want to figure out if it would be something that we could get from debian the next time we sync.. Would someone be willing to talk me through it please? bug 48287101:20
ubot4Launchpad bug 482871 in libmpcdec "Please Update" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48287101:20
micahgFFEMTcJ: it's not in debian01:23
FFEMTcJwould you walk me through how to check that please? I assume there is something similar to ubuntu packages that you looked at?01:23
micahgFFEMTcJ: install devscripts if you don't have it01:24
FFEMTcJgot it01:24
micahgthe command is rmadison PKGNAME for ubuntu and rmadison -u debian PKGNAME for debian01:24
micahgI wishlisted it for you01:25
micahgyou might want to change the title to include the version01:25
micahgFFEMTcJ: we generally don't touch packaging requests though except to flag as wishlist01:26
micahgthe status shoudl remain new until someone does soemthing with it01:26
FFEMTcJok..01:26
mrandfunny part is that 1.2.6 is actually old.01:26
FFEMTcJnow how about if it is something that we sync from debian?01:26
mrandhttp://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src01:26
mrandIt's been out for 2.5 years and was replaced 6 months ago with Musepack SV8 libs & tools (r435)01:27
micahgFFEMTcJ: then we especially don't touch it :)01:28
mrandmy feeling too.01:29
FFEMTcJok01:31
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fcuk112https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-user-dirs/+bug/381490 does the patch look ok? how do i know if a package should be sponsored by main or universe?07:01
ubot4Launchpad bug 381490 in xdg-user-dirs "xdg-user-dirs has no man pages; URL in README is incorrect" [Medium,Confirmed]07:01
micahgfcuk112: the place to ask about patches is in #ubuntu-motu, we just do triage in here07:18
fcuk112micahg: ok thanks.07:19
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FFEMTcJshould wishlist be removed if somethings invalid?11:00
_Narc_hggdh: Hello, it's me again, sorry. Could you tell me how do I uninstall the -15 proposed kernel updates you told me to test yesterday, and go back to -14 (besides booting on it on grub)11:06
FFEMTcJcould someone please wishlist 48300111:09
FFEMTcJbug 48300111:09
ubot4Launchpad bug 483001 in ubuntu "[needs-packaging] Wayland" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48300111:09
yofel__Narc_: disable the proposed repository, remove the -15 packages and downgrade the meta packages11:50
yofel_or just set grub to always boot -1411:50
_Narc_yofel_: oh, thank you, I was googling desperately. I already disabled proposed, but how to know exactly which packages to remove, I checked in the history but they're mixed up with "normal" updates.11:52
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mrandFFEMTcJ: If the bug were to become valid again somehow, would it likely be a wishlist item?  If so, it is ok to leave it as invalid + wishlist.   No need to clear the wishlist aspect.  (BTW, 483001 done)12:51
_Narc_bug 47847312:56
ubot4Launchpad bug 478473 in linux "Unsupported FM and Analog TV card Avermedia Super 007" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/47847312:56
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qenseWhere on earth can I find the toggle for making bugs public?14:08
qenseThe LP devs sure did a good job hiding it.14:08
dtchen_which bug?14:09
m4rtintop right hand corner14:09
qensedtchen_: any bug m4rtin: I can't find it there.14:09
m4rtinqense: where it says "This report is public" I see a little yellow edit circle next to it - click that14:10
qenseI don't see the edit icon there.14:10
qenseThat's weird14:10
m4rtinI can definitely see it on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/44934914:11
ubot4Launchpad bug 449349 in bash-completion "regression for completing remote files/dirs over ssh" [Medium,Confirmed]14:11
m4rtinare you logged in?14:11
qenseI am logged in, I am a LP beta tester and a member of ubuntu-bugcontrol14:11
qensebut I can't see the edit button14:11
m4rtinweird14:13
qenseyep14:13
m4rtinwell, sorry, I can't say further than that14:13
qenseno point, thanks for your help anyway14:13
m4rtinnp14:13
dtchen_JS enabled, correct?14:14
dtchen_on edge, the icon is to the right of the text14:14
qenseI'm using Chromium, maybe that's what causes this.14:15
qenseyes14:15
qenseit does show up in FF14:15
kklimondaqense: it is14:15
kklimondathere is even bug reported14:15
qenseah14:15
zoraelIf I have a bug very likely caused by the same kernel behavior as causes LP #415023, should I post about it as a comment or create a new bug report and mark it as a duplicate? I have a small video clip describing it I want to attach, and I'm not sure where I should put it.14:18
ubot4Launchpad bug 415023 in hal-info "brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100" [Medium,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/41502314:18
dtchen_zorael: create a dupe14:19
dtchen_zorael: we'll undupe as appropriate14:19
zoraeldtchen_: It is essentially about both the kernel and the hardware generating brightness up/down keypresses, causing them to trigger eachother and race. My bug is that when the screen tries to dpms off/suspend/standby, it also generates three keypresses, simulating activity and instantly wakes the screen. What package should I file that against? It's technically not hal-info, as the other bug has been ascribed to. More of either a14:23
zoraelkernel issue, or with the "xsync extension" which in this case would need to ignore brightness key events when monitoring for activity.14:23
dtchen_zorael: it affects linux. start there.14:24
amit_sharmadtchen_, hi..this is abt bug 47715414:38
ubot4Launchpad bug 477154 in alsa-driver "When headphones are plugged in, the speaker does not get muted automatically." [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/47715414:38
amit_sharmai tried the last action items....but it seems once reboot happens no changes remained saved in config files....14:39
dtchen_amit_sharma: values echoes to sysfs do not persist across a reboot14:51
dtchen_amit_sharma: also, I don't have time right this moment to look, but did the actual hint do anything after a reconfig?14:52
amit_sharmadtchen_, i rebooted system once echoed hint...didn14:55
amit_sharmadid not tested before reboot14:55
amit_sharmadtchen_,thanks for helping..once u have time...just have a look at the output u asked for.....14:56
_Narc_dtchen: I just saw this in my syslog, thought maybe it could help you. http://paste.ubuntu.com/319334/15:15
dtchen__Narc_: we already know that HDA is crap15:15
dtchen__Narc_: it's a red herring; don't pay attention to it15:16
_Narc_dtchen_: Haha, okay, sorry15:16
kklimondadtchen_: so if hda is crap what is the good, cheap sound card right now?15:37
dtchen_kklimonda: anything not HDA?15:38
dtchen_DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.0515:41
dtchen_^^^^ huh?15:41
dtchen_(bug 483114)15:42
ubot4Launchpad bug 483114 in pulseaudio "Pulse volume control does not manage ALSA master volume" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48311415:42
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hggdhprophetic?17:17
nigel_nbhey hggdh17:18
nigel_nbis it normal practice for errors in ubuntu documentation to be logged as bugs?17:18
hggdhnigel_nb: yes they are bugs17:19
hggdhhi nigel_nb17:19
hggdh:-)17:19
nigel_nb:)17:19
qenseWhat thing is responsible for making Nautilus flag a device as bearing music?17:24
qenseI've got a bug where that happened when the device didn't have any music capabilities.17:25
nigel_nbhggdh: this is bug 48314917:29
ubot4Launchpad bug 483149 in ubuntu-docs "Type cmd.exe in run is bad pratice" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48314917:29
mr_steveqense, I think it's Nautilus itself.17:30
qenseok, thanks. I'll have a look at that17:33
mr_steveHas anyone noticed a lot of bugs being filed against Firefox, which aren't Firefox bugs? I think people are getting confused. Probably hitting the first "Report a problem" menuitem they see..17:35
* yofel thinks that too17:36
yofelthere are a lot of bugs reported against yelp17:36
mr_steveMaybe the menuitem should be "Report a problem with <APPNAME>"17:36
mr_steveI'm thinking about filing a bug, but I'm not sure what package to file against. Or maybe it should be on brainstorm? Dunno.17:39
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Tiibiidiieither way i think it's a bug: it makes the users prefer to wait for it to be fixed (hence disregarding important security updates), or it's indeed a problem, and so it shouldn't happen so often18:07
Tiibiidiibut i'm not sure on what the problem is18:07
dtchen_Tiibiidii: what's the context? I'm missing everything prior to 13:04 (14 minutes ago)18:18
Tiibiidiiuh18:19
Tiibiidiii'll type it again18:19
dtchen_thank you18:19
Tiibiidii one question: since karmic beta, i noticed that upgrade manager offers partial upgrades (i read on the forums that these shouldn't be done, so i obviously never did)... those never happened through previous ubuntu betas, but i didn't bother...18:20
Tiibiidiibut now i saw these partial upgrades even while karmic's stable (and not only on my computer!)18:20
Tiibiidiii read that it may happen if some packages aren't uploaded fine... but whatever it's the reason, by "apt-get updat"ing one or two days later its said that it should be fixed18:20
Tiibiidiiso i'm wondering... is this partial upgrades thing a cautious warning that was simply added to avoid eventual problems (so the partial upgrades were happening even before but they weren't notified), or is it a problem of the karmic repositories/regression in apt? (right now i haven't upgraded from some days... and it's proposing 96 updates, but i'm refraining to do this because of the partial update warning)18:20
Tiibiidiieither way i think it's a bug: it makes the users prefer to wait for it to be fixed (hence disregarding important security updates), or it's indeed a problem, and so it shouldn't happen so often18:20
Tiibiidiibut i'm not sure on what the problem is18:20
dtchen_Tiibiidii: do you have the Pre-release updates option checked in System > Administration > Software Sources ?18:21
dtchen_(aka karmic-proposed)18:21
Tiibiidiino18:22
Tiibiidiinor proposed, nor backports (before changing my laptop, aka before 9.04 i was actually used to activate even backports... and even then i didn't ever saw any of those partial upgrades warning)18:23
dtchen_it's unlikely to be an error repository-/pocket-side18:24
Tiibiidiibut i have some ppa active if it's important18:24
dtchen_...18:24
dtchen_yes, that's important.18:24
dtchen_Disable the PPAs first, then update again18:24
Tiibiidii(virtualbox, opera, chromium-daily, and medibuntu)18:25
Tiibiidiihovewer the problematic packages aren't the ones from the ppas...18:26
Tiibiidii(now i'll try disabling the ppa/external repositories)18:26
dtchen_yes, then pastebin the output from aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade18:26
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Tiibiidiiok: found the problem (maybe update-manager could have suggested this)... removing eclipse-platform-dbgsym solved the issue (i installed that for an eclipse bug report)18:34
Tiibiidiiok, tried reinstalling the dbgsym... and indeed update-manager (by accepting the partial-upgrade) proposes to remove the dbgsym... thank you dtchen (however i wonder what was the problem with the partial upgrade on that other computer)18:40
WeatherGodI have a suggestion about the roadmap idea mentioned yesterday18:51
WeatherGodmaybe it is already done, but I think we should have co-operation with the testing groups to let them know of the most common issues to look for before a release18:52
WeatherGodmaybe have something like "HugDays" where we look to see if certain problems exists in a beta18:53
WeatherGodwe could call it "RugDays"... (looking for bugs in the rug)18:54
WeatherGod**cricket, cricket**18:56
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qenseWeatherGod: good cooperation with the testing team is indeed a good point19:18
karl_Is there anyone here that can pass along information upstream to someone who cares about booting into Ubutu instal cds?19:18
dtchen_karl_: probably. What's the issue?19:19
karl_Well in Karmic final there was a bug that affected many of our Foundations computers.19:19
karl_The problem has been fixed, but I would like to pass some information on upstream.  Is that possible?19:20
WeatherGodqense, mind helping me out with a update-manager problem?19:20
WeatherGodfound it in two reports already19:21
qenseok19:21
qensewhat's the problem?19:21
dtchen_karl_: in the installer? Check #ubuntu-installer.19:21
WeatherGodqense, look at bug 48184619:22
ubot4Launchpad bug 481846 in update-manager "update manager crashes" [Undecided,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48184619:22
karl_Ok I will but I feel that I am being passed around from group to group.  Thank you for your help.19:22
WeatherGodI suggested the same fix for another person, but they reported that it didn't work19:22
WeatherGodqense, the screenshot in that report gives much more info19:23
WeatherGodbtw, can anyone suggest a good tab manager plugin/addon for firefox19:25
WeatherGodsince starting triaging, I have been using tabs much more than I am used to19:25
qensethe problem with this is that the parts of the software you're reporting the bug against has to be up-to-date19:26
qenseThat isn't the case here, because the updater doesn't work.19:27
yofelWeatherGod: if you don't want to risk  loosing them on crash you could try session manager19:27
qenseFF should remember them by default on crashes19:27
* yofel is using more tabs than he can handle too ^^19:27
WeatherGodit isn't crashes I am worried about, it is just having so many tabs19:27
WeatherGodand such a small screen19:27
WeatherGodqense, why won't the updater work?19:28
qenseif the traces are good enough you can confirm the bugs and let the developers handle it19:28
qensemaybe opening a task for the Update Manager project as well19:28
qenseso the developers see it19:28
WeatherGodso it might not be a package issue?19:29
qensewell, it crashes19:29
qenseWhat made you think it was a package issue? Maybe I forgot a clue.19:29
WeatherGodwell, the error message says that certain packages must be *upgraded* before the update19:30
qensethat is just how apport is designed19:30
qenseyou can't report a bug against an old package19:30
WeatherGodand I think both reporters had upgraded from 9.0419:30
qensebecause it may have been solved in the newer package19:30
WeatherGodthat's silly, because only the upgrade manager could possibly know that a package is outdated19:31
WeatherGodwhy would there be such a restriction?19:31
qensethe update-manager is just a front-end for the package system19:31
qenseeveryone can read the files and look if there is a newer version online19:32
qensehowever, it is a problem because now we don't ahve the trace19:32
qensealthough if I'm correct that's already a bug against apport19:33
WeatherGodanyway, maybe I should have them try updating using synaptic19:33
qenseyou could try that19:34
WeatherGodit would at least help determine where the bug lies19:34
qenseand afterwards let them report the bug again with the .crash file in /var/crash19:34
WeatherGodyeah19:34
WeatherGodI'll first see if synaptic gets the job done.  If not, then try the command line19:35
WeatherGodthen go back to seeing what happened to the update manager19:35
qensesounds good19:36
WeatherGodthanks for the help19:36
qenseyw19:36
WeatherGodjust noticed something... synaptic uses the word "Upgrade" when it should use "Update"19:39
qenseis there a clear definition for that?19:39
WeatherGodI think using the terms interchangably might confuse users19:39
qensethat's probably true19:40
yofeltell that to apt-get ...19:40
WeatherGodwell, one of the bug reports was confused by it19:40
WeatherGodI always thought there was a clear definition19:40
qensemaybe we have/should19:42
jtniehofI think there are two clear definitions....19:42
WeatherGodyeah, I always envisioned upgrade as being between major releases, while update being for minor releases19:42
jtniehofI can't imagine the thought process that went into the apt commands: "Okay, update, that's obvious, then there's upgrade...good, good...so the next thing should be...er...I already used upgrade....dist-upgrade!"19:42
WeatherGodheh19:42
WeatherGodI come from using yum, so it wasn't very complicated19:43
yofelwell, apt-get is designed for debian where those definitions actually make sense19:43
yofelin ubuntu it indeed is somewhat confusing19:43
WeatherGodand then you have ArchLinux, I think, that always does rolling updates19:44
micahgI think it's update the cache and upgrade packages19:45
jtniehofarch: for when gentoo is too easy :)19:45
WeatherGodheh19:46
WeatherGodso, we can't agree on a definition of the two terms?19:47
yofelWeatherGod: well, you'll probably fail trying to rewrite apt, but maybe someone could make a GUI specifiaction19:47
yofel*specification19:48
jtniehofI think synaptic's consistent with apt, it's just the Ubuntu update-manager that's different19:49
WeatherGodpossibly, which is ok, so long as the distinction is clear19:50
yofelI think so too, but since a normal user won't use apt-get but rather update-manager and synaptic maybe those too should use the same definitions19:51
WeatherGodmost users who will be confused by that won't regularlly use synaptic19:51
WeatherGodI think the Software-Center and Update Manager should be written under that specificiation19:52
WeatherGodthose are going to be the applications that the users will regularly see19:52
WeatherGodsynaptic is going to become one of those tools that act as a backup19:53
mr_steveIs there anyone who could have a look at #483159? I believe there's enough info to mark it triaged.20:26
mr_stevebug #48315920:27
ubot4Launchpad bug 483159 in libpam-mount "pam_mount trying to unmount my auto-mounted encrypted partitions every hour via CRON" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48315920:27
WeatherGodmr_steve, I would say that it has enough info to be actionable... however I can't mark things as triaged20:32
mr_steveNice to have a 2nd opinion anyway. I just thought I'd throw it out there for someone from bugcontrol to notice later20:33
* micahg is looking at the upstream report now20:34
micahghmmm20:39
micahgI guess there's enough here20:40
micahgmr_steve: what importance do you think it should be set at?20:40
mr_steveI'm not sure, probably medium, since it's not causing data loss, but definitely obnoxious. Unmounting filesystems at random and such.20:42
micahgmr_steve: agreed, marking Medium -> Triaged20:43
mr_steveawesome, thanks20:43
micahgmr_steve: done20:45
micahgthanks for Triaging!20:45
mr_steveI think I'm going to try to apply for bugcontrol soon. I like triage, and it's good practice for the helpdesk job I'll inevitably have after college20:46
micahgindeed, well, keep up the good work20:46
dtchen_is there a Dominic Stadler present?20:48
dtchen_sigh.20:50
WeatherGoddid X11 change in Karmic?21:03
WeatherGodjust found a bug report here, and the person doesn't have a xorg.conf file21:03
dtchen_/etc/X11/xorg.conf hasn't been created since 9.04 at least21:04
maxbIt is no longer required to have one.21:04
WeatherGodah, ok, didn't know that21:04
WeatherGodmy Jaunty has one21:04
WeatherGodgo figure21:04
dtchen_as does mine, because I use Nvidia21:04
dtchen_(not to mention my adding other options)21:05
WeatherGodI have an EeePC, and I don't remember needing to do modifications21:05
WeatherGodexcept maybe speed and other sensitivity things through the GUI21:05
dtchen_in a more ideal world, you wouldn't need one at all21:05
WeatherGodbut, how is xorg handling the information now?21:06
WeatherGoddefaults?21:06
dtchen_yes, thanks to evdev21:06
WeatherGodah21:06
WeatherGodhaven't read up on that21:06
dtchen_well, hal to be more precise21:06
mr_steveAutoconfiguration. I've found it useful to run X -configure to generate an xorg.conf, which should be the same as the autoconfig X is using21:07
dtchen_hal > udev, really21:07
WeatherGodbut, I thought hal is being deprecated?21:07
dtchen_see above21:07
WeatherGodok, must be getting it all backwards21:07
WeatherGodso, hal will replace udev and will work with devicekit?21:08
dtchen_other way around21:08
dtchen_everything is being migrated toward udev with *kit-specific bits for now21:08
dtchen_there's a halsectomy page on the Ubuntu wiki21:08
WeatherGodhalsectomy?21:09
dtchen_wiki/Halsectomy21:09
WeatherGodyeah, found it... just a funny word21:09
dtchen_what's a migration without pain^Whumour?21:10
dtchen_in other news, bug descriptions consisting of "waht" make me sad.21:11
WeatherGodremember, migration is very similar to migranes21:11
WeatherGodor "I don't know, it just came up"21:12
mr_steveWeatherGod, I've seen a ton of those21:12
mr_steveEspecially for kernel oops'21:12
WeatherGodyeah, something needs to be done about those21:13
WeatherGodmost users have no freaking clue what to do, but at least they might feel better that the computer took care of it themselves21:13
mr_steveI thought the default for oops's was to use the first line of oopstext as the title, I think people are changing it before submitting21:14
mr_steveI usually just change 'em to the oops message21:14
WeatherGodgood idea21:15
mr_steveIt's much easier to find possible dupes that way, too21:15
WeatherGodinteresting bug report... bug 48290621:16
ubot4Launchpad bug 482906 in ubuntu "RockRidge format causes invalid ISOs (truncated filenames) when burned/read from Windows" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/48290621:17
WeatherGodno way for me to confirm it, though21:17
micahgWeatherGod: mr_steve: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelOops21:24
mr_steveIndeed. Apport/kerneloops seem pretty good about sending the appropriate info. It seems the main thing to do is ask the basic "what were you doing, what happens when you do it again?" questions21:28
mr_steveIf that info isn't already in the report21:28
phenomOk, another issue after upgrading to Karmic: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8323583#post832358321:33
phenomWhen switching to a virtual terminal, the screen flashes, and I get the cursor effect described in that post.21:34
bcurtiswxis there a tag for bugs with workarounds in them?21:43
dtchen_"spam"?21:44
bcurtiswxthanks dan.....21:44
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bcurtiswxI Wish all those going to UDS the best!!23:40

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