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kamalmostafahggdh: okay, very good, thank you.  I didn't realize that there was a "usually" path for Incomplete bugs (but glad to know that there is!).  Thanks folks.00:01
hggdhkamalmostafa: yw. And I do like your work here :-)00:01
kamalmostafa... and now that bug 518314 is on the table anyway...   Any of you kind folks feel like compiling that quick 10 line program to test it?  (Because if strcmp() really doesn't work, I'm going back to MS Windows! ;-)00:04
ubot4Launchpad bug 518314 in eglibc (Ubuntu) "strcmp crashes (affects: 1)" [Medium,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/51831400:04
kamalmostafahggdh: ty00:04
persiaDo we usually set "Medium" for incomplete bugs?  I have been leaving it unset, waiting for more information.  Should I change that practice?00:06
Sinani201I'll test the code, since I00:12
Sinani201'm working in my C++ book right now00:13
Sinani201The code gives an error.00:13
kamalmostafaSinani201: what error?00:14
Sinani201crash.cpp:8: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘char*’00:14
Sinani201It's on this line:  char *s = (argc>1)?argv[1]:"aa";00:15
kamalmostafaSinani201: Its a C program (despite the // comments).  Build with:   gcc -Wall teststrcmp.c -o teststrcmp00:15
Sinani201Oh.00:15
Sinani201I'll test it with c instead.00:15
Sinani201OK, it didn't crash anything.00:17
kamalmostafaSinani201: As I expected.  If you wouldn't mind, please add a note to the bug that you couldn't reproduce it either.00:17
kamalmostafaSinani201: Oh, and FYI, inserting "const" before the "char" at the beginning of the line you referenced will make this buildable as a C++ program.  (But it still doesn't reproduce the reported bug :-).00:18
kamalmostafaSinani201: And thank you very much for the test.00:20
Sinani201You're welcome.00:20
hggdhpersia: I usually do it00:25
persiahggdh: My feeling for not doing it is that I don't want to annoy the reporter if I have to downgrade it later, but if consensus is that we should do it, I'll change :)00:28
kamalmostafapersia, hggdh: Maybe it should be considered on a case-by-case basis...  If you can't decide on the importance until you get a response to your questions, then leave it "Undecided" -- but if you can make a case for some other importance even without those answers (based on the info already present), then set it accordingly.00:32
persiaOh, I guess I do that already :)00:33
kamalmostafapersia: see, I'm full of easy answers.  :-)00:34
hggdhwell, these are two options: (1) set it to medium, then adjust as needed; (2) do *not* set it, then adjust as needed00:36
hggdheither one works, I think00:36
hggdhobviously, we would still need to have Importance looked at seriously00:37
persiaWell, sometimes I use option 3) set to some specific value *and* ask for more information.00:37
persiaFor example, I might ask on a feature request for a more detailed description, or on a bug affecting only unusual hardware for device specifics, etc.00:38
hggdhyes. If the issue seems really bad, nothing stand against setting it High, then adjusting as more knowledge is acquired00:38
hggdhor, of course, the other way around -- looks really Low, set it so, then adjust if needed00:38
persiaRight.00:38
persiaOK.  I think I've been doing the right thing then :)00:39
persiaIn the case of crashes, I usually do set "Medium" and "Incomplete" if I need more details on the crash.00:39
hggdhthe point, I guess, is that at the beginning we do not really know how serious (or not) an issue is. For me, setting it to Medium allows me to jiggle around as needed00:39
hggdh*not* setting it allows for the same00:40
hggdhpersia: I am still to see something you do _not_ do right ;-)00:40
Sinani201brb for one second, I think I'm going to use Colloquy from now on for IRC.00:41
Sinani201Much better.00:43
persiahggdh: Well, I've been on this channel for almost 5 years, so many of my rough edges have worn off :)00:43
hggdhheh. I have been here only 3 and some year, I think, and my edges are still being hammered off00:44
* micahg hands hggdh some sandpaper :)00:44
hggdhLOL00:44
hggdhaspirins welcome also00:44
Sinani201I'm not sure if bug 521921 is really a bug... I think it's caused because the songs are read only.01:47
ubot4Launchpad bug 521921 in rhythmbox (Ubuntu) "How to edit song titles (affects: 1)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/52192101:47
Sinani201Is bug 521921 a valid bug? Someone please answer...01:52
ubot4Launchpad bug 521921 in rhythmbox (Ubuntu) "How to edit song titles (affects: 1)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/52192101:52
hggdhSinani201: we need more details -- where are the songs (harddrive, external thingie, etc), is there any error reported by rythmbox, etc02:04
hggdhand, of course, we need someone familiar with rithmbox -- which I am not really one02:05
Sinani201OK. I asked for more information.02:07
nigelbhggdh, hey :)02:55
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jjardonHello, Ubuntu Lucid here, my microphone doesnt work. Is there a page for specific sound problems in Ubuntu?05:44
jjardonI have a DELL XPS M1330 laptop05:45
jjardonIn previous releases I used alamixer to change to digital input, but now that doesnt work neither05:46
ddecatorjjardon, you can look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems05:46
* jjardon looking05:47
jjardonddecator, How Can I know the hardware combination I should use?05:53
ddecatorjjardon, unfortunately i don't know much about sound problems, so i can't really help you beyond showing you that site. the information on there is more for making sure people include enough information in bug reports05:55
jjardonddecator, thank you. Seems that I found the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/45396606:00
ubot4Launchpad bug 453966 in pulseaudio (Ubuntu) (and 1 other project) "dell xps m1330 regression, integrated digital microphone no longer working [karmic koala] (affects: 11)" [Medium,Confirmed]06:00
nigelbjjardon, is that your exact hardware?06:00
jjardonnigelb, m1330 with SigmaTel STAC9228 , yeah06:03
jjardonShould I look at other component?06:03
nigelbjjardon, open the PCImultimedia file from the bug06:03
nigelband open a terminal and run lspci -v06:04
nigelbsearch for the exact device name and rev06:04
nigelbonly then you can confirm that its the same bug, otherwise, you have to open a new bug for your problem06:04
jjardonnigelb, confirmed, exactly the same device06:05
nigelbjjardon, okay, then add your comments to the bug :)06:05
nigelbsorry to be a bit strict, but otherwise you'd end up frustrated and lost06:05
ddecatorjjardon, then go ahead and click the "Does this bug affect you?" link at the top of the report06:05
jjardonnigelb, no problem, I know the process ;)06:06
nigelbah, great :)06:06
jjardonddecator, Done ;) . Should I mention in the bug that a lucid system is affected?06:10
ddecatorjjardon, if it doesn't look like it was mentioned then go for it. it shows that it hasn't been fixed yet06:10
jjardonI'm still reading all the comments, if nobody mention the bug affects lucid, I'll post a comment06:11
ddecatorjjardon, sounds good, thanks!06:11
jjardonddecator, nigelb thanks for your help, just commented in the bug06:26
ddecatorjjardon, thanks for being a good reporter =)06:27
BUGabundo_remotemorning08:41
dad__time on clients is wrong so mythtv will not open10:01
dad__<dad__> ntp is installed on server10:01
dad__<dad__> I had ntp installed on client as well and I set to receive time from server 192.168.1.10 now this made the time on the client 11 hours ahead of the server10:01
dad__<dad__> now I live in melb au which at presenet is 10 hours +gmt +hr daylight saving10:01
dad__<dad__> when i change client timezone to england/london The time reads correct10:01
dad__<dad__> Its like the time the server is sending the client is already locallized and it adds another 11 hours onto it making the time 11 hours in the future on the the client10:02
dad__<dad__> I have also tried using the pool.au servers to set time on client machine this strangely gives me time the wrong time as well.10:02
dad__I am using mythbuntu karmic10:02
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dad__mythtv will not open if timezone on frontend  and backend is different so changing to london is not a solution.10:05
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kamusin:)12:38
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hggdhwell. If you want to use a NTP server, you point to an official one, *not* your own (unless you run it for your network)15:05
hggdhbut if you run NTP, it will not be 11 hours ahead. What will be off if your TZ15:08
nigelbhggdh, you around?15:36
hggdhnigelb: yes, I am15:36
nigelbhggdh, is there a place where I can see documentation to make sense of debug logs?15:37
hggdhnigelb: difficult to answer in general. Each application/package/programme can write different things to a so-called 'debug log'15:38
hggdhcan you be more specific?15:38
nigelbhggdh, adopted rhythmbox package :), so trying to make sense of the logs in incomplete bugs15:39
hggdhnigelb: give me a bug # to look at with you15:44
nigelbokau15:44
nigelbbug 32886415:50
ubot4Launchpad bug 328864 in rhythmbox (Ubuntu) "rythmbox plays a short piece of a song and skips to the next song in order (affects: 2)" [Low,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/32886415:50
hggdhnigelb: yes... as I said, debug logs are quite specific to the application. IN this case, this really looks like the developers added code to print out (when running --debug) some details of the internal structures15:57
hggdhso you *need* to look at the source code to find out why this was printed out15:58
nigelbohh15:58
nigelbaw :(15:58
hggdh:-)15:58
hggdhso: looking upstream at the home page for rithmbox, and following the ML, and joining their IRC channel may help15:59
nigelbah, ok.  will do15:59
nigelbI want to talk to pedro too.. he is the supervisor for rhythmbox, he may know a lot of stuff15:59
nigelbhggdh, btw, I submitted an upstream patch (2 actually)16:00
hggdhgood :-)16:01
nigelbone to gnome and one to freedesktop16:01
hggdhlooking at the debug log, it looks like they lost a connection to <something> and, after that, we start to see the errors16:02
hggdhso it looks like the state is not corrected cleaned up after the lost connection16:02
ddecatormicahg, i know i need to focus on triaging in general since i'm still learning, but what point would be good for me to start learning more about firefox bugs specifically?16:04
nigelbseb128, at what point do you want bugs assigned to desktop team? when its triaged status?16:27
hggdheeeBotu will be off for 5 minutes due to a reboot after security updates17:37
hggdh eeeBotu is back. All hail Ubuntu's fast reboot17:39
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edakiriThe only example to use the template is Bug #200462   .  Propose removing other examples.19:45
ubot4Launchpad bug 200462 in gvfs (Ubuntu Hardy) (and 2 other projects) "Copying Files From CD/DVD Sets Permissions To Read Only (affects: 1) (dups: 1)" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/20046219:45
edakirihttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/RegressionTracking19:45
edakiridon't know what the good version is, or am uncertain, should I use the template?19:47
hggdhedakiri: I am sorry, but what are you talking about?20:25
edakirihggdh: in the page at the URL i pasted, there is a 'template' to insert into regression bugs20:57
edakiriwhere is the WWW package search, like you get with ubufox?20:59
edakirihere it is http://packages.ubuntu.com/21:05
BUGabundowho who ?21:05
micahgedakiri: that's in the firefox-launchpad-plugin package21:06
edakirithanks micahg21:07
kermiac_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices doesn't seem to contain much info. Anyone know a better page for debugging "SD card not recognised" issues?21:37
kermiac_well, this is regarding an SDHC card... bug 52220721:38
ubot4Launchpad bug 522207 in ubuntu "sdhc card not recognized (affects: 1)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/52220721:38
m_tadeuhi all...my kubuntu just reboots on random situations...how can I start checking what the problem is?21:52
BalleClorinm_tadeu try #ubuntu or #ubuntu-xx (xx= languagecode) for support. If you think this is a bug, first try searching if it's already reported, if not file a new one here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs22:02
m_tadeuit's not reported and launchpad tells me to come here22:04
BalleClorinm_tadeu: create a launchpad account, file the bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug/?no-redirect, then run apport-collect bugnr to add system information to the report.22:12

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