’miro-data’ from the PPA would apparently install just fine, but Synaptic tells me the ’miro’ package has unresolved dependencies:

”miro:
Depends: python-libtorrent (>=0.14.10-2) but 0.14.10-1 is to be installed
Depends: python-gst0.10 (>=0.10.18-2) but 0.10.18-1 is to be installed”

This is despite having -backports and -proposed in my sources, so I assume I’m running the latest published versions.

Downloading videos from YouTube subscriptions has been broken in Miro 3.0.1 for a while now, and 3.0.3 includes a fix for this. I’ve successfully built 3.0.3 under Lucid and have been running it without problems for a week on my local system, so I think users at large would benefit from this backport.

As the package description says:

”This package does not contain the various ROM images needed to
actually use the emulators; they are available separately from other
locations (see the README.ROMs file). A corporation in the
Netherlands called Tulip holds the copyrights to the ROM images, and
redistribution is not permitted, but VICE itself is unencumbered.”

You’ll find README.ROMs in /usr/share/doc/vice/.

While it’s true that x64 won’t work out of the box, the instructions for making it work are provided. For making it work out of the box there’s probably very little that can be done in Ubuntu. I’m therefore going to mark this bug invalid.

I just filed a bug about this. Be sure to click the ’Does this bug affect you?’ link on top of the page to say ’Yes, it affects me’!

Binary package hint: fceux

Version 2.1.3 of FCEUX added netplay and a GUI to the SDL port, and since then even 2.1.4 has come out.
Complete changelogs for the releases are at http://fceux.com/web/pressrelease-2.1.3.html and http://fceux.com/web/pressrelease-2.1.4.html#.

Please package 2.1.4 for Ubuntu.

I’m seeing this with Skype 2.1.0.81-1ubuntu5. Furthermore, there is no ”remember password” option to choose, only a ”sign me in when Skype starts”. If I opt the latter, Skype does in fact remember the password because it uses it to sign in. So unless I want to sign in automatically, there seems to be no way to make it remember the password.

Binary package hint: util-linux

fdisk claims to support editing *BSD disklabels, yet fails to recognize an OpenBSD partition created by fdisk itself:

<code>
jani@saegusa:~$ LC_ALL=C sudo fdisk /dev/sdc

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It’s strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command ’c’) and change display units to
sectors (command ’u’).

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 1053 MB, 1053032448 bytes
1 heads, 6 sectors/track, 342784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 6 * 512 = 3072 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x001411b2

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 342 342784 1027328 a6 OpenBSD

Command (m for help): b
There is no *BSD partition on /dev/sdc.
</code>

”*BSD” implies OpenBSD, yet apparently it is unsupported.

If I change the partition type to A5 (FreeBSD), fdisk does allow me to create a disklabel:

<code>
Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): a5
Changed system type of partition 1 to a5 (FreeBSD)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 1053 MB, 1053032448 bytes
1 heads, 6 sectors/track, 342784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 6 * 512 = 3072 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x001411b2

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 342 342784 1027328 a5 FreeBSD

Command (m for help): b
Reading disklabel of /dev/sdc1 at sector 2049.
/dev/sdc1 contains no disklabel.
Do you want to create a disklabel? (y/n)
</code>

At the very least, ”*BSD” should be changed to indicate which types of BSD partitions are actually supported (FreeBSD, maybe others?).

Better yet, have fdisk actually support editing OpenBSD disklabels as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: util-linux 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Mon Jul 12 18:10:07 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 ”Karmic Koala” – Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fi_FI.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

I was going to report a bug about URL parsing in Launchpad. I found two projects titled to match what I think is what I’m after: https://bugs.launchpad.net/malone is titled ”Bugs in Launchpad Bugs”, while https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad is titled ”Bugs in Launchpad itself”.

What is the difference between ”Launchpad itself” and ”Launchpad Bugs”? To me it seems frustratingly vague.

Binary package hint: gworldclock

Currently, the list of time zones shown by the application needs to be saved explicitly either by selecting ’Save Zones’ from the File menu, or by choosing to save it when exiting the application. It would be a usability improvement if Gworldclock instead used implicit save, i.e. saving the list automatically each time it’s changed, like Gnome usually does.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gworldclock 1.4.4-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Mon Jul 5 10:47:08 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 ”Karmic Koala” – Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fi_FI.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gworldclock

I’m in a system running the Netbook Environment, an up-to-date Lucid. In terminator’s settings, I have ’Terminal bell’ set to be shown as ’Window list flash’. This goes nicely together with irssi (which I’m running through ssh on a remote server) being set to ring the bell on messages I want to be informed of.

However, when the window list is flashing, and I bring the terminator window on top, it doesn’t clear the ”URGENT” — i.e. the window list keeps on flashing. Furthermore, in a split terminator window, if I left-click on the segment running irssi, which raised the ”URGENT”, the flashing still won’t stop. I have to type something into the terminal to make the flashing stop.

I’m not too familiar with the inner workings and relations between the different signals involved in here, but I presume the flashing should stop when the window with ”URGENT” is activated, or brought on top, or at least when the segment in question is activated (or left-clicked).

Steps to reproduce:
1. Set ’Terminal bell’ to make ’Window list flash’ in terminator’s settings.
2. Run an app that rings the terminal bell in terminator after a while.
3. De-activate terminator’s window (bring another app on top) and wait for the bell.
4. When terminator flashes in window list, activate it.

Expected result:
Terminator’s flashing in the window list stops.

Actual result:
Terminator keeps flashing in the window list until I type something into its window.