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MicahCowan

Blog: [http://micah.cowan.name]

Email: micah@cowan.name

Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/micah-cowan]

IRC: micahcowan

Activity

I'm currently fairly active on #ubuntu, but other than that, haven't had an opportunity to contribute very much yet.

Bugs I've Worked on

[+] = I submitted this bug

[d] = I provided a patch for this bug

45930	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 jstest SEGFAULTs with usb joystick]	[d]
55932	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/55932 Can't edit the time in clock-applet]	[+]
55988	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/55988 clock-panel no longer installs NTP support]	[+]
38538	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/38538 man pages suggest info pages that don't exist.]	[d]
55991	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/55991 Ugly, redundant and confusing regular expression in chmod manpage]	[+d]
49097	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Tuxpaint prints garbage to postscript printer (Brother HL 2700 CN)]	[d]
56590	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/56590 time-admin crashes on time field edit.]	[+]
56734	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/readline5/+bug/56734 Cannot bind "\M-o" to a new function]
57753	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/57753 Vfat and NTFS partitions in edgy get two icons on the GNOME Desktop]
57842	[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+bug/57842 Segfault on opening file browser dialog]	[+]

Showcases

[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 Bug 45930]
This was the first bug I dealt with. I was trying to run the jstest program on my USB joystick, but it wanted to segfault on a regular basis. My first response was to get a backtrace in gdb, but I noticed the backtrace happened during an attempt to print a string, obtained from an array. A little investigation revealed that an invalid index was being used into that array. I fixed the problem in the code and generated a debdiff. I'd found an already reported bug that fit my description, so I added some discussion, along with my patch, to the report. This patch went into the next version of the joystick package.
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Bug 49079]
I happened across this bug by accident. I don't have access to the printer for which this bug was reported, and despite the fact that the guy who wrote the TuxPaint program is a friend of mine, I'm not a regular user of the program. I am, however, pretty proficient with the PostScript language, and since I was somewhat familiar with TuxPaint, my curiosity was piqued. I went ahead and looked into the code, and found a few points of interest that I thought might be contributing to the problems. I contacted the author of TuxPaint, and when I found out he didn't have much to do with the PostScript code in the program, I joined TuxPaint's development mailing list to discuss the problem and possible solutions. This resulted in a few possibilities, which I then submitted to the bug report for the reporting user to examine. Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the user in order to verify whether the modifications have produced a solution. [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30198556&forum_id=44504 Discussion on TuxPaint development list].

To Infinity... and BEYOND!

I'm committed to Ubuntu as my main Desktop. Because of this, I'd like to do what I can to continually improve it. At the moment I'm aiming at eventually becoming a ["MOTU"].

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-The only thing I can really list as of yet is having submitted a patch for '''[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 bug #45930]''' on the "joystick" package.
+=== Bugs I've Worked on ===

|| [+] = I submitted this bug ||
|| [d] = I provided a patch for this bug ||

|| 45930 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 jstest SEGFAULTs with usb joystick] || [d] ||
|| 55932 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/55932 Can't edit the time in clock-applet] || [+] ||
|| 55988 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/55988 clock-panel no longer installs NTP support] || [+] ||
|| 38538 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/38538 man pages suggest info pages that don't exist.] || [d] ||
|| 55991 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/55991 Ugly, redundant and confusing regular expression in chmod manpage] || [+d] ||
|| 49097 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Tuxpaint prints garbage to postscript printer (Brother HL 2700 CN)] || [d] ||
|| 56590 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/56590 time-admin crashes on time field edit.] || [+] ||
|| 56734 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/readline5/+bug/56734 Cannot bind "\M-o" to a new function] ||   ||
|| 57753 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/57753 Vfat and NTFS partitions in edgy get two icons on the GNOME Desktop] ||   ||
|| 57842 || [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+bug/57842 Segfault on opening file browser dialog] || [+] ||

=== Showcases ===

 * '''[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 Bug 45930]'''

 This was the first bug I dealt with. I was trying to run the ''jstest'' program on my USB joystick, but it wanted to segfault on a regular basis. My first response was to get a backtrace in gdb, but I noticed the backtrace happened during an attempt to print a string, obtained from an array. A little investigation revealed that an invalid index was being used into that array. I fixed the problem in the code and generated a debdiff. I'd found an already reported bug that fit my description, so I added some discussion, along with my patch, to the report. This patch went into the next version of the joystick package.

 * '''[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Bug 49079]'''

 I happened across this bug by accident. I don't have access to the printer for which this bug was reported, and despite the fact that the guy who wrote the T''''''uxPaint program is a friend of mine, I'm not a regular user of the program. I am, however, pretty proficient with the P''''''ostScript language, and since I was somewhat familiar with T''''''uxPaint, my curiosity was piqued. I went ahead and looked into the code, and found a few points of interest that I thought might be contributing to the problems. I contacted the author of T''''''uxPaint, and when I found out he didn't have much to do with the P''''''ostScript code in the program, I joined T''''''uxPaint's development mailing list to discuss the problem and possible solutions. This resulted in a few possibilities, which I then submitted to the bug report for the reporting user to examine. Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the user in order to verify whether the modifications have produced a solution. [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30198556&forum_id=44504 Discussion on TuxPaint development list].