20101118
This week's Hug Day will focus on GNOME Power Manager!
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Upstream project
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Stock Responses
For problem specific Stock Responses see: Bugs/Responses
50 New Bugs
To mark it off the list you should:
- Verify the bug is still not fixed
Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
- Set status to Confirmed
Bug |
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Triager |
Hibernate, power unplug or turn the wireless card on generates a system crash |
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The battery indicator in gnome no longer tells me how long/how much charge the battery has left, instead it just says "Laptop battery (estimating...)". |
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gnome-power-manager: Screen goes blank after idle and does not turn on again |
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gnome-power-manager adds battery to indicator twice when battery hot-unplugged and plugged back in |
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power manager fault alarm |
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Resume from suspend fails on Compaq CQ61 |
kamus |
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screen brightness goes darker if i put in my power cable |
kamus |
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Hibernation warning sometimes hidden |
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Slow LAN network on battery mode |
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unplug event unnoticed while suspended |
j4np0l |
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Power applet never shows batterly level - always shows "estimating" |
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package gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: Paket gnome-power-manager ist schon installiert und konfiguriert |
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battery indicator icon ignores gconf setting "/apps/gnome-power-manager/general/use_time_for_policy" |
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Power management can't reconize battery. |
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Can't use Brightness Applet with mouse. Must be used with keyboard arrows |
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After reopening the notebook cover the system reboots |
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"Reduce backlight brightness" and "Dim display when idle" semantically means the same |
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gnome-power-manager shows two entries in the menu for my cell phone (iPhone 3G) after unplugging it from USB |
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brightness key combinations disables entire Linux on Samsung R439 Laptop |
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g-p-m not powering down screens |
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No information about discharging rate and no estimate of remaining time on Ideapad S12 |
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package gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: impossible de supprimer « //usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-power-manager/en_GB/figures/applet-inhibit.png.dpkg-tmp » de façon sûre: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type |
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Battery is always discharging |
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Options disappear from GUI |
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Additional handling is necessary for keyboard backlight on ASUS laptops |
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REGRESSION: Applet reports fully-charged on boot until battery death |
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false battery alarm with realtime app running (jackd) |
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Brightness value not preserved when returning to login screen |
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Ubuntu Maverick with MSI Laptop - Can't resume and can't unplugged the computer |
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The gnome power applet randomly re-classifies my battery power |
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can't control brightness of Toshiba Satellite R630 (Portege R700) display after suspend |
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power management problem after upgrade- computer will not switch power off |
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gnome-power-preferences should display the time to sleep more verbosely |
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suspend/resume failure on VAIO VGN-FW21M |
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Laptop boots instead of resuming from suspend |
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Computer Immediately resumes from standby |
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Brightness Applet 2.32.0 not working with nvidia proprietary |
evfool |
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screen brightness does not increase to normal level after plugging in |
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Maverick: Laptop hibernates when power removed |
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not powering down monitors |
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Screen brightness adjustment does not change at all on my Acer Aspire Timeline 5810TZ |
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gnome-power-manager detects iPhone twice. |
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gnome-power-manager applet does not work and battery does not charge |
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Brightness increment/decrement step size using Fn key is too big |
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No custom time values for power management |
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Brightness applet doesnt change brightness and randomly moves |
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package gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package gnome-power-manager is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') |
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Network becomes sluggish when running on battery |
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battery status odd |
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dell vostro 3700 always crash (frozen) if I work with battery (power or thermal limit exceeded) |
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50 Incomplete Bugs
To mark it off the list you should:
Change the bug's status to "Confirmed" or "Triaged" if the reporter replied with enough information or
- Ask a secondary follow up question and subscribe to the bug report
Bug |
Subject |
Triager |
Brightness control key types "±" character |
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bad lid_ac setting at gdm prompt |
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can't select hibernate with swap file |
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dell inspirion 1501 with ubuntu 9.10 shuts down, when connected to charger |
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gnome-power-manager crashed with signal 5 |
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Laptop monitor won't sleep & screensaver not working |
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Power Management Applet doesn't show concerned tabs in some particular conditions |
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Laptop battery percentage with 2 batteries is wrong + no time |
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Gnome Brightness Applet bar jumps to left side of screen |
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closing the lid suspends even when AC is plugged in |
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Indicator applet does not support desktop suspend or hybernate |
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the luminosity applet crashes and starts to flash |
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battery-full-design value does not match with battery specification |
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slow performance when AC power, fast when on battery |
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gnome-power-manager does not engage after auto log on |
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all power savings do not kick in when going from ac to battery power (acer travelmate 5720) |
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power management brigtness display chages |
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Brightness does not change |
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Inactivity Brightness |
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Certain commands in /etc/acpi/power.sh prevent pm-powersave to switch on |
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The mouse, occasionally, though it's still, disconnect the monitor energy saving mode |
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DELL Inspiron 6400 goes to sleep mode after awaking on battery |
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laptop battery not working (Ubuntu 9.10) |
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GPM suspend while heavy load |
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gnome-power-manager does not see my battery in 9.10 Karmic Koala |
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i can't change brightness of LCD screen on my notebook. only in 9.10. |
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Gnome power manager default thresholds for critical hibernate/shutdown are too low |
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I can't disable the hibernate/suspend buttons with 'apps gnome-power-mager' |
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return after hibernation not working on MS Wind U100 |
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no battery information under gnome-power-manager |
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gnome power manager error on acer aspire one netbook |
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Shuts down when power is plugged in for critically low battery |
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Session active, not inhibited, screen idle after resume from hibernate |
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gconf-editor will not disable password on resume |
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acer aspire one D250 always in lid closed status |
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Brightness control present for ac and absent for battery |
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Battery Discharging Popup Message - Runtime way off. |
charlie-tca |
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Display is darker after suspension and hibernation in Ubuntu 9.10 |
charlie-tca |
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g-p-m doesn't show enough information |
charlie-tca |
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[karmic] Battery fill level is off; system shutting down early |
charlie-tca |
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when i close the lid on my laptop the system does not go to sleep. |
charlie-tca |
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Sleep and lid buttons don't work in Karmic |
charlie-tca |
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screen is not always switched off by gnome-power-manager after resume from hibernate |
charlie-tca |
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OS powers down without mouse or keyboard input and has to be rebooted |
charlie-tca |
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Battery applet refuses to acknowledge unplugging of AC Adapter with Desktop effects running |
charlie-tca |
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PC does not suspend, needs restart if suspend is forced |
charlie-tca |
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Battery Discharging notification urgency |
charlie-tca |
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g-p-m doesn't perform actions if state was changed |
charlie-tca |
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[regression] After Karmic Update hibernation resumes with DMESG warnings (failed to resubmit) - Bluetooth |
charlie-tca |
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wireless network indicator lamp |
charlie-tca |
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100% cpu and applet absent after wake from sleep |
charlie-tca |
50 Confirmed Bugs
To mark it off the list you should:
- Verify the bug is still not fixed
- Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
Set status to triaged UbuntuBugControl
Bug |
Subject |
Triager |
maverick: gnome-power-manager does not display battery percentage on left icon click, even when told so by gconf-editor - instead wants to calculate time even if not possible |
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System (notebook) freze after electric cable is detached |
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Dell Latitude D600 hangs on wakeup from suspend |
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Battarey applet dubliates entries |
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[Maverick] System hibernates when suspend is implied on battery |
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No time left reported for laptop battery |
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Constantly, but randomly, power-manager warns me that my battery is critically low and will be hibernating unless power is plugged in. During this I know the battery is 100% because when I click OK the battery applet then shows the correct information |
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gnome-power-manager reports BadAtom, crashes on launch |
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Can't adjust Brighness on power settings, brighness applet and Fn+F6 F7 |
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battery critically low dialog doesn't disappear when plugged in |
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GUI setting needed to disable or enable wake from suspend via mouse (or keyboard) |
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hibernation not available for HP Envy 15 |
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shows "laptop battery is charged" at the same time as an almost-empty icon |
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Only allow a single "Laptop battery critically low" dialogue |
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resuming from S3 wrongly prompts for password |
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gnome-power-manager hibernates instead of suspending on idle |
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I can set the screen brightness high and low with the function keys but not with the window Power Management Prefernces (tab On AC Power). |
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No remaining time displayed when on battery |
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can't adjust the brightness of my laptop display |
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Connected Ipod(?) causes g-p-m to fail |
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PC does not hibernate |
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Cannot adjust brightness in Lucid Lynx |
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ACPI video brightness not working(F7 F8) |
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Low battery notification is badly worded when remaining time is unknown |
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Sleep button on Thinkpad T61 does not work with Lucid |
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Gnome does not suspend when critical battery charge is reached. |
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Battery monitor does not report battery information |
kamus |
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dbus does not report any PowerManagment messages |
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on occasion, waking from suspend doesn't prompt for password |
kamus |
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"Critcally low" shown on unplug at 100% full |
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[lucid] battery status not detected/shown until /proc entry viewed |
kamus |
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Unlock dialog should be displayed when resuming from standby or hibernation |
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g-p-m brightness not applied anymore after rebooting |
kamus |
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wrong charge level computed/reported |
kamus |
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Backlight behaves erratically when changed from keyboard. |
kamus |
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Can't unblank certain laptops after closing and reopening the lid |
kamus |
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power manager icon on system tray doesn't indicate battery status correctly |
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No preference to enable/disable low battery alarm |
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[Ubuntu 9.10] reduce the backlight brightness when on battery power is not working |
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Action on critical battery is not triggered - gnome-power-manager |
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Dell Vostro 1000 laptop goes into hibernation whenever I plug in the power cord as if battery is dead |
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Dim when idle won't turn off |
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gnome-power-manager does not reflect change from AC power and charged state to battery power and discharging state |
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power management does not consistently power down inactive monitor |
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crashes when suspend on AC, resume on battery power |
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Battery monitor on tray says "Laptop battery is fully charged" all the time |
kamus |
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reduce backlight brightness sets brightness level incorrectly |
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Gnome-power-manager ignores its settings |
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Can not trigger suspend/hibernate by tray icon |
kamus |
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The gnome power manager and configurability. |
kamus |
Progress
More Bugs
This list is just a nibble of the bigger picture.
UbuntuBugDay/20101118 (last edited 2010-11-20 04:10:38 by host90)