Re: [Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

2011-11-01 Thread Flabdablet
On 2 November 2011 01:41, Michael Basse 104...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: why should it be a bug instead of a security-feature? Because the policy defined in /etc/securetty for local graphical terminals is inconsistent with the policy defined there for local text terminals, and because the lack

[Bug 386573] Re: gnome-appearance-properties crashes, or launches with an extremely wide and empty window

2011-01-20 Thread Flabdablet
Happened to me as well on Debian Squeeze, after setting 96dpi as a default. Changing the dpi key from integer 96 to float 96.0 fixed it for me too. Thanks, Mary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee.

[Bug 532633] Re: [Master] Window Control buttons: position/order/alignment

2010-03-30 Thread Flabdablet
You're a smart man, Mark, but this decision is wrong. Moving standard controls around without an obviously compelling reason to do so is madness, as is encouraging your design team to ignore overwhelming user dissatisfaction. A spiffy aubergine paint job won't sell cars whose clutch, brake and

[Bug 431212] Re: Sound fading out on Dell E521 with Nvidia and Karmic

2009-11-21 Thread Flabdablet
Getting the same fading effect with a fresh install of Karmic on a Dell Dimension E520. lspci lists the sound hardware as 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) Steps to reproduce: 1. Plug headphones into the front panel. 2. Open Places-Home

[Bug 431212] Re: Sound fading out on Dell E521 with Nvidia and Karmic

2009-11-21 Thread Flabdablet
OK, this isn't a bug, merely a misconfiguration. See MrQuincle's helpful post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8327304#post8327304 This particular Dimension E520 is now working well after adding the model=5stack option (it has the 5 jacks + SPDIF back panel). -- Sound fading out

[Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

2009-08-20 Thread Flabdablet
Nicolas François wrote on 2009-05-10: Why did you included the displays from 0 to 63? (Is 63 the maximum, or is it just meant to be mostly complete?) I had no idea about maximums - I was just following the existing pattern for ttyNN and vc/NN. But from what Steve Langasek wrote on 2009-08-19,

Re: [Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

2009-05-09 Thread Flabdablet
2009/5/9 Mantas Kriaučiūnas man...@akl.lt: I've assigned this bug to shadow (login) packages, because according to latest comments from Flabdablet and steve.langa...@canonical.com the way to solve password-less local login bug by adding lines bellow to /etc/shadow is correct They need

Re: [Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

2009-03-04 Thread Flabdablet
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Steve Langasek steve.langa...@canonical.com wrote: I don't know if the display names always belong to local X servers; answering that question would go a long way to help resolve this bug. OK. I just tested this by turning on XDMCP on the desktop box

[Bug 104957] Re: users with no password can't log in with gdm

2009-03-03 Thread Flabdablet
My Hardy desktop box has five user accounts, one of which (visitor) has no password. I can confirm that appending the following to /etc/securetty enables visitor to log in via GDM and successfully unlock gnome-screensaver and switch users. # X displays :0 :0.0 :20 :20.0 :21 :21.0 :22 :22.0 :23

[Bug 211604] Re: trash icon disappears in panel

2008-04-25 Thread Flabdablet
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 195915 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195915 Not a dupe, as far as I can tell. I am seeing the specific behavior described here re. the garbage bin applet in a fresh install of Hardy (not a beta, the release). Unlike the bug described in #195915, this

[Bug 145278] Re: [gutsy] getting Error Printing: Too many failed attempts error when printing through GtkPrintOperation

2008-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
My filthy workaround for this issue: cd /tmp wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gtk+2.0/libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11-0ubuntu3_powerpc.deb dpkg -x libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11-0ubuntu3_powerpc.deb foo cd /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/printbackends sudo mv libprintbackend-cups.so

[Bug 146946] Re: [gutsy] Gnome settings daemon randomly does not work

2008-03-01 Thread Flabdablet
Gutsy PowerPC on iMac G3, upgraded from Feisty and up to date, experiencing this issue sporadically without ever having saved a session. I've installed dbus-x11 and will report back here if the problem recurs. Message text: There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon. Some things,