[Bug 539908] [NEW] can't change own password with users-admin

2010-03-16 Thread Henry Wertz
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools Using System-Admin-Users Groups (which runs users-admin), once I have elevated priveleges, I could change the root password; I could change the password of other users. However, changing my own user password *appears* to work

[Bug 539908] Re: can't change own password with users-admin

2010-03-16 Thread Henry Wertz
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41058982/Dependencies.txt -- can't change own password with users-admin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539908 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 247003] Re: gnome-session makes Xorg crash in xf86SetScrnInfoModes

2008-08-01 Thread Henry Wertz
Me too. I upgraded from 8.04.1 for PowerPC to 8.10... on a well, it's a Frankenstein. 1250mhz G4 Windtunnel motherboard, but stuck into a Compaq SP750 case. Yeah.. kind of a prank. (When I was on vacation, my coworkers backed up my data, pulled the SP750 board, replaced the G4 with an

[Bug 247266] Re: possible bug in Firefox when using dialup connection ?

2008-07-12 Thread Henry Wertz
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 191889 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889 Will this just a normal update to Hardy 8.04.1 or will it be a new release of Hardy ? Since the plan is to replace Firefox 3 with 3.0.1, it'll just come as a regular update via the update manager. Rock on!

[Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] Offline Mode feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

2008-07-05 Thread Henry Wertz
---^ I second Jonathan Blow's idea.. having apps behave differently if they think they are online or not is just not UNIXey. IMHO, they should do what they are told, and just find out they have no route to host if there in fact isn't one. -- [MASTER] Offline Mode feature fails to detect proper

[Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] Offline Mode feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

2008-06-26 Thread Henry Wertz
Do you have more than one login session running when you see this issue? Nope.. just one session. Without my kludge, It's just like what Daniel Newman etc. have described where the CDMA aircard is a PPP link, and NetworkManager0.6x apparently doesn't track PPP state. If I use wifi, or

[Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] Offline Mode feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

2008-06-21 Thread Henry Wertz
I've found a kludgy fix for this (that doesn't just involve removing nm, since it's wireless and wired handling are nice). In my case, I have a Inspiron 2200 with wifi set via ndiswrapper (which works fine) and an aircard (Verizon PC5740) which worked except for the Offline mode problem. So