[Bug 1762261] [NEW] Bug in Ubuntu patch for synaptics support prevents me configuring my touchpad same as previous Ubuntu releases

2018-04-08 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Touchpad handling appears to have been refactored somewhat in bionic - which led to the surprise of having my settings changed on upgrade but even when I tracked down the new gsettings property of org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method, it fails to behave as

[Bug 1716801] [NEW] Spurious creation of /stub-resolv.conf symlink

2017-09-12 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Code in /lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service seeks to populate /etc/resolv.conf if it is empty: ExecStartPre=-+/bin/sh -c '[ ! -s /etc/resolv.conf ] && ln -snf ../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf' However the code is just wrong, and writes a symlink to

[Bug 1289180] [NEW] Zoom dropdown is broken

2014-03-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Recently, within trusty, evince has broken so that the zoom selector in the top right of the window is inoperable. Clicking its dropdown arrow does not cause any UI to open. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: evince 3.10.3-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature:

[Bug 1282203] Re: gnome-terminal not respecting Enable menu access keys setting, inside the Unity desktop environment.

2014-03-05 Thread Max Bowsher
I observe that the menu access keys are correctly disabled if UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 is set in the environment, disabling the global menu to revert to menu bar drawn within the gnome-terminal window. Therefore, I've marked the bug as also affecting unity, as it seems highly likely that at least some

[Bug 1167934] [NEW] gnome-disks crashed with SIGSEGV in udisks_drive_ata_get_smart_updated()

2013-04-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: I am seeing a repeatable crash in gnome-disks when unplugging a SATA HD whilst the SMART Data window for the HD in question is open. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.6.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic

[Bug 689593] Re: 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks

2013-04-07 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when setting bootable flag in palimpsest + 2x100% CPU and memory usage growth when performing partition modifications via udisks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1162389] [NEW] Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The menu option to open the Totem Preferences UI appears to have gone missing. There's evidence in the source code that there's supposed to be a preferences UI, and the online help states there should be an Edit Preferences menu item, but it does not appear. ProblemType:

[Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Actually, on digging around in the glade file totem.ui, it would appear that the whole menu with id 'appmenu' is missing from the UI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
I think I've discovered mostly what had gone wrong - somehow in the process of going quantal-raring, either the various colour balance settings in totem got changed, or it changed how it interpreted the numerical values in dconf. When I dug around in dconf-editor, I found various colour-related

[Bug 1162389] Re: Preferences inaccessible

2013-03-30 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1131754 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1131754 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1131754 [raring] Totem is missing the GNOME AppMenu functions: Open, Preferences, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1158594] [NEW] Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Some video files play in totem in raring appearing far too bright and yellowish - the appearance is similar to an excessively strong application of a gamma transform. To reproduce: 1) Download this video from youtube (~15MB): youtube-dl -f 18

[Bug 1158594] Re: Video is too yellow/bright, as if a grossly exaggerated gamma transform is applied (raring regression)

2013-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
It looks like this may be a totem bug specifically, as if I launch the same file playing simultaneously through totem, gst-launch-0.10 and gst- launch-1.0 by executing the following in a terminal: totem rUgAgfO-16s.mp4 gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=file:///home/maxb /rUgAgfO-16s.mp4

[Bug 1067876] Re: Missing Safely Remove Drive option from Quicklists. Only have Eject.

2013-03-04 Thread Max Bowsher
I have Quantal on USB-flash for testing. There are 70+ users of Quantal, which are affected by this bug. As far I know Quantal is supported until 2014 April. I hope you can fix this bug in Quantal using another method in near future. It doesn't sound like a very effective use of developers'

[Bug 1073369] [NEW] Ubuntu patch unconditionally breaks three-finger tap

2012-10-30 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: The Ubuntu gnome-settings-daemon package contains a patch disable_three_touch_tap.patch which unconditionally disables three- finger tap. This is annoying. I want to tap with three fingers to paste. There's a comment mentioning some kind of gestures, but whatever they are,

[Bug 977048] Re: Totem fails to play mp4 files originating from youtube

2012-04-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Another way to obtain a video file to reproduce this: $ sudo apt-get install youtube-dl $ youtube-dl -f 18 lk5_OSsawz4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gstreamer0.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/977048

[Bug 982585] [NEW] Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play

2012-04-15 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: totem/gstreamer in precise fails to play a video file which VLC in precise plays fine, and I believe I've played the same file in totem/gstreamer in older Ubuntu releases fine too. The symptoms of the failure are the totem properties declaring the video size to be 0x0 and

[Bug 982585] Re: Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play

2012-04-15 Thread Max Bowsher
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gstreamer0.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982585 Title: Fails to play a video which VLC can play, and that totem/gstreamer in previous Ubuntu versions could play To

[Bug 869562] [NEW] totem CPU usage playing DVD is excessive - oneiric regression

2011-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: After an upgrade to oneiric, I noticed totem is using an excessive amount of CPU to play a DVD - top shows between 20% - 26% on an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz I don't have figures for natty trivially available, but I feel based on perceptions of fan

[Bug 869562] Re: totem CPU usage playing DVD is excessive - oneiric regression

2011-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
Well, now I feel silly. Turns out CPU usage under natty was comparably high, I just never noticed until looking at things with a post-release critical eye for regressions. ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 694279] Re: GLib-GIO:ERROR:/build/buildd/glib2.0-2.26.1/gio/gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection-initialization_error == NULL), when running as root

2011-03-24 Thread Max Bowsher
I've opened a bugtask on ubuntu/glib2.0 and invalidated the qbzr bugtask. On reflection, I think libgio is doing quite a bad thing by asserting just because it can't make a dbus connection. ** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: qbzr

[Bug 333269] Re: leave message uses an ugly and confusing dialog

2011-01-28 Thread Max Bowsher
I believe that what we should do under the remit of *this* bug is to fix the content of the dialog box, and nothing more. By fix I mean: 1) It has both an OK and a Cancel button which both just dismiss the dialog. 2) The content of the dialog is just [Time] [User Message] - if a user has not

[Bug 395281] Re: pam_ck_connector.so is called for non-login sessions

2010-12-13 Thread Max Bowsher
It's far from uncommon to use su in startup scripts - even ones crafted by local sysadmins. I don't think defining 'su' to start a CK session is the right thing to do. Case in point: I crafted a local upstart job to run a java rmiregistry on my machine, and I su-ed it because it has no need to

[Bug 203096] Re: Max brightness is not max brightness

2010-03-31 Thread Max Bowsher
This looks fixed for me (on Lucid, and probably before), someone please re-open it if you disagree. ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- Max brightness is not max brightness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203096 You received this bug notification

[Bug 510176] Re: A pinstripe is visible on the desktop in Lucid

2010-03-29 Thread Max Bowsher
I can't see it on the screenshot, but the text description certainly sounds like what happens to me too. I should note that it is intermittent and I've no idea what triggers it to reproduce sometimes but not others. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- A pinstripe is

[Bug 535491] [NEW] Screensaver blocks Fn+F4 to suspend

2010-03-09 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver In karmic and early lucid, pressing Fn+F4 suspend whilst the screen was locked worked to suspend the computer. It has stopped working in current lucid, and it is now necessary to unlock the screen in order to suspend the computer.

[Bug 535491] Re: Screensaver blocks Fn+F4 to suspend

2010-03-09 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40665281/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: GconfGnomeLockdown.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40665283/GconfGnomeLockdown.txt ** Attachment added: GconfGnomePowerManager.txt

[Bug 524882] Re: Disregards gconf daemon-components settings in 2.29

2010-02-22 Thread Max Bowsher
As the /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop file contains an AutostartCondition referencing the gconf key name, it would seem that old configurations are intended to be respected. ** Changed in: gnome-keyring (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- Disregards gconf daemon-components

[Bug 524882] [NEW] Disregards gconf daemon-components settings in 2.29

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-keyring I have been making use of the gconf setting /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon- components/ssh = false for several Ubuntu releases now, because I find gnome-keyring's built-in ssh agent doesn't do the job as well as OpenSSH's ssh-agent. Since the

[Bug 524882] Re: Disregards gconf daemon-components settings in 2.29

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39446962/Dependencies.txt -- Disregards gconf daemon-components settings in 2.29 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524882 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 524884] [NEW] Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal Since the upgrade from 2.29.1-0ubuntu2 to 2.29.6-0ubuntu1, gnome- terminal has stopped honouring the fact that I have unchecked the Enable menu access keys setting, and is intercepting Alt+(key) sequences that I have been using to control

[Bug 524884] Re: Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39447032/Dependencies.txt -- Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 524884] Re: Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
OK, turns out this isn't gnome-terminal's fault at all, but is due to a recent change in the metacity package, hijacking Alt+T for its own purposes. -- Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524884 You received this bug notification

[Bug 524884] Re: Intercepts Alt+(key) for menu shortcuts even when this is turned off

2010-02-20 Thread Max Bowsher
Ah, and now I see why. The gconf-defaults file shipped by metacity- common spells the control key Ctrl, when it should be Control, and somehow compiz ends up omitting it and processing the rest of the string as just AltT ** Package changed: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) = metacity (Ubuntu) ** Summary

[Bug 522897] [NEW] DVD menus are displayed but un-clickable [lucid regression]

2010-02-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Attempt to play a DVD with menus. Mousing over the areas of the menu that are supposed to be clickable does not display a highlight, and clicking has no effect. Thus, it's impossible to start the film playing. This works fine on karmic. ProblemType: Bug Architecture:

[Bug 522897] Re: DVD menus are displayed but un-clickable [lucid regression]

2010-02-16 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39281491/Dependencies.txt -- DVD menus are displayed but un-clickable [lucid regression] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522897 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 522901] Re: DVD video playback pauses after ~1s, audio continues [lucid regression]

2010-02-16 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39281746/Dependencies.txt -- DVD video playback pauses after ~1s, audio continues [lucid regression] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522901 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 522901] [NEW] DVD video playback pauses after ~1s, audio continues [lucid regression]

2010-02-16 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: On two separate lucid installations, I find that when starting to play a DVD, the video freezes after ~1s, whilst the audio continues playing. If left like this, every 1-2 minutes or so, the video will switch to another freeze-frame further on in the film. I'm uncertain if

[Bug 327793] Re: Window decorations in title bar missing with compiz enabled

2010-01-19 Thread Max Bowsher
w4w4n: You have altered bug metadata on an old bug without providing any rationale for doing so. Please do not do that. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Assignee: w4w4n (wawan) = Michael Vogt (mvo) ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- Window decorations

[Bug 333269] Re: leave message uses an ugly and confusing dialog

2010-01-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Julian: I don't think this functionality should assume that people have Tomboy installed. I don't. -- leave message uses an ugly and confusing dialog https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333269 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 442115] Re: Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2009-10-08 Thread Max Bowsher
No luck I'm afraid. Deleting that file (even when making sure to do it whilst gdm is stopped) merely results in it being recreated with the same keymap settings when gdm next starts. -- Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

[Bug 442115] Re: Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2009-10-07 Thread Max Bowsher
Hmm. I was going to dispute that this is of Low importance, but given the classification rules on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance, that is correct. Still, it's a pretty major wart in many people's first experience of Karmic ** Tags added: regression-potential -- Greeter always

[Bug 436188] Re: gnome-terminal assert failure: ERROR:terminal-app.c:1444:terminal_app_init: assertion failed: (app-default_profile_id != NULL)

2009-10-06 Thread Max Bowsher
I've just seen this for the first time now, on Karmic. -- gnome-terminal assert failure: ERROR:terminal-app.c:1444:terminal_app_init: assertion failed: (app-default_profile_id != NULL) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436188 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 442115] Re: Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2009-10-05 Thread Max Bowsher
The input.xkb.* properties are present in hal as expected. I'll attach hal.txt anyway ** Attachment added: hal.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33045371/hal.txt -- Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442115 You

[Bug 442115] [NEW] Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2009-10-04 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm My system keyboard layout as defined in /etc/default/console-setup is gb - however the gdm greeter defaults to USA. I originally reported this as a confirmation of bug 401047, but that ended up being about variants only, whereas my problem is that

[Bug 442115] Re: Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration

2009-10-04 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32972584/Dependencies.txt -- Greeter always defaults to USA keyboard layout, ignoring system configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442115 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 441015] [NEW] package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 438561 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438561 Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Filing deliberate dupe for sake of apport attachments. ProblemType: Package Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 3 02:00:23 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10

[Bug 441015] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 438561 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438561 ** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32888973/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32888974/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 438561] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
Still a problem with the next update to gdm. Please see bug 441015 for my apport attachments for the upgrade from -0ubuntu8 to -0ubuntu11 ** Tags added: regression-potential -- package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error

[Bug 438561] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
I've tagged regression-potential and nominated for karmic, as being unable to update gdm from within X is a regression and a serious problem! -- package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bug 438561] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-10-02 Thread Max Bowsher
I just tried running 'dpkg --configure -a' from a text VT whilst gdm was still running, and it was fine. So it seems to be something about the postinst running inside a gnome-terminal that breaks things. -- package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed

[Bug 438561] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-09-29 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32668915/AptOrdering.txt ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32668916/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32668917/Dmesg.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 438561] [NEW] package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-09-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm GDM appears to be trying and failing to contact DBus during its postinst. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Sep 29 08:07:59 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error

[Bug 438980] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subproces installed post-installation script gaf een foutwaarde 1 terug

2009-09-29 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 438561 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438561 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 438561 package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- package gdm

[Bug 438977] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 f ailed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess installiertes pos t-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

2009-09-29 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 438561 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438561 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 438561 package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- package gdm

[Bug 438561] Re: package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2009-09-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Dupe bug 438977 provided the hint to change to a text VT, stop gdm, and retry the installation. I confirm this allows the postinst to complete successfully. -- package gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bug 401047] Re: Greeter doesn't have the right keymap set

2009-09-14 Thread Max Bowsher
Nominated for Karmic on grounds of it being a highly visible regression -- Greeter doesn't have the right keymap set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 345189] Re: MASTER regression after switching system font size to 13.333 pixel - fonts appear too large in some apps that do hand made font sizing - treating pixel units as point units

2009-09-12 Thread Max Bowsher
I've reverted the second round of dicandoit2's rather pointless vandalism, save that, not being a bugcontrol member, I can't set Won't Fix, so instead had to settle for setting brasero/jaunty and gtkhtml3.14/jaunty to Invalid as nearest semi-appropriate surrogate. ** Changed in: evolution

[Bug 404219] Re: Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also)

2009-09-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Um, really? I'd consider tap-to-click to be a basic touchpad feature that would annoy more people by having it missing. -- Touchpad Tap Clicking Broken (scrolling also) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 379745] Re: WARNING: Failed to parse default value `sound-juicer -d %d' for schema (/schemas/desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_cda)

2009-08-27 Thread Max Bowsher
Still broken, apparently: $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install gnome-volume-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 388kB of archives. After this

[Bug 398540] Re: gtk 2.17.3 causes dragging in firefox bookmarks sidebar to misdetect mouse position

2009-08-24 Thread Max Bowsher
I'm currently running a git snapshot of gtk+ (which is in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~maxb/+archive/ppa) and confirm the bug is fixed with that. -- gtk 2.17.3 causes dragging in firefox bookmarks sidebar to misdetect mouse position https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398540 You received this bug

[Bug 413101] Re: gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV

2009-08-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Confirming fixed in current Karmic ** Changed in: pango1.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413101 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee.

[Bug 400863] Re: ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm is unusable

2009-08-17 Thread Max Bowsher
I'd like to reiterate that whilst waiting for ck-history, gdm does not even allow you to log in with a typed-in username. Which is kind of a separate bug, but not really entirely since if this delay wasn't there, you'd never notice. -- ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm

[Bug 413101] Re: gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV

2009-08-13 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30273135/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30273136/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30273137/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 413101] Re: gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV

2009-08-13 Thread Max Bowsher
cat this zipfile to the terminal to reproduce ** Attachment added: guice-jndi-2.0-sources.jar http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30275127/guice-jndi-2.0-sources.jar -- gnome-terminal crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/413101 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 324700] Re: gnome-volume-control is missing system events sound adjustment

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Added tag regression-potential for Karmic as the old capplet is now gone and the removed functionality has not been preserved in the new volume control. ** Tags added: regression-potential -- gnome-volume-control is missing system events sound adjustment https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324700

[Bug 401047] Re: Greeter doesn't have the right keymap set

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
I confirm - despite /etc/default/console-setup configured with XKBLAYOUT=gb, which takes effect properly in the main X server, the greeter environment still thinks it should be in a USA keymap. ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Greeter doesn't have the right keymap

[Bug 406232] [NEW] black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm Since a fairly recent Karmic update (sorry I can't be more specific, I don't reboot especially often), when the GDM main window shrinks (e.g. when you select a user and the user list collapses to the single selected item), the screen areas exposed my

[Bug 406232] Re: black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 405392 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405392 Oops. I've retitled the master bug with a more detailed summary. -- black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406232 You received this bug

[Bug 405392] Re: black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - gdm loses background image + black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size -- black rectangles / background not redrawn when GDM main window changes size https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/405392 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 315591] Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH set in ~/.profile doesn't stick

2009-07-29 Thread Max Bowsher
It would appear that this is a known issue in that it is documented in /usr/share/doc/openssh-client/README.Debian.gz. I think we can declare this not a bug in GDM, but somewhere hovering between openssh and x11-common (since x11-common installs the Xsession.d script which folds ssh-agent into

[Bug 406070] [NEW] gnome-sound-properties removed without adequate replacement

2009-07-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center gnome-sound-properties has been removed from Karmic, however this is a regression. There is no replacement providing the per-event configuration of the sound theme. gnome-volume-control attempts to provide some ability to configure

[Bug 400863] Re: ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm is unusable

2009-07-28 Thread Max Bowsher
Reopening bug. Even with the logrotate file in place, and having verified that log rotation *has* occurred ck-history still takes a prohibitively long time to run. Indeed, now that some of the history is gzipped, ck-history is now up from taking 20 seconds to taking 40 seconds! I have now

[Bug 400863] Re: ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm is unusable

2009-07-17 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29203053/Dependencies.txt -- ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm is unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400863 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 400863] [NEW] ck-history can take a *long* time to run, during which gdm is unusable

2009-07-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm On one of my machines, ck-history takes 20 seconds to run. During this time, gdm displays no users at all. The problem has become even worse with the last (I think) gdm upload - now gdm doesn't even display Other... whilst waiting for ck-history, so

[Bug 398540] [NEW] gtk 2.17.3 causes dragging in firefox bookmarks sidebar to misdetect mouse position

2009-07-12 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Since updating to gtk 2.17.3, I observe weird behaviour in Firefox's bookmarks sidebar whilst dragging bookmarks. During a drag operation, Firefox believes the mouse is several rows higher on the screen than it in fact is. This may be observed in the highlighted drop target,

[Bug 398540] Re: gtk 2.17.3 causes dragging in firefox bookmarks sidebar to misdetect mouse position

2009-07-12 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28942691/Dependencies.txt -- gtk 2.17.3 causes dragging in firefox bookmarks sidebar to misdetect mouse position https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398540 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 391398] Re: Applications segfault with gtk+ version 2.17.2 when selecting listbox values

2009-07-07 Thread Max Bowsher
Kim: Assuming those cherrypicks fix the crashes, doesn't that still mean that the deprecated function is still broken and should be reported/fixed? -- Applications segfault with gtk+ version 2.17.2 when selecting listbox values https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391398 You received this bug

[Bug 391398] Re: Applications segfault with gtk+ version 2.17.2 when selecting listbox values

2009-07-07 Thread Max Bowsher
Fundamentally, one might say that the bug is in the definition of the C language itself, allowing undeclared functions to still compile, otherwise this problem would have been easily spotted with a build failure. -- Applications segfault with gtk+ version 2.17.2 when selecting listbox values

[Bug 395313] Re: gdm 2.26 kills or switches away from active X sessions on upgrading

2009-07-04 Thread Max Bowsher
OK, I just upgraded another machine from gdm 2.20 to 2.26, and can confirm that for that upgrade, the new gdm is erroneously started on vt8 / X screen :1 whilst the previous session remains happily alive on vt7 / :0. I am attaching apt-term.log from that upgrade - in particular I find it

[Bug 395281] Re: gdm 2.26 criteria for which users shown in greeter list are bad

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - kernoops user is listed as real user in gdm 2.26.x + gdm 2.26 criteria for which users shown in greeter list are bad -- gdm 2.26 criteria for which users shown in greeter list are bad https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395281 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 395299] Re: gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
** Summary changed: - Login Window Preferences missing + gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool ** Tags added: regression-potential -- gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395299 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 395281] Re: kernoops user is listed as real user in gdm 2.26.x

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
On one of my machines, the only interactive user is *not* displayed in the selection box. It sounds as if the criteria for user filtering need to be refined in both directions. -- gdm 2.26 criteria for which users shown in greeter list are bad https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395281 You received

[Bug 395313] [NEW] gdm 2.26 kills or switches away from active X sessions on upgrading

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm On upgrading from gdm 2.20 to 2.26, I was ejected from my X session, but on logging in, was returned to the same session. On upgrading from gdm 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 to -0ubuntu2, my X session was killed outright. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64

[Bug 395313] Re: gdm 2.26 kills or switches away from active X sessions on upgrading

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28670406/Dependencies.txt -- gdm 2.26 kills or switches away from active X sessions on upgrading https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395313 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 395314] [NEW] gdm 2.26 appears on wrong monitor

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm I have two monitors, using nVidia TwinView. gdm 2.20 appeared on my primary monitor gdm 2.26 appears on my secondary monitor ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 3 21:19:02 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules:

[Bug 395314] Re: gdm 2.26 appears on wrong monitor

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28670447/Dependencies.txt -- gdm 2.26 appears on wrong monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395314 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu.

[Bug 395281] Re: gdm 2.26 criteria for which users shown in greeter list are bad

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
It appears that the reason I saw no users was because some consolekit related thing was taking lots of time to process, blocking the list population. On a second boot, the list initially appeared unpopulated, but was populated with relevant users after about 5 seconds. (Point of interest:

[Bug 395314] Re: gdm 2.26 appears on wrong monitor

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Empirically is seems that gdm 2.26 is appearing on whichever monitor contains the mouse pointer, which in my case at bootup seems to be one pixel right of centre, putting it just onto my secondary monitor. I assume gdm 2.20 tried to pick the primary monitor. -- gdm 2.26 appears on wrong monitor

[Bug 395324] [NEW] 'These windows do not support save current setup....' metacity warning when logging in with gdm 2.26

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm When I log in through the new gdm, there is a spurious alert from metacity that gdm-simple-greeter does not support save current setup. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 3 21:59:29 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10

[Bug 395324] Re: 'These windows do not support save current setup....' metacity warning when logging in with gdm 2.26

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28671158/Dependencies.txt -- 'These windows do not support save current setup' metacity warning when logging in with gdm 2.26 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395324 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 386699] Re: Mistakes external USB flash disk for system-internal disk

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Yes, still a problem for me on completely updated current karmic. ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- Mistakes external USB flash disk for system-internal disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386699 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 386699] Re: Mistakes external USB flash disk for system-internal disk

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Possibly related in the general sense of misdetecting media attributes - I'm offered in the desktop right click menu the choices to Unmount (good) or Eject (insane!) my usb flash disk. Though the mental image of my usb stick being forcibly ejected from the side of my computer is amusing :-) --

[Bug 395313] Re: gdm 2.26 kills or switches away from active X sessions on upgrading

2009-07-03 Thread Max Bowsher
For my gdm 2.20 to 2.26 upgrade I'm not sure - my experience was that I was taken from my X session to a new-style gdm, and on logging in, back to my previous X session. For my gdm 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 to -0ubuntu2 upgrade, it definitely killed my session outright. -- gdm 2.26 kills or switches away

[Bug 391398] Re: Applications segfault with gtk+ version 2.17.2 when selecting listbox values

2009-07-01 Thread Max Bowsher
I'm seeing segfaults in Eclipse (non-Ubuntu-packaged) when opening comboboxes, at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.17.2/gtk/gtkcombobox.c:1703 - this is in cell_view_is_sensitive(GtkCellView *cell_view) whilst trying to iterate the result of gtk_cell_view_get_cell_renderers(cell_view) -- Applications

[Bug 386699] Re: Mistakes external USB flash disk for system-internal disk

2009-06-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Confirmed: $ devkit-disks --mount /dev/sdb1 Mounted /org/freedesktop/DeviceKit/Disks/devices/sdb1 at /media/49DC-AFA8 works, no password prompt. -- Mistakes external USB flash disk for system-internal disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386699 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 388372] Re: Result of Leave a message has UI warts

2009-06-17 Thread Max Bowsher
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28019805/Dependencies.txt -- Result of Leave a message has UI warts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388372 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 388372] [NEW] Result of Leave a message has UI warts

2009-06-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver The result of gnome-screensaver's Leave a message has multiple UI warts. 1) OK and Cancel buttons, which both simply dismiss the dialog. 2) No indication what the dialog is actually telling you. If the person leaving the message was

[Bug 272938] Re: [intrepid] 'leave message' messages do not use selected time format

2009-06-17 Thread Max Bowsher
Furthermore, it doesn't tell you the *date*. I could have been on holiday or something. -- [intrepid] 'leave message' messages do not use selected time format https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272938 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 383396] Re: X crashes when screensaver activates

2009-06-03 Thread Max Bowsher
Confirmed. Also reassigning to xserver-xorg-video-intel package. Rolling that back to 2.7.1 avoids the problem. Like Rodney, I also have Intel 915 graphics hardware. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)

[Bug 379745] [NEW] WARNING: Failed to parse default value `sound-juicer -d %d' for schema (/schemas/desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_cda)

2009-05-23 Thread Max Bowsher
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager Preparing to replace gnome-volume-manager 2.24.1-2ubuntu1 (using .../gnome-volume-manager_2.24.1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... WARNING: Failed to parse default value `sound-juicer -d %d' for schema

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