[Bug 696120] Re: when i try to play any of my purchased dvd's. i recieve the message could not read from source.

2010-12-31 Thread Sandro Mani
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs ** Changed in: totem (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/696120

Re: [Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations

2010-10-25 Thread Sandro Mani
or just play around with awn ;) On 10/25/2010 09:02 PM, sk8erbender wrote: heh then im gonna change to lxde maybe peppermint ice or something ;) -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You

[Bug 371289] Re: fail to delete directory over sshfs with nautilus

2010-08-01 Thread Sandro Mani
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #565677 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565677 ** Changed in: nautilus Status: Invalid = Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus Remote watch: GNOME Bug Tracker #586875 = GNOME Bug Tracker #565677 -- fail to delete directory over sshfs with

[Bug 390662] Re: several nautilus shortcuts don't work shortly after opening directory

2010-03-20 Thread Sandro Mani
I think that rather than several nautilus shortcuts don't work shortly after opening directory, [...] don't work shortly after nautilus window received focus would be more appropriate. I.e. I have some nautilus window open, delete a file, the confirm dialog pops up, then it often happens that if I

[Bug 11334] Re: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste

2010-02-23 Thread Sandro Mani
Tralalalala: 1. I don't know if you ever coded or worked on a larger project, but I can guarantee you that no matter how good the documentation of a program is you still first have to read through the whole code if it wasn't you writing it. A program consists of the written part which everyone

[Bug 11334] Re: MASTER Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste

2010-02-20 Thread Sandro Mani
Geees will people stop complaining for something they got for FREE? It is like if you got a present and start insulting the person which gave it to you because it does not work the way you want. It is certainly okay to point out things that have some design flaws, but please just try to keep in

[Bug 425411] Re: Computer suspends immediately after resuming after lid close/open

2009-11-21 Thread Sandro Mani
The issue is not ubuntu-specific, getting the same on fedora 12 / rawhide. -- Computer suspends immediately after resuming after lid close/open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425411 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 452378] [NEW] gThumb does not play animated gifs anymore

2009-10-15 Thread Sandro Mani
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gthumb As opposed to the version shipped in jaunty, the version in karmic does not play any animated gifs I tried anymore. Attaching a sample image. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 15 20:02:37 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10

[Bug 452378] Re: gThumb does not play animated gifs anymore

2009-10-15 Thread Sandro Mani
** Attachment added: e2_20_0.6.gif http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33748048/e2_20_0.6.gif ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33748049/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33748050/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 425411] Re: Computer suspends immediately after resuming if power is unplugged while suspended

2009-10-09 Thread Sandro Mani
Same here on a T400 as well as on a T60. ** Summary changed: - Computer suspends immediately after resuming + Computer suspends immediately after resuming if power is unplugged while suspended -- Computer suspends immediately after resuming if power is unplugged while suspended

[Bug 427118] Re: Very slow logout caused by gnome-keyring-daemon

2009-09-22 Thread Sandro Mani
Issue still present here too. -- Very slow logout caused by gnome-keyring-daemon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427118 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-27 Thread Sandro Mani
It is in gconf-editor (ready through the previous comments and you will find the key), alternatively also under system-preferences-appearance-interface -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You

[Bug 415442] Re: gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

2009-08-25 Thread Sandro Mani
Uhm, is the attached backtrace not good? -- gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 415442] Re: gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

2009-08-19 Thread Sandro Mani
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor This happens when trying to kill a process not owned by the user running gnome-system-monitor (i.e. the user does not have permissions to kill - the process), provided that there are active sudo timestamps that would -

[Bug 415442] Re: gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
** Attachment added: gdbgsm.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30474142/gdbgsm.txt ** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30474143/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30474144/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added:

[Bug 343119] Re: gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError() (when trying to stop a process)

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 415442 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415442 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 415442 gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError() -- gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError() (when trying to stop a process)

[Bug 337028] Re: gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 415442 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415442 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 415442 gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError() -- gnome-system-monitor crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
Another issue: bug #387796 concerned actually _adding_ icons to the menu (for the open-with application list), it is sort of counter-productive to fix the bug there and then remove the icons again with this setting... -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons ,

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-18 Thread Sandro Mani
Another issue: bug #387796 concerned actually _adding_ icons to the menu (for the open-with application list), it is sort of counter-productive to fix the bug there and then remove the icons again with this setting... -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons ,

[Bug 379123] Re: Ctrl+V shortcut does not work anymore

2009-08-15 Thread Sandro Mani
Is anybody still experiencing this issue? Haven't noticed the issue for quite some time now, -- Ctrl+V shortcut does not work anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379123 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. --

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-10 Thread Sandro Mani
Just a side effect: this setting also prevents the icon displaying in the file-browser-applet even if the user explicitly chooses Show applet icon. -- (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407621 You

[Bug 407621] Re: (design decision) Icons missing from context menu , dialogue buttons , firefox bookmark favicons

2009-08-04 Thread Sandro Mani
In my opinion this is a really bad design decision. I think a user actually reads the text of the context menu he uses often only the first few times, then remembers where the relevant entries are approximately located and simply locates them by the icon. Like this the user always has to double

[Bug 379123] Re: Ctrl+V shortcut does not work anymore

2009-07-18 Thread Sandro Mani
I experience the problem too, although only the shortcut does not work only the first time I press it, if I press the shortcut twice, it works fine. Usually it happens when I switch from some other application to nautilus and press the shortcut, afterwards, as long as I work with nautilus,

[Bug 379123] Re: Ctrl+V shortcut does not work anymore

2009-07-18 Thread Sandro Mani
(Note: this does not apply to CTRL+V only in my situation) -- Ctrl+V shortcut does not work anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379123 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-05-01 Thread Sandro Mani
I've done some more testing (switching resolutions, logging out and in at different resolutions) and I must say that my applets always retain their correct position since when I've set all positioning values manually. Though what I noticed is that while right_stick is always preserved,

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-28 Thread Sandro Mani
I think one should rather look at the gnome-panel source code, it is more likely that the panel listen to screen resolution changes events and resizes itself accordingly than the screen resolution program itself resizing the panel. At least this is the impression I got looking at the gnome-panel

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-28 Thread Sandro Mani
You're welcome. In case you make any interesting findings, please report - as stated above I have the impression that the file panel-toplevel.c is a good starting point to study the behavior of the panel, but as the code is next to undocumented, it is quite difficult to understand it at first

[Bug 363463] Re: Panel does not retain initial reordering of applets

2009-04-28 Thread Sandro Mani
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 36189 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36189 From my experience the issues are related in the fact that it is the way gnome stores the positions of the applets that is problematic. Try, after unlocking and relocking, to have a look at gconf under

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-27 Thread Sandro Mani
From my own investigations so far I guess the best starting point is panel-toplevel.c in the sources of gnome-panel-2.26.0 - gnome-panel. -- Applets do not scale well with changing resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-27 Thread Sandro Mani
Here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137473 (you can find it at the top of the page, under assigned to) -- Applets do not scale well with changing resolution https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/36189 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-24 Thread Sandro Mani
From what I can judge the problem is not how the panel behaves when it is resized, but how it behaves when adding applets to the panel, i.e. practically always choosing to store the position as absolute from left, instead of from right. In fact, once I corrected all the settings manually in gconf,

[Bug 341463] Re: Unreachable network mounts cause annoying hangs

2009-04-20 Thread Sandro Mani
(Just to update the status from my side, the last time I tried to debug I was affected by a bug that causes X to crash on resume, and consequently always lost all debugging information from gdb, and since then I didn't have the chance to continue investigating this issue, expect some updates next

[Bug 330745] Re: file-roller hangs a while when extracting item via drag and drop

2009-04-20 Thread Sandro Mani
Works now. ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Released -- file-roller hangs a while when extracting item via drag and drop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330745 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug

[Bug 341463] Re: Unreachable network mounts cause annoying hangs

2009-04-04 Thread Sandro Mani
Please do refer to my above comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/341463/comments/2 As said, I also do not think that the bug is only in gvfs (in fact, in my opinion it is not a bug in the common way, but a design issue with how gvfs deals with such problems), but it is

[Bug 341463] Re: Unreachable network mounts cause annoying hangs

2009-04-03 Thread Sandro Mani
Tested with today's updates (gvfs 1.2.1-0ubuntu1) and the problem persists. To test, I mounted various cifs shares and a ssh share, put the laptop to suspend, plugged out the cable, resumed, and after inserting the password to unlock gdm, the usual symptoms were noticable, namely CIFS VFS:

[Bug 341463] Re: Unreachable network mounts cause annoying hangs

2009-04-02 Thread Sandro Mani
Starting from what package version should I be able to notice the change? Currently I've got gvfs 1.2.0-0ubuntu2 and just today I had the described issue when putting my laptop to sleep while a ssh share was still mounted, then on resume nautilus, the gnome panels (i.e. pretty much everything)

[Bug 36189] Re: Applets do not scale well with changing resolution

2009-04-01 Thread Sandro Mani
The best solution that works for me I've come up so far is the following: The problem seems to be that gnome has difficulties to decide whether it should store the position of an applet as aligned to the left or to the right. Consequently, what I did was in the gconf-editor manually browse to

[Bug 340386] Re: gnome-display-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in strcmp()

2009-03-30 Thread Sandro Mani
Shouldn't this bug be markes as fixed released also against gnome- desktop? Or remote watch removed? -- gnome-display-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in strcmp() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340386 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a

[Bug 341463] Re: Unreachable network mounts cause annoying hangs

2009-03-27 Thread Sandro Mani
The problem is not the program crashing, but I guess rather an issue with the way the behavior with shares is designed. The hang is only due to the cifs subsystem trying to access the unavailable share, and nautilus (and any other program that might want to access the share location, even the

[Bug 318684] Re: seahorse-agent crashed with SIGSEGV in g_object_newv()

2009-03-11 Thread Sandro Mani
Sorry for the long silence - I tried upgrading to 9.04 and noticed that now the user is prompted to use the driver settings utility instead of the display utility (as nvidia does not support the needed xrandr extensions), which would solve the above problem. From what I can judge the bug may also

[Bug 340386] Re: gnome-display-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in strcmp()

2009-03-10 Thread Sandro Mani
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23695969/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23695970/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23695971/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 330745] Re: file-roller hangs a while when extracting item via drag and drop

2009-02-23 Thread Sandro Mani
Indeed it is not a crash, but a hang - after a few minutes (this on a 2.66GHz T9550). Looking a bit closer at the archive, the main issue seems that it contains a huge amount of files (i.e. 32'000 files in one folder). But what is strange is that the issue does NOT occur when directly selecting

[Bug 330745] Re: file-roller hangs a while when extracting item via drag and drop

2009-02-19 Thread Sandro Mani
Backtraced attached. I interrupted the program with ctrl+c after about one minute, as otherwise the program would eventually recover from the hangup and finish as expected, this providing no backtrace information. ** Attachment added: gdb-file-roller.txt

[Bug 330745] [NEW] file-roller hangs a while when extracting item via drag and drop

2009-02-17 Thread Sandro Mani
Public bug reported: Symptom: when dragging a folder from file-roller to the desktop or another folder, file-roller hangs for some time (ca 2-3 minutes) eating all the CPU, then proceeds as expected. Steps to reproduce: test with OpenFOAM-1.5.General.gtgz from

[Bug 81339] Re: Cannot get laptop panel brightness

2008-10-18 Thread Sandro Mani
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 43572 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/43572 I get the result described in this bug in Intrepid 8.10 (used to work in 8.04). I am not quite sure if the issue I am experiencing is the same as the one described in bug #43572. Changing the slider in the