[Bug 1820866] [NEW] File dialog extremely slow

2019-03-19 Thread John Bester
Public bug reported: >From any application where you have a "save as" or "open" option, the dialog displays, but it takes forever. I have a i5 with 16GB RAM and 2 SSD's, so the machine is not slow. However, if I use gedit and click open / Other documents it takes 6 to 7 seconds before the file

[Bug 1577341] [NEW] 180, 000 _XSERVTrans error log lines on single boot

2016-05-02 Thread John Bester
Public bug reported: lsb_release -rd Description:Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release:16.04 uname -a Linux popeye 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux My PC booted in 18 seconds before upgrading to Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 - now it takes 2

[Bug 1010349] Re: Evolution address book inaccessible without killing one time e-addressbook-factory

2013-01-29 Thread John Bester
I have had this problem for some time using Thunderbird. I have a Google addressbook that I cannot remember creating. After reading these posts (especially killing e-addressbook-factory) I seemed to have solved it for me (a Thunderbird user). The Google address book dates back to the time I used

[Bug 400485] Re: Empathy sounds not in default ubuntu theme

2011-03-02 Thread John Bester
It is a pity, really, to think that programmers have time to waste like this. Had it been me, I would have simply added an Ubuntu with sound scheme in 2009 when this bug was first reported. Yes, here we are in 2011 and the only time spent on the bug was posting 50 replies to this bug. -- You