[Bug 1871030]

2022-05-13 Thread Forest
Alternative workaround step 2, leaving system config files untouched: Copy /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect.service to ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/ and change the Exec= line of the copy to Exec=/usr/bin/false When combined with step 1 of my workaround, this prevents kdeconnectd

[Bug 1871030]

2022-04-15 Thread Forest
I found some (ugly) workarounds for the unwanted kdeconnectd autostart. The process seems to be launched at session startup time from two distinct places: 1. /etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop This can be disabled for individual users by copying the file to each user's

[Bug 1575053] Re: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location

2022-03-27 Thread Forest
The effectively forced use of Snap is what finally drove me to abandon Ubuntu. This issue played a part in that. To be clear, I am in favor of app isolation on desktop linux, and I find container-based packaging useful in certain situations. However, the Snap project has demonstrated over and

[Bug 1575053] Re: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location

2022-03-18 Thread Forest
Thank you, Ivan. I have add my "affects me" status and a comment there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575053 Title: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive

[Bug 1965535] Re: Stop recommending snap

2022-03-18 Thread Forest
+1 For the record, Snap being forced upon users for critical packages is the primary reason why I recently dropped Ubuntu and stopped recommending the distro to others, after using it for over 15 years. Container-based packaging has its place. Snap has some interesting features compared to

[Bug 1871030]

2022-02-27 Thread Forest
> unable to communicate with the first paired instance The word "paired" should have been in parentheses. I don't know what ate them. To be clear, only one user has paired KDE Connect with the Android app, yet the second user's kdeconnectd instance makes the first instance stop working. Unless

[Bug 1871030]

2022-02-27 Thread Forest
+1 for adding the option on a per-user basis. It's not just a matter of convenience; the lack of this option breaks KDE Connect on my multiuser system: As soon as a second desktop session is started, the new kdeconnectd instance seems to steal the Android app's attention, leaving it unable to

[Bug 1873922] Re: 20.04 not compatible with virtualbox-guest-x11: Fails changing display

2021-04-01 Thread Forest Darling
I am running Xubuntu 20.04 as both my host and guest, and I ran into this same issue. The root cause is that GCC is missing in the guest, which is required to build the kernel modules. You can install it using this command: sudo apt-get install build-essential Once it's installed, you need to at

[Bug 1547589] Re: rtkit-daemon flooding syslog

2020-09-30 Thread Forest
** Bug watch added: github.com/heftig/rtkit/issues #22 https://github.com/heftig/rtkit/issues/22 ** Also affects: rtkit via https://github.com/heftig/rtkit/issues/22 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1895765] Re: conversion to m4a fails

2020-09-15 Thread Forest
Upstream report: https://sourceforge.net/p/gtkpod/bugs/334/ (I tried adding it the normal way, but Launchpad doesn't seem to recognize sourceforge bug reports.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1895765] [NEW] conversion to m4a fails

2020-09-15 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Conversion to .m4a silently fails 100% of the time. Running the convert-2m4a.sh script manually reveals this error message in conversion.log: output file exists, use --overwrite option Apparently gtkpod's conversion script is running faac on an already- existing output

[Bug 1895408] [NEW] tmpfs man page is missing

2020-09-12 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: The filesystems(5) man page refers to a tmpfs(5) man page, but that page is not packaged on ubuntu focal. Please package /usr/share/man/man5/filesystems.5.gz ** Affects: manpages (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1892592] [NEW] right click lag: desktop application menu is slow to appear

2020-08-22 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Since upgrading from xubuntu cosmic to disco, desktop right-click is now laggy: The application menu that used to open instantly now takes around 300ms to appear. The problem is still present in xubuntu focal. This is slow and annoying, not only because it makes xfce feel

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2020-07-30 Thread Forest
Patches refreshed for update-notifier 3.192.30, as published in Ubuntu 20.04 (focal). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364 Title: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2020-07-30 Thread Forest
** Patch added: "restore_reboot.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/5397271/+files/restore_reboot.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2020-07-30 Thread Forest
** Patch removed: "restore_icon.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/5038130/+files/restore_icon.patch ** Patch removed: "restore_reboot.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/5038131/+files/restore_reboot.patch **

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2020-06-22 Thread Forest
I hate to say this, folks, but ecryptfs looks like a dead end for us. It's no longer supported by Ubuntu (the package has been moved to the Universe repo). Also, the problem at hand is caused by systemd, which is run by a man famous for releasing poorly-vetted, system-breaking software, and then

[Bug 1877219] Re: dozens of empty grilo-plugin-cache folders polluting /tmp

2020-05-07 Thread Forest
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/grilo-plugins/-/issues #70 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/grilo-plugins/-/issues/70 ** Also affects: grilo-plugins via https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/grilo-plugins/-/issues/70 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug

[Bug 1877219] [NEW] dozens of empty grilo-plugin-cache folders polluting /tmp

2020-05-06 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: My /tmp folder has dozens of empty folders with names like grilo-plugin- cache-ABCDEF. I don't know anything about grilo-plugins, but surely they can do their job without leaving endless garbage directories behind when they're done? $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are

[Bug 1866124] Re: ps -eo lxc no longer shows a task's lxc container

2020-03-04 Thread Forest
The top command's LXC column (not shown by default, but can be enabled through the 'f' menu) also shows a - for all processes, including those that belong to containers. My containers are unprivileged, in case that matters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1866124] [NEW] ps -eo lxc no longer shows a task's lxc container

2020-03-04 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: When I use the ps command's "lxc" format specifier, for example: ps -eo pid,lxc,command The second output column is supposed to show "the name of the lxc container within which a task is running. If a process is not running inside a container, a dash ('-') will be shown."

[Bug 1575053] Re: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location

2020-01-28 Thread Forest
P.S. Dear snap developers, I do feel some empathy for you. You're trying to build something good, and share it with people. Taking heat while doing that mostly thankless job is tough. So, thank you for your efforts. I chose not to censor my previous comment, though, because I have found that

[Bug 1575053] Re: Please move the "$HOME/snap" directory to a less obtrusive location

2020-01-28 Thread Forest
I discovered this today when the ubuntu 19.10 upgrade replaced my chromium package with a snap, thereby creating this alien directory in my home dir. I believe my exact words were, "are you fucking kidding me?" > at the end it's pure aesthetics. Wrong. It obstructs tab completion in command

[Bug 913444]

2019-09-24 Thread Forest
Olivier, thank you. Getting rid of the remove() call looks like it would fix the annoyance of having My Documents relocated every time I upgrade wine or dxvk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1797417]

2019-09-23 Thread Forest
Patch 9050 fixed the problem for me. Tested with volumeicon-alsa on ubuntu 19.04. Thanks, Ivan! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797417 Title: Background of system tray icons not

[Bug 1844781] [NEW] Thunar fails to scroll to the end of the file list

2019-09-20 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: After upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 19.04, Thunar's compact list view often fails to scroll the last column fully into view. ** Affects: exo Importance: Medium Status: Confirmed ** Affects: exo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New **

[Bug 1844781] Re: Thunar fails to scroll to the end of the file list

2019-09-20 Thread Forest
** Patch added: "0003-restore-scroll-to-end.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/exo/+bug/1844781/+attachment/5289901/+files/0003-restore-scroll-to-end.patch ** Tags added: disco regression-release ** Tags added: patch-forwarded-upstream ** Description changed: After upgrading from Ubuntu

[Bug 1844771] Re: Thunar interactive search sometimes stops accepting input after one character

2019-09-20 Thread Forest
** Tags added: disco patch-accepted-upstream regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844771 Title: Thunar interactive search sometimes stops accepting input after one

[Bug 1844771] [NEW] Thunar interactive search sometimes stops accepting input after one character

2019-09-20 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Typing a file name in a thunar window (optionally pressing Ctrl+F first) normally selects the file whose name matches the entered text. After upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 19.04, this feature started randomly breaking after a single character is entered. To reproduce

[Bug 1844771] Re: Thunar interactive search sometimes stops accepting input after one character

2019-09-20 Thread Forest
** Patch added: "0002-fix-typeahead.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exo/+bug/1844771/+attachment/5289892/+files/0002-fix-typeahead.patch ** Also affects: exo via https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15100 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer

[Bug 1843490] [NEW] lxc.cgroup.devices.allow prevents unprivileged container from starting

2019-09-10 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Adding lxc.cgroup.devices.allow directives to an unprivileged container config prevent the container from starting. These lxc-start errors look relevant: lxc-start testbox 20190910192712.171 WARN cgfsng - cgroups/cgfsng.c:get_hierarchy:204 - There is no useable devices

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2019-09-08 Thread Forest
Still broken in disco. ** Tags added: disco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718658 Title: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys To manage notifications about

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2019-09-08 Thread Forest
The systemd patch I posted earlier no longer works in disco, and the workarounds posted here only partially fix the problem and only for a subset of use cases. Looks like we're back to needing a proper fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1833331] Re: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-07-01 Thread Forest
At quick glance, I don't see a quick and easy way to test email notifications. Is there one? Is it documented someplace? I'd hate to be the one who thought an email would be sent when a problem is detected, only to find out after it was too late that I was mistaken. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1833331] Re: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-06-20 Thread Forest
The problem this presents to me personally is that the current packaging causes (by default) GNU mailutils to be installed, and that implementation of mailx forcibly overrides and breaks the dma MTA's MASQUERADE mode, upon which my site depends. (I verified with mailutils' author that this is the

[Bug 1833331] Re: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-06-19 Thread Forest
Just for the record, it's also worth noting that mailutils, which is currently listed in this package's Recommends: field, overrides the dma (Dragonfly Mail Agent) MASQUERADE setting and causes outgoing messages to bounce. In other words, 10mail doesn't work without a /usr/bin/mail, and in

[Bug 1833331] Re: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-06-19 Thread Forest
> (Caution: not tested :-) Heh... Understood. I know how to work around the problem on my own system, though. I wrote up this report because I thought the maintainers might like to know that 10mail doesn't work on systems that have no /usr/bin/mail at all, but have a perfectly functioning

[Bug 1833331] Re: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-06-18 Thread Forest
Okay, thanks for the info, but it doesn't solve the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181 Title: 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command To manage

[Bug 1833331] [NEW] 10mail script should use sendmail command, not the mail command

2019-06-18 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: The 10mail script is trying to send messages with /usr/bin/mail (aka mailx), which is a user agent, not intended for automated message sending. I believe it should be using the /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/lib/sendmail command instead, as that command is meant for non-

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2019-06-08 Thread Forest
My PPA has moved, and has a current package for ubuntu bionic. New location: https://launchpad.net/~foresto/+archive/ubuntu/tweaks/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364 Title:

[Bug 1756840] Re: Buggy, under-maintained, not fit for main anymore; alternatives exist

2019-03-20 Thread Forest
Another ecryptfs use case that I didn't notice in these comments: Protecting a directory tree within a user's home directory, to be unlocked for short term use and then re-locked immediately afterward, without logging out or requiring root access. This is appropriate for limiting the exposure of

Re: [Bug 1299878] Re: ncsw_config.mk missing from linux-lowlatency kernel

2019-03-06 Thread Forest
Hey, a bug I filed 4 years ago has been marked as "won't fix". This is precisely why I don't use Linux anymore... On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 11:59 PM Erich Eickmeyer wrote: > ** Changed in: ubuntustudio >Status: New => Invalid > > ** Changed in: ubuntustudio >Status: Invalid => Won't

[Bug 1816278] Re: lubuntu-desktop requires pulseaudio to be installed

2019-02-18 Thread Forest
>The solution: install the basic components or simply uninstall pavucontrol-qt. >It will remove lubuntu-desktop but that's just a metafile. It won't remove your >entire installation. Wouldn't that leave all the remaining lubuntu packages marked as automatically installed, and therefore slated

[Bug 1816278] [NEW] lubuntu-desktop requires pulseaudio to be installed

2019-02-16 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: The lubuntu-desktop package depends on pavucontrol-qt, which in turn depends on pulseaudio, meaning that PulseAudio is forced upon anyone who wants to use Ubuntu's LXQt flavor. This is problematic for those of us to whom PulseAudio is intolerable, and for those who simply

[Bug 1389964] Re: Thunar's Open Terminal Here is missing the SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable

2019-01-08 Thread Forest
Yes, still present in 18.04. ** Changed in: thunar (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1389964 Title: Thunar's Open Terminal Here is missing

[Bug 1796487] [NEW] The i915 driver crashes often on a Dell latitude 630

2018-10-06 Thread forest
Public bug reported: Hi, The i915 driver is crashing very often, for instance typynig 'xrandr -q' produces a crash, and at startup lightdm also seem to crash because of that. Here's a crash log: [ 2040.136248] [ cut here ] [ 2040.136254] vblank wait timed out on crtc 1 [

[Bug 1796212] [NEW] xfce4-terminal fails to update utmp; breaks write, wall, who commands

2018-10-04 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Due to a change in vte, xfce4-terminal on ubuntu no longer updates utmp, which leaves terminal sessions invisible to basic unix commands like who, wall, and write. However, it has a build-time option to fix this problem via libutempter. It would be nice if this option was

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
A systemd build with my patch applied is available here: https://launchpad.net/~foresto/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntutweaks/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718658 Title:

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
This is a systemd bug, created by this commit: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/74dd6b5 It looks like poettering has attempted to address it in more recent versions of systemd (though that doesn't help us in ubuntu 17.10): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/6832 -- You received

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
Here's a simple patch to disable the broken systemd feature, and restore ecryptfs functionality. ** Patch added: "disable_system_service_session_keyrings.patch"

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
The ecryptfs-manager workaround helps the mount to succeed, but (at least in my case) the system refuses to unmount it afterward. This is a problem for those of us who open our ecryptfs volumes only for as long as they're needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1726873] Re: mount.ecryptfs_private can't mount in 17.10

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1718658 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718658 ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1718658 ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys -- You

[Bug 1718658] Re: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718658 Title: ecryptfs-mount-private fails to initialize ecryptfs keys

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
Refreshed patch for update-notifier-3.186 (artful). ** Tags added: artful ** Patch removed: "restore_icon.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/4706739/+files/restore_icon.patch ** Patch removed: "restore_reboot.patch"

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
Sigh... The maintainers don't seem to care about the users. I have refreshed my patches for ubuntu 17.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364 Title: regression: update-notifier

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2018-01-17 Thread Forest
Refreshed patch for update-notifier-3.186 (artful). ** Patch added: "restore_reboot.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/5038131/+files/restore_reboot.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1699660] Re: systemd-resolve breaks resolution of local network hostnames

2017-06-23 Thread Forest
No, that won't help either. You don't seem to understand: Adding a domain search list will not help because the local machines do not have domains. They only have names, like "host1" or "beetle", even on the network's DNS servers. Since systemd's resolver refuses to consult the name servers for

[Bug 1699660] Re: systemd-resolve breaks resolution of local network hostnames

2017-06-22 Thread Forest
According to the systemd documentation, UseDomains only affects systems that get their network setup from DHCP, which is not the case at my site. Furthermore, it is documented as a way to add a DNS search domain, which would not help resolve hosts that have no domains. So far, the only way I

[Bug 1699660] [NEW] systemd-resolve breaks resolution of local network hostnames

2017-06-21 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty), resolution of my local network's host names is completely broken. Apparently the upgrade replaced my existing resolver with systemd-resolve, which deliberately refuses to pass "single-label" domain names to my domain name server. That

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2017-06-02 Thread Forest
Dear maintainers, Won't you please accept my patch into mainline? It is well-tested. It fits the project's code style perfectly. Most importantly, it gives users a way to fix this regression without affecting default behavior. You can see from this bug report that dozens of users have managed

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops

2017-06-02 Thread Forest
** Summary changed: - regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu + regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu and other desktops ** Tags added: zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1246364] Re: regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu

2017-06-02 Thread Forest
** Summary changed: - update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu + regression: update-notifier stopped showing a tray icon in xubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364

[Bug 1528173] Re: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll fails always for fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface interface

2017-03-17 Thread Forest Bond
I'm actually a bit confused -- the bug status is "fix released" but it is not at all clear to me in what Ubuntu release this fix has been applied. Can someone clarify this for me? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1528173] Re: org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll fails always for fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface interface

2017-03-17 Thread Forest Bond
This bug completely breaks WiFi support on my system using ConnMan. Took a bit to hunt down and I also wrote my own patch before finding this bug report. Can we please get this fix pushed out? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1583520] Re: Unable to convert to AAC using Ubuntu 16.04 / gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse not available

2017-03-13 Thread Forest
Same problem here in Xubuntu 16.10: soundconverter's preferences do not offer aac/m4a among the output format options. What is necessary to make the option appear? $ dpkg-query --show soundconv\* gstreamer1.0-plugins\* gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1

[Bug 1671273] [NEW] PulseAudio requirement breaks Firefox on ALSA-only systems

2017-03-08 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Upgrading Firefox to version 52 on an ALSA-only system breaks audio on all websites. PulseAudio has apparently become a hard requirement in the latest official build of Firefox, but since PulseAudio is (due to its design) not viable on some systems, this renders Firefox

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2017-03-01 Thread Forest
Pascal Mons wrote: > I guess the change was an Ubuntu policy change about the updates as they like to force them a bit like Microsoft does. I don't expect them to ever revert to the previous behaviour. That would be a silly reason not to accept the patch, since it doesn't change the behavior for

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2017-02-10 Thread Forest
** Patch removed: "restore_reboot.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/4706740/+files/restore_reboot.patch ** Patch added: "restore_reboot.patch"

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2017-02-10 Thread Forest
Clarification: I split my changes into two patches. They both still work on the latest release. My patches simply restore code that was removed a while back, so it's pretty safe to consider them already-tested. They don't change the default behavior, so applying them shouldn't affect current

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2017-02-10 Thread Forest
The solution here is to convince the package maintainers that WE NEED THEM TO FIX THIS BUG. My patch still works on the latest release. ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS APPLY IT. I occasionally update my PPA for the release that I run myself (currently Xubuntu yakkety), but expecting me to do maintain a

[Bug 1661098] Re: NetworkManager-openvpn mishandles the comp-lzo option, thereby breaking the ovpn config and causing AUTH_FAILED

2017-02-03 Thread Forest
Turns out is triggered by NetworkManager-openvpn stripping the "comp-lzo no" option from the imported .ovpn config file, misrepresenting a 3-value option as a simple check box, and giving the user no way to enter the correct setting. Checking the "Use LZO data compression" box in the Advanced...

[Bug 1661098] Re: auth_failed when attempting openvpn via networkmanager

2017-02-03 Thread Forest
NetworkManager 1.2.4 NetworkManager-openvpn 1.2.6 and 1.2.8 (same problem in both) $ nmcli --version nmcli tool, version 1.2.4 $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 16.10 Release:16.10 Codename: yakkety $ openvpn --version

[Bug 1661098] [NEW] auth_failed when attempting openvpn via networkmanager

2017-02-01 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Attempting to establish an OpenVPN session via network-manager-openvpn fails with a password authentication error, even though the username and password I entered are correct. The following messages in syslog: Feb 1 12:44:54 computer nm-openvpn[21582]: NOTE: the

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2017-01-30 Thread Forest
Problem still exists in Ubuntu 16.10. ** Summary changed: - starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown + starting any container with umask 007 breaks host system shutdown. lxc-stop just hangs. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1659983] Re: steam package needs a dbus-x11 dependency to fix missing tray icon / indicator

2017-01-27 Thread Forest
** Description changed: Please add Recommends: dbus-x11 (or maybe Suggests:) to the steam packaging. I was trying for months to figure out why steam wouldn't show a notification tray icon or application indicator on my new xubuntu - installation, when it worked fine on my old

[Bug 1659983] [NEW] steam package needs a dbus-x11 dependency to fix missing tray icon / indicator

2017-01-27 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Please add Recommends: dbus-x11 (or maybe Suggests:) to the steam packaging. I was trying for months to figure out why steam wouldn't show a notification tray icon or application indicator on my new xubuntu installation, when it worked fine on my old installation. I learned

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-22 Thread Forest
I reproduced it with the latest mainline kernel as well: Linux xenialbox 4.9.0-040900rc6-generic #201611201731 SMP Sun Nov 20 22:33:21 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Here's the slightly different syslog output: Nov 22 14:36:55 xenialbox kernel: [ 484.506570] INFO: task systemd:3086

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-22 Thread Forest
Linux xenialbox 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642767 Title: starting any container with

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-22 Thread Forest
** Description changed: - If I run lxc-start with umask 007 (or any other value that masks the - world-execute bit), my host system enters a state with the following - problems: + If I have umask 007 (or any other value that masks the world-execute + bit) when I run lxc-start for the first time

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-22 Thread Forest
** Description changed: If I run lxc-start with umask 007 (or any other value that masks the world-execute bit), my host system enters a state with the following problems: * lxc-stop hangs forever instead of stopping any container, even one that wasn't started with umask 007. *

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-22 Thread Forest
** Description changed: If I run lxc-start with umask 007 (or any other value that masks the world-execute bit), my host system enters a state with the following problems: * lxc-stop hangs forever instead of stopping any container, even one that wasn't started with umask 007. *

[Bug 1642767] [NEW] starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-17 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: If I run lxc-start with umask 007 (or any other value that masks the world-execute bit), my host system enters a state with the following problems: * lxc-stop hangs forever instead of stopping any container, even one that wasn't started with umask 007. * lxc-stop --kill

[Bug 1642767] Re: starting any container with umask 007 breaks lxc-stop and prevents host system shutdown

2016-11-17 Thread Forest
Possibly related: when the problem is triggered, I notice that my guest instances start with no /etc/resolv.conf and no inet address. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642767 Title:

[Bug 1639524] [NEW] doesn't view images from archives on xenial

2016-11-05 Thread Romik Forest
Public bug reported: It was be able to view images from archives in previous versions, but on Xenial it can't ** Affects: gwenview (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1639523] [NEW] rar5 support on Xenial

2016-11-05 Thread Romik Forest
Public bug reported: Krusader from Xenial package stil can't work with rar archives. The rar5 support is added by developer many time ago ** Affects: krusader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1639479] Re: Video playback is choppy / stuttering with ALSA audio output

2016-11-05 Thread Forest
** Patch added: "patch 2/2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1639479/+attachment/4772993/+files/revert-alsa-large-buffers.patch ** Bug watch added: VLC Trac #10422 http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10422 ** Also affects: vlc via

[Bug 1639479] [NEW] Video playback is garbled / choppy / stuttering with ALSA audio output

2016-11-05 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: VLC 2.x fails to play many videos smoothly when ALSA audio output is selected. Every 10-30 seconds, the picture gets badly garbled, as if there were packet loss in the video stream. I see the problem most often with high def content. The problem has been identified

[Bug 1639479] Re: Video playback is choppy / stuttering with ALSA audio output

2016-11-05 Thread Forest
** Patch added: "patch 1/2" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1639479/+attachment/4772992/+files/reduce-decoder-lock-scope.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1639474] [NEW] cairo.Error: invalid value from do_draw() when gtk3 theme has scrollbar stepper buttons

2016-11-05 Thread Forest
Public bug reported: Meld barfs up a bunch of tracebacks on stderr when the desktop's gtk3 theme has scrollbar stepper buttons. This is particularly annoying when working at the command line, since all those traceback messages push everything else out of my terminal window. Example traceback:

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2016-07-25 Thread Forest
** Tags added: wily xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364 Title: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to:

Re: [Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2016-07-25 Thread Forest
>Forest: Any chance for a Trusty .deb of this in your PPA? Not likely. I don't have a need for a Trusty build, and I suspect making one myself would be counterproductive to the goal of this bug report: Getting the maintainers to do it, so everyone can have the fix through official chann

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2016-07-24 Thread Forest
Launchpad statistics report 300 downloads for my patched Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) builds. In order to download those packages, all 300 of those people had to figure out what package was responsible for the removed functionality, find their way to this bug report, read through the comments to

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2016-07-24 Thread Forest
Here's an updated patch, for update-notifier 3.168.1, which is current on Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial). ** Patch added: "restore_icon.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/4706739/+files/restore_icon.patch ** Patch removed:

[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu

2016-07-24 Thread Forest
This additional patch restores the reboot-required icon. It is intended to be applied after update_icon.patch. ** Patch added: "restore_reboot.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1246364/+attachment/4706740/+files/restore_reboot.patch -- You received this

[Bug 1583310] [NEW] xfce4-panel + compiz window focus and restoring

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
Public bug reported: xfce 4.12 + Compiz 0.9.12.2 When I minimize window clicking in window area on the panel I can't then restore the same window by clicking again. I need to click some other window first. Or, if the window is restoring, it has not focus. ** Affects: xfce4-panel (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1583257] [NEW] xfce4-panel pager applet wrong aspect ratio with compiz

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
Public bug reported: xfce4 4.12 + compiz 0.9.12.2 standard pager applet has wrong aspect ratio for viewports when they have more when 1 row. ** Affects: xfce4-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1583164] Re: Panel Indicator uses 25% cpu

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
** Description changed: Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS, 4.4.0-22-lowlatency, xfce4 4.12, Compiz 0.9.12.2 top always shows 18-28% cpu used by panel-6-indicat (immediately after system start) Reinstalling xfce4-panel and xfce4-indicator-plugin doesn't help. Killing the panel-6-indicat by pid

[Bug 1583164] Re: Panel Indicator uses 25% cpu

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
** Description changed: Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS, 4.4.0-22-lowlatency, xfce4 4.12, Compiz 0.9.12.2 top always shows 18-28% cpu used by panel-6-indicat (immediately after system start) Reinstalling xfce4-panel and xfce4-indicator-plugin doesn't help. Killing the panel-6-indicat by pid

[Bug 1583164] [NEW] Panel Indicator uses 25% cpu

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
Public bug reported: Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS, 4.4.0-22-lowlatency, xfce4 4.12, Compiz 0.9.12.2 top always shows 18-28% cpu used by panel-6-indicat (immediately after system start) Reinstalling xfce4-panel and xfce4-indicator-plugin doesn't help. Killing the panel-6-indicat by pid doesn't help

[Bug 1582878] Re: panel-6-indicat uses 25% CPU

2016-05-18 Thread Romik Forest
$ top PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2183 romik 20 0 446808 35028 26832 S 21,3 0,9 2:21.52 panel-6-indicat $ ps ax | grep panel 2183 ? Rl 0:43 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/panel/plugins/libindicator-plugin.so 6

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